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24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, October 8, 1986

Candidates for Skeena address issues

Witllama Hayes, B.C. Liberal Party candidate for Skeena.

President’s report to
college board members

by Val George
President NWCC

MOBILE COMPUTER CENTRE

rhe Mobile Computer Centre went on the road in
July.

All the major college centres were visited. Short

workshops, seminars and individual consultation ses-
sions were conducted by Rainer Giannellia, North-
west Community College (NWCC) new Business
Education instructor.
' The initial response was encouraging. NWCC has
been able to follow up with some short courses, but
we are still in the process of assessing the specific
needs for the unit.

EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION APPLICATION

The Ministry has held back about $2 million in the
Excellence Fund for special equipment purchases
where industry is prepared to make % partial dona-
tion of a portion of the value of the equipment.

NWCC has made a submission to buy some saw-
mill equipment from the Moricetown Band for use in
the college millwright program. Specifically, college
officials have requested $20,000. Decisions regarding
this funding will probably be made in November.

MARINE TRAINING — THAILAND PROGRAM

Captain Ben West, NWCC Marine Training Coor-
dinator recently went to Thailand on the invitation of
Prince of Songkia University to discuss the possibili-
ty of the college being involved in their marine train-
ing program.

There is a good possibility that the university will
send two or three of their instructors to Prince
Rupert for training. Funding would probably be
through C.1L.D.A.

COMPUTER INFORMATION
SYSTEMS DIPLOMA

The Business Education department is developing
a diploma program in Computer Information
Systems,

This program would be two years in duration and
would consist of a combination of existing business
courses and some new specialized courses,

The intent is to try to get the program in place for
Fall 1987 (maybe earlier).

NATIONAL COLLEGE WEEK

Last year many B.C. Colleges participated in a
College and Institute Week, This was quite successful
in publicizing many aspects of the college system.

This year A.C.C.C. is supporting a national pro- |

gram of a similar nature. The dates will be Nov. 16 -
22, 1986; the theme will be ‘‘Canada's College...
Touching Lives”’.

NWCC is being asked to participate, and I recom-
mend that we do so.

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be followed by ‘‘fortress
Asia’, Europe, and so
on.

Howard: We: already
have free trade with the
U.S. in lumber; it is in-
teresting and discomfor-
ting that the provincial
government is taking
steps to change that. We
should insist on sectoral
free trade - as an exam-
ple, under a blanket free
trade arrangement, the
B.C. dairy industry
would stand to be wiped
out, but consideration by
sector could preserve it,

Parker: Participate.

5. Are you in favor of
an affirmative action.
policy by the provincial
government to further
the rights of women and
minorities and reduce the
incidence of discrimina-
fion in B.C?

Hayes: Definitely - I
believe in affirmative ac-
tion as an_ effective
policy to assist both
women and minorities.

Howard: Absolutely
— if there’s anything
that. makes the New
Democratic Party dis-
tinctive, it’s our policies
on human rights and
non-discrimination.

Parker: I’m in favor
of the policies and pro-
grams that are already
doing that, policies and
programs that are al-
ready in place. The B.C.
Social Credit govern-
ment was the first in
Canada, in 1953, to
legislate equal pay for
work of equal value.
With regard to in-
dividual complaints. I
would be willing to listen
‘to any of my constituents
who have problems.

6. Should the
minimum wage be
changed?

Hayes: Yes -
go up.

Howard: Yes, up-
wards. The consumer
drives the economy; if
there is more money to
spend, that will result in
more people being
employed.

Parker: [ have mixed
emotions. about the
minimum wage. I think

it should

it should be determined

by the employer, but ‘if &

the consituents have any

views on this I will be 4

glad to listen.

7. What measures can
be undertaken by the
provincial government to
improve labor relations
in B.C.?

- Hayes: A less confron-
tational attitude -
needed.

Howard: We must
develop laws reflecting
labor-management rela-
tions in consultation
with labor and industry,
get everyone in the same
room seeking an accord
between workers and
management. .

Parker: We can con-
tinue the Premier’s lead
toward consultation in-
stead of confrontation. _

8. Are you in favor of
increasing the provincial
government’s shareable
portion of education

- costs?

Hayes: Yes. As an ex-
ample, the B.C. Liberal
Party is committed to a
10 percent increase in
funding to post-secon-
dary education,

Howard: The govern-
ment should give back
taxing authority to local
boards, in that the
boards should be al-
lowed to tax industrial
and commercial property
for school purposes, and
then see what the results
are in terms of impact on
the cost-sharing for-
mula, It is a responsibili-
ty on the part of the pro-

vincial government to -

provide adequate funds
for education; the
burden of the cost
should be on resource in-
comes rather than prop-
erty owners.

Parker: As a school
trustee I’m close to this
issue, and I know that if
there is an increase the
money has to come from
somewhere else, which
means funding cuts in
some other program.
What I would like to see
is more judicious ap-
plication of existing
funds.

9. Should the B.C.
health care financing

LE Spe er eer

Frank Howard, B.C. New Democratic Party candidate for

Skeana.

system be reviewed?
Hayes: Yes - I believe
- in equal access to quality
health care. The B.C.
Liberal Party would
eliminate all user fees,
including emergency
ward, chronic care, and
daily charges.
Howard: It should be
reviewed to the extent of
removing user fees and

eliminating the eight per-.

cent income tax sur-
charge,

Parker: The financing
comes out of general
revenue. Nobody that I
know of has ever been
refused medical atten-
tion; considering the
cost, it’s a lot better than
the U.S. system.

10. Should tax conces-
sions be granted to
northern B.C. com-
munities to relieve the
higher cost of living and
doing business in remote
areas?

Hayes: It is B.C.
Liberal policy that three
tax-free years would be
granted to small
businesses in B.C., in-
cluding the north,

Howard: The province
could negotiate with the
federal government over
the income tax question.
It would help if the pro-

vincial government
would quit looking at the
north as a source of
wealth for the south to

live on. The development —

of secondary industry,
something that would in-
crease incomes through a
value-added factor,
would be preferable to a
tax restructuring that
leaves us in the same
place we started.

Parker: I don’t know
if tax concessions are an

‘answer, it may be worth

considering. A _ better
transportation in-
frastructure would help,
but tax concessions alone
will not alleviate the high
cost of living in the
north,

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