A. “Pederation | o! ~ Secrelary-Treasurer, Len Guy, > /. has charged. the B.C: Rental Housing Council of fraudulently misrepresenting the status of . landlords In the province. Guy - accused the landlords’ of making a blatantly polltical attack on the provincial Tn making the accusation Mr, . Guy. stated: The landlords represented by the B.C. Rental n releases “Housing: Council have” threatened a so-called "strike" because they say they can't operate when rent increases are limited to 10,6 percent annually. Their position is hypocrisy in the worst degree, : “The Federation has checked with-the Attorney-General's — Section 3 of the now-eliminated Interim Rent Stabilization Act. Under Section 3 and landlord or _. Do ‘we’ owe our. aged and handicapped ‘people special "consideration? 1 think Wwe mosl' certainly. do.: Why? ~ For the ’ stupidily and unconcern thal we usually give them, © Fof-:the inconsiderate unfeeling human ‘nature. An apology, - OY Debbie Therrien. The council seems to think differently. They might be inconvenienced by a good deed. Their images as the villians mighl be larmushed. They claim that they would have to change a by-law. It {s my opinion that such a by-law could be of great. service fo the community and should -have’ been passed, long ago... - . any municipality could apply to (he Provincial Cabinet’ for exemption from thé former 8 ‘percent ‘rent ceiling’ If ‘they could justify application on the basis of economic need, ‘The cesulls of.our investigation were. ‘ staggering.” ‘In the ten months that the applications for exemption from the 8 percent ceiling. Of the five applications, three were Tt fis much harder for an old or °. handicapped : person to--shop simply because we are usually’ so unconcerned, While waiting - ina line of customers is merely an ineonvenience for us, for one -of them it can be more than trying; it. could very well be/ unhealthy. There aren't many of us who would let. someone else go. first” out of ordinary kindness,. Evenif that.someone- else is.an old or handicapped - person, We, even in this season of love and :good ‘cheer, are — rent statistics ‘granled; (o, Corporation of the. District of Coldstream, to the. District of Salmon Arm, and the “§-- Coot ‘ : ; . . For the third, consecutive year youthful Evelyn Porter and. Margaret Stokes have launched program to assure gifts for “Granpas" in the Terrace area, Last year the program was a success and the youngsters, who devised the plan, organized and carried it out three years ago, are again soliciting the generous assistance of citize Regional District .of Fraser- -Forl George. In other words, when the landlards have ‘to prove their claim that they need rani increases In excess of the limit: they suddenly ‘become landiords of the B.C. Rent Housing’ Council. have ‘fraudulently .* misrepresented * their financial situation as part of a politically motivated altack . an the pravincial government.” * : The. British.- Calumbia Federslich of Labour’ believes: ‘the. 10.6 percent ‘ceiling on an- fair. The ‘provincial govern- “ment has our full support in ‘maintaining ils policy of rent. controls.”’ °° : ; . “ “]note with interest the statements yesterday by Hobert Gibson of the Rental Housing Council that people: will be slaeping in their cars by February ist: when. the full impact of the landlords ‘‘strike"’ is felt, I can only suggest that the callous -.altitude and ' hypocrisy, of the landlords in- volved in the’ dispute is un- worlhy of any: sympathy ‘whatsoever. These landlords are some of the most anti- worker, anti-tenant. people in the province, For them to call Ce mail ~ seoeaeee ENDADT _.. g THE HERALD, Wednesday, December 11, 1974, PAGE C1 nualrentincreases ig more than ‘|~ ~~~ Santa to give to the men al SI happler Christmas, .~ - ; What kind of gifts are sui at oe oe ~ Santas for-Granpas” ; ns. Following In Santa needs help! He needs enough presents for all the men at Skeenaview Lodge. Will you please help? Buy some presents for. keenaview sa that they will have a lable?- - slippers, cards, pocket knives, welcome, government for trying to Depariment in Victoria. lo Interim Rent Stabilization Act very quiel.” their letter to “Friends of Terrace’. ‘ ” You don’t wantto leave Granpa out, do yout eliminate profiteering. in the ascertain how. many ap- was in force, the Provincial “I ‘suggest ta the people of vane . . . : oo rental housing industry: - plications were made under Cabinet received only five British. Columbla that the [Dear Friends: : With love from Evelyn Porter 4828 Loen.. - and 7 2! : Margaret Stokes . "ABL2 Scott oie “dmall Mashlighta, portable radios, cigarette lghters, gloves, crib boards, scarfs, socks, and other similar articles would be most Yoi can leave the presents In theJobby of St. Matthew's Anglican *Chareh (4726 Lazelle), Radfo Slation CFTK-+-TY (4625 Lazelle) and Skeenaview Lodge Offlee (4011 Sparks). — . For. And About Teenagers _ ane vo Te their attempted political power play. against the provincial Senior Citizens receiving their Christmas Gifts last. program founded by Evelyn Porter and Margaret . concerned only with our own’ . , year from -helpers of the “Santas for Granpas’ Stokes. (Photos John Stokes) comforts. e SOMETIMES AP #E SEEMS TO Ws ' This is why a special. con- sideration should be given to these people at this time of year, And it's wise to make it . 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