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Page 4, The Herald, Friday, May 23, 1980

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‘From the Tribune

Whenever a young person runs afoul of the law,

there are great public rumblings from many who feel

the courts are too Jenient in handing out punishment.

There are some who feel ‘young punks” should be
‘horsewhipped if not locked away forever.

The problem is that the courts are very limited in —

how they-can deal with juveniles — young offenders 16
or younger — and no judge worth his salt is going to
gend every 17 or 18 year old offender to prison if there

are any other alternatives. For one thing, there aren't -
enough jails, for another most penal institutions are .

breeding grounds for more sophisticated crime.
This province is sadly lacking when it comes to
containment or rehabilitation centres for young of-
fenders. , OS -
One question no one ever seems to ask is who is
responsible for ysung delinquents being on the loose in
the first place. ;

Sometimes, to be sure, “problem” kids don’t have .

' any homes to speak of and our society has fallen down

badly in finding answers to that one. We seem to have . fi
an attitude of “let Joe do it’ when it comes to -

providing care, facilities and services for the young,
old, handicapped or whoever can’t make it on their
own. “Joe,” of course, ends up being government
agencies and they are too often not up to the job for a
variety of reasons. a

The matter of youngsters on the street has drawn
headlines in the Vancouver papers recently, There,
the storm is over teenage prostitutes, male and
female, and he total inability of the “system” to do
anything about it. -

Whether teenage prostitution is a problem in the
laketown ig-a ™matter of conjecture but this’ area
certainly does have its share of young delinquents and

for failing to deal with the problems they-create.

“aie

The community itself 1a8 Fedponsibitities: ‘and le we
want to‘do"ioré’ than cémpldin, thefe’-are many’.

agencies in town — town. council, service clubs and
even business organizations such as the Chamber of
Commerce — which could become involved in working

young people. |

Not all ‘‘delinquents” are homeless nor parentless,
and that brings up the matter of parental respon-
sibility. Perhaps if families are unable to cope
physically with errant youngsters they should be
required to be responsible financially at least for their
keep and for the damage done to the community by the
lack of parental care. . — - :

May is family month. It is a good time as any to have
a good look at some of the problems caused by young
people who lack a family — or a family that cares.

LETTERS: WELCOME

to refuse to print letters on grounds of possible,

will be printed. We do, however, retain the ri |
- libel or bad taste. We may also edit letters fo

publication must be signed,

Dear Sir: As it-turned out, the
Recently in the Chairman of the Board
Legislature, Mr. Frank cannot attend on elther the :
Howard, Member for Sthor 15th, but has suggested
Skeena, made a very un- "an alternative date which I
fortunate’ statement will put toa meeting of the
regarding myself as sub-committee on May 15,

Chairman of the Committee

it is fruitless to blame either the police or the courts

style and length. All letters to be considered for

on Crown Corporations,
The request was that I
resign as Chairman, due, in
his words, ‘‘to the fact that I
did not call a meeting of the
committee for May 8, 1880.”
In order to clear any doubt
left in your readers’ minds,
because of this totally
irresponsible statement, I
would ask them to read the
following motion of the

meeting of the Committee on
April 17, 1680.

“Motion

Moved by Lorne

Nicholson, Seconded by Jack
Davis that the Committee on

Crown Corporations invite .

the entire Board of Directors
of the B.C, Ferry Cor-
poration to appear before the
Committee on May 8, 1980 or
May 15, 1980.

Carried.” .

AS anyone can see, it was
not incumbent upon me to
call the meeting for May 8th
or really May 15th for that
matter, as lhe motion clearly
states "invite".

1980.

I would certainly hope that
by the use of, totally
‘malicious and — untrue
statements against me, Mr.
Howard does not Intend to
throw aspersions at a
Committee which, I feel, to
be very valuable to all
British Columbians.
Strangely enough, with
Mr. Howard continually
harping about the lack of
Committee meetings, It is
noted that since January 28,
1980, six (6) meetings have
been held. It is also noted
that on April 17, 1980, the
meeting at which the motlon
was carried, Mr. Howard
was not in attendance.

My advice to Mr. Howard
must be, “cast all the
political stones you might —
muck-rake as you wish, but
please don't scuttle a
Committee, which, for the
first time in the history of the
Parliamentary System

under which we operate,

allows this type of work by
an all party committee

. with the justice system to find ways to deal with these >:

outgide of the Legislature.
; Sincerely
Jack J. Kempf

M.L.A., Omineca

Dear Sir
According to Canadian
Red Crosa statistics, the next
100 days will likely see 600
Canadians die from
drowning. This works ‘out,
on average, to one fatality
every four hours. Almost
half of these fatallties will be
children and teenagers.

These are damning,
statistics when one realizes
that a very large percent of
the drownings are at-.
tributable te acts of
carelessness and error. |
None of ‘them, in other
words, should happen.

' June 1 to 7 is Red Crons
Water Safety Week in British
Columbia. On behalf of the
staff and volunteers of the
Hed Cross Water Saiety
Service, I would Ike to invite
al! of you to take advantage
of the’ week and to gel in-

volved.
Clyde Griffith
Provincial Chairman

Croas
Water Safety Week

CABINET
i. FIASCOS _

"Letters to the editor:

Dear Sir:

Please pass on my thanks
to Don Schaffer for putting in
the bit about: equestrian
events at the B.C, Summer
games in the May 6th edition
of the Herald. —

Several people from the

Terrace area Have already.

indicated their intention -to

try out for the ‘north central

team.

We would like to en-
courage any riders 13 years
and older who might be
thinking about it not to be

ashy and call for more in-

formation 638-1264 evenings.
‘Thanks again!
_ Lesley Tanner

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. Poor Joe. Ma
Unlike habitual winner Plerre Trudeau, he ed
_Into. power. once, briefly, then- elther . in incredible
befuddlement or wildly out of control bravado, threw
it-all away in less than 200days.
If Pierre Trudeau imagines, of even hears v his
that he has well-camouflaged rivals now; 08. >
has always had them, right out there in the open for all

. to.see. . Co nT Bay
his 13.years in

. Pierre Trudeau, from the firet day of re in

control of the Liberal party, ruled with an iron fist."
Rivals, and especially rebels, he ruthlessly purged

from the moment they showed themselves. 4."
Joe Clark, who won.the leadership in the first place

to his surprise and the consternation and open hoatility

of powerful forces in the Conservative party, presided

like a young lad at his firat birthday celebration...

_ He was never really sure of himself, and when he

_ thought he was, he. was. fatally stubborn ‘and “Uy, ’

“, Sonow after fumbling away his party's second-{n-45-
years crack, at "power, vand: trashing his “owney

. From the very first moment of his brief taste of -
glory when he rode in that horse and buggy to power at

_ the Conservative leadership convention, he set out to
cure the basic character and: philosophy of the:

He turned his back, indifferently, on the experience:
of his parliamentary veterans, and pointedly made no
use of John Diefenbaker, interpreted by: many of them .

_as.a sign of alienation if not hostility to the older.and
wiser hands. sO Cee:
_And worse,.in. small ‘‘c”. .conservatlye eyes,

“So ‘unlike Pierre Trudeau, who only suspects
somebody, or even several Liberals, wants his job, Joe
' Clark knows he is marked by many. 00 i

He can see and hear them at -work,
And they are not all the Diefenbaker veterans.
There are aome of Clark’s own former® cabinet -
colleagues who want him out. re
Nothing personal, mind you. po Sem
Nothing except. that they don’t believe now 7
hap that he had the years or the -
weight to handle the job. . ee eee.
” ‘They haven't declared themselves, given no hint of
_ any leadership:ambition personally, dutifully paid lip.
 gervice to lim, and conducted themselves in éxem:
plary fashion. = 6 Ces
But in their.private moments they have expressed '
anger and even difficulty to understand how he kicked
itall:away.. | 0 es rs or
. jinn s Conservative party there is Iittle tolerance of
losers. to . ots a
And this time there is a rich supply of leadership
talent ready for tapping by a convention. “ vi TP
Flora MacDonald is- one who barely manages to -
conceal her ambition. . es
” ‘But imagine-yourself.a convention delegate. You
don’t want Flora, an original “‘Red Tory,” 80 look at

your.options: oe Beas
Walter Baker, Allan Lawrence, John Crosbie,
Elmer: “MacKay, Sinclair Stevens, “Don
Mazankowski...yes, especially Don Mazankawaki. -°

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recent performance — af
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factor in the attendence: thé
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