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DIT ORIAT,

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In less than two weeks from today, coun-
cil will put: its collective, if divided mind,
to the question. of rezoning Richard
Sandover-Sly’s properties on Park Ave.

_ He wants to switch the designation from.
medium density © residential ©.to . multi-.
residential. a oe

Not that /e plans to build
townhouses. His rezoning application ex-. -
plained the change would simply make the
property easier to sell. Be

The problem for alderman-Bob Cooper is
the existing’ Official. Community Plan’:
(OCP) labels thase properties as commer-
cial. - : Geog

Admittedly, that OCP is getting on in.

years. But, Cooper points out, a new one is:

now being drawn up-and council should ~

wait for the public comment stage on that”
one before deciding on any change." 3.
By ‘an accident of timing, council will’see _.

the outline of proposed» zonings..for-the -

new OCP next Tuesday,-.six days- before -
the public: hearing. *on:- Sandover-Sly’s
rezoning bid.)

A chemical. spill as a good thing?
Bizarre-as:it'might

cident'which ‘pitched a tanker of paving oil

jinté the Skee halmay-berjust hat.

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will not,

In this year’s budget, councilset aside °
money for a-well, from.
be drawn:to:supple
supply? ee a -

It now being clear Deep Creek, the city’s
main source. most of the year, was:not the’
best choice’ given its-habit of running out.

the. city’s. water

well: was dgood idea.

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— Win-win

apartments.or: ©

one.
night sound, last week's ac-

which water.would

of water,when we havea real summer, the LS passed,

recommended against the rezoning and is
the one responsible for drawing up this”
zoning outline, it seems.reasonable to as- —
suine Sandover-Sly’s properties will again
be slated for commercial development.
~ That’s Kamenz’s fault, of course.
- 'He’s been asked to think about the fong- -
“term in putting together his plan...
“Therefore, he probably hasn’t plugged in
the immediate needs of property

~ speculators into his plan.

But there is a solution which will get
‘Sandover-Sly off the tax hook and preserve
the land for future commercial develop-

~ “ment. All the city has to do is leave the

~ zoning as it is, then buy the propetties.
- That satisfies both parties and will likely
prove. a better investment in the long run
than the. six figures it forked over to pur-
“chase land near the arena for its  ill-
- conceived convention centre project.

It would also give the public works de- _
partment another place to dump the hor- -

-rendous amount of snow we are probably
going to get this winter as punishment for

~ enjoying such an unbelievable summer.

~ As- Provincial Emergency. Program co-
ordinator Rod Salem pointed out, the city
was fucky. ee
If: the spill. had. involved ‘something
potentially lethal, there would have been
no choice but to shut down its water supply
completely the river was the primary
source at the time. . .

And that would have been’ necessary. be-

:, cause, even though the city was quick to
‘warn the public to be cautious, there were
'“xesidents completely unaware of the situa-

tion’ until after any possible danger had

as agood iden Ee Se That kind of shutdown will not be neces-
After the spill, it looks like an.even better’

sary ifwe have well water to draw on.

Because of unpleasant.expe-.

Deal was invisibly ink

ed

tiences with pushy peddlers,” -
door-to-door |... salespersons". oe
make me uneasy, Throug

So when a polite pedestrian
named Archic materialized: at
the. | .gale... wanting to
demonstrate “.-an all-purpose
cleaner, T'was leery. 5,

’ So far as-I-could see, he had

plastic jug of bl
-., handed him
"upholstery velv
“with: ballpoint’
tip’: marker, ai
“ Nothing: gets
“: glue, in my exp
<> ¢Enthusiastical

a ae the marker stai

'- He grinned.‘!No way: “The --plie’ clu
To reassure.me of ch
duet’s efficacy; he fi
‘pages of an order: boo
ime glatce at copies at's
‘orders. rom: : Nishga~:Schs
District, «Terrace * Slumber="

- lodge,-even_a,local doctor who~-
‘was about-to deliver my. sec-

> His. cleaner
ond grandchild =
_ A cleaner -that can take “out”
ballpoint: ink’nierits ajtention

‘but it-waswell-inté the lunch

a ‘hefty:

back'at

Bifocals
by Claudette Sandecki

et'] had stained
Tid® ‘of Velcro

his terryclolh (0 selling me. He
had. two, spray bolltes filled

With.:solulions’ of - different’
trengths; -30-lo 1 for most
duschold, cleaning, 20:10 1.
“for tough jobs such as road tar.
“As if. by magic, the ink and

round the edges.
Ihad him‘ tackle glue

While he resorted to the
ger mix, the table’s shiny...
lacquer finish wasn?t.hurt...

“gaod,: But a--price “of-$90.40
~-per-gallon ‘(including GST) is
‘hefty’? investment -for. a

1 iE It has “to be

h

me? Suppose the gallon was
only colored water? A
1 opted for a final verifica-
tion. .“Let’ me check. your
- business license.” ae
Confidently, he produced a
_ ‘Terrace ‘business ~~ license
"issued one. week earlier, good
4otheendof 1992.05 0
When I phaned Terrace’s li-
cense inspector he had instant
recall of Archie’s company.
“They're. okay. . They’ve
peddled.in Terrace for several
_-years. ] know the boss, At one
time I worked for him.’

uc liquid. -
a‘swatch of red

ink; ‘black Celt
d-velcro: glue.

crience.
ly, he: applied

ns disappeared,
ng,’ though. it
I’m pleased with the cleaner.
And making. Archie ‘‘sell’’

lywood sewing -

was fun, -

“was looking

ater.and might
A litre would

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REAL T SHIRT AND
BALLOON. UT ALSO

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HAVE ME AS PEER,

-*Notwithstanding that the.

_ B.C, Medical Association =
_ believes that the people of:
~ (Canada ‘should have access to

_ affordable health care, it is
“proposed that the BCMA’ ~

- Board does not believe that the
-Canadian Medical Association

Twas sold: I wrote a cheque. ~

Disgruntied docs have
gone 100 far this time

VICTORIA --

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should commit the medical
profession to the principles of

From the

Capital

‘by Hubert Beyer.

Medicare, as stated in the Cant -botiety untess {tig clearlyini

ada Health Act, which infringe
upon the personal freedom of -
Canadians as guaranteed under
the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.”

That little gem appeared in
Info-Board, the BCMA’s
newsletter sent to all doctors
in the association. It is part of
a resolution approved by the
BCMA’s board of directors at
a meeting lastJune,.

No matter how often I read
that sentence, it always comes
out the same way: if it were up
to the BCMA, the Medicare.
system would be scrapped.
Not convinced yct? Read on.

“Specifically, the BCMA -
does not feel that the princi-
ples of Medicare should be -
enshrined in the Const*ution...
The principles enunciated in -
the Canada Health Act are un-°
tenable to a free profession
and free people.”

Those {wo statements come
from the same newsletter. But
wait, there’s more,

If the system is too acces-
sible, the resolution goes on to—
say, consumers lose control
aver expenditure, and
demands cause costs to rise
beyond the ability of the tax-
payer to meet them.

‘In a free system, the con-
sumer could buy services at :
the going rate and he would
have control of that expendi-

‘ture. Essential services would
‘be available. A means test, or
. Medicare deductible, would
‘restore this measure of con-

sumer control,’* the resolution
says. oe
As for comprehensive medi-
cal coverage and services, this
too, according to the BCMA,

may be beyond the means of

Meer (es (eee, dren Winer Mirae Me

AM@eHnmedie: suis oni fea ual

‘BCMA spokesmen have |
since said that the whole thing
was probably an error. It was

‘an error alright, a tactical one.

Band enough to pass a resolu-
tion like that, but outright
stupid to put it on paper. In
any case, there has jiot been an
official retraction by the
BCMA. ;

Some of my best friends are -
doctors, honest, but this is. -
stretching the old friendship a
mite. °

This is bad, bad stuff.

We don’t need the BCMA to

"tell us that the health care sys-

tem has become very ex-
pensive. Every time a govern-

ment brings down a budget,

the figures for health care are
right up there with social ser-
vices and education,

But we also don’t need an
association of doctors benton
dismantling Medicare.

_ By free system, I suppose the
BCMA means something like
they have south of the border
where 38 per.cent of the
people have no medical
coverage at all because they
can’t afford it. :
_ Oh, those who can afford the

_ premiums or have them paid

by their employers, do just .
fine, I’ve been in a U.S. hospi-
tal, and believe me, it put our
hospitals to shame.

Then again, unless you can
prove that you have medical
coverage or sufficient funds,
you might as well save your-
self the trouble of trying to get
into a hospital, and die at
home.

Health Minister Elizabeth
Cull wasn’t amused by the

~« “Tthought we’d-left all that:
behind us 20 years ago whit”
Medicare was first established.
Such a policy, as apparently.
advocated by the BCMA, -
would turn back the clock and
open the way to the Amer-
icanizaton of B.C.’s health
care system ‘where the treat-
ment you get is determined by
the dollars you have,’’ the
minister said.

“That is unacceptable to

British Columbians, and I be-
lieve it’s unacceptable to most -

of the doctors I’ve spoken
with. I urge the BCMA to.

- reconsider,” Culladded. -

So would I. The doctors’

frustration withthe govern-
ment is understandable, but to -
propose the dismantling of

~ universal Medicare is not only

unacceptable; it is scary.

Part of the NDP’s election
platform was not to just throw
more moncy at education, s0-
cial services and health care,
bul to get better value for the
same money.

. There are numerous arcas
where money could be saved.
Routing people who see their
doctor for every little scrape to
other, cheaper services is just
one example, Another is to
find ways of making elderly
people feel less lonely, so they
won’t use the family doctor
for therapy,

But whatever we do, we
must not tinker with the basic
principle of Medicare. And
any doctor who does is, in my

~- opinion, not living up to the

. Special obligations that come
with being a doctor. Those
special obligations include a
firm commitment to the prin- .

. ciple of equal access for all to

BCMA resolution. health care services.
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