‘ | t 5 t t { i 1 { ER EYE x Page Ad — Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May €, 1981 10 ica or in part. without wten parmissin, ts specificalty proniblted. “Rapirain No. 7820 4647 Lazelte Ave., Terrace, B. Cc. vee 188° “(@04) 638-7283 Saving a Toran wn Ptaed cn Wechescay of ouch eh Dy Caiboo Pra (1960) LAL. at 4047 Lazoke Ave, Terace, Bish Coutia, F Sat een. tiers deny wl omen Tar Sart py epg an, ea Cron rst ts ee ei seeing mon adh de cet ral ry Pat en rie oat ope ath ditor: | G@cna Rod. Unk Production Manag Edouard Gredgeur ‘ caressa for” - thelr time:and talents. _ “EDITORIAL _ “Can 17 7 peaple save the country? "Perhaps not, but the 17 who did show up at last week’s Citizens’ Forum here did learn a couple of things. -One was the degree of consensus that there is a. gap between those who make the decisions and those who elect those - people to make those decisions. ‘Too often there is a feeling that the country is being run by people who are out of. control of the citizens. We're _ hever: really asked for our opinion — “we're just told what our opinion will be and hence, what will become govern- ment policy." ~ “That feeling was evident i in a number of. areas ranging from native land claims to Quebec, And from that came the idea that not enough people have enough knowledge of history and of other areas of the country to understand what is go- ing on and what should go on. Without a common sense of history _and of shared values, how can a group of people — no matter how diverse they are and how spread out they are — agree on basic c principles upon which to build and When: ‘governments are elected to not - { somo but; to spend, abe ey, there's. ba elemestvo - trust: involved. That trust is built on the ‘expectation’ that decision makers will spend the public’ s money wisely. This i isn’t the case with the Legal Ser- vices Society of B.C. It receives money from the province to provide legal aid services around the province. Legal aid is meant for people who can’t afford lawyers. In doing so it meets one of the important aspects of our society. “In Terrace the Lax Ghels Community Law Centre operates with just one othing to lose - ahalland inviting anybody who wants to ~ Nonsense © continue a nation? .The key to this seems to be people meeting people, One of the great things about the human race is that we're a sociable. bunch. Politics, religion and race aside, human beings do appreciate each other. In the northwest, for instance, what — could the Nisga’a accomplish by renting listen. to come and hear their story? Nationally, what about a job exchange — program. It’s not too much to suggest that a local millworker, for instance, could work at an equivalent facility in Quebec for a couple of months and vice versa... One theme that did come out of the forum here was that Canadians’ are basically a tolerant bunch of people. It’s the fear of the unknown, of uncertainty, that causes most of the problems. - Taking’ steps to do away with that — would be the first step toward a new kind of country. We have lots to gain by do- ing this. And we have much to lose if we don’t. — A : The stuff of —Socred dreams VICTORIA — Ater a long drought, there finally is some good news for the Social. : Credit Government. ’ The $10 billion deficit budget Bob Rae is trying to vs “sell to Ontarians as that pro- lawyer but the case load is too ‘much: for vinee’s blueprint for econaitiie” _ recovery is the best thing. that’s t per, legal ,wor ntracted.... ha ti that person, 90. e ore te rt ppened tb the beleaguered + iout. This‘might ‘be fil ocfedt jiP Béitish: Colgngti a, amount spent on hiring. lawyers" “Hor months, if not years. _ outweighs what would be the cost of ad- “ding a second lawyer at the law centre. To date, the law centre has. been un-" successful in making that point to the legal services society. Surely, somebody. down there can add two and two together. This isn’t the time to let an“ untenable and uneconomic situation -- continue to exist. As they say in legal circles, justice delayed is justice denied. - Mel Couvelier didn't waste - any time exploiting. Ontario’ s “ “And that, the minister adds, © __ threatens the very unity of the “country. It’s the stuff Socred dreams . are made of in this election -” year. Forget‘about the scan- dals:: Forget: about the lack of * integrity for which our - previous premier has made’ us From the Capital. wrk Hubert Beyer — -apgession. nly, way to ee, Be Fe i bo Hie and spef na wk seit he ecoriom my” Hs in ‘he doldrums, ' “but neither Ontario nor British Columbia _ have, saved any money, Couvelier made it clear that his budget will also have a deficit. Some weeks back, he was talking in terms of up to $2 billion, but later revised ’ that figure to $1 billion. -. Twouldn’t be one bit sur- _ prised if the deficit now came -in lower. than that. Premier . Johnston will try everything to come as close to a balanced budget as possible to show | . British Columbians that, -unlike the NDP, a Social - -. Credit government doesn’t) ~ - » spend recklessly, ” There is ‘one way for Har- - . court to control some of the : damage his Ontario counter- * part has done, He can go on _ record saying that he is totally _, opposed to deficit spending ‘atin TGC ditty the election An a aid “will Have? to come tléan onthe issue. Sit- ting on the fence and claiming that he won't tell Ontario how to run its business will not cut _ it with the voters, They want reassurance. The voters have a right to know what fiscal policy the” next goverriment will pursue, It’s questionable whether On: ° tario voters would have . ef brought the NDP. to power, had they known that Bob ‘Rae would saddie them with a $10 billion deficit. - Rae.told his province that the government had a-choice between fighting inflation and fighting the recession‘and — chose the latter. That’s perhaps very humanitarian; but it's. wrong, I have yet to find someone who can prove to me that deficit- spending is : ' good for anyone, be they in- i Lette ooce ea . Bifocais . so famous. Take a look at the - ther. than that witich asagg- a aree or governments, : oh ; ‘Ontario NDP and weep. That . ing.economy makes _ In the weeks to come, you ~ - ‘should be protected by limiting by Claudette Sandecki will be the Socred credo bet-. ‘unavoidable. _ will probably hear more about co hegre aatiered _ween now and the election.: , He can distance himself the Ontario budget than ours. ui S : , | tario NDP. He — ; ends. the Canadian custom, we would give the he could take it outside. Neither © Mike Harcourt’s NDP is ty ‘Hom the Ooetiote toa tough tution Olen ear “ ny earing Society. A 1989 study © sneaker set golf clubs andchess could his Mom and Dad. tee ing hard to make the best of a budget that will hurt in the. just he ight ti ver for ee “ : ys found B5 per cent of boards instead of cap guns and = ‘‘Unkowingly, parents: are. very bad ae O8 ws “thom run, but be beneficial i in NDP | it’s at oY Brod sews. ceeded that noise level, wooden mallets, Not only subjecting their children’ to<~ tario} NDP’s deficit-budg _, the Jong haul.” ~ But in the end,I don’t give 1 ON ai a mm mm en ENE eT TRL TH eg DET NP ETRE I ST rieemls Ae EE a toy drum 122, a toy mpet.95. Even a baby’s rattle r the . Hazardous Pro- “the. case, children’ ‘ should be. built like the short tempers of oped-up on a rainy ee ‘toddlers: poun- .— we buy rackety toys. (Do we _ do this so mothers can “‘track’® .- ‘the antics of ‘their kids even” ‘dd with toys we gave them to would we save their hearing, playroom participants would’ exhaust themselves into an early nap trying to elicit satisfying sounds. We'd reserve horns and | other noisemakers for senior : citizens; they have less auditory . acuity to. lose. Knowing. how much kids love to ‘make a joyful noise” — the most engrossed youngster. ever as why! amber lights blink in- - cessantly after a boom car has re waited, for a green light. ~ beheld was chipping piano keys with a John Deere tractor bolt when they're out of sight? We all know a quiet ‘kid is usually up to no good.). Mindful of how much pleasure boys derive from. ‘simulating engines, we gave our - -nephew a plastic motor for his : fourth: Christmas, Z powered, ‘the size of a Snoopy - lunchpail, it clamped’ to ‘his ~_ bicycle handlebars, With an in-.. ternal: amplifier. worthy: of Battery: rock “star's acoustic. guitar, i anarled like. a" Harl noise levels that we don't accept : rice, executive director of the Canadian Hearing. Society, teenagers move about like zom- bies while their Walkmans ‘vibrate their socks into. their - ghoes; why stereos are played at such volume: walls pulsate and siding nails. jiggle ‘loose; and : We've. been deafening: our keep them quiet. " “ won't hurt the British Colum- . in industry" says Denis Mor-. pian NDP, J think it will. “British Columbians came:-:. "throught the last. veecession: That may explain why « inousht any other | province, ‘thanks largely to former © ‘premier. Bill Bennett’s restraint ‘program. ‘Even at the'time, “people disagreed with t: the furor was aver arshness of its eke Will he do'that, don’t: --think'so. I believe he will try to waffle on the issue. It’s. very i difficult if not ‘impossible for ‘ one NDP leader to criticize’: another. in so basic and vital : a policy issue as finance. - Not that Harcourt will : publicly advocate Ontario’ 8 + “adventure.’” That. would kill _ restraint program, soto: SHEL equally vital, - his chances to lead the NDP to": _ victory as surely as Dave Bar-.: rett's chances were killed: when ‘he said he would dismantle the’ much of a damn whether it's good for one or the other. What counts is whether it's mos " good for, the public and 1 believe itis. - * . Ethics in government are. im: ; portant, and on. that score, the ". Socreds surely deserve to be defeated, but. fiscal policy is Now British Columbia ... voters have a chance to assess “the two parties on issues: other _than ethics, Questions’ should : ‘and ‘But unless he wants to. boa 7 . 7 cage kare, GHTER SNUSE,\ . ee tl a\- DECK OF CARDS ..CRIB BOARD,:).. L. will be asked of both’ the”