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EDITORIAT._

Young offenders

In the old days they used to be called ju- venile deliquents. Nowadays they’re called young offenders. In the future, as the English language continues to get fuzzy, they might be called ihe lawfully chal- lenged. But whatever tag: you attach, the problem of what to do with young people who break the law is consuming the atten- tion of a lot of people in B.C.

The subject’s been .a constant theme be- fore the provincial inquiry into policing ~ which paid a recent visit to Kitimat and to Prince Rupert. As in other parts of the pro- vince the complaint is that young offenders get away with their crimes. There is a per- ception out there that youthful lawbreakers bear litile responsibility or experience few if any consequences for their actions,

A lot vf this comes from the frustration of those who are victims of youth crime. Everybody knows at least one story result- ing from the horrors of weaving through the tangled web of the justice system

should a young lawbreaker be caught and

charged. That’s because, quite rightly, young law- breakers have rights. These rights are

necessarily universal in a society based on —

the premise that everybody is equal. Yet these rights as applied in the criminal jus- tice system seem to protect the youthful of- fender more so than the victim.

One premise behind this is that the youth- ful lawbreaker is presumed to be a one- time bad person. So why brand that person for one indiscretion that might affect his or

‘her future? That’s fine in theory but

doesn’t hold for constant repeaters.

The same is true of the requirement to keep anonymous the identity of the young offender. This lack of public disclosure further takes away the idea that a person should take full and complete responsibili- ty for his or her actions. If people are old enough to commit a crime, then surely they are old enough to bear the consequences.

Wonderfully weird

There comes a time in any government’s life when it does something weird. This weirdness doesn’t have to do with a mas- sive shift in public policy. Rather it goes to the philosophical bent of those elected offi- cials who make up the government. Call it a little quirk ‘in personality.

_ ° Fhe" provincial! NDP: government’s ex- pleasant “Of Weird is te announcement of a commitiée to’ advise on peace-related is-

sues, As advanced education minister Tom -

Perry says, “This committee provides an ongoing méchanism to help. guide govern- ment’s deliberations and decision making. The peace issues are wide ranging and fun- damental: to ‘the . health and well-being « of every British Columbian”?

Yikes Perhaps Mr. Petry thinks B. C. isa

member of the United Nations and he’s the ambassador to the organization, More like- ly is that this committee pays passing and pacifying homage to some of the old time peaceniks in the provincial cabinet.

The formation of this group also con- tinues the desperate need of the NDP to create a committeé for everythiig, Com- miltees have meetings to have’ imeéetings

-and produce minutes which are used to

generate more minutes.

~ Yet the problem is that this committee, like all the others created by the govern- ment, will costmioney. It’s money we don’t have and so its cost, even though in- significant to the grand scheme of things, will be added.to the deficit and to the total debt.

Rub A Dub Dub

Just three months after ‘our -.

new bathtub was installed bya plumbing’ contractor, ‘umpteen pinpoint rust spots speckled

the enamel under the non-skid ~ me - Bitocals | ‘Bathtubs aren’t big:on. dis- by Claudette Sandeck'

played: brand names...Neither — does this one,. And bathtubs . don"t: have ‘to, be CSA ‘ap-.

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proved, of micet any. other

rigid” quality: standard, which’.

makes them perfect free trade commodity. The contractor's

bill - says: ‘only Supply/Install, -

Rough-in Plumbing, Gas Line and .- BeVent. . Materials $1, 331. 92. No hint there of how much this tub might have cost, even if cost were a. teli- able gauge ‘of quality. «

It turns: out this. bathtub was | manufactured in Brazil, Yet of -

some: ‘30. similar bathtubs the

contractor has installed, ours is | the only one. to display: rust-.

problems. So far. |’.

What to da? Replace the tub? Re-paint the Interior of the tub with a special enamel

designed to-deal with rusting? .

Start a support group for vic- tims of shoddy. supplies? Ter-

race hasn’ta venue big enough -

to host such a meeting. The contractor. gave. us two

choices, . Replacing the tub-. would mean major disruptions in our ilves;-we'd'be bathtess for several days’ while burly’ workmen «tramped about ‘rip- .. ping - off glued ‘panels,:strip- ping . silicone’: seal;. undoing” houts - of: palnsiaking: fitting

and finishing: _ Re-cnumelling is ‘aqually dis-

ruptive, It entails re-scrubbing . the he tub witli a powerful chemni- ote ;

eal cleaner best handled: with _Tubber, gloves, goggles, and

caution. Natural bristle (ex- pensive) brushes must be used, Because cleaning the brush is so complicated, it’s better to buy two brushes and throw it away after each application. ..The ..enamelling | process .

‘ takes five days. First coat one day. Second coat the next day,

followed by three ‘additional

drying days. Stench. through- .

out the house from the enamel is enough to.. mike your. eyes

-water. And you're without the

use of the tub throughout.

We opted-to re-enamel the tub ourselves. If rusting resumes, then we'll suffer the wreckage of renovation.’

Enamelling a bathtub is no

* cinch, even for an ex-painter. * For: starters, where to’. stop painting? as low as possible? ° ‘At an imaginary ting around Rosie? At. the : silicone line - Meeting the wall? We chose to

paint only the lower five in-

ches; higher up the tub showed

no ‘signs. ofrust. . Adopting the technique of

~ two-tone: car painting, - we striped an: upper limit. with a _. band of paper tape. But how to ~ keep the and level all around

the tub?: And we should have € tape ‘immediately

after applying the first coat. By the time we tried. to. pull the tape loose after the second coat, a stripe of tan tape

remained embedded to - the

snow white enamel. Now our tub is’ three-toned -- snow

-white, tan, and orginal -off-

white. oe

’ For’ the time ‘peing, ‘at least, the -rust: spots: are gone, but - whete “its: re-enamelled, ‘surface is gritty as a mudroom

the

floor. Question is, will the Tust

‘stay gone? * Five: days. without a bath or- shower’ is fine if you're tent

camping in'a wilderness park. But making do with a basin and washcloth in a heated

bathroom with 30 gallons of

hot water on tap. is. true deprivation. I’ve no wish to

repeat the experience.

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Reaching solutions

a very tough road

VICTORIA — Just back from a week in the bush to get some backgrqund on a sector of our economy that’s been sadly neglected or worse yet, abused by government — the placer mining industry.

What I found will be the sub- ject matter of a special series of articles, What I’d like to talk about here is the _ scutilebutt up north concern- ing'te'Commission on Resotirtésahd Environment, (CORE),. the outfit that’s sup- posed to find peaceful solu- tions to British Columbia’s land use conflicts.

The placer mining sector is represented onh' CORE’s Cariboo Table, along with

‘numerous commercial and en-

vironmental interesis. The gulf

- between those who plead for ‘conservation and those ad-

.- vocating commercial activity

_ ‘is still wide, but as the recently

~~ ‘yeleased Chilko Lake report

_ proves, it is possible for poten-. - tlal-adversaries to reach. a con- . SONSUS.'

But as I said, there is still a great canyon separating the conflicting interests at’

_ CORE’s Cariboo Table.

Marlene van Halderen is the

placer mining sector Tepresen- - tative at the table. In a brief.

submission to the last CORE ~

a little steam.

“*As I sit at the CORE table,

[hear a lot of new terminol- ogy, talk about bio-diversity,

_ ecosystems, sustainable en-'

vironment, global well-being,

and the VQO - the Visual

Quality Objective,”’ she says, “Those at the table wha

‘Tepresent the environméntal

and tourism groups, and let’s not forget the spiritual group which makes clalm to - representall of God’s crea- tions, are all concemed not

_only about the blo-diversity of

our region, but also what they — for the media ride to the

might see if they take a drive . through the country,” she adds.

“They are concerned about ‘the visual quality objective, and although they are pointing

‘their fingers at the loggers,

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make no mistake, they are talking about miners as well.”’ , Wan Halderen feels very.

- sirongly iliatall the.visual)’ “quality objectives won't”

amount to a row of beans if jobs are lost in achieving them.

*T don’t need ; a study to tell

| ne if you reduce the logging

and mining in the Cariboo- Chilcotin that it will directly and indirectly affect more than 15,000 jobs. My guess is that only afew people will be employed — those in govern- ment and essential services.

*‘Is the province going to be. there, solving all these prob- lems? Are they even going to | have the money.’ Where will the money come from? I say to government, environ- mentalists and tourism: give your head a shake.”’

**When you speak of visual quality objectives, remember

"there is nothing pretty about a’

tun-down town or people out - of work and on the street. There is no visual quality in a hungry child.”’

It’s difficult to argue with (hose sentiments, but CORE has the unenviable task to

‘forge a consensus between the - people van Halderen

fepresents and those who speak for visual quality objec- tives,

And the Harcourt govern- ment isn’t making things and easier for CORE chief Stephen Owen. In fact, one could argue

* that the government is letting: ~ him hang out to dry.

Asking Owen to come along

Clayoquot Sound was a dumb _ idea, although Owen didn’t play it too smart either by agreeing-to it, But there are bigger and more important problems the government has created for Owen,

| wit putr TAPE. - THAT SAY" MUKTUK AND

When the government first __ appointed Owen, Harcourt .. hade'a number of promises, He! Said ‘thie ‘goverhnient would ‘come up with a jobs.and eco- nomic transition strategy. for -. forest workers. He promised a Forest Practices Act and bio-_ diversity guidelines. —

Equally impostant, Harcourt . promised a framework for First Nations participation in ‘the CORE process, but noth- - ing has happened on that score which makes. otherCORE participants extremely suspi-° cious of the whole process.

_ Numerous people have told. ‘me they fear that even ifthe ~ CORE process succeeds and’ | the participants reacha.con-~ sensus, the results might be’

". fendered irrelevant by separate

native land claims settlements, On the last election trail, *- Harcourt said time and again ‘that we can’t afford the. —- ‘watershed by watershed’? fights over land use, There . was a betler way, he said. CORE was his proposed's solu- ; tion, While CORE | is still the best tool the province has pot to: end the bickering over land use, the government stands. fo be accused of hampering’ the - very process it started by =: refusing {o go from whatis:: political thetoric at best toa’ hands-on strategy. . a The best process isn’t worth _

- adamn if those involved in’)...

_ don’t have the proper tools.to

~ getthe job doné, And tools is. what CORE needs. Despite the:

deep-rocled suspicions that eventually the process will

~ amount to nothing, the mem- .-

bers of the Cariboo table ap- peared willing to give ita tty. It’s now: up to the government.

{0 give CORE what it needs to a 4

succeed.”

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