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— EDITORIAL,

. “Oink, oink. That’s the sound of a pig ina poke and that’s what a lot of people say

" native’self-government is if there’s a “yes’ ' vote Oct. 26,

‘Forget Quebec and all that dumb wran- gling over how many seats that province should get in the House of Commons. Na- tive self-government, particularly in B.C., is the big sleeper issue in the proposed

changes.

Of course native self-government is a scary prospect. It’s not every day, or every century, that a new level of government is created to move into previously uncharted territory. ° --And that territory will remain relatively unknown for a long time if there is a “yes’ vote. For what the self-government clauses in the proposed changes set up is a frame-

- work upon which to provide later specifics.

-Consider Section 41, the one dealing with | tight to native —self- government. It sets up the authority to “safeguard and develop ... languages, cul- tures, economies, identities, institutions

Battle begins

- §keena MP Jim Fulton and Helmut Gies-

brecht, his provincial counterpart, are

_ : ¢lever people. Like others, they’ve picked

up on the predominant undercurrent con- ‘cerning the proposed constitutional It’s an anger against all

Both, speaking at a public meeting last week held to discuss the changes, said it

~- would be a shame if voters turfed the Char-

lotte Accord simply as a protest vote

- Gigantic leap ©

and traditions.”* Tie this in with provisions for native governments to over ride the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and a lot of people are worried.

The main worry in the northwest stems from our economic dependence upon resources — trees, minerals and fish. There aren’t a lot of slices left in this pie, The ones who have the forks, get the most.

Native self-government is tied absolutely and completely to a land and resources base. You can’t have one without the other,

Also added to this is a hidden fear of some kind of native pay back, Somebody who has been kicked around quite natural- ly might want revenge. And those who have done the kicking have that in the back of their minds.

A ‘yes’ vote involves a gigantic leap of faith. And that means a tremendous plac-

~ ing of trust in our governments — includ-

ing those of the natives — to do the right and proper thing. It is a challenging pros- pect. :

be cast on the merits of the accord.

But they also reminded those at the meet- ing that there is a federal election next year. Mr. Giesbrecht has been saying, for instance, that voters will ‘‘have another crack at it.”’ And Mr. Fulton says he wants a ‘yes’ vote so he can hit the campaign

trail-and“attack“the"Tory' free tradd"agtee #6" BIC Dahil of’ Socialists!"

ments. This kind of thing might be viewed as”

sneaky, if not cynical. Yet it is also the

definite sign that the unofficial federal

than a millionaire after a loonie, they choose this time

to make a speech so long the

Constitutional Accord is but a

memo.

‘Men who have infinite patience with nuts and bolts smaller than shrunken jewel- er’s screws can’t bring them- selves to close a door if they plan to walk through it again any time before midnight.

Even grizzled grandfathers who've never been close to the epicenter of anything more earth-shaking than a domestic tiff and who wouldn’t know a Richter scale from dental pla- que seck the sanctuary of open doorways, ignoring all links to heating costs.

When a man fills a doorway in summer, we indulge him, believing he knows not what he does. But during a cold snap, it would be fine if he’d

-not prop the door open wide with one toe like Baryshnikov en pointe while feeling about among Sweepstakes ads and ashtrays for his Bic.

These are the same men who build porches ‘to break the wind’’. Maybe what they real- ly have in mind are wind tun- nels - to increase velocity and test our immune systems.

» These are also the same men who-cling to their dashboard thermal mugs, whine at the sight of a dropped stitch in their woolen socks, and rush

to caulk a pinhole draft near

their recliner.

Perhaps holding a door open is a confidence builder similar. to impeccable tailoring, sport- ing mag wheels, or juggling pocket coins until you want to scream, ‘“‘Ottawa, mint more dollar bills!’

I'd like to see every outside door fitted with a giant spring that - on signal - would yank the knob out of a man’s hand and catapult him backward into the lawn clippings.

Although any open-to-the- weather door works for a man, some doors offer him more points than others.

Topping the list is a door ac- cessing a confined space, such as travel trailer, that can be cooled to meatpacking frigidity in seconds, Next is a room with barefoot toddlers or creeping babies. Holding the door open to a kitchen during the final moments of preparing a roast supper is fine too.

There’s the cook wiping per- spiration from her brow and steam from the windows, when her hero bursts in the door. What a guy. He pauses thoughtfully, shoves back his parka hood with his other hand, and waits for the cold front to equalize the indoor temperature.

Perhaps door frames give off invisible ego-boosting ays only men react to, Why else would anyone risk my snarl? Surely not to check on my

ability to win a hog-calling contest.

It could also be standing in doorways does for men what preening before a mirror does for women.

A woman turns this way and that to make sure her skirt hangs level, that no lipstick clings to her incisors, that the outfit she’s wearing doesn’t bulge over the hips like a tele- phone installer in full gear. Only then is she set to brave the world.

If I weren’t onc to catch a sore throat just listening Lo an unfavourable weather forecast, I could cope with this idiosyn- cratic habit men have of making me shiver. However, knowing that for the next two days - to dry a drippy nose - I'll be munching cold tablets the way my granddaughter chews Rosebuds, makes me want to kick the door shut. Hard

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Dreaded ‘R’ word

VICTORIA — While Ontario NDP Premier Bob Rae is still trving to spend his way out of the recession, ex-

ect no such move from the

If my antennae are tuned correctly, we're about to see a reincarnation of Bill Bennett’s restraint program.

services, laid off 10,000 public servants, and raised all sorts of fees and taxes. The result was Solidarity, an extra- parliamentary opposition of unprecedented proportions.

At one point, more than 40,000 protesters assembled in front of the Legislative Build- ings in Victoria to let off steam. There was the pos-

’ sibility of a general strike, and there was open talk of ‘blood in the sireets”’,

For the first time in British Columbia’s history, the

_ premier had body guards -

grim-faced RCMP officers in plain clothes, watching over him. They even accompanied him on the short walks from his office to the legislative chamber.

The potentially explosive situation was averted only when Bennett and then IWA president Jack Munro reached ihe so-called Kelowna Accord.

The NDP will do three things, and do them soon: cut

raises ugly heaa

From the . Capital... ..... by Hubert Beyer

time that his carlier predic- tions of a $1.8 billion deficit were too optimistic, His last doubts were dashed with the recent release of the first quarterly financial report, covering government revenues and expenditures from April to June 1992.

According to that report, reveriues for the first quarter were up 6.3 per cent, while ex- penditures rose by 8.8 per cent. That Ieft the deficit to date at $525 million, com- pared with earlier estimates of only $402 million.

Applying a little basic math, one comes to the inescapable

‘conclusion that by the end of

the fiscal year, the government will have racked up a deficit of more than $2 billion. Un- less something is done about it.

There are only two ways to keep the deficit down: spend less or charge more, The government will do both. The only question is how drastic

i against Mr, Mulroney and his Progressive _ election campaign has started. Let’s hope The fact is that revenues in services, reduce the number of the surgery will be. k ' . oT , ve ° 3 B.C. have fallen alarmingly public servants, and raise all Meat . a Conservatives, They said, and quite right- that political fatigue doesn’t cause VoteTS a at of expenditures, andmy sorts of fees and taxes I don’t wish to spread panic 4 é ? ? , M i ly, that a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ vote should only to check out of the whole process. informants tell me that finance Ministrics have already been thew public servants, bt the ¢ i minister Glen Clark and his told in no uncertain terms to wes i Y F . ae very least, I expect a hiring staff have been busy preparing _cut their budgets during the [ : | 4 Nee: . . teeze, coupled perhaps with a a anumber of initiatives aimed second half of the fiscal year. : | : . i . voluntary retirement scheme. a at keeping the deficit under At arecent meeting, deputy a control. ministers were given their Talso expect an assortment H In summer, kids hold doors You may remember that marching orders. | of fees and renee to be In- : open letting in cats and flies. == Bennett didn’tendear himself The finance minister’s in- creased. And nex! year

In winter men do it. Through Qo large segments of the popu- structions were basic and to _-—«-«dudget, still four months

They swing the door open to roug Sy lation when he broughtinhis the point: ‘‘Don’tgivemerea- @WY> will have some steep

its maximum arc, then watch Bifocals restraint program. In fact, all sons why you can’t cut costs, '@* mereases.

frost build up on the linoleum. hell broke loose. just do il.” This government will not

If the mercury drops faster by Claudette Sandecki fk Bennett did three things: cut. © Clark has known for some mount a whole-sale disman-

tling of programs, as Bennett did, but selective surgery will

result in some sharp cuts.

One of the services under consideration for a drastic cut- back is universal Pharmacare. Rather than getting free medication above and beyond the basic deductible, there may be a means test.

And frankly, I don’t see why not. There isn’t a reason in the world why Jimmy Pattison, or Hubert Beyer for that matter, should have his medication — paid for by the taxpayers.

All of which makes for inter- esting comparisons between the Ontario government and Mike Harcourt’s New Demo- crats. Both are, no doubt, com- milted to the basic tenets of social democracy, but they are clearly fallowing different economic theories.

And the direction being © laken by the Harcourt govern- ment makes it virtually in- distinguishable from a conser- vative government,