January 15, 1993, carnegie newsletter

IT'S YOUR ORGANIZATION

Almost twenty y e a r s ago an o r g a n i z a t i o n was s t a r t e d t h a t we a l l s t i l l b e n e f i t f r o m There was no Downtown E a s t s i d e then. Most people thought o f . t h e area around Hastings and Main as Skid Road.

But t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e Residents' A s s o c i a t i o n changed a l l t h a t . DERA fought t o improve c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e h o t e l s , it chnmpioned t h e openin9 of "sraegie Centre, it b u i l t decent' a f f o - .:hi musing f o r t h e c i t i z e n s . It f o s t e r e d p r i d e E a f i g h t i n g

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s p i r i t i n t h e people who , l i v e ]here. I n short it b u i l t a neighbourhood, a community.

Now i s t h e time f o r t h e community t o come t o t h e a i d of DERA. For t h e p a s t few y e a r s DERA has been experiencing growing pains. I t i s no longer j u s t a l i t t E e band of r e s i d e n t s & community a c t i v i s t s o p e r a t ing on a s h o e - s t r i n g & a prayer, j o u s t i n g * with t h e b i g powers at C i t y Hall. Now i t 1s a l a r g e o r g a n i z a t i o n with a t r a i n e d , u n i o n ized s t a f f , running a f a r - f l u n g , c o r p o r a t e s t y l e development & b u i l d i n g maintenance program.

A s DERA has g o t t e n involved i n b u i l d i n g s i t s a t t e n t i o n h a s been d i v e r t e d from t h e s t r e e t - l e v e l a c t i v i t i e s . I t s t i l l has t h e welfare F U I advocacy hous- programsFthe - ing r e l o c a t i o n s e r v i c e , but it has had a lower p r o f i l e l a t e l y a s a f i g h t i n g organization, t a k i n g on t h e i s s u e s on t h e s t r e e t s and i n t h e h o t e l s .

In f a c t , two of DERA's most e x c i t i n g i n i t i a t i v e s l a t e l y a r e shaky a s f a r a s cont-inued financing. These a r e both s t r e e t l e v e l programs, a s s i s t i n g some of t h e most vulnerable members of our community, t h e t r a d i t i o n a l t y p e of a c t i v i t y t h a t DERA was s e t up f o r & should continue. I f t h e r e i s n o t a s t r o n g commitment t o continue them t h e y could weaken.

These two programs a r e * The PORTLAND HOTEL, which provides supp o r t f o r people with emotional problems who need h e l p i n s t a b i l i z i n g t h e i r l i v e s ; & * DOWNTOWN SOUTH, which i s helping lowincome people along Granville S t r e e t p r o t e c t t h e i r homes from redevelopment.

DERA i s a t t h e t u r n i n g p o i n t r i g h t now.

There i s a new o r g a n i z e r , Barb Daniel, and i n a few weeks t h e r e w i l l be a new executi v e . The community must a s s i s t them by giving some c l e a r thoughts on t h e f u t u r e d i r e c t i o n o f DERA. Otherwise, t h e s t a f f & t h e executive w i l l be o p e r a t i n g i n a vacuum. Which a c t i v i t i e s does t h e community want t o s e e maintained and strengthened?

The Carnegie Community Centre Association has more than 2,500 members. Most of them have b e n e f i t t e d i n one way o r another from DERA's a c t i v i t i e s . A s p a r t of t h e process of c o n s u l t a t i o n between DERA & t h e community, t h e Association w i l l sponsor a Community Forum on DERA t o s t a r t t h e d i s cussion. The forum w i l l f o c u s on t h e f u t u r e of DERA, not p a s t h i s t o r y . A l l Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s a r e welcome. Bring your i d e a s & your enthusiasm. Remember, i t ' s t h e community's o r g a n i z a t i o n ; i t ' s up t o t h e community t o keep it s t r o n g .

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COMMUNITY FORUM ON DERA ,

SUNDAY,,JAN. 24, a t 6 p . m .

CAWEGIE CENTRE, MAIN AND HASTINGS ( f r e e c h i l i , 5:30 pm)

The upcoming workshops on t h e corporate Agenda a r e sponsored by t h e Carnegie A s s o c i a t i o n . They w i l l b e given by represent a t i v e l s from End Legislated Poverty.

The purpose i s t o have an understanding of why we a r e poor - and why everyone is g e t t i n g poorer while t h e r i c h g e t r i c h e r .

These workshops w i l l be held on f o u r consecutive Thursdays, beginning on t h e 28th of January. They w i l l each be i n t h e 2nd f l o o r non-smoking lounge & s t a r t a t 1:3O, l a s t i n g f o r about 2 hours.

THE CORPORATE AGENDA

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C H I L I Y O U C A N L I V E WITH Every Wednesday, from 5:30 pm o n , 2nd f l o o r , C a r n e g i e .

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The Chickadeewasblack & w h i t e . I t f l e w o v e r beside me t o pick up t h e popcorn I had dropped. I c r o u c h e d i n w a r d a f t e r I ' d s c a r e To a l l t h e people of Carnegie: it with a sudden move. J u s t then a raccoon Why must people always l a b e l and judge came over. tlyour Food," he s a i d . "You t a l k . o t h e r s on t h e b a s i s of t h e colour o f t h e i r I threw him a peanut. "Nut" he s a i d and s k i n , r e l i g i o u s b e l i e f s o r sexual p r e f e r scrambled up t h e t r e e . ences? The world would be a much b e t t e r two more raccoons b u r s t through t h e b u s h e s p l a c e i f we d i d n ' t . Each of u s i s a human and up t h e pine t r e e . being with our own unique q u a l i t i e s , t h a t W h a t ' s coming?" I asked. ( I thought) ' we can s h a r e with o t h e r s . To me it d o e s n ' t "A dog!" t h e y r e p l i e d . m a t t e r what t h e colour of your s k i n i s , I l i s t e n e d b u t h e a r d n o t h i n g . A l l was calm. what your r e l i g i o n , i f 'any, you a r e , o r Then a black dog (Lab) b u r s t through t h e who you choose t o have sex with, but what bushes. I stood up. I walked away. does m a t t e r t o me i s how you t r e a t o t h e r s .

Goodbye my f r i e n d s .

I f I choose t o d i s l i k e you it i s n ' t f o r who you a r e but f o r what you t o do t o A human Being o t h e r s around me. I ' m w r i t i n g t h i s on Christmas Eve and i n t h i s season of peace on e a r t h and good w i l l t o a l l , remember t o t r e a t people with r e s p e c t and human kindEAGLE FEATHER A. A. GROUP n e s s and maybe t h e world would be a b e t t e r Meeting : Every Sunday place f o r a l l .

Vickie D u t c h e r S t a r t i n g : Jan. 10, 1993 Third Floor: 8:OO-9:OOpm A SUPPORT GROUP Everyone welcome! for Men and Women's Sharing C i r c l e GAY AND LESBIAN PERSONS Meebing : Every Saturday who l i v e and/or work i n t h e S t a r t i n g : Jan. Y; 1993Downtown E a s t s i d e Third Floor: 7:30-9:30pm Meetlng monthly u n t i l we know more about Everyone welcome! what we want and need t o be doing. For more information. c a l l 681-8365 ( F i r s t United Church) E ask f o r Gary o r Ed.

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By Wendy MckUan Stan Reporter

A Vancouver needle-exchange

worker who tried to unionize her eo-workers has been fired - less than two weeks after the vote.

Ingrid Hanson, 35, was .the exchange's first employee and has worked the streets educating drug users and exchanging new needles for old ones since March 1989.

Hanson said she was fired yesterday because she tried to unionize the Downtown Eastside Youth Activities Society, which operates the needle exchange.

"It's all about the union," Hanson said. " (DEYAS executive director) John Turvey stated many times over the years that we didn't need a union and that, if anyone tried to get one, they'd be gone.

"I knew what I was doing."

The 17 workers took a certification vote Dec. 23 with CUPE Local 3495. The vote failed with nine voting against the proposal.

Ray Arsenault, CUPE's regional director for B.C., said the Canadian Union of Public Employees will defend Hanson before the lndustrial Relations Council.

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-"We had a vote and lost. But that doesn't stop the union from representing people who trf'ed to bring us in. Ingrid Was fired because of her union activity and we're going to defend her to the hilt."

Said Turvey: "It's an internal problem. We haven't heard from the union and there's been no action from them. It's not the issue we're dealing with."

B.C. Federation of Labor president Ken Georgetti said emplayees who attempt to unionize their workplace often lose their jobs.

"But I ' m a s t o n i s h e d a progressive individual like John Turvey, who's working for people's rights, would fire a worker for exercising her right," he said.

DEYAS's budget of $2 million comes mainly from the health and social services ministries.

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Well here it i s 1993, time t o make changes i n our community. We have over 10,000 people l i v i n g here i n our a r e a of town. But it seems t h a t most people have overlooked our metropolis, so t h e C i t y has organized t h i s c i t y wide plan f o r t h e people t o g e t involved with organizing.. by allowing us t o give our views on what's needed i n our l i t t l e community we c a l l t h e Downtown Eastside.

So f o l k s , I i n v i t e you t o come on Satulr day, January 16th. Make your views known t o t h e City, a s well a s meet some of your neigllb9urs: We have a l o t . o f b u i l d i n g s i n t h e down-

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town a r e a t h a t a r e boarded up, a s well a s a l o t o f problems with t h e h o t e l s & barsI t ' s time t o clean up, but we c a n ' t do i t without your h e l p .

Hope t o s e e you t h e r e . Coffee w i l l be served f o r t h e people who a t t e n d We w i l l be meeting i n Carnegie, i n t h e 2nd f l o o r non-smoking room. The d a t e is JANUARY 16 from 2r4 pm. Should we g e t a whole l o t of people then it w i l l be i n t h e t h e a t r e on t h e 1st f l o o r .

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Margaret Prevost, Chairperson, Community R e l a t i o n s Committee7 4

CEEDS IS PART INDIAN We l e f t t h e c i t y i n May of '71 & moved here t o t h e South Cariboo. We c a m e t o b u i l d a r u r a l a g r i c u l t u r a l commune. The reception we received from most of t h e white populat i o n was, t o say t h e very l e a s t , h o s t i l e .

We were and s t i l l a r e h i p p i e s .

There was however one s e g m e n t o f t h e popu l a t i o n who be-friended u s r i g h t from t h e s t a r t & t h a t was t h e Indian s t r e e t people.

They a r e known l o c a l l y a s Troopers. They l i k e and accept t h e name.

The communal farm was s i t u a t e d approxima t e l y 25 miles e a s t o f Williams Lake & 4 miles back i n t h e bush o f f t h e Horsefly Road. We were s q u a t t i n g on an o l d abandoned farm t h a t was s i t u a t e d on crown land; l o c a l l y known a s t h e Borland Meadow. We had a l o t t o l e a r n . I t was t h e Troopers who came t o our rescue. They had t h e know-how: log building, gardening, farming, haying, e learned much. d r i v i n g horses, you name itl. W In 1975 Red Power was i n t h e news. They occupiedGtook over t h e Department o f Indi a n A f f a i r s o f f i c e i n Williams Lake. We

dropped by t o pay our r e s p e c t s . Wemet with two men dressed i n m i l i t a r y s t y l e c l o t h i n g with red armbands. We introduced o u r ~ e l v e s and t o l d them a b i t about our commune. The spokesman f o r them informed u s t h a t they had nothing a g a i n s t communes but we should be building our commune r i g h t o u t t h e r e 6 pointed out t h e windowtotheOverwaitea parking l o t . 'lShut them down," he s a i d .

Wow! Right a t t h a t time a woman came i n packing 2 l a r g e Overwaitea shopping bags.

The spokesman s a i d , "Oh good, you have our lunch. " We learned from t h a t experience t h a t Indian people a s well a s a l l t h e r e s t o f u s w i l l never be a b l e t o d e a l with t h e system u n t i l we can supply our own lunch.

It can be done.

We s t a r t e d t o do it on t h e Sugar Cane Indian r e s e r v e i n t h e Spring of '77. Tommy Wycotte, who was considered by t h e Troope r s t o be t h e i r c h i e f u n t i l h i s death a few years ago, i n v i t e d u s t o come 6 grow a community garden a t h i s f a m i l y ' s t r a d i t i o n a l garden s i t e . We accepted. A r e v o l u t i o nary movement was underway.

We s e t up camp on Tommy's t r a d i t i o n a l

land, borrowed a t r a c t o r & ploughed up an a c r e of garden s i t e . That f a l l we took mmy blue ribbons a t t h e l o c a l f a i r . We brought i n chickens, cows & p i g s from t h e Borland Meadow. We had a bee a p i a r y . During our f i r s t winter a t Sugar Cane an h i s t o r i c meeting took place. The Troopers and t h e Hippies unanimously decided $0 u n i t e together, throw whatever we had including our energy i n t o t h e one pot. For s e v e r a l y e a r s we operated under t h e name of t h e Troopers Commune. Wetre s t i l l t o g e t h e r t o d a y The second year a t Sugar Cane we expended t h e garden t o 3% a c r e s & increased our animals. That f a l l we gave a sack of potat o e s t o every household on t h e r e s e r v e t h e f i r s t s t e p towards a f u l l lunchbucket.

I t was a l s o t h a t f a l l t h a t t h e e s t a b l i s h ment, both Indian & w h i t e , came down on us.

The white Troopers were served e v i c t i o n n o t i c e by t h e band council. Racism was the main weapon used a g a i n s t us.

A t t h e same time an a r t i c l e i n t h e l o c a l paper implied t h a t i f we were not stamped o u t a t t h i s time we would spread l i k e knapweed. Well, we were not stamped out E we have not spread l i k e knapweed - Yet! We p u l l e d out of Sugar Cane i n t h e s p r i n i o f ' 7 9 , s t i l l b e l i e v i n g , a s we do today, t h a t h i s t o r y was being made t h e r e .

We moved t o t h e C h i l c o t i n Nation & s t a r t ed another community farm; (From t h e f r y ing pan i n t o t h e f i r e . ) Another s t o r y , another time.

Now, 15 y e a r s l a t e r , we h a v e t h e c h a n c e of once again building a model organic communal farm. A model f o r t h e whole count r y including t h e Indian Nations.

We a r e looking f o r o t h e r s t o j o i n u s i n a c t i v e l y coming t o t h e defence of n a t u r e while a t t h e same time l i v i n g &working t o build the a l t e r n a t i v e society.

(This a r t i c l e was w r i t t e n f o r t h e f i r s t Ceeds p u b l i c a t i o n "In Defence of Nature1') *

ROOTER AND RIPEAR

LAST April, Suzie, one o f our 4 sows, farrowed&had 10 l i t t l e p i g l e t s . Theweaahe r was warm&we watched h e r make a n e s t i n t h e corner of an o l d barn. She arranged spruce boughs she gathered i n sucha~manner t h a t t h e l i t t l e p i g s were p r o t e c t e d from being pushed i n t o t h e walls. When h e r n e s t was ready she proceeded t o g i v e b i r t h . By gas lamp, we stayed with h e r u n t i l she had a l l of her l i t t e r .

They a l l seemed t o be doing well u n t i l a few days l a t e r , when we n o t i c e d 2 l i t t l e p i g l e t s very low. One was almost dead, and we immediately breathed l i f e i n t ~ h i m ~ m o u t h t o mouth). We brought them i n t o t h e cabin and p u t them b e s i d e t h e s t o v e t o g e t warm.

A f t e r giving them a l i t t l e brandyGwater they soon revived & took b o t t l e f e e d i n g s of f r e s h g o a t ' s milk. Because g o a t ' s milk i s s o nourishing & e a s i l y digested, it wasan e x c e l l e n t s u b s t i t u t e fortheirmothex'smilk.

They progressed wkll & soon we l e t them o u t s l d e during t h e day t o forage, r o o t i n t h e e a r t h & have a mud bath. The d i r t and . small r o o t s which t h e y a t e contained t h e n a t u r a l minerals t h e y required.

Suzie, who had t h e freedom t o roam a l l over t h e 40 a c r e p a s t u r e , took h e r family with h e r every day t o r o o t f o r t h e s e nece s s a r y minerals. They never received any i r o n s h o t s o r o t h e r vaccines.

Meanwhile, our 2 i n t h e house became q u i t e t h e p e t s , each with a d i f f e r e n t per- d s o n a l i t y . One we named Rooter because,when he was hungry, he'd vigourously r o o t o u r l e g s t o g e t our a t t e n t i o n . The o t h e r one we named Ripear because a l i t t l e p a r t of h i s e a r was missing. He'd r o o t t o o but Nikki Spooner and mostly j u s t squealed t h e l o u d e s t of t h e 2.

J e r r y LeBourdais - f o r In t h e morning, a s soon a s it was l i g h t , they would come over t o t h e bedtiwake u s Ceeds . up, squealing loudly f o r t h e i r b o t t l e s .

C-184, Horse Lake S i t e W e found t h e y responded t o a f f e c t i o n . You RR #1, Lone Butte, BC VOK 1x0 could hold them on your 1 a p E a f t e r awhile they would go t o s l e e p . When t h e y awoke, they'd jump down 4 head f o r t h e i r own bed behind t h e stove, grunting away. They gave u s a l o t of enjoyment & none o f us minded feeding I cleaning up a f t e r them. (They

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were p a r t l y paper t r a i n e d . ) We weaned them a t 6 weeks along with thc o t h e r l i t t e r s , and a t 7 weeks they were a l l s o l d o r t r a d e d except f o r Ripear and : l i t t l e sow. Ripear was t o be our w i n t e r ' s pork & t h e l i t t l e sow would one day r e place t h e o l d e r one.

When t h e time came t o butcher Ripear it was a solemn occasion. We separated him t h e n i g h t before and, a f t e r having a , l i g h t supper, he soon s e t t l e d down i n a s h e l t e r ed bed a d j o i n i n g t h e butchering area. The next day, when we were ready & a l l p a r t i c i p a t i n g , he was shot i n t h e humanest way p o s s i b l e . A p i e c e of charcoal was used t o draw a l i n e from t h e l e f t e a r opening t o t h e r i g h t eye. Where t h e s e 2 l i n e s c r o s s i s t h e spot where t h e b u l l e t e n t e r s t h e brain. ~t t h e f i n a l minute he was given an apple 6 while chewing h i s head was i n t h e r i g h t p o s i t i o n , t h e shot was f i r e d & he died i n s t a n t l y . He was dressed out and hung & t h e l e a f l a r d 4 organ meat was ext r a food f o r us & our dogs & c a t s . Here was a s p i r i t on our farm whose l i f e we helped t o s u s t a i n , and from t h a t l i f e helped t o s u s t a i n our l i v e s .

We hope t o r a i s e another 2 l i t t l e p i g s i n t h e house & s t a r t t h e c y c l e again.

Our sows w i l l be farrowing i n ~ u g u s t& we a r e a l l looking forward t o t h a t time.

N. POPLAR (Pig Dept. (1977))

To whom it may concern, There i s famine on t h e horn of Africa.

Here i n Canada, some of t h e b e s t land f o r food production i s given t o produce s l c o hol & tobacco. C i r r o h i s of t h e l i v e r . lung cancer, h e a r t d i s e a s e , - b r o k e n famili e s , broken l i v e s , wasted e f f o r t s a t economizing under t h e enslaving power o f adJiction a r e the result.

Good minds & s t r o n g bodies ruined by pedlars of tobacco & alcohol, by produczrs of t h o s e commodities. Good land wasted i n t h e i r production. And t h e r e i s famine on t h e horn of Africa.

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p l a n e t IS doomed if change, big change, doesn't happen soon. We b e l i e v e t h a t an a g r a r i a n revolution i s t h e way t o go. We need a mass r e v i v a l of t h e 'Back t o t h e Land1 movement. The a g r a r i a n r e v o l u t i o n was s t a r t e d by t h e h i p p i e s with t h e Back t o t h e Land Movement o f t h e '60's. Contra r y t o popular b e l i e f , t h e movement d i d n ' t f a i l . Hippies a r e t h e o r i g i n a t o r s of t h e environmental, communal, peace E organic back t o t h e land movement.

A land base has been e s t a b l i s h e d . There a r e h i p p i e s i n t h e h i l l s who have been farming o r g a n i c a l l y , l i v i n g simply & l o o k ing down t h e road f o r people young & o l d t o j o i n them. People who a r e w i l l i n g t o put n a t u r e ' s i n t e r e s t s f i r s t 4 a c t i v e l y come t o h e r defence.

Values a s well a s l i f e s t y l e s have t o change & we must s t a r t drawing c l o s e r t o n a t u r e . One of t h e b e s t ways t o do t h i s i s by g e t t i n g your hands i n t h e s o i l , even i f i t ' s j u s t a p o t t e d p l a n t i n t h e window (or i n t h e c l o s e t a s t h e case may be).

On a warm s p r i n g day, pause f o r a moment t o look over t h e seed d i s p l a y s i n your corner grocery s t o r e . See i f you d o n ' t g e t an urge t o p l a n t some. This shows t h e r e ' s s t i l l a spark of our c u l t u r e l e f t i n us.

This i s t h e spark t h a t must be fanned. Me look forward t o t h e back t o t h e land movement o f t h e 60's r e a l l y taking o f f again i n t h e 90's.

J e r r y LeBourdais & Ceeds

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Between Third and Fourth Dimensions

From s t u d e n t s f o r whom E n g l i s h is a Secong Language..

An autumn t i n g e d mirror R e f l e c t s my s i l v e r temples Depicting a' s i l v e r lawn ' Glancing toward a f r o s t e d dawn

When I w a s a g i r l i n China I wanted t o E:o t o u n i v e r s i t y t o c o n t i n u e my e d u c a t i o n .

bly f a t h e r s a i d no - u n i v e r s i t y i s n o t f o r E:i'rls - s o I married when I was 16.

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A f l u f f y snow-capped mirror

Sharon Wong

R e f l e c t s my crown of white Suddenly becoming a play-land In my backyard, f i l l e d with l i g h t .

When' I was 10 y e a r s o l d I l i v e d i n China. The government would n o t a l l o w us t o grow f l o w e r s .

A s p r i n g speckled mirror I grew some f l o w e r s - t h e government R e f l e c t s i t s mairI1 YUIpU3G c u t them down. I loved my f l o w e r s , t h e y I...

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In 1992 my Grandmother won t h e award f I'm very proud of h b e s t w r i t e r i n B.C. She p u t s much work i n t o h e r , w t i h i n g but s t i l l l e a v e s much time f o r h e r grandchil ren - Lea(l0) , Conrad (9) , Bobby (54), Me1 inda (53, Benj amin (4) , Samantha (3) Cole (2 and Kirk(1). She always brags about h e r Grandchildren; mostly about me (I'm t h e o l d e s t ) . I love h e r very much.

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i s what happens I mean t h e d i s g u i s e of t h i n g s wearing t h i n c o l o r , t h e way a s u r p r i s e c l o s e s up on i t s e l f , ribbons of i n t e n t u n r a v e l l i n g t o reveal non-descript r e s i g n a t i o n f o r example: s p i r i t s a r e l i k e t e e t h . one n o t i c e s them accidently, u n t i l they a r e sick panhandling t h e i r a t t e n t i o n f o r weeks, perhaps months a constant d u l l ache j angling i n t h e j awbone one sharp cry, then t h e t e r r i b l e unnerved, h e l p l e s s incompletenessofabsent sense, t h e echo o f something vanishing l i k e an echo i n a vanishing expectancy o r t h e f i n g e r s of snow t h a t touch u s l i k e o u r own aged hands grim with f u t u r e Dan Feeney

( E d i t o r ' s note: I t ' s always e x c i t i n g t o g e t w r i t i n g from a young person. The autho of t h e following e x c e l l e n t p i e c e i s 10.)

No Point War has no p o i n t . I t t a k e s brave men's l i v e s and throws them i n t h e d i r t . I t crushes happy f a m i l i e s , breaking p e o p l e ' s h e a r t s . When governments agree t o war I d o n ' t t h i n k t h e y r e a l l y c a r e how many brave people's l i v e s a r e slaughtered l i k e a pack o f c a t t l e .

When they say "It w i l l make our home a b e t t e r place," it i s n ' t r e a l l y t r u e .

I t makes me mad when they make people go t o war or spend 3 y e a r s i n j a i l . How t ;s t u p i d .

I f I was Queen of t h e world a l l guns L $ would be destroyed, even t o y ones. .and everything t h a t k i l l s . People l o s e t h e i r l i v e s . . f o r what?

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How t o have fun i n Reno with a very small budget of a $149 bus t r i p E h o t e l , included 5 days, 5 n i g h t s of gambling E 1 n i g h t on t h e road e i t h e r way.......

I a r r i v e d i n Reno with $32.50 i n my pock e t s , happy a s a l a r k , gambling days and n i g h t s away.

I never gambled during t h e e a r l y hours o f t h e mornings a s my luck runs o u t only evenings E n i g h t s . I made $50, bought a watch f o r $38.95, s t e a k & prawns, chocola t e cake E 2 games of Reno. The $50 was gone but a t l e a s t I had something t o show f o r it. I never put my winnings back i n t o t h e machines, always buying something o t o t h e r t o mark my lucky s t a r . To me i t was good clean fun (E I love t o watch p e o p l e l )

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His claims were challenged as quickly as Greene's were den* ounced.

And Patrick Johnston of the Canadian Council bn Soicial Development this week. took on both Green and Sarlo.

True, poverty In Canada is not the same as the "absolute poverty" in Somalia. Johnston con&ed. . ~ umist t wholiveonless than Statistics Canada's low-income cutoff, which in a major city ranges from $14,951 for a single person to $29,661 for a family of four, are living in "relative poverty," Johnston said.

But the debate over whether the poor are, really poor and whether current social safety nets from unemployment insurance, to welfare, to food banks - actually encouragedependencywill not pass with tlie end of the Christmas season or the current econo-mic hard times. fit&&a9 iiasigtenke sjP Ft& iqtb8 L e Mder smtiltg id theP ?P c 6 ~ h @ j t e # r ~ ~ e a and l t h Welfare Minister Benoit) Bouchard annou~cedthis fall.

tion, sparked responses of disbelief and outrage.

"They couldn't have come at a OTTAWA It's that time of year . worse time." said Gerard Kennedy, operator of the Daily Food Bank in when "Want is most keenly felt", Much has changed since Charles Toronto, the country's largest, - . Dickens penned those words in A Christmas Carol, but the mood of which is launchinga ~hristmasdrive Scrooge haunts Canada today. for; firnds.

Thd count of "poor" Canadians is f Earlier thisyear, Christopher rising but in some quatters their Sarlo, an economics professor, plight is not getting much sympathy, claimed that real poverty has been as was revdaled by.Tory MP Bar- virtually wiped out in ~ a n a d a bara Gteene's attack this week on While Greene suggested food food banks because they encourage banks are there merely to provi,de, "dependency." ' employmplitJor those who operate Scrooge, before his miraculous them, Sarlo argu d that the entire overnight conversion, also took the welfare lobby m es "a very hand/ view that there were institutiohs some living off the poor!' i already in plac&to care for the poor The proportion of Canadians livand that any charitable donation by ing in real poverty m a ~ i fact n be less him would iust encourage further than two per cent, Sarlo said. . idleness..

Canada's low-income "Are t h e r e no'prisotis?" h e groups call responded when qpproached for a exclude various fdrms donation to buy fdsd and drink for' benefjts; Caclo the poor. "And th union workhouses .. are they s!i in operation .the Treadmill and the Poor Law Editor, are in full vigor, then?"

I'm sending this clipping along to you To put an end to further entreafor 2 reasons. ties, he noted "I can't afford to make idle people merry. ;.I help to s u p First, this is important for its bloody -- - - - - -- .- outrageousness. Luckily, the reporter has port the establishments inentioned done a great job of putting the event or - they cost enough." subject of the article into perspective. ' Givene, who heads the CammonO' Secondly, & more importantly, Tory M.P. "sub-cotnmittee an Doverb. kook the Greenefs statements are no accident. They same approach, oheserving'the modwill have been carefully worked up prior ern-day equivaleqt to those estabto issuance no matter whether press relishments-the welfare system is adequate to take care of the poUk " lease, prepared statement or Commons debHer comments, coming just before ate. Given her position (underlined), it Christmas and just after Statistics was probably by prepared statement. ~ a n a d reported a the number of lowI think it is an 'accepted' that the income earners had climbed to 4.2 federal gov't is beginning the dismantling million or 16 per cent of the populaERIC BEAUCHESNE

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of our s o c i a l programs i n response t o Frec Trade. (This i s i n l i g h t of numerous 'hanc over h e a r t ' pronouncements t o t h e c o n t r a r ) p r i o r t o t h e l a s t f e d e r a l e l e c t i o n . ) Bouck a r d t s announcement i s f u r t h e r evidence.

The f a c t t h a t t h e y would embark on t h i s i n t h e l a s t 2 y e a r s of t h e i r mandate i n d i c a t e s a major urgency u n d e r l i e s t h i s i s s u e .

Now t o t h e point: What we may be seeing i n t h i s a r t i c l e is a f a c e t of t h e Conserva t i v e e l e c t i o n s t r a t e g y which, i f successf u l , w i l l marginalize t h e 'have n o t s 1 a s a s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t group. I f t h i s happens our ( t h e ) i s s u e w i l l l o s e i t s 'Motherhood aspect1 & o u r p l i g h t , w i l l simply become our argument. This w i l l muffle our voice a s we ' t a k e a numberq 6 wait our t u r n t o voice our c r i t i c i z m s .

They appear t o be taking a ' b e s t defense is offence1 stance given t h e i r p a s t success a t playing t h e p u b l i c psyche, t h e y might j u s t be a b l e t o s i d e l i n e t h e s o c i a l programs i s s u e by reducing it t o a s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t motivatedf' debate. I f t h e y can do t h i s o t h e r f r e e t r a d e i s s u e s , such a s lowe r i n g t h e standard of l i v i n g & job l o s s , w i l l follow s u i t regarding m a r g i n a l i z a t i o n This marginalization o f t h e s e i s s u e s w i l l g r e a t l y reduce t h e s e i s s u e s ' a b i l i t y / o u r a b i l i t y t o a f f e c t t h e v o t e p a t t e r n of t h e top h a l f of s o c i e t y t h a t c o n t a i n s t h e majo r i t y of t h e Conservative vote. Outrageous r i d i c u l e ( a s i n a r t i c l e ) may be an e f f e c t i v e counter-measure. Food f o r thought i n s t r a n g e times.

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From: Regroupement des Chomeuses e t Chomeurs du Quebec In t h i s envelope is a l e t t e r explaining t h e new Mazankowski c u t s i n Unemployment Insurance a s well a s a model l e t t e r t h a t we ask you t o send t o Manpower6 Immigration m i n i s t e r Valcourt p r o t e s t i n g h i s r e form p r o j e c t s .

This i s a simple & q u i c k way o f making our opposition e o t h i s law known. Of coirse it i s not enough. That's why we a r e o r g a n i s i n g here i n Quebec & with f r i e n d s i n Ontario f o r demonstrations.

The Mazankowski c u t s 1) decrease i n b e n e f i t s from 60% t o 57%

2) t o t a l ban from UIC f o r a l l people who Ifvoluntarilyf1q u i t t h e i r job os lose it f o r 'misconducts.

For now t h e s e c u t s a r e ~ t i l l a l a w p ~ o j e c t h a t has t o be adopted by t h e House of CommonsEthe Senate, i n o r d e r t o be appli e d s t a r t i n g April l s t , 1993.

I t i s good t o note t h a t , u n l e s s t h e r e a r e amendments t o t h e Welfare Law people t h u s c u t won't be e l i g i b l e f o r Welfare s i c n e it i s not t h e purpose of t h i s program t o "compensate exclusion from unemployment insurance"! We a l s o a s s e s s t h a t 50% of t h e s e people a r e automatically excluded from Welfare because of t h e i r s i t u a t i o n ( f i n a n c i a l o r conjugal, f o r example We consider t h e s e new c u t s w i l l have an even g r e a t e r &more Cynical impactthanLaw C-21 ( t h e f i r s t blows t o U1)against which we s t r u g g l e d previously.

T h a t ' s why we hope t o s t r e n g t h e n our s t r u g g l e t h i s time. I f we want t o block t h e adoption of t h i s law, we w i l l have t o t a k e t o t h e s t r e e t s & c r e a t e havoc s o t h e gov't w i l l have t o r e t r e a t . To do so, we w i l l need t h e a c t i v e support of a l l popul a r o r g a n i s a t i o n s , s o c i a l groups and t r a d e unions. Our opposition h a s t o go beyond simple d e c l a r a t i o n , a s has o f t e n been t h e c a s e i n s o c i a l s t r u g g l e s i n r e c e n t years.

We have got t o break with t h e kind innkeeper corporatism where we keep t o our own p a r t i c u l a r brand of oppression. I t doesn't matter i f we a r e n a t i v e , black o r white; working o r unemployed; young o r old; man o r woman; organized o r unorganized. We have t o break with t h e s e damn s e p arations We're taking on a whole economic l o g i c with t h e s e MAzankowski c u t s . This l o g i c i s a t the heart of the loss of social housing, t h e reduction of s o c i a l s e r v i c e s Hundreds of thousands of people have been junked (workers Gothers) & excluded from a s o c i e t y which r e f u s e s them even t h e i r most b a s i c needs. Indignation j u s t won'tdoWe d o n ' t have enough r i g h t s l e f t t o j u s t s t a y on t h e defensive. We need perspecti v e s t h a t concern u s a l l . T h a t ' s why we want t o develop a v a s t s o c i a l movement.

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Do low income people in B. C. want ELP to start a ' campaign to end discrimination against poor people (classism)? The ELP Board wanted staff to investigate this question as we give workshops. on the causes of poverty and how people can work to educate their community about poverty.

In Vernon on Nov. 27th all the people at the workshop said a resounding yes! Betty Winder told of trying to rent a place to live. "They asked if1 was on social assistance." When Betty said she was, "they thought I was drunk every day, that I wouldn't pay my rent. It really upset me."

Vera LeFranc said that private rental agencies in Vernon are quite open about saying, "We don't rent to women on welfare or single moms."

"This makes me darn mad," said Vera. "It forces j people to lie and live in fear." Vera said that she I knew of a person who took a food voucher to a grocery store. The clerk told the person what they should and shouldn't buy with the voucher.

Cam Clayton said he thought a campaign against classism was a good idea. He suggested that EL9 might want to borrow an idea fiom the national organization of the disabled (COPOH) and have low income people keep diaries of the times that they face discrimination because they are poor.

Janice Knubiuk thought the campaign would be a good idea too. Her daughter has a rough time in school, she said, because she can't participate in extra sports events.

I Gordon Burton said the people on w e k e have a hard time buying things like washing machines even if welfare will pay. "As soon as you say you're on welfare, that's it, no sale."

"Our children can't learn properly because they're so restricted and don't have what others have so they're looked down upon," explained Shirley Burton. "We would l i e to live now, please. "..:

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At the Gibson's workshop on Dec. 5th people talked about the kinds of discrimination they face as low income people: *People wouldn't let their kids play with my kids because we were poor; *When my kids were sick, we were treated as "the diseased family;" *The majority of people who don't have experience with food banks think that there's abuse--that people drive up in cadiiacs; *People assume that you're a bad parent. My daughter had a brown baby tooth. A woman interviewed her and said, "You shouldn't eat so much candy."I'm glad she said that instead of reporting me. It was assumed that since 1was on weifare I fed my daughter a diet of sugary cereals; *There's ways of treating people that wouldn't mean much if you're not on welfare, but when you're vulnerable then its just devastating.

In Gibsons the group decided that their action would be to develop a skit for Cable TV that would expose stereotypes of low income people and replace them with understanding.

Rob Hervey of Vernon summed up the feeling of both groups when he said: "We're all peopleand we need to be treated fairly. We're all good people. "

The Coors Connection I ' l l b e t you've seen t h e s l i c k "Silver Bullet" T.V. ads f o r Coors beer. Did you know, though, t h a t t h e Coors family of Colorado which owns Coors Beer, h e l p s a network of f a r - r i g h t groups? These groups include those which seek t o "turn back c i v i l r i g h t s , destroy t r a d e unions, d i s regard t h e f r a g i l i t y of t h e environment, and promote r a c i a l bigotry, homophobia & male supremacy. " I found t h i s information i n a small book c a l l e d "The Coors Connection" by Russ Bellant, published by South End Press (1991). Mr. Bellant shows t h a t t h e Coors family is connected t o "secretive, autho r i t a r i a n p o l i t i c a l and r e l i g i o u s f o r c e s which overlap with r a c i s t and anti-Semiti c elements," a l l pushing programs t h a t would h u r t democracy i n t h e U.S. In response t o a consumer boycott of Coors products, t h e Coors Corporationhas attempted t o clean up i t s image with a high v i s i b i l i t y a d v e r t i s i n g camoaign. M r .

Bellant, however, shows u s i n h i s book t h a t t h e Coors family continues t o fund and support t h e extreme r i g h t , 6 thab it "still r e p r e s e n t s a t h r e a t t o peace, soci a l j u s t i c e , pluralism and democracy."

I t would be impossible i n a s h o r t a r t i c l e t o l i s t a l l t h e extreme r i g h t organiz a t i o n s t o which t h e Coors family c o n t r i bute$ nQney o r time. I w i l l list" some of them, however, t o give you a sense of t h e family p o l i t i c s .

Coors money s t a r t e d t h e extreme r i g h t Free Congress Foundation (FCF), Fra Coors family member i s t h e current chairman of t h i s organization. The New Right l e a d e r , Paul Weyrich, i s t h e d i r e c t o r of t h e FCF, and he sponsors t h e a c t i v i t i e s of convict e d Nazi c o l l a b o r a t o r , Laszlo Pasztor.

The Council f o r National Policy (CNP) i s a u s e c r e t i v e group of t h e most r i g h t wing a c t i v i s t s i n t h e United S t a t e s , and it has long been supported by t h e Coors family. I t focuses on f o r e i g n p o l i c y issues such a s low-intensitye warfare a g a i n s t Third Horld n a t i o n s . The f i r s t president of the CNP was Tim LaHaye (1981-82) who once c r i t i c i z e d Michelangelo 4 Renaissance art for Its nude f i g u r e s which he claimed

were "the forerunners of t h e modern huma n i s t ' s demand f o r pornography."

One of t h e Board members of t h e CNP i s P h y l l i s Schlafly, a leading antiLfeminist who has.~lairmedt h a t t h e Republican Party was c o n t r o l l e d by a conspiracy of bankers and f i n a n c i e r s who were a s s i s t i n g a globa l communist conquest. Three members of t h e Coors family belong t o t h e CNP, The Cows family has a h i s t o r y of raci s t p r a c t i c e s , although t h e Coors Corpora t i o n has t r i e d t o cover t h i s up with s l i c k p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s . Xn 1975, t h e fede r a l Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss i o n charged t h a t t h e Coors organization had i n t e n t i o n a l l y engaged i n discriminat o r y p r a c t i c e s over t h e previous 10 years.

In 1984, William Coors gave a speech t o a minority business group i n Denver, Colorado. He t o l d t h e group t h a t i f t h e y thought it was "unfairIf t h a t t h e i r "ancest o r s were dragged here i n chains a g a i n s t I would urge t h o s e of you their will.. who f e e l t h a t way t o go back t o where your ancestors came from, and you w i l l f i n d out t h a t probably t h e g r e a t e s t favour t h a t t o drag your anybody ever d i d you......was a n c e s t o r s over here i n chains, E I mean it. " A f t e r William Coors had suggested t h a t 250 y e a r s of s l a v e r y was a g i f t of h i s t o r y t o Afro-Americans.....several Afro-American organizations joined t h e ongoing boyc o t t of Coors.

In 1977, t h e AFL-CIO c a l l e d f o ~ a b o y c o t t of Coors beer, supporting a c a l l by Brewe r y Workers Local 366 f o r such a boycott.

The union's s t r i k e was a t r o n g l y motivated by human r i g h t s i s s u e s , e s p e c i a l l y Coors' use of l i e d e t e c t o r s when h i r i n g o r invest i g a t i n g employees.

Using union-busting procedures, Coors smashed Local 366, but t h e AFL-CIO boycott continued u n t i l 1987 when t h e Teamsters t r i e d t o organise t h e brewery workers. In 1988, t h e Coors family p e r s o n a l l y campaigned a g a i n s t t h e unionization vote, and t h e union was defeated.

In h i s book, "The Coors ConnectionfV.Russ Bellant goes on t o t a l k i n d e t a i l o f t h e Coors family's extreme r i g h t a t t i t u d e s t o ward women, Chicanos, gay r i g h t s , t h e environment, and education. He mentions t h a t t h e Reader's Digest had c a l l e d J o e COOTS

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''one of t h e country's leading antgenvirpn m e n t a l i s t s .'I In h i s conclusion Russ Bellant says thal T h e Coors family d e r i v e s t h e bulk of i t s wealth from working & middle-class people who buy Coors b e e r products. The Coors family, through i t s p o l i t i c a l o p e r a t i o n s , then uses i t s share of t h e p r o f i t s from these beer s a l e s t o encourage r e g r e s s i v e governmental & s o c i a l p o l i c i e s t h a t serve only t h e narrow i n t e r e s t s of a handf u l of t h e very wealthy i n our country.

That t h e Coors family i s a b l e t o cloud t h i s r e a l i t y is due t o t h e Coors Corporat i o n ' s high v i s i b i l i t y a d v e r t i s i n g campaign So t h e next time you have a beer, eh, t h i n k about where your money is going.

That " s i l v e r b u l l e t 1 ' may be aimed a t your heart.

By SANDY CAMERON

15. m e ghosts and I were t a l k i n g About t h e t o p i c s of t h e day Long time - no s e e Please give me your company We knew each o t h e r way back then Real f r i e n d s h i p never d i e s Maybe they' 11 be married i n t h e l i f e t i m e t o come We'll play bridge on Saturday n i g h t s We'll f i n d out where we're going and r e l e a r n where we're coming from Somehow we s h a l l p r o t e c t what's i n our loving h e a r t s Somehow we'll have t h e courage t o n u r t u r e loving s t a r t s Someday we'll s e e t h e t r u t h f o r e x a c t l y what it i s Someday we'll know t h e g r e a t e r love and we'll be what i t i s

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SALMONFEST, GONE FER A WEE DIP Echoes Resounding i n t h e h a l l (FneeHouse!)

Message from t h e Old World The Generator pervades every aspect of i s l a n d e x i s t e n c e Reunion of World War! ! ! buddies ' bud ease Vascular Cambium candle l i g h t i l l u m i n a t e b r i g h t l i g h t quickens f l a r e up l i g h t flame b r i g h t ( I s e e no r e a l change) f a l l e n red embras of t h e wick ends playing my g u i t a r (laundry t o do) drummer s e t s rhythym t o t h e blues(B1ueHue) disgusted drug b u s t e d - r o l l i n g s t o n e Beauty Dreams cha Dreamer T e l l me of t h e end of time t h a t time out on t h e beach You dove i n and wrecked your watch cheap NY junk jewellry C.O.D. Paid i n f u l l Roy's place: What's new?

On Friday, t h e new muse Sunday v i s i t o r i n t h i s Happy House a v i s i t of t h e bachelors t o t h i s one-bedroom p l a c e Sugar? Two Please!

A coffee, double - double!

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Star light Star bright You got t h e lovin' t h a t I l i k e Wait a minute!

F i r s t S t a r I s e e tonight, t h a t ' s a planet.

Our n e a r e s t neighbour (nayboors) t h e Planet Venus behind t h e Regent.

W i l l I guess, W i l l I g e t my wish? (NO) Symbles t h e 8 t h t o the nines Hotels f o r e v e r on t h e cym, byrn Taum w i l l do an a c t of c r e a t i o n Cinders torch on t h e surveyors porch burning images pages o f my mind Tisane w i l l t e l l t h e group% rules Do anything you want t o do TOTAL FREEDOM NOW Basic r u l e s - no r u l e s John Many Feathers

So...y ou're thinking of voting Reform?

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Many people in Canada, including union members, are fed up with politics. cynical about politicians and disillusioned about the whole system. That's why a lot of people have said they are thinking of voting Reform in the next election.

Reform is new. they haven't been tarnished by past decisions.

So was the founding of the Reform Party.

Preston Manning says he wants to build a "New Canada" on the ashes of the old. And he has openly said that he has planned all along to build his new free enterprise party on a "populist wave" of voter discontent. He has taken advantage of anger and fear over a handful is issues - the GST. Quebec, immigration, multiculturalism - to build his party. But is the "old Canada" all bad? Will Preston Manning throw the baby out with the bath water?

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the answer to all our woes, would sweep away literally hundreds of regulations designed to protect the well-being of communities and ordinary citizens.

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OPENING THE DOOR T O HEALTH FOR PROFIT

It takes more to build a country than just getting rid of things. Like immigration, multiculturalism.

1 F bilingualism or a "troublesome" Quebec. his isn't building. This is tearing down. And despite all the ~ e d i aattention, most people don't know what the Reform 'arty's other policies are - the important economic and social olicies.

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These policies are all based on the party leader's ornmitment to unrestricted free enterprise. And that ommitment is rooted in his dedication to evangelical undamentalism. These right-wing religious beliefs affect verything from medicare to labour law, from privatization to J.L, from day care to the debt. Changes in these things will e part of Preston Manning's New Canada, too.

If Preston Manning had his way, o m medicare system would soon be unrecognizable. Ironically. it would look very much like the American system, at a time when many Americans are demanding a Canadian-sty1 system.

Preston Manning has oppose universal medicare ever since it w first established. His proposals fo provincial control of medicare an unconditional federal funding, national standards for medicar would open the door to extra billing (doctors charging more than medicare pays), user fees. and a reduction in the services covered. This would bring private insurance companies back into the system and give us two medicares, one for the poor and another for the well-off.

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AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Canada under Preston Manning would look an awful lot like Canada under Brian Mulroney. The Reform Party supports the free trade deal, which two thirds of Canadians now oppose. Only 8% of Canadians t h i i the deal has been good. but Manning promkes to extend it to cover water exports and other areas.

Reform policy calls for the privatization of the "vast majority" of crown corporations. That would mean the sale of the CBC, the National Film Board, the Post Office and what's left of VIA Rail and much, much more. ,The Refornl Party. firm in its belief that free enterprise is

Privatizing the CBC and Canada Post is bad enough.

But that's just the tip of Reform's privatization iceberg.

Preston Manning wants to turn over social services and part of the education system to private enterprise - and charities. The Reform policy book states that government programs are not the best way "to care for the poor, the sick, the old, and the young". It goes on to say that "families, communities. NGOs and the private sector" should take over the delivery of services. This is a declaration of war, not only on the disadvantaged but on public service workers as well.

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Preston Manning wants to solve the debt and deficit problem on the backs of the poor and working people, by endiig social programs, eliminating grants to advocacy groups for women and others. and by implementing a huge 15%acrossthe-board cut to spending. But that's unfair. It's not our debt A Statistics Canada study showed that 44% of the debt is due to tax breaks for the wealthy and largest corporations. Fifty percent is due to interest on this debt and less that 3% is due to social spending. We should bring down the debt, but let's collect it from those who owe it.

I MAKE THE POOR PAY The low tax bids for the wealthy and corporations would wntinue if Preston Manning became Prime Minister. We would have a flat tax: the same rate for everyone, regardless of income. This would complete Mulroney's attack on the principle of taxing according to the ability to pay.

Though the Reform parry gained thousands of members by promising to repeal the GST. Manning now says he'll not only keep it but expand it to include food.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE." Reform Party's labour licies seem deliberately gue, and leave out more than they cover. While they say they support collective bargaining rights, they also call for "harmonizing" labour relations.

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action. They have nothiig to say about health and safely, workers compensation or labour standards, but heir commitment to unrestricted free enterprise tells us the news won't be good.

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IMMIGRATION, QUEBEC AND MULTICULTRALISM Many people like what they hear from Reform on these cultural issues. But are these the issues that affect our everyday lives?

What about unemployment, increasing inequality, declining services? A true political leader brings out the best in people. In focussing on these issues. Preston Manning appeals to our anger and fears, and encourages intolerance.

Do we want to risk losing medicare and the minimum wage, so we can take out our anger on Quebec?

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Preston Manning says his party is "populist." But it was founded by millionaires and has policies that would give big business everything it wants. All its key economic and social policies target the very things that working people and their unions have fought for and defended for decades. Preston Manning's "New Canada" would look an awful lot like the Old Canada of the 1930s where survival of -, the fittest created misery for millions. In fact. Reform policies look a lot like Tory policies. The main difference is that Preston Manning would get us there faster. The next election could result in a Reform/Conservative coalition. A vote for Preston Manning could get you Brian Mulroney. Think about it.

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GOING CRAZY: Part Two The Queen S t r e e t Mental Hospital i n Tor onto was an old-fashioned u n i t with wire mesh windows, faded, smoke s t a i n e d f u r n i t . u r e & white-gowned inmates who h a r d l y eve: talked t o each o t h e r . Every morning we l i n e d up f o r "medicationw, which consistec of 3 o r 4 d i f f e r e n t coloured p i l l s . I donti think any of u s knew what was i n those but t h e word was t h a t i f you refusec tfmedication" you'd be immobilized & i t ' d be forced down your t h r o a t . We looked likc members o f some weird r e l i g i o u s suit i n our white gowns & paper s l i p p e r s , s i l e n t 1 1 l i n i n g up & s h u f f l i n g forward t o r e c e i v e communion from t h e S t a t e .

Even i n t h e '601s, Queen S t r e e t had a "Talk about r e - e n t e r i n g The Communityu type of program. We'd g e t t o g e t h e r every few days & t h e t h e r a p i s t would t r y t o "empower" u s with t h e w i l l t o c a r r y on. A f e s f a v o u r i t e s would always come on about how they could hardly wait t o g e t back t o t ' n o r m a l ' q i f e , but most o f us hated t h e world o u t s i d e 4 wanted t o have nothing t o d o w i t h it. Some were even t e r r i f i e d a t t h e t h o u g h t - o f stepping out t h e door.

In those days Queen S t r e e t was known a s 999 - t h a t was i t s address, & i t became notorious of course, s i n c e any person i n an a l t e r e d s t a t e of mind immediately knew it was 666 upside down.

The Ontario government a c t u a l l y changed t h e number t o something e l s e a few yeass l a t e r t o avoid being seen a s t h e Beast of Revelations standidg on i t s head.

The only person I got t o know ( i f you can c a l l it t h a t ) a t Queen S t r e e t , was a guy from Newfoundland whole been lobotomized f o r what a p s y c h i a t r i s t l a t e r d e s c r i bed t o me as extremely v i o l e n t & c o n s i s t e n t l y h o s t i l e behav2ourl He was g e n t l e now but t a l k e d almost a l l t h e time, t e l l i n g me s t o r y s of b a r f i g h t s E family feuds i n a Newfie accent I could hardly understand.

I t was almost l i k e l e s t e n i n g t o a f o r e i g n language, but I picked up enough t o r e a l i z e t h a t h i s childhood had been f i l l e d I with violence on a ' d a i l y b a s i s & he'd developed t h e idea t h a t "good o l d b o y s 8 9 e r e always smashing each o t h e r over t h e head with beet b o t t l e s t o prove what good buddi e s t h e y were.

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After a while he s t a r t e d r e p e a t i n g t h e same,storys over 4 over because he couldn ' t remember what he'd s a i d . By then he'd trapped me i n a passive l i s t e n i n g r o l e & I t h i n k t h i s probably would have gone on i n d e f i n i t e l y i f I hadn't got out of t h e r e .

I t was t h a t f a m i l i a r no-exit loop t h a t j u s t went round E round with no beginning & no end. - a good d e f i n i t i o n of h e l l .

I t ' s t r u e t h a t t h e lobotomy made him non-violent. I witnessed t h i s one time when he showed me h i s p r i z e possession, something he s a i d t h e s t a f f would t a k e away from him i f t h e y knew about it. He opened h i s locker, glanced s u s p i c i o u s l y up & down t h e c o r r i d o r , & p u l l e d out a maracca one of those gourd-like shakers used mostly by South American dance bands. He handed i t t o me with a b i g crazy smile on h i s f a c e 4 I dropped it. 1 d o n ' t know why I dropped i t I guess Z could blame it on t h e drugs, but he flew i n t o an i n s t a n t rage & I thought he was going t o k i l l me r i g h t t h e r e . Then a s t r a n g e t h i n g happened He stopped i n mid-rage, & h i s eyes s o r t of changed focus. Without another word he picked up t h e magical maracaa, s t u f f e d it i n t h e locker & walked away. He j u s t d i d not have t h e brain c e l l s n e c e s s a r y t o f i g h t Victor always spent a l o t o f time before meals placing & rearranging h i s c u t l e r y on t h e t a b l e according t o some mystical numbe r system only he knew. He a l s o counted h i s s t e p s t o & from t h e t a b l e & i f anything , went wrong he'd r e f u s e t o e a t . I f he g o t stuck on a bad number it could r u i n h i s , whole day.

A f t e r a few months 1 g o t bored with t h e dhole s e t up 6, a s luck would have it, my ~ i f ehad contacted a p s y c h i a t r i s t & plead:d with him t o t a k e me i n t o therapy on an m t - p a t i e n t b a s i s . If i t wasnvt f o r Res I night s t i l l be hanging out i n some mental iospital I ' d had p s y c h i a t r i s t s befoke -.I remember Ince I went t o a high p r i c e d s o c i e t y psyci i a t r i s t who s a t behind a huge desk with :he l i g h t i n g arranged s o t h a t a l l you could )f him was a black s i l h o u e t t e a g a i n s t a renetian blind. He t a l k e d i n a super-calm ~ u t h s r i a t i v evoice with long pauses i n be- ' :ween. In t h e middle o f my p a s s i v e p a t i e n t ~ cm t y l e g suddenly jerked i n v o l u n t a r i l y 6

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But t h i s new d o c t o r was d i f f e r e n t He was young & highly i d e a l i s t i c , having j u s t completed h i s t r a i n i n g & entered i n t o some kind of i n t e r n s h i p with Queen S t r e e t . We s t a r t e d o f f with dream a n a l y s i s s i n c e I s t i l l had my t h i c k s t a c k of dream notes.

He was f a s c i n a t e d with them - but not t o o fascinated, because one day he suddenly grabbed them & threw them i n t o t h e wastebasket a c a l c u l a t e d move no doubt, & one t h a t shocked me s i n c e I ' d t r e a t e d them a l most l i k e a r e l i g i o u s f e t i s h . I f e l t t h e same way about my n o t e s a s Victor f e l t abo u t h i s maracca. Rage swelled up i n me but I swallowed it. The only d i f f e r e n c e betwe> een me & Victor was t h a t I had a choice o r thought I d i d .

Anyway, I got o u t o f t h e h o s b i t a l & continued therapy f o r a year & a h a l f . I t was a t a l k i n g therapy - a l l I d i d was t a l k about my l i f e it was easy t o do because I was on l i b r i u m - a drug t h a t made me t a l k a l o t A t f i r s t I was on s t e l l a z e n e but I had a :bad r e a c t i o n t o it. The musclesinmy neck tightened up t o t h e point where my head was permanently turned sideways. THat f t e a ked me out & I got o f f i t , but l i b r i u m made me very relaxed & I t a l k e d h t a l k e d & t o l d him everything Iknew about myself.

A t one point t h i n g s g o t s o d i f f i c u l t I concealed a kitchen knife i n my s h i r t , planning t o s t a b t h e p s y c h i a t r i s t when h i s back was turned. Once again I had t h e oppo r t u n i t y t o k i l l , but d i d n ' t do it. L a t e r t h e r e were a few breakthroughs i n t o emotional r e l e a s e . I ' d a c t u a l l y got stoned on t a l k i n g 6 I remember leaving t h e o f f i c e one time i n a d e f i n i t e s t a t e o f grace, gett i n g on t h e s t r e e t c a r & having a v i s i o n o f t h e c a r being a .ship s a i l i n g along with some kind o f i n c r e d i b l e music playing i n t h e background. I t was l i k e t h e e n t i r e human family was on t h a t s h i p - when people got on t h e y were born & when t h e y g o t o f f they died, but t h e s h i p went on forever.

I t was only a metal s t r e e t c a r . Fdridden it m i l l i o n s of times, but every time my head changed t h e world around me was transormed f o r b e t t e r o r f o r worse.

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if therapy even though I wanted t o contiue with i t . The s p y c h i a t r i s t thought I luld become dependent on i t , & he was protbly r i g h t . Later, i t was a m a t t e r of t r y kg t o f o r c e myself t o go back t o work.

One morning I ripped a l l t h e buttons o f f I s h i r t t r y i n g t o g e t r i d of t h e c o l l a r & ie. My wife got t h e p s y c h i a t r i s t on t h e lone & he t a l k e d me i n t o going t o work iyway. One time I was under pressure from ? a d l i n e s & s t u p i d bosses & i t f e l t l i k e )me a l i e n f o r c e was t r y i n g t o t e a r m e away rom t h e desk & throw me out t h e window. I : t u a l l y held onto t h e desk f o r dear l i f e itil it stopped. We were on t h e 9 t h f l o o r .

About t h i s time I had a p a r t i c u l a r l y lear dream of a huge white dog leaping i t o t h e backyard. I thought it was a s i g n T freedom. The dog was a s p i r i t guide :nt t o lead me i n t o new experiences. I t 1s s h o r t l y a f t e r t h a t t h a t I divorced my .fe & q u i t work. I s t a r t e d smoking mariLana & g o t involved with some hippys who !re building a t h e a t r e i n Toronto. I met d e r y , who was only 19, & we l i v e d i n a .gh c e i l i n g e d p l a c e over Yonge S t r e e t ~ t ha l o f t & o l d barnwood on t h e walls. : had a c l o s e t f u l l of costumes we'd s t o !n from t h e t h e a t r e , & a yellow s i l k n a t e s h i r t was my f a v o u r i t e t h i n g t o wear.

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example, i n Vernon BC i n Oct '92 Labour Market Survey ( p u t o u t by Canada Employment) s a y s t h a t t h e r e were 312 l a b o u r e r s on U I & 7 l a b o u r e r j o b s t h a t were v a c a n t .

(These myths & f a c t s a r e b a s e d on "DebunkI t s a i d t h e r e were 18 a c c o u n t a n t s on U I i n g t h e Myths of W e l f a r e Reform by M i m i and o n l y 1 a c c o u n t a n t j o b v a c a n t . There Abramovitz i n t h e Women's J o u r n a l Advocwere 1 3 h o t e l c l e r k s on UI & no v a c a n c i e s a t e i n t h e U.S. b u t B . C . s t a t i s t i c s a r e i n hotel clerking. u s e d , t h a n k s t o Ron Willems i n t h e MinisComment: l e , p e o p l e on t r y of S o c i a l S e r v i c e s who p r o v i d e d them) ------- wI fe ljfoabr se at rr ye at ov agi leat bthem along Hopefully t h e s e myths & f a c t s c a n h e l p w i t h p e o p l e on U I & o t h e r unemployed peoyou e d u c a t e p e o p l e i n your community abp l e . T r y i n g t o s u b s i s t on i n a d e q u a t e i n o u t p o v e r t y & t h e need t o end i t . come & b e i n g a t t h e mercy of s o c i a l s e r v Women on w e l f a r e h a v e l a r g e f a m & l i e s . ~ i c e s f o r e v e r y penny is n o t f u n !

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P e o p l e on w e l f a r e a r e l i v i n g "high on t h e hog."

FACT: S i n g l e p e o p l e i n BC who are l a b e l l e d "employable" g e t a maximum o f $525 p e r month. The '92 p o v e r t y l i n e f o r a s i n g l e p e r s o n i n a c i t y i s $1285.50 a=. month. So a s i n g l e person on w e l f a r e is $760.50 a month below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e .

FACT: A s i n g l e p a r e n t w i t h two c h i l d r e n i n BC g e t s a maximum of $1131 a month on w e l f a r e . The p o v e r t y l i n e f o r t h i s f a m i l y i n a c i t y is $2214.92. So a s i n g l e p a r e n t f a m i l y on w e l f a r e - $1083.92 a month below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e .

Comment : T a l k about h i g h on t h e hog1 S i n c e t h r e a r l y '80s Canada h a s c r e a t ed 8 b i l l i o n a i r e f a m i l i e s . Canada h a s more b i l l i o n a i r e s p e r c a p i t a t h a n any o t h e r c o u n t r y ("Paying f o r a C i v i l i z e d Soc)

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MYTH: P e o p l e on w e l f a r e a r e l a z y & d o n ' t want t o work.

FACT: Of n e a r l y 300,000 p e o p l e i n BC on w e l f a r e , 100,861 a r e c h i l d r e n .

45,253 a r e s i n g l e p a r e n t s who a r e working r a i s i n g t h e i r c h i l d r e n . 18,961 meet t h e M i n i s t r y ' s s t r i c t d e f i n i t i o n of "handicapped." The o f f i c i a l unemployment r a t e i n , BC i s o v e r 10%. That means j o b s a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e f o r p e o p l e who want them. For

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MYTH: Once on w e l f a r e , always on w e l f a r e .

W e l f a r e i s a t r a p from which few e s c a p e .

FACT: I n B C i n ' 9 1 s i n g l e p a r e n t s on w e l f a r e r e c e i v e d b e n e f i t s f o r a n avera g e o f 8.2 months. S i n g l e men r e c e i v e d b e n e f i t s f o r a n a v e r a g e of 5.4 months; s i n g l e women f o r 5.7 months; c o u p l e s f o r 4.9 m o n t h s ; & 2 p a r e n t f a m i l i e s f o r 5.4mo.

Comment: ------- wb eenl feafriet s i sa r ae tsroa plowo n&l ybbe ec ca auus es e collecting welfare is so shattering t o s e l f - e s t e e m . Even s o , most p e o p l e e s c a p e w e l f a r e & t a k e work when i t ' s a v a i l a b l e .

The b i g g e s t " t r a p " f o r p e o p l e on w e l f a r e i s t h e employment system: j o b s a r e n o t a v a i l a b l e & wages a r e t o o low. Lack of decent a f f o r d a b l e c h i l d c a r e is a l s o a t r a p .

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Comment : J u s t t h i n k about i t . I n BC a s i n g l e parent with 3 children gets a maximum of $14 11 p e r month. A woman w i t h 4 c h i l d r e n . g e t s a maximum of $1536/month, j u s t $125 more. T h i s i s l e s s t h a n f o s t e r parents get f o r taking i n kids, & well below t h e a c t u a l c o s t of c a r e .

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FACT: The main r e a s o n f o r a d e f i c i t i n BC i s t h a t t h e F e d e r a l Gov't h a s reduced payments f o r t h e p r o v i n c e f o r welf-' a r e , h e a l t h & e d u c a t i o n . The main r e a s o n s f o r t h e f e d e r a l d e f i c i t a r e t h a t t h e govt h a s k e p t i n t e r e s t rates h i g h & h a s reduced r a t e s on c o r p o r a t i o n s & t h e . w e a l t h y .

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Comment: Some programs f o r c o r p o r a t i o n s & the rich are costly & bloated & have e n l a r g e d t h e d e f i c i t . For example, c o r p o r a t e e x e c u t i v e s can d i n e a t an expe n s i v e r e s t a u r a n t , d r i n k booze f r e e l y , t h e n go t o a p r i v a t e box a t a hockey game s l u r p away some more & munch on h o r s d ' o u e v r e s , & w r i t e o f f 80% of t h i s c o s t a s a b u s i n e s s e n t e r t a i n m e n t expense. T h i s c o s t s t h e Fed. Gov't about $1 b i l l i o n I y r .

R e c e n t l y t h e Fed. ~ o v ' tpassed a lwa a l l owing wealthy p e o p l e w i t h t r u s t s t o conti n u e n o t paying t a x e s on t h e s e t r u s t s . T h e g o v ' t won't r e v e a l how much t h i s c o s t s thc t a x p a y e r s who have t o make up what t h e s e w e a l t h y t r u s t owners d o n ' t pay.

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FACT: I n BC s i n g l e men a r e t h e f a s t e s t growing group on w e l f a r e , w i t h an i n c r e a s e of 193% between '82 & ' 9 2 . S i n g l e p a r e n t f a m i l i e s (mostly headed by women) have grown by 78% o v e r t h e same p e r i o d .

Comment: does n o t make p e o p l e poor.

------- RGender ather, t h e d i f f e r e n t i a l t r e a t ment of women b a s e d on gender h a s c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e p o v e r t i z a t i o n of women. Blaming women f o r r i s i n g p o y e r t y r a t e s masks i t s r e a l c a u s e s . The Canadian Counc i l on S o c i a l Development (61'92) s a y s t h a t 45.4% of l o n e p a r e n t households i n Canada a r e poor v e r s u s 5.5% of l o n e pare n t households i n Sweden. Lack of d e c e n t j o b s , wages & s o c i a l programs c a u s e s pove r t y , n o t gender. (from ACTION LINE)

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Of t h e 20 i t e m s on l a s t y e a r ' s WishList o n l y 3 have been abhieved completely: t h e end o f f o r c e d employmentofsingleparents, t h e ned t o f o r c e d r e g i s t r a t i o n w i t h Famil y Maintenance Program, $ t h e conipleted r e view of t h e Family Child 6 S e r v i c e s Act. On December 1 2 FrontLine Advocacy Worke r s (FLAWS), with people i n a n t i - p o v e r t y groups a f f i l i a t e d w i t h End L e g i s l a t e d POW e r t y 4 Federated Anti-Poverty Groups h e l d a f~.JIISTICENOT ClIARITY DAY with e v e n t s throughout t h e p r o v i n c e .

Each event had l o c a l low-income people add t o a "wish l i s t H f o r just changes..

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* To p r o v i d e f o r t h e measures t h a t will r e d u c e p o v e r t y i n BC, governments need t o adopt f a i r e r t a x a t i o n , t o t a x c o r p o r a t i o n s 15 t h e wealthy more 6 i n d i v i d u a l s r l e s s ; 1obl)y f o r t h e uncapping o f CAP payments, 4 c r e a t e f u l l time j o b s with good wages and s a f e a f f o r d a b l e housing. * N a t i o n a l l y , f r e e t r a d e must b e a b r o g a t ed (ended), NAFTA stopped E t h e c o r p o r a t e t o r y govt t must b e r e p l a c e d with a de~noer a t i c one. A l l g o v ' t s need t o s t o p c u t backs $ p r i v a t i s a t i o n t o r e g a i n o u r soci a l safety net. * The BC g o v ' t must a l l o c a t e f u n d s 8 r e s o u r c e s t o t h e M i n i s t r y of S o c i a l S e r v i c e s The g o v ' t a s a whole needs t o work t o g e t h e r more i n t e r a c t i v e l y . M i n i s t r i e s need t o t a k e j o i n t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r ending pove r t y . MSS must a c t a s an advocite f o r low income people t o o t h e r M i n i s t r i e s . * MSS must r e w r i t e p o l i c y t o r e f l e c t t h e GAIN Act E R e g u l a t i o n s i n l i g h t o f t h e mandate t o llreduce p o v e r t y , s u f f e r i n g and n e g l e c t " E t o s h i f t from c h a r i t y t o e n t i t l e m e n t model. The M i n i s t r y b u r e a n c r a c y must be a c c o u n t a b l e t o changes i n p o l i c y . d i r e c t i o n fj t o t h e "consumers o f s e r r i c e s " (people on w e l f a r e ) .

Longterm g o a l s : I ) Welfare r a t e s i n c r e a s e d t o above t h e . p o v e r t y I j n e . Rates a r e c u r r e n t l y 4060% below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e . The NLW r e s o l ved t o g e t w e l f a r e r a t e s u p t o t h e r a t e t h e y were i n 1982. I n c r e a s e s in w e l f a r e

q i a t e s w i l l decrease costs i n health, just i c e 5 o t h e r m i n i s t r i e s i n t h e long run.

I n c r e a s e s w i l l provide p a r e n t s with t h e support t h e y need t o maintain t h e i r famil i e s w i t h ~ u tf e a r of apprehension due t o poverty. Enact h i g h e r welfare r a t e s now.

2 ) Minimum wages increased t o 125% above t h e poverty l i n e . ELP has a p u b l i c commitment from S i h o t a (31'92) t o i n c r e a s e minhum wages t o 125% of t h e poverty l i n c by t h e end o f h i s f i r s t term. Enact highe r minimum wages now.

Short term g o a l s : 1. Revamp t h e handicapped d e f i n i t i o n a s p e r Ad Hoc 92 r e p o r t .

2 . Earnings exemptions. A l l people on w e l f a r e should be a b l e t o e a r n money without time l i m i t s 4 o t h e r r e s t r i c t i o n s .

3. Stop forced employment of ''employabl es" F, wonk on f u l l time job c r e a t i o n a t decent wages i n s t e a d .

4. Formalise t h e moratorium on j u d i c i a l reviews o f welfare t r i b u n a l s .

5. Change MSS p o l i c y 5 CAP arrangements i n i r d e r t o eliminate the distinction between s h e l t e r 6 support on welfare.

6. Mnke q u a l i t y therapy of choice t o s u r v i v o r $ of abuse a v a i l a b l e 5 funded.

7. Enact recommendations i n t h e Family Child 5 S e r v i c e s review t h a t reduce poverty 5 i n c r e a s e t h e autonomy of n a t u r a l f a m i l i e s . Child poverty 5 v i o l e n c e i s caused by a d u l t poverty 5 v i o l e n c e 5 must be addressed by h i g h e r welfare r a t e s and b e t t e r services t o adults.

8. Stop lump sum deductions o f f welfare cheques i n general.

9. Income a s s i s t a n c e must b e provided f o r a l l youth who need i t .

10. T r a n s p o r t a t i o n c o s t s should be provided f o r a l l a d u l t s 6 c h i l d r e n who a r e l i v i n g below t h e poverty l i n e .

11. Re-enact u n i v e r s a l medicare by a b o l i shing u s e r f e e s 4 premiums 5 include h e a l t h o p t i o n s of choice i n coverage.

12, Return t h e rentalsman, r e n t c o n t r o l s 6 i n c r e a s e s a f e , a f f o r d a b l e housing.

13. List of advocates i n a l l o f f i c e s t o b e ongoing 5 updated, provided by FLAWS 4 f u n d e d / d i s t r i b u t e d by MSS. 14. Implement p o l i c y t h a t r e q u i r e s FAWp t o o u t l i n e 6 o f f e r benefits/resources t o ALL h o m e a s s i s t a n c e r e c i p i e n t s .

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The P o l i c e i n B . C . , t h e i r a c t i v i t i e s E t h e manner i n which t h e y perform t h e i r d u t i e s , a r e under review hy o r d e r o f t h e g o v l t o f BC. The Oppal Commission i s having formal hearings throughout t h e province E we, a s c i t i z e n s , can make e i t h e r verbal o r w r i t t e n submissions ( o r both) on anything we f e e l pertains t o the police.

The next hearing i n Vancouver i s on t h e 19th a t t h e llotel Vancouver. I t s t a r t s a t loam and f i n i s h e s a t 10pm. If t h i s ' i s t h e f i r s t you've heard of i t , you may not g e t on t h e l i s t of people p r e s e n t i n g t h a t day, but because of t h e l a r g e response a f u r t h e r meeting has been scheduled i n February. The b e s t t h i n g t o do i s phone Cathy Srushuoff a t 775-1452 f o r more i n f formation. You may want t o go j u s t t o l i s t e n i f t h e l i s t of people scheduled i s a l r e a d y f u l l on t h e 19th.

On t h e 27th of January t h e r e w i l l be a forum f o r women's input on t h e s u b j e c t o f p o l i c i n g . The f a c i l i t a t o r w i l l be Gwen Brodsky 5 it s t a r t s a t loam. Call Vancouv e r S t a t u s of Women a t 255-5511 f o r i n f o .

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I f you smile t o y o u r s e l f you can be happy. If you smile outwardly.some w i l l t h i n k you're crazy, but i f you d o n ' t smile a t a l l then you're h u r t i n g on t h e i n s i d e and it sllows.

Feelings-.

Laughter i s a medicine t h a t we can a1 a f f o r d . Crying i s something we .do when happy o r sad. Not showing e i t h e r means t h a t t h e s e emotions a r e deqd and t h a t you have no f e e l i n g s even f o r y o u r s e l f .

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GE'I'TING k1EAL'I'IlY U n t i l 2 0 y e a r s ago I used t o c a t c h a s many c o l d s E a t t a c k s of f l u a s anyone, bu. a t t h a t time I learned t h e t r u e causes o. t h o s e a f f l i c t i o n s E t h e y haven't bothered me s i n c e . A t t h a t time (1972) I g o t a ler t e r from a woman i n another c i t y . She tolc me she had a bad cold b u t more important: she s a i d she was f u r i o u s a t me f o r n o t ar swering h e r many l e t t e r s . Within 20minutt o f opening h e r l e t t e r , I was beginning t o f e e l t h e f i r s t symptoms of a cold. I t del eloped r a p i d l y & within hours I was i n p r e t t y s o r r y shape.

I have an advantage i n t h a t I ' m a b l e t c c o n t a c t & h a v e exchanges with elements of t h e subconscious. ( I described how t o do t h i s i n an e a r l i e r Newsletter.) Anyway, I d i d t h a t . I saw a male f i g u r e on a doorstel knocking on a door. F i n a l l y he t r i e d t h e doorknob, t h e door opened Ehe e n t e r e d c l o . s i n g it behind him. I understood t h i s righ away. In h e r anger t h e woman had s e n t sub conscious s i c k n e s s f o r c e s , g e n e r a t e d b y h e own cold, along with h e r l e t t e r . That was now a t t a c k i n g me, g i v i n g me t h e cold symp toms. llHey, great!" I thought. "Now t h a t understand what's going on, 1'11 f i n d o u t i f I can cope with it." I watched t h e cold symptoms with excitement & i n t e r e s t . Withi t h e hour t h e y were f a d i n g 4 w e r e a l l gone by bedtime. The next time I noticed sympt oms of a cold I was very pleased; another chance t o t r y my hand a t curing them. The f i r s t ones faded E disappeared. Since then I don't even g e t t h e f i r s t ones. I e x p e c t I have my suBconscious t r a i n e d s o s i c k n e s f o r c e s a r e d e a l t with a s t h e y appear.

In my y e a r s o f searching f o r understand ing I have found t h a t , a l l unawares, we human i n d i v i d u a l s go almost from possession t o possession. We aren ' t being possess. ed by demons from Hell - I doubt t h a t t h e r e a r e such t h i n g s . We a r e being possessed b: f o r c e s c r e a t e d by o u r own minds & t h e mind: of o t h e r human beings.

About 9: 15 one morning I went i n t o a beer p a r l o r t o c u r e my hangover with a f e w b e e r s The pool t a b l e was not being usedEsoon a young man challenged m e t o a g a m e o f 8 - b a l l .

I played 4 games E "ran t h e table1' - t h a t i s I shot a l l t h e b a l l s down without my Opponent g e t t i n g a s h o t , i n every one of

t h e games. Pool p l a y e r s w l l r agree u a L t h a t was a p r e t t y amazing d i s p l a y of s k i l l .

Yet I'm a p r e t t y poor pool s h o t ; I only p l a y about once a y e a r 5 u s u a l l y embarrass myself but t h o s e 4 games provided a f i n e ego t r i p . After t h o s e 4 games no one would p l a y with me; t h e y thought I was "too good," s o t h e y s a i d .

On t h i n k i n g about it l a t e r I r e a l i z e d t h a t from t h e s t a r t I had been possessed by t h e pool-playing f o r c e s c r e a t e d by t h o s e who had been playing t h e r e t h e previous e v e n i n g E l e f t t h e r e by them when they, t h e p l a y e r s , went home a t c l o s i n g time.

Another time I was a t a p a r t y i n Abbotsford when I s t a r t e d sneezing..one doozer of a sneeze a f t e r t h e o t h e r f o r almost an hour.

A l l a t once I stopped sneezing E another man began. I r e a l i z e d t h a t I ' d been possessed by something t h a t , s t r a n g e l y , was nourished by sneezing f i t s & t h a t i t ' d now l e f t me & gone t o t h e o t h e r person.

Some y e a r s ago I developed a r t h r i t i s i n my shoulder. V e ~ yp a i n f u l . I s u f f e r e d f o r weeks before I had t h e sense t o d i v e down t o t h e subconscious l e v e l , f i n d o u t what was going onEwhat t o do about it. To make a long s t o r y s h o r t , I found I had t o psyche myself i n t o f e e l i n g joy & d e l i g h t o v e r t h e pain; I had t o value it 6 t h i n k it was g r e a t Within 24 hours t h e p a i n was gone. R e had many a t t a c k s of a r t h r i t i s s i n c e i n t h e o t h e r shoulder, hands, elbows, f e e t , neck, back; I even had it i n a patch o f s k i n on my leg.

A r t h r i t i s i s an inflammation of t h e connec t i v e t i s s u e s o you can g e t itlanywhere t h e r e is such t i s s u e . I d e a l t with each a t t a c k i n t h e same way, by r e j o i c i n g over it, and ?very time it went away an once. Soon E d i d l o t have t o fake happiness a t each a t t a c k lecause I n o t i c e d t h a t I never had a lsecond i t t a c k i n any p a r t o f my body a f f e c t e d . It ras a s i f each a t t a c k , when cured, made that j o i n t o r body p a r t immune t o f u r t h e r ~ t t a c k s . I could go on about l i v e r trouble; )ancreas t r o u b l e , gout F a l l o t h e r a f f l i c t ions I had but no longer have. I am a very ~ e a l t h y62-year-old person.

I t h i n k human beings have t o t a k e a w h o l e ~ e wEvery searching look a t t h e causes of l i s e a s e G d i s a b i l i t y . I was t h i n k i n g espec. a l l y about t h o s e a f f l i c t i o n s t h a t d e f y loctorsl understanding about t h e i r causes: ZL

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Disease; amyotrophic l a t e r a l sclerosis (LOUGehrig's d i s e a s e ) ; lupus all of those. O r how about t h a t person whose f e e t c o n s t a n t l y burn l i k e f i r e , f o r no known reason? I t h i n k t h a t i t i s being done t o h e r b u t t h a t she could c u r e herself i n 48 hours.

T have l e a r n e d how t h i s whole p r e c e s s of & c u r e works. The f o r c e t h a t causes such t h i n g s i s generated by 4 f e e d s off t h e o r mentill condition o f t h e first v i c t i m . I t goes f o r t h , f i n d s a v u l n e r a b l e p e r s o n & ~ a t~h e~ new e ~ victim thesamesuff e r i n g s o t h a t i s w i l l have a source of nourishment. As it f i n d s i t s e l f succeeding 4 t h e d i s e a s e beginning it f e e l s t r i u m p h a n t joy. It i s happy. What t h e newvict4mneeds t o d o i s t o t u r n h i s a t t e n t i o n t o h i s symptom: & f e e l t h e same triumphant joy & h a p p i n e s s .

He must psyche himself i n t o t h e f e e l i n g : l ~ o w ! I s n ' t i t wonderful what I ' m doing t o ny f e e t ( o r knees o r r e s p i r a t o r y system o r ghatever) . I t When t h e v i c t i m ' s joy & triumph natch t h a t o f t h e a t t a c k i n g f o r c e , it is Irawn inexorably i n t o union with h i s sub:onscious mind. I n t h a t subconscious mind, i t e n t i r e l y loses i t s character & a b i l i t y t o do mischief & t h e ailment i s f i n i s h e d .

I hope a i l i n g r e a d e r s w i l l l i s t e n t o t h e i r d o c t o r s but t h a t t h e y w i l l a l s o t r y what I have o u t l i n e d . I t c a n ' t p o s s i b l y do harm, i t ' s s o easy G, f o r me anyway, s o completely e f f e c t i v e . Maybe w e ' l l a l l f i n d we d o n ' t have t o be s i c k e v e r again.

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lie d i d n ' t s t o p t o wonder What he could l ~ n d e r sand t He d i d h i s work without complaint So s t r o n g was t h i s small boy He d i d not have t h e ti.me t o think About t h e missing toys T h i s boy i s now a man today But s t i l l wants out t o p l a y The only t h i n g t h a t ' s p o s s i b l e Is t o do i t day hy day.

Special Workers One prospector with a miner were j u s t l y a r r i v e d i n Vancouver o r so t h e y thought some p o r t t o them, i n any case, i t w a s l a n d A t t h e t r a d i n g p o s t stood a r a i l w a y t y c o o l ~ cyclone you might say. And t h e t h r e e o f them, t a l k i n g & smiling & looking f e a r f u l l y around, were passed by a h u n t e r and a farmer. I t being Sunday t h e y passed t h e p o s t , eyed t h e t h r e e s t r a n g e r s and hooked t h e i r path.

Smiling a t t h e farmer & t h e hunter, t h e , railway cyclone began. "Good men, t h e s e I c o l l e a g u e s of mine have t h e know-how t o i change your l i v e s . " Knocking l o o s e a s h e s from h i s p i p e t h e farmer looked a t t h e sky asking W h a t way'd t h a t be?" The railway cyclone looked hopefully behind him. The prospectors s h u f f l e d a b i t , hands i n t h e i r pockets. Then t h e hunter s p a t toward t h e r i v e r and motioned t o go. But t h e farmer ' held him back asking t h e cyclone "What's s p e c i a l about them?" The f o r e s t s t a r t e d shaking on account o f wind h i t t i n g smow i n t h e branches. tlThese two r u f f i a n s have no sense a t a l l ! " c r i e d t h e cyclone. V'hey intend t o d r i l l h o l e s but t h e y d o n ' t know where !I1 I "How can t h a t be?" asked t h e h u n t e r ironi c a l l y . tlWell," s a i d t h e farmer, ltllm...waiting too . I t "They intend t o d r i l l h o l e s -I' t h e railway cyclone s a i d , "they i n t e n d t o p u t your c h i l d r e n and cousins o u t o f misery f o r t o s t o p them c u r s i n g you every time t h e y s i t down. l1 "find how do you j u s t i f y t h a t ? " asked t h e farmer, looking e a r n e s t l y a t t h e miner and prospector' r i g h t i n t h e eye.

The prospector looked f o o l i s h l y around, t h e miner looked skyward and sighed, t h e hunter looking i n t h e r i v e r swore .he had never seen such a hopeful day, t h e farmer leaned back on a t r e e .

"By f i l l i n g your t e e t h , " t h e y r e p l i e d ; I

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a comprehensive examination of this latest free trade agreement is essential, we believe, if Canadians are to grasp the magnitude of its threat to their welfare. It's important that we have this understanding, so that the broadest and most vigorous opposition to NAFTA can be mounted in the pre-election period.

Granted, NAFTA may not encompass all our concerns. But one thing i s grimly certain: any hope we may have to pull our country out of the neoconservative abyss will be lost-perhaps forever-if NAFTA i s implemented, or even if the "milder" devastation of the FTA continues to be tolerated.

NAFTA is the latest step i n the execution of the corporate agenda. And it is a giant step, because it would render Canadian governments powerless to curb the transnationals.

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Averting NAFTA and getting rid of the FTA would not be a panacea. Our economy would not suddenly recover, nor would our social programs automatically be restored. But we would then be able to address these critical needs.

That's the key point to keep in mind. As long as the FTA stays in place, alternative trade and economic policies will remain beyond our reach. And they'll be even more inaccessible if NAFTA is passed. The FTA and NAFTA are barriers that must be removed if we are.to begin the task of rebuilding an economy-and a societythat will meet the challenges of the 1990s.

To accomplish this task of national reconstruction will take all the resources and commitment the ACN and i t s component groups can muster.

To prepare and arm ourselves for this crucial battle, we must follow the dictum: "Know your enemy." After reading the pages that follow, we will be better equipped to put that knowledge to good use in the coming struggle to gain democratic control over Canada's social and economic future.

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readv h e l ~ e dt o d e s t r o v more t h a n 3. NAFTA is environmentally u n f r i e n d l y .

500,000 manufacturing j o b s & hundreds of Like t h e FTA, i t h i n d e r s c o n s e r v a t i o n thousands of j o b s elsewhere i n t h e econo& f a i l s t o s t o p large-scale water exports. my. NAFTA w i l l i n t e n s i f y t h e downward It f a c i l i t a t e s t h e f l i g h t of d i r t y indusp r e s s u r e on wages, a s c o r p o r a t i o n s p i t t r i e s from Canada t o a r e a s of l a x e n v i r Canadian, American & Mexican workers and t h e i r communities a g a i n s t one a n o t h e r i n onmental s t a n d a r d s . NAFTA i n c l u d e s a v e r y comprehensive downward harmonisation of o r d e r t o g a i n c o m p e t i t i v e advantage. h e a l t h s t a n d a r d s , i n a r e a s such a s p e s t 2. NAaA is an attack On '11 i c i d e s , food a d d i t i v e s and toxins. f u r t h e r undermine t h e laws of a l l o u r governments. Rules governing t r a d e under 4 . NAFTA' s i n t e l l e c t u a l p r o p e r t y r i g h t s code w i l l l o c k i n & extend monopoly NAFTA w i l l be set by t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l s a powerful Free Trade Commission & Sec- p a t e n t p r o t e c t i o n f o r t h e t r a n s n a t i o n a l drug companies & p r o h i b i t t h e compulsory r e t a r i a t w i l l be s e t up t o o v e r s e e t h e l i c e n s i n g of g e n e r i c c o p i e s . his w i l l implementation of t h e agreement w i t h no

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f o r c e Canadians t o buy more expensive brand-name drugs & add a t l e a s t $500 m i l l i o n a y e a r t o Canadian h e a l t h c a r e c o s t F u t u r e Canadian governments w i l l be unable t o reverse t h i s decision, unless t h e y t e r m i n a t e NAFTA.

5. The energy c l a u s e s i n NAFTA e x t e n d t h e c o n t i n e n t a l s h a r i n g of o u r non-renewa b l e o i l & gas t o b a s i c petrochemicals.

A s w i t h t h e FTA, Canada - b u t n o t Mexico must keep s h i p p i n g t h e s e r e s o u r c e s s o u t h t o meet t h e huge US demand, even i n t h e event of a n a t i o n a l s h o r t a g e & a t a p r i c c no h i g h e r than we charge Canadians. Both Canada & Mexico w i l l l o s e p o l i c y t o o l s , such a s e x p o r t t a x e s & q u o t a s , t o manage & p r o t e c t these resources.

6. The investment c h a p t e r of NAFTA w i l l f u r t h e r prevent Canadian governments from r e q u i r i n g f o r e i g n i n v e s t o r s t o opera t e i n a way which e n s u r e s b e n e f i t s f o r Canadians, & from g i v i n g p r e f e r e n t i a l t r e a t m e n t t o Canadian-owned e n t e r p r i s e s .

It c o n t a i n s new r e s t r i c t i o n s on r e q u i r e ments t h a t t h e a c t i v i t i e s of t r a n s n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s b e n e f i t Canada by employi n g Canadians, buying l o c a l p r o d u c t s o r t r a n s f e r i n g technology.

9 . Plore family farms w i l l b e l o s t I n Canada & t h e r e w i l l be a f u r t h e r e r o s i o n of t h e i r supply-management & domestic s u p p o r t programs because NAFTA b e n e f i t s large-scale agribusiness i n t e r e s t s . Polic i e s of n a t i o n a l food s e c u r i t y & t h e s u r v i v a l of r u r a l Canada a r e s u b o r d i n a t e d t o t h e "market".

10. The f i n a n c i a l s e r v i c e s s e c t i o n of NAFTA w i l l c u r t a i l o u r p r o v i n c i a l governments ' j u r i s d i c t i o n over loan, t r u s t mortgage & s e c u r i t i e s companies. The FTA a l r e a d y exempted US banks from r e s t r i c t i o n s on foreigh-owned banks. NAFTA w i l l give other foreign f i n a n c i a l corporations more power by g u a r a n t e e i n g them t h e same t r e a t m e n t a s Canadian f i r m s . They w i l l b e a b l e t o f r e e l y t r a n s f e r & p r o c e s s informa t i o n f o r t h e i r Canadian a c t i v i t i e s outs i d e t h e country, putting d a t a processing j o b s a t r i s k & t h r e a t e n i n g p r i v a c y laws.

7. The Canada-US Auto P a c t , s e v e r l y weakened by t h e ETA, w i l l b e rendered v i r t u a l l y i n o p e r a t i v e by NAFTA, The proposed r u l e s of o r i g i n w i l l apply t o t h e e n t i r e c o n t i n e n t , n o t t o any one n a t i o n . No longer w i l l n a t i o n a l content r u l e s guarantee j o b s & investment i n each c o u n t r y .

8. An a c c e s s i o n c l a u s e i n NAFTA w i l l a l l ow o t h e r c o u n t r i e s i n L a t i n America & t h e Caribbean t o j o i n NAFTA & e v e n t u a l l y form a huge, b o r d e r l e s s economic zone.Unl i k e t h e European Community t r a d e agreements, NAETA c o n t a i n s co minimum s o c i a l , l a b o u r , hu@an r i g h t s or' e m i r o n m e n t a l s t a n d a r d s - and no rechanislrt t o r a i s e ( r a t h e r than lowez) ' wages. Again ,:u n l i x e thc European model, t h i a ~ h e m o s p h e r i czone w i l l b e dominated bj one catintry , t h e US, and has been d e s i g n ~ dEcr . one reasoh: - ,. t o b e n e f i t t r a n s n a t i o n a l c o r p o r a t i o n s and privileged minorities.

There a r e f a r more t h a n 10 r e a s o n s t o resist NAFTA. Many of t h e s e a d d i t i o n a l r e a s o n s have been r e p o r t e d on by p e o p l e from Canada, t h e US & Mexico. I n every s e c t o r of s o c i e t y , people a r e o u t r a g e d a t what t h i s "New World o r d e r " w i l l do t o o u r l i v e s & t h e l i v e s of o u r c h i l d r e n ' s c h i l d r e n ' s c h i l d r e n . The NAFTA text i s o v e r 2000 pages long. Nothing i s l e f t o u t and most p o l i t i c i a n s e n d o r s i n g i t a r e g i v i n g l i p - s e r v i c e t o something t h e y have n o t r e a d , much less understand. NAFTA i s obscene i n i t s arrogance & i t s g r e e d . It t u r n s t h e dream of 'lone world" i n t o t h e nightmare of a b s o l u t e c o n t r o l by t h o s e f o r whom w e a l t h & power i s supreme.

1 t ' s not p o s s i b l e t o p r e s e n t a l l o f w h a t NAFTA w i l l do in a few pages s o more w i l l s p p e a r i n caming ~ a r n e g i eN e w s l e t t e r s .

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Taylor, Editor.

rhere a r e t h r e e t r a d i t i o n a l , important - s t i v a l s i n China; one of them i s L h i n e s e nar New Year. When t h i s f e s t i v a l i s on cry y e a r , a l l Chinese have t o hold a remony which i s c e l e b r a t e d everywhere - ,roughout China 6 a l s o i n t h e Chinatown - some o t h e r c o u n t r i e s .

The Chinatown i n Vancouver is no excepion. I t h o l d s a c e l e b r a t i o n of Chinese ew Year. On t h e eve of t h e New Year, t h e hinese h e r e c e l e b r a t e t h e same a s i n hina, because t h e f e s t i v a l i s a f a m i l y e t - t o g e t h e r . A l l members of t h e f a m i l y ong t o r e t u r n home f o r t h e c e l e b r a t i o n . 'hey s i t a t a round t a b l e f o r d i n n e r . Af; e r t h e d i n n e r , t h e e l d e s t person g i v e s lucky, money-filled r e d envelopes t o t h e youngest ones. THis aims a t lf amily reunion.

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Happy New Year t o you a l l !

Christmas a t Carnegie proceeded smoothly and once again v a l i d a t e d t h e importance of a p l a c e l i k e Carnegie i n t h e s e t r o u b l e d times. I ' d l i k e t o thank a l l o f you f o r your h e l p during t h a t v e r y busy time. I t ' s . a b s o l u t e l y one t h i n g you can count on a t Carnegie, t h a t everyone k i l l p i t c h i n and h e l p make C h r i s t m a s , a wild and c r a z y time.

The f i r s t t h i n g on Carnegie's 1993 agenda i s t h e c e l e b r a t i o n of our 13th anniversary. I n v i t a t i o n s have been sent o u t f a r E wide t o h e l p u s c e l e b r a t e t h e event. To d a t e we've recei-,red many more p o s i t i v e r e p l i e s than we ar.ticipated. We a r e attemeting t o g e t t h e Mayor down here t o s e e t h e . new spaces, t h e Premier h a s a l r e a d y s a i d he wouldn't m i s ~it and even Diane MacKenz i e has s a i d she would comeEmakeaspeech.

Perhaps t h i s i s an i n d i c a t i o n o f good f o r tune on Carnegie's horizon.

Another process t h a t ' s about t o s t a r t i s t h e C i t y ' s C a p i t a l Plan Process. Over t h e pext few months community groups w i l l be p u t t i n g t o g e t h e r proposals f o r c a p i t a l funds f o r t h e 1994-96 period. For Carnegie w e ' l l be p u t t i n g i n a r e q u e s t f o r funds ' f o r upgrading Oppenheimer Park, completing phase two of our renovations ( t h e 3 r d f l o o r and o t h e r a r e a s ) Other good news i n Carnegie l i e s with t h e s t a f f . Floyd .Wond E Ted Chiang have both r e c e n t l y married (not t o each o t h e r ) .

Congratulations t o both happy couples.

Catriona Moore i s expecting a baby a t t h e end of May. So f a r 1993 looks p r e t t y good.

I hope it s t a y s t h a t way.

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By DONALD Ma,cPHERSON (He ' s our Acting (Quasi?Psuedo?) D i r e c t o r )

Thanks t o a l l ...

Wayne Kelland, a Carnegie member of t h e Board of D i r e c t o r s , expressed h i s thanks and a p p r e c i a t i o n t o a l l f o r t h e support and c a r i n g given when h i s spouse, Hazel S y l v e s t o r , passed away on December 26. She fought a courageous b a t t l e with lung cancer i n h e r 4 1 s t year.

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Elizabeth Wong