June 15, 1989, carnegie newsletter

Demand t h a t t h e y stop burning animals!

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Editor: I attended the Greater Vancouver Transportation Task Force hearing in which the provincial government and the GVRD are proposing literally billions of dollars worth of transportation projects for the Lower Mainland.

Rather than build a third crossing from North Vancouver we need to improve our public transit. If government and merchants are willing to bring back the shopper;^ Free Bus we need to at least lobby for a reduced fare zone in the West End/~owntown cnw, A May 1988 RC Transit report notes that a reduced fare zone will result in a ridership increase of 200,000 passengers. That's good.

Right now West Enders are being ripped off. This report notes that a trip from West Vancouver, Richmond or Burnaby to Downtown Vancouver averages 10 to 15 centslkilornetre. A trip from the West End (or the Downtown Eastside) to Downtown costs 83 centslkilometre.

The return of the Shopper's Free Bus or a reduced fare zone will help residents or both the West End and --the Downtown Eastside.

Let's ensure that the final transportation plan for the Lower Mainland de-emphasizes vehicles and instead emphasizes public transit and cycling.

That will certainly improve our community and our environment.

Darren Lowe The Editor: "They" want Yaletown.

They'll remove the people, tear down the buildings, put up new buildings, and then move in a new set of peopie who can afford the new buildings.

The evicted tenants meanwhile will gravitate to the Downtown Eastside, which will cause a minipopulation explosion in the area.

This could have a positive and negative effect.

The good people of Yaletown tend to be a mixture of the classes and aren't prone to 'raise-alittle-hell' lifestyles, and would be a welcome element to help balance out the Deside population. /

The trouble is, most social housin projects have waiting lists of up to two years, thus, forcing the Yaletown evictees to move into illegal suites, hotel rooms, or flop-houses.

The heartless city social planners, and city council are going to cause a lot of misery and resentment unless they develop a mentally healthy conscience, and build more social housing down here before they begin the rape on the wellbeing of Yaletowners.

Garry Gust

ADVICE TO A PETTY THIEF. Tell me: what's this rip-off for?

Petty stealing from the poor?

Where's your ambition , To improve your condition?

To redistribute wealth You must practice up your stealth.

Move to the westside!

That is the bestside For your employment And future enjoyment, ~on't you see? Nickel and Dime tough 1t's petty crime stuff. ~hey'rebound to nail you And then they'll jail you.

Into the slammer, Anvil and h w e r , You will go.

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Steal yourself a business suit.

Find a racket or repute And go legit.

This ain't no shit!

When the law is on your side, All the wallets open wide To your fingers.

Nothing lingers Out of reach.

Winter on a foreign beach, ~ n ' nt ye12 k ~ ~ y ?

A career in real estate!

I swear it's never too late To make a killing If you are willing, Just leverage the price Of suburban paradise And there you have it!

Life is short but art is long Listen to my little song Free enterprise is fine What's yours will soon be mine, And what's wine is stashed away Safely, for that raiay day In Bermuda!

David Bouvier

Robbed Riding through the mountains So far from the Downtown Eastside Where violence and c r h e and squealing police cars chase up and down We park the car Go for a nature walk Leaving possessions Without care in the car For this wasn't the Downtown Eastside This was Manning- Park The clean and "untouched" Would you believe it..we were robbed.

Hell 1've never been robbed In the Downtown E a s t s i d e But here in Manning Park it happened.

The RCMP said, "It happens every summer."

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Sheila Baxter

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FREEDOM TO SPEAK POETRY People can always c r a n k o u t a few l i n e s of p e r s o n a l e x p e r i e n c e , stamp [ t h e i r f o r e h e a d s w i t h F r e e Speech & and c a l l themselves "Poets" i f they want t o . Anyone can p r i n t up t h e i r own p o e t i c l i c e n c e & d e c l a r e thems e l v e s a freedom f i g h t e r Grnn,-lnL LLUVIII L

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you u s e i t t o t e l l t h e t r u t h . . . b u t f i r s t you have t o know t h e t r u t h . To know t h e t-ruth you have t o l i v e your whole l i f e f o r i t . You have t o f i n d t h e t r u t h , & t o f i n d t h e t r u t h , you have t o be i t . ' When t h i n k you wrote a t r u t h f u l poem t h e n i g h t b e f o r e & wake up ! t h e n e x t morning t o f i n d o u t i t ' s j u s t s u p e r f i c i a l b u l l s h i t o r psychic vandalism, t h e enormous d i f f i c u l t y of a c t u a l l y t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h becomes obvious. One t h i n g so-called It poets" should watch o u t f o r i s t h e I i d e a t h a t t h e y a r e competing t o s e e who can i n s u l t t h e most people.

I f you a r e concerned only w i t h t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h whether people l i k e i t o r n o t , you w i l l have no thought o r d e s i r e o r i n t e n t i o n t o offend anyone ...j u s t a w i l l t o t e l l the truth.

Some people who enjoy t h e s i g n i f i c a n c e t h e y seem t o g a i n by being known as p o e t s , t h i n k they should be a b s o l u t e l y r u t h l e s s w i t h t h e i r but t h e b e s t writers s a y audience p o e t s should be r u t h l e s s w i t h thems e l v e s , & e d i t t h e i r own work with A r t i s t s should be t h e i r severity own worst c r i t i c s - c u t t i n g o u t e v e r y t h i n g t h a t d o e s n ' t " r i n g true".

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knowing how t o t a k e advantage of s i t u a t i o n s t o promote themselves a s h he H e a v i e s t Dude". o r "The Toughest Lady" - I c a l l t h i s t h e Highway t o H e l l syndrome. They make p o e t r y i n t o t h e same o l d game of macho oneupmanship they play with e v e r y t h i n g else i n t h e i r l i f e .

To be a p o e t , i n t h e t r u e s e n s e of t h e word, you must have & develop, above a l l t h i n g s , a r e l i g i o u s dedic a t i o n t o t h e s a c r e d m i r a c l e of speech & language.

If , v n..r r o n n n - l J - * ----1W V L U ~ as w e a p - m c ! & P o e t r y r e a d i n g a s a t a c t i c a l batt l e f i e l d where t h e enemy i s your audience, you w i l l probably j u s t succeed i n damaging y o u r s e l f and o t h e r s . This i s n o t p o e t r y . P o e t s never s e e k t o damage t h e human race.

They t r y t o h e a l i t .

I t ' s t r u e t h a t h e a l i n g medicine must sometimes p r e s c r i b e a b i t t e r p i l l , b u t t h e p s y c h o t i c blowtorch of revenge must never be t u r n e d on a n audience of l i s t e n e r s .

When any group of people comes together t o l i s t e n intently to the words you speak, t h e only t r u t h f u l a t t i t u d e i s one of r e s p e c t & concern f o r t h e h e a r t s & minds t h a t h e a r you. never was, & Rambo i s n o t a poet never w i l l be... P e r s o n a l l y , I ' m t i r e d of meeting i n d i v i d u a l s who c a l l themselves p o e t s j u s t t o prove how "heavy" t h e y a r e .

Freedom of Speech i s a dangerous weapon i n t h e hands of r e t a r d e d egotists. but i t can r e s u r r e c t t h e dead, when used by r e a l poets. .... . LV..Y4ULI

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Honour i s T r u t h I f I were a rat i n a bucket i n s t e a d o f your d a u-g h t e r , would you t a k e up t h e s h o v e l j u s t once, k i l l i n g me o u t r i g h t ?

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Few a r e t h e p e o p l e whose s m i l e s I have s o u g h t w i t h such r i g o u r , soaked i n , t r e a s u r e d , l i k e t h e r a r e p u r e s m i l e s a l i g h t i n g your f a c e . And now

H -- e l l b e n t on b u r n i n g women a t t h e s t a k e i n t h e name of God - a g a i n .

She walked by t h e screamers and t h e a c c u s e r s ' l K i l l e r , K i l l e r ," they chanted Murderer of b a b i e s .

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t h i s l o n g decade l a t e r , t h e d i s t a n c e between u s i s f i n a l l y a c o m f o r t , not devastation.

Bad boy, k i c k i n g h i s t o y - l i k e o f f s p r i n g around rooms, i n t o c o r n e r s , o p t i n g f o r t y r a n n y i n t h e home i n s t e a d o f t h e h a r d e r inward s t r u g g l e t h a t e n d s a t peace. Your m i s t a k e l a y i n t h i n k i n g you could e s c a p e d e a l i n g d i r e c t l y w i t h your p a i n .

A bad boy, pushing h i s f e a r s and r a g e o n t o c h i l d r e n , and m a s t e r i ng them.

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I For c h i l d r e n grow.

Years ago s h e had chosen a b o r t i o n .

Having escaped t h e c o n f i n e s of your psyche, and becoming t h e t e r r i f y i n g o u t s i d e w o r l d , we a r e approaching.

t h e t i m e i t was t h e r i g h t choice for her-

I f you were a w i l d dog i n s t e a d o f my f a t h e r , how many t i m e s would I t r y t o b e f r i e n d you,

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GVRD Recycling Awards Greater Vancouver Regional District 4330 Lingsway Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4G8 To Whom It May Concern, At its meeting of 4 May 1989, the Carnegie Community Centre Association Board of Directors unanimously voted to nominate the Carnegie Centre Kitchen Programme for a GVRD Recycling Award.

The Kitchen's contribution to the growth of recycling, as well as pub7 i~~ n n ~ ~ i n i l a nfn ar =~~~. , y ~ . , i l nhg ,z ~ ---------------been trememdous. In the past several months, the two paid Kitchen Program staff and the programmes 35 unpaid volunteers have implemented a comprehensive system of waste reduction which includes: 1) recycling of all tin, glass & paper 2) composting of all organic materials 3) phasing in the use of china, glass and silverware in the cafeteria 4) phasing out the use of styrofoam & plastic in the cafeteria.

In order to appreciate the significanca of this system, it is necessary to understand that the Kitchen pays to have all the recyclable materials picked up. Before they are ready for pick-up, however, they must be processed. This involves washing and cleaning the labels off tin cans, as . well as flattening them and washing and de-labelling glass bottles.

All the compostibles are taken, in buckets, to the nearby Strathcona Community Gardens, where the Kitchen Programme maintains three allotments of land. The compost thus helps provide food which is used in the Carnegie Kitchen.

The switch from throwaways to reusable eating utensils also entails a major time commitment: the new

china, glass and silverware must be gathered, washed, sorted & stored.

The vast bulk of this effort,,as with all the other work involved in thev Kitchen's recycling effort, i s undertaken by unpaid volunteers. Most of the volunteers are residents of the community served by Carnegie Centre.

Approximately two thousand people per day walk through the doors of Carnegie Centre. It serves the people of the Downtown Eastside, which is Vancouver's poorest and most inadequately housed neighbourhood and fo whom the Centre is known as the "liv ing of the neighbourhood. .

--m eroom" Carnegie Kitchen and cafeteria are important resources for many of its patrons who, because of a widespread lack of access to adequate kitchen facilities, would otherwise be forced to eat in restaurants or in soup-lines. The kitchen operates from loam to lOpm, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

The numbers of people served by Kitchen Programme on a daily basis means that the recycling effort includes many more people than just those who work in the kitchen. The patrons of the Kitchen Programme and the Carnegie cafeteria-are also recyclers when they use these servi and a great many are aware of thi effect In cl-osing,I want to say that our Association feels that the staff and vblunteers of the Carnegie Centre Kitchen Programme should be recognized for their efforts to promote 'recyclingand waste reduction. They provide an example of what can be 'dopeby civfc instituitons and neighbourhbod residents all over the Greater Vancouver region.

Sincerely, Jeff Sommers, (WE WQN!) Chairperson, Community Relations.

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MONDAY the 12th: 1. Ishtar 5 pm 2. Baja Oklahoma - 7 pm ???

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We received word from the Sechelt Indian Band last week that they are unable to accomodate our camping trip this year. June camping is posLponed.

1. Mask - 4 pm Activities for June include: 2. Gung Ho - 6 pm ...........................

SENIORS STRUT - On FRIDAY, June 16th, the walk is 3. They Still Call Me Bruce from Terry Fox Plaza to Robson Square. Pledge sheet 4. Airplane - 10 pm support will get 80% of money raised to Van.Seniors THURSDAY the 15th: SENIORS' NEIGHBOURHOOD DAY - JUNE 21st, Oppenheimer 1. House I - 5 pm Park.

Walk from Carnegie to 1st Church to Jenny 2. House I1 - 6:30pm Pentland Place to Bill Hennesey to a picnic in Opp. 3. Police Academy V - 8 pm Join others in the community to celebrate summer.

4. Windwalker - 9:30pm FRIDAY the 16th (after movie) Tickets at $1 each will be available soon.

B.C. SENIORS' GAMES - Horseshoes, horseshoes, any 1. Windwalker - 9:30~m one interested in throwing horseshoes!!! Donalda is SATURDAY the 17th: - ~ ~ of t the ~ ~ k Killer Tomatoes looking for pitchers to make up a Carnegie Team.

Best Friend is a vampire THURSDAY, June 22nd is the play-off in Central Pk. ($1 at 3pm; $2 at 4:30pm) 3. Dragnet - 6 pm 4. Going Undercover - 7:45pm 5. Funny Farm - 9:30pm *Programming subject to change.

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HEY CAR Remember me?

That time in '85 summer The time you were a white '71 chevy Hey car, remember that you made me feel foolish As I was driving you thru the streets of Seattle wa?

You remember you sez It was the weirdest feeling, so I remember good, too......

Hey car, the lapt few years you sure latched on me good Despite the weird feelings back then I've spent a lot of time and resources on you And just giving me a hard & dangerous time For all the work I've put on you You gave me a lot of knowledge on how you're live Somewhere, somehow, I've gained a false impression of you Hey car Where do you t n m k you geL your puwei?

So arrogant I guess that you know you have disrespect for all life things Or is it envy?

Hey car Did you know that you've maimed over 60% of the 2-leggeds who call ' // / Carnegie home?

Hey car, how about in Montana, remember?

All the 4-leggeds: the moose, the deer, the rabbits, the snakes, the mice, the frogs?

You have killed or maimed? There and elsewhere They're our 4-legged brothers and sisters Hey car, do you remember all the Wing'd you have killed?

The eagles, the hawks, the owls, the crows, the robins, the gulls the jays, the kingbirds, the mockingbirds, the yellow flickers? killed that nice sounding And no doubt.. .voulve - bird that goes, "whee-wheeee" + ' Like someone whistling at you while you're walking in the prairies.

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Hey car, Where does your energy come from?

Hey, I know that you're just a machine & you've got no feelings But being an entity, you've taken on life Cause I've noticed you've takenlon real outstanding names for yourself Blue Thunder To our five senses, you're not possible to us So looks like you've entered a reality beyond ours Hey, blue thunder, you've got the nerve Just cause you're loud with a busted muffler and pipes Just because you're blue and just because you're fast Hey, blue thunder, your days are numbered Mother Earth owns you, too She can turn off her life blood For you've sucked her dry You, your whole family Hey car Soon your very bones will return to Mother Earth As we As all our brothers and sisters here Then We will be free to walk Without fear of death or maiming We shall to take full deep breaths without fear of cancer We shall be free to drink our precious water As will our other brothers and sisters I I When you are no more.

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well one day i got tired of all the shit that was in my life i realized that i wasn't in control after all now i decide how i want to be the bottle no longer decides this for me no-one, no thing, no substance controls me now i exercise my free will for my own good not my ill dickson

"MIND DEEP" A Humanities Group Read, Think, Discuss Starting Tuesday, 20 June, 1989 3:45 to 5:15 pm Every Tuesday + Friday Classroom #2 With Catherine Lu

Voting and the L-I-S-T Federally, a new voters' list won't be made up until the next election is called by the Prime Minister (probably not until 1993).

Provincially, if you weren't enu-----------merated in the past month, you should telephone the Registrar of Voters at -. h

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BEADING GROUP with Diane Green Earrings, Bracelets, Hairties, Necklaces, Pouches & much, much more!!!

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Every Tuesday + Thursday for four weeks

about two weeks before the next election day to get on the list.

Municipa-lly, the voters' list will ----------be updated next spring but you can register now by telephoning 873-7863.

In Oppenheimer Park -

Carnegie,CommunityCentre Association

For each election there are different requirements to be able to vote including residency and age.

For example, you must be 18 years old to vote federally but 19 years old to vote provincially or locally.

Voting isn't just an option - it's a responsibility. In the next set of elections let's aim for the Downtown Eastside having a 100% informed voter turnout.

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A N N U A L GENERAL MEETING Sunday, 18th June. 5 0 0 PM iq the Carnegie Theatre registration begins - at 2:00 pm _ . _ _ _ d I _ C _ -

BONJOUR Vous etes un francophone nouveau-venu en Columbie-Brittanique ou un resident?

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submitted by Darren Lowe

voici une bonne nouvelle. '

LE COIN situe au 1754 ouest, rue Broadway vous offre: - un centre d'orientation et d'information - un cytre d'education 1'Educacentre les conseils ou on peut recevoir differents services en francais a tous les points de vue.

Vous pouvez comuniquer a 736-9806 ou demander pour: James(precepteur) de la centre Carnegie

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Cabinet order the very day of thc election, November 21, 1788. The provisions of the Bank Act, restricting foreign ownership of our banking industry, are now gone, opening thc door for U.S. takcovcr h e r e as wcll.

The application in front of the Natlonal Energy Boardwhich n o longer has the power to say no-by Gulf, Esso, and Shell to ship massive reserves of northern gas straight to the U.S. is part of the free trade resource grab. The .

American companies want to rapidly increase the percentage of our resources they take, then under the Free Trade Agreement they have the right to this same proportion in perpetuity, even if we face a shortage in Canada. For example, if they are taking 80% of our oil or gas before a shortage, they still have a right to 80% of our total supply during and after the shortage.

The Americans have revealed their demands for the next round of negotiations: an end to the exemption in the Free Trade Agreement for 'culture," an end to government screening of all American investments or takeovers,

The takeover and closure of dozens c~fCanadian corporations from manufacturing to services is occurring non-stop. Consolidated Bathurst-one or' the largest pulp and paper companies in Canada, cited b y pro-free traders as an example of a Canadian company which would Compete with and beat the Americans-was taken over by Stone of Chicago. Gillette, Fleck Manuf;muring, Inglis, AllSteel, parts of Northern Telecom, Galtaco, to name only a few, have all been moved to the U.S. or to the U.S.-Mexico free trade zone. We are now seeing the reality behind the free trade hype. The B.C. fishing industrj is beiqg sacrificed under U.S. pressure to buy our f s h right off the boats without landing them in Canada. Thousands of jobs and an entire processing industry will disappear. In the Maritimes the president of National Sea, Gordon Ci~mmings,aggrcs-

Banking The giant American Express Company, key promoter of free trade, which controls $300 billion, twice what the Canadian government spends in a ycar, was granted a license to operate as a bank in Canada by a

sively pushed free trade before the election, threatening to dose plants if free trade was defeated and promising new plants and jobs with free trade. Devastating closures of National Sea's Canadian operations now give the lie to his words. Free trade was to bring long-denied prosperity and glory to Atlantic Canada. In reality, the post-free wade attack o n the poorest region of Canada has been vicious and unrelenting.

Since the Free Trade bill was rammed tl~rough Parliament January 1,1989,we have seen a steady erosion of Canadian sovereignty and Canadian economic svength (both of which the U.S. has a hard time tolerating). What CCAFT, as well as other free trade opponerits had predicted and warned about, occurred almost overnight:

In the November election Mulroney received a thumbs down on his delivery of Canada to the United States. Only 43% of the population supported him; 57Y2 rejected Mulroney and his economic union with the u.s.--62% in Saskatchewan, 6% in the Yukon and N.W.T., and in B.C. 65% voted against Mulroney. If the opposition parties had formed a coalition to defend Canada, as Citizens Concerned About Free Trade (CCAFI? had urged, Mulroney would have gotten only 85 seats and the Free Trade Agreement along *withBrian Mulroney would have been gone for good.

The demoliftionof Canada is proceeding at breakneck speed.

government's attack on Canada continues.

changes to all canadian agriculture progr.ms that conflict with a "level playing field" and a definition of an "unfair subsidy" as any Canadian law, regulation or practice that has "an adverse impact on American business and producers"!

on, all that will be left will be our flag. 'The Americans Texas keep its flag, s o we're probably in lire for the same Isideration.

"Budget" hammers Canada. rhis budget, based on "deficitnmyths and a n orchestrated ;care campaign (paid for by taxpayers), is nothing but a hamncr and tongs approach to destroying Canada as a nation: Two billion dollars is cut from U.I.C., t:xactly the amount of revenue lost to the Canadian government by the elimination of tariffs. This is in addition t c ~the $1.3 billion taken from U.I.C. by Barbara McDougall Minister of Employment and Immigration, earlier to set u p "job training." Training for what jobs?

All agricultural programs and policies in Canada are to be reviewed and "assessed." This is to brir~gthese programs in line with free trade. The outcome will b e a harmonization o f our agricultural industry with that of the U.S. and the eventual loss of Canadian control of that vital industry.

Via Rail, the symbol of Canadian natfomhood, rhe steel rails that tie St. John's to Victoria, is to be tisuoyed. This measure to kill our transcontinental rail senrice is not economic but designed to cut out Canada's scul. "Options which will be considered by the government include...closure, sale, or transfer of substantial parts of the system," says Michael Wilson's budget. Sale or uansfer to whom? 'The only other national passenger rail system north of the 17io Grande is the U.S. Amtrak system. Having turned the trade lines north and south, all that remains is to turn the ribbons of steel north and south.

Four billion dollars; is cut over the nerrr: 6 years to the pro\ : q ~for~ health c ~ and cducation, lowering the quality of * I$ .. ,i causing untold stress for Canadians. This is in blatant con~adictionto Xlulroncy's solemn and repeated campaign promises that frcc trade would e n h m c e our social and hcalth programs.

The biggest whopper of all-a 9% federal sales tax on virtually evcry commercial transaction w e make, from music lessons to the purchase of a new h o r n e i s coming. The provinces would likc to come on side which would make it 3% plus he local provincial salcs tax, e.g., I ~ Saskatchewan I Y/o + 7% = 16%; in Xcwfoundland Y/o + 12% = 21%; in New Brunswick 7% + 11% = 20%. This tax, the m x t regressive of all, will hit low-income earners cvcry day o r almost evcrything they buy except for groceries and medical drugs. Once in place h e governmcnt has a hammer-thc tax can simply bc raised ycar after year.

The universality of social programs is cndcd. Old Agc pensions and family allowance will bc taxcd back from families making ovcr $50,000 pcr ycar. Thc catch is that next year thc ceiling could be changed to $40,000 and then to $30,000. Soon, all that will remain is a welfare-type payment solely at government discretion, n o lcmgcr a universal right of Canadian citixnship.

The CBC budget is slashed $140 million over the nest 5 years. I lad it not bccn for thc CnC, .4mcrican privatc radio would ncjw control our ainvavcs. "'I'i.1:: statc or thc United Statcs" was the slogan of Graham p r y and others fighting for a Canadian national broadcastirg system in tllc 1930s. like the rails that bind, CBC too mL>t be cut, mangled, and cvcncually reduced to something acceptable to the U.S. The remainder of Air Canada is to be sold. 'I'hc largest shareholder in Air Canada-besides thc Ca.ladian govcrnment which w~llsoon not bc a shareholdcr at all-is an American mutual fund. What was once our national a~rlinc, created to bind this huge nation togcthcr and which gavc scrvicc to dozens of cities that would not have bccn scrviccd by prlvatc carncrs, is now bcing " p n atixd"-that ~

tcrm for lcgalizcd Lhcft on a massive scalc from the citizcnz and taxpayers o f assets thcy alrcady own and thcir transfer to thc wcalthy. Robin I looti In rcvcrsc. (A worthwhile ovcrvicw of privatization, myth and fact, is M e Privatizalion fzitsch by Ifcrschcl I Iardin.) 150 other Crown corporations, including Canada Post, arc on the linc to bc privatized. Pctro-Canada's sale would give back virtually complete control of our oil and gas to thc U.S.

The truth about the deficit.

All of this is being done behind the smokescreen of deficit reduction. Dire warnings and a massive taxpaycrfinanced ad campaign are predicting the dcstruction of Canada unless we get the "dcficit" "under control." 'Ihc mcdia monopolies and an intimidated CBC willingly join in the chorus of deficit hystcria and shed no light on the frcc wade agenda behind the budgct. We all havc to do our part KO hcip make Canada solvent again, each d o our bit of belt tightcning, says Michael Wilson, spokesman for thc richcst men in Canada.

What are the real facts and whose belt is really being tightened?

Between 1984-87 Mulroney increased corporate taxes by 4.3% while increasing incomc taxes by 48.2% and salcs taxes by 61.7%. These increases took place beJore Wilson's latest April 1989 budgct!

Each year corporations receive billions of dollars in direct grants and tax concessions-$18 billion in 1984 alone. These huge grants to wcallhy corporations arc the reason for he dcficit. Also, the lucrativc insurance industry has been virtually tax-frce for decades. Colin Brown, founder of the National Citizens Coalition (KC), which gave John Crosbie a $10,000 award for his determination to give Canada to the US., madc his fortune in thc insurance industry and began his organization to fight any govcrnmcnt attempt to tax that indusuy's enormous profits. The KCC slogan "More frccdom through lcss govcrnmcnt" really means "morc frccdom for us ~hroughmorc govcrnmcnt money." (For an exccllcnt, va1uaf)lc-and readable!--expose into who really pays under our tax system, Linda hlcQuaig's Uchirrci Closccl Iloors is a must.)

There are over $30 billion of deferred corporate taxes owcd to the federal govcrnmcnt by the richest corporations in North h c r i c a . They are not being paid, no interest is bcing charged on them and no attempt is bcing madc . to collect them. This includes $1 3 billion owed by Imperial Oil and $1.2 billion by Bell Canada. Thcse are the same organizations that pushed frcc trade and wrote off their expenses in doing so, including their mcmbcrships in the nusincss Council on National Issues and the Canadian Alliance for Trade and Job Opportunities. The entire deficit could be erased by simply collecting these defen-ed taxes owed 1o the govern mew.

Canada has the lowest on wealth of 20 leading industrial nations. By the latest statistics, dver 110,000 profitable cornpanics in Canada paid n o income tax at all.

Two holding companies of Peter and Edward Bronfman paid not a cent of income tax on $1 11 million of profit in 1986. Foundations are tax-exempt organizations. CocaCola, Ford Motor Co., Kellogg's, and hundreds of others arc run by privatc charitable foundations! In 1954 corporations paid as much incomc tax as individuals. Now thcy pay only 16% of the income tax burden; wage earners pay the rest. This is why we have the dcficit.

Approximately $30 billion per year is flowing out of Canada to pay for the foreign invcstmcnt we alrcady havc.

This consists of intcrcst, dividends and phoney service charges bctwccn subsidiary corporations and thcir head offices. This moncy belongs in Canada and would develop our economy if kept hcrc.

The deficit is not "out of control". 81% of the entire Canadian govcrnmcnt dcbt is owcd to Canadians through such things as Canada Savings Bonds. Ottawa's credit rating is impcccablc. Our situation is not likc that of hlcxico or Brazil which owe crippling debts to foreign banks.

The deficit hystcria we are being subjected to is to cover the sound of the American takeover of our nation.

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The opposition parties must form a coalition.

We Canadians are intelligent, innovative, industrious, and courageous people, capable of running our economy and our country for our own benefit. Wk have resisted the U.S. takeover of Canada for over 200 years, and today arc not content to bccome the colonial subjects-of that foreign power.

The U.S. bought our govcrnmcnt, but the people said NO and \vc \vill kccp rcsisting.

O u r fight must be to dcfcat both free trade and the budget which implcmcnts it. I laving failed us once, the fwo opposition ,p(t t i l ( - . ~?nrr.cl n,enrtzr,\'Olrr lo form n coalifion in !he next d ' ' c . l : u r l 10 cl(jTcwJ ~ Y * : ~ l i i c ? . l'hcy must pledge thcmsclvcs to

terminat? the Free Trade Agreement upon forming this coalition government which is within their reach. Nothing less is acceptable to the majority of Canadians who votcd for thcm to stop this deal. In England Maggic Thatcher who has nevcr won more than 44% of the vote is returned to office again and again by a niinoriiy, txcausc thc opposition is split.

If the opposition partics refuse to form this coalition, as thcy did in 1988, thcy will once again have abdicated the fight for Canadian indepc ridcncc and sovereignty. We must thcn lcavc thcm bchind and build a movcmcnt out of which an indcpcn dcncc pnny will grow.

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1. to show clearly; 2. to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence; 3 . to explain especially with many examples; 4 . to show publicly; 5. to make a public display (citizens demonstrated in public) - The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1974)

"POLITICS" is a word that provote (the other 57% being split) and duces one of two distinct reactions: are now moving at top speed to disthe first and most widespread iS the mantle much of our social systems and 'ostritch' reaction -stick your head programs - U.I., Family Allowance, under the sand of mundane, petty Education & Welfare (drastic cutbacks isolation with "me" and "my life" in cost-sharing) and tile soon-to-beseparate from the rest of the world; sanctioned mugging with new 'taxes. the second reaction has no label or The majority of Canadians demoncategory...p eople not prone to strated, by voting other than Conserblinding their minds will act and vative, that "Free" Trade and the ecmove on the basis of their gut feelonomic disparities in Canada are not ings and learn consequences. (Those acceptable. The Tories, in turn, are in the 'ostritch' dategory include demonstrating that their loyalties the riders, the ones who just go are to themselves and their business along with the "majority-elected interests.

Party" with greed as the driving Provincial - Thousands of ---------force - for wealth or power - and people have damn consequences.) What is extreme- demonstrated...Bills 19 & 20, privatly disgusting with democracy as it's ization of essential services to propractices in the higher levels of fit-orientated corporations, raping society, is the maneuvering and manof natural resources & environment... ipulation of a system in which the with public rallies and writings and ethic of "fairness" has become inmedia statements to detail what has, creasingly confined to the paper it is & will happen. The Socreds have, is printed on. are (& will) demonstrate that they CHINA: Hundreds of thousands of have concern with themselves and people demonstrate that they their business interests (Echoecho..) would like to be included in decision Municipal - HOUSING (doubled --------asking, that democracy (one informed & i ~ i ~ l e i edu i s ~ person = one vote) seems better than tenants' rights, evictions, illegal the present geriartric dictatorship. suites, rezoning neighbourhoods and The leaders, to a man all over 80 gardens for highrises, densely packed years old, demonstrate that death boxes on already packed blocks, the is the result of realizing how suppression of view studies...on all static and brutal totaliarian govaspects of this basic issue people ernment is. have demonstrated what the need is & CANADA: ------Federal During the recent proposed many human ways to meet it. election campaign, The NPA goes with the developers, does Mulroney and the Tories promised awhatever will maximize profits for gain and again how untouchable our private (friendly) hands and even be social system and programs goes behind closed doors to set up a under "Free1' Trade; made vehement corporation to build 2,000 high-rent speeches about the benefits bhist~1 , II units" every year and has the hypoDeal would have for Canada; were re- critical gall to parade the turned to power with only 43% of the

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of "public approval" past Council demonstrating their opinion of and commitment to democracy.

The non-elected millions protest the apparent abdication by the elected from the principle of democracy and the day after being elected turn to their perpetual agenda - get rich and stay rich. What the non-elected say makes common sense - they aren't maneuvering or manipulating to further their vested interests - they just want the unofficial but firm belief of the rich & powerful (that the rich 6 powerful are 1st class and the rest of us are 2nd class) left in the mud.

-. 'ice nfin-elected Iife tc be f21r with open and honest government.

The majority of people disagree with the elected governments' actions and legislation, yet these people somehow got elected! This is the most crucial point of the century: HOW DO SUCH NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE GET ELECTED & EVEN RETURNED TO OFFICE when their statements, activities and voting are constantly making sane citizens cringe and roll their eyes in disgust?! How many of you reading this voted? How many of you took the time to find out anything about the People you voted for?

How about a political system where you have to get over 50% of the vote to get in? How about no candidate spending more than any other candidate? How about honesty being ensured by having elected politicians sign a contract...if they've been lying during their campaign, they'd spend two years in a cage! How about campaign ads (TV, radio 6, print) having to have the incumbents clearly state their position/plans, the new candidates do the same and an independent body puts the facts down. ..on every ad!! How about citizens having to pass a test before getting on the voter's list,.,

to make sure people at least have an understanding of what their vote will precipitate!!! (This would eliminate those who vote for the same party every time without ever knowing anything about anything.) Mudslinging ads would only be allowed for new candidates, and then only if they cite facts. Dreaming is the first step; then ideas; then practical reality.

Sounds awesome!! ! ! !

OH YEAH!!..alrnost forgot; the 64 thousand dollar question - "How do these con artists get elected?" Here's a clue: McDonald's spends $;GGl,i;LLIGN

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There is a science that has been researched and developed for decades, but it's been refined to a fine art in the last 20 years..the science of brainwashing. Highly-paid "consultants'' plan literally every step of political campaigns, with strategies and images and what answers go with what questions and how to talk a lot and say nothing (how to lie so convincingly that people just can't disbelieve until it's too late. This is the dream of every two-bit con; when you lie & cheat & steal and don't have to disappear to get away.

There's an easy way to deparate the few honest people in politics from the rest of the leeches: the good ones will stand on their whole performance to date - the good and the bad - while the rotten ones will talk about one only (maybe two) and leave all the questions about examples of their rottenness unanswered.

By PAULR TAYLOR

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once t t h e months go by you l o o k back a t t h a t day r e a l i z e one major f a c t t h e p a i n h a s gone away.

EMPTY LINES ON A PAGE Empty l i n e s on a page; 1 n v . i t i n g your mark TO f i l l t h e s p a c e With t h o u g h t s t h a t need Expression, t o f l y from

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Your l i f e d i d c o n t i n u e 'Though you thought i t would end Your h e a r t w a s s h a t t e r e d But t h a t a l s o d i d mend So you d i d s u r v i v e t h a t C r u e l b l u e day ,You c a r r i e d on w i t h o u t Knowing t h e way

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'ti1 pages p i l e h i g h With h o n e s t meanings That f r e e t h e knowledge of i n s p i r a t i o n . ,.

F i l l ' t h e l i n e s and g i v e physical l i f e t o t h e Thought-womb i n t h e mind.

Crucify f e a r s , Explain f a n t a s i e s , Share your hopes; C l a r i t y o f your

@d what you have e x p e r i e n c e d .Will h e l p you i n one way For you w i l l b e b e t t e r p r e p a r e d To cope w i t h t h e n e x t : C r u e l Blue Day.

Empty l i n e s on a page.

Jenny Carlson, COUNTRY LIVING Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s - are; you i n t e r e s t e d i n l i v i n g and working , , i n t h e country?

You c a n s t a y a t one of f o u r farms i n t h e r o l l i n g rangel-and o f t h e C a r iboo (between 100 Mile House and Williams Lake) f o r a s h o r t o r a l o n g p e r i o d o f time, and h e l p c a r e f o r a n i m a l s and grow o r g a n i c c r o p s .

No e x p e r i e n c e o r investment necessary - j u s t an i n t e r e s t i n being p a r t o f a group of people who s h a r e t h e i r v o l u n t a r y l a b o u r and e n j o y a h e a l t h y , outdoor l i f e .

The farms are o p e r a t e d by t h e Cariboo Community Enhancement and Economic Development S o c i e t y , a n independent, non-profiti group. The Car-, n e g i e Community C e n t r e A s s o c i a t i o n i s a s u s t a i n i n g member of t h e S o c i e t y and t h e Carnegie k i t c h e n w i l l b e re-

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Also, a n ART & PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW on l i f e on t h e farms i a i l l be h e l d from Sunday, 1 8 June, t o S a t u r d a y , 8 J u l y ' a t t h e Carnegie A r t G a l l e r y on t h e , t h i r d f l o o r . The Show opening and r e c e p t i o n (with r e f r e s h m e n t s ) w i l l " be Sunday, 18 June, a t 5:30 p.m. ( r i g h t a f t e r t h e CCCA's Annual Gene r a 1 Meeting) For more inforniation, c o n t a c t S h e i l a Baxter o r Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n a t Carnegie, 665-2220.

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CAN YOU BECOME HARDY When You're Under S t r e s s ?

We a r e l i v i n g i n t h i s complex soci e t y today. It i s a q u e s t i o n t h a t w e may m e e t some t i m e s i n our d a i l y l i f e . Although t h e s t r e s s f u l e v e n t s cause u s t o s u f f e r many k i n d s of d i s e a s e s e a s i l y , i t d o e s n ' t pay t o t a k e them t o o s e r i o u s l y .

A s long a s w e have p l e a s a n t minds and s t r o n g w i l l s , w e can f a c e some d i f f i c u l t i e s bravely and c r o s s t h e o b s t a c l e s l i v e l y i n t h e p a t h of our l i f e . Some p s y c h o l o g i s t ' s t h e o r i e s show u s t h a t an o p t i m i s t i c person must possess t h r e e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s such a s commiinleui, clialleiige arid c o n t r o l . Even i f we encounter some unbearable d i f f i c u l t i e s and dangers, we can n 5 t f e e l discouraged. The reason i s very simply t h a t w e can do our b e s t t o overcome t r o u b l e s by means of opening our minds. For example, some people were diagnosed with i n c u r a b l e d i s e a s e s by a spceia l i s t o r d o c t o r , but they could remain o p t i m i s t i c and f i n a l l y recover miraculously.

From t h e above, w e can reach t h e conclusion t h a t h e a l t h and happiness a r e two b l e s s i n g s of our d a i l y l i f e .

Walking down t o J o e ' s , I pause For a pickup t h a t ' s r e v e r s i n g Up t h e h i l l .

On i t s r e a r bumper S t i c k s t h e message: "You have obviously mistaken m e For someone who cares.''

Is t h i s a message from The Master of t h e Universe, A s E i n s t e i n seemed t o t h i n k ?

Too much f o r me, Those v a s t and kosmic spaces Of c o l d and emptiness.

I can make nothing of them.

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One people, one world I n wholly holy wholeness.

David Bouvier S i t t i n g Thinking sittingthinking &%of the t i m e y e t n o t r e a l l y knowing what i s on my mind my happiness seems l o s t among much sorrow hoping f o r happiness I n a new Tomorrow f e e l i n g l o s t and a l o n e each and every hour f i n d i n g i t hard t o e x i s t realizing the l o s s of my I n t e r n a l power Trying t o r e a c h o u t t o touch my s o u l , when I l o s t c o n t a c t I' 11 never know It s l i d through my f i n g e r s escaping o u t of my mind and l e f t t h e doors wide open f o r sorrow t o c r e e p i n s i d e .

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The moons of Saturn dance I n t h e i r s l e e p A w i n t e r wind sweeps through t h e i r c u r t a i n s A f a l l e n l a d y a r r i v e s unnoticed 1 To j o i n t h e dance i n s l e e p A millenium p a s s e s b e f o r e s h e s t o p s And t h e n does s h e s e e where shk s t a n d s She seems t o make h e r s e l f seem s o happy Yet she c r i e s on t h e i n s i d e f o r h e l p A s s h e gazes i n t o t h e s t a r s t h a t surround h e r She r e a l i z e s o n l y b y l h e r choice w i l T s h e l e a v e I n t h i s h o s t i l e world, t h e r e seems t o be no l i f e Everything around h e r i s a deadly s t a r e No v o i c e s t o calm h e r No hands! t o guide h e r So l o n e l y s h e i s Only t h e surrounding heavens a r e h e r f r i e n d s Each n i g h t a s she s t a n d s i n t h e d a r k She s i l e n t l y prays f o r t h e c h a i n s t o break The w i n t e r ' s winds n o t y e t d i s p e r s i n g , ready t o d r i v e h e r a l r e a d y weakening mind t o i n s a n i t y Her b l u e eyes s t a r e a i m l e s s l y about i n t h e n i g h t Her long blond h a i r flows w i t h no d i r e c t i o n i I d m l ithe I violenti wfnds Frozen t e a r s of i c e f a l l from h e r sky The windows being covered w i t h m i s t , l e t h e r n o t s e e c l e a r l y ahead J u s t a s t h e moons of S a t u r n f a l l f o r t h e n i g h t So must our f a l l e n l a d y The w i n t e r wind a l s o - f a l l s f o r t h e n i g h t The f a l l e n l a d y a r r i v e s unnoticed To j o i n t h e dance i n s l e e p . $

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Alone Alone on a windy o l d March day, High on a h i l l overlooking Kamloops.

Unsuccdssful b u t t r y i n g t o breakthrough To t h e new r e v o l u t i o n F e e l i n g t h e male domination That s u b s t i t u t e s f o r democracy Seeing people s i l e n t b u t knowing Things should be happy b u t a r n ' t .

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were up and s p e a k i n g , s i n g i n g and p l a y i n g on Sunday, 11 J u n e , i n t h e T h e a t r e . Some of them had s p e n t t h e p r e v i o u s weekend ( 5 d a y s ) on an "adventure" i n t h e I n t e r i o r , ' s ' , ' s ' & ' p ' i n 3 o r 4 d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s . Work..sweat & t e a r s . . w a s s e l f - e v i d e n t i n t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s ; ( a p o e t ) came t h r o u g h r e a l l y c l e a r l y when and t h e "reason-for-being" David Bouvier s a i d , "Excuse me, s i r , but I ' l l have t o come back t o f i n i s h t h e j o b a p p l i c a t i o n . A h o t - a i r mass i s c o l l i d i n g w i t h a colda i r mass a t j u s t t h e r i g h t e l e v a t i o n t o make a rainbow. Rainbow P a t I ' m s u r e y o u ' l l understand?!" r o l is a poet's l i f e P o e t r y c o u l d b e what a p e r s o n ' s l i f e i s d e f i n e d by when a r c h e o l o g i s t s d i g up o u r remains i n a few m i l l e n i a . The i n c r e d i b l e e x p e r i e n c e s and c r u e l t y o r k i n d n e s s behind t h e work o f most of what was s h a r e d b r o u g h t members of t h e a u d i e n c e t o f o c u s on t h e i m p o s s i b i l i t y of knowing what 'comes n e x t ' and t h e a n t i c i p a t i o n f o r t h e n e x t p i e c e / p e r s o n was h i g h .

U n f o r t u n a t e l y , f o r m e anyway, one p e r s o n blew i t . Under t h e i n f l u e n c e of something, maybe j u s t a m a s s i v e o v e r d o s e of ego, t h i s p e r s o n s h o r t c i r c u i t e d t h e h i g h f e e l i n g t h a t was growing i n a l o t of t h e p e o p l e l i s t e n i n g a s we k e p t w a i t i n g , hoping t h a t h e would f i n i s h w i t h whatever h e was mumbling about and "poetry" would b e g i n . I t n e v e r d i d . What happened was a bad a c t . The o t h e r p o e t s seemed t o e x p e c t i t and even asked s e m i - p o l i t e l y "...some p o e t r y " b u t t h e i d e a l of freedom of exp r e s s i o n was abused. I t ' s e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h e s e amazing p e o p l e d o n ' t choke on t h e i r own s h i t . C o l l e c t i v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s a group dynamic.

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Recent Transcript from the Dehumanizing Human Institute of Victoria (BC)

- Principals: Professor Winnievan Izasocret; Professor Mickeley Whataguy

Subject: Discovery of new species - CARNEGITE (aka Humanus Okayum) Background: The creature was recently discovered in the vicinity of ---------central Vancouver circa 1980 and ongoing research reveals the following: Ma 1e ( specimen) height - 1.4 metres to 2 metres Weight - 50 kg. to 150 kg. eating habits - omnivorous Fema 1e (specimen) height - 1.2 m. to 1.8 m.

Weight - 45 kg. to 125 kg.

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Prof. Izasocret: "My dear Prof. Whataguy, I do understand your concern with the survival of the species referred to as the Carnegite; however I must stress to you that these creatures are out of our mold of social or political behaviour and therefore represent a danger to our social infrastructure policy."

Prof. Whataguy: "On the contrary, it is my belief that these 'creatures' as you refer to them, have a highly developed sense of social infrastructure and maybe we could learn from Carnegite(s).

Initial research has already shown them to have a highly developed sense of justice, moral values and, above all, they are highly resourceful."

Prof. Izasocret: "But you must understand that these creatures are showing highly mutative strains in behaviour, such as intermixing and cross-sectioning of the various sub-species with Blameus Noblus and Nativus Indegene and many others."

This cannot be!

Prof. Whataguy: "There I totally disagree. So what if they are formed of X, Y, P, or more subspecies? What is important to me is that they intermix in a total harmony. This is true progress."

Prof. Izasocret: "No, no, no; true progress is defined by size of House and Bank Account, not merely low cost infrastructure, for only the strong survive and the poor should vanish into the void as all non-entities."

Prof. Whataguy: "Insomuch as I can see your point (and the two on top of your head) that is why your type of research, as you refer to it, is nothing but a self-serving scheme to assure your petty selfrighteousness. As for mysel.f, I go where the worq 'aivili.zedl has taken a stronger meaning..I1m leaving for Carnegie Centre where "Carnegites" have more common sense in one pocket than this institute will ever have! !.I1 Captain Chaos

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