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JUNE 15, 1993.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN Every o r g a n i s a t i o n needs t o t a k e time out t o s e e whpre it has been 6 where i t ' s going. Even so unique an o r g a n i s a t i o n a s t h e Carnegie Conlmunity Centre Association has t o do t h i s every year.

On Sunday, June 20, we w i l l b e holding our Annual General Meeting. This i s t h e occasion when t h e Board e x p l a i n s what i t h a s been doing f o r t h e p a s t year, & t h e members d i s c u s s i s s u e s a f f e c t i n g t h e f u t u r e of t h e Association. .What kind of year h a s it been? A s usual, I it has been very busy f o r t h e Association.

The b i g g e s t s i n g l e event was t h e renovations i n Carnegie. F i n a l l y 1 We now have more room i n t h e b u i l d i n g a brand-new I l a n e l e v e l , with a b e a u t i f u l s e n i o r qs 1 lounge & poo) room. Plus, t h e k i t c h e n h a s 1 been completely modernized I the" a i r condi t i o n i n g througRout t h e b u i l d i n g has been overhauled.

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bers while t h e renovations were going on, & t h e d e d i c a t i o n of a l l t h e v o l u n t e e r s & s t a f f who contributed t h e i r i d e a s & energy But i t ' s not over y e t . I n t h e coming year, we w i l l s t a r t on planning t h e improvement of t h e l i b r a r y 6 t h e Learning Centre.

The Association was involved i n s o many acti:yylties, i t ' s hard t o know where t o begin. Here a r e a few examples:

* We bought new equipment f o r s e v e r a l programs i n t h e b u i l d i n g , i n c l u d i n g a keyboard f o r t h e music program & a b i g new t e n t f o r Oppenheimer Park f o r outdoor eve n t s . We a l s o bought equipment f o r t h e weight room, which had been o u t of commiss i o n dur$6g t h e renovations. * We helped s t e e r Oppenheimer Park i n t o a s a f e r environment. Park s t a f f t e l l us. t h e incidence o f drug d e a l i n g 6 v i o l e n c e i s going down. * We p a i d h a l f t h e c o s t o f v o l u n t e e r o u t t r i p s F, bought c h i l i d i n n e r s f o r volunt e e r s i n five-week months. * We helped fund & p l a n a l l bhe s p e c i a l e v e n t s , l i k e Christmas, New Year's, t h e Anniversary c e l e b r a t i o n E t h e r e n o v a t i o n s 1 open house, * We a r e sponsoring two new programs i n II t h e c o y u n i t y t o g i v e pre-employment t r a i n i n g f o r new immigrants 6 r e f u g e e s . * Through our t o w j h a l l forums 6 o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s , we took p a r t i n a l l s o r t s of community i s s u e s l i k e housing, i n c r e a s ed weJfare r a t e s , t r a f f i c c o n t r o l s , t h e review of a l c o h o l ij drug programs, CityPlan F, t h e End L e g i s l a t e d Poverty workshop * We p u b l i s h t h e o u t s t a n d i n g j o u r n a l of news tj views i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , t h e Carnegie Newsletter. And d o n t t f o r g e t Ilelp i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e , t h e invalua b l e guide t o s e r v i c e s a v a i l a b l e i n o u r neighbourhood. Thanks t o Paul Taylor f o r spearheading t h e s e two p u b l i c a t i o n s .

Some of t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s t a k e money.

T h a t ' s where bingo F, c a s i n o s come i n . A l ong with 24 o t h e r groups, o u r bingo i s now l o c a t e d i n t h e PNE. We p u l l our weight because of o u r d e d i c a t e d c o r p s of bingo and c a s i n o v o l u n t e e r s , We had two c a s i n o s i n the past year t h e y r a i s e d money f o r a van f o r o u t - t r i p s l a s t sununer E more of t h e same t h i s summer.

The Assoociation i s a democratic organis q t i o n . That means t h e r e i s an e l e c t e d Boqd t o implement t h e p o l i c i e s of t h e

members. But you don:t have t o b e on t h e Board t o t a k e an a c t i v e r o l e .

We have a s t r o n g system o f committee%:; where t h e most vigorous d i s c u s s i o n & r e s e a r c h goes on, w i t h recommendations f o r warded t o t h e Board. Every member i s welcome t o come & t a k e p a r t .

The committees a r e Community R e l a t i o n s , Program, Finance, Education, L i b r a r y . .

They meet once a month b e f o r e t h e Board meeting. Notices o f d a t e s & t i m e s a r e posted i n t h e b u i l d i n g .

A t t h e AGM, we w i l l be e l e c t i n g a new 15-member Board. Our Board members t h i s p a s t y e a r have been a hard-working group & d e s e r v e a l o t o f c r e d i t . Anyone can r u n f o r t h e Board, provided you have been a i member 60 days immediately p r i b r t o t h e meeting. That i s , A p r i l 2 1 o r b e f o r e . To v o t e , you must have been a member f o r 14 days (June 6 o r b e f o r e ) .

R e g i s t r a t i o n t o v o t e s t a r t s a t 1 p.m. i n t h e T h e a t r e . The meeting s t a r t s a t 2 p-m.

Of c o u r s e t h e v o l u n t e e r s a r e r e a l l y who& make Carnegie go. T h i s p a s t y e a r we l o s t two popular f i g u r e s around Carnegie - Alan Monsoor and Matthew Cross. They're missed.

I wouldn't want t o f o r g e t o u r Volunteer of t h e Year e i t h e r - Mary Brogin!

And I wouldn't want t o conclude without paying a t r i b u t e t o Carnegie s t a f f . I t ' s been a d i f f i c u l t l a b o u r r e l a t i o n s y e a r f o r them, b u t t h e y have k e p t up t h e i r h i g h s t a n d a r d s of p r o f e s s i o n a l i s m E d e d i c a t i o n t o t h e community.

Of course, we have missed our d i r e c t o r Diane MacKenzie, over t h e p a s t months.

But we can be proud t h a t she i s doing t h e good work down on G r a n v i l l e S t r e e t . And she can r e s t e a s y t h a t h e r shoes a r e being f i l l e d r i g h t t o t h e brim by t h e i n i m i t a b l b Qonald M a c ~ h e r s o n , See- you a t t h e AGM!

By MUGGS SI GURGEIRSON P r e s i d e n t , C.C.C.A. '92-'93

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THE LIONESS LEAVES I t ' s been a b a l l ! P a r t i c u l a r l y my t i m e s i n the. b a r s & , h o t e l s t r y i n g t o get t h e book c o l l e c t i o n back on t h e s h e l v e s , b u t s e r i o u s l y i t ' s t h e b e s t job I ' v e e v e r had, working w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t p e o p l e i n t h e a b s o l u t e b e s t neighbourhood. 1 must a d m i t G O o D I ' v e had a p r e t t y u n d i s t i n g u i s h e d c a r e e r up t o now, working i n almost a l l t h e neighbourhood l i b r a r i e s i n Vancouver, b u t n o t h i n g could b e a t t h i s .

My t h a n k s t o a l l who have s u p p o r t e d o u r e f f o r t s t o bring b e t t e r library service t o t h e , DES. To DianeIDonald (who a r e b o t h t h e b e s t p e o p l e ~ ' v ee v e r w o r k e d 4 f o r ) , Muggs & Bob, S h e i l a B a x t e r , L a r r y L o y i e r , I r e n e Schmidt, Margaret P r e v o s t , Sharon AWARDS Johnson, Barb Morrison, Debbie B r y a n t , Oscars Constance B r i s s e n d e n & a l l t h e o t h e r s .

Best D i r e c t o r : Donald Our own Reading Room s t a f f who keep t h e Best S u p p o r t i n g Actor: Dan T e t r a u l t p l a c e g o i n g 365 days a y e a r / 1 2 h o u r s a Best A d a p t a t i o n : ~ a u l - ~ ~ af ~o rl ot ark i n g a day & who have been v e r y p a t i e n t w i t h a l l "too p o l i t i c a l " a r t i c l e G r e w r i t i n g i t . my schemes, I ' m going t o m i s s a l l of you!

Best S t u n t Person:l:Bob Morrison L i a n n e , L y a l l , Ada, Eva, Dorothy, Marcia, Sports L i s a & Richard many, many t h a n k s f o r your S t a n l e y Cup l o y a l t y & h a r d work.

Our p a t r o n s , always p a t i e n t ( p a r t i c u l a r Rookie of t h e Year: Richard Tyson l y w i t h t h e l i n e - u p s l a t e l y w i t h t h e new Writ l n g 'system' & a p p r e c i a t i v e of o u r e f f o r t s ) m r P r i z e f o r J o u r n a l i s m : Bob S a r t I ' l l m i s s s e e i n g you, h e a r i n g your news & Muggs g e t s t h e r e a l p r i z e . t a l k i n g about books & l i t e r a c y w i t h you.

F i n a l l y , i t ' s been a p r i - i l e g e t o work The above awards were named by Carneg i w t t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . Keep up t h e L i t e r a r y Lfoness Eleanor Kelly, a t h e r g r e a t e f f o r t f o r one of t h e most humane Oemporary) f a r e w e l l p a r t y . p l a c e s i n t h e c i t y . I ' l l b e back w e a r i n g one o f my h a t s (two would b e too c r a z y !) : p a r e n t of a sometimes-DES r e s i d e n t , l o u n g i n g i n t h e Empress b a r , o r j u s t t o g o s s i p o v e r c o f f e e on t h e 2nd f l o o r .

A l l my'b e s t t o a l l of you,

Holy S h i t !

n o r i n g t h e p o v e r t y , unemployment & s u f f e r i n g i n t h e c o n c r e t e world of human b e i n g s .

F r i e n d s , l e t u s n o t become a l i e n a t e d from o u r own s h i t . We a r e human beings, n o t C o r p o r a t e g l a d i a t o r s ( t h e modern in^ Midcomputers. We a r e i n t h e world b o d i l y . AS a s ) p r e a c h g l o b a l c o m p e t i t i v e n e s s & manage Merleau-Ponty s a y s , o u r b o d i e s a r e n o t ob- t h e i r single-minded p u r s u i t of w e a l t h and j e c t s i n t h e world. They a r e o u r p o i n t of Power w i t h M i c h i a v e l l i a n e f f i c i e n c y . s u c h view. We i n h a b i t s p a c e , & t h i s l i v e d p e r s - i d e o l o g i c a l r i g i d i t y is madness.

Freud thought t h a t t h e modern consciousp e c t i v e i s n o t a b s t r a c t , i s n ' t mathernatical.4 I n f a n t s l i v e t h i s t r u t h , & a c c o r d i n g t o n e s s , a l i e n a t e d from i t s own s h i t , w a s d i r Sigmund Freud, we have f o r g o t t e n it by t h e e c t l y r e l a t e d t o t h e d r i v e t o accumulate p r o p e r t y . For f r e u d , t h e a n a l S e r s o n a l i t y time we a r e f i v e y e a r s o l d .

Even b e f o r e Freud, Jonathan s w i f t thought e x h i b i t e d t r a i t s of a g g r e s s i v e n e s s , compeI titiveness & rigidity. t h a t human b e i n g s were Yahoos w i t h a " s t r a n g e d i s p o s i t i o n t o N a s t i n e s s & ~ i r t " Because o u r t a x laws w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e p r e c i s e l y b e c a u s e of t h e i r a t t e m p t t o r e - v e r y w e a l t h y & l a r g e c o r p o r a t i o n s a r e s o j e c t t h e body & r i s e above i t i n some abs- u n j u s t i n Canada, w e have more b i l l i o n a i r 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 i n t h e t r a c t , s u b l i m a t e d way.

To r i s e above t h e body - t h a t is' t o l i v e world. I n F r e u d i a n t e r m s , we c o u l d s a y w e have more a n a l r e t e n t i v e rectums p e r c a p i an a b s t r a c t l i f e ' a s though t h e r e were no c o n c r e t e body - is t o e q u a t e t h e body w i t h t a t h a n any o t h e r c o u n t r y i n t h e world. m a t i s t o b e done? On a p r a c t i c a l l e v e l s h i t . From t h i s p e r s p e c t i v e , p e o p l e have a tendency t o t r e a t n o t o n l y t h e i r own bod- we need t o f a c e o u r f e a r o f l o s i n g c o n t r o l i e s a s s h i t , b u t t h e s u r r o u n d i n g world of o f o u r l i v e s by r e c l a i m i n g o u r c i t i z e n s h i p & e x e r c i s i n g o u r p o l i t i c a l judgement. Isso b j e c t s a s w e l l . ~ l l ilf e i s reduced t o u e s s u c h a s p o v e r t y , h u n g e r , homelessness, dead m a t t e r , even a s King Midas reduced e v e r y t h i n g t o g o l d . his is an e x t r e n e ex- & unemployment, need t o b e a d d r e s s e d w i t h ample of b e i n g a l i e n a t e d from o u r own s h i t common s e n s e i n a d e m o c r a t i c t r a d i t i o n , Mathematics i s t h e language of t e c h n o l o - n o t i n t h e a b s t r a c t ; i d e o l o g i c a l t e r m s of gy & b u s i n e s s . It i s n o t t h e language of e n o c o n s e r v a t i v e economics.

Maybe we b e g i n by remembering how we r e a l l i f e . To d e f i n e t h e world o n l y i n terms of mathematics i s t o make a commit- p l a y e d a s c h i l d r e n & how, when we were a s tonish4d.by t h e wonder & mystery o f o u r ment t o a b s t r a c t i o n & d e a t h .

Today we face the phenomena ' l i v e s , we c r i e d o u t i n amazement, IIoly of n e o c o n s e r v a t i v e economics i n l o v e w i t h shit ! t ~ i t s own a b s t r a c t i o n s w h i l e completely igDoubledrum Dan

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To love is t o s u f f e r .

To avoid s u f f e r i n g i / o n e must not love. but then one s u f f e r s from not loving. s o , i f t o love i s t o s u f f e r , not t o love i s t o s u f f e r , & t o s u f f e r i s t o s u f f e r .

To b e happy is t o love.

To be happy then i s t o s u f f e r but. s u f f e r i n g makes one unhappy t h e r e f o r e , t o b e unhappy one must love, o r love t o s u f f e r . o r s u f f e r from too much happiness.

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Manipulation of News The r e c e n t TV coverage of t h e drug overdoses was t h e Narcs playing p o l i t i c s . M i s education. a s t o t h e t r u e reasons t h e r e i s a problem, i s an ongoing p o l i c y o f t h e Narcs.

Job s e c u r i t y i s a l l t h e n a r c s want.

Keep it i l l e g a l . They t r i e d t o p&tray an ' I c a r e t a t t i t u d e t o t h e p u b l i c when a l l they * r e a l l y c a r e about i s t h e i r job. The p u b l i c never s e e s t h e handcuffs i n t h e mouth o r t h e r o u t i n e b r u t a l i t y of t h e s e officers, Brian Wagget '

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Hastings High above "Mastings S t r e e t " street I s i t by t h e window. I s e e b i r d s , sky 4 humans,.especially humans, I gave up my TV long ago - too damn many commercials.

So any time I want t o watch l i v e e n t e r t a i n ment, I s i t by t h e window.

Believe me, you s e e a l l kinds of a c t i o n .

Hookers. Panhandlers. Pushers 6 junkies.

Punks o u t looking f o r trouble,."sooner o r l a t e r t h e y g e t i t " , Good Samaritans helping drunks t o t h e i r f e e t , then helping themselves t o watch/money/anything e l s e valuable t o s e l l f o r dope.

Yeah, I ' v e seen it a l l . . j u s t automatic.

I can p r e t t y well f o r e t e l l what's coming up, but sometimes people s u r p r i s e me t h e y can be human 6 be c o n s i d e r a t e , . s m i l e 6 shake hands i n s t e a d of t r y i n g t o shake you; pockets , ,

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Editor, The c r a f t e r s of p l a n e t a r y a n n i h i l a t i o n through c o r p q r a t e greed E m i l i t a r y a t r o c i t i e s must be'smirking r i g h t now t o s e e two union members, Steve Rose (VMREU) E Gail Harwood (VESTA) locked i n verbal combat.

I t kind of t a k e s away from t h e r e a l issues a t hand d o e s n ' t i t ? So I am not going t o p l e a s e t h e c o r p o r a t e masters by picking a f i g h t with S t e v e ' s thought-prbvoking article.

Instead, I would l i k e t o commend Steve on r a i s i n g t h e i s s u e of t h e r i g h t t o educa t i o n , e s p e c i a l l y f o r those who have been denied r e l e v a n t education i n t h e p a s t . I would however, l i k e t o p o i n t o u t some f a c t s which observors t o t h e s i t u a t i o n might not be aware o f .

A s members of t h i s community, t h e l e a r n ing c e n t r e s t a f f were unanimous t h a t t h e volunteer programs should continue during t h e s t r i k e . In f a c t , t h e ESL groups with t h e i r t u t o r s were a s busy a s u s u a l . LC s t a f f who s a t on t h e p i c k e t l i n e s brought newspapers, magazines, G we even conspired with Lex t o bring out o t h e r reading materi a l l i k e Off The.Wall E t h e Carnegie Newsl e t t e r s o s t u d e n t s would have m a t e r i a l which t h e y could work on. In f a c t , some new ESL s t u d e n t s came i n E we gave them union s t r i k e b u l l e t i n s which they read E picked up new vocabulary.

Students i n my Welfare Advocacy c l a s s met with me on t h e p i c k e t l i n e s e v e r a l times 6 we discussed t h e l a r g e r i s s u e s of why t h e s t r i k e was taking place E how t h a t would a f f e c t t h e progress of t h e c l a s s .

Many more o f our s t u d e n t s came up G d i s cussed s t r i k e i s s u e s with us. We explained why we were supporting t h e t e a c h e r s i n their strike f o r t h e most p a r t patrons E s t u d e n t s supported us. They had many concerns about t h e a c t i o n s of t h e school board i n not maintaining a minimum l e v e l of s e r v i c e s i n t h e i r c h i l d r e n ' s classrooms Much v i t r i o l was lodged a g a f n s t t h e provi n c i a l gov't f o r not a c t i n g sooner than it did, Pt seemed t o me t h a t t h e Learning Centre was not r e a l l y c l o s e d down f o r 3 weeks because educational a c t i v i t y was going on.

It was a l s o a good t h e f o r s t a f f , t u t o r s

6 s t u d e n t s t o r e f l C c t on bigger i s s u e s which a f f e c t u s d a i l y than a constant a t t - , e n t i o n t o a s e t curriculum, Yes, c l a s s e s were closed but t h e r + g h t t o education was not denied, In f a c t t h e s t r i k e became an e x c e l l e n t l e a r n i n g s i t u a t i o n i n which everyone was involved.

I Yours i n s o l i d a r i t y , Gail Harwood.

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1 t ' s been a long campaign. For 3 weeks we r o t t e d i n No-Man's-Land a s t h e VSB & VESTA b a t t l e d i n bloody, b a r b a r i c bickering. each s i d e g r o s s l y i n • ’l a t ing t h i e r v i c t o r i e s & c a s u a l t i e s . Meanwhile we waited i n t h e mire; soaking i n f e t i d d i s a r r a y a s o u r f u t u r e became d i r e c t i o n l e a s and pawned by t h e c r a f t e r s of education annih i l a t i o n through c a r e e r greed & government a t r o c i t i e s . AAAHHH! Suddenly I s t a r e d a t t h e c e i l i n g of my room & r e a l i z e d t h a t I had been dreaming. Right? T h a t ' s a l l .

J u s t a bad dream!? Thanks l i f e i t ' s over.

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Today i n r e a l i t y I thank G a i l Harwood f o r h e r response t o my a r t i c l e on t h e t e a c h e r ' s s t r i k e . Her comments helped me understand t h e s t r i k e a b i t b e t t e r . She was cool & competent i n h e r a b i l i t y t o s e e beyond my f r u s t r a t i o n & responded p o s i t i v e l y ( u n l i k e most rksponses I got) I ' m s u r e we a l l learned t h e value of our Learning Centre & t h e v a l u e of being a p a r t of h e l p i n g a neighbourhood whose luck is always being pushed & thwarted by t h e i n t e r e s t s of "the c r a f t e r s of planeta r y a n n i h i l a t i o n through corporate greed and m i l i t a r y a t r o c i t i e s " ( I love t h a t l i n e ) They a r e t h i s neighbourhoodl s enemies & we can now put t h i s bad dream behind u s , f u s e our e n e r g i e s i n union & des t r o y t h i s enemy. Thanks Gail.

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F i r s t o f f , Catriona had a bouncing baby you n i g h t want t o speak with Atiba o r Natboy back i q May; a c t u a l l y at almost 10 l b s and become one of our W P t s (Most Valuable Patrons) and volunteer! i t ' s a good t h i n g he wasn't bouncing o r she'd have had him much e a r l i e r . You'll no One of our f a v o u r i t e people h e r e a t Cardoubt r e c a l l t h a t t h e 'Korner' p r e d i c t e d a negie, Margy Prevost, i s i n t h e h o s p i t a l boy a long time ago & t h e Kitchen s t a f f recovering from surgery, & I know t h a t eva r e extremely e x c i t e d about him a s w e need eryone i s wishing h e r a speedy recovery & someone hoping t o s e e h e r crashing around t h e Cent r e i n h e r l i t t l e v e h i c l e very v e r y soon.

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Well i t ' s v o l u n t e e r d i n n e r time again & i n keeping with t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l theme of ' 9 3 , t h e d i n n e r w i l l be a MiddleEtisti-Feast, f e a t u r i n g lamb, taboulah, p i t a & a d e l i c i ous f i l o d e s s e r t . I ' m looking forward t o it 4 I only g e t t o prepare it. .Volunteers g e t t o e a t it!

Of course t h e Volunteer Dinner i s t h e one day p e r month t h a t t h e s t a f f g e t t o Atiba informs u s t h a t we a r e i n need of show t h e i r a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r a l l t h e h e l p a poster-making person 6 t h a t t h e v o l u n t + t h a t t h e y r e c e i v e each & every day, every , e e r committee meeting is t o be held on month, This i s t h e day t h a t we kick a l l o f l cheque day, June 23rd, a t 1 p.m. t h e v o l u n t e e r s out of t h e kitchen & b r i n g 1 Speaking of cheque day, next time w e ' l l i n t h e heavies.. ( i t ' s j u s t an expression). touch on t h a t unique phenomenon F i t s e f f Donald's t h e r e , t a s t i n g ; Dan's t h e r e , wor- e c t here a t Carnegie Centre. rying; Cleo, Atiba, Sandy a l l prepping & ' ' T i 1 then, ,..Happy e a t i n g ! preening, and t h e r e ' s I r e n e showing u s how! r e a l I t a l i a n s run a kitchen. And whatld a f Volunteer Dinner be l i k e without a gorgeous d i s p l a y of flowers picked from our p l o t a t t h e Strathcona Community Gardens, picked & arranged by t h a t gorgeous l i t t l e , f r e s h flower h e r s e l f Kathy! Our s e c u r i t y 1 supervisor, J e r r y , even g e t s i n t o t h e a c t by s e t t i n g up t h e t h e a t r e & bringing t h e s t u f f down from t h e kitchen. I must admit t h a t we do l e t David Melvin h e l p out with / t h e t h e a t r e set-up; he1s j u s t t w i c e a s f a s t a s anybody e l s e & by t h e time we t e l l I him t o go, h e ' s a l r e a d y gone.

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On May 1 5 t h I a t t e n d e d t h e g i a n t demo i n Ottawa a g a i n s t f r e e t r a d e & Tory p o l i - . ties & f o r f u l l employment. About 70,000 t o 100,000 p e o p l e came from a l l o v e r Onta r i o and Quebec. ~t was a g r e a t f e e l i n g i n t h e morning of t h e 1 5 t h working w i t h p e o p l e from t h e .

A c t i o n Canada Network t o hand a huge 200 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING m e t r e b a n n e r on t h e f e n c e i n f r o n t of P a r l i a m e n t H i l l . The b a n n e r had messages s i g n a t u r e s from t h o u s a n d s of p e o p l e ac- DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE WOMEN'S CENTRE r o s s Canada from Courtenay BC t o C a l v e r t Wednesday, June 16, 1993 Newfoundland. It r e a l l y f k l t l i k e we were 6:00 p.m. " t a k i n g o v e r t h e H i l l " f o r t h e p e o p l e of Canada a s p e o p l e worked t o g e t r e a d y .

44 East Cordova The Canadian Autoworkers had s e t up a Vancouver cemetery r i g h t on. P a r l i a m e n t H i l l . They c a l l e d i t t h e " l e v e l p l a y i n g f i e l d cemetWomen and children welcome e r y . I 1 Each s t y r o f o a m tombstone had t h e phone 681-4786 for more information name of an O n t a r i o town, a company & t h e - .

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The N a t i o n a l Ant i - P o v e r t y O r g a n i s a t i o n was asked t o do ELP'S s t r i n g i l l u s t r a t i o n of t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of w e a l t h . C l a i r e Was l o t & I , b o t h NAP0 b o a r d members, were asked t o do t h e d e m o n s t r a t i o n . I n s t e a d of using t h e s t r i n g with 1 inch representing one p e r c e n t of Canadian w e a l t h , we u s e d b r i g h t l y c o l o u r e d r i b b o n w i t h one f o o t r e p r e s e n t i n g one p e r c e n t of w e a l t h i n Can a d a , And we u s e d g a s b a l l o o n s t o r a i s e t h e r i b b o n s up i n t h e a i r . We s t a r t e d with a balloon representing t h e poorest f i f t h of Canadians who have minus . 3 % of t h e wealth. W e used a b a l l o o n w i t h a

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(Convention on t h e Rights of t h e Child(32) * A l l peoples may, f o r t h e i r own ends, * S t a t e s P a r t i e s undertake t o p r o t e c t t h e freely dispose of their natural wealth c h i l d from a l l forms of sexual exploitaand resources,..(International Covenant on 34).

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BY THE SCREAMS OF OTHER VICTIMS AND THE LAUGHTER OF THEIR TORTURERS. (TESTIMONY GIVEN BY A RELEASE Though f r i g h t e n i n g & s h o c k i n g t o even c o n t e m p l a t e . . r i g h t now, t o d a y , t h e h o r r o r s of t o r t u r e & p o l i t i c a l d e t e n t i o n a r e everyday i n c i d e q t s i n f u l l y 1 / 3 of t h e w o r l d ' s governments.

T o r t u r e i s t e r r i b l e & d i s g u s t i n g . It mocks t h e most s a c r e d & most u n i v e r s a l human v a l u e - t h e s a n c t i t y of human l i f e .

It i s p h y s i c a l & m e n t a l d e g r a d a t i o n , assa u l t , b u r n i n g of f l e s h w i t h c i g a r e t t e s , e l e c t r i c shock, l i v i n g a y e a r o r more i n t o t a l darkness blindfolded, being s t r e t c h ed & broken on t h e r a c k , h a v i n g t h e uns p e a k a b l e become a l i v i n g n i g h t m a r e .

B e l i e v e me, I do n o t r e c o u n t t h e s e f a c t s t o b e morbid cir t o p r o v i d e e x c e s s i v e shock v a l u e .

We a t Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l have l e a r n ed t h a t t h e t r u t h must b e t o l d s o t h a t t h e w o r l d ' s p e o p l e s can respond w i t h t h e moral o u t r a g e r e q u i r e d t o s t o p t h e h i d e o u s c r i m e a g a i n s t humanity t h a t t o r t u r e i s .

My p l e a t o you i s t h a t you j o i n me and more t h a n a m i l l i o n compassionate human b e i n g s worldwide i n h e s t y I n t e h n a t i o n a L I u r g e you t o add your name t o t h e r o s t e r of t h e o n l y o r g a n i s a t i o n of i t s k i n d i n h i s t o r y t o have won t h e Nobel P r i z e f o r Peace.

I t i s t h e m i s s i o n of Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l t o work i m p a r t i a l l y on b e h a l f of v i c t i m s of human r i g h t s v i o l a t i o n s . The g r e a t m a j o r i t y of c a s e s we u n d e r t a k e i n v o l v e what we c a l l " p r i s o n e r s of c o n s c i ence" - men & women who a r e imprisoned anywhere f o r t h e i r b e l i e f s , c o l o u r , s e x , e t h n i c o r i g i n , language, o r r e l i g i o n , provided t h e y have n e i t h e r used n o r advocated violence.

We want t o end t h e i r t o r t u r e . We work t o s e c u r e f o r them f a i r & prompt t r i a l s .

'we work t o p r e v e n t t h e i r e x e c u t i o n . We work t b s e c u r e t h e i r freedom.

We a t Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l khow t h a t governments do i n f a c t r e l e a s e p r i s o n e r s of c o n s c i e n c e whom we have adopted and 1 f o u g h t f o r . Many former p r i s o n e r s h a v e contacted u s t o thank us..

A f r e e d Paraguayan p r i s o n e r a i d e d by A1 w r o t e : "On Christmas Eve t h e door t o my l c e l l opened & t h e guard t o s s e d i n a crumi p l e d p i e c e of p a p e r . It s a i d , "Take h e a r t . ' T h e world knows y o u ' r e a l i v e . We%e w i t h 1 you. ' That l e t t e r s a v e d my l i f e . " Another t o l d u s "When t h e f i r s t 200 lett e r s (from Amnesty) came, t h e guard gave me back my c l o t h e s . Then t h e n e x t 200 lett e r s came & t h e p r i s o n d i r e c t o r came t o s e e me. The l e t t e r s k e p t coming. The Presi d e n t c a l l e d t h e p r i s o n & t o l d them t o l e t me go."

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Within Canada, we a r e expanding o u r network of l e g a l , medical & p o l i t i c a l e x p e r t s I n f a c t , we now have thousands of lawyers & health professionals participating i n actions t o r e l e a s e prisonersof conscience m e s t y i s a l s o working more c l o s e l y w i t h t a r g e t groups - such as b u s i n e s s , l a b o u r , p o l i t i c i a n s - meeting w i t h them & s h a r i n g ways t h e y can work w i t h u s t o h e l p s t o p t h e t o r t u r e of i n n o c e n t p e o p l e .

We do n o t b e l i e v e as some p e o p l e do t h a t t o r t u r e is a r e g r e t t a b l e b u t i n c u r a b l e d i s e a s e . S l a v e r y was once viewed i n a s i m i l a r l i g h t ; i t i s now a l l b u t e x t i n g u i s h e d throughout t h e world. he same f a t e is possible f o r torture.

T o r t u r e can b e s t o p p e d . P r i s o n e r s can b e f r e e d . L i v e s can b e saved t h r o u g h d i r e c t a c t i o n by Amnesty ~ n t e r n aito n a l .

But.. . o u r l i f e - s a v i n g work can o n l y cort tinue t o function i f caring, unselfish p e o p l e who abhor t h e p r a c t i c e of t o r t u r e a r e w i l l i n g t o play j u s t a small yet important - r o l e i n stopping it.

Our need f o r your s u p p o r t i s s o t e r r i b l y u r g e n t because, even as I w r i t e t h i s l e t t e r , someplace i n t h e world v i c t i m s o f gov' t abuse a r e imprisoned, s u f f e r i n g uns p e a k a b l e p h y s i c a l & mental a g o n i e s . It is up t o u s you & m e t o free these priso n e r s o f c o n s c i e n c e & t h o u s a n d s l i k e them around t h e world.

And t h a t ' s why I u r g e you t o t a k e a moment r i g h t now, w h i l e you have t h i s i n f r o n t of you, t o complete t h e form & ret u r n it w i t h your ( t a x - c r e d i t a b l e ) cheque f o r $35 o r more i f you can manage i t .

We are t h e s e p e o p l e & t h e y a r e us. So p l e a s e , j o i n Amnesty I n t e r n a t i o n a l today.

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On July 16 one of t h e world's most impo r t a n t educators w i l l come t o Carnegie a s p a r t of a Canadian tour. Paulo Freire's most famous book Pedagogy of t h e Oppressed det a i l s t h e t h e o r i e s h e developed through work with t h e r u r a l poor of B r a z i l , work which l e d t h e government t o e x i l e him from B r a z i l .

Education & l i t e r a c y work must enable t h e l e a r n e r s t o "name t h e i r world" t o ide n t i f y t h e r e a l f o r c e s of oppression t h a t a r e masked by t h e s t r u c t u r e s i n our capit a l i s t s o c i e t i e s . F r e i r e c r i t i c i z e s much of l i t e r a c y work today f o r adhering t o a "banking concept of education" where s t u dents a r e t r e a t e d a s people who a r e educ a t i o n a l l y d e f i c i e n t , t h u s i n need of "more" knowledge. The banking concept ignores t h e r e a l l i f e experiences people b r i n g t o educational s e t t i n g s & masks t h e f o r c e s of oppression & i n j u s t i c e which a r e a t work.

Since Pedagogy of t h e Oppressed, F r e i r e has worked with many groups i n r u r a l and urban s e t t i n g s a s w e l l a s - w r i t i n g t o inc r e a s e t h e l e v e l of awareness & debate about t h e n a t u r e of l i t e r a c y work. J u l y 16th w i l l provide us with a remarkable opportunity t o meet & t a l k with F r e i r e i n theplacewherethisworkismost relevant.

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Dear Carnegie Newsletter,

I MUST respond t o your June 1st i s s u e by saying t h a t I dm pleased t h a t Garry Gust enjoyed h i s t o u r o f t h e Gathering Place.

But I am very embarrassed by h i s p o r t r a y a l o f me a s S a i n t Diane. No one has e v e r seen N me t h u s - j u s t my f a i t h f u l o l d dog Pepper and s h e ' s long gone.

Garry, I was simply doing my job G'loving every minute of it. And, a s I ' v e s a i d bef o r e , it was r e l a t i v e l y easy t o g e t t h e Gathering Place up $ running because Carne g i e s t a n d s a s such a s u c c e s s f u l model.

Give yourselves t h e c r e d i t , f o l k s .

That out of t h e way, h e r e ' s some gossip: Did you know t h a t Bruce Jackson i s cooking a t a lodge i n t h e Northwest T e r r i t o r i e s f o r 3 months t h i s summer? H e ' l l be feeding f o l k s t h e C a ~ n e g i emenu a t an ani' mal observatory ( p o l a r bears, beluga whale, ptarmigan I more). The lodge i s owned&run by t h r e e I n u i t a r t i s t s G how t h e y tracked down smiling Bmce is a long s t o r y .

A t t h e end of t h e summer a longtime north shore ~ e s i d e n ti s moving downbown.

T h a t ' s me $ I ' m g e t t i n g myself one of those medical s c o o t e r s s o I can g e t out on t h e s t r e e t s $ challenge Margaret Prevost t o sidewalk races. John Perguson i n t h e kitchen w i l l hold your gambling money.

Rumour has it t h a t t h e t h i n chap with t h e b r a i d h a s been r e f e r r i n g t o me a s t h e former d i r e c t o r . L e t ' s send him o f f t o humility lessons. Be c a r e f u l , Donald one of t h e s e days, j u s t when you t h i n k i t ' s s a f e , someone w i l l t e l l you SHE'S BACK! A big hug t o a l l t h e Carnegie clan. , Love, Diane MacKenzie

'Money i s t h e root of a l l e v i l . ' ~t i s only an instrument of Life. In l i f e we exchange things 4 b.qrter with money, but i t c a n ' t buy 1 0 ~ 6o r r e s p e c t of a person.

Love i s nurtured & r e s p e c t i s earned ove r t h e years. When you come down t o t h e object o f money i t ' s immaterial sometimes.

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The person having a g r e a t d e a l of money can be insensitive..money i s only good i n t h e r i g h t h a n d s - t o those who use it r i g h t .

Money can be a sickness, l i k e anything e l s e . Money, money w i l l my t r o u b l e go away?

Barry Saunders

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all calls to non-existent telephones will be 4irect-dialled, long distancq wrong numbers or pranks 2- the caller in any such wrong numbers will be the bearer of bad news; the caller in any such prank will be inebriated; the caller in either case will be __-.-' an ABSOLUTE STRANGER 3 - since answering a non-existent tdle- order of to some number between inphone that is ringing is neither bet- finity ter nor worse than not answering it, or 10- non-existent telephones are free of than answering or not answering a non-excharge, transient but indestructable istent telephone that is not ringing, one 11- it is difficult to impossible to make must assume equal liability in all cases, an outgoing call on a .non-existent whatever the outcome telephone 4 - one must not assume that, since teleBy DAN FEENEY phones can, may & someitmes should be 1 disconnected or taken off the hook, nonexistent telephones can, may or should 1. also be disconnected or taken off thehook 5 - for the recipients of calls on nonexistent telephones, said instruments will always be located immediately beside the bed, within arm's reach 6 - for the caller of wrong numbers to non-existent telephones, said numbers will always be unrepeatable, but otherwise ordinary dialling series 7 - for the caller, non-existent teleTHE TRUTH ABOUT THE ABSOLUTE STRANGER phones may or may not be answered 1 -cannot, obviously, be identified under with equal likelihood E respondents may any circumstance or may not mention the non-existence of 2 -comes into contact with us only in sittheir telephones also with equal likeliuations'wherein the possibility of idhood.

8 - it is more probable to receive a call entification, either at the time or in on a non-existent telephone 6 to dial future, is nil (eg. wrong number, gives us time on street, saves our life but the number of a non-existent telephone unintentionally, than to do either inten- disappears, etc.)

3 -typical disguises the absolute strangtionally - er adopts include: angel, mass murder9 7 .j\" noncexistent answering machines can be hooked up to non-existent tele- er, "love at first (& last) sight", hooded figure in rain, hitch-hiker not picked phones, but the prob8bility of this conup, character in dream who "must" be livfiguration occuring 3s somewhere in the 1

i n g somewhere, someone who watches you & when n o t i c e d suddenly d i s a p p e a r s , e t c .

4 - l i v e s s p a r t a n , i n some ambiguous, t r a n s i t i o n a l a r e a of town o r i n some secluded a r e a of t h e country 5 -works, r e a d s , watches TV, but h a s no ardent f r i e n d s o r family 6 - w i l l seem awkward of s e l f - e f f a c i n g but w i l l show deep confidence o r a g i l i t y e i t h e r momentarily, o r a s an undercurrent but w i l l b e gone b e f o r e t h i s can be t e s t ed f u r t h e r 7 -is memorable, & we remember t h e absolu t e s t r a n g e r t h e way we remember we've l e f t t h e bathwater running 8 - s i n c e t h e a b s o l u t e s t r a n g e r cannot be i d e n t i f i e d , w i l l seem t o be normal i n a l l ways except i n t h e l a c k of any d i s cernable i d e n t i t y , & t h u s a l s o i n t h e J. l a c k of any d i s c e r n a b l e t r a c e of having aged o r having t h e p o t e n t i a l t o age 9 -the o b i t u a r i e s of a b s o l u t e s t r a n g e r s , i f they o c c u r , c o n t a i n r e f e r e n c e s only t o non-existent people, i d e n t i t i e s , eve n t s , & t h e s e o b i t u a r i e s can never be t r a c e d back t o any h i s t o r i c a l encounter with a given a b s o l u t e s t r a n g e r Dan Feeney

So NAFTA i s h e r e f o r a while. Passage i n t h e Senate is a l l that. i s peeded t o s a d d l e us with a n o t h e r weight, making i t a l l t h e hardef t o disburden o u r s e l v e s of t h e f i r s t one..that being t h e IFTA. That agreement h a s , i f anything, shown us t h i s f a c t : o u r e x p o r t e r s g a i n l i t t l e from r e c i p r o c i t y w i t h t h e USA. U.S. businessmen, on t h e o t h e r hand, s e e an open season on Canadian r e s o u r c e s & consumers. companies e x p o r t i n g w a t e r , lumber & petroleum have few i n h i b i t i o n s about avoidi n g t h e people of Canada a s they p r o f i t on our l a n d s ' r i c h e s .

Corporatism may b e a problem; I mean t o say business-corporation greed,unchecked, is a problem, but Canadians have t h e w i l l & t h e know-how t o staunch th'e wound inf l i c t e d by t h e FTA. An e l e c t i o n is a l l t h a t i s r e q u i r e d f o r Canadians t o grab t h e l e v e r s of power and reverse t h e l o s s suffered f o r the l a s t 6 y e a r s . Though our t e l e v i s i o n s a r e c l u t t e r e d w i t h t h e v o i c e of America, though our r a d i o s b l a r e out p o e t r y of American o r i g i n , y e t we have our p r i d e .

r G u m p t i o n Sketches Relevance/Irrelevance I was reading a p i e c e by someone who ,eemed t o be saying t h a t , even i f a p i e c e r r i t t e n i s not understood i n t h e way t h e iuthor means i t ' o t be, it can s t i l l have .elevance according t o t h e way it i s a c t u i l l y understood; n o t , however, b a r r i n g t h e ~ o s s i b i l i t yt h a t t h e p i e c e could, t h e o r e t c a l l y , be understood i n p r e c i s e l y t h e lanner t h e author meant it o t be, ii s t i l l ave no r e l e v a n c e , o r no appearance of r e g rnvance, t o t h e r e a d e r , a s i d e from nominal o n s i d e r a t i o n s l i k e t h e time it t a k e s t o ead t h e p i e c e , t h e consequences o f readng t h e p i e c e 6 n o t doing something e l s e t c . (Which makes t h e s e nominal conse4dere i o n s t h e o n l y guaranteed r e l e v a n c e of any i e c e . ) This quandry, though n o t expressed

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POVERTY Poverty Degrading, disempowering.

Sad f a c e s , empty b e l l i e s .

Hopelessness, h e l p l e s s n e s s .

Poverty.

Quest i o n s .

Why? How? Who knows, who c a r e s ?

What t o do.

Quest i o n s .

Problems.

No r e n t , n o f o o d , A f f o r d a b l e h o u s i n g doesn' t e x i s t .

Where t o l i v e ?

Problems.

Feelings.

Anger, a p a t h y .

Joyless children, fearful families G r i e f and t e a r s .

Feelings.

Solutions.

Advocacy, community.

Empower t h e poor.

Make s o c i a l change.

Solutions.

(Val Watson w r o t e t h i s , h e r f i r s t Doem

Poopnography rages on The media i s h a v i n g a heyday a t t h e expense of t h e poor. When t h e poor a r e i n s u l t e d & a s s a u l t e d tlks i s c l a s s i s m , a form of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n . When t h e media t r a s h e s poor p e o p l e we c a l l i t "poor-nography": t h e w i l l f u l e x p l o i t a t i o n of poor p e o p l e a s a form o f h a t e l i t e r a t u r e . LOW income p e o p l e a r e t h e o n l y group n o t prot e c t e d by any human r i g h t s l e g i s l a t i o n i n BC n o t i n t h e Human R i g h t s Act f e d e r a l l y & p r o v i n c i a l l y and n o t i n t h e C h a r t e r of Human R i g h t s . Nowhere i n BC law does i t s a y t h a t i t i s n o t okay t o d i s c r i m i n a t e a g a i n s t poor p e o p l e . So of c o u r s e , t h a t g i v e s p e o p l e f r e e l i c e n s e t o do s o .

A l o c a l TV s t a t i o n h a s been on,an obscene rampage a g a i n s t low income p e o p l e .

They have made s p e c i o u s & f r a u d u l e n t c l a i m s t h a t 40% o f p e o p l e on w e l f a r e c o r n i t f r a u d . I f t h e y were t o s a y 40% of b l a c k o r d i s a b l e d o r any o t h e r oppressed group commit c r i m e s , t h e y would have t h e i r b u t t s i n t r i b u n a l o r court. Instead t h e y can j u s t keep s i n g i n g t h e i r v e r y v i n d i c t i v e t u n e & t h e poor have no r e c o u r s e .

The P r e s s C o u n c i l o n l y t a k e s p r i n t media c o m p l a i n t s . The CRTC i s an i n e f f e c t u a l & d i s i n t e r e s t e d p a r t y . So who do t h e poor

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omic h a r d s h i p f o r many among u s , I am angered & o u t r a g e d by a t t e m p t s t o d e f r a u d t h e w e l f a r e system.'' The M i n i s t e r announced a S p e c i a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n s Unit f o r f r a u d i n v e s t i g a t i o n . The speech drew appl a u s e from t h e L i b e r a l s and s o c r e d s .

According t o t h e M i n i s t r y ' s o f f i c e only 1%of people on w e l f a r e a r e proven t o commit f r a u d , f a r below t h e r a t e of o t h e r k i n d s of f r a u d l i k e t a x e v a s i o n . The Mini s t e r i s n o t d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g between w h i t e c o l l a r o r g a n i z e d f r a u d w i t h compute r s & fancy equipment and people on welf a r e f o r c e d t o scrimp f o r food money, The M i n i s t r y of s o c i a l S e r v i c e s is no place f o r a special police unit. I f the Ministry is looking a t every welfare reci p i e n t t o f i n d fancy f r a u d a r t i s t s , t h e y a r e l o o k i n g i n t h e wrong p l a c e . They a l ready have t h e RCMP & CSIS f o r o r g a n i z e d crime i n v e s t i g a t i o n s .

Is t h i s what people on w e l f a r e need r i g h t now? T h i s k i n d of f o c u s on poor people invokes t e r r o r . The g o v ' t s h o u l d b e going a f t e r t h e r e a l f r a u d a r t i s t s c o r p o r a t i o n s who do n o t pay f a i r t a x e s .

Only 3.5% of BC'S g e n e r a l revenue comes from c o r p o r a t e income t a x e s , compared t o

Yes, your beloved son was h e r e t o e n r i c h your l i f e w i t h h i s unshaven f a c e , p o o r l y groomed h a i r , r o t t e n b r e a t h and s t i n k i n c l o t h i n g - e v e r y t h i n g t h e upper c r u s t pred i c t e d he would e v e r amount t o .

He r u n s w i t h t h e laymen, a s t a r v i n g pack of wolves hungry f o r what we a l l wish l i f e t o be.

What w i l l e v e r become of my uneducated b a r b a r i c frame of mind? Maybe I g e t r i c h from i t . But u n t i l t h a t day I s h a l l dream f o r I a m t h e s l e e p e r and no one w i l l awak en m e from my f r u i t f u l dreams!

P.S. I w i l l b e by tomorrow t o s t i n k up your world w i t h my r o t t e n b r a i n again. l o v e , your son Jav Leclaire

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I n your mad scramble t o make t h e most o f l i f e , t h e r e are a l o t of t h i n g s you can r u s h . You r u s h a d e l i v e r y . You can r u s h a h n c h . You can make a r u s h up t h e f o o t b a l l f i e l d . You can 'follow t h e g o l d rush. You can climb M t . Rushmore, which would r e a l l y b e r u s h . .You can r u s h o u t o f t h e h o u s e You can r u s h i n t o a s t o r e . You can even r u s h i n t o a marriage. You can r u s h i n t o a l o t of things i n l i f e but an i n t e r s e c t i o n i s n ' t one of them, A . M i l i t ani

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58.7% from s a l e s & p e r s o n a l income t a x e s and o t h e r t a x e s . T h i s f r a u d squadimpunes a l l people on w e l f a r e . People need h i g h e r . . w e l f a r e r a t e s , n o t more i n v e s t i g a t i o n s i n already very s t r e s s e d l i v e s . h he g e n e r a l ~ u b l i ca l r e a d y t h i n k s t h a t j u s t b e i n g on w e l f a r e i s f r a u d u l e n t The M i n i s t e r should b e committed t o d i s p e l l i n g t h o s e myths, n o t adding t o them," s a i d a woman on w e l f a r e .

ELP & FrontLine Advocate W0rkers (FLAW) the the Community Lega1 Assistance are seeking protection i i n t h e BC Human R i g h t s Act f o r d i s c r i m i n ation based On low POor-nography and c l a s s i s m h a s t o s t o p .

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-ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

!!On t h e &)ad Again, Going p l a c e s t h a t I rye sometimes been1*, as W i l l i e ' s song says. so there you I willbe visiting my s i s t e r ' s fam, s h p v e l l i n g s h i t g i f t e d by my f a v o u r i t e h o r s e s , who s u p p l y me w i t h wisdom, & friendship.

Then on t o Montreal t o playonrthb$r3dge, of t h e Fringe F e s t i v a l , where o u r o m - B r u c e .

Sauer is performing~ Perhaps t h e n Newfoundland t h e n back.. s t o r i e s & p i c t u r e s t o follow!

Tom Lewis

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CRAB NOTES from t h e June 10, 1993

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o r t u n i t i e s t h a t should now be made a v a i l a b l e t o North Shore r e s i d e n t s .

Larry Beasely, a Vancouver C i t y planner, s a i d t h a t he had Paohtems with t h e s h e e r numbers 6 volume of people' t h a t t h e Portproposed development would bring. The Crab w a t e r f ~ o n tpark f o r lowincome f a m i l i e s 6 organised r e c r e a t i o n a l c h i l d r e n ' s programs could not s u r v i v e if t h e development goes ahead a s proposed. I t i s c l e a r t h a t Crab Park i s nothing more than a p o t e n t i a l f r o n t lawn f o r t o u r i s t s -& r i c h people.

I t ' s sad t h a t t h e Port i s saying no t o developing f o r comm$nity needs - dffordabl e housing,,social housing; t h e Port i s asking t o i n c r e a s e t h e d e n s i t y not allowed f o r b u i l d i n g s from 1 . 7 m i l l i o n square f e e t t o 3 m i l l i o n . Also t h e proposed w a t e r f r o n t walkway system w i l l j u s t funnel more t o u r ists i n t o Crab Park. Where do t h e poor go?

Don Larson

Vancouver Cipy Council i s pretanding t h a t t h e two r e a l a l t e r n a t i v e l o c a t i o n s :' f o r a double-berthed c r u i s e s h i p p i e r d o n ' t e x i s t . Fortunately, t h e Fullergon P i l l and Lower Lonsdale s i t e s a r e t h e r e . & "Each o f t h e s e s i t e s have t h e p r e r e q u i s i t e s of deep E d i t o r , water f o r l a r g e s h i p s (70,000 t o n ) , p o s s i Due t o t h e t e a c h e r s going on s t r i k e b l e land f o r terminal development & road which r e a l l y a f f e c t e d m e , a s one person, access, though i n varying degrees o f s u f f - a l o t - because of t h e i r wanting money, i c i e n c y 1 q P g . 5 , C r i t e r i a f o r S i t i n g of Pot- i t a f f e c t e d n o t only me, i t a f f e c t e d a e n t i a l New Cruise Ship Terminal). l o t of s t u d e n t s .

Even t h i s quickly done r e p o r t , funded by I f e e l i t was only t h e money, even t h e Port Corp., admits t h a t t h e b a s i c s f o r though they s a i d i t wasn't. I n my opinion another l o c a t i o n does e x i s t . t h i s i s very t r u e . This i s a f r e e country The c r u i s e l i n e s a r e s a i d t o be concerned and everyone can say what they want. The.y about t h e " i n d u s t r i a l sethirigft, but again should be s a t i s f i e d with what they g e t . A t h a t would s u r e l y change over t h e next 5 l o t of c o u n t r i e s d o n ' t g e t what we get i n years of time. C e r t a i n l y t h e i r requested Canada. o f f ice/commercial buildings/hotel/shops Look a t t h e people on welfare. Look a t would be b u i l t i f a c r u i s e s h i p terminal what we have t o l i v e on compared t o t h e were placed on t h e north shore of Burrard. t e a c h e r s s a l a r i e s . Sure I know a l o t of The p r i v a t e s e c t o r would & could provide them have f a m i l i e s , but I have 8 individe x t r a f u e l barges 6 e x t r a buses required. u a l s t o feed and some of t h e t e a c h e r s , A p r i v a t e f a s t - f e r r y system f o r 300-500 have only 1 o r 2 i n t h e i r f a m i l i e s . And c r u i s e s h i p passengers could move them t o they ' r e s t i l l not s a t i s f i e d with what many l o c a t i o n s i n t h e i n n e r harbour. Buil& t h e y ' r e g e t t i n g . I h s a t i s f i e d & happy ing t h e s e s h i p s & s t a f f i n g them would c r e with what I ' m g e t t i n g . a t e badly-needed jobs S n t h e m a r i n e i n d u s t r y Terry Flamond There a r e e x c e l l e n t eco-nature 6 Native a b o r i g i n a l c u l t u r a l tourism business opp-

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One day I took him a c o l l e c t i o n of Lipt o n ' s Noodle Soup Mix which I ' d g o t t e n a t t h e Food Bank & hadn't used. McLeod s a i d "Thanks but no thanks. I wouldn't d a r e give these t o c h i l d r e n . In Fact, no dayt " c a r e operator worth h i s s a l t wolld give it t o kids - i t ' s loaded with monosodium glut m a t e (MSG). Give k i d s a bowl of t h a t soup & t h e y ' l l be unmanageable, They'll be f i g h t i n g i?, climbing t h e walls, a l l s t r e s s c ed out , I 1 For years I had been l i k e everyone e l s e , e a t i n g what was put i n f r o n t of me but, i A those years, s l e e p i n g 3 o r 4 hours a n i g h t McLeodls words f i n a l l y got through t o me, I s t a r t e d sortng through what I a t e , avoid ing MSG; very soon I was s l e e p i n g 6-8 h r s 6 my h e a l t h improved tremendously.

MSG i s l i k e cocaine, a s one person I spoke t o put i t . I t makes you f e e l good f o r awhile but i t screws you up good.

MSG i s not only dumped i n many prepared foods but i s a l s o 'avaflable i n shakers a s a Itflavour enhancerv, l f k e Accent. In post mortems, people who used a l o t of MSG were found t o have s o f t e r b r a i n s than normal.

I t not only tenderized t h e i r meat, i t a l s o tenderized t h e i r b r a i n s E l i k e l y t h e i r , e n t i r e c e n t r a l nervous system a s well, There has never been s o much MSG s o l d as t h e r e i s today. Also t h e r e have never been s o many t r a n q u i l i z e r s s o l d , n o r s o many persons t r e a t e d f o r s t r e s s G nervous conditions.

I had been going t o t h e Food Bank. I phoned & complained. "Most of t h e cans of food you give o u t a r e loaded with MSG. I t i s a poison f o r people E most of what you

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The man I spoke t o s a i d , "You shouldnl t J p u t it i n t h e garbage. If you d o n ' t want t o e a t i t , you should g i v e it t o someone.tf I s a i d , "MSG i s poison. You're saying I should f i n d someone who i s uninformed & pass i t on t o them so t h e y g e t screwed up i n s t e a d of me!')

"I s e e what you mean," he s a i d . "As it happens I c a n ' t e a t MSG e i t h e r . If I e a t it I g e t d i a r h e a l i k e you wouldn't b e l i e v e and i t makes it hard t o t a k e my wife out t o a r e s t a u r a n t . We give it out a t t h e Food Bank because t h e r e ' s no law agq$st.itl MSG works a s a f l a v o u r enhancer i n foods because it shocks t h e p a r t of &he p a r t o f t h e nervous system involved i n t o hypersens i t i v i t y . But once swallowed it makes t h e e n t i r e nervous system hyper. Families l o s e t h e i r contentment - c h i l d r e n squabble teenagers roam, brawl & murder - m o t o r i s t s drive faster c r i m i n a l s look f o r a c t i v i t y .

Without MSG we'd have a calmer E more gent l e s o c i e t y . MSG makes people a e t x r a z y .

Why do fbod processors keep pouring it i n t h e i r products? Because t h e y a r e i n a madcrace f o r p r o f i t s & t h e y have a mass market of ignorant consumers.

Why doesn't t h e g o v ' t outlaw MAG, s i n c e i t s harmful e f f e c t s a r e s o widely known?

Because g o v ' t r e l i e s on d o c t o r s f o r advice; d o c t o r s who have grown r i c h countering t h e e f f e c t s of MSG. Without MSG t h e average in comes of d o c t o r s 4 drug companies would go way down.

Notice how t h e s e same d o c t o r s a r e quick t o dump on i d e a s o f good h e a l t h through propemeating. There i s no p r o f i t f o r doct o r s o r drug companies i n people t a k i n g s t e p s t o keep themselves h e a l t h y through knowledge of n u t r i t i o n .

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Each Thursday a t 4pm a t Oppenheimer P a r k ( w i t h b a l l s , b a t s & some g l o v e s t h e r e ) s o come by & have a game. You may even become hooked. Y o u ' l l c e r t a i n l y h a v e f u n !

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MUSIC on 7 t h Avenue Have you s e e n t h e s i g n s up around t h e c e n t r e announcing t h e C a r n e g i e s l o w - p i t c h ( s o • ’t b a l l ) team? Well, i t ' s happening.. b a s e b a l l f e v e r h a s even h i t u s & what an o u t r a g e o u s team we h a v e produced!

L a s t weekend t h e 2-week-old C a r n e g i e team p a r t i c i p a t e d i n o u r f i r s t t o u r n a m e n t We w e r e n ' t . q u i t e w i n n e r s b u t we made a few r u n s , some good p l a y s . & we managed t o s t a g g e r (somewhat b r u i s e d & t i r e d ) t h r o u g h 3 games. More i m p o r t a n t l y , s p i r i t s were up & w e had a good t i m e . T h e r e w i l l b e more games i n t h e f u t u r e , a g a i n s t o t h e r Downtown E a s t s i d e Agencies, w i t h a n occas i o n a l tournament.

You may b e wondering a b o u t how s e r i o u s we a r e & who can g e t i n v o l v e d . F i r s t of a l l , we a r e n o t a s e r i o u s team. What I mean is we a r e p l a y i n g o n l y w i t h t h e i n t e n t i o n o f h a v i n g fun. We a r e r e c r e a t i o n a l , n o t c o m p e t i t i v e , open t o everyone. w e ' r e a mixed team - women&men. I n f a c t , i n many games, teams a r e r e q u i r e d t o have 3 women p l a y i n g e v e r y i n n i n g . We have had a good t u r n o u t s o f a r but we'd l i k e i t t o c o n t i n u e ; t h a t means h a v i n g new p l a y e r s always j o i n i n g u s . . e s p e c i a l l y women. We need more women.

I t seems t h a t many p e o p l e j u s t l i k e t o g e t o u t f o r t h e o c c a s i o n a l game & d o n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y want t o commit t h e m s e l v e s t o

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E a r l y Tuesday morning I was r i d i n g my b i c y c l e i n th: a l l e y between 7 t h & 8 t h a v e n u e s , j u s t 'above Ash, when a bag hangi n g on t h e h a n d l e b a r caught i n t h e spokes making c o n s i d e r a b l e n o i s e f o r 2:30 a.m.

A s I made t h e n e c e s s a r y a d j u s t m e n t s , a v o i c e emanated from t h e townhouse above me. "Hello t h e r e , " h e s a i d . "Are you c o l lecting bottles?"

"I c e r t a i n l y am," I r e j o i n e d .

"Wait t h e n . . I ' l l b r i n g you some down.," I w a i t e d p e r h a p s a minute & t h e g a r a g e door opened.

"Come i n , " s a i d my mentor. "'I have some h e r e f o r you."

I e n t e r e d & h e s a i d , "Come up & have a beer." Up we went t o t h e t h i r d l e v e l and introduced ourselves a s he served t h e b e e r . "My name i s C a r l o s " "Tom Lewis," I r e p l i e d .

"I was j u s t o u t p a r t y i n g , " h e s a i d . "I j u s t f i n i s h e d a r e a l e s t a t e d e a l & earned an $8'8,000 commission. " H e a s k e d what I d i d & I r e p l i e d t h a t I c o l l e c t e d b o t t l e s & r e c y c l a b l e s & was h e l p i n g t o s t a r t a new r e c y c l i n g d e p o t , but my main l o v e was s i n g i n g c o u n t r y . He r o s e from h i s s e a t & when h e r e t u r n e d h e had two g u i t a r s , a Martin & a hand-made Spanish c l a s s i c a l g u i t a r , each b e a u t i f u l t u n e d i n s t rumen t s

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We began p l a y i n g songs t o g e t h e r & e v e r y s o o f t e n h e ' d s o l o on some b e a u t i f u l Span i s h & Mexican p i e c e s . j eets/programslindividual e f f o r t s i n many BC. The m i n i s t r y He a s k e d , "What a r e You doing t ~ m o r r o w ? "communities throughout t o which I r e p l i e d , " ~ g~ o imn g - t o my sis- of s o c i a l s e r v i c e s seems t o have made a t e r ' s farm i n O n t a r i o t o t a l k t o my favguess on j u s t how many people would a c t u o u r i t e h o r s e . I' a l l y g e t involved.

"No," h e s a i d , "come t o Vancouver I s l a n d At: t h e same t i m e a s t h i s came i n t o e f f w i t h me. I have a farm t h e r e & w e ' l l p l a y e c t , M s . Smallwood was b e i n g r o a s t e d i n music, d r i n k & chase women.'' , t h e media; h e r s e n i o r b u r e a u c r a t s , n o t %o," I r e p l i e d , "my r e n t is up & I must changed from t h e y e a r s of s o c r e d a p p o i n t move & I r e a l l y should be doing my rounds e e s & p a t r o n a g e , have been s t e a d i l y knee& making some money. " capping h e r by r e l e a s i n g trumped-up rep"Don't worry," h e s a i d , & gave me $25. o r t s , s p e c u l a t i v e inuendo & out-and-out We played u n t i l 6am & I enjoyed myself faked j u n k t o t h e media. The media, t r u e tremendously; n i g h t s of good music and t o form f o r b e i n g s u b s i d i a r i e s of one o f f r i e n d s h i p r a r e l y happen spontaneously. two c o r p o r a t i o n s i n t h e c o u n t r y which own Well C a r l o s , wherever we may b e , I 96% o f e v e r y t h i n g , have t a k e n e v e r y l i e , s h a l l remember you w e l l . rumour o r i s o l a t e d c a s e b p o r t r a y e d Joan God go w i t h you m i amigo. & t h e NDP a s t h e most incompetent, bungl i n g bunch of i d i o t s p o s s i b l e . Real Women Tom Lewis d o e s n ' t h o l d a c a n d l e t o some of t h e ragi n g r e b a t e s t h a t g e t " i n t e r v i e w s " on TV & r a d i o , as though t h e garbage t h e y s p o u t , i s j u s t normal & f a i r . UTV had a 3-hour s p e c i a l on t h e most obscene e x a g g e r a t i o n s "40% o f w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t s commit f r a u d when t h e ( a r e c r i m i n a l s / l a z y / b u m s . . .)'I a c t u a l percentage of record is l e s s than 2 percent.

How a l l t h i s h a s combined t o a g a i n r i p o f f t h e poor i s t h a t t h e m i n i s t r y h a s a s p e c i a l investigations u n i t t h a t they've / j u s t h i r e d 2 0 0 ~ m o r ep e o p l e f o r . T h i s w i l l lcost over a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s a year. A t t h e same t i m e , t h e money b u d g e t t e d f o r . t h e Community V o l u n t e e r Program f o r one y e a r i s gone a f t e r 5 months. A f t e r t h e "WONDER OF WONDERS'~ 'media raged about t h e p e o p l e on w e l f a r e D e s p i t e t h e i n t e n s e c r i t i c i s m t h a t Joan :notw a n t i n g t o work, s o many g o t a p p r o v a l Smallwood h a s been under f o r t a k i n g sev- j f o r t h e $100 e x t r a a month f o r v o l u n t e e r e r a 1 b o l d s t e p s t o make l i f e f o r low-in/ i n g t h a t t h e g u e s s f o r a y e a r is gone in come p e o p l e more b e a r a b l e , t h e r i g h t w i n g j lessthan h a l f of i t . a t t i t u d e c o l o u r s some i n i t i a t i v e s The program won't b e c a n c e l l e d b u t t h e y Many of u s w i t h GAIN as o u r s o u r c e of 'willl i k e l y start w i t h w a i t i n g lists now have taken advantage of t h e new & perhaps l i m i t how l o n g p e o p l e can b e on V o l u n t e e r Program (CVP) P e o p l e i t t o give t h o s e w a i t i n g t h e i r t i m e . who are "unemployable" a n d / o r d i s a b l e d To s t a r t , M i n i s t e r Smallwood s h o u l d incan now get an extra $loo a v e s t i g a t e h e r s e n i o r bureaucrats & f i r e ing at least a those who are a c t i v e l y "orking a g a i n s t her. month. Most were a l r e a d y volunteering,c:l p u t t i n g t i m e & energy i n t o numerous proBy PAULR TAYLOR

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"Be not proud of e a r t h l y goods o r r i c h e s , f o r t h e y come t o you from God without your help"

Not t h e money t o t h e l a n d l o r d ( s h e l t e r p o r t ion)--but how much p e r month f o r everything e l s e ?

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I f you don't know t h i s - "In a s t r a n g e r ' s house, look n o t a t t h e 1 A UTV r e p o r t e r s a y s you a r e : women, marry i n s t e a d E g i v e food t o your " I l l i t e r a t e , uneducated, s t u p i d own household. Let t h e r e be no q u a r r e l i n g Unaware and a f o o l . " about t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n " She s a y s "everybody knows because Be n o t r a s h o r i n d i s c r e t e - e n t e r not t h e f i g u r e s a r e p r i n t e d and r e p o r t e d u n i n v i t e d i n t o t h e house of another. I f Everywhere, a l l t h e t i m e . " he b i d s you e n t e r you a r e honoured.

Look n o t around - look not around i n t h e Not t h a t I had seen o r heard b e f o r e ! house o f a n o t h e r . I f your eyes s e e anyI f e l t insulted. t h i n g , be s i l e n t about i t & r e l a t e it not I d i d n ' t know t h e s e f a c t s b e f o r e o u t s i d e t o o t h e r s l e s t if it be heard, Circumstances f o r c e d me t o accept it become t o you a s a crime worthy o f S o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e f o r my d i s a b i l i t y . death.

Speak n o t t o o much because men a r e deaf I know now--now t h a t I am "educated" t o t h e man of many words.. .Be s i l e n t t Through p e r s o n a l hardship-experience. rather, f o r silence pleases a l l .

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Sometime i n , t h e e a r l y 1700's a company founded by sofie well-to-do English decidec North America, e s p e c i a l l y Canada's n o r t h , was prime f o r t h e t a k i n g of f u r s , f u r s , t h a t t h e European p u b l i c was w i l l i n g t o pay handsomely t o g e t .

E n t e r t h e always unaware innocence of FlA'I'E MONGERS t h e Indians..only t o o w i l l i n g t o h e l p t h e Of course t h o s e Free E n t e r p r i s e r s d o n ' t White Man. ~t f i r s t t h e w h i t e traders o f f e r t o c u t up t h e i r medical c a r d s , nor t o o greedy b u t a s they expanded do t h e y t a l k about t h e w e l f a r e t h e y r e c e i - their lust for more pelts grew. ve, which i s n o t c a l l e d welfare but s u b s i T~~~ deliberately made their muskets d i e s o r g r a n t s t o c r e a t e imaginary employ- over six f e e t high so ~ ~ t trapperstd i ~ e ment f o r t h e unemployed. have t o pay more t o a c q u i r e one - p e l t s These sanctimonious h y p o c r i t e s a r e r i p p - had t o be piled as high as the gun. Imaging off t h e system b i g time while deviously ine how many muskrats, beaver, etc. had promoting hatred of the people bn t o be taken t o make t h e p i l e h i g h enough!

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A SENIOR CITIZEN'S LAMENT Thought I ' d l e t my d o c t o r check me 'cause I d i d n ' t f e e l q u i t e r i g h t ; A l l t h o s e ach*s & p a i n s annoyed me, And I c o u l d n ' t s l e e p a t n i g h t .

He c o u l d f i n d no r e a l d i s o r d e r , But h e wouldn't l e t i t r e s t ; What w i t h Medicare & Blue Cross It wouldn't h u r t . t o do some t e s t s .

To t h e h o s p i t a l h e s e n t me, Though I d i d n ' t f e e l t h a t bad; H e a r r a n g e d f o r them t o g i v e me e v e r y t e s t t h a t could b e had.

I w a s flouroscoped & cystoscoped My a g i n g frame d i s p l a y e d ; S t r i p p e d upon a n i c e - c o l d t a b l e w h i l e my g i z z a r d s were X-rayed.

I was checked f o r worms & p a r a s i t e s , For fungus & t h e c r u d ; While t h e y p i e r c e d me w i t h l o n g n e e d l e s Taking samples o f my blood.

D o c t o r s came t o check m e o v e r , Probed & punched & poked around; And t o make s u r e I was l i v i n g , They w i r e d me f o r sound.

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C a n d i d a t e s foy t h i s award a r e expected t o demonst r a t e an e x c e p t i o n a l commitment t o f o s t e r c a r e , i n c l u d i n g l e n g t h y involvement i n t h e program, c a r e of many c h i l d r e n , r e s p e c t & u n d e r s t a n d i n g when d e a l i n g w i t h t h e n a t u r a l f a m i l i e s of t h e i r f o s t e r c h i l d r e n , community involvement & coopera t i o n w i t h MSS, t h e B C F e d e r a t i o n of Fost e r Parents Association & o t h e r family support agencies.

Joan Wenstob, p r e s i d e n t of t h e BCFFPA, s a i d : "There i s an ongoing demand f o r t h e k i n d s of s p e c i a l p e o p l e who a r e w i l l i n g & able t o foster children, particularly t e e n a g e r s , s i b l i n g groups & substance-addi c t e d b a b i e s . These f o s t e r p a r e n t s a r e , f o r t h e most p a r t , unsung h e r o e s p l a y i n g unique r o l e s i n communities i n BC." Nine f a m i l i e s o r i n d i v i d u a l s from commu n i t i e s a c r o s s t h e p r o v i n c e w i l l be chosen by a 3-person p a n e l i n c l u d i n g t h e Supe r i n t e n d e n t of Family & C h i l d S e r v i c e s & reps from MSS & BCFFPA. They w i l l b e honm r e d i n a ceremony h o s t e d by t h e L i e u t znant governor i n October.

Anyone may nominate a f o s t e r f a m i l y by ;ompleting nomination package & submit:ing i t b e f o r e June .25, 1993. F u r t h e r inEormation about nominations o r about betng a f o s t e r p a r e n t may b e o b t a i n e d by : a l l i n g 1-800-663-9999.

NAFTA and water (1): basic resource at risk

f o r t h e p a s t 6 y e a r s . Her t e s t i m o n y b e f o r e t h e Coaunons Sub-Committee on I n t e r n a t i o n a l T r a d e & t h e BCSelect S t a n d i n g Comm i t t e e on Economic Development, S c i e n c e , Labour, T r a i n i n g & Technology shows c l e a r m e of t h e r e p e a t e d a s s u r a n c e s from t h e l y t h a t under NAFTA, water w i l l b e treatMulroney g o v ' t d u r i n g t h e f r e e t r a d e debed as a "good," s u b j e c t t o t h e same r u l e s a t e i n 1986-7 was t h a t Canada's w a t e r rea s o t h e r "goods & s e r v i c e s " u n d e r t h e FTA s o u r c e s would b e excluded from t h i s d e a l . and NAFTA. ' T h i s was i m p o r t a n t t o a l o t of u s , a s Holm c l a i m s "quick a c t i o n t o r e t a i n soveven a r d e n t proponents of f r e e t r a d e rece r e i g n t y c o n t r o l o v e r Canada's water r e s o g n i s e d t h e importance of r e t a i n i f i g conto u r c e s i n p e r p e t u i t y is.. . t h e s i n g l e most r o l of o u r e x t e n s i v e b u t f i n i t e r e s o u r c e . i m p o r t a n t & p r e s s i n g i s s u e f a c i n g CanadiThe ~ o r i e s 'r e s p o n s e t o t h e widespread an p u b l i c p o l i c y d e l i b e r a t i o n . " She suppconcern about l a r g e - s c a l e w a t e r e x p o r t s o r t s h e r p o s i t i o n by c i t i n g r e l e v a n t s e c was t h e Canadian Water P r e s e r v a t i o n A c t , t i o n s o f t h e l T A & NAFTA...& when r e f e r which, had it p a s s e d , would have a f f i r m e d ence is made t o p r o v i s i o n s of t h e G e n e r a l Canadian s o v e r e i g n t y o v e r i t s w a t e r . A l Agreement on T a r i f f s & ,Trade (GATT) , s h e though many Canadians s t i l l t h i n k t h e b i l l quotes t h e r e l e v a n t sectiions. became law, it a c t u a l l y d i e d on t h e o r d e r For example, A r t i c l e 102 o f t h e NAmA paper. Now t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e s a r e t r y i n g s e t s out t h e o b j e c t i v e s of t h e t r a d e deal t o h u r r y t h e North American F r e e Trade A g L includes t h i s goal : .eliminate barrreement t h r o u g h P a r l i a m e n t . They have purx s t o t r a d e i n , and f a c i l i t a t e t h e c r o s s p o s e l y l i m i t e d d e b a t e & rammed it through t h e House. I t ' s now b e f o r e t h e Tary domin- ) o r d e r movement o f , goods & s e r v i c e s becween t h e t e r r i t o r i e s of t h e P a r t i e s . . .I1 a t e d S e n a t e . D e s p i t e massive o p p o s i t i o n A r t i c l e 201 of t h e NAETA d e f i n e s "Goods t o NAFTA t h e Tory g o v ' t seems b e n t on )f a P a r t y " as " p r o d u c t s as t h e s e a r e unpassing enabling* l e g i s l a t i o n before t h e i e r s t o o d i n t h e GATT." Notes Holm: " s i n c e e l e c t i o n is c a l l e d . :ATT's Harmonised Commodity Coding System i ( (*ENABLING is i m p o r t a n t t o u n d e r s t a n d . A g o v ' t n o t c o n t r o l l e d by t h e C o n s e r v a t i v e s i (L i t s n o t e s i n c l u d e t a r i f f i t e m 2201.9 [ " n a t u r a l w a t e r of a l l k i n d s o t h e r t h a n can s t i l l s c r a p NAFTA. I t ' s not law y e t .) s e a w a t e r " ) , w a t e r i s i n c l u d e d a s a good J u s t t h e concerns about w a t e r s h o u l d under the terms the NAFTA*" prompt Canadians t o i n s i s t i t b e p u t on h o l d . Wendy R. Holm, a p r o f e s s i o n a l a g r o l Trade Minister insists w a t e r h a s been s p e c i f i c a l l y removed from o g i s t & r e s o u r c e economist who works a s a NAFTA. Holm h a s d e t a i l e d h i s s t a t e m e nt oonsultant t o t h e a g r i c u l t u r e i n d u s t r y , & deword-by-word, q u o t i n g t h e a r t i c l e s h a s been w r e s t l i n g w i t h t h e w a t e r i s s u e f i n i t i o n s i n t h e v a r i o u s documents. W i l son i s n o t misinformed. He i s l y i n g .

Wilson: " A r t i c l e 7(1) of t h e t r a d e agreement s p e c i f i c a l l y removes w a t e r from t h e d e a l (NAFTA) Holm: "Untrue & m i s l e a d i n g . What Wilson i s r e f e r r i n g t o is A r t i c l e 7(1) of Canada ' s domestic FTA implementing l e g i s l a t i o n - a p r o v i s i o n h e a r g u e s w i l l a l s o be i n c luded i n t h e domestic l e g i s l a t i o n t o implement t h e NAFTA. Such changes i n domesti c l e g i s l a t i o n do not a l t e r t h e p r i o r corn mitments made i n a b i n a t i o n a l agreement."

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of US p u b l i c law r e q u i r e d t h a t b e f o r e t h e FTA could come i n t o e f f e c t , t h e US p r e s i dent had t o determine t h a t Canada had "te ken measures n e c e s s a r y t o comply w i t h t h e o b l i g a t i o n s of t h e Agreement.. . I f , & i f a t r a d e r e p o r t showed t h a t Canadian p r a c t i c e s were "not i n conformity w i t h t h e Agreement" then t h e US would " r e q u i r e a change of Canadian law, r e g u l a t i o n , p o l i cy o r p r a c t i c e t o e n a b l e Canada t o conform w i t h i t s i n t e r n a t i o n a l o b l i g a t i o n s un d e r t h e Agreement."

Yet s e c t i o n 102-449 reads: "No p r o v i s i o n of t h e Agreement, n o r t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of any such p r o v i s i o n t o any person o r c i r cumstance, which i s i n c o n f l i c t w i t h any law of t h e U.S.A. s h a l l h a v e ' e f f e c t . " I n summary, Canadian l a w s must conform t o t h e FTA w h i l e US laws remained paramount over it.

NAFTA and water (2): saving the resource So how can Canada r e t a i n s o v e r e i g n t y ov e r i t s w a t e r r e s o u r c e s ? Holm s u g g e s t s : F i r s t , Canada n e g o t i a t e an e x p l i c i t NAFTA exemption f o r water i n " o t h e r than b o t t l e d form." Canada's b a r g a i n i n g p o s i t i o n should be enhanced because. Presi d e n t C l i n t o n a l s o wants ' s i d e d e a l s . ' Second, Canada e n t e r i n t o a Memo .of Understanding w i t h t h e US t h a t s p e c i f i c a l l y terms t o "only b o t t l e d water."

T h i r d , t h e Canadian Water P r e s e r v a t i o n Act shelved by t h e Conservatives i n 1987 must be r e i n t r o d u c e d & passed t o , a s Holm p u t s i t , " e s t a b l i s h a framework f o r sound & sovereign water policy."

The NAFTA d e b a t e i s underway. NAFTA i s not - a "done deal" & every c a n d i d a t e i n t h e e l e c t i o n which must be c a l l e d t h i s year must be made t o s t a t e c l e a r l y what t h e i r p o s i t i o n i s on " f r e e " t r a d e . t

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' own e f f o r t & by c e r t a i n p r i v i l e g e s we have, A s of 4 pm, J u n e 6 , two houses n e a r t h e we f e e l we can 6 s h o u l d a p p r o p r i a t e b u i l d c o r n e r o f Broadway & Commercial have been i n g s t o s e r v e o u r n e e d s & h e l p o t h e r s do I t h e same, i n c l u d i n g t h e r i g h t of t h e apportioned a s a public squat.

This squat is t h e r e s u l t of a y e a r ' s f i r s t peoples t o re-appropriate t h e land 1 t h a t is r i g h t f u l l y t h e i r s . work, b r i n g i n g t o g e t h e r e x - r e s i d e n t s of t h e Frances S t r e e t s q u a t s & o t h e r s . we're Our p o l i t i c s a r e a n t i - s t a t e & we f a v o u r mostly young ~ e o p l e ,l i v i n g i n p o v e r t y , d i r e c t a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e i d e a of owning o f a v a r i e t y of r a c e s , s e x e s , s e x u a l o r i l a n d & p r o p e r t y . However, we want t o be enta tions & classes. open t o o t h e r g r a s s r o o t s o r g a n i s a t i o n s i n are O u r aims i n s q u a t t i n g this o r d e r t o r e a c h some common ground. We do many* First, we see a need f o r local'Omn o t e x p e c t your group t o have t h e same govIt 'Ontmunity 'pace that is f r e e o u t l o o k on s o l u t i o n s t o t h e h o u s i n g c r i s 'leasant i s i n E a s t Vancouver. What we hope is t h a t rO1 in the is area. The first 'loor the o u r groups can d e v e l o p s o l i d a r i t y o f cornavailable t o grassroots organisations f o r concerng, m e e t i n g s , e v e n t s & a s a workspace. P r o j W e want t o encourage your group t o h o l d ects underway a public garden, a meetings & e v e n t s a t t h e s q u a t . AS w e l l , c a f e &, i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e , a t h e r e a r e a couple of t h i n g s your group f r e e s p a c e * These events wiP1 be can do t o h e l p u s b u i l d o u r c o m m u n ~ t y a n ti - r a c i s t / s e x i s t /homophobic/classist s a p c e & t o h e l p s t o p any i l l e g a l p o l i c e I n a d d i t i o n , we encourage o p p r e s s e d commaction against the squat. u n i t i e s t o form s a f e s p a a e s witihin t h e s q u a Donate m a t e r i a l s f o r t h e s q u a t .

Our second aim, l i k e t h a t of t h e F r a n c e s s t r e e t s q u a t s , i s t o c r e a t e a r a d i c a l f r e e We e s p e c i a l l y need c h i l d r e n ' s toys, housew a r e s , camping equipment, t o o l s & a gass p a c e f o r a c t i v i s t s t o l i v e & work. The powered e l e c t r i c g e n e r a t o r .

2nd f l o o r o f t h e b u i l d i n g w i l l s e r v e t h i s purpose. L i k e a t F r a n c e s S t r e e t , h o u s i n g Send a copy of t h e l e t t e r s on t h e o t h t h e r i g h t t o h o u s i n g is a l a r g e P a r t of e r page s t a t i n g you oppose p o l i c e a c t i o n , why we a r e s q u a t t i n g . However, we do r a t h e r than court a c t i o n , against squats. s e e t h e s q u a t a s a humble p l e a t o C i t y Your groups name on t h i s l e t t e r w i l l put H a l l t o make more " a f f o r d a b l e " h o u s i n g avs t r o n g p o l i t i c a l p r e s s u r e on t h e ~~~~~g~ a i l a b l e . We want t h e s q u a t s t o b e an exo f f i c e n o t t o o v e r - r e a c t . Whether o r n o t ample of how g o v ' t laws & r e g u l a t i o n s can your group i s a b l e t o p u t your name on b e i g n o r e d , and must be i g n o r e d , t o r e t h e l e t t e r , i n d i v i d u a l s w i t h i n t h e group b u i l d a c a r i n g community. a r e encouraged t o s i g n t h e i r names a s inWe d o n ' t p r e t e n d t o b e t h e bottom o f dividuals. t h e heap i n t h e Canadian c l a s s system b u t We w i l l c o n t i n u e t o u p d a t e your group we do know t h a t we d e s e r v e , a s everyone on e v e n t s a t t h e s q u a t , and we hope t o d e s e r v e s , a s p a c e t h a t i s o u r own. By o u r h e a r from you soon!

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Dear Vancouver City Council and Mayor's o f f i c e ,

I a m w r i t i n g t o v o i c e my o p p o s i t i o n t o any i l l e g a l a c t i o n by t h e Vancouver P o l i c e department a g a i n s t members of t h e S q u a t t e r A l l i a n c e of Vancouver East.

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I n November, 1990, a c t i n g under a f a b r i c a t e d charge of gun p o s s e s s i o n , over f i f t y Emergency response team members, l o c a l p o l i c e & Vancouver C i t y Crew i l l e g a l l y e v i c t e d SAVE members froin s i x occupied homes on 1600-block Frances.

I v o i c e my o p p o s i t i o n t o t h a t a c t & any f u t u r e a c t s by t h e Vancouver P o l i c e department t o i l l e g a l l y e v i c t s q u a t t e r s . E v i c t i o n s should be d e a l t with p r o p e r l y i n a c o u r t of law.

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Send t o Vancouver City Council (453 W. 1 2 t h , Vancouver, V5Y lV4, o r SAVE, Box 563, 545 E. Broadway, Vancouver, V5T 1x4.

Dear Vancouver C i t y Council and Mayor's o f f i c e ,

I am w r i t i n g t o v o i c e my o p p o s i t i o n t o any i l l e g a l a c t i o n by t h e ~ a n c o u v e r P o l i c e department a g a i n s t members of t h e S q u a t t e r A l l i a n c e of Vancouver East.

(SAVE) I n November, 1990, a c t i n g under a f a b r i c a t e d c h a r g e of gun p o s s e s s i o n , over f i f t y Emergency response team members, l o c a l p o l i c e & Vancouver C i t y Crew i l l e g a l l y e v i c t e d SAVE members from s i x occupied homes on 1600-block Frances. %

I v o i c e my o p p o s i t i o n t o t h a t a c t & any f u t u r e acts by t h e Vancouver P o l i c e department t o i l l e g a l l y e v i c t s q u a t t e r s . E v i c t i o n s s h o u l d be d e a l t w i t h p r o p e r l y i n a c o u r t of law.

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