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LIFE I N THE CITY When moving t o t h e b i g C i t y , Think of where y o u ' r e moving t o Where your money's coming from and where i t ' s going.

Think about i t ; when y o u ' r e a t home, you d o n ' t have t o worry a b o u t r e n t , hydro o r phone b i l l s because y o u r f a m i l y p r o v i d e s e v e r y t h i n g f o r you.

I n t h e b i g C i t y t h i n g s a r e a t a much f a s t e r pace t h a n what y o u ' r e used t o ; a l s o we have t h e s l o w e s t b u r e a u c r a c y , s h o u l d you e v e r need a s s i s t a n c e .

L i v i n g c o n d i t i o n s a r e v e r y d i f f e r e n t from what y o u ' r e used t o .

When I f i r s t moved t o t h e Downtown a r e a , I was t o l d i t was a b i g m i s t a k e because, l i n many p e o p l e ' s e y e s , "Skid Row'' was f o r d r u n k s , d r u g d e a l e r s . . . t h e l i s t goes on. But what I found was t h a t p e o p l e d i d n ' t ( d o n ' t ) have homes t o go t o . . t h e i r home is t h e S t r e e t . C i t i e s d o n ' t have h o u s i n g t o house people from o u t o f town s o t h e y end up on t h e s t r e e t s w i t h no where t o go and no money.

Most S t r e e t p e o p l e end up d y i n g a l o n e b e c a u s e t h e o n l y means of comfort i s t h e b o t t l e , d r u g s o r p r o s t i t u t i o n . Sometimes t h e y g e t s o f a r down deep where no one can r e a c h them o r i t ' s j u s t t o o l a t e .

"Why?", you a s k ; w e l l some p e o p l e have l e f t home w i t h o u t t h e i r e d u c a t i o n o r means of income, s o t h e y end up h a v i n g n o t h i n g and d i e w i t h n o t h i n g .

So s u r v i v a l i s what you make of i t .

We can a l l make a d i f f e r e n c e i f we h e l p o u r s e l v e s o r h e l p t h e n e x t p e r s o n .

We need t o s e t o u r g o a l s b e f o r e we l e a v e home..we have a much b e t t e r chance of s u r v i v a l .

Margaret P r e v o s t

What i s t h e meaning of Ph.D. To a f r i e n d of mine, Ph.D. i s two b o d i e s , one of which i s t h e P h y s i c a l body, and t h e o t h e r i s t h e S p i r i t u a l body..

Anyway, t h e meaning of Ph.D. is b e i n g P h y s i c a l l y d e t a i n e d . i . e . t h a t i s when t h e S p i r i t u a l body wants t o be f r e e d from t h e P h y s i c a l body.

From t i m e t o time w e a l l f e e l t h i s way.

THE INNER SELF.

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A p o r t r a i t i s but a s i l h o u e t t e Dangling i n t h e wind; These people t h a t I have met A l l committed s i n I d o n ' t t h i n k much of t h e f a c e s That belonged t o them; Drawings a r e a l l meaningless But n o t t h e naked poem.

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People s a y t h e r e ' s no g r e a t e r joy Than when t h e y l i e and dream; But t h e s e a r e v i s i o n s of Blue Boy Hanging i n a t r e e Dreams have f r e q u e n t breaks They d o n ' t make any s e n s e ; The s o u l t h a t Lord J e s u s makes L i e s i n a naked poem.

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G a l l a n t k n i g h t s abroad And r e d c h a r i o t s from Elysium; Are as. f a r away from God As t h e men who burned them F i c t i o n and n o n - f i c t i o n a r e as good A s a h o l e i n a pen; The cosmos i s t h e hood I n t h e naked poem.

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A l l t h e knowledge - t h a t i s man Is t h e k n i f e a t t h e t h r o a t ; Whether i t be on s e a o r l a n d This i s H i s Almighty S c r o l l But peace, l o v e and even t h e sword Beat t h e a c t i o n s of men; P l a t o never g e t s bored With words i n t h e naked poem. % J o e Ringer

I t ' s an i n c r e d i b l e coincidence t h a t my b i r t h d a y and t h e b i r t h d a y of a man whom I had - and w i l l always have - t h e deepest r e s p e c t f o r a r e t h e same day: March 15th.

WILLIS SHAPARLA would have been 73.

Steve Rose

Challenging ouy flaws Against t h e hope of decency R e s t i n g i n t h e dungeons Near t h e ~ a d y ' sh e a r t , Each of u s s e e s something Glowing i n t h e d a r k ; i t ' s o u r c o l l e c t i v e mind Expressing wisdom's W i l l .

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ENGLISH ONLY S'IL VOUS PLAIT? I sometimes wonder how much t h e p a t r o n s of Carnegie f e e l and unders t a n d t h e b i z a r r e language i s s u e i n our country today. S i n c e I ' v e been i n Vancouver, I ' v e met s e v e r a l French Canadians who have come, s t a y e d and gone i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e . I myself am a French Canadian. My anc e s t r y can be t r a c e d back t o t h e 1st s e t t l e r s of Quebec i n t h e 1600's.

A heck of a l o t of t h i n g s have happened s i n c e t h e 1600's. And i n o r d e r t o understand t h e French Cana d i a n p l i g h t , you must a l s o unders t a n d t h e h i s t o r y of Canada a s a colony of t h e B r i t i s h Empire. I s a y colony because t h e s e French Canadians who a r e s t a t i n g they are a " d i s t i n c t s o c i e t y " came t o Canada ( o r r a t h e r New France) from France. The f i r s t people a f f e c t e d by t h e French "explor e r s " w e r e t h e Natives. They i m e d i a t e l y had e v e r y t h i n g t a k e n from them without t o o much of a say.

The f i r s t s e t t l e r s t o a f e u d a l system where they laboured and brought p r o s p e r i t y t o t h e l a n d o n l y t o pay d e a r l y t o Seigneurs. These Seigneurs r e p r e s e n t e d t h e French b o u r g o i s i e , who claimed t o own t h e l a n d . For w e l l over 100 y e a r s t h e French k e p t shipping c r i m i n a l s , p r o s t i t u t e s , impoveri s h e d f a m i l i e s and ' u n d e s i r a b l e s ' of French s o c i e t y t o New France.

I n 1760 B r i t i s h i n t e r e s t i n New France grew t o such l e v e l s t h a t blood was shed i n war on t h e P l a i n s of Abraham, where t h e French were d e f e a t e d and t h e B r i t i s h were t h e v i c t o r s . This meant t h a t t h e people who were a l r e a d y e x p l o i t e d under t h e French were a conquered people under B r i t i s h r u l e . Native f a t e a l s o r e s t e d on t h e B r i t i s h r u l e of thumb.

AS time went on, t h e B r i t i s h flooded Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper canada (Ontario) w i t h thousands of eng-

l i s h immigrants. This was done t o make t h e French Canadian a minority and t o impose E n g l i s h s o c i e t y on the French Canadian. J u s t a s t h i s erased much of Native c u l t u r e , s o i t d i d with t h e c u l t u r e of t h e French Canadian.

R e b e l l i o n a g a i n s t England, t h e r u l i n g c l a s s , occurred a t l e a s t 3 times. French Canadians have fought t o keep t h e i r c u l t u r e from being drowned o u t by E n g l i s h i n f l u e n c e t o t h e east, n o r t h , west and s o u t h ever

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s i n c e then. The s t o r y r i n g s t h e same b e l l t o t h e Native, Chinese, I t a l i a n , East Indian and o t h e r c u l t u r e s which have been i n f l u e n c e d by t h e domineeri n g English. Modern day proof of t h a t i s A.P.E.C. The A l l i a n c e f o r t h e P r e s e r v a t i o n of E n g l i s h i n Canada i s an o r g a n i z a t i o n r e p r e s e n t i n g Engl i s h Canadians who, f o r some r e a s o n , fear the t h e English language! After h e a r i n g Russ Martin, r e p r e s e n t e d A*P.E*C* on C B C ' s FORUM ( t o be t e l e v i s e d March 1 7 t h a t 9 pm) I came t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t APEC has a t t i t u d e s resembling o p i n i o n s of t h e white a d o - s a x o n KKK i n ~ m e r i c at h e beautiful.

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I f o n l y E n g l i s h Canada c o u l d s e e t h a t French Canada wants a c c e p t a n c e and r e s p e c t f o r h e r c u l t u r e . The ent i r e l a n g u a g e c r i s i s shadowing Canada, t o me, s h o u l d be blamed on t h e F e d e r a l and P r o v i n c i a l governments. They have failed i n teaching our generations the t r u t h of o u r h i s t o r y . The hleech Lake accord i s n o t t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n a l a l t e r n a t i v e a l l Canadians n e e d .

It's so u n f o r t u n a t e t h a t Quebec's f u t u r e i n Canada r e l i e s on t h e a c c e p t a n c e o f >leech Lake. Quebecers would j u s t f e e l t h e same r e j e c t i o n from t h e rest of Canada t h a t t h e y ' v e l e a r n e d t o l i v e w i t h f o r 3 c e n t u r i e s . I n my o p i n i o n some Quebecers h a t e t h e E n g l i s h ; e s p e c i a l l y t h o s e who c o u l d n ' t be bothe r e d a c c e p t i n g French c u l t u r e . The same p e o p l e who f i g h t f o r N a t i v e acc e p t a n c e s h o u l d a l s o f i g h t f o r t h e acc e p t a n c e o f a French Canada t o g e t h e r w i t h E n g l i s h Canada.

I t ' s i r o n i c bec a u s e t h e French s e t t l e r s were h e r e b e f o r e most E n g l i s h , j u s t as t h e N a t i v e s were h e r e w e l l b e f o r e t h e French.

The h i s t o r y o f Quebec i s i n some ways t h e h i s t o r y o f Canada.

Awareness f o r E n g l i s h Canadians c o u l d come t h r o u g h s e e k i n g t h e t r u t h i n Canada's h i s t o r y : the truth that Canada was b r o u g h t up t o b e a c a p i t a l ist hog l i k e E n g l a n d . . o n l y f o r E n g l i s h i n t e r e s t and i n v e s t m e n t . The p r e s e n t American d o m i n a t i o n of o u r c u l t u r e i s s i m i l a r t o t h e problems Quebecers have l i v e d w i t h f o r 300 y e a r s .

There are s o many c u l t u r e s i n Canada t o r e p r e s e n t t h e f a b r i c of a n a t i o n b e i n g a b l e t o weave a q u i l t of m u l t i I c u l t u r a l i s m and e t h n i c s t r e n g t h . g u e s s i t would be t o o much of a dream t o s e e Canadians l i v e harmoniously with 2 o r 3 o r 4 c u l t u r e s i n s t e a d of one. Ah m a i s c ' e s t l a v i e d a n s nos monds eh!

BY STEVE ROSE

Editor: Lf BC Hydro g e t s i t s way A p r i l F o o l ' s Day 1990 w i l l r e s u l t i n anot h e r 3% i n c r e a s e on o u r Hydor b i l l .

The l o g i c d i s p l a y e d by Hydro a t t h e U t i l i t i e s Commission h e a r i n g which h a s been g o i n g on s i n c e February b a f f l e s me.

I t ' s absurd t o think t h a t charging higher e l e c t r i c i t y r a t e s w i l l r e s u l t i n people t u r n i n g t h e l i g h t s o f f more o f t e n .

What BC Hydro s h o u l d be ashamed of i s t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n between u s e by s e c t o r and money b i l l e d . R e s i d e n c e s u s e up 30% of Hydro's d o m e s t i c l o a d y e t c o n t r i b u t e 38% o f Hydro's revenu e . Large i n d u s t r i e s , on t h e o t h e r hand, u s e up 37% o f Hydro's l o a d b u t c o n t r i b u t e o n l y 25% o f t h e r e v e n u e .

The U t i l i t i e s Commission A p r i l F o o l ' s Day g i f t t o t h e p e o p l e of BC s h o u l d b e a f i r m r e j e c t i o n of Hydro's proposed rate i n c r e a s e and t h e provi n c i a l government s h o u l d f i r e a few of Hydro's e x e c u t i v e s f o r t h e absol u t e w a s t e of t a x p a y e r ' s money i n preparing t h i s proposal.

Darren Lowe

M r . Lowe: Agreed.

To add t o t h i s p i c t u r e of Hydro's g r e e d , t h e y have b o a s t e d t h a t t h e y have assets of $10 b i l l i o n . A t t h e same t i m e t h e y have demolished a l m o s t 100 u n i t s o f a f f o r d a b l e housi n g i n o u r community. The l a t e s t smashing t o o k p l a c e when t h e y exp l o i t e d a l o o p h o l e i n a by-law req u i r i n g a development p e r m i t b e f o r e a demolition permit could be i s s u e d .

They t o r e down a h o t e l , d i s p l a c e d 50 r e s i d e n t s , c l o s e d a p a r k i n g l o t made when a n o t h e r h o t e l w a s t o r n down i n 1986 ( b o t h p l a c e s were i n good s h a p e ) j u s t t o make way f o r a new b u i l d i n g i n 3 o r 4 y e a r s . They i g n o r e t h e housing c r i s i s , r e f u s e t o t a l k t o

any h o u s i n g s o c i e t y , d i s r u p t and des t r o y l o c a l i n i t i a t i v e s , t h e n want t o c h a r g e more j u s t t o make money.

The GST, which t h e y w i l l g e t back through c r e d i t s , w i l l add a n o t h e r 7%.

And r e n t s w i l l go up a g a i n !

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Poet-Tree The B i r t h o f a P o e t ' s Poem Which i s a s e e d o f i m a g i n a t i o n of feelings Of deep t h o u g h t of l i f e . ..of t h e h e a r t Of L i f e It grows as t h e p o e t ' s poems progress It becomes a t r e e . . . a Poet-Tree It b r a n c h e s i n t o many i d e a s , thoughts, expressions Words w r i t t e n i n P o e t r y grow w i t h t h e e l e m e n t s of mankind, mankind's c r e a t i o n s , of t h e e a r t h , and t h e u n i v e r s e It c a n b e s i m p l e o r complex It i s a p o e t - t r e e .

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he foam cups we use are environmentally friendly, no CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)are used in the manufacturing process.

VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION WEEK Volunteer T - s h i r t s -----------------A p r i l 22-28 i s V o l u n t e e r Recognit i o n week a t C a r n e g i e C e n t r e . P a r t of t h e week's a c t i v i t i e s w i l l be t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n of v o l u n t e e r t - s h i r t s t o a l l our Carnegie v o l u n t e e r s .

A s t h i s is Carnegie's 10th annivers a r y we need a d e s i g n f o r t h e t - s h i r t t h a t r e f l e c t s t h e u n i q u e n e s s of Carnegie.

I f you've g o t a n i d e a o r desi-gn a b o u t what you'd l i k e t o s e e on our 10th anniversary t - s h i r t , o r i f you need more i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t subm i s s i o n s , t r a c k down P e t e r G r e e ~ l w e l l b e f o r e March 3 1 s t .

Beyond Measure Time i s Too slow f o r t h o s e who w a i t , Too s w i f t f o r t h o s e who f e a r , Too l o n g f o r t h o s e who g r i e v e , Too s h o r t f o r t h o s e who r e j o i c e , But f o r t h o s e who l o v e Time i s Eternity.

Hours f l y , Flowers d i e , New d a y s , New ways, p a s s by.

Love s t a y s .

Submitted by J o s e p h Boucher

THE LOOKOUT

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Having a mental problem i s p a r t of t h e s t r u g g l e of many, many people i n B.C. E r r a t i c behaviour l e a d s t o non-acceptance l e a d s t o e v i c t i o n s leads l e a d s t o moving c o n t i n o u s l y t o b e i n g homeless.

I n t h e e a r l y 70's t h e r e were a few government programs t h a t would fund l o c a l s e r v i c e s . I n Vancouver some people i d e n t i f i e d a s m a l l popul a t i o n of s i n g l e males, o v e r 45 y r s . o l d , who had nowhere t o l i v e . The P a t r i c i a H o t e l became t h e f i r s t p l a c e where a room w a s r e n t e d t o t a k e one o r two of t h e s e men, found i n a l l e y s o r huddled under t r e e s . A t f i r s t i t was t h e a l c o h o l i s m t h a t w a s t h e common f a c t o r b u t t h e l i n k between mental i l l n e s s and t h e ongoing r e t u r n t o a l i f e of e s c a p i n g back t o t h e alleyways made s u c h a band-aid s o l u t i o n of a "place f o r a night" n o t enough.

Mentally ill p e o p l e are i n v i s i b l e when i t comes t o government funding.

Recently t h e Socreds announced t h a t they were pumping $20 m i l l i o n i n t o

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providing b e t t e r support s e r v i c e s .

Sounds good, but according t o s t a f f a t t h e Lookout, t h i s amount w a s cruc i a l f i v e y e a r s ago j u s t t o m a i n t a i n what w a s a l r e a d y working. P u t t i n g i t i n now l e a v e s them $80 m i l l i o n behind where t h e y should be by now.

The Lookout, i n t h e 300=block of Alexander S t r e e t , p r o v i d e s 42 emergency beds and 39 l o n g term r e s i d e n t s l i v e t h e r e . With t h e i r mandate t o house people whom no one e l s e w i l l , they a r e s t i l l t u r n i n g away up t o 70 p e o p l e a month. A t a r e c e n t p u b l i c meeting a t Carnegie, Karen ~ ' ~ h a n n o c e r y , t h e d i r e c t o r , spoke of t h e c r i s i s of housing i n o u r c i t y being f e l t much more by t h e people coming t o t h e Looko u t . Mental i l l n e s s makes even t h e most c a l l o u s l a n d l o r d s & managers f r e e z e up when l o o k i n g t o r e n t rooms.

When t h e Lookout opened i n 1981 most of t h e people t h e r e came from t h e downtown e a s t s i d e a r e a , but now over h a l f come from a l l o v e r t h e Lower Mainland. They come h e r e because "we1' a r e more f o r g i v i n g o f e r r a t i c a c t i o n s ; we're a l l people w i t h p a s t m i s t a k e s and more r e a d i l y a c c e p t off-the-wall behaviour as having known c a u s e s .

The Lookout i s a p o r t i n a storm.

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March 19-22

People from o v e r , 6 0 c o u n t r i e s a r e coming t o Vancouver t o c o n f e r about t h e g l o b a l environment. Also i n attendence w i l l be scores of people from environmental b u s i n e s s companies, t r y i n g t o s e l l t h e i r systems of d e a l i n g w i t h d i f f e r e n t k i n d s o f p o l l u t i o n . Brian Mulroney i s coming too.

Check l o c a l p a p e r s o r c a l l radio stations f o r details.

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We a r e w o r t h a f o r t u n e !

What a r e S e n i o r s w o r t h ? with silver Remember, o l d f o l k s a r e w o r t h a f o r t u n e i n t h e i r h a i r , gold i n t h e i r t e e t h , stones i n t h e i r k i d n e y s , l e a d i n t h e i r f e e t and g a s i n t h e i r stomachs!

I have become a l i t t l e o l d e r s i n c e I s a w you l a s t and a few changes h a v e c o n e i n t o my l i f e Frankly, I have become a f r i v o l o u s o l d g a l .

A s s o o n as I I am s e e i n g f i v e g e n t l e m e n e v e r y day.

Then I go wake up, W i l l Power h e l p s me o u t o f bed. t o see John.

Next, C h a r l i e Horse comes a l o n g , and when he i s h e r e h e t a k e s a l o t o f my time and a t t e n t i o n .

When h e l e a v e s , A r t h u r R i t i s shows up and s t a y s t h e H e d o e s n ' t l i k e t o s t a y i n one p l a c e rest of t h e day, After v e r y l o n g , s o h e t a k e s m e from j o i n t t o j o i n t . zuch a b u s y day I ' m r e a l l y t i r e d and g l a d t o g o t o bed w i t h Ben Gay. What a l i f e !

Oh y e s , I ' m a l s o f l i r t i n g with A 1 Zymer.

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N o m a t t e r w h e r e I am, i n t h e p a r l o u r , u p s t a i r s , i n t h e k i t c h e n or down i n t h e basement, I ask m y s e l f , now what a m I h e r e a f t e r ? ! "

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But a s t h e a u t h o r of t h i s t r i t e i n v e n t i o n just intention.

I suggest t h e r e i s no c h o i c e Tom Lewis

SAVE OUR LIVING ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY 407-118 Alexander S t . , Vancouver, B.C. Chairman and Commissioners Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Dear Commissioners:

(Re: F i s h i n g a t Crab Park)

We were encouraged r e c e n t l y by t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e new f i s h i n g p i e r i n our park. However, because of information i n t h e media c i t i n g Environment Canada f i n d i n g s p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e l e s i o n s and tumours on f i s h - i n t h e harbour, we would a p p r e c i a t e a s s u r a n c e t h a t f i s h caught o f f t h e park a r e s a f e t o e a t .

The s e n i o r medical h e a l t h o f f i c e r f o r t h e c i t y has advised t h a t , i f r e q u e s t e d , he would r e p o r t h i s assessment of any h e a l t h r i s k s t h a t may be involved.

We a s k t h a t t h e board r e q u e s t such a r e p o r t from t h e h e a l t h department and inform t h e p u b l i c a s t o t h e s a f e t y of seafood taken from t h i s p a r t of Burrard I n l e t .

Thank you f o r your a t t e n t i o n .

Yours t r u l y , Ken L y o t i e r , c h a i r .

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By t h i s t h e y mean w o r k t h a t i s i l l e g a l o r unpaid; l i k e p r o s t i t u t i o n , v o l u n t e e r work, housework, c h i l d c a r e . A l o t o f t h i s " h i d d e n " w o r k i s d o n e by women. I t i s " h i d d e n " b e c a u s e i t s e r v e s t h e p u r p o s e s of c a p i t a l i s m t o k e e p i t t h a t way. I t i s t h e " h i d d e n " economy t h a t i s k e e p i n g t h e mega-economy a f l o a t .

t h e h i d d e n economy i s t h e p i e p l a t e u n d e r t h e c o r p o r a t e p i e l J u s t who I S h o l d i n g u p t h i s p i e i n t h e s k y ?

t h i s economy she is not a she does not she wants t o

does not wear white d i n n e r gloves welcome d i n n e r g u e s t even vant t o s i t a t t h e t a b l e cut the table's legs off

hidden? o r "immoral"? t h i s economy d o e s n o t w e a r o r t h o p e d i c s h o e s she is not a nice church lady s h e d o e s n o t e v e n s i t i n t h e pews s h e is n o t allowed by t h o s e s i n g i n g p r a i s e s s h e is t h e bag l a d y o f t h e i r s o u l . hidden? o r unnecessary? t h i s economy d o e s n o t w e a r a c o l l a r not blue, not white, not even reversed she i r o n s t h e s h i r t s t h a t t h e c o l l a r s wear s h e d o e s n o t want t h e c o l l a r she wants t o be f r e e of it. hidden? or invisible? t h i s economy d o e s n o t w e a r b u s i n e s s s u i t s she is i n t h e p r o p e r , p l a c e f o r a l a d y she bakes t h e cakes t h a t t h e s u i t s e a t s h e d o e s n o t want t h e c a k e she wants t h e whole f r i g g i n ' bakery hidden? or classless? t h i s economy i s n o t a good c o c k t a i l p a r t y g u e s t she s e r v e s t h e c o c k t a i l s t o t h e good g u e s t s s h e d o e s n o t want t o d r i n k t h e c o c k t a i l s s h e might p r e f e r t o t h r o w them

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POOR PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY LEFT OUT OF CULTURAL EVENTS. WE CAN'T AFFORD THE T I C K E T P R I C E S . EVERYTHING FROM THE OPERA TO ROCK CONCERTS COSTS A LOT O F SOMEMONEY. WE HAVE TO ASK: WHO I S T H I S 'CULTURE' B E N E F I T T I N G ? NOT U S .

BODY MAKES A LOT O F P R O F I T ON T H I S S T U F F . I F T H I S I S MY CULTURE, HOW COME I ' M EXCLUDED FROM I T ?

OUT OF NECESSITY WE 'MAKE' OUR OWN CULTURE. WE LEARN HOW TO SEW CLOTHES FOR THE K I D S .

WE LEARN HOW TO Q U I L T TO K E E P WARM. WE I M P R O V I S E CREATIVELY AND () JUGGLE OUR SCANT RESOURCES. WE USE ODDS ' N SODS TO DECORATE OUR L I V I N G SPACES. WE W R I T E DOWN OUR THOUGHTS. WE TEACH OURSELVES HOW TO PLAY MUSIC. I N OTHER WORDS, WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH CULTURE O F OUR OWN MAKING.

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WHY? BECAUSE IT DOESN' T HANG IN YET IT NEVER GETS RECOGNISED AS 'CULTURE ART G A L L E R I E S OR BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY A LOT O F MONEY T O S E E I T .

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& EVENING ARE FROM THIS I S P E O P L E WHO HAVE NEVER OR RARELY SHARED T H E I R WORK PUBLICLY BEFORE. THE F I R S T P U B L I C CULTURAL D I S P L A Y MADE FOR AND BY PEOPLE WHO ARE LOW INCOME THAT WE KNOW O F .

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C l e a r c u t f r o m S q u a m i s h t o Prince G e o r g e C l e a r c u t from Nanaimo to B e l l a B e l l a C l e a r c u t solution T h e Final S o l u t i o n It's C l e a r C u t Clearcut: C l e a r o u t of B r i t i s h C o l u m b i a

W h e n i see o u r E a r t h a l l battered & bruised & ruptured & scraped & t o r c h e d & raped i see t h a t S h e i s i n p a i n after a l l pj flaming

. Appearing at the Association of B.C. Professional Foresters annual convention,Arnold encouraged the founding of an institute modelled on his own Centre for the Defence of Free Enterprise. Such an institute, he said, would "create along-

It is disturbing t h a t t h e industry t h a t built t h i s province, and w h i c h h a s s u c h a long and proud history, would listen to someone like Ron Arnold.

.His arguments create hateful divisions and breed unreasonable

During the same month in which Arnold delivered his message to B.C.'s foresters, the B.C. Environmental information Institute was founded by Gerry Furney, mayor of the logging town of Port MacNeill.

Furney's institute,'which is trying to raise $1 million for an educational campaign, has sent a brief to all MLAs and B.C. MPs, informing them: "There is a well-organized movement out there . . . against orderly and rational development of any kind [that] creates instability in resource communities which are the backbone of our provincial economy."

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term unfinishable agenda and train interns td carry the multiple use philosophy into every corner of Canadian society."

He said the institute must .influence the media to shift the intellectual climate in favor of thq . f o r e s t industry and againsC'

ARTON'S view* a r e s o admired by Furney that a collection of her resource columns was mailed out by the institute to help raise funds.

It is uhderstandable that B.C.'s logging industry would try to learn from the resource conflict in the U.S. The issue there is the same how much old growth timber should be logged; hoy much protected?

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The protagonists are the same too environmentalists on one side, pro-idustry groups on the other.

But i t is disturbing that the industry that built this .province, and which has such a long and proud history, would listen to someone like Ron Arnold. His arguments create hatehl divisions and breed unreasonable fears.

Not long ago a senior spokesman with MacMillan Bloedel called me to provide some "off the record" information on environmentalists.

B.C.'s environmental movement, he said, is funded by "Communists and neo-Nazi groups from South Afiica."

He asked why the media had never exposed that link.

A search of financial records by The Vancouver Sun shows the Western Canada Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, and the Valhalla Society get their money in membership fees, from public donations, and by selling books and calendars. 0

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1. A Carnegie s t a r , Danny K o r i c a , tells t h e following t r u e story: He had t o t r a v e l 35-40 b l o c k s when t h e b u s e s were on s t r i k e . He s t u c k o u t h i s thumb, hoping t o g e t a r i d e .

A man p u l l e d o v e r and Danny a s k e d i f he c o u l d r i d e w i t h him. The man, who was d r i v i n g a new c a r , s a i d , "No way.

I don't give rides..to strangers."

The man t h e n walked o v e r t o a p a p e r a l l of box, p u t i n c o i n s and t o o k t h e p a p e r s back t o h i s c a r . Danny f l a g g e d down a cop and t o l d him t h a t t h i s guy had j u s t s t o l e n a l l t h e p a p e r s w h i l e p a y i n g f o r o n l y one.

The cop d i d h i s j o b , c h a r g e d t h e guy w i t h p e t t y t h e f t and t o o k t h e p a p e r s as e v i d e n c e . He a s k e d Danny i f h e would t e s t i f y i n c o u r t and Danny s a i d , "You j u s t l e t me know when and I' 11 b e t h e r e

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f o r h i s p a p e r b u t was i n a h u r r y and may have t a k e n more t h a n o n e , b u t t h e judge s a i d , "Taking 1 7 p a p e r s i n s t e a d o f one i s n o t a m i s t a k e . G u i l t y as c h a r g e d . $500 f i n e o r 30 d a y s . " He p a i d t h e f i n e b u t a s k e d Danny why. Danny s a i d , "I a s k e d you poli t e l y f o r a r i d e because I c a n ' t walk and had no money f o r a t a x i . You have a b i g c a r b u t s t e a l from p o o r e r p e o p l e . You won't r e a d t h o s e p a p e r s b u t s e l l them t o o t h e r poor p e o p l e .

And you a s k why!"

Danny s a y s t h e g u y ' s l a w y e r , who was t h e r e , j u s t laughed.

The cop thanked him and s a i d , " I f p e o p l e would j u s t b e h o n e s t we'd need a b o u t h a l f as many p o l i c e as we have now."

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A Simple T a l e about Hard L i v e s

"Ya Got t o Know Who Your Enemy is"

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While w e f i g h t o v e r who g e t s what penny crumb trickle

The Guys t h a t own t h e whole Bank Bakery Supply Are c l e a n i n g o u t t h e T i l l Cupboards Surplus Lucky f o r Them t h a t w e a r e b l i n d e d by p o v e r t y hunger thirst Because w h i l e t h e penny crumb trickle diminishes, Our a n g e r resentment frustration grows, And w e t a k e i t a l l o u t on you me n' x,y, z e e I n s t e a d of t h e Guys t h a t own t h e whole Bank Bakery Supply I f we c o u l d j u s t remember t o d i r e c t o u r anger resentment frustration To t h e Real Enemy-the Guys t h a t own t h e Bank Bakery Supply WE'D be c l e a n i n g o u t t h e T i l l Cupboards Surplus WE'D f i n d t h a t w e would no l o n g e r f i g h t over e v e r y penny crumb Trickle ' ~ u zt h e r e ' s r e a l l y p l e n t y t o go around

W e ' l l never g e t t h e chance t o g e t on w i t h t h e r e a l s t u f f of Humanity Dreams Potential 'Cuz we're always f i g h t i n g o v e r every penny crumb trickle I f we p r e t e n d t h a t t h e Guys who own t h e Bank Bakery Supply Don't d i r e c t l y a f f e c t t h e q u a l i t y of o u r l i v e s relationships reality We a r e q u i t e simply buying t h e i r package bullshit strategy So w e j u s t HAVE t o g e t r i d of t h e Guys t h a t own t h e Bank And t o do t h a t , w e d e a r l y need you me n' x,y,zee.

I t r e a l l y i s a very simple t a l e , but I never s a i d i t was e a s y .

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KOHECLES S TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

To whose drum does Vancouver march?

The Concord P a c i f i c - F a l s e Creek(expo) l a n d s development may be l e a d i n g u s t o an e x e c u t i v e c i t y . T h i s e x e c u t i v e c i t y w i l l have a diminished l i f e q u a l i t y t o i t u n l e s s growth i s capped.

Yes, high d e n s i t y w i l l mean more c a r s and p o l l u t i o n . Within twenty y e a r s we w i l l have p o l l u t i o n l i k e Los Angeles.

75,000 more c a r s w i l l d r i v e i n t o Vancouver w i t h i n f i v e y e a r s and provincial studies s t a t e t h a t there w i l l b e a 40% i n c r e a s e i n c a r s from t h e Lower Mainland i n t o o u r c i t y .

Not o n l y a r e t h e megaprojects i n t h e urban c o r e ' making u s i n t o a "mega l o p o l i s " t h a t sucks t h e l i f e o u t of t h e h i n t e r l a n d , but a l s o o f f i c e e a r e a t twentygrowth does t o o . W two m i l l i o n s q u a r e f e e t of o f f i c e space, heading towards f i f t y m i l l i o n , with c i t y engineers saying t h a t a t t h i r t y - f i v e m i l l i o n s q u a r e f e e t we w i l l need freeways.

Regional p l a n n i n g i s n o t o c c u r i n g , b u t i s e s s e n t i a l . Would s k y t r a i n e x t e n s i o n s t o Surrey-Whalley l e a d t o a "second c i t y c e n t r e " o r a n o t h e r r e g i o n a l c e n t r e ? O r do we need more m i n i - c i t i e s of a b o u t one-quarter m i l l i o n population?

F a s t f e r r i e s on Burrard I n l e t would a l l o w some people t o l e a v e t h e i r c a r a t home.

But t h e megaprojects a r e on f a s t t r a c k s . We have what people c a l l a "Poison Park" being designed f o r f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s of k i d s . Numerous t o x i c chemicals a r e known t o e x i s t i n t h e s o i l of p a r c e l n i n e . Are we going t o have 35 s t o r e y s k y s c r a p e r s on l a n d f i l l , t h e n g e t r i d of t h e f i r e b o a t i n c a s e of emergency..such as a n e a r t h q u a k e ?

And do you l i k e g h e t t o e s ? Well, s o , f a r , Concord P a c i f i c i s a r i c h g h e t t o w i t h i t s f i r s t phase - " I n t e r n a t i o n a l V i l l a g e " - c o n t a i n i n g no low-income and l i k e l y no m i d d l e - c l a s s people.

When i s a g h e t t o n o t a ghetto..when i b i s f o r t h e r i c h ? Promises of 20% "core-needy l1 o r s o c i a l , low-income housing have n o t m a t e r i a l i z e d b u t some crumbs must f a l l o f f t h e t a b l e a s e l e c t i o n s approach.

But who d e c i d e s who i s " l ~ w - i n c o m e ~ ~ and what i s t h e system f o r choosing Rapid growth who i s "most-in-need"? w i l l l e a d t o one thousand low-income r e s i d e n t s on G r a n v i l l e S t r e e t b e i n g pushed o u t towards t h e s t r e e t .

And t h e r e a n o t h e r n i n e thousand low-income, l o n g t e r m r e s i d e n t s i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e n e a r t h e Concord P a c i f i c s i t e .

Demolition f r e e z e s on loow-income b u i l d i n g s i n t h e s e areas are c r i t i c a l t o s u r v i v a l . Yet, such motions have

The Hulschanski r e p o r t from t h e UBC Human S e t t l e m e n t s group showed t h a t e v i c t i n g p e o p l e i s v e r y expensive, n o t o n l y i n human terms b u t a l s o towards t h e taxpayer.

Social s e r v i c e s a l r e a d y e x i s t where t h e poor a r e ; i n f a c t t h e poor have been h e r e f o r a l o n g t i m e . . t h e downtown e a s t s i d e i s t h e second o l d e s t communi t y i n Vancouver.

Violence w i l l i n c r e a s e and become more random..the downtown s t r e e t s w i l l become u n s a f e a t n i g h t i f homelessn e s s i s allowed by governments t o increase.

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I t i s c h e a p e r , e a s i e r and k i n d e r t o p r o v i d e new s o c i a l h o u s i n g and p r o t e c t existing dwellings. I f t h i s direction is n o t t a k e n we w i l l p r o v i d e a "dog e a t dog, r a t e a t r a t , s h a r k e a t s h a r k " society f o r t h e 21st century children.

By DON LARSON

An i n t e r e s t i n g f o o t n o t e : b o t h Conc o r d P a c i f i c and r e p s o f s o c i a l hous i n g i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e s h a r e d a room a t U B C ' s Open House o n t h e weekend.

Concord had a n e n t i r e scale-model o f i t ' s ' v i s i o n ' and p l a n n e d development o f t h e Expo s i t e , t a k i n g up a b o u t 213 o f t h e room. Bes i d e t h i s w e r e two women w i t h s l i d e s o f h o t e l s , a l l e y s and p i c t u r e s o f s u c c e s s f u l s o c i a l housing p r o j e c t s .

Concord b o a s t e d t h a t 20% of t h e i r p l a n s were d e s i g n a t e d " s o c i a l h o u s i n g " and p e o p l e came t o ' o u r ' t a b l e t o a s k i f t h i s wasn't Concord's s o c i a l c o n s c i e n c e on d i s p l a y . T e l l i n g t h e t r u t h s t o p p e d e v e r y o n e a s k i n g : we have t o buy b a c k t h i s " d e s i g n a t e d " l a n d , g e t a d e v e l o p e r t o do t h e cons t r u c t i o n and g e t a l l t h e f u n d i n g i n p l a c e b e f o r e e i t h e r of t h e s e s t e p s could be taken.

I n t h e meantime t h i s " d e s i g n a t e d " l a n d would be u s e d as green space f o r t h e luxury h i g h r i s e s and o n l y t h r o u g h c o n f r o n t a t i o n and fighting with the r i c h residents c o u l d i t b e w r e s t e d from them.

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munity, women, N a t i v e , a n t i - p o v e r t y , c h u r c h and o t h e r g r o u p s : 1. A n e t w e a l t h t a x : An a n n u a l w e a l t h o f between 1-2% on a s s e t s o v e r $75, 000 t o $100,000 c o u l d r a i s e between $4 and $8 B i l l i o n . The t a x c o u l d b e s t r u c t u r e d s o t h a t homes, f a m i l y farm and o t h e r p e r s o n a l p o s s e s s i o n s o f 80 t o 90% o f Canadians a r e exempt. Many European C o u n t r i e s i n c l u d i n g West Germany, A u s t r i a , Norway, Sweden and Denmark have w e a l t h t a x e s .

2. R e s t o r i n g c o r p o r a t e t a x e s t o t h e l e v e l s t h e r e were i n 1984 c o u l d y i e l d $1-2 B i l l i o n i n p u b l i c revenue.

3 . Ending c o r p o r a t e t a x b r e a k s s u c h a s d e p r e c i a t i o n allowances f o r r e a l e s t a t e d e v e l o p e r s , d e d u c t i o n s f o r mone y borrowed f o r c o r p o r a t e m e r g e r s , loopholes t h a t allow corporations t o d e c l a r e p r o f i t s i n t a x haven c o u n t r i e s i n s t e a d o f Canada. These c o u l d b r i n g i n a s much as $2 B i l l i o n .

4 . Ending t h e b u s i n e s s e n t e r t a i n m e n t d e d u c t i o n would b r i n g up t o $1 B i l .

5. Charging i n t e r e s t on d e f e r r e d c o r p o r a t e t a x e s c o u l d y i e l d $4-6 B i l .

6. Making t h e p e r s o n a l income t a x s y s tem p r o g r e s s i v e ( b a s e d on a b i l i t y t o pay) by t a x i n g c a p i t a l g a i n s a t t h e s a x e r a t e a s wages and s a l a r i e s ($500M) restoring the progressive r a t e struct u r e t o t h e income t a x s y s t e m ($2-4 B) and r e s t o r i n g t h e t a x on i n h e r i t a n c e ( $ 1 B ) would y i e l d s e v e r a l b i l l i o n .

7. The f e d e r a l government c o u l d a l s o s a v e p u b l i c r e v e n u e by ( a ) R e q u i r i n g companies t o pay f o r t h e i r own j o b t r a i n i n g programs ($3B). ( b ) Reducing unemplovment t o 4 7 ( $ 4 E ) .

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( c ) Reducing i n t e r e s t r a t e s by 4% o v e r a f o u r y e a r p e r i o d ($6B). ( d ) Reducing t h e m i l i t a r y b u d g e t t o t h e l e v e l i t w a s i n 1984 ($3.3B).

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Ode t o Mother Nature

A s m i l e can unlock and open a l o t o f doors A simple s m i l e can s a y h e l l o A s m i l e can s a y I c a r e A s m i l e can s a y 'how a r e you?'

A s m i l e can s a y 'be happy' A s m i l e can b r i g h t e n a p e r s o n ' s day, A smile don't c o s t anything.

So go around c o l l e c t i n g , A s m i l e d o n ' t need t r a n s l a t i o n , A s m i l e i s understood by a l l r a c e s , So when you read t h i s s m i l e Make everybody's day!

P e t e r Eastman

his has t o be a n o l d song; look how o l d t h e paper i s . . l o o k how o l d t h e w r i t e r is...

AN OLD SONG This i s a n o l d , o l d song My Granma sang t o m e About t h e Renfew Valley Where s h e was born a c e n t u r y ago I never knew j u s t where i t was I think, Ontario, When I w a s s i x s h e s a i d s h e ' d pay a dime i f I could p l a y i t on my f i d d l e .

W e l l I earned t h a t dime But i t ' s been a l o n g t i m e And you n e v e r see a f i d d l e .

Who wants t o h e a r a song s o o l d Who'd e v e r t r y ? Who'd be s o b o l d ? ~ e t ' shave a h o t t i m e h e r e & now L e t ' s d r i n k and dance - no f i g h t s ! not here.

This i s t h e p l a c e t o d r i n k your b e e r .

The Marr H o t e l s i n c e 1889.

(The o n l y t i m e i t burned down .)

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Don Hodgson

C s t r o l l e d t h r u t h e woods one day,

L seen a b e a u t i f u l bluejay looking down a t me, rhen I seen a d e e r running f r e e 411 t h i s b e a u t i f u l w i l d l i f e is b e a u t i f u l t o s e e .

3ur C r e a t o r must have had a g r e a t nind t o make t h i n g s so s t u n n i n g and glorious f o r a l l t o see.

Even t h e l e a v e s on t h e trees yearn t o be f r e e .

Then comes a l o n g p r o g r e s s t o p o l l u t e and d e s t r o y a l l t h e s e t h i n g s of beauty o u r g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n w i l l never s e e .

Oh Mother Nature you were sweet t o me, when you c r e a t e d t h i n g s f o r m e t o see.

P e t e r Eastman

Wind Song Valley

A l o t of people d r i f t o f f i n t o h i s l h e r own s p a c e A p l a c e s o p e a c e f u l and beaut i f u l A v a l l e y i n t h e mountains of Canada There is a wind, a wind song which is c a r r i e d through t h e v a l l e y I n t h i s v a l l e y w e s e e people that we m i s s Old b o y f r i e n d s , o l d g i r l f r i e n d s , Oh how w e wish t o be t h e r e a g a i n , and a g a i n , and a g a i n Wind song v a l l e y , a p l a c e within t h e heart It i s a p l a c e of g r e a t l o v e and happiness It i s hope, f a i t h & most important love.

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Miki

WELL, I SUPPOSE YOU SHOULD J U S T FORGET HER, YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD FROM

N O N S E N S E . I T ' S V I T A L THAT

I F SHE WANTED ME TOO, THE A F F A I R WOULD P R O B A B L Y BE OVER I N A MONTH, AND T H E N I W O U L D N ' T HAVE

PEACE She r a n t s and yells The abuse pouring o u t of h e r mouth i n an endless stream I chose n o t t o respond To respond would v a l i d a t e t h e abuse.

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When t h i n g s go wrong a s t h e y sometimes w i l l , When t h e Road y o u ' r e t r u d g i n g seems a l l u p - h i l l , When funds a r e low and t h e d e b t s a r e h i g h , And you want t o s m i l e b u t you have t o s i g h , When c a r e i s p r e s s i n g you down a b i t , R e s t i f you must, but d o n ' t you q u i t .

I tune i n t o my I n n e r Peace which i s louder than t h e n o i s e I ' m hearing.

L i f e i s queer w i t h i t s t w i s t s and t u r n s , A s everyone of u s sometimes l e a r n s , And many a f a i l u r e t u r n s a b o u t , When you might have won b u t s t u c k i t o u t , ~ o n ' tg i v e up, though t h e pace seems slow You may succeed w i t h a n o t h e r blow.

The many f a c e s of abuse t h a t I have s e e n and heard Become a s one.

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Often t h e g o a l i s n e a r e r t h a n It seems t o a f a i n t and f a l t e r i n g man, Often t h e s t r u g g l e r h a s given up, When he might have c a p t u r e d t h e v i c t o r ' s cup, And l e a r n e d t o o l a t e , when t h e n i g h t s l i p p e d down, How c l o s e you were t o t h e golden crown.

A l l unrevelant a s I s u r e l y know

n o t mine.

A recovering Adult c h i l d of a n ALCOHOLIC.

S h e i l a Baxter

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Success i s f a i l u r e t u r n e d i n s i d e o u t The s i l v e r t i n t of t h e c l o u d s of d o u b t , And you can n e v e r t e l l how c l o s e you a r e , It may be n e a r when i t seems a f a r ; So s t i c k t o t h e f i g h t when y o u ' r e h a r d e s t h i t I t ' s when t h i n g s seem worst t h a t you musn't q u i t .

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