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The name i s o f f i c i a l l y CRAB Park now. I t ' s t h a t b e a u t i f u i p i ece of land on t h e o the r s i d e of t h e t r a c k s .

What it came t o , i n pub l i c a t l e a s t , was a wel l -ac ted p l ay where the mayor voted t o break a t i e and tirash e igh t yea r s ' work.

Other a r t i c l e s i n here g ive a l o t of the underlying s t u f f , with people on Council being 'swayed' by t h e word WRONG.. . but read i t l i k e t h i s -

Vested i n t e r e s t s d o n ' t want l o c a l people t o use Crab Park. Development of t he water f ront has been planned f o r years and having hundreds o f poor people us ing such a p r i s t i n e p iece of r e a l e s t a t e f o r fun f : r e c r e a t i o n does not f i t with any p l ans . The process , i f it even deserves t h a t name, has dragged on f o r 8 years . Even t h e Free' Trade Agreement only took 2 years .

After s t a l l i n g it a s long a s poss i - b l ? and g e t t i n g a l l ? a r t s o f t h e puz- z l e ready f o r t he f i n a l e , we s e e t h a t t h e r e a r e suddenly 2 o r 4 o r 7 new "conmunity o rgan i sa t ions", a l l claim- ing not t o have been consul ted .

Imagine a few phone c a l l s by t h e chosen C i t y r e p t o a few s e l f - i d e n t i - f i e d p a r t i e s i n a r ea , saying buzz- words 1 i k e "her i tage" and " r e s iden t s of Gastown" and "business" and even a couple of condo owners thrown i n f o r laughs. "Draft a bunch of r e a l l y o f f i c i a l sounding recommendations. Make them ask f o r . . . I f and t h e r e p then l is ts what t h e ma jo r i t y would have t o hear t o be 'swayed'.

\ h e n it comes t o Council , make sure t h a t t h e 'new' c o u n c i l l o r s who a r e t o l d t o vote aga ins t i t a r e s u f f i c i - e n t l y ignorant of t h e h i s t o r y , of what 's a l r eady been done, t o sound passably innocent when they OOOhh and AAAhh a t t h e recommendations o f t h e " res idents" ( a s above) and one o r

two can even p r a c t i c e being s t u p i d (1,ike Kennedy) and pre tend t h a t none o f t h e recommendations on a l t e r n a t e means of ~ r o v i d i n g access had ever occurred t o anyone, much l e s s been t r i e d a yea r o r t h r e e before and bombed .

Do a l a s t phone around t o make s u r e t h a t what w i l l look l i k e a cross-sec- t i o n of "s takeholders" ( the new C i t y euphemism f o r v o t e r s who ma t t e r ) g e t on t h e speakers l i s t . C i r c u l a t e a r e p o r t from the U i t y Manager t h a t I I

t a k e s 3/4 o f t h e f i r s t page t o recom- mend bu i ld ing a pedes t r i an overpass , then spends t h e next 8 o r 9 pages g iv ing Counci l lors every which excuse t o vote No.

When i t ' s a l l over but t h e c ry ing , have the r equ i r ed ma jo r i t y give r eas - ons t h a t p a r r o t what t h e s e "s takehol- 1 de r s " s a id . Closed c i r c l e . I t sucks.

By PAULR TAYLOR

I f e e l l i k e Mayor P h i l i p Owen stomp ed a l l over my f ace with jackboots.

By now you've heard t h a t t h e NPA a t C i t y Hall sho t down the pedes t r i an overpass t o CRAB Park. What a s l a p i n t h e f ace t o t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . People f rom'carnegie among many o th- e r groups, p u t i n 7 long-years of work g e t t i n g t h a t overpass . And a f t e r promising it t o u s a year ago, t he NPA used some whining yuppies a s an excuse t o vote it down.

I t ' s c l e a r now t h a t we c a n ' t t r u s t C i t y Hal l any more than we can t r u s t t h e Por t . The overpass a t Columbia St, i f you remember, was a compromise on our p a r t . When t h e whole process s t a r t e d back i n 1987, t h e community want- ed e i t h e r an at-grade c ros s ing over t he t r a c k s , o r renovat ion o f t h e old Columbia S t . t unne l . Both opt ions

Dealing -- off the bottom 3 . Right now, t h e Vancouver Por t corp.

and VLC Properties/Mirage.: Resorts a r e

were s t renuous ly opposed by t h e CPR o r t h e Port o r t h e c i t y engineers o r t h e p o l i c e . We f i n a l l y agreed t o an overpass because t h e c i t y o f f i c i a l s t o l d us t h a t was t h e only p o s s i b l e t h ing we could ge t .

They were wrong..or d i d they l i e ? Another t h i n g t h a t ' s c l e a r i s t h a t

t h e Downtown Eas t s ide w i l l never g e t what it wants o r needs by keeping q u i e t , going t o a l l t h e meetings, - . l i k e good l i t t l e c i t i z e n s .

From now on, we have t o t a k e a c t i o n t o defend our community. I f we have t o go t o C i t y Hall , i t should be on our t ime, no t t h e i r t ime. We should only go when we're good and ready, when we have 100 people t o go with us and make a l o t o f n o i s e and t a l k about our i s sues .

If we l e t t he NPA g e t away wi th t h i s , we can say goodbye t o t he Down- town Eas ts ide . If they f i g u r e t h e y can ge t away with t h i s , t h e y won't be l i s t e n i n g anymore.

By J E F F SOMMERS

working wi th t h e c i t y t o b u i l d a 2 .6 mi l l i on square foo t development r i g h t next t o CRAB Park. I t w i l l no t on ly wreck t h e park, it w i l l a l s o steam- r o l l r i g h t over t h e neighbourhood, t ak ing most o f t h e h o t e l s with it.

* The development w i l l inc lude :

* a huge, f o r - p r o f i t gambling cas ino

* a 10,000 person convention c e n t r e a g i a n t c r u i s e s h i p te rmina l , about

* twice the s i z e of Canada Place a 1,000-room luxury h o t e l t h a t w i l l no t be t a k i n g you o r me a s a gues t

Inevitable ... ?

Some people say t h i s development i s i n e v i t a b l e and t h a t t h e neighbourhood should t r y and g e t what i t can from t h e developers . But i f t h i s goes through, t h e r e won't b e a neighbour- hood t o g e t anything. And anyway, VLC i s n ' t o f f e r i n g anything but crumbs. L e t ' s look a t some of the f a c t s .

1. A t t h i s very moment VLC has a r e - zoning a p p l i c a t i o n i n f o r Block 17. That1 s r i g h t ac ros s t h e s t r e e t from the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens a t Keefer E C a r r a l l . They want t o b u i l d almost 500 u n i t s o f housing. The c a t c h i s t h a t over 400 o f t h e s e w i l l b e condos Dave Podmore, VLC v i ce -p re s iden t , says t h a t l e s s t han 40 o f a l l t h e housing u n i t s w i l l b e low r e n t a l s . 2 . V L C ' s b i g p lan f o r Woodwards i s t o he lp Simon F rase r Un ive r s i t y expand i t s downtown campus. Whenever t h e t o p i c comes up, VLC a l s o says , "oh, by t h e way, we want t o b u i l d 200 u n i t s o f s o c i a l housing t h e r e t oo , " I asked Podmore where t h e funding would come from, s i n c e t h e BC govern- ment only funds 800 u n i t s a year . He r e p l i e d t h a t , wel l maybe with a l l t he new t a x e s from the cas ino (which has n o t been approved y e t ) , maybe, j u s t

maybe t h e province would p u t some of t h a t money i n t o housing.

Crumbs and peanuts 200 u n i t s o f housing i s peanuts

compared t o t he damage the water f ront development w i l l do t o t h i s n e i g h b o u ~ hood. There a r e thousands o f h o t e l rooms where people l i v e . How long do you th ink t h e y ' l l be t h e r e once t h i s development goes through?

If you d o n ' t be l i eve me, j u s t go and s tand on t h e co rne r o f Abbott and Hastings. I f you look south, y o u ' l l s e e t h e first of 3 30-storey luxury condo towers under cons t ruc t ion . J u s t p a s t t h a t , y o u ' l l s e e t he 4 c r anes being used t o b u i l d t h e new Canucks' arena.

Then, t ake a walk no r th t o Water St. On t h e o t h e r s i d e of Abbott, a long Water, a r e bui ld ings being renovated f o r condos. There a r e over 400 ho te l rooms on Abbott between Water and Pender. In t he Heri tage House (former Lotus) , 25% of t he nooms have a l r eady been converted t o over-night rooms.

wai t ing t o do t h e same th ing . I t won't t a k e much t o push Abbott S t r ee t over t h e edge. Where w i l l a l l t h e people who l i v e i n t h e rooms t h e r e go when t h a t happens?

And i f Abbott S t r e e t can g e t demol- ished, o r redeveloped, j u s t about any where e l s e i n t h e neighbourhood can, too . For i n s t ance , C i t y Counci l lor Lynn Kennedy1 s husband, Gerry Kennedy and h i s developer pa t ron , Brad Holmes, want t o b u i l d 132 condos on t h e park- ing l o t a t t h e corner o f Klarrall and Cordova. That ' 11 b r i n g the yuppies w i th in 112 a b lock of Hast ings.

A f t e r what t h e NPA d id with t h e pedes t r i an overpass t o CRAB Park, you ' re dreaming i f you t h i n k we can t r u s t t h e NPA t o look a f t e r us . That 1 i n c i d e n t a l s o shows who w i l l win when the Downtown Eas ts ide goes head t o head wi th t h e yuppoes i n f r o n t of an NPA C i t y Council .

We won't be a b l e t o s top t h e P o r t ' s water f ront development by t r u s t i n g t h e C i ty . We have t o do i t ourse lves .

There a r e o t h e r owners a1

Mountains on h i ~ h ... " (Mama's l i t t l e baby loves s h o r t ' n i n ' ...) Vancouver f o l k ha t e greedy cas inos Vancouver f o l k don' t want a ca s ino Don't want volcanoes and gimnicks Don't w a y t t o l i v e i n a gambling town 1 i k e t h a t . Don't want t o be a Las Vegas o r a Reno Don't want schmaltzy r o u l e t t e "machinostl Mobs and r acke tee r ing w i l l d rag u s down.Glitzy en ter ta inment and b ig f a t c a t s !

Mountains on high Mountains on high ... Beaches and s e a Vancouver f o l k l i k e t h e c i t y ' s l o c a t i o n NO one ' s gonna s p o i l ou r scenery! Where i n t h e world would you r a t h e r be? Wide open sky Stop BC 's government from changing Wherever we may be l e g i s l a t i o n And we're gonna keep our water f ront WE DON'T WANT A GAMBLING INDUSTRY.

c l e a n and f r e e ! Mountains on high

Vancouver f o l k don ' t t r u s t Mirage, Beaches and sea

Por t Corporat ion, o r t h e V.L .C . NO one 's gonna s p o i l ou r scenery!

Don't want a grandiose, complex barrage Wide Open sky

Round-the-clock gambling and booze Wherever we may be And we're gonna keep our water f ront

~ i v e n f r e e . c l ean and f r e e . - -. - . --

Dear Carnegie Newslet ter ,

Actua l ly , t h i s i s an open l e t t e r t o t h e people of Carnegie Community Cen- t r e . ,4s one of t h e f o r t u n a t e people, and t h e r e were many, t o be counted a s a f r i e n d of Jan ice Saul , I would l i k e t o thank Carnegie f o r the b e a u t i f u l memorial ga ther ing which was he ld f o r J an ice .

Thanks t o a l l i n t h e k i tchen who got up and shared t h e i r s p e c i a l memo- r i e s of J a n i c e and t o t h e o t h e r s f o r being t h e r e . Thanks t o mother J h r y George and t h e Saul family. Thanks t o b ro the r Preston Saul f o r making us laugh f o r a b i t even though we were

very sad. I t only goes t o show what a remarkable fami ly Jan ice came from. 5 .

I am assuming t h e r e w i l l b e ap l aque of some s o r t honouring J a n i c e ' s cont- r i b u t i o n t o t h e c e n t r e and I would l i k e t o pu t f o r t h a suggest ion t o t h e board of d i r e c t o r s . I would l i k e Car- negie t o name a room o r a r ea a f t e r J an ice Saul t o ensure her memory l h e s on t h e r e .

Other people who f i n d t h i s i dea ag- r eeab le could maybe w r i t e a l e t t e r o r no te of support and l eave it a t t h e news le t t e r o f f i c e on the 2nd f l o o r .

Thank 'you. S incere ly ,

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COMMUNITY

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT

THE CASINO AND WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT?

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,uarglireL l'revosl can sllll lee1 the sting from the slap disabled people got at Vancouver city hall last week, when councillors voted against a wheelchair-access route to the waterfront park in the Downtown Eastside.

But she's not about to turn the other cheek.

''We need to show city hall that we're not going to sit down and take this," she said.

Prevost said she is willing to chain her wheelchair to the rail- road tracks to convince the port, city and Canadian Pacific Railway that something has to be done to give people access to Crab Park.

"Whatever we do, it has to be a drastic measure to get all three groups to take notice," she said.

In 1987, after the community had spent years haggling the port into creating a park out of the mud pit on the waterfront, the Vancouver Port Corporation built a three- storey-high bridge into it at Main Street.

The B.C. Human Rights Commission later found the bridge violated the rights of disabled people because the grade was too steep for them to climb.

For seven years, the community has been fighting for proper access to the park, now officially named Portside Park.

The council defeat is a bitter pill to swallow, Pre- vost said.

"We live down here and many of our seniors and disabled people would like to be able to be in our park -to see the mountains, smell the ocean and watch the boats going by," she said. "This is really disheartening. It's like another death in the communi- ty."

Despite a staff report that recommended building an overpass with Plexiglas walls and Plexiglas eleva- tors at either end, council defeated the motion 54. Mayor Philip Owen made the deciding vote against it.

Owen said Sunday he had been planning to support the overpass but when he heard the divided views of the community at the committee meeting Thursday, he changed his mind.

"For that kind of structure and that kind of money, we're looking for more consensus from the communi- ty," he said. "But that was a lot of money to spend on something that has questionable results."

Owen said opponents were concerned about safety, view corr~dors and costs.

Besides, he said, the crossing is really the port's responsibility, according to the human-rights commis- sion.

DtNl\E W W A R D N ~ ~ C O ~ B I Sun r

MARGARET PREVOST: fighting tor access to waterfront park

Prevost said the dissension in the community came from the condo owners who moved into the area less than one year ago and from the Gastown merchants who don't live there.

"They never come to our meetings but they feel they have the right to belittle us at city hall," she said. "It's not fair."

Margaret Birrell, executive director of the B.C. Coalition for People with Disabilities, who sat on the city's working committee to come up with the best crossing option, said the cost issue doesn't wash with her.

The cost of the $1.6-million structure would have been shared with the port corporation. The plan was for the city to contribute about $850,000. She said the city's portion had been found in the existing budget from savings on the Granville bridge seismic upgrad- ing.

As well, the motion to turn the issue back to the port to upgrade the Main Street overpass is ludicrous, she said. "That bridge can not be made accessible. We went through all kinds of options and none of them are feasible."

Birrell said safety is also not as big a problemas c~unc i l made it out to be. She said the three women's-. groups from the area all support it and so does the organized disabled community.

"We found that a lot of the issues we had addressed were being exaggerated at the meeting."

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f a s t e r than t h e y eve r have before? Is i t something we a r e born with, o r do we a l l have t o

Earn i t ? Is i t something t o ask ques t ions about, o r do we j u s t

accept i t ? How do we know we have i t ? Are we supposed t o bend atoms t o our w i l l , o r accept

them a s i n t e l l i g e n t , lov ing beings? Why does Li fe have t o s u f f e r i n pa in and misery?

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In my Being, I have t o b r i n g a l l t h r e e t o g e t h e r t o form a t r u t h t h a t exp la ins l i f e i n a lov ing way.

The Unified F ie ld Theory i s very simple

A l l L i fe i s contained i n i t . The Spirit i s making it move.

One Eterna l , Loving Light o f Consciousness i s guiding the S p i r i t .

WORKING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES

Carnegie Centre Associat ion:

On Apr i l 14, 1994 Vancouver City Council w i l l cons ider $15 m i l l i o n worth of c u t s t o t h e c i t y ' s 1994 bud- g e t , a f f e c t i n g every pub l i c s e rv i ce , program and department i n t h e c i t y .

While t he l i s t o f c u t s i s not y e t a v a i l a b l e , C i t y Council has a l r eady q u i e t l y c u t community and c u l t u r a l g r a n t budgets, with v i r t u a l l y no pub- l i c awareness nor consu l t a t i on . And a t t h e Parks Board, budget c u t s of $1.185 mi l l i on have been i d e n t i f i e d , inc luding e l imina t ion o f t he L i f e Guarding s e r v i c e s a t Sunset Beach, and t h e c losu re of t h e Mastings Comm- u n i t y Centre outdoor pool .

On February 24, a t a daytime meet- ing, when many o f u s a r e a t work, t he NPA ma jo r i ty on C i t y Council voted t o decrease bhe c u l t u r a l and community g r a n t s by over $100,000. They would have a l r e a d y voted f o r a reduct ion i n ch i ldca re g r a n t s , t o o , had it not been f o r two lone ch i ldca re advocates who spoke out and deplored the cutback i n an a r e a where t h e r e i s a c r i t i c a l need t o support c h i l d r e n and f a m i l i e s i n t h e inner c i t y .

What w i l l be next? The City has a l r eady su f f e red two

budget / serv ice cutback programs i n 1987 and 1991 under t h e NPA, and t h i s l a t e s t i s t h e most d r a s t i c one of a l L There i s l i t t l e doubt about t h e in - t e n t o f t he NPA t o enforce t h e $15M c u t s t h i s year . The only p o s s i b l e t h i n g t o s top t h e i r draconian program is p re s su re from the community. If t h community i s prepared t o a c t and g ive voice t o p r o t e c t r e a l community needs then t h e budget c u t s a r e not a f o r e - g&e conclusion.

I t ' s time f o r the community t o p u t i t s p r i o r i t i e s forward.

Please make a commitment NOW t o sup p o r t community s e r v i c e s and programs

we need t o show up i n f u l l fo rce and speak a s de l ega t ions t o C i t y Council .

Within the next couple o f weeks more d e t a i l s o f the $15 m i l l i o n c u t s w i l l become pub l i c - and our community cam- p a i g w i l l ensure t h a t you r e c e i v e on- doing information.

In t he meantime, p l ease l e t u s know of your support , i n d i v i d u a l l y and a s community o rgan i sa t ions , by phoning 879-4671. The Coordinator of our Comm- u n i t y Awareness Campaign i s Libby Dav- i e s . Please dont t h e s i t a t e t o c a l l Libby a t t h e same number o r 255-2890 f o r information, o r i f you can he lp ou t i n any way.

DONALDA VIAUD L I B B Y DAVIES Sec re t a ry Treasurer Community Coordin.

Big BIG Outing with Oppenheimer Staff

Glad t o wait u n t i l some sleepyheads a r r i v e d , t hen over t o Carnegie Hall t o p ick up a couple more of s t rong , s i l e n t types o f he-men. A t long l a s t we were ready f o r t ake -o f f .

Marina, o u r d r i v e r , zoomed along E. Hast ings t o t h e 2nd Narrows br idge and took t h e upper l e v e l of t h e f r e e - way t o t h e Fish Hatchery.

In t he r a i n , we walked t o t h e place overlooking t a l l w a t e r f a l l s , and stood under dr ipping evergreens. I

found a b e a u t i f u l p i ece of rock and wanted t o t ake it home but t h e guys 6 d o l l s s a i d they wouldn't g ive up t h e i r s e a t s i n t h e van.

The f i s h d i d n ' t jump. Marina went t o g e t t he van a s a l l t h e s i l e n t ones wanted i n t o j u s t g e t warm.

Next s t o p was on t o p of M t . Seymour and i n t h e b e a u t i f u l , pure snow. We went t o t h e dugout t h e r e and consumed a l l t h a t had been brought - sandwiches F, f r u i t E j u i ce . Then some of u s went o f f f o r a walk i n t h e snow..and b u i l t a snowman!. . .but my-oh-my t h e c i t y s l i c k e r s could n o t hack a l i t t l e b i t of cold o r wind so..homeward. A l l of them d i d n ' t come back t o l i f e u n t i l we reached downtown again.

Thanks guys E d o l l s .

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When S p i r i t Whisperst1 Your F i r s t Nations a r t s and en ter ta inment program Wednesday evenings - l l p .m. t o 12 midnight - Rebroadcast Monday mornings - 9 a.m. t o 10 a.m.

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Our awareness of na tu re is g r e a t e r i n t he s p i n g than any o t h e r season of t he year . We not iced t h i s even when we l i ved i n t he c i t y . .an example. being on a warm spr ing day, pausing . i n t he s t o r e t o look over a co lour fu l d i sp l ay o f vegetable seeds.

A number of yea r s ago we decided t o fol low our inner urge and move t o t he country and s t a r t bu i ld ing a r u r a l a g r i c u l t u r a l commune add begin l i v i n g more i n harmony with n a t u r e . . . heed- ing our n a t u r a l i n s t i n c t s .

Spring t o u s a l s o means new born lambs, mother hens hatching ch icks , new brood i n t he bee h ives and t h e t h r i l l of hearing and see ing t h e wild geese t h a t s t o p of f f o r a s h o r t v i s i t 6i?!-p:rn:--Savo~-Hot:!-_Bar r on t h e i r f l i g h t northward. And once aga in , t h e b i g turn-on we f e e l , when In a l l t h e s e yea r s I ' ve bea t t h e s t r e e t s t h e c r y of t h e c r y o f t h e s a n d h i l l crane echoes through t h e meadows t h e c r y of t h e s a n d h i l l c rane echoes through t h e meadows - we know they have come with t h e r e t u r n of Spring t o r a i s e t h e i r young.

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Old B i l l y had it r i g h t a l r i g h t . Too bad h e ' s no t s t i l l around 'cause I ' d l i k e t o ask him t o go have a t a l k witih t h e s c r i p t w r i t e r of ' t h e s e ' i n t e r e s t - ing times. And, a f t e r he ld t racked down the e l u s i v e i d i o t who d i c t a t e s and d i r e c t s o u r l i v e s from some shad- owy confine, ask t h e following.. . - J u s t what e x a c t l y have you done

wi th t h e wealth of t h e world anyway s i n c e every year t h e GNP o f every i n - d u s t r i a l country goes up bu t t r a n s - l a t e s i n t o g r e a t e r wealth f o r fewer and fewer people?

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growing occupat ions ( in ) s e c u r i t y guards and "cor rec t ions" o f f i c e r s ?

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some people a r e forced i n t o by c i r - I

cumstance and poverty? These shows , merely r e i n f o r c e the U s v s . Them se ige men ta l i t y t h a t i s only requi red

by a f a s c i s t s t a t e . This i s not e n t e ~ tainment. I t ' s a v o y e u r i s t i c d i s p l a y t h a t borders on "Roman Circus" propa- ganda.

- What i s t h e a c t u a l purpose of ha in - tenance drugs' such a s Prozae and

Lithium, o t h e r than a s a convenient way o f c o n t r o l l i n g people? Why do we give c a r t e blanche t o so -ca l l ed doct- o r s t o r a d i c a l l y and coe rc ive ly cont- r o l people l i v e s . . a t l e a s t t h e l i v e s o f people unlucky enough t o be l a b e l - l e d "troublemaker". Remember, doc to r s a r e f a l l a b l e human beings prone t o t he same f a u l t s i n judgement a s everyone, whether t hey claim such human f r a i l - t i e s o r no t ; ava r i ce , j ea lousy , r ac - i s m , s te reo typying and p l a i n s t u p i d i - - t y a r e included here .

- Why have j o u r n a l i s t s of today f a l l - - en i n an almost b i b l i c a l fash ion

i n t o t h e p i t o f pandering t o t h e pre- jud ices and p o l i t i c s o f corpora te sponsors and s p e c i a l inflluence groups? Disavowing e t h i c s , t h e y seem t o bea t t he drum i n unison on any t o p i c deem- ed newsworthy by t h e Editor-in-Gbief; t hose who dec ide what we see , hea r and read.

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c i r c l e back t o why, i n t he completion of an agenda o f propaganda.

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"The power t o dominate a c u l t u r e ' s symbol-producing appara tus is t h e pow- - - - e r t o c r e a t e t h e ambiance t h a t forms consciousness i t s e l f . I t is a power we s e e exerc ised d a i l y by t h e t e l e v i s i o n bus iness a s it p e n e t r a t e s v i r t u a l l y every home with t h e most massive cont- inu ing s p e c t a c l e human h i s t o r y has eve r known. l1

"Daytime T\r s e r i a l s , prime-time s e r - i e s b t h e block o f weekend shows beamed a t t h e n a t i o n ' s c h i l d r e n . . a l l s i g n a l t o t h e watching n a t i o n t h a t t h e emo- t i o n s which bind people t oge the r i n family u n i t s a r e t r i v i a l F, t r a n s i t o r y . Daytime s e r i a l s r epea t ed ly dramatize s i t u a t i o n s t h a t reduce t h e s e emotions - t o one-dimensionality. Prime-time shows f e a t u r e e i t h e r "sitcoms" t h a t r i d i c u l e them o r crime shows t h a t ob- l i t e r a t e them from t h e Nation 's p r i n - c i p l e c o l l e c t i v e experience. l1

does n o t t r a i n u s adequate ly t o watch, l i s t e n 6 al low t h i n d s t o happen. The forward- thrus t ing ind iv idua l has l o s t touch with h i s contex t ... he no longer senses how he i s p a r t o f t h e whole flow of l i f e . " - Rasa Gustaitis

. . ."The g r e a t ha t iona l dec i s ions o f l i f e Edea th a r e rendered by technolo- g i c a l e l i t e s , Eboth t h e Congress and t h e people a t l a r g e r e t a i n l i t t l e more than t h e i l l u s i o n of making de- c i s i o n s which t h e theory of democracy supposes them t o make. l1

- Hans J. Morganthau (The New Republic ' 67)

... " I f we t ake e t e r n i t y t o mean not i n f i n i t e temporal du ra t ion , but t ime- . l e s s n e s s - t he e t e r n a l l i f e belongs t o those who l i v e i n t h e present . "

- Ludwig Wit tgenotein

llLose your mind Ecome t o your senses"

- F r i t z P e r l s

. . ."The only way of l i f e t h a t makes sense b u i l d s on acceptance of change"

- Rasa G u s t a i t i s "Turning Onff 1969

...l'Someone who b u i l d s on acceptance of change cannot r e l y on t h e usua l props - family, f r i e n d s , s t a t u s , prop- e r t y . . n o r can they l i v e by a scheme, system o r philosophy, on p l a n s f o r t h e f u t u r e o r memories of t h e p a s t . Thei r sense of s e c u r i t y must come from wi th in , through a t ranscendence of s e l f , and t h e capac i ty t o go with changes." . . .''To many t h e "turned-on" a t t i t u d e . . . " I t i s not enough, o r even necess- is extremely f r igh ten ing . I t t h r e a t - a ry , t o move phys i ca l ly . The movement ens va lues t h a t a r e he ld dea r , even i s within p e r c ~ p t i o n Eexperience. though many o f them no longer make There a r e many ways t o t r a v e l t he re . . Sense i n t h e Present contex t . Hard anything t h a t w i l l T1blow your mind", work, ma te r i a l p rospec i ty , duty, mar- b l a s t you ou t of your frame of r e f e r - i t a l s t a b i l i t y E sexual constancy a r e

ence E i n t o d i r e c t con tac t with t h e na ture of your being and t h e world around you ... t he important t h i n g i s t o break through mind-sets1'

. . . "Almost every o t h e r c u l t u r e has some growth d i s c i p l i n e t o guide man i n h i s unconscious groping toward ecs t a sy , knowledge 6 meaning. The West, without one, has been s p i r i t u a l l y impoverished"

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Annual General Meeting In June, (but t h e r e i s no o f f i c i a l

da te y e t ) t he Carnegie Community Cen- t r e Assoc ia t ion w i l l have i t s y e a r l y meeting with e l e c t i o n s f o r t h e 1994- 1995 Board o f D i rec to r s .

Even without t h e d a t e s e t ye t , i f you a r e i n t e r e s t e d i n running f o r one of the 15 s e a t s on t h e Board, you must have been a member f o r a t l e a s t 60 days immediately p r i o r t o t h e da t e of t h i s meeting. If you want t o be a p a r t of the meeting and vote , you must have had membership f o r a t l e a s t 14 days. Look f o r s i g n s soon.

a l l up f o r re-examination. The turned on person w i l l po in t out t h a t perhaps man's u l t i m a t e evolu t ion w i l l b r ing him t o a s t a t e where he w i l l no long- e r work, on ly play. There i s no work, a f t e r a l l , i n t h e Western idea o f heaven. I f

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I have r e c e n t l y rece ived some c a t a l - ogues and p r i c e l i s t from a bead whole- s a l e r . I f you would be i n t e r e s t e d i n j o in ing with me and seve ra l o t h e r people i n p l a c i n g o rde r s , p l ea se c a l l . The more people, t he more money we can spend and t h e g r e a t e r d i scount we g e t . I f you c o n t r i b u t e and we f i n d we a r e ab l e t o ob ta in a b e t t e r p r i c e , you w i l l be given a copy o f t h e r e c e i p t and any e x t r a monies w i l l b e refunded t o you.

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be pa id f o r , i n cash , i n advance. This dec is ion i s a r b i t r a r y 6 i s no t open t o d iscuss ion , nego t i a t i on - o r ques t ion . No money - no o rde r .

No Dice! c The Vancouver Port Corporation has accepted a proposal by VLC P r o p e r t i e s

and Mirage Resor t s t o b u i l d a massive development t h a t w i l l d e s t roy t h e .Cowntown Eas ts ide , Canada's poores t neighbourhood. Vancouver Por t Corporat- ion and VLC have made promises t o our community and t h e C i t y of Vancouver before , promises which have been broken.

We a r e asking N.D.P. and Trade Union a c t i v i s t s t o he lp u s s t o p t h i s devel- opment and choose r e a l community economics over "Miragenomics".

THOUSANDS HOMELESS - 8,000 u n i t s o f a f fo rdab le housing

demolished t o make room f o r up- s c a l e developments.

INCREASED SOCIAL F, HEALTH PROBLEMS - The most vu lnerable r e s i d e n t s o f

our community..women, ch i ld ren , s e n i o r s , abo r ig ina l people and t h e d i sab led . . a r e d isp laced , ) v i c t i m i z e d - A huge inc rease i n drug t r a f f i c k -

ing and p r o s t i t u t i o n w i l l b e org- anised G c o n t r o l l e d by p ro fe s s iona l c r imina ls .

SHORT TERM GAIN, LONG TERM PAIN - No r e a l weal th c r e a t i o n . - Casino revenue r e d i s t r i b u t e d up-

wards o r out of t he country. - The c r e a t i o n of 6000 low paying,

non-union, dead-end McJobs. - A s h o r t term cons t ruc t ion boom

along t h e water f ront .

COMMUNITY ECONOMICS HOUSING AND JOBS

Union workers employed on t h e water- f r o n t bu i ld ing s o c i a l housing and renovat ing e x i s t i n g h o t e l s . Union workers b u i l d i n g a community r e c r e a t i o n c e n t r e E swimming pool. Union workers bu i ld ing a pedes t r i an overpass t o t h e water f ront park t h a t can be used by a l l members o f t he community inc luding t h e d i sab led and t h e e l d e r l y .

HEALTHY COMMUNITY Programs, s e r v i c e s and f a c i l i t i e s t h a t address t h e r e a l needs of a l l community members . Environmental p r o t e c t i o n .

STABLE COMMUNITY Protec t ion of a vu lnerable community Long-term r e s i d e n t s don ' t l o se t h e i r homes t o development An organised voice f o r marginal ised people.

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Writers who ana lyse the va lues 6 d i r e d t i o n o f s o c i e t y sometimes use the term "soc ia l f a t e " t o desc r ibe the d i f f e r e n t p o s i t i o n s people wind up i n . This i s l i nked t o t h e idea o f "soc ia l t e r r a i n f 1 , t h a t is , a lands- cape of experience t r ave r sed by an ind iv idua l t h a t r e s u l t s i n them be- coming t h e way they a r e i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e r u l e s of t h e s o c i a l system i n which they l i v e .

"Social t e r r a i n " can be v i s u a l i s e d a s a game-board on which every new- born l l c i t i z e n l f s t a r t s ou t a t a d i f f - e r e n t square one. This i s , 6'f course, a very s u p e r f i c i a l image of what hap- pens, which i s much more complex than anything t h a t could be compressed in- t o such a form. S t i l l , t h e i dea of i n d i v i d u a l l y d i f f e r e n t " soc i a l f a t e s " caused by t r a v e l l i n g d i f f e r e n t pa ths through a "soc ia l t e r r a i n f 1 is u s e f u l .

The " t e r r a in" is mostly economic, because we a s i n d i v i d u a l s a r e taught t o eva lua t e people, s i t u a t i o n s , ideas, t h ings , f e e l i n g s , e t c . l a r g e l y i n ec- onomic terms. How much something is worth i n d o l l a r s & c e n t s is u s u a l l y uppermost i n t h e minds o f t h e majori- t y o f Canadians. This a t t i t u d e - s e t i s p a r t of t h e s o c i a l f a t e o f many people, bu t some have l e s s o f it than o the r s .

Remembering the s o c i a l t e r r a i n a l - ready t r a v e l l e d & v i s u a l i z i n g t h e way ahead i s o f t e n an extremely p a i n f u l , depressing a c t i v i t y . S t i l l , i t i s necessary t o focus on who we a r e now

G cons ider t h e meaning of o u r "soc ia l fa te" . If we a r e t he kind of "poor" people who j u s t want more money ev- a l u a t e ou r s o c i a l f a t e only in those terms, t h e r i c h can laugh a t us , con- s i d e r u s "bro thers i n capi tal ism", o r maybe j u s t t h ink o f us a s jea lous l o s e r s who would be q u i t e happy t o ca t ch a few expensive crumbs t h a t occas iona l ly f a l l from t h e t a b l e s o f t h e r i c h .

I th ink people who be l i eve money w i l l s o lve the "problems" o f poverty have not r e a l l y thought t Hings through t o a p o i n t where the meaning of t h e i r own s o c i a l f a t e becomes c l e a r . Apart from t h e r e p r e s s i v e games E s t i gma t i z - ed images a t t ached t o pover ty by t h e r e l a t i v e l y r i c h o rgan ize r s o f t h e s o c i a l system, t h e r e have always been c e r t a i n q u a l i t i e s of l i f e s t y l e assoc- i a t e d with pover ty t h a t g ive it an e t h i c a l , o r even s p i r i t u a l edge over mere economic obsess ion .

The i d e a t h a t a l l poor people a r e f i l t h y , crazy, s t u p i d , l azy , danger- ous, s i c k , l o s t f a i l u r e s i s complete nonsense. We have t o look more c lose- l y at t h e "soc ia l t e r r a i n " t r a v e r s e d by people whose "soc ia l f a t e " t u r n s out t o be what we c a l l "povertyf1. The word l lpovertyff o r i g i n a l l y meant t h e lack o f something e s s e n t i a l . A person could be poor i n s p i r i t , t hey could s u f f e r mental poverty, c r e a t i v e poverty, emotional poverty, e t c .

In f a c t , anc i en t Greek w r i t i n g s r e - f e r t o t h e shallowness E l a ck o f e t h - i c s caused by being too r i c h a s " the

poverty o f robbers". I n &r worldwide monetary c r i s i s of today ( cap i t a l i sm) we use the owrd 'fpoor" only i n an eco- nomic sense , E crowd t h e TV channels with images o f "poverty" t h a t convince most people t h a t having l e s s money, o r even indulg ing i n a l i f e s t y l e of econ- omic i n s e c u r i t y i s an extremely d e b i l - i t a t ing, unrewarding, d e f i c i e n t way t o l i v e .

I f "poverty" i s understood a s a lack of something e s s e n t i a l t o a reasonably i n t e l l i g e n t , en l igh tened way of l i f e , then r e a l l y s e r i o u s forms o f poverty

' e x i s t i n a l l l e v e l s o f s o c i e t y , & t h a t l e v e l t h a t i s p r e s e n t l y c a l l e d I'poor" may a c t u a l l y con ta in l e s s pover ty

' than most people th ink . Consader t he l l soc ia l f a t e " o f each ind iv idua l E t he " te r ra in" t hey have t r a v e l led . Nature abhors a vacuum 6 o t h e r t h i n g s n a t u r - a l l y rush i n t o f i l l up spaces caused by lack o f money. ... This i s n o t t o say we cou ldn ' t a l l use an e x t r a 100 bucks a month, o r t h a t wel fare shouldn' t be indexed t o the cos t of l i v i n g . Everyone is worth taking care o f . Everyone deserves r e a l human r e spec t a cons ide ra t ion of t h e i r "soc ia l f a t e " - but we a l s o need t o remember t h e gifts we have a l r eady received from fol lowing a tougher path. These g i f t s , rewards, accomplishments o r whatever we want t o c a l l them, a r e sometimes hard t o t ake s e r i o u s l y a s p r a c t i c a l advantages o f a downward, outward-bound p a t h ac ros s rough "soci- a l t e r r a i n " .

C r e a t i v i t y , f o r i n s t ance , seldom r e - ce ives t h e kind o f r e spec t a hundred d o l l a r b i l l e l i c i t s from most people. Simi 1 a r l y , gcnerosi t y o f s p i r i t , depth of cxpcr icncc, G mcntal enthusiasm a r e

Terrain a not equal i n va lue f o r most i nd iv idha l s compared t o t h e winnings of a l o t t e r y t i c k e t o r t h e economic advantages of secure employment.

This s t a t e of mind o f t h e ma jo r i t y i s upside-down & i n s i d e - o u t when it comes t o comparing i n n e r q u a l i t i e s t h a t cannot be taken away from us with o u t e r add i t i ons of ma te r i a l s e c u r i t y t h a t depend on ly on s o c i e t y ' s whims.

An employer can g ive us a job o r t ake a job away from us. One f a l s e move i n a t i g h t s i t u a t i o n can r e s u l t i n i n s t a n t economic l o s s . But a perso- na l c r e a t i v e p o t e n t i a l , once i t ' s dev- eloped wi th in an ind iv idua l , l a s t s a l i f e t i m e E doesn ' t depend on the ups E downs o f c a p i t a l i s m ' s economic r o l l e r - coas t e r . I n t e l l i g e n c e E s e n s i t i v i t y should never be taken f o r granted, G o f t e n develop bes t i n an economically spare , even insecure , environment.

Cynical, co r rup t i nd iv idua l s t h ink they can des t roy t h e i r enemies by merely r ipp ing them o f f . Sick c a p i t a l - ists en joy t h e idea t h a t Third World c o u n t r i e s a r e "backward", "under-dev- eloped'l, "under-nouri shedw e t c . But h i s t o r y proves again E again t h a t high idea l i sms E g r e a t humanitarian v i s i o n s 6 h e r o i c a c t i o n s go hand-in-hand with economic dep r iva t ion . I t ' s a l s o t r u e t h a t most o f t h e world 's g r e a t a r t has taken r o o t i n adve r s i ty , E t h e "soc ia l f a t e s " of impoverished men Ewomen have probably added more r e a l l a s t i n g va lue t o human development than a l l t h e i n - vestment c a p i t a l t h a t has passed from hand t o hand s i n c e the beginning of h i s t o r y .

"History" i s ' h i s ' s t o r y , but pre- hos tory i s ' he r ' s t o ry . Before p a t r i - archy developed money-power systems, t h e mat r ia rchy of female-briented

systems handled th ings d i f f e r e n t l y . Psychic g i f t s of t a l e n t s , personal powers & a b i l i t i e s , were valued i n 6 f o r themselves. In former t imes, t hese q u a l i t i e s did not have t o be va l ida t ed by a product ion o f wealth. They were t h e r e t o he lp , hea l G harm- onize t h e d a i l y a c t i v i t i e s of people, 6 were not considered a s j u s t money- making p o t e n t i a l i t i e s .

I f women take con t ro l of o u r pres - en t s o c i e t y , with a l l i t s p a t r i a r c h a l va lues i n t a c t , t h e r e w i l l b e no prog- r e s s o r evo lu t ion i n such a move. But i f t he female na ture , which anc ien t teachings i d e n t i f y a s t he soul wheth- e r it be i n a male, female, animal o r p l a n t body, t a k e s con t ro l of t h e s i t - ua t ion 6 p l aces money a t i t s proper l e v e l - subbrdina te t o such t h i n g s a s t r u t h , love , g race , beauty, s t r e n - g th , humi l i ty G happiness, t hen we might be g e t t i n g somewhere.

Otherwise, what have we got t o look forward t o ? ... a f u t u r e dominated by economic s l ave ry?

tha t -be a r e designing more methods o f k i l l 6 con t ro l than o f l i v e l e t l i v e . Some might say, Oh wel l , I have only one l i f e t o l i v e (thank god) & 1'11 j u s t g e t through a l l t h i s mad- ness 6 b l i n k o u t l i k e some dead s t a r 6 what a r e l i e f it w i l l be, a f t e r I have had a l l t h e fun E f a n t a s y I can handle t o cease t o e x i s t . . .what? me worry about f u t u r e genera t ions? ... not a chance. ... of course i f such a person found

themselff reborn one day i n t o t h e body of a c h i l d i n some f u t u r e genera t ion where humans l i v e d l i k e s t a rved h a l f - b l ind moles i n underground shopping mal l s c o n t r o l l e d by drug p o l i c e with n i g h t v i s i o n 6 l a s e r weapons ... they might ask themselves how th ings got t h a t way. I f they pushed t h e i r memory f a r enough they might even remember how they had designed t h a t "soc ia l f a t e f f f o r themselves o t h e r s , by c o n t r i b u t i n g a t t i t u d e s 6 a c t i v i t i e s t o it now i n t h e 20th century.

We a l l know the p a t r i a r c h a l powers-

I t ' s an unpopular i dea - bu t anyone who t a k e s t h e t ime t o cons ide r care- f u l l y t h e meaning 6 sugges t ive impact of words 6 images used by t h e main- stream media, w i l l i n e v i t a b l y come t o t h e conclusion t h a t s e r i o u s damage i s being done t o our minds by s k i l l f u l manipulators . I t ' s no t so much t h a t t hese w r i t e r s G image t w i s t e r s actual- l y i n t end t o confuse G misinform oth-

un ica t ions come from a confused s t a t e of mind t h a t expresses i t s e l f i n a f a s c i n a t i n g l i t e r a r y s t y l e i t ' s l e a r n ed t o g r ind ou t i n r e t u r n f o r p r o f i t .

"Wordsmiths" become f fsp in-doctors l l when they p re sen t t h e i r views on sub- j e c t s when they a r e dea l ing with t h e d a i l y barrage of pop c u l t u r e t h a t r o u t i n e l y p l aces con t r ad ic to ry mess- ages s ide-by-side G seems t o r e q u i r e

l i t t l e ph i losophica l depth, t h e s e s l i c k word pushers r evea l themselves t o be the c o l l e c t i v e source of psychic infec- t i ons t h a t c r e a t e a world-wide epidem- i c o f d i s informat ion . "Disinformation" i s a word o r i g i n a l l y

invented by s e c r e t agents t o r a t i o n a l - i z e t h e i r job of t e l l i n g l i e s i n t h e name of t h e s t a t e . A l i e is a l i e , no mat te r how you d r e s s it up, G t a c t i c a l , d e l i b e r a t e l i e s with t h e purpose of confusing minds t h a t a r e at tempting t o search ou t t h e t r u t h a r e t he kind of concealed weapons wordsmiths a r e wel l paid f o r . ... one small i s o l a t e d example: a s t o r y in a l o c a l newspaper about-the New #York Times' embarassment over an a r t i c l e ad- vocating t h e censorsh ip of p o r ~ o g r a p h - i c imagery i n a d v e r t i s i n g being p laced opposi te a "four-page fo ldou t f e a t u r - ing s c a n t i l y - c l a d mode l s inp rovoca t ive poses" a d v e r t i s i n g Express Jeans . One of t h e Times' e d i t o r s no t i ced t h e un- des i r ab l e e f f e c t of t h i s layout 6 sug- gested a s t o r y on A f g h ~ n t e r r o r i s m t h a t posed no problem. A t imely job o f dam- age-control no doubt - but t h e w r i t e r of t h e Sun's s t o r y on t h i s begins h i s piece by say ing t h a t t h e New York Times "paid a b i g p r i c e f o r being s e n s i t i v e " ... no "big p r i c e " was pa id by anyone over t h i s , s i n c e the s i t u a t i o n was c o r rec ted before t h e p r e s s run, 6 t h e Times was being i n s e n s i t i v e , r a t h e r than sem s i t i v e . EVG t h e c o r r e c t i o n was not a r e s u l t o f l ' s e n s i t i v i t y , " bu t j u s t an e d i t o r doing a job of making s u r e the paper d i d no t , a s he s a i d , "send a wrong s i g n a l . " - But t h e r e a r e reasons why t h e idea

of a " sens i t i ve" New York Times paying a b i g pr ice ' f o r i t s ' s ens i t i v i ty ' i s run by you. I t goes by f a s t and your mind accepts it without even th inking about i t . . o r a t l e a s t t h i s i s what t h e word- smith hopes w i l l happen. This would seem t o be a small t h ing , except f o r

a r e f u l l o f such s u b t l e b u t s i g n i f i c - an t d i s t o r t i o n s .

A t t h e bottom o f t h e same page we err counter an a r t i c l e r e p r i n t e d from t h e Edmonton Journa l t h a t d e a l s with Kyle Elvin Brown, t h e Canadian s o l d i e r who confessed t o doing h i s duty by t y i n g up, t o r t u r i n g G bea t ing t o dea th a p o o r black African whose only crime was a t - tempting t o s t e a l an expensive p iece of Western technology (probably a port- ab l e r ad io o r something s i m i l a r ) . Not only d id Brown commit t h i s crime, bu t he allowed o r poss ib ly encouraged h i s commrades t o t ake p i c t u r e s of what he was doing.

Under c i v i l i a n law, Brown would p r o b a b l y r e c e i v e a l i f e sentence, bu t t h e m i l i t a r y cou r t gave him f i v e years , i n a m i l i t a r y p r i son environment where he w i l l most l i k e l y be t r e a t e d a s a hero.

A s bad a s t h i s is , i t ' s only t h e kind o f coverup you'd expect t o g e t from s o l d i e r s who " j u s t fo l low orders" ... bu t now the wordsmiths go t o work

on i t , & t h e Edmonton J o u r n a l ' s a r t i c l e opens wi th t h e fol lowing f i r s t l i n e : . . . "A s i n g l e ambition glowed b r i g h t l y i n Kyle Elvin Brown's h e a r t : he wanted t o be a s o l d i e r . "

This almost evokes an image o f some s ta r ry-eyed ange l i c c h i l d wishing San- t a would b r ing him a G.I.Joe d o l l f o r Christmas. -But Kyle Elvin Brown ish by h i s own admission, a s a d i s t i c k i l l e r 6 h i s government, by impl ica t ion , i s a b r u t a l advocate o f p ro fe s s iona l sadism aga ins t despe ra t e ly poor black Afric- ans when i t s adve r t i s ed mission was t o feed t h e s t a r v i n g populat ion.

J u s t f o r t he sake of s i m p l i c i t y , t h e f i r s t l i n e of t h i s a r t i c l e can be com- pared t o t h e l a s t l i n e , which goes: . . ."I f e l t very p o s i t i v e about going t o Somalia," Brown t o l d t h e f i v e - o f f i - c e r pane l . "1 f e l t i t was t h e opportu- n i t y of a l i f e t i m e . "

Back i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide , media wordsmiths a r e working us over a s thoroughly a s anywhere e l s e . An a r t i c - l e i n t h e weekend Sun about t h e Las Vegas cas ino p r o j e c t con ta ins a quote from "Hank", who i s presented a s a c l a s s i c r e s i d e n t of t h e a r ea : " I know t h a t i f t h e cas ino goes ahead you can j u s t f o r g e t about t h i s community," says Hank.. . a s t r a igh t fo rward s t a t e - ment indeed, which is commented on by t h e pa id wordsmith t h i s way: " . . . t h a t ' s t he moral cha l lenge , i s n ' t i t ? To prove Hank wrong."

The "moral challenge", o f course, has nothing t o do with "proving Hank wrong". . .it has t o do with r e fus ing an o f f e r t h e Godfather t h inks w b cannot r e fuse .

But t h e wordsmith i n j e c t s a small dose o f d i s informat ion i n t o o u r brains , , 6 it happens so quick ly & p a i n l e s s l y ~ t h a t we hard ly n o t i c e i t .

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Our Western s tock has been very low f o r t h e l a s t year and i t ' s g e t t i n g lower everyday. Tha t ' s why we're begg- ing anyone who sees t h e s e paperbacks i n h o t e l s , bars , r e s t a u r a n t s and o f f - i c e s t o PLEASE r e t u r n them t o Carnegie Reading Room.

We'll do ou r b i t t o o , I t ' s Spring and we're going t o s t a r t o u r rounds of t h e Downtown Eas t s ide t o c o l l e c t any we can f i n d , but we need your he lp t o q p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r those i n s i d e rooms. Remember, we DO NOT CHARGE FINES ON CARNEGIE BOOKS.

Last yea r we spend about $4,000 on Westerns, both new and from secondhand bookstores l i k e The Book E Comic Emp- orium on Granvi l le . In o t h e r words, 10 percent of o u r t o t a l budget went f o r Westerns and o u r she lves a r e c u r r - e n t l y bare .

There i s another problem wi th West- e r n s : we have bought-out most o f t h e secondhand bookstores and fewer &fewer of t hese a r e coming i n t o them f o r s a l e . We have t o buy new ones a t a c o s t o f about $5.00 each, double t he p r i c e o f t h e secondhand ones.

We ha t e t o t u r n ou r pa t rons away empty-handed, but un le s s mi rac l e s occ- u r t h a t ' s what w i l l happen. So p l ease r e t u r n any you f i n d (and any o t h e r Carnegie books a s wel l ) o r ask t h e desk c l e r k i n your h o t e l t o keep any h e ' s found and Carnegie s t a f f w i l l be

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SOFT PINK DOVE, SHE PRESENTED DECENCY.

HIGH, LOW, DUMB, OR SMART, DARK OR LIGHT, SHE TREATED US ALL THE SAME, AND CAUSED SOME OF US TO FEEL A BIT MORE ADEQUATE.

SHE GAVE AND KEPT ON GIVING THROUGH ALL HER CAKNEGIE YEARS, AND NOW SHE I S GONE TO THE OTHER SIDE TO REST UNTIL HER NEXT PHYSICAL BREATH OF LIFE.

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TO THE CCCA BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

I T I S NOT THE REQUIRED DUTY OF THE CCCA SOCIETY MEMBERS TO MEDDLE I N STAFF/ EMPLOYER POLICIES, BUT I F WE ARE TO KEEP OUR EXCEPTIONAL CARE GIVERS WITH US, THEN WE MUST BE PROTECTIVE OF THEIR COMMON WELL-BEING.

I N THIS CONTEXT, I IMPLORE THE BOARD TO APPROACH THE CITY AND THE VMREU, AND STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE GIST OF THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL BE MET:

A PROPOSAL OF UNIQUE STATUS FOR CCC AUXILIARY STAFF

BECAUSE OF I T S HIGHLY DIVERSIFIED CLIENTELE OF THE LOWEST AMASSED ECONOMIC ECHELON OF VANCOUVER'S POPULATION OF CITIZENS, I T HAS BECOME POIGNANTLY OBVIOUS THAT WORKERS EMPLOYED AT THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE ARE REQUIRED TO ENDURE, ON AN ONGOING BASIS, A MUCH HIGHER DEGREE OF WORK RELATED STRESS THAN MOST OTHER UNIONIZED SHOPS, WITH PERHAPS THE EXCEPTION OF ANY VANCOUVER HOSPITAL EMERGENCY WARD.

I T I S THEN RECOMENDED THAT: AFTER 3 $ YEARS, AND WITH, 3 , 7 4 4 HOURS, OF AUXILIARY SERVICE AT THE CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE, A WORKER SHALL BE GRADUATED TO A PERMANENT STAFF POSITION, AND BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE BENEFITS OF A TIME EMPLOYEE, ESPECIALLY ANNUAL TIME OFF WITH PAY.

i s i t i v e philosophy o f business . I t would seem t h a t t h e Reform Par ty would have co rpo ra t ions o p e r a t e with- out t h e r e s t r a i n t s t h a t e t h i c a l human beings expec t o f each o t h e r i n a j u s t soc ie ty , and t h i s surv iva l -of - the- biggest view o f t he world f i t s i n t o the p r e s e n t dog-eat-dog global economy.

For example, t he Reform Par ty c a l l s f o r t h e entrenchment o f "property r i gh t s " i n t h e Canadian c o n s t i t u t i o n . They a r e p a r t o f t h e U . S. c o n s t i t u - t ion, and have gene ra l ly been i n t e r - preted a s t h e r i g h t o f co rpo ra t ions to make a s much p r o f i t a s poss ib l e . They have been no he lp i n p r o t e c t i n g the p rope r ty o f o rd ina ry c i t i z e n s , and t h e thousands o f small farmers who a r e l o s i n g t h e i r land w i l l t e s t i - f y t o t h a t .

A person, f o r t h e purposes o f prop- e r t y r i g h t s , i nc ludes huge corpora- t i o n s , and what t h e s e corpora t ions want i s t h e r i g h t t o unl imi ted wealth.. In Canada t h e r i c h e s t 5% of Canadians own 46.5% of o u r wealth while t h e poorest 20% of Canadians own minus . 3 % o f weal th. Sure ly only a f a n a t i c - a l conse rva t ive would wan t toen tkcnch

co rpora t e bus iness t o unl imi ted weal- t h , a r e crushing a democratic v i s i o n of Canada t h a t r e q u i r e s a more equ i t - a b l e d i s t r i b u t i o n o f weal th and i n - come than we have now. We need t o up- hold human r i g h t s above t h e r i g h t s o f proper ty , and those human r i g h t s have been l i s t e d i n t h e United Nations Char te r of Human Rights which Canada has s igned. Human r i g h t s r ep re sen t t he r i g h t of a l l human beings t o a f u l f i l l i n g l i f e . A s John Rushkin s a i d "There i s no weal th but l i f e . "

The Reform Par ty would c u t a l l fun- ding t o advocacy groups i n t h e cornmu- n i t y t h a t f i g h t f o r people who do not have much money. Judy Rebick, p a s t p r e s i d e n t of t h e National Action Com- m i t t e e on the S t a t u s o f Woman s a i d , "The c u t s ( t o advocacy groups) w i l l be a s e r i o u s t h r e a t t o democracy ... This w i l l mean t h a t on ly groups l i k e t h e Business Council on National I s s - ues w i l l b e ab l e t o make t h e i r vo ices heard on t h e na t iona l l e v e l . I t ( t he Reform Par ty) pre tends t o b e f o r t h e " l i t t l e persdn", bu t i n f a c t t h e Ref- orm P a r t y ' s p o l i c i e s favour t he most

powerful f o r c e s i n s o c i e t y . f f (Dobbin, p. 240) .

Preston Manning has had more t o do with bu i ld ing t h e Reform Par ty than anyone e l s e , and he i n h e r i t e d t h e dream of an i d e o l o g i c a l l y pure, u l t r a conserva t ive p a r t y from h i s f a t h e r , Ernest Manning.

A 1 though Preston Manning c a l l s Ref - o m a g r a s s r o o t s p a r t y , i t was crea- t e d by a group of wealthy ind iv idua ls , i s c o n t r o l l e d from t h e top, f inanced by powerful bus iness i n t e r e s t s , and guided by u l t r a - conse rva t ive lobby groups l i k e the F ra se r I n s t i t u t e and t h e National C i t i zens ' Coa l i t i on .

Ins tead of being a p o p u l i s t p a r t y , Reform i s a c t u a l l y a r i g i d conserva t - ive p a r t y with a s t rong component of C h r i s t i a n fundamentalism. The Reform P a r t y ' s corpora te bus iness agenda w i l l r e s u l t i n i nc reas ing unemploy- ment and pover ty i n Canada.

Anyone who wants t o know more about Preston Manning and t h e r e a l Reform Par ty t h a t l i e s behind h i s ambiguous s ta tements , should read Murray Dobb- i n ' s e x c e l l e n t book "Preston Manning And The Reform Par tyf t .

By SANDY CAMERON

L Across t h e S t r e e t . . .

S.O.L.E. (Save Our Living Environ- ment) s taged a sp r ing clean-up a t t he o ld bank b u i l d i n g k i t t y -co rne r t o Carnegie, on t h e f i r s t , day of spr ing . This was i n exchange f o r permission t o use i t a s a temporary r ecyc l ing depot.

Soc ia l Planning pa id t o r e n t equip- ment, supp l i e s and refreshments . O t h - e r c o n t r i b u t o r s were Paramount P i c t - u r e s G the Community Bank Advisory Grp.

The guys a t F i r e h a l l No. 2 showed up and hosed down t h e o u t s i d e of t h e o ld bu i ld ing .

The p r o j e c t f o r t h e s i t e has work- ing committeesi? Housing, and Ehploy- ment [ G i Mucat ion have both s t a r t e d t o meet w e r who w i l l l i v e t h e r e and how j o b s l t r a i n i n g w i l l b e a l l o c a t e d .

The Housing Subcommittee meets on t h e 2ndG4th Wednesdays a t 7:30 a t t h e bank. The EhploymentfG [Education Subcommittee meets on t h e 2nd E 4th Mondays a t 6pm a t t h e bank. Both o f t hese groups w i l l use t he windows of t he bank t o pos t i n f o on meetings and d a t e s and o t h e r news.

The S t r e e t - l e v e l Use Subcommittee w i l l b e meeting soon t o work out rec- ommendations on what t h e commercial

Getting involved is fun & interesrmg

(On Feb. 23rd Dave spoke t o t h e media about t h e cheque l i n e ups)

"I was r e a l l y su rp r i s ed when I l e t go o f my f e a r s . Some of t h e b e s t s t u f f came ou t . I t was p r e t t y encour- aging t a l k i n g t o people i n the welf-

, a r e l i n e s . About h a l f o f them seemed Legislated Poverty l a s t November. He helped o rgan i se and a t tended the Dec. 18th J u s t i c e no t Char i ty event , help- ed organise f o r t h e Feb.23 chequel ine event, and on March 7th helped present E L P 1 s b r i e f t o t h e Standing Committee on Human Resources Development. Some of Dave's comments on t h i s work.. .

" I t ' s so r e f r e s h i n g not t o f e e l mar- g ina l i sed and t o f e e l t h a t I can make some unique con t r ibu t ions . I f

" I t was fun p re sen t ing t h e b r i e f t o the Committee on Human Resources. I r ea l i s ed t h a t I can i n t e r a c t with pol- i t i c i a n s without having t o t a l k up t o them. Before I was involved i n ELP I was s o r t o f awed by c e l e b r i t i e s . I t ' s funny how re laxed we were be fo re t h e p re sen ta t ion . We a c t u a l l y had t o s t o p g iggl ing before we went on.

" A t t h e Dec. 18th event , i t seemed l i ke the p o l i t i c i a n s who were t h e r e f e l t g u i l t y . The p o l i t i c i a n s o f c o l o u r (Emery Barnes and U j j a l Dosanjh) seen- ed t o r e l a t e t o ou r message and o u r pos i t ion f a s t e r than t h e o t h e r s . "

t o be p r e t t y c l e a r about p o l i t i c a l hype and don ' t b e l i e v e t h e myphs abe out unemployment being t h e i r f a u l t . I guess we need a l o t o f people t h a t a r e c l e a r about t h i s . "

"At l e a s t i f we can work toge the r and r e s p e c t each o the r , we can devel- op an immediate energy. I f e e l p r e t t y o p t i m i s t i c f o r t h e s h o r t term. For me i t ' s a break i n a l l t h e poor bashing I u s u a l l y have t o dea l with. I ' m look- ing forward t o be ing a b l e t o s t a y i n t h i s bus ines s .

T h e middle and owning c l a s s seem t o be i n heavy den ia l . I ' m t r y i n g t o be l e s s s e x i s t . But t hey a r e denying t h a t t h e r e i s d i sc r imina t ion aga ins t people who a r e poor. Groups t h a t a r e no t dominant, l i k e poor people, can s e e two p o i n t s o f view. We can actual- l y s e e more than t h e o t h e r group t h a t on ly s e e s t h e i r own po in t o f view. If we can g e t organised, w e ' l l be more powerful.

- r e p r i n t e d from The Long Haul

End Leg i s l a t ed pove r ty ' s Newspaper'

IT'S A GOOD DAY TO LIVE Gust

CORPORATE STRATEGY HAS STRUCK A LETHAL BLOW IN THE WAR OVER THE LANDS BETWEEN' CRAB PARK AND THE HELIPORT ROAD (CRAB-, hELI). BY FORCING PUBLIC DEMAND FOR A GAMBLING REFERENDUM, THE CAPITALIST COSA NOSTRA HAS TAKEN THE WIND OUT OF THE SAILS OF THOSE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDERS1 WHO DO NOT WANT THE LANDS TURNED INTO 1

A HIGHRISE GHETTO FOR THE EMBARRASS- INGLY AFFLUENT.

THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE VOTERS COLLEC- TIVE (DEVC) HAS CORRESPONDED WITH THE , CITY, PROVINCE, AND PORT CORPORATION TO DEMAND THAT NO BUILDINGS HIGHER THAN FOUR STORIES BE ERECTED, AS WELL AS NO LANDFILL BEYOND TWENTY METERS BEYOND THE CX(1STING CRABHELI SHORE- LINE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEVC SAID, "IF 1 THE BC GOVERNMENT FINALLY GETS ITS hEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER AND REFUSES TO I

I CHANGE ONE OF THE FEW GOOD LAWS OF , bc, THEN THE BATTLE O V ~ H E LIMITED j USE OF THE LANDS WILL BE ON EQUAL FOOTING. BUT IF A GAMBLING REFEREN- I DUM TAKES PLACE, THEN NO MATTER WHAT , THE OUTCOME, IT WILL BE WELL ENTRENCH7 ED IN THE MINDS OF BRITISH COLUMBIANS THAT MN(~.MUM CONSTRUCTION ON THE CRABHELI LANDS AND WATERS IS A DONE

I DEAL. " I 1

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1 VANCOUVER - WHAT HAPPENED I

I IN JUST THIRTY YEARS, ORGANIZED CRIME 1 IN NORTH AMERICA HAS EVOLVED BY I

THROWING AWAY ITS GUNS AND ETHNIC I LOYALTY FOR THE MORE LUCRATIVE WEAPON OF CORPORATE POWER.

NO FEWER THAN 29 UNION EXECUTIVE I

COUNCILS HAVE EARMARKED THEIR UNWIT- i TING WORKER'S PENSION FUNDS TO FIN- , ANCE A LAS VEGAS STYLE STRIP ON VAN- , COUVER'S WATERFRONT. I

TIE THIS IN WITH THE FACT THAT THE PORT OF VANCOUVER IS NOW THE TOP POINT OF ENTRY FOR WESTERN AMERICA'S HEROIN SUPPLY, AND THAT THE CPR, WITH ITS CONTAINER CARGO SHIPS AND TRAINS, IS THE MAIN TRANSPORTER; IT DOESN'T TAKE A ROCKET SCIENTIST'S DIM WIT EROTHER TO FIGURE OUT THAT ORGANIZED CRIME AND NORTH AMERICAN CAPITALISM ARE THE BODY AND SOUL OF CORPORATE POWER!

THE REAL KICKER IS THAT ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE UNDER THE DOZY GAZE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE RCMP, WHILE THE MASSES REMAIN CONVENIENTLY INDIFFERENT.

THE POOR DUMB MASSES - OUR DAILY LIVES ARE SHAPED AND MANIPULATEU BY THE NEWS MEDIA AND HOLLYWOOD WRITERS, WHO ARE IN TFRN CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE POWER.

BUT JUST AS ORGANIZED CRIME HAS EVOLVED? SO HAS THE NATURAM SCRIBENDI; A FAC- TION OF THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASSES WHO HAVE HOOKED INTO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS: IN THE EAST, MARTIAL ART IS EXPRESSED THROUGH KARATE AND JUDO, IN THE WEST IT IS EXPRESSED THROUGH MILITARY AND CORPORATE STRATEGY. BOTH GLOBAL CONCEPTIONS CAN BE USED TO PUT DOWN INJUSTICE, BUT IF THE ORIGINAL PHILOSOPHIES ARE ABANDONED, THEN NATURE'S LAW OF EVOLUTION IS BEING TAMPERED WITH, AND IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS TO US, AFTER ALL THESE HUMDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THAT WHEN YOU IG- NORANTLY TRY TO PUT NATURE INTO A DE- EVOLUTIONARY MODE, THERE WILL BE DIRE CONSEQUENCES.

THE NATURAM SCRIBENDI HAVE TAKEN THE EAST AND WESTER# PHILOSOPHIES OF MAR- TAIL ART TO A NONPHYSICAL & NONORAL CONTEST OF GAME PLAYING, WHERE POINTS ARE SCORED BY INFLUENCING THE TIDE OF MODERN MANKIND'S OCEAN OF THOUGHT. THE GAME IS NOT A SPORT OF FUN; IN ES- SENCE, IT IS A STRATEGIC GAME OF WORDS AND ANTICIPATION REGARDING THE PHYSICAL ACTIONS OF CORPORATE POWER.

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- gambling i s an UNSAVOURY ACTIVITY

- we don't want @ur WATERFRONT t o be spo i l ed - - mobsters and r a c k e t e e r s w i l l be drawn here

- Vancouver has p l e n t y t o o f f e r t o u r i s t s a l r eady

- p r o f i t s w i l l go t o ves t ed i n t e r e s t s , not t o t h e community

- drugs and p r o s t i t u t i o n w i l l i nc rease

- gambling guarantees human misery, degradat ion and waste

- Vancouver cannot support a b i g inc rease i n h o t e l accommodation (1000+ rooms) e i t h e r i n water supply o r e l e c t r i c i t y supply

- law enforcement would have t o be increased

- WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS!

- Vancouver cannot support an inc rease i n t r a f f i c flow

- t he l o c a l economy w i l l s u f f e r

- WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS!

- Vancouver f o l k d o n ' t l i k e t h e underhanded way t h i s p r o j e c t has been introduced - pub l i c meetings with sco res o f i n t e r e s t s and n e i t h e r t he idea nor even the word ' c a s ino ' eve r came up

the gambling i n d u s t r y s e l l s ILLUSIONS

WE DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER LAS VEGAS!

Mqb. , AMBER HALLS OF SUNSET

you ' re an expe r t a t c lo s ing doors on t h e drunken echo of an ocean u n s e t t l i n g i t s f a t dark i n t e n t ion toward you, i t s c u r i o s i t y unasked

PY C Y

t h a t swe l l s t o i n q u i s i t i o n

your hands f l y t o t h e i r game, t h e i r task: * l i k e b a s k e t b a l l s , l i k e t h e co ld r o t e Lutheran no te s you to s sed t i p i s i l y , almost b e l l i g e r e n t l y i n t o a t h e a t r e nea r ly empty

h you move among t h e worm b ins and p l o t s *

o f a land locked from i n s i d e i t s s igns , i t s t i d e s o f decay and genera t ion , r i d e aimless c u r r e n t s of l a t e n t f e v e r t o t h e end of a long masquerade Dan F

where you l i v e , where I 've seen you s tand b r i e f l y and l i s t e n / iqL a "nimbus of forbidden des i r e s " t o some f a r wave break cumulative displacements f i n d home l i k e a b o t t l e aga ins t i t s rage very, very s e r i o u s

a s c a r a d r i f t because a young g i r l knee deep momentarily, a message drowned i n gen t l e muck must be i n t h e amber h a l l s o f sunse t kept by s i l e n c e a lone a p a r t i n g red sarcasm t h a t s l i p s i n language with another f a c e l i k e a moon i n t o i t s ebb, i t s s e c r e t under d i f f e r e n t c o n s t e l l a t i o n s ca tas t rophy shut t i g h t o f f a t e o r what have you and t h e measures o f wonder c lo s ing

. - * - - . 4 no more t rus twor thy now ANNUAL WALK FOR PEACE CANCELLED

I t ' s t r u e , r i g h t now a t t h e end of March, t h a t Vancouver w i l l have no Peace Walk t h i s yea r due t o lack of a sponsor. I'm not c l e a r on what a "sponsor" has t o do with anything, but t h a t ' s t h e information passed t o t h e Newsletter by a person claiming t o have been one of t h e founders o f t h e until-now annual event . So..

than when you dragged your se l f t o t h e edge of r a i n and turned your back on h e r black and p r o t r a c t e d peace beneath those d i s a s t e r s , those p l a n e t s g r a v i t a t i n g t o a l l e g i a n c e

myself. * The world would (might) n o t i c e and

hear i f a few - 100/1000 - walked.

* Can Vancouver walk peacefu l ly with- - same time & p lace on -

out a sponsor? APRIL 23 * I know I can respons ib ly r ep re sen t (pass i t on ...)

Don't sell tenants short, Mike!

Premier Harcourt:

You said you'd bring back rent protection for B.C. tenants, and now you are. For the first time since 1984, we will be able to fight unfair rent increases.

But let's make sure it works! B.C. needs a rent protection system that really protects both individual tenants and the supply of affordable rental housing.

W e need a rent protection system with:

N o loopholes for landlords Ways for tenants to work together Full coverage of all tenants No increases between tenancies Clear information for tenants Better ways to get repairs done

W e know that powerful organizations representing B.C.'s corporate landlords are lobbying for a weak system that will not work for tenants. But when your party was elected t o government in 199 1 you promised t o bring back rent protection. There are over a million tenants in B.C. who need you t o follow through.

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Comments:

The landlord has the advantage Landlords have cons iderable power

over t h e l i v e s o f t e n a n t s simply be- cause bhey own our homes. Tha t ' s why t e n a n t s say t h a t ' l a n d l o r d s should be c l o s e l y regula ted .

The Tenants ' Rights te lephone hot - l i n e g e t s hundreds of c a l l s from t en - a n t s , e s p e c i a l l y women, asking what t hey can do t o s t o p t h e i r l and lo rd e n t e r i n g t h e i r s u i t e i l l e g a l l y . We ;et hundreds more c a l l s from t e n a n t s asking how they can g e t b a s i c r e p a i r s

Bennett 6 t h e socreds took it away i n 1984. We want a system t h a t p o t e c t s ou r homes by r o l l i n g back un jus t r e n t increases .

We d o n ' t want t o d r i v e small land- l o rds out o f bus iness . We want p r o t - ec t ion f o r our homes. A l a n d l o r d ' s r e n t a l bus iness can f a i l and he can move h i s money i n t o mutual funds. We have t o keep on r en t ing .

By MIKE WALKER (Mike is co-ord ina tor of Tenants1

Rights Action Coa l i t i on )

place stamp here

Hon. Mike Harcourt Premier of British Columbia Legislative Buildings Victoria, B.C. V8V 1x4

done. In many cases t h e next ques t ion is :

what i f t he landlord t u r n s around and jacks up t h e r e n t ? Since 1984 t h e an- swer has been t o pay o r move out .

We a l s o need p r o t e c t i o n f o r B C ' s supply o f a f fo rdab le hen ta l housing. More than 140,000 t e n a n t households i n BC pay more r e n t than they can a f - ford . Over h a l f o f s i n g l e p a r e n t s and young people and s e n i o r s have d i f f i c - u l t y paying t h e i r r e n t s .

Tenants i n BC need p r o t e c t i o n ag- a i n s t r e n t gouging, p ro2e r ty f l i p p i n g and r e t a l i a t i o n . We've been asking t o g e t r e n t p r o t e c t i o n ever s i n c e B i l l

At Armv 6 Naw II-

the bo&es live pretty high.

"She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. "If life wasn't always easy for her, it was always without financial worries. "Her aim now is to lift the financial burden of those who are trying to make others' lives that much easier. "'I used to be the one writing out the cheques all the time and feeling kind of guilty, knowing I could do more,' says Jacqui Cohen, Army and Navy store heiress."

-Vancouver Sun, June 12, 1992

She hangs out with Donny Osmond, Tom Jones and George Segal while raising money for charity.

She hosts intimate $250-a-plate dinners and auctions for 300 people at her waterfront mansion in Point Grey. "We want that auction fast. You know: in and out, raise two hundred grand and let's dance," says Jacqui Cohen.

-April 17, 1993

In her Ferrari 308, she participates in car rallies to Alta Lake, along with other folks who can afford Ferraris and Porsches.

"What do you do with your old emeralds? You make buttons of them," suggests Marlene Cohen Wexler. In her case, for a private-label red-green-and-black fitted jacket. You can't buy one like it at Army and Navy.

-March 14, 1992

"This place is like boot camp," says Jacqui Cohen of the Optimum Health Institute of San Diego where she is subsisting on a diet of watermelon juice and liquefied wheat grass. "But I'm feeling great." Earlier, she paid $5,000 a week to rub shoulders with celebrities at the Golden Door spa.

-Jan. 16, 1993

We don't. There are 200 men and women working at Army and Navy in Vancouver and New Westminster.

$7.20 an hour is the top wage paid to sales clerks and cashiers. About 55 people make this much.

$6.80 an hour-r less-is the wage paid to about 100 Army and Navy employees.

Jacqui Cohen's negotiators have offered some of us 10 cents an hour, in each year of a three year contract. Others would get nothing. Unlike other employers, their wage offer is not retroactive to when our last contract expired. (Dec. 31, 1993)

We receive very few health and welfare benefits. Unlike other employers, Army and Navy pays only half of our Medicare premiums.

We have voted 86 percent in favour of strike action, if necessary. Before taking that step, we have asked the Labour Relations Board to appoint a mediator. A strike will not take place while we are in mediation.

We're determined to get a fair deal. We ask for your understanding and support.

Should we have to live like this, so they can live like that?

Issued by the 200 employees of Army & Navy, members of the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union

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