News June 24, 1990 LOCAL NEWS Baker Fritz Furtner puts the finishing touches on the two-foot by four-foot cok e g Stanley Humph d school grads. - Costews photo continued from front page But she asked the grads not to forget their hometown and return to let people know what they are doing with their lives. Grad council president Karen Voykin made several presentations including a plaque of ap- preciation to Sandy Hartman, chairman of the ‘paren- ts’ grad organizing committee, and a gift to Jacque and Barry DePaoli, the grad class advisors. Closkey said the awarding of the bursaries and scholarships was a difficult task this year because of the overall marks achieved by the class. More than 50 students had an overall B average or better, he said, calling such a high number of students with good grades ‘‘outstanding.”’ More than 40 community groups, businesses and individuals gave some $17,000 in scholarships and bur- Saries. Major award winners were Ken Chernoff who received the Stanley Humphries award and $350 which goes to the student who has demonstrated achievement in academics, personal endeavors and service to the school. The K.T. and R.E. McGauley Memorial scholar- ship of $300 for highest academic achievement went to Walter Hadikin as did the Governor General’s bronze medal. The bronze medal is awarded for academic achievement at the secondary school level while silver and gold medals are awarded at the college and univer- sity levels. The Leaders award for outstanding leadership went to Denise Pottle. The Aggregate award, which goes to the runner-up for the Stanley Humphries award, was presented to Sunny Baker. Other awards and their recipients included: Arrow Lakes Tug Boat Society Bursary ($200 each) — Jennifer L. Jones and Dean Tedesco; Arrow Building Supplies Scholarship ($200) — Dean ; Bevans-Ellis-Gorman Bursary ($375) — Tracy Carr; Chap Sigma Phi Bursary ($250) — Brian Belton; Canada Safeway Limited Bursary ($300) ($300) — Richard Hawkins; Castlegar and District Ad- ministrators Association ($200) — Lana Leverington; Castlegar and District Teachers Association Bursary ($350) — Lisa Gerrand; Castlegar Hospital Medical Staff Bursaries ($200 each) — Ken Chernoff and Sun- ay Baker; Castlegar Robson Legion Branch 170 Bur- saries ($200 each) ‘ankham Castlegar Royal Canadian Mounted Police Scholar- ship-($500) — Adrienne Wilson. Castlegar and District Hospital Award ($400) - _- Tracy Carr; Castlegar Savings Credit Union Jobs, programs may be cut at Selkirk By ED MILLS Staff Writer The bottom line on Selkirk College’s bank books means the now faced with looking for . ways to reduce programs or services to save money. And that could mean some people will lose their jobs and/or some programs al Pi slashed, _ college ($250 each) — Deanne Rourke, Suzanne Orr and Stacey Polonicoff; Castlegar Selkirk Lady Lions Bur- sary ($200) — Darren Tamelin; Castlegar Selkirk Lions Club Bursary ($200 each) — Angie Lalonde, Darrel and Shawna L Celgar Pulp Com- pany Bursaries ($400 each) — David Vecchio and Chery! Duckworth; CKQR Scholarship ($150) — George Baker; Columbia Beverage Award ($200) — Alex Hartman; Cominco Award ($700) — Andrew Port; CUPE Bursary ($300) — Karen Voykin; Dorothy Miller-Tait Memorial Bursary ($200) — Heidi Smee; Eastern Star Minto Chapter 70 Bursary ($250) Luana Masini; E. DePaoli Memorial Bursary ($200) — Glen Scott; F.A. Haywood Memorial Bursary ($100) — Maria Sequeira. Fishwick Award ($50 each) — Charmaine Aber- deen and Trudy Palmer; G and G Woodwork Bursary ($200) — James Menzies; Herb Pitts Memorial Bur- sary ($200) — Jennifer L. Jones; Castlegar Gyrettes ($100) — Gilda Harshenin; James H. Corbett Memorial Scholarship ($350) — Willow Docherty; Kanigan Dental Bursary ($200) — Taresa Vanjoff; Kiwanis Club Scholarship ($350) — Ian Moore; Kootenay Savings Credit Union Bursaries ($500 each) Stacey Donald and Jennifer L. Jones; Auxiliary to the Cantegar ~ District Hospital Award ($300) — Lisa G Award ($150) — Ken pilin and Sharon Willson; Principals’ Award ($150) — Traci Nolan; Pulp and Paper Workers of Canada Local No. 1 Bursaries ($300 each) — Jarrod Isfeld and Roger Carison; Robson Women’s Institute Bursary ($150) — David Littley. Robson Women’s Institute Home Economics Award ($150) — Michelle Rezansoff; Selkirk College Award ($500) — Walter Hadikin; Union of Youth of USCC Scholarship ($200 each) — Marcia Strelaeff and Ken Chernoff, ($150 each) — Taresa Vanjoff, Maya Kanigan, Dean Osachoff, Theresa Gevatkow and Shelley Tomelin; United Steelworkers of America Local 480 Award ($300) — Ellen Crossley and ($100) — Tammy L Westar Timber. Wood Products Scholarship ($400) — Dodi Evanenko and ($300) — Maya Kanigan; Community Bursaries ($350) — Trudy Palmer, ($250) — Mike Esovoloff and Charmain Aberdeen, and ($150) — Som Oudomsouk; Pacific Rim — Jarrod Isfeld. and bursar Dale Senate said. “Because we're spending more money than we're getting . . . we have to find alternative sources of revenue for our programs and services for next year or we're going to be in trouble,”” Schatz said Friday. Schatz handed out copies of the college’s year-end financial statement to the college’s board of governors at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday night at the college. The statement for the fiscal year ending March 1990 shows the college is still running a surplus of $145,893 in general operations, but Schatz said to the | year, in it (the financial statement) ac- tually came out looking pretty good.’’ But the current budget calls for the college to spend $300,000 more than it takes in and that money has to be made up somewhere, he said. Just where those savings will come from hasn’t been determined and the college’s administration has until the end of the current fiscal year next March to find the answer. “We don’t know, we’re taking a look at whether they’ll be program —meeting, cuts, staff cuts, a realignment (of Programs) or not replacing people who retire,’ Schatz said. ‘‘Right now, it’s too early to say. We haven't gone into a lot of detail, other than identifying the problem.”’ College president Leo Perra Rural directors to discuss Nelson letter By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer The 11 rural directors of the Regional District of Central Kootenay will discuss a letter written by Nelson Mayor Gerald Rotering; which has angered many of the directors, at their next rural caucus meeting, caucus chairman John Voykin said. The next meeting will likely be in September and the letter will be con- sidered along with other issues, said Voykin, who is director of Area I. Rotering’s letter, addressed to the taxpayers of the City of Nelson, puts the blame for high property taxes on residents of rural areas around Nelson “‘using certain city services but not paying property tax as you do.”” “While a co-operative approach (over use of city facilities by rural Conroy continued from front page without being certain that the expan- ion will lead to the most environmen- tally safe mill that can be currently operated. Such a perception could lead to the United States holding up the project by instituting a study of the Columbia River, an international waterway, he said. And such a perception could put the Canadian forest industry in jeopardy, he said, pointing out that there is still a ban in Europe on fur imported from Canada despite Canadian trappers switching to in- stant-kill traps from leghold traps. The perception that the animals are being killed inhumanely has seriously damaged the Canadian fur industry, he explained. Conroy said Castlegar must ‘‘gear up’’ to deal with more chip trucks driving through the community if the mill project goes ahead. “We have to accept them as the ED CONROY © But the community should research the feasibility of chips being shipped by rail which would get the trucks off the city’s main street, he said during the luncheon. will i steps may be necessary on several fronts to bring equity to you as a city taxpayer,”’ Rotering said. Those steps may include larger fees i “‘non-resident In a letter to Nelson council, Josh Smienk, director for Area E, said he disagrees with council’s use of “questionable figures” to prove how much Nelson taxpayers are sub- sidizing the use of city facilities by rural residents. “The council’s selective use of figures in its letter inaccurately fepresents the true relationship of many joint functions we currently participate in,’’ Smienk said. “*We as rural residents pay our fair share, and more, on all our joint fun- ctions. We as rural residents pay more per-capita on these functions than city residents. Rural residents also support the city in many ways that are not linked to property taxes which should couldn't be for comment which gets the bulk of the Ministry of Ad- and Technology, ministry for more “money for the 1990-91 budget, but Schatz said he’s ‘‘not too confident about getting a positive reply on that.” The financial statement shows that the college’s largest expenditure in general operations was $10.7 million to pay all the employees, which was 73 per cent of the college’s total ex- penditures for the year. Tuition fees generated $1.6 million while the government forked over $12.5 million in grants. In other developments at the the board re-elected Elizabeth Fleet as chairman while the current board — Judy Campbell, June 24,1990 Castlegar News A3 LOCAL NEWS ‘a Castlegar nurses join in strike By CasNews Staff and Wire Services All community-care nurses Castlegar who are not providing essential services — including all nur- ses working out of the Central Koot- enay Health Unit — joined a provin- ce-wide nurses’ strike Thursday, @ Castlegar representative of the B.C, Nurses Union said. The strike affects between 40 and $0 nurses in the Castlegar area who Provide ‘public health care, home care, long-term care and psychiatric nursing, union steward Dorothy Salisbury said Friday. Those who need at-home care will continue to receive it but the nurses will not perform any other duties until they receive word from the union’s bargaining officials in Vancouver, Salisbury said, Nurses at the Castlegar and District Hospital are not affected, she added. Nearly 500 community-care nurses Gary Exner, Jim Gray, Ed M Stu Mathieson, Harry Sommerville, John Higginson, Dave Marshall and Jim Wood — will remain in. place for another year. also be noted,’’ he said. George Cady, director of Area D and the regional district board chair- man, said the rural directors will decide what action they will take on behalf of their constituents when the caucus meets. Nelson city council is not taking in- to account the economic importance of the rural residents who shop in Nelson and help keep the city’s businesses going, he pointed out. Rotering’s letter was likely prom- pted by Area E and F residents recen- tly turning down, for the second time, a referendum on library fees, Cady added. Mann will be tried Castlegar fire chief Bob Mann will stand trial for sexual assault in B.C. Supreme Court in Nelson sometime this fall, Crown prosecutor Murray Whyte said following a preliminary hearing into the case in Castlegar provincial court last week. The trial will likely be set for sometime in the first two weeks of November, Whyte said Friday from his Cranbrook office. Mann is charged in connection with sexual offences that allegedly oc- curred between 1983 and 1989. A ban on publication has been issued by the court preventing disclosure of any in- formation that could identify the complainant. by the pi ial gover- nment joined the escalating strike Thursday, swelling the ranks of striking nurses to 1,200, union com- munications officer Aaron Bushkowsky said. The B.C. Nurses Union and the Union of Psychiatric Nurses represent about 2,400 workers. Half of them will continue to provide essential ser- vices but nurses could be rotated on picket lines, Bushkowsky said. The walkout Thursday followed a series of rotating strikes and is inten- ded to force the governmewnt back to the bargaining table, he said. “We're seckifigea wage offer that considers wage parity with general hospital (acute care) nurses,’ he said. Ron Myers, the government's per- sonnel services negotiator, said Friday the nurses want a pay increase beyond what the government is able to offer. Victoria has funds available that would amount to a 20.93-per-cent in- crease Over two years but the nurses want @ 21.99-per-cent increase in one year, he said. “‘We're happy to discuss how to ice the pie but they want a bigger Myers told the Castlegar News. Community-care nursés are paid a base rate of $16.96 an hour, com- pared with $20.16 an hour for their hopsital counterparts. The government nurses have been without a contract since December and some community-care nurses have been on picket line since June 7. Officials at both unions said they are trying to comply with the spirit of orders from the Industrial Relations Council to provide essential services. “But they’re sending us shift scheduled nine minutes before the shift starts,’’ said Tom Fawkes, spokesman for the psychiatric nurses. During the strike, home-care nurses will be working but the schedule will be at weekend staffing levels, Buskowsky said. Deborah Service-Brewster, a B.C. Nurses Union negotiator, said gover- nment nurses are on strike from Van- couver Island to the Kootenays and from the Okanagan to the Peace River region. CosNews photo by Ed Mills OUT WITH THE OLD a. 7 The industrial education wing of Stanley Humphries secondary school is being demolished and new industrial education classrooms will be built in its place. The job is expected to take until after Christmas or into early next year. mes po eal NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS BRIEFLY From Wire Service take his seat next to Gorbachev. Soviet Communist party. Russians choose conservative MOSCOW — Russian Communists chose a hardline conservative as their new leader Saturday despite fears it could prompt a major party split at a crucial time for Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms. Ivan Polozkov, a harsh Gorbachev critic, won a runoff ballot by 1,396 votes to 1,066 against moderate Oleg Lobov for the position of general secretary of the Russian provincial wing of the federal party. Soviet television showed Polozkov, 55, striding to the podium to Meanwhile, Gorbachev said he had no immediate plans of giving up his powerful posts as the country’s president and head of the federal | 40,000 reported dead in quake “The bo! li ie benefit is what everyone shoots for,’’ Conroy |, referring to the lower costs of shipping chips by trucks rather than by rail. “But there are things that super- sede that,’’ such as the comfort of the community, he added. Conroy also said he favors building a road to connect the Nancy Greene Lake area to Kelowna and the Coquihalla connector to the Lower Mainland rather than the road up the Arrow Lakes from Robson that has been discussed for some time as a possible tourist route into the Kootenay area. norm” and begin looking at ways to make their presence easier for the city to live with, he told the Castlegar News after the luncheon The Arrow Lakes route would likely lead a lot of tourists to Nelson and Creston while a road to Rossland would mean travellers would have to visit at least some of the Rossland- Trail ities, he said. Drivers continued from front poge Hoticeable—improvement in the habits of Castlegar drivers, Brown said. “And if we don’t see some sign of improvement . it will run Jonger than that.’’ Brown said the blitz is a locally initiated program in conjunction with the Nelson highway patrol and comes in response to com- plaints from members of the public and RCMP observation of poor driving in the Castlegar area. He said the RCMP hopes the blitz will lead to a reduction in the number of-complaintsand_ac- cidents in the area. Accidents are running at about the same level as they were last year at this time but that’s ‘‘just too bloody high for the amount of traffic we have here.”’ “*Most of our accidents are the result of plain stupidity. I can’t put it any plainer than that,” Brown said. Fields (Prices effective June 27-July 9) Overwaitea (Prices effective June 24-June 30) SuperValu (Prices effective June 24-June 30) Zellers (Prices effective June 27-July 1) flyers ond would li phone ovr Circulation Depertment et 365-7266 ZF TOURIST ALERT VANCQUVER (CP) — Tourist Alert issued by the RCMP. The following people, believed travelling in British Columbia, are asked to call the person named for an urgent per- sonal message: Raymond Rogers of Wisconsin, call Natalie Kuklinski Keith Hodeman of Saskatchewan, call your mother Cynthia MacInnis of Surrey, call Tracy Lucato. ““‘We would have a market,’’ he said. The Arrow Lakes should not be ex- Posed to traffic that would spoil their pristine nature and a highway up the lakes from Robson would not save travelling time to Nakusp, he said. Conroy added the connection to Kelowna is just an idea and he does not have the time or the resources to research all his ideas. LOTTERIES captive The $1,000,000 winning number in Friday’s Provincial lottery draw is 4062586. There are also subsidiary prizes. The winning numbers drawn Friday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 11, 13,15, 21, 38, 47 and 55. The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery werre 9, 13, 16, 25, 37, 38, 44, 56. The winning numbers in Wed- nesday’s Lotto 6/49 draw: 13, 14, 19, 20, 29, 47. The bonus number was 33. There was no winner of the jackpot prize of $2,014,347. The four Extra winning numbers for British Colum- bia on Wednesday were 6, 16, 56, 93. The winning numbers Wednesday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 4, 6, 18, 20, 26, 33, 48, 56. These numbers provided by The Canadian Press must be considered unofficial. SPLASHDOWN The first day of summer Thursday was a hot one so Nikki Tomisser, 18, cooled o off with a in the very cool waters of Lower Arrow Loke at Syringa wk. Seattle, was In Castlegar visiting relatives, spent the day suntanning at the park. — coews phoro by lash. native, TEHRAN — Strong aftershocks sent panicked residents rushing into the streets of northern Iran on Saturday, and mass graves were dug for victims of an earthquake that some officials say killed 40,000 people. Rescuers freed a woman from a pile of rubble in the flattened community of Roodbar, still alive and clutching a dead child, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. However, IRNA said ‘with the lapse of time,’’ hope was fading that more survivors could be found alive. Thursday's quake destroyed dozens of communities in the region on the Caspian Sea. in villages i cut off because landslides blocked roads. Medical teams entered other towns to help control the spread of disease. The U.S. government prepared to airlift blankets, tents, water jugs and other relief supplies to Iran. French and Soviet relief teams arrived, and the Vatican and countries worldwide sent relief donations. Canada provided $300,000 Cdn in humanitarian assistance, to be channelled through the Canadian Red Cross to the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. * Media court access to improve TORONTO — Canada’s most senior judges have decided to improve media access to court proceedings so the public will have a better understanding of how the judicial system works. In a statement of principles adopted recently, the Canadian Judicial Council said the quality of justice is enhanced when citizens have accurate information and a reasonable understanding of the system. Officers of the court, including judges and court officials, have a responsibility to help the media provide balanced, accurate and complete coverage, the council said Courts are urged ‘‘to establish a dialogue with members of the media’’ to learn what specific services or procedures might be of use, the council said. The impetus for the statement of principles arises from the feeting by judges that many media reports on court proceedings contain misinfromation, Jeannie Thomas, a judicial council official, said. ‘Too many times, too many stories were inaccurate,” she said. Thomas said the public has become much more interested in legal issues since the adoption of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. “The law isn’t just for the lawyers anymore,”’ she said. German unity accord in works EAST BERLIN — The major powers are setting their sights on an accord clearing the way for German unity later this year despite sharp disagreements over a Soviet play that would shackle the armed forces of a single German state. Western officials attending six-country talks in East Berlin on Friday dismissed the plan as an attempt by the Kremlin to persuade hardliners at home that it was standing fast on the German question and predicted that Moscow would compromise. French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas said there were “external and internal aspects”’ to the proposals by Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, meaning that he may have had a domestic audience in mind. Shevardnadze’s unexpected draft jolted the ‘‘two-plus-four”’ talks erman unification, grouping foreign ministers of East and West rmapy as well as Second World War Allies — the United States, the Soviet $/nion, Britain and France. Apart from setting limits on United German forces of between 200,000 and 250,000 men, it proposed a phased withdrawal of foreign forces from Germany and five-year German membership in both NATO and the Warsaw Pact Meech Lake accord dies OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, his cherished Meech Lake accord in ruins, reached out to Quebecers on Saturday, saying they have not been rejected. But Premier Robert Bourassa was in no mood for reconciliation, con- cluding that Quebec had indeed been rejected. In_a_televised speech from the national assembly, he flatly refused to take part in any further constitutional talks with the other first ministers, although he left open the possibility of face-to-face talks with Ottawa. Earlier, Mulroney, appearing drawn and grey, offered two pros- pects of renewed constitutional talks soon as he delivered two nationally televised speeches — one in each of- ficial language. He said he was ‘‘deeply disappoin- ted’’ the constitutional deal had died. “Quebec emerged from these negotiations with its dignity and its principles intact,’’ he said. ‘Quebec was never isolated.”” He said there will be another at- tempt to meet the central goal of Meech Lake — to bring Quebec into the 1982 Constitution. But not now. The prime minister also tried to limit a possible backlash on world financial markets. Investors have been edgy in recent weeks as the Meech Lake rollercoaster rumbled on. Opposition leaders blamed the ac- cord’s failure on Mulroney and said he should resign “Most Canadians now seriously question the prime minister’s moral authority to govern,"’ said Liberal Leader Herb Gray. NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin Wells, who opposed Meech Lake, national interest.”” Mulroney ruled out resigning. “Canada is not a nation of defeatists and this is not a government of quitters.”” The Meech Lake accord, worked blaming anyone for the death of Meech and called for reconciliation and calm. “Today, ‘we must guard against two dangers: first, to despair that anything can be done and second, to delude ourselves that nothing has happened.”" Perhaps the Constitution is less im- portant today than it seemed, he suggested “Canada is much more than dry parchment lying in a drawer in the national archives,”’ he said There will be other chances: “Canadians have always overcome out among the first ministers three years ago, toppled Friday night after last-minute manoeuvres by the federal government — one day before it was to expire at midnight Saturday. The death blow came when the Newfoundland legislature adjourned its Meech debate on Friday without a vote. The federal salvage plan relied ona yes vote in Newfoundland Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells, who opposed Meech Lake arguing it would dilute federal Powers, shot the deal down after ac- cusing Mulroney of one last effort at manipulation. Wells condemned the Prime minister’s back-to-the-wall tac- BRIAN MULRONEY The prime minster did not mention Wells by name, although on Friday night Senator Lowell Murray, the federal constitutional trouble- shooter, directly blamed Wells for the demise of Meech. Bourassa said Wells repudiated his signature on a ¢@pcument that promised the Meech Lake deal would come up for a vote in the Newfoun- diand house of assembly Mulroney, who warned for months the country was in peril if Meech Lake challenges to our unity and we shall do so again."” He said Meech Lake became a lightning rod for discontent about taxes, interest rates and even free trade. ‘‘Much of the discontent of Canadians foungexpression in hostility to the Meech Lake accord."’ He also blamed the amending Process itself for the failure of Meech. The need for unanimity and the Private, closed-door talks among the first ministers must change, he said “In the coming months and years, we must fnd a way to reconcile the need for public participation and open democratic process with tics, which he said were nothing more than a crude attempt to stampede Newfoundland into saying yes failed, tried to soothe frayed nerves in his short, solemn speech. He avoided legal requirements now in the Con- stitution,’’ he said Premier proposes regions VANCOUVER (CP) — Ina Canada without Meech Lake, Premier Bill Vander Zalm says five distinct regions could take shape The premier said his proposal for a new decentralized Confederation would address regional concerns. He said a similar idea was proposed by former B.C. premier W.A.C. Bennett during the 1960s. “It’s perhaps the ony thing (option) we'll have if Meech Lake doesn’t Proceed."’ It’s premature to specify the boun daries or'roles the five regions would take, he said. But Canadians should Prepare themselves for such a struc ture if the Meech Lake constitutional accord fails, the premier told 650 members of the Vancouver Board of Trade. In January, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney laughed when he was first asked by reporters about Vander Zalm’s previous suggestion that there be 10 distinct societies in Canada Mulroney later said he misheard the question Vander Zalm's 40-minute speech Friday focused on the first ministers” conference earlier this month on the the accord. MONTREAL (CP) — it was a tale of tortuous twists with a cast of suspects that would have made Agatha Christie proud. Some blame Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, convinced he slowly poisoned the Meech Lake accord with lackluster teadership:—Others—blame—premiers Clyde Wells of Neéwfoundland, Gary Filmon of Manitoba and Frank McKenna of New Brunswick, saying they beat it to death. Some believe Meech itself was a flawed creation, destined to die This week, as the accord went through its death throes, a cross-section of Quebec leaders responded to the question: **Who killed Meech Lake?”’ * Guy Bouthillier, professor, spokesman for the Mouvement Quebec francais, an umbrella group of nationalist organizations: “‘If we had not been as active, or strong or present in defence of Bill 101 (Quebec’s Charter of the French language adopted in 1977 and amended with Bill 178 in 1988), I think (Premeir Robert) Bourassa would have carried out his election promise to return to bilingual signs. If he had done that, English Canada would have accepted Meech Lake more easily. If we had given up, we wouldn't have Bill 101 any more and we would have Meech Lake.” * Pauline Julien, singer: ‘I think it was the In- dians who dealt the fatal blow, and I- congratulate them. If it has really failed | will be so happy. I will celebrate the death of the Meech Lake accord after June 23."" * Gerald Larose, president, Confederation of National Trade Unions: ‘‘The Meech Lake accord is the product of the repatriation of the Constitution in 4982_and the promises," made after the May 1980 referendum Nn sovereignty-association, that were not ept Quebecers lay blame Larose said the Meech Lake accord failed to respect all three fundamental groups that make up Canada — anglophones, francophones and aboriginals, and has been clinically dead for months and kept alive artificially * Robert _Libman, leader, Equality party: ‘I really think the Liberal government of Quebec should have been made flexible on distinct society in its recognition and its effect on the charter." Bourassa’s decision to override the Charter of Rights to pass Bill 178, restricting the use of languages other than French, was a key factor in the death of Mecch Lake, Libman said. “It sort of damaged the leap of faith that a lot of people gave the Quebec government to preserve and promote its distinct identity judiciously.”” * Jacques Menard, president, Montreal Chamber of Commerce: “I can’t forget that McKenna started this thing in the first place. He’s taking the high road now but the fact is he was instrumental in setting up the process that. derailed Meech. The leadership of (Liberal Leader Sharon) Carstairs of Manitoba, Filmon and (Manitoba NDP Leader Gary) Doer failed as well. | think that Mr. Wells certainly demonstrated a willingness to play with fire and has articulated a view of Quebec that is totally disconnected with reality.” © Pierre Pascau, radio announcer: ‘They (Wells and Carstairs) are perceived as anti-Quebecois. Newfoundland went back on its word, that was ap- palling. The attitude of Clyde Wells, his arrogance was received very badly in Quebec . . . (There's) also the at- titude of Brian Mulroney, who waited until the last minute to put his strategy in place then bragged about it to the Toronto Globe and Mail. It’s unacceptable.”*