Page B8 The Castlegar Sun Wednesday, August 30, 1995 For the Time running out for B.C. Senior Award nominations at Heart Vets to receive October UN hearing Sun Wire of B.C. ties have until Sept. 13 to nom- The winner will receive a $10,000 tax-free grant from co- sponsor Hongkong Bank of House Society Medal from the award's founder and other co- sponsor, Vancouver-based Purpose said Dr. Dick Stace-Smith, pres- ident of Brock House Society, “is to create greater public of the i Canada, as well as the Brock - selection have demonstrated record of voluntary community service. Last year's winner was for- mer Kamloops Mayor Peter Wing, who was honoured for his lifetime dedication to communi- ty and civic service in the Interi- or of B.C. This year's winning nominee will be announced Oct. 18 and honoured at a special presenta- tion dinner heid in Vancouver Nov. 14, which of the The War Amps have been advised by the Human Rights Committee in Geneva that the claim for compensation, filed on. behalf of members of the Hong Kong Force who were prisoners of war in Japan for 44 months during World War II, is now being prepared for a hearing this. coming October. “We had hoped that there would be a resolution-of the matter for an public are welcome to attend, Nomination forms, along with a brochure outlining eligi- bility, are still available P con- tributions senior citizens make to our society, to recognize their accomplishments and record them in the history of our Province.” Each nominee's accomplishments are perma- nently recorded in Brock House Society's archives. Past award recipients have come from a variety of back- grounds. Their common thread is that they must be a Canadian citizen aged 65 or older, a resi- dent of British Columbia, and, in the judgment of a seven- gh the province at all branches of Hongkong Bank of Canada, Bank of British Columbia, and from Brock House Society, Submissi ine with the 50th Anniversary of the end of World War II this coming August 15, but that does not seem to be the case,” stated Cliff Ch to the Canadian Government which provided a response in December 1994, It was the opinion of the Cana- dian Government that the Peace Treaty of 1952, between Japan and Canada, which provided a payment to the Hong Kong Veter- ans of one dollar per day, con- cluded the issue, In its response, the Canadian Government stated also that veter- ans who were prisoners of war already received pension under the Veterans Disability Pension Act and Chief Executive Officer of The ‘War Amps and Patron of the Hong Kong Veterans Association of Canada. must be received no later than the Sept. 13 deadline. Nomina- tors are encouraged to update entries from previous years and resubmit. For further information, please contact B.C. Senior Award, c/o Brock House Soci- ety, 3875 Point Grey Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6R 1B3, tele- Phone: (604) 228-1461 A ding to Chadderton, the Human Rights Committee in Gene- va is actively engaged in studying the response to the claim from the Canadian Government and the rebuttal from The War Amps. The claim was first referred to the Human Rights Committee by The War Amps, under its status as a non-governmental organiza- tion, in March 1993. In accor- dance with the procedural . the Human Rights 15% (Mark your Calendar... Thursday, August 31 is Senior's Day at Pharmasave You can save 15% on most everything you need! *(Except prescription dispensary, magazines, tabacco and sale products.) 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On May 28, 1991, while on a trip to Japan, Prime Minister Mulroney told Japanese Prime Minister Kaifu that if Canadian veterans were looking for com- pensation, they should s Oeck such from Canada, George Proud, Member of Par- liament for Charlottetown and the then spokesman for Veterans Affairs, made a commitment, in writing, during the 1993 election to the effect that the Liberal Gov emment would pay the claim if it took power, Chadderton wrote to Prime Minister Chretien, remind- ing him of this commitment under date of November 8, 1993 but the government has, thus far, ignored the issue. Seniors’ Association now more important than ever DOROTHY RAYMOND For The Sun income supplement, as well as the Canadian Pension Plan? Are you aware that the federal If there was ever a time when you needed your Seniors’ Associa- tion of British Columbia it is now! Joining the Association will make you realize that there are 420,000 seniors in B.C. alone We see that there are powerful forces in our society intent on making us pay far more than our share in putting right economic problems that we did not create Are you aware that Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axworthy is planning to release a Policy paper this fall on “reform” of major elements of the public pension system, Old Age Securi- ty and the related guaranteed Crafts & Wedding upplies Favors our specialty government has made it clear that it will carry through the legisla- tion passed by the previous gov- emment (Bills C-20, C-69) which provides for an end to all federal funding for health care by about the end of this decade? Are you aware that 71 per cent of the women that are 65 or over depend on government pension as their only income? 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