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As drafted, the bill would enforce strict new occupa- tional health and safety stan. dards, broaden and extend family leave provisions, force all employees to pay union dues in unionized bargaining units and outlaw sexual har. assment in the workplace. Labor Minister Andre Ouellet said last week it doesn’t matter to the gov. ernment whether the bill passes or not, as far as the next election is concerned. If it gets through, Liberal MPs can claim credit for helping labor, but if it is stalled they can blame the Opposition during the cam. paign, he said. Bryce Mackasey, Liberal MP for the Ontario riding of Lincoln, told the Commons labor committee Tuesday the government is serious about getting the legislation through. “I wouldn't be on the com- mittee if I thought the gov- ernment was trying to delay passage of -the bill,” said Mackasey, labor minister from 1968 to 1972. Mackasey said the real test will come when the bill goes back to the full Commons and the Conservatives will have to decide whether to take their “traditional anti- labor stand” and block the bill. But Tory labor critic Bob Wenman, also accused by the New Democrats of opposing the legislation, said Tuesday the Tories agree the legis- lation shoud] go through be- fore Parliament adjourns. “Times have changed,” Wehman told Mackasey. “Those times are gone.” Wehman said there is a in the House next week if the committee completes its work by this Friday. Doubts about the bill's chances of passage were illustrated Tuesday by Cana- dian Labor Congress repre- sentatives, who appeared be- fore the committee and said they want it passed without amendment. 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(TIM) ALLAN A mixture of cloud and sunshine forecast for today with a chance ot scattered showers or thundér- Monday, precipitation 40 percent today 30 percent on Monday 50 Cents Be VOL. 37, No. 51 Sunday ww NY. " Castlégar ews CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 1984 3 Sections (A, B&C) to the 186 graduates of Humphries 186 SHSS grads honored at ceremonies By ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN Staff Writer Principal Lach Farrell's message Stanley y School who ANA WINNERS . - Stanley Humphries graduation award winners af- exercises e major award winners were: te Connie Batchelor, winner of the Stanley Humphries award, Jim Zibin, winner of the K.T. and R-E. McGauley ‘Memorial Scholarship, and the Governor General's Bronze Medal, Ana Macedo, winner of the Leaders Award, and Eva Varabioff, winner of Aggregate Award. — Cashews Photo by Adrian Chamberlain FEE FOR SERVICE New structure for chamber By CHERYL CALDERBANK Staff Writer Castlegar and District Chamber of Commerce may soon be operating under a “fee for service” structure in its agreement with the City of Castlegar. New city administrator Dave Gairns told chamber members at a noon luncheon meeting Thursday that in- stead of the city just giving the chamber $7,250 in grant money as it does now, the city would be able to stipulate where the money is to be spent. Gairns said he would be meeting with chamber officials in the next few days to discuss details, to put rec ommendations forth to city council. “It’s a different basis for working together on shared responsibilities,” Gairns said. But chamber president Mike O’Con nor said during the meeting that three years ago the chamber went to council with a “very detailed report on what the chamber provides on the city's be- “We did specify it was to be a fee for service,” O'Connor said. “We did go about it the right way.” Gairns said he wouldn't recommend the chamber bring in a fee for service structure for. $50,000, but he said he is hopeful that this year a fee for service agreement can be worked out “that fits within the budget already available.” Under the present structure, the city gives the chamber 60 cents for every $1 raised by the chamber in membership fees. Thethamber had tried this year for a $20,000 fee for service. agreement with the city. are a lot of communities There is some accountability 9 the is opt ona “We can't afford to have the chamber coming to us in the middle of the year. We don’t have a slush fund,” he said in an interview. “If they (the chamber) didn’t exist, we'd be doing it,” Gairns said. Gairns in his speech said chamber members are “shareholders in a multi- million dollar corporation.” “The city is in fact a multi-million dollar corporation,” he said, noting that $2 million in property taxes will pour into the city this year — 30 per cent of which will stay in the municipal coffers. He said taxpayers should “take a serious and continuing interest into what the city is doing. The city is exercising restraint, Gairns added, and one of the ways of doing that is “learning néw ways of doing things.” “We also have to take a look at areas of revenue,” he said. “Taxes are only one of the things (revenue).” He noted there are other areas of revenue such as dog licences, building permits, and fee for service structures, such as imposing a garbage collection fee. Presently, costs for garbage collec tion are taken out of general revenue. But he said the city may look at the implementation of user fee service some time in the future. “It's certainly safe to say we wouldn't be implementing it until the next fiseal year,” he said later. It doesn't make sense.” In spite of trying to increase rev enue, the city has over $500,000 in its capital budget, the chamber was told. Current projects include the Dumont subdivision storm sewer which is com- pleted, renovating the Lorne Zinio tennis courts and the Kiwanis soccer field, the Zuckerberg Islatid Park proj- ect, and development of the public works yard located near the com- munity complex. He told the chamber members they should be taking an active part in DAVID GAIRNS~ . New agreement policies made by council by serving on committees like the planning com. mittees and the industrial commission. “When you hear that the city is looking for people to serve, you have a responsibility to come forward,” he! said. “Some shareholders don't even bother voting in a new board of dir- ectors on an annual basis,” Gairns said. “That reflects an incredible lack of interest of what's going on.” Gairns also told the chamber another way for business people to get involved is a concept of “getting inside and looking at the city's problem.” Gairns gave.as an example the City of Burnaby which formed a small committee out of top municipal admin- istration and senior business exec “We can't afford to hire outside exper- tise.” When asked during question period what role Gairns saw for the chamber in Castlegar, he said having sign pro- grams to direct people to attractions and facilities throughout the area, and pushing for better highway signs should be a priority. Gairns also said chamber members should do their part in attracting buyers to the industrial park site. “Who would you like to see have a warehouse a couple of kilometres down the road instead of in Kelowna?” he asked. Asked about the challenges facing Castlegar, Gairns noted that the big- gest concern is unemployment. But added that he doesn’t think most municipalities can afford to take on massive unemployment as its highest of priority. “The greatest challenge is to develop a community in a planned, orderly way within the kind of funding likely to be available,” he said. “Making steady progress under the economic conditions likely to be facing us is going to be a fair challenge.” At the same time Gairns said the city can't afford to let maintenance go.” He noted that the city’s two fire trucks, which are at least 30 years old, will have to be replaced with a couple of years, at a cost of $280,000 each. During the meeting Gairns compli- mented the chamber for having a full-time manager. But at the same time he warned the chamber that there is often a tendancy when hiring a manager to say “we don't have to worry about other stuff, we've got a manager.” “There's no way he can-carry out the and of the utives to deal with specific problems. “It saves the municipality money,” he noted. “In years of restraint, that concept is something to be looked at,” he said. chamber on his own,” Gairns said. gathered for Saturday's commence ment ceremonies in the Community Complex was brief, but to the point. “Seize the opportunity,” advised Farrell in his address to the grad class, and a packed house of relatives and friends. “I would not like to be 18, and face the decisions you will face in a little while,” he added, in apparent reference to the bleak unemployment prospects that now exist for young people in B.C. But “keep in mind, a wise man will make more opportunities than he finds,” Farrell said. Vice-principal Don King chaired the 2% hour ceremony, while Rev. Charles Balfour gave the invocation. Castlegar school board chairman Doreen Smecher extended best wishes to the graduating class on behalf of the board, and Ald. Bob McBain con gratulated the Class of ‘84, rep- resenting the City of Castlegar. The valedictory address, was given by student Sean Bonderoff, before graduation candidates were presented. Highlights of the graduation cer. emonies included a song called “A Rude Awakening,” presented by a small group of grads, led by Linda King, who wrote. the song. Another seng, com morating the Class of ‘84 written by student Eva Varabioff was performed by the grad choir. Major award winners included Eva Varabioff, who won the Aggregate Award, and Jim Zibin who won the K.T. and R.E. McGauley Memorial Scholarship, and the Governor Gen- eral's Bronze Medal Each of these carries a $300 p Ana Macedo wo won the $300 Leaders Award, and Connie Batchelor won the $350 Stanley Humphries Award — given to a student who has been outstanding in academics service to the school, titizenship and personal en- deavors. Other award winners included: Castlegar Robson Legion Branch 170 Bursaries: Isobel Medeiros $250; Lynda Guymer $100; Sheri Hill $100; Alexis Walsh $100; David Zurek $100. Beta Sigma Phi Bursary: Lynda Guymer $200. Columbia, Beverage Award: Shannon Hill $200° Castlegar Hospital Medical Staff Bursaries: De- irdre Collier $200; Kacey Cooke $200. Eastern Star Minto Chapter 79 Bur- sary: Colleen Ehman $200. F.A. Haywood Memorial Bursary: Mary Ellen Muller $100. Union of Youth of U.S.C.C. Scholarship: Karyn Kinakin $150; George Koochin $150: Sharon Pozdnikoff $150. Robson Women's Ins titute Home Economics Award: Shsuns Mason $150. Union of Young veo. Kiwanis Club Scholarship: Steven Voykin $300. Ladies Auxiliary Castlegar and District Hospital: He- continued on poge A2 CONTEMPT OF COURT Building trades fined VANCOUVER (CP) — The next time construction unions defy a court order against picketing at Expo 86 their leaders should expect to go to jail, says Bill Kerkhoff, the controversial non- union contractor who is heading the push by non-union firms to get a greater share of major construction projects in British Columbia. Kerkhoff made the comment Friday after the British Columbia and Yukon Building Trades Council was fined $30,000 for contempt of court. Kerkhoff, whose firm has just been awarded a contract for construction on the Expo 86 site, said he was pleased that Chief Justice Allan McEachern of the B.C. Supreme Court warned the building trades against acting in con- tempt of further court orders. “If this does happen again, like next week at Expo, I think the unions will be in for a rude shock,” Kerkhoff said. “They (the leaders) won't just get a fine, they'll be going to jail.” The chief justice said he was being lenient in Friday's sentence, noting that union leaders may have misin terpreted the law. IGNORED COURT The judge was referring to the council's conduct last March in encour aging picketing at a False Creek con struction site, despite a court order restricting such action. He'said the facts indicated the coun- cil leaders may have been under a mis- conception that once the order was issued, they could continue picketing until the court took further action. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” the judge said. “No one in our society has the right to decide whether he will obey a court order or wait until the court takes further action.” The chief justice ordered the council, two-thirds of whose membership is unemployed, to pay the fine within six months. Council president Roy Gautier, des- cribed during the court hearing as the map who encouraged workers to gather at the site, refused to comment. The contempt proceedings stemmed from clashes that occurred in March between unemployed union tradesmen and employees of Kerkhoff's company, J.C. Kerkhoff and Sons Contracting Ltd. at a condominium site where union workers had been employed during an earlier phase of construction. When pickets blocked entry to the site, lawyers for Kerkhoff obtained a court injunction. It was ignored, as continued on poge A2 FACULTY VOTES ON NEW CONTRACT By CasNews Staff Selkirk College Faculty Association voted on a new two-year contract Frigay, but it is unclear whether it has bgen accepted or rejected. Ron Smithers, Faculty Association negotiating committee chairman, said the faculty has “essentially accepted” the provisions of the memorandum of agreement signed a week ago, subject to a few modifications which he said will be worked out with management next week. He alto the eh: have a business directory which he said “would benefit the business commun- ity.” ithers would not dis close the items still to be worked out and would not reveal any details of the vote. College personnel manager Barry Jackson said he interpreted the situ ation as a rejection of the contract be- cause there may be some renegotiating to do. He anticipates that modifications to be worked oyt may be “quite major.” Jackson said the contract includes a two per cent wage increase in the first year and another two per cent increase in the seeond year. He noted that the two sides spent a majority of the time working on faculty workload The faculty and the college are hoping to meet this week to work out details.