" os Castlegar News september 27, 1989 Institute preaches free enterprise VANCOUVER (CP) Long after the Fraser Institite’s office is locked up for the night, Michael Walker talks on, oblivious to the late hour. The executive director of the economic think-tank is having too much fun attacking the enémies of free enterprise to notice the time Walker, a tall heavy-set man who tries to keep his weight down by a steady diet of squash, stretches out his legs in the institute's boardroom. He chose the boardroom over his office as an interview site because his desk is almost invisible under a mountain of paper and other assorted parapher nalia of the economist's trade. As Walker, 43, bounces criticizing rent controls and minimum wage standards to heralding efforts to reduce the national deficit.or privatize thing is from Crown corporations, one clear Walker believes that the concept of free-market capitalism made famous by political economist Adam Smith in the 18th-century are as enduring and immutable as the law of gravity _TRUSTS SELF-INTEREST Smith believed the ‘invisible han ds”’ of supply and demand could best meet the world’s wants by each man pursuing his own self-interest “People say to me, *You’re applying the ideas of Adam Smith, who wrote in 1776. How can they be relevant to the 1980s?’ ** said Walker “I point out that Newton wrote in the 1650s and that doesn’t change the validity of the rules of motion in the universe."* Walker's unswerving adherence to Smith’s views has attracted its share of both scorn and praise in Canada To some, the Fraser merely a mouthpiece for corporations a ground of right-wing economists with no social conscience To others, it is an organization whose time has come, whose warnings about uncontrolled government spen: ding are finally being heeded One thing that’s certain is that the institute is prolific — and relentless in promoting free enterprise In the 15 years since it was formed, it has published some 92 books and reports on a wide variety of economic issues, all dedicated to the idea that people would be far better off if gover nment kept its nose out of their business Institute is Over have publications, countries. WRITES WEEKLY Walker himself writes weekly economic commentaries — in folksy, plain English newspapers across Canada and columns for the Ouawa Citizen, the Financial Post and the Wall Street Journal. He has also written or edited 20 books on economic issues. 330 writers and researchers contributed to Fraser which are sold in 54 for 46 community_ solutions in Canad: University of Toronto, TELEPHONE 365-5210 said Abraham Rotstein, a political economist at the “They underrate the political disturbances that would accompany pure market-type solutions to many of New insertions, copy hi be our problems.”’ The president of Canada’s only left- leaning think-tank, on the other hand, and sees the Fraser Institute as a powertul and dangerous influence on natioi for the Castl month of October. d up to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Septembér 26 forthe A native of New diand, Walker became head of the institute in 1974, moving from Ottawa where he spent five years working at the Bank of Canada and Department of Finance jocated in a downtown building, has a budget of $1.2 million this year and a Thirty-five per cent of that budget comes from about 350 The institute, Vancouver office staff of 24 people corporate members. Its founders list includes Vancouver forest giant Mac Millan Bloedel and the Canadian Pacific conglomerate The—remainder_of the institute's revenue comes from private members. sales of its game called Adam Smith charitable foundations. books, a Poleconomy board and even ties. The institute counts among. its members renowned U.S, economist Milton Frienman and three other laureates, as well as businessmen like Edmonton's Peter Pocklington and Jean de Grandpre, who recently retired as BCE chairman Walker is unabashedly proud of the role the institute has played in influen cing public policy Our greatest joy is to see many of the ideas that we have advanced and championed come to be accepted so universally he said BACKS RESTRAINT Walker is credited — or blamed, depending on your point of view with influencing former B.C Bill Bennett to introduce his Social premier Credit government in the early 1980s. 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Septic Service COLEMAN COUNTRY BOY SERVICE Sump & Septic Tank Pumping Phone 365-5013 3400-4th Avenue Castlegor Capitol event Singer/songwriter Ferron will perform at the Capitol Theatre in Nelson Sept. 29...D8 Park enlarged The boundary of Val- halla Provincial Park has beg adjusted to encompass all of Drin- non Lake, the provincial government announced DS Fair wrap-up The sun shone on the Slocan Park Fall Fair at 4 the end of August Award winners ...D7 Environment Minister Bruce Strachan has cal ted for nominations to the B.C, Round Table on Environment and Econ omy VSIice-: CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989 te Valleys Serving the Slocan Valley, Salmo, Ymir and adjacent areas Cc Construction starts on road Highways Ministry gets green light from court By CasNews Staff Work has started on the sial road and bridge project near Vallican in the Slocan Valley after a court ruling Sept. 20 gave the Ministry of Highways complete access to the project site. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling ex tended a partial injunction the ministry had obtained in August against the Arrow Lakes Indian band which has blocked the road and bridge construc tion for about a month, project will desecrate its ancestral village, declared a heritage site in 1981 B.C. Supreme Court Justice Anne Rowles granted the provincial attorney general the injunction that says the natives can’t interfere with the $1.2 million project which area residents On Sept. 12, ‘ontrover Wayne burial ground On Sept. 10, Central about 50 residents showed up at the Vallican Heritage Hall to hear Kootenay archeologist Choquette cheological significance of the native The residents also heard members of the Arrow Lakes band discuss their land claim and occupation of the area about 100 residents saying the who support the road and bridge project met with Regional District of Kootenay Barkley, who represents the area where the heritage site is located, and signed a petition demanding the provincial government force the Indians to return residents in the area want the construc- tion project to proceed. “1 represent the majority and the majority want the road to go through and the Indians to go home,”’ Barkley discuss the ar village site which contains an ancient said, The meeting was held on property owned by Tibor Molnar directly ad- jacent to the heritage site. During the meeting, the residents toured a gravel pit on Molnar’s land that became one more source of controversy in the dispute over the project The band and Choquette feared ar- tifacts or human remains might be destroyed by the pit which sits about 1.Smetres from the property line of the archeological park, although the burial site is well within the park's _ boundaries. director Bob OFF AND RUNNING: ~@workeron the Vallicanroad project uses a cat to start clearing away brush after the B.C. Supreme Court granted the Ministry of Highways an injunction giving the ministry and contractors a full access to the project site. — casnews pnotoby Claudette Sandeck Lodge hosts first Elderhostel program By CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Staff Writer Yesterday they had a tour of a local mill and a logging site. The day before they toured the Castlegar Doukhobor museum and tonight they're going to make borscht with a local Doukhobor woman Yet the 26 seniors, participants in an education and travel program ex clusively for seniors, assembling in the living area of Lemon Creek Lodge at 8:30 a.m. to begin their first class of the day, don’t seem the least bit fatigued. Laughing and joking with lodge owner Keith Kessler over an inside joke about non-existent northern lights the night before, the first group of Elderhostel participants Kessler has had at his Slocan Valley establishment seems reluctant to be seated on the comfortable sofas and chairs to begin the class. This group is typical of the people who join Elderhostel, according to Elderhostel director Loretta r who works out of Okanagan College in Penticton “These are people who don’t fit society’s concept of seniors — they'll run the legs right off you,’’ Krauter says “They are outgoing, interesting and interested in living,"’ she adds. Elderhostel is an education program for older adults who *‘want to continue to expand their horizons and to develop new. interests and en thusiasm,”’ according to the program's catalogue. **The Elderhostel commitment is to the belief that retirement does not represent an end to significant activity for older adults but a new beginning filled with opportunitiés and challenges,”’ the catalogue continues. The program, opén to anyone 60 or older, provides a chance for seniors, who are often on a fixed income, to travel relatively throughout Canada, the United States and 56 countries overseas, the catalogue says inexpensively Most programs in North America are a week long and the generally fixed Tee includes accommodation, classes, all meals and a variety of recreational activities. Overseas programs are usually longer — about three weeks — and the cost includes return airfare. Founded in the U.S. in 1975 and based on the youth hostels and folk schools of Europe and Scandinavia, Elderhostel branched out into Canada in 1986 and today there are over 1,600. Elderhostel programs being run across North America and around the world More than 260 programs are run in Canada alone and 47 are in B.C Krauter said. This year 14 new programs began in this province, she says, and 18 werestarted last year Elderhostel is often run-by-univer- sities and colleges and the participants live on campus for a week. Selkirk Enrolment By CasNews Staff The number of students in Slocan Valley schools has gone up for the second year in a row as has enrolment for the whole Nelson school district, Debbie Lindholm, secretary to the superintendent of schools, said. Mount Sentinel junior-senior high, W.E. Graham elementary-secondary and Brent Kennedy elementary all had increased enrolment as of Sept. 5, the first day of school, Lindholm said Winlaw elementary was down that day but Lindholm said headcounts always fluctuate between the first day of school and the end of September and the figures at Winlaw are likely up at least to last year’s level by now College, for instance, runs programs from both its Nelson and Castlegar campuses, Krauter says Many of the Canadian programs, however, are run, as Kessler’s is, from alodge, inn, retreat or hostel Most Fiderhostet they are called, offer reflect the region in which they are based, using natural resources and surroundings, as well are local history and culture, as teaching tools Many B.C. campuses, for instance provide classes in forestry, gardening, seafood preparations and enjoying the ampuses,”” as courses that outdoors Most campuses also offer classes on aspects of the history of the area or a feature for which the region is noted. But the variety of classes by no means ends with history lessons and nature walks. In B.C. alor classes on Salish weaving, T’ai Chi, the cardiovascular teaching English overseas and traditional Nor continued on pageC3 increases Despite the populations, th ts of serious space problems in the there are system, student 1 NO repor increase in have be: schools, Lindholm said As of Sept. 5, Brent Kennedy was up 4.5 full-time equivalent students over last year to 220; Mount Sentinel was FTEs; and W.E Graham was up 32.5 to 135 FTEs, she said up nine to 321 Winlaw was down 5.5 from last year’s figure of 97, Lindholm said In other parts of the district, figures were up 15 at Salmo elementary to 266.5 but Salmo Secondary reported a drop to 144 from last year’s 161, Lin dholm said say is crucial to local traffic safety The band had erected tepees and has camped at the construction site during the project The court battles are the latest in a month-long series of events involving meetings and protests by supporters and opponents of the project as well as meetings—with_local_and . provincial to Washington state where the band is now based. The petition was to be sent to Nelson-Creston MLA Howard Dirks, minister of Crown lands and minister of state for Kootenay *“We want our community back, group spokesman Donna Friml of South Slocan sajd at the meeting Also at that meeting, Barkley said he feels ‘‘comfortable’’ the majority Of The band obtained a court injun- ction halting all work at the pit except the hauling of gravel that had already been crushed At the same time, RDCK board of directors-at-its Sept. 9 meeting decided not to issue a permit to allow gravel to be hauled from the pit because proper procedure had not been followed in obtaining apermit government officials By DONNA ZUBER Special to the Castlegar News What is a forest? What isa park? What is wildlife? One may wonder what kind of questions these are to ask for anyone living in the Kootenays, but according to the directors of the Valhalla Society, they will be valid questions of the next generation Provided, that is, that present logging. mining and hydroelectric British Columbia land, said Valhalla Society chairman and director Colleen McCrory “We are the last generation to set something aside for the future,’’ McCrory said. *‘In as little as 10 years there will be nothing left With that dismal future in view, the seven directors of the Valhalla Society have committed themselves to , with the hopes of power practices continue to destroy several projects throughout B.C “leaving our chidren some very special places in this province,’’ McCrory said Specifically, the society's efforts focus on protec ting B.C Its directors h numerous environmental groups, the Ministry of Parks, and recognized environmentalists such as David Suzuki and Robert Batemen McCrory has travelled extensively *s forests, water, wildlife and scenic resources e worked all over the province with around the province and throughout Canada giving talks and raising support for protection of the environment Today, the society. is just one of 1,800 environmental groups belonging to the largest network in Canada and until recently, “hotline McCrory operated an environmental from her home, she said. But the society hasn't always had its hand in so many pots. Originally formed in 1976 as a committee, its members joined forces to put together a proposal to develop Valhalla Provincial Park society two years later, McCrory said, The group became a around the time that she joined For eight years, the society worked to have 49,600 hectares of virtually untouched land in the Valhalla area recognized as a Class A provincial park. Class A parks are protected from logging In 1983, the society’s work paid off when the park was established with a Class A rating Original member and now and mining director, Grant Valhalla Society’s role branches out Copeland, said the proposal was a success because of all the public support it received rnered more support from the public (for that park) than for any other park in the history of this “tt was the highest-profile park proposal during those years."* Armed with that winning formula, the society star: ted to branch out, lending its experience to other preser province,"*-he-said Vation-type projects The Valhalla issue made us aware of other issues in B.C.,"" McCrory said. ‘I thought the work would end with the Valhalla Park, but it was only the begin: ning. It’s a life-long commitment now forall of us."* Since branching out, the society has had input on a ‘We are the last generation toset something aside from the future. In astittleas10 years there willbe nothing left.’ — Colleen McCrory, Valhalla Society chairman number of environmental battles throughout the province Last year, for instance, the society joined the fight against the government when it opened the Strathcona Park for mining. With the society's input and again, strong public support the park was re-established with a mining was stopped before it could begin, and Class A rating McCrory said the prospect of mining in that park was particularly frightening because nment) would open*B.¢ would eventually lose all our parks. ‘If (he gover 's oldest park to mining, we The society also “‘played a large role’ in the development of South Morsby Provincial Park, she said, adding that it is the first national marine park in Western Canada. McCrory’s personal involvement with the South Morsby project was recognized in 1983 with the Governor General's Award for work in conser vation These success stories *‘stand as striking examples that changes can happen,”* McCrory said continued on page C4