A2 Castlegar News June 30, 1990 LOCAL/PROVINCIAL NEWS LOCAL NEWS June 30,1990 Castlegar News a3 BRIEFLY By CasNews Statt Fall convention date expected The Rossland-Trail Social Credit party nominating convention will likely be held in September because the August date the ian Socreds chose was turned down by the party head office in Richmond, which must approve convention dates, the interim Rossland-Trail constituency president said. The party suggested the date be moved because of summer holidays and the number of meetings that other constit y associations around the province want to hold at the same time, Sit kett-said. Crockett, who was first vice-president of the constituency association, has taken over the president’s role while Walter Siemens makes a bid for the party nomination. Teacher talks adjourn Contract talks between the Castlegar school board and che Castlegar and District Teachers Association have been adjourned until early September, superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said. Other B.C. school districts have also adjourned talks for the summer, he noted. The two sides are scheduled to meet again Sept. 10 and 11 and Sept. 24 and 25, Wayling said. Outages blamed on lightning Recent extended outages in some of the cablevision services in the Trail and Castlegar areas have been caused by lightning strikes at Shaw Cable’s Granite Mountain facility, the company said Friday ina news release. This stie, which receives the American and Canadian network signals for the area, has been hit by lightning twice in as many weeks, system manager Steve Lake said. “*A lightning strike can cause havoc with everything from sensitive microwave equipment to the building AC power supply,”’ he said. ‘The repair time has been lengthened by the unfortunate fact that the Red Mountain chairlift is broken down, leaving helicopter as the only means of access. As helicopters can fly only in daylight hours, technicians must wait before they can repair the problems.’’ The most recent lightning strike on June 28 damaged the West Kootenay transformer on Granite Mountain. Berg awarded SHSS contract William Berg Construction Ltd. of Brilliant has been awarded the contract to rebuild the industrial education wing of Stanley Humphries secondary school this summer Berg submitted the low tender of $1,116,700 for the work that wilt include demolishing the old industrial education classrooms and building new ones. The other tenders included bids of $1,186,778 from Nu-Tech Construction Ltd. of Castlegar, $1,202,263 from Greyback Construction Ltd. of Kelowna and $1,222,229 from Fame Construction Ltd. of Trail The work is expected to take until after Christmas or into early next year, superintendent of schools Terry Wayling said after the school district received more than $1.1 million for the rebuilding of the industrial education wing and preparation of plans for extensive renovations proposed for the rest of the school. ‘ Lawsuit will be challenged The provincial attorney general and B.C. Hydro want to havea lawsuit being brought against the government and the Crown utility by the Regional District of Central Kootenay and three other regional districts thrown out of court, RDCK chairman George Cady said. The request to have the lawsuit struck from the B.C. Supreme Court’s case list will be heard in February, Cady said. The RDCK, along with the Koot B y, East Koot and Columbia-Shuswap regional districts, launched the suit in April The regional district boards say B.C. Hydro should be made to pay taxes on its Columbia River Treaty dams and other Properties in the Kootenay region which are exempt from taxation by a provincial cabinet order. Task force given survey funds The Castlegar school board will provide the Castlegar community task force on substance abuse up to $1,000 to conduct a substance abuse survey with local Grade 6-12 students The task force requested the funds and Permission to carry out the survey at an education forum meeting earlier this month. The survey, prepared by a private’ non-profit organization in Saskatoon called Pride Canada, asks students questions about drug and alcohol including what substances students may be using and how easy drugs and alcohol can be abtained Failed joint causes damage A failed joint sent an air line flying around a compressor room at the Celgar pulp mill early Monday morning and the resulting damage took 16 hours to repair, Celgar mill manager Jim Browne said No one was inside the room at the time but the flying debris damaged other pipes in the compressor room, Browne said The compressed-air system, which runs throughout the mill, has been reviewed for other joints that may be ready to Bive way, he added TOURIST ALERT Richard Klein of Vancouver, call your family Andrew Dhondt of Calgary, call John Dhondt. Walter and Edna McLellan of Kitimat, call Doug McNabb. of Kevin Shattler of Vancouver, call your mother. Kay Belseck of Edmonton, Alta., call Helen Yewchuk Kevin Saint Clair, of Sooke, B.C., call Rose Saint Clair VANCOUVER (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: Don and Rhoda Emberley Tioga, Louisiana, call Baxter Welch Overwaitea Prices effective July 1-July 7 Shoppers Prices effective July 3-July 7 SuperValu Prices effective July 1-July 7 Zellers Prices effective July 4-July 8 continued from front page The union chose to take a strike vote to force Cominco to reconsider the first offer the company made, Schmidt said The company has said the offer is not final, but a final agreement will be in the area of the first offer. That is unacceptable to the union, Schmidt Not oll flyers receive tull di anid Ht you did not receive one of these flyers end would like to do so, please phone our Circulation Department at 365-7266. Cominco officials have said the company has a policy of not commen ting on contract negotiations until they are concluded Union__ The pom-pom girls at Kinnaird Junior secon ceremony Friday in the KJSS gym. MOVING TO THE MUSIC CosNews photo dary school show off their dance s: iteps during the school's awards day RCMP responses up for May By CasNews Staff Castlegar RCMP responsed to 343 complaints in May 1990, up con- siderably from the same month last year with traffic accidents and thefts showing the largest increase, the mon- thly police report to Castlegar city council shows. The police responded to 43 traffic accidents in May.— including one fatality. Nine of the accidents in- volved injuries. In May 1989, Castlegar RCMP responded to just 18 No trend By CasNews Staff The jump in Castlegar’s vacancy Fate to two per cent in April from 0.6 per cent last October does not signify @ major shift in the number of rental Westar continued from front page in shelters along the lakes that are close to Westar’s boomng grounds. “‘l was worried they might think we are encroaching on them,” Tait said He said he indicated to Westar the an- choring areas — which are generally some distance from the booming grounds — on the maps Tait said he, feels the inventory Project and the open houses are evidence that Westar is trying to work more closely with the public and becoming ‘‘more obliging.” Tait pointed out Westar drove the pylons for the wharf at Robson free of charge and the company has now indicated it would be willing to drive pylons in the anchoring areas on the lake to ensure boaters stay away from the booming grounds. And the company initiated the ““flag-a-snag’’ program last year, Providing boaters with flags to mark hazardous floating logs which Westar will then tow away, Tait added. “I think it’s a change for the bet- ter,”’ Tait said of Westar’s move toward greater cooperation with area residents. Tait said he also gave Westar a map of new picnic and camping sites in the area and suggested the company should place booms at the mouths of creeks and rivers where logging is going on upstream to catch the debris that floats down to the lakes. Westar officials said they would consider his suggestion, Tait said. Lang said the inventory project has cost Westar about $1 million to put together over a three-year period. traffic accidents, four of which in- volved injuries. There were no fatalities. “‘Accidents are up considerably,”’ Ald. Lawrence Chernoff told council. The increase in the number of ac- cidents is one reason the RCMP are currently cracking down on careless drivers, said Chernoff, chairman of council’s protective services commit- tee. But people are also showing lar- cenous streaks compared to last year. There were three thefts over $1,000 seen in rate jump units available in the area and is likely not the beginning of an upward trend in the rate, a Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation analyst said. Three rental units, out of the 152 covered by the CMHC survey, were available in April, up from one unit in October 1989, and that change ac- counts for the jump in the vacancy rate, CMHC senior market analyst Jerry Dombowsky said. As well, normal fluctuation in the rate and a seasonal shift due to fac- tors such as Selkirk College students moving in and out of the area cause changes in the rate, Dombowsky noted. The survey, which is conducted twice each year in April and October, surveyed 152 bachelor, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and _three-or-more- bedroom units. Single-detached units, duplexes, basement suits, mobile homes, rooming houses and residen- tial motels are excluded from the sur- vey. The CMHC has seen “‘a significant improvement”’ in Castlegar’s vacancy rate over the past few years, Dom- bowsky said. The rate hit a high of 12.2 per cent in October 1986 and has in May 1990 compared to one in May last year. Police recorded 15 thefts under $1,000 in May this year com- pared to five in May 1989. Thefts from motor vehicles increased to 11 from two and there were three incidents of shoplifting in May 1990 compared to one in May 1989. There were nine instances of breaking and entering in May this year. There were five in May last year. Other Castlegar RCMP responses in May 1990, with May 1989 figures in Parentheses, included: traffic tickets been travelling slowly downward sin- ce, CMHC data shows. A rate of between three and five per cent is often considered an ideal rate — high enough to allow for “‘reasonable choice’’ and mobility for renters and low enough to allow issued — 48 (46); written warnings issued — 24 (47); hit-and-run motor vehicle accidents — eight (11); road- side suspensions for drinking drivers — seven (10); impaired drivers —two (four); liquor seizures — seven (12); assaults — 11 (nine); wilful damage — 22 (22). Although Castlegar RCMP were busier in May 1990 than during the same mofitth last year, things actually slowed down a bit from April when there were 391 complaints — 48 more than in May which had one extra day. owners of the rental units to ensure a Profit, Dombowsky said. A vacancy rate under three per cent is considered low and a rate of two Per cent means the market is operatin- g well but may be too tight, he ex- plained. Leaked memo reveals plan VANCOUVER (CP) — The B.C. government plans to force doctors in Prince George and the north to refer cancer patients to Kamloops to justify the creation of a second cancer clinic in the Interior, an internal Health Ministry memo shows. In a confidential briefing note to Health Minister John Jansen ob- tained by the Vancouver Sun, the minister is told that ‘‘referral patterns will have to be striclty enforced,.’ to ensure the success of the two clinics. But doctors in Prince George, the major northern centre that would refer patients to the Kamloops, clinic say they won't allow the government to tell them where they must send patients. The unsigned memo, dated June 12, was written the week before Jan- sen announced the ministry will build @ cancer clinic in Kamloops in ad- dition to one announced for Kelowna months earlier, The 16-member board of the B.C. Cancer Agency says splitting cancer Services between the two communities will result in two inferior clinics at twice the price. Dr. David Klaassen, director of the Vancouver-based agency, has said the board is ‘‘extremely unhappy” with Jansen’s decision. All systems go at recycling depot The Regional District of Central Kootnay Recycling Depot will ship out its first load of newspapers July 3, “Area residents have only’ this weekend to bring their newspapers to the depot if they want them to be in- cluded on the first lodd out,’? RDCK recycling coordinator Michael Jessen said in a news release. ‘It has taken Us approximately two months to collect enough newpapers for a full load. 1 hope we can collect a second load in half that time.’* Loading 23 tons of newspaper by hand will be time-consuming, Jessen said. “We could use six volunteers to assist,”’ he said. ‘‘Anyone wishing to help can call the recycling debot at 352-2412."" * The recycling coordinator said the newspaper is being sold to Smurfit Recycling, an Oregon City, Ore., company which will recycle the newspapers back into newsprint. “This fact is important because no company in British Columbia can yet recycle newspapers back into newsprint,’’ Jessen said. He said companies in B.C. make boxboard, roofing materi or in- sulation from newspapers. “We desperately need a de-inking mill in B.C, so we can truly recycle newspapers back into newsprint without selling this resource to another country.”” Jessen said the regional district is lucky to be selling to Smurfit Recycling. ‘Smurfit Newsprint is the largest recycled newsprint manufacturer in North America at the moment Jessen said. ‘‘They are guaranteeing their price to fibre suppliers now and recycling depots that can produce a quality product in quantities. that Smurfit needs, will have a guaranteed market."’ He said Smurfit is paying the regional district $20 U.S. per ton and arranging and paying forthe tran- Sportation to Oregon City. “The best offer we got in B.C. was $5 per ton plus a $20 per ton shipping Premium but the regional district would have to arrange and pay for shipping,"’ he said. Jessen said Smurfit Recycling is very particular about contaminants being mixed with the newspaper. “‘Newspapers should be bundled flat, not folded, and all colored flyers should be kept separate,” he said. “Keep the newspaper clean, dry and out of sunlight.”” Jessen stressed that junk mail paper, envelopes, paper bags, magazines, phone books, or catalogues are not currently accep- table for recycling and should be kept out of the newspaper bundles. The Regional District Recycling Depot, which serves electoral areas E, F and G and the Nelson/Salmo subregion, opened May | at 519 Front Street in Nelson. It is open every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to6 p.m. d Junior AT THE HEAD OF THEIR CLASSES di d to; d. - honors during the schoo! Five (front row, left to right): dary school awards went to (back row, left to right): J Pp laclyn Kalesnikoff, Grade 8, David Zoobk. Sandeep Dosanjh, Grade 7, and Melanie Brownlie, Grade 8. . Grade CasNews photo awards day Friday. The radley Zaytsoff, Grade 6 NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL NEWS Celgar continued from front page surplus wood chips and the impact of additional chip- truck traffic to the mill if the expansion goes ahead. These areas have emerged as primary concerns to date during the project review that has been overseen by a provincial committee, the ministries said The panel will begin by reviewing the first reports Celgar prepared and the comments on the reports from the public and provincial and federal agencies. The panel ‘‘shall ensure wide public distribution’’ of the second impact report and invite comments in writing from ‘‘all interested parties,”’ including federal and provincial agencies, within 45 days of the distribution of the report. “The panel shall ask the company as soon as possible LOTTERIES The winning numbers drawn Thur- sday in the B.C. Keno lottery were 14, 15, 17, 22, 30, 34, 39 and $5 The winning numbers in Wed- nesday’s Lottd 6/49 draw were 5, 7, 12, 17, 26 and 47. The bonus number was 10. The four Extra numbers were 33, 49, 59 and 91. The Keno winning numbers were 7, 13, 14, 15, 25, 35, 41 and $2. These numbers provided by The Canadian Press must be considered unofficial to provide discussion at the hearings.”’ After the two governments have reviewed a final report written by the panel, the report and the gover- nments’ decision on the project will be made public, the ministers said. No dates for any of the stages of the review were given in the news release Lerch said he is pleased Northcote has experience with fisheries but the panel is “heavily pro-business’’ otherwise. Bodkin is a former chief executive officer of the B.C ion, was a member of the secretariat to the federal cabinet committee.on economic develop- ment and was appointed to the Sectoral Advisory Group Securities Commi: information, if any deficiencies are identified during its review of the second report and public hearings will be scheduled ‘‘as soon as (the panel) is satisfied that it has an adequate information base for, on Trade in Financial Services for the General Agreement belongs organizations. on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) negotiations. She also to a number of public-and-private-sector Thomas is president of a technical consulting servi that works with pulp and Paper companies and co- founded a pulp and paper research development centre. He is a member of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry and the Chemical Institute of Canada. Northcote, a specialist in the impact of man on inland water ecosystems, is a former director of the Canadian Society of Wildlife and Fishery Biologists and is a member of the faculty of forestry at UBC. by truck One area Lerch said he hopes the panel will study fur- ther, although it does not appear to be in its mandate, is the possible alternatives for transporting chips other than Lerch said he is pleased the panel will conduct hearings outside of Castlegar because of the widespread groups. impact the expansion would have. But he said a ‘‘serious flaw in the process’ is the lack of funds for intervenor The federal environmental review process provides funds for groups or individuals intervening in the review to hire consultants or do their own inves: on the project being studied, he explained. All environmental impact reports on the Project are ive research being generated by Celgar at this Point, Lerch said. He Possible impacts. said CIPE has spent thousands of dollars in donated fun- ds and donated time and labor for the relatively small amount of data the group has prepared on the project's BRIEFLY From Wire Service remember how to work. the Second World War. adventure.”” currency for both sides. country’s economic growth, right.” Congress memorable line of his campaign negotiations start. week and broke his right arm Highgrove Manor MONTREAL Elizabeth when she visits Sunday the fourth: Anxious moments for Germanys EAST BERLIN — The two German states take their biggest step toward ending four decades of division Sunday, when tney will once again share a common currency and economy But they will also share uncertainty; over everything from a united Germany's military role to their new country’s name. East Germans worry about their jobs. West Germans wonder if their Eastern cousins Many Germans are still stunned by the pace of change since the ouster of East German Communist leader Erich Honecker last October. His downfall ended 40 years of iron-fisted Stalinist rule that followed Theo Waigel, the passionately pro-unification finance minister in Bonn, has acknowledged Germany is embarking on an ‘economic In one stroke Sunday, most East Germans will get thousands of dollars’ worth of West German marks, which will become the common The West German mark will replace the virtually worthless East German currency, and state-run businesses in East Germany will be forcéd to compete for customers to survive. Bush backtracks on taxes WASHINGTON — President George Bush said his decision to * jettison his no-new-taxes election campaign pledge was warranted by a mushrooming United States deficit and the need to continue the “IL knew I'd catch some flak on this decision,”’ the president told a news conference at the White House. ‘‘But I’ve got to do what I think is Bush's declaration earlier this week that ‘tax revenue increases’’ were an essential element of any deficit-reduction package jump-started stalled federal budget negotiations with the Democratic-controlled He said those talks are now going well and said the negotiations are ‘ta make or break effort at responsible government.” Bush won the White F.ouse in 1988 by campaigning as an ardent foe of new taxes. ‘‘Read my lips, no new taxes,”” was the most Lithuania breaks deadlock VILNIUS, U.S.S.R. — Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis has proposed a 100-day freeze on the republic's independence declaration from the start of any future negotiations with the Kremlin. Lansbergis, in a move that seemed likely to break a four-month deadlock with Moscow, said in a speech the 100 days will begin once Landsbergis said his draft proposal for the parliament would also suspend all legal action taken since the March 11 declaration. * Landsbergis, one of the chief architects of the republic’s independence drive, had long been opposed to any suspension to the declaration of independence but said he changed his mind after visits to Moscow for talks with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev earlier this Royal break for Charles LONDON — Prince Charles, the adventure-loving heir to the English throne, tumbled from his polo pony during a match Thursday “He has got a nasty break above the right elbow,” a police spokesman said after the 41-year-old Prince of Wales was taken to hospital from a polo match in Western England A spokesman for the Royal Family said: ‘The prince was in the Process of making a shot when he lost his balance. His horse just trotted away. He is as good humored as one can be when one is in pain.”” Charles was playing for his regular club, Windsor Park, ata tournament in the town of Cirencester, close to his country home, Cities cancelling Canada day The Montreal suburb of Longueuil has added its name to the list of Quebec cities cancelling Canada Day festivities in the wake of the collapse of the Meech Lake accord Quebec City and Sherbrooke have called off their Canada Day events, and the mayor of Hull, Que., is refusing to meet Queen Michel Minguy, spokesman for the Knights of Columbus who organized the Longueuil event, said the group voted unanimously Wednesday to cancel celebrations. Longueuil, just south of Montreal, is gest city in Quebec and is largely francophone. Quebec in no mood for fun Dust of Meech Lake accord settling slowly MONTREAL (CP) — Benoit Bouchard, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s Quebec lieutenant, says Quebecers are angry and disappointed about the failure of the Meech Lake accord and in no mood for Canada Day festivities. ‘ Bouchard said he understands a decision by Quebec City and Sher- brooke, Que., to scrap their Canada Day celebrations after the collapse of the accord. ‘ “Meech Lake cannot be forgotten in a week,”’ Bouchard said in Mon- treal. “The message has to be clear,’’ he said. ‘‘We were mad, we were disap- Pointed.”’ But Bouchard, attending a_news conference to announce construction of an aerospace plant near Mirabel airport, discounted the possibility raised by some Canada Day organizers that violence could have marred the July 1 festivities. “People just don't feel celebrating,’’ said Bouchard, plans to spend the holiday in his riding of Roberval “It may be different next (But) that’s the reality today."* Quebec City Mayor Jean-Paul L’Allier cancelled the traditional flag- raising ceremony and reception at city hall slated for Sunday, saying there like who year. could be no celebrations for ‘ta coun- try that slams its door shut on our fingers.’ The cancellations in Quebec City and Sherbrooke came a day after organizers of Canada Day celebrations in Montreal said that they were reducing the length of Sun- day’s parade by half and increasing security. Bouchard, who was named Quebec lieutenant after cabinet colleague Lucien Bouchard decided to sit as an Independent to fight for Quebec sovereignty, said he has been busy trying to persuade other Tories to remain in the caucus. So far, six Quebec Tory MPs have quit the party to sit as Independents. He said it is crucial that Quebec Tories remain in the party to promote the province’s interests, and that he plans to remain in the federal cabinet “‘for the moment.”” Bouchard suggested major changes may be in store for Canada but that Canadians shouldn’t despair about the future. “Canada won't be the same any more, we know that,"’ said Bouchard. “This country has to make a strong reflection about its future."” “Let the dust settle a little bit for a while,’’ Bouchard advised “It’s not the first time that we are trying to sort things out in Canada."’ Quebec Senate sitting supreme these days OTTAWA (CP) — The buck stop- Mulroney have been deadlocked over ped in the Senate on y as Parliament adjourned for the summer and MPs headed for their ridings for a three-month break. Major bills to the goods the P t insurance bill since it cleared the Commons last Novem ber. * The government wants to shift to and emp its $3- and services tax, put abortion back in: to the Criminal Code and overhaul unemployment insurance were left in the Liberal-dominated upper house with no hope of becoming law until next fall. “The government has accom Plished very little’’ since mid-January, Liberal Opposition leader Herb Gray said in an interview NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin, meanwhile, said MPs have seen ‘‘the beginning of the destruction of unemployment—insuranee-And-the goods and services tax is ‘‘just a con- tinuation of the government's selling off Canada,"’ she said MPs and senators are scheduled to return to Ottawa on Sept. 24 when Parliament resumes The Senate and the Conservative government of Prime Minister Brian AIDS pol TORONTO (CP) — Federal Health Minister Perrin Beatty released his long-awaited national AIDS strategy Thursday, a plan-greeted as an impor tant step forward but on lacking the financial clout to properly fight the disease. Beatty’s plan pledges $112 million in the next three years for a multi- Pronged attack on AIDS. However, the money isn’t new. It is part of about $168 million already earmarked for federal AIDS programs The national pian has three objec tives — to stop transmission of the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrothe; to search for effective and a cure; and billion-a-year contributions to the unemployment insurance fund. The Senat® wants the government to pay half. The appointed Senate is also threatening to flex its muscles on the GST bill the government wants to be law by Jan. 1, 1991 in order to raise a net $18.5 billion next year Sidney Buckwold, Liberal chair man of the Senate banking commit tee, has said a report on the tax might not be ready for Senate consideration ‘untit October. “ And the abortion bill, which cleared the Commons by nine votes May 29, remains before the upper house, where Liberal Senator Stanley Haidasz has promised to do all he can to delay or kill it Since December, the Senate has had a bill to claw back the old age pensions of seniors whose annual net income is more than $50,000. The Commons rejected Senate amen- dments to the bill in mid-June. Senators want the $50,000 ceiling fully iridexed to the annual inflation role. During the winter-spring sitting in the Commons, McLaughlin — elected leader in December 1989 — sought to establish New Democrats as the main opposition while Liberals were distracted by machinations to replace John Turner as leader In February, Finance Minister Michael Wifson brought down a no- new-taxés budget that proposed spen- ding $147.8 billion and predicted a deficit of 30.5 billion Tory Jean Charest of Sherbrooke lost his sports portfolio after he telephoned a judge about a case in- volving the New Zealand Common- wealth Games. Mulroney shuffled his cabinet in February, naming novice Vancouver MP Kim Campbell the first woman justice minister The environment, an Mulroney pushed vigorously in the 1988 election campaign, seemed shrouded in a smog bank until late June when the government in troduced its long-awaited environ- mental assessment proposals. The environment portfolio, which lost its minister when Lucien Bouchard quit over Meech Lake to sit as an Independent, was taken over by Robert de Cotret on an interim basis. Two months before Bouchard abandoned the Tories over Meech Lake, he introduced his so-called Green Plan proposals for new en vironmental law. Hearings were held across Canada to gather public com ment on the draft_ Phil Edmonston won the first NDP seat in Quebec in a byelection Standings at the end of the session left_ the Tories with 159 seats, the Grits with 80, the NDP with 43 and a rump of nine Independents and a lone Reform Party MP. There were three vacancies, two of which will be filled in byelections Aug. 13 issue icy gets mixed reviews to fund research on the treatment, care and support of people infected with the virus. While the fational strategy provides a broad framework for dealing .with the. AIDS epidemic, Beatty said it requires a partnership with the provinces, municipalities, community AIDS groups and the Private sector to succeed. “*The complexity of the task before us will be overwhelming unless we mobilize all of our human and material resources at ail levels of society,” said Beatty, who announced the strategy at the Canadian Public Health Association’s annual meeting Other highlights of the three-year program include: * $6 million for a computerized registry to provide up-to-date infor- mation on new treatments to doctors and AIDS-infected people across the country * $10 million to establish a research network to test next drugs. * $7.3 million for education and Prevention programs © The creation of an “AIDS secretariat to enhance co-ordination between federal departments saying it “‘lacks financial commitment and lacks substance. But community AIDS groups, which have long criticized the federal government for foot-dragging in its efforts to deal with AIDS, were sur prisingly low-key and cautiously op. timisit in their reaction The Canadian AIDS Society, which represents 46 AIDS service groups across the country, called the plan an important step forward However, k Richard Bur * Increased funding to y- based and non-governmental AIDS groups. In Ottawa, Liberal. AIDS critic David Dingwall attacked the plan, zynski said overburdened community groups must have more money to con atinue providing services to people withgIDS.