yy. u__Castlagar News _cecenber 3.1906 Strikers' families find little joy in Christmas MACKENZIE (CP) — As the strike by British Col umbia woodworkers drags on into its fifth month, families find little joy in Christmas preparations when they can searcely afford food and clothing. “This strike has practically paralysed our way of life,” said 23-year-old Loretta Whyte. Whyte and her hus band Andy have two chil- dren. Andy is a member of the Pulp, Paper and Wood workers of Canada at the B.C. Forest Products’ saw mill. His union represents 570 woodworkers who went on strike Aug. 10, just two weeks after 20,000 members of the International Wood workers of America began their strike. The issue is the same in both strikes, the woodwork ers don’t want the companies to contract out their jobs. “Trying to live on $110-a week, strike pay instead of $500 a week is almost impos. sible,” Loretta Whyte said “There's no money for winter clothes or Christmas or a movie or even gas money to visit family in Prince George (190 kilometres south of here). “And we're among the luckier ones, because my parents have helped out with buying of winter clothing.” The Whytes are reduced to eating basics like milk, bread and eggs with a rationed amount of fresh fruit and vegetables. They are also fortunate to have moose meat — it's the only meat they eat. “What are we supposed to do when there's no money to put Christmas gifts under the tree?” she asked. “A two- year-old's Christmas should be pretty special. But we keep telling Jenna not to look for that favorite doll she wants, because it's a real long shot she'll get it.” Whyte would like Premier Bill Vander Zalm to legislate the workers back to their jobs. Interim pastor leaving Al Simpson, Calvary Bap tist Chareh’s interim pastor is leaving to take a position at a church” dn Vancouver Is land. Simpson has been Calvary Baptist’s interim pastor since the sudden passing of Rev. Harold Duckworth last April. Simpson has accepted a call to Slugget Memorial Baptist Church in Brentwood Bay. Simpson, his wife Kath ie and two girls will be taking up the post beginning in the new year. On Sunday morning the Castlegar church held a special service commission. Your Fireplace CAN HEAT your (Operates efficiently from a low burn rate to over 90,000 BTU's Home with wood. Amy Irving stars in the title role in “Anastosia: The Story of Anna,” an NBC miniseries airing Dec. 7 and 8. ROYAL MYSTERY NEW CALLING . . . According to scripture, deacons representing their local church pray and lay hands ing Simpson in the name of aciiee mame the Lord unto his future min istry. The “Simpson's first duty at Calvary Baptist was as helper to pastor Duck worth. upon pastor Al Simpson and wi missioning them unto their new calling Photo by George somes ing? Call us now! ! Thursday, Dec. 4 through to Wednesday, Dec. 10 HEY KIDS! ¢o4 ee News Surprise your Family, Friends, Neighbors and Relatives by having a story published in the Castlegar News. A ols you caw St ths v the last 90 days. Thinking These homes have sold in %* Proposed changes good for Canada Much has been said, written and reported about the bill now before Parliament which proposes to extend patent protection to pharmaceuticals. I have read and heard allegations that the proposed changes to the Patent Act will cause “exhorbitant increases in the price of prescription drugs;” that they wil) “do away with generic drugs;” and that our “Pharmacare system will be put at risk.” There must be a great deal of misinformation floating about because this bill will produce none of these > Brisco Report By Kootenay Torres to speak at service Former Guatemalan law yer Marta Torres, now a buman rights worker living in Vancouver and staff per son in the Christian Task Force on Central America, will be in Castlegar Sunday at Grace Presbyterian WHY WAIT ‘TILL SPRING? BUCK HAVEN Outdoor Power Equipment Wenete Rd, ot Beaver Ch...5. of Troll finished ‘ond fenced beckyerd. Priced of of Wednesday, December 3, 1986 Supplement to the Castlegar Castlégar News All you have to do is enter the... ‘alt built family home in Mecdows teotvring igh Setoment move inte t $40 million Biomedical Research Centre currently under Cc Story Contest Sponsored by the Castlegar Public Library and the Castlegar News It's simple to enter: + Just write © short story of up to 300 words beginning with the line mes Eve like never before” ond ending with the line: Christmas. Wt wes @ Christ That wos the true spirit of ‘Mail of bring your story into the Castlegar Public Library (Kinneird or main branch) or to the Costlegor News by I p.m., on Wed.. Dec. 10. Include your name, address, age and telephone number The Christmas Short Story Contest has been divided into 3 age categories € inder — Ages 13 and 14 The three stories in each group chosen by the judges os the best in each group will be jednesdey published in the Castlegor News Christmas Greetings Tabloid on W: December 24. In addition, book certificates will be oworded as first, second ond third prizes in each category Church to speak at a human rights day prayer service. Torres is especially con cerned with the great num bers of orphaned children and widows and other rela- tives of the “disappeared” in Guatemala. Her daughter, Gabriella, was in Castlegar last year as a delegate to the Peace through Communication International Youth Confer. ence sponsored by the Douk hobor community. The prayer service is joint ly sponsored by the Christian Task Force, the Ten Days for World Development commit. tee and Amnesty Interna. tional and all members of the public are welcome to attend. A highlight of the service will be the symbolic freeing of a prisoner from a prison undesirable effects. The intent of the legislation is to grant drug manufacturers exclusive rights to the marketing and sales of newly developed prescription drugs for seven to 10 years, in order that they may recover the costs of developing these products. Canada is the only country in the industrialized world which presently does not extend patent protection to drug manufacturers. The effects have been negative, and clearly the law needs to be changed. The present system allows so-called generic drug producers to manufacture and sell copies of brand-name drugs by paying the patent holder a fee equal to four per cent of the sales. This system was adopted in 1969, and during the 1970s did not appear to be a problem because it was taking most generic companies 10 to 12 years to produce marketable copies. But in recent years, the generic producers have been turning out copies in less than five years Because of this trend in the industry most drug companies which had been conducting pharmaceutical research in Canada have now either packed up and left the country or have frozen their investments in Canada, describing Canada as “inhospitable” to research and development. As a result Canada has lost thousands of construction at UBC. I am confident that this type of investment will create opportunities for many of our bright young students in Kootenay West to make their contributions in Canada for Canadians. Besides enjoying the substantial benefits of increased research and development activity, Canadians will continue to enjoy the low prices of generic drugs. These drugs will continue to be produced. Existing generic drugs presently on the market will remain on the market. And the proposed legislation will not affect the price of those drugs. All that the proposed Patent Act changes will affect is the time frame for the production of generic copies. The delay in the availability of lower priced generic drugs is expected to have a very minor effect on drugs prices. It is estimated that the average household, which today spends $230 per year on prescription drugs, will be paying $3 a year more by 1990. This legislation also proposes to create a Drug Prices Review Board to protect Canadian consumers from drug price increases. It will be the responsibility of the review board to ensure that drug manufacturers charge fair prices for newly developed drugs while under the period of patent protection. Gatuy 21 | MOUNTAINVIEW AGENCIES “40 Buick Somewel BUICK GMC LTD. 1700 Columbia Ave a If the board determines the price of a new drug to be out of line, it can impose a price ceiling. If the drug company continues to sell at above the ceiling, the board may revoke the drug's period of protection and open it up to early competition from the generics. Furthermore, the government intends to make a transitional payment of $25 million annually to the provinces over the next four years to cover any increased costs to Pharmacare programs which may result from delays in the availability of generic drugs. This is primarily to protect our senior citizens, 95 per cent of whom are covered by medical insurance plans which pay for most, if not all, of the price of their prescription drugs. The bill which proposes to amend the Patent Act will not cause drug prices to jump. Nor will it place in jeopardy our Pharmacare system. Nor will it cause unnecessary hardship on our senior citizens. Nor will it do away with generic drugs We will continue to be able to buy the prescription drugs we use today, and we will continue to have access to generic drugs in the future. But instead of being copies of British or American drugs, tomorrow's generics will be copies of Canadian drugs, developed and manufactured in Canada by Canadians. cell THE SELKIRK COLLEGE FOUNDATION addresses jobs, billions of dollars in research and development, and many Canadian-trained scientists. In 1982 NDP MP Lorne Nystrom, reacting to the announcement by Ayerst International that it moving its pharmaceutical research laboratories from Montreal to New Jersey, asked the government what action it would take to “make sure we can do this pharmaceutical research in our own country.” In 1983 the Liberal government called for changes to the Patent Act “in order to create a better climate for investment and research in Canada.” Both the Liberals and the NDP want the system changed. So why are they now opposed? This legislation is good for Canada, and for all Canadians. The industry is committed to increasing its research investment in Canada by an estimated $1.4 billion by 1995. 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