Saturday, October 17, 1992 @

REFERENDUM “92

@ Saturday, October 17, 1992

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22-7518. A

-- you agree that the

Onstitution of Canada
Should be renewed on the
basis of the agreement
reached on August 28, 1992

Acceptez-vous que ta
Constitution du Canada
soit renouvelée sur tla
base de Ventente conclue
le 28 aoat 1992 ?

You have a say in the matter.

2 CE POLLS.
IF YOU CAN’T VOTE ON REFERENDUM DAY, YOU CAN STILL VOTE AT THE ADVAN

If your name is on the Voters’ List, you can vote on refer-
endum day. However, if you are elderly, ill, disabled, or if
you cannot vote on referendum day for any other reason,

you can vote early.

Your Advance Poll will be open from noon to 8 P.M.,
Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23. The
address is on your Enumeration Card.

If you still cannot vote on these days, call the Elections
Canada office in your riding (the number is on your Enu-
meration Card). They will tell you about other possibilities.

On referendum day, Monday, October 26, voting will
take place between 9 A.M. and 8 P.M. The address of
your Polling Station is on your Enumeration Card.

If you have misplaced your Enumeration Card and do not
know the address of your Polling Station, call the Elections
Canada office in your riding.

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purpose of directly supporting or opposing the referendum
question, on Polling Day or the day before Polling Day.

ENFORCEMENT OF THE REFERENDUM ACT

The Commissioner of Canada Elections is responsible

for enforcing the Referendum Act. Any complaints al-
leging violations of the Act should be forwarded to the
Commissioner of Canada Elections, 1595 Telesat Court,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OM6.

b All Polling Stations in Canada, with few exceptions,
provide level access. If this symbol f appears
on your Enumeration Card, your Polling BE4 Station
is not accessible. To make special arrangements, contact the
Elections Canada office in your riding.

VOTERS IN RURAL AREAS

If you live in a rural area and your name is not on the
Voters’ List, you can vote, only on referendum day, as
long as a registered voter from your polling division
vouches for you.

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TIME ALLOCATED TO EMPLOYEES FOR VOTING

According to the law, every employee who is eligible to
vote is entitled to have four consecutive hours to vote
while the polls are open on the day of the referendum.
No deduction in pay or penalty can be imposed on the
employee as a result.

Polls: October 22 and 25 1902
an Dav: October 26, 1992

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Jean-Pierre Kingsley,
Chief Electoral Officer of Canada

The non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of the federal referendum

Our person
for
Our People
Corinne Jackson
365-7266

A LOVE OF
LABOR

Australian labor
poet Jeff
Goodfellow will
be visiting the
West Kootenays
next week.
Goodfellow has
become known
for his readings
to workers at
their job site.
Although he is
unable to oblige
Castlegar’s
laborers during
this tour,
Goodfellow will
be giving a free
presentation at
Selkirk College
next Tuesday at
noon.

ATTENTION

WOMEN

The Canadian
Cancer Society
has named
October “Breast
Health” month.
The organization
hopes to raise
awareness of
breast cancer, a
disease that
affects one out of
every 10 women.
A breast self
examination
clinic will be held
on Oct. 28 at the
Castlegar
Hospital from 5
p.m, to 9 p.m. No
appointment is
necessary. For
more information
call 365-6498, or
365-2737.

FREE

SEMINAR

Selkirk College's
Nelson campus
is presenting a
free People’s
Law School
seminar on
“Mortgage
Matters” on Oct.
19. Pre-
registration is
required.

OurPEOPLE

FROM TAIPEI WITH LOVE

Castlegar’s Lorraine Paszty loving every minute of Far East living

Dear Castlegar,

Hello and greetings from Taipei.

The first month of my stay here
has rolled around.

I can honestly say that I like it
here and I have a terrible feeling
that the time will go by too
quickly.

When I first stepped off the
plane, I had no idea as to what I
could expect — books can only say
a little — everyone’s experience is
different. Anyway, when I did step
off the plane, it was hot, humid
and a typhoon was on its way!

I celebrated my birthday on the
plane, so in a way I can say that
going to Taiwan is the best
birthday gift I could ever have.

After the first few days of
getting over the wonderful thing of
jet lag, I must say that everything
at first seemed so different. The
people, the food, the language — I
was lost for a few days in my own
little world.

Now, however, I am striving
hard to learn the language and I
am really enjoying getting to know
the people.

I think that the first week here
was most difficult as everything was so different and I knew few
people.

The air pollution and the traffic is extremely bad here and
that is probably what I dislike the most. But it is the reality of
this rapidly industrializing country.

I am living in a suburb of Taipei called Panchiao. Depending
on the traffic, it can take me anywhere from 40 minutes to an
hour-and-a-hour to get to school. It is terrible.

I take the public bus and it is awfully hot and crowded.

One must remember that I am living on an island the size of
Vancouver Island with the population of Canada on it. I must
say that living in Castlegar with a population of 6,700 to Taipei,
a city of over three million, is crazy. With this many people and
such a small land mass the cities are rather dirty and smell
quite bad.

As for my Mandarin Chinese language classes at the YMCA,
they are going quite well. I am really looking forward to the day
when I can actually have a good conversation in Chinese with a
Chinese person. For now, I will have to live with broken
Chinese.

I go to class at the YMCA from 9 a.m. until noon. The class
itself is quite casual and there are only us three PAC Rim
scholarship students in the class.

In November, we will be transferred to the university, and
here things will be more strict and there will be five in each
class.

After classes, I have a variety of activities to do.

Once a week I take calligraphy classes and volunteer at a
daycare. Twice a week, I teach English and on the weekends I
usually explore Taipei with my friends.

The homestay in Taiwan is quite different than that of Japan
or Canada. Basically, it’s more like room and board. It is
sometimes difficult as I miss that close relationship with family.
Needless to say, I still try to get involved with the family as
much as possible and share Canadian culture with them.

There are some things in Taiwan that still take some getting
used to. For example, there are military guards all over the
place with open guns everywhere. All males must serve two
years in the military so there is a great influence of the military
in Taiwan.

Although I am basically used
to it now, it still gives me chills to
walk past one of these guards.

As for the weather, now it is
fall here and it is quite
comfortable. It is about 25
degrees Celsius in the day and 18
at night. When I first arrived
here, it was in the high 30s.

The Chinese say that it is cold
now and people are actually
wearing sweaters already.

An umbrella is part of
everyday life. It can be fine in
the morning but it can suddenly
change to rain and if you have no
umbrella, well either you get
soaked to the bone or you have to
buy another one. I have already
bought three. I have learned not
to leave home without one.

Oh yes, there have been two
earthquakes here as well. They
happen quite frequently so I am
told to get used to it.

Apparently Taiwan is
earthquake proof. It is an
awfully weird feeling I must say.

The first one occurred in the
middle of the night. I just
thought it was my dream, but

apparently it was not. The second one occurred around 10 p.m.
and that was weird as well. I thought I was lightheaded or
something. I got up and then everything in the house swaying.
It lasted for about 30 seconds.

Apparently this last earthquake was 3.8 on the Richter'scale.
However, on the east coast it was 5.8.

So far I have not done too much, travelling within Taiwan.
However, I have been to Keelung, which is a famous harbor in
Taiwan.

I have been to several concerts at the national concert hall
and to a national park and on a picnic.

There have already been several holidays here.There was the
mid-autumn festival which is also called the Moon Festival

My homestay family and I got up at 6 a.m. to go climb a
mountain. It is said that you can see the moon better there.

Anyway, I was looking forward to going on a hike. We drove
half way up this mountain and walked for five minutes.This is
their version of going hiking. I must say that there was a
spectacular view of Taipei from where we were.

There are quite a few insects here and one in particular is the
cockroach. There are so many of them and they are disgusting.

I will just pass on that subject.

Showing ones economic power is a big thing here and many
people will have a car parked in front of their home and never
even drive it. It is quite hilarious. There are a lot of wealthy
people in Taiwan.

While I am on the topic of money, for one Canadian dollar I
can get 20 Taiwan dollars.

Well, I think that I have babbled on enough about this month
in Taiwan I am really enjoying it here and I think if I left now I
would be sad.

I do still think of home and there are several things I miss
from home, which is expected.

I try not to think too much about home as the more I think
about it, the more I miss it.

I do like my new home and I am looking forward to the rest of
my time here.

Until next month,
yours in Taiwan
Lorraine Paszty