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Education review

Anyone concerned with B.C.'s
education system — and that
should include nearly all of us —
will want to take in part or all of

doubt it will listen attentively to
what they have to say. The com;
mission also wants to hear from
students and their parents. Mr.
Sulli has h d that he

the Royal Cc on
Education when it kicks off its
initial series of public hearings
Tuesday in Castlegar.

The review, the first in the
province in more than 25 years,
will study every level of education
from kindergarten to post-
secondary. While it has o broad

the

headed by Vancouver lawyer Barry
Sullivan will take a hard look at the
adequacy of our educational
programs.

If successful — and sometimes
this can be a big if — the com-
mission will determine the shape
and vision of education in B.C. for
decades to come. That means the
results of this commission will not
only affect those presently
enrolled in our schools, but will
likely be felt by generations of
students not yet born.

That's a massive responsibility
for one man. But of course, the
commission can't do it without the
advice, and opini

wants the review to be seen
through the eyes of the “learner”,
who gets up every morning and
goes to school.

“We want to know what he finds
when he gets there and if it is the
right thing,” Mr. Sullivan says.

To do that he has embarked on
an extensive tour of the province
during which he intends to meet
both formally and informatly with
students and their parents.

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Letters to the Editor

for other concerned
organizations to make their les
known. — again either formally
through written or oral sub-
missions at the public hearings, or
informally.

The whole idea behind a Royal
Commission on Education is to find
out how the public perceives the
Present system and what im-
provements — if any — can be
made,

di

is or rgani i
to appear before the

wanting
issi should write to the

of all B.C. residents. The com-
mission was not established to
hear only from educators or
professionals, though there is no

Secretary, Royal Commission on
Education No. 350-900 Howe St.,
Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2M4 or call
660-4010 (24 hours).

Hearing needed here

While the Royal Commission on
Education begins its province-wide
tour Tuesday in Castlegar, another
royal commission is also preparing
to get underway. The Royal Com-
mission on Electoral Boundaries, a
one-man commission headed by
Judge Thomas Fisher, will in-

ig B.C.’s ot b
ridings to see if they shouldn't
somehow be split.

The commission's first hearing
date is Friday in Vancouver: Other
hearings will be held in each of the
17 two-member ridings, though the
dates and locations won't be
published until after Friday's initial
hearing.

At first glance, 17 public
hearings would seem sufficient.

, part of the c 's
mandate is to also look into the
composition of ridings ‘‘con-
tiguous” to the 17 two-member
ridings.

Since Bound Similk

mission will affect contiguous
gs like Rossland-Trail. For in-
stance, one proposal may be to
carve out part of the Boundary-
Similkameen riding and add it to
Rossland-Trail. Another might be
to eliminate Rossland-Trail
altogether by putting parts of it in-
to three adjacent ridings.
Yet, while Rossland-Trail voters
sould be even more affected by the

Union not necessary

Some teachers must have blushed
with embarrassment at the advertise-
ment the B.C. Teachers’ Federation
put in newspapers. It says teachers are
fighting the changes in the new leg-
islation for the benefit of our children.
What a pile of hypocritical poppycock! I
would have at least respected what
teachers had to say a little more if they
had said it like it is: That they are
mostly concerned about the hip pocket.

There are a lot of good teachers out
there who are really concerned with
giving our children a good education
and they don't need the BCTF causing

Something
went
wrong

May 1 was an exciting day for the
Castlegar. The waiting for

's rec dations
than some of the two-member
ridings, the commission doesn't
plan on holding any public
meetings in Rossland-Trail — or
any of the other contiguous
ridings.

It may simply be an oversight. In
any event, the commission should
be asked to hold a public hearing
here and in other contiguous
ridings. And now is the time for
Rossland-Trail voters to contact the
commission requesting a public
hearing. The commission hasn't yet

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a two member riding, Rossland.

Trail will come under the scrutiny

of the commission because it is a
‘contiguous” riding.

In fact, in all likelihood any

recommendations by the com-

scheduled its hearing dates and
should be able to accommodate
more meetings.

Contact Terry Julian, Chief Ad-
ministration Officer, 580-p625
Howe St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C
276 or call 660-4169.

Rick pes arrival was over. But
something went wrong. My two girls
came home that afternoon very upset
because they could not see Rick. High
school students had shoved their way
in front of the children blocking their
view of Rick. A teacher asked these
Students to move out of the way but
was sworn at by the students.

This bpset me very much because
the children were so excited to see
Rick. I calmed down only after I talked
to the principal of Twin Rivers
elementary school. I wonder if the fire
department and other officials involved
in arranging this presentation for Rick
could have taken some steps to control
the crowd.

Margarida Jorge
Castlegar

Funny way
to handle

budget *

Castlegar school board has a
funny way of dealing with our
money. The board approved its
1987-88 budget last week at a
meeting held behind closed doors. It
then waited several days until its
regular monthly education commit
tee meeting before announcing the
$9 million budget.

What's in question isn't so much
the board's intent. I don’t believe
the board held the budget meeting
in private because it had anything to
hide. After all, it had held a day-long
series of public meetings with

council and the Regional District of
Central Kootenay do it. But both
council and the regional district
bring the final budget to an open
public meeting to adopt it. Why
should the school board be any
different?

We're not talking nickles and
dimes here. This school district will
spend more than $9 million next
year — easily more than the City of
Castlegar and Areas I and J com.
bined.

Besides, the board had to make
some tough decisions. It had to
deride whether to increase taxes

who
wanted to wake budget submis.
sions.

And throughout its budget delib-
erations the board had been open
and straightforward — until last
week. Then for some inexplicable
reason it decided to call a special
meeting behind closed doors to
approve the final budget.

It is not unusual for elected bodies
to discuss budget items in detail
behind closed doors; Castlegar

parent groups, teachers and other
and

. only a bit or to hold
the line. It also had to decide what
programs would remain and which
should go. Those decisions and the
reasons for them should have been
open to public scrutiny

Perhaps the board just didn't give
much importance to holding the
final meeting in public because it
had been up front with the budget
all along. That's still no excuse. If
you don't believe that, consider the
reaction if Castlegar council ap-

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proved its” bu
doors.

gets behind closed

Two weeks ago I reported that
Mayor Audrey Moore will make
$350 a day while attending meetings
as a director of the B.C. Petroleum
Corp. I also reported that Moore
could expect to attend as many as
two meetings a month.

It seems the meetings are less
frequent than that. Moore will likely

confrontation and animosity with the
government and taxpayers, the people
who pay the bills. A lot of people have
really bad feelings about teachers
these days and probably much of that
would not have come to pass if the
BCTF wasn't always agitating.

I think teachers — like everyone else
— should be paid fair’wages and have
reasonable working conditions. But I
don’t feel teachers or any public
employees should have a union — nor
do I feel they need one. The govern-
mént has to decide how much money
they can afford to pay for services, not

Thanks,
lady!

I would like to thank the lady who
backed her car into my son at the Com-
munity Complex last Saturday.

Thank you for breaking his front
tooth when he came crashing down on
the trunk of your car.

Thank you for the damage that was
done to his new bike (which by the way
he has been saving for and just
managed to purchase three weeks be-
fore).

Thank you for your caring attitude in
letting the boy walk home in a state of
shock (which in case you are interested
was a mile and a half).

And, lastly, thank you for leaving so
promptly afterward.

I do hope your conscience lets you
sleep at night.

Karen Posnuk
Castlegar

WITH BILL 19

the unions. In my opinion unions cannot
get higher wages for government
employees than the government would
be willing to pay anyway and without
unions the hassle, bitter

‘wan
nominated to the Social Credit can-
didacy in the Trail-Rossland riding at a
recent nominating convention in Trail,

25 YEARS AGO

From the May 10, 1962
News

Castlegar

The Kinnaird swimming pool may be
opened by mid-June, it was disclosed at
the village council meeting Monday
night when a special meeting was held
with representatives of the Kinnaird
Swimming Pool Society.

In order to have the pool operational, '
said Gwilym Hughes, the construction
of ‘a fence, concrete apron and bath
house should first be completed.

. 6 6

The old Castlegar ballgrounds may
eventually undergo a complete change
and become a beautiful and restful park
under the capable management of the
Kinsmen Club.

An offer to undertake the work was
presented on behalf of the club by
president Ernie Krueteky.

From the May 11 1972
The course the arena referendum

will take remains unsteady but nobody
has hoy

feelings and animosity would be avoid-
ed. If government workers go on strike
they only raise anger with the public
who have to pay the bills (as the Soli-
darity-silent majority proved in 1983).

We don't need our province “brought
to its knees;” we need co-operation to
make it grow and prosper so our
chlidren will have a place to work when
they finish school. And their parents
will have a job so they can afford to put
them through school.

It makes me angry when I see what
we have to deduct from our employees’
paycheques to pay for government
services. People wouldn't need such
high wages if they got to keep more of
what they earn.

With the new legislation teachers
will have a direct “friendly” line right
to the government for their real con-
cerns about children’s education with-
out the BCTF manipulating and cre-
ating a poor atmosphere. And most
importantly, we don’t need teachers
instilling the idea in our children that
the way to solve problems is to go on
strike.

Finally, in regards to children not
having a lunch for school, I think
someone should investigate the real
reason they don't before they ask
taxpayers to foot the bill for that, too.
For those that really cannot afford to
grow a garden and bake bread to feed
their children perhaps the BCTF could
show its concern and use its member-
ship to pay for lunches.

Iris Bakken
Salmo

Last Thursday, a special committee
established to work out a plan that
would be suitable to all districts in the
area dissolved itself because it could
not reach an agreement.

Castlegar Ald. Andy Shutek said he
would not let the matter lie dormat.

.

A doctor's wife's view of abortion
was expressed at the annual meeting of
the B.C. Conference of the United
Church of Canada in Langley this week
by a Castlegar woman.

Mrs. Adele Yule, wife of Dr. M. Yule,
told delegates representing 300 con-
gregations from across the province
that she had “lived through many a
crisis with her husband” on the matter

of abortion.
5 YEARS AGO

From the May 9, 1982
News

Castlegar council Thursday agreed
to postpone a three mill tax increase
until city staff has had a chance to
examine further cost-cutting measures.

Finance committee chairman Ald.
Albert Calderbank, told a special
council budget meeting that he had met
with administor Larry Cruikshank and
asked him to investigate ways the city
can reduce costs.

. 8 «

Castlegar council Thursday voted to
cut their 1982 pay increases by
one-third to “set an example” for tax-
payers.

Council was scheduled to receive a 15
per cent pay hike but agreed to accept
only a 10 per cent pay increase.

Labor's key concerns

Editor’s note: Here are some of the
key clauses in the proposed Industrial
Relations Reform Act (Bill 19) that
concern the B.C. Federation of Labor.

© Section 65 — Statute language

shops only.
© Section 137.96 (1) — Legi pay

well as the rights of the parties

inequity. This clause instructs arbit-
ators to consider “the need to maintain
an appropriate between

in coll bargaining, say
labor officials.
It binds the council to try to

or i in a

takes preced over coll agree-
ments. Collective agreements, whose
language tempers and modifies the
broader wording of general statutes,
no longer are binding when local
authorities want relief from their
provisions.

For example, the Municipal Act
gives discretion to local managers to
reduce workforces. That would take
precedence over contract language
stipulating manning levels for police
and firefighters.

Similarly, the Colleges Act gives
total discretion to colleges on the firing
of instructors despite job security
protections won over years of bargain.
ing.

© Section 9 — Right to Work
Legislation. Requirements that emp-
loyees belong to a trade union as a

attend about six to eight ings a
year. B.C. Petroleum Corp.'s last
meeting — prior to one this week —
was in April,

And for a while it appeared Moore
might not be paid $350 a day. The
order-in-council that came down
appointing her to the board did not
include the $350 per diem rate —
even though others appointed to the
board were getting the rate.

But an Energy Minister spokes.
man said Moore‘s rate was simply
omitted to push the appointment
through quickly. The rate will be
included in another order-in-council.

dition of employ do not apply
to people hired as apprentices or
trainees and those trainees may be
employed after the training without
becoming union members.

B.C. Fed officials fear this clause
signals the end of “closed shops” as
employers seek trainees with anti-
union biases to dilute the bargaining
unit.

e Section 9.1 — Contracting Out.
Federation advisers say this clause will
result in the layoffs of thousands of
workers who now have job security
because of union-negotiated agree
ments with employers stipulating work
can be cortracted out to unionized

worksite, a provision labor says flouts
union efforts to win pay equity for
women and entrenches discrimination.

@ Section 137.96 (2) — Ability to
Pay. Wage controls are enshrined in
legislation by this clause, which makes
ability of public-sector employers to
pay the “paramount factor” in deter-
mining whether a contract will be
approved.

@ Section 137.9 (7) — This clause
provides for union members to be

or dismissed by
their employers for failing to return to
work, cooperate with a mediator,
appear before a fact-finder or, gen-
erally, comply with any other order in
the Disputes Resolution section of the
new legislation.

e Section 5.1 — End of union
security clauses. Under this clause,
individuals cannot have their union
memberships withheld or revoked as
disciplinary measures, except where
there has been a dues default.
Organized labor argues this protects
the rights of individuals to the
exclusion of the rights, will and good of
the majority. Its result will be
union-busting from within the ranks of
unions, labor says.

‘© Section 27 — Purposes and objects
of the legislation. This clause en-
shrines the breakdown of union sec-
urity by making the Industrial Re-
lations Council responsible for con
sidering the rights of individuals as

the effect of labor disputes on
third parties, even though employer-
employee relationships are private,
according to labor.

© Section 34 — Invites court part-”.
icipation. This clause limits the ex-
elusive jurisdiction of the Labor
Relations. Board — now the Industrial
Relations Council — to settle matters
arising under the act. In the past, the
board retained jurisdiction because it
was a specialized body whose mandate
assumed that common law should not
be applied collective bargaining dis-
putes.

© Section 4.1 — Secondary boycotts
prohibited. This clause removes from
unions the right to refuse to deal with
products that are boycotted, even
where their contracts permit this. For
example, Pacific Press employees have
contract provisions that permit them to
refuse to handle advertising copy from
advertisers who are being struck. The
legislation will make that clause void.

Section 37 — Double breasting.
This clause, designed to prevent
companies from doing an “end run”
around their unions by simultaneously
operating union and non-union oper-
ations, has been amended to permit
such dummy companies. Employers
ean form new non-union companies in
competition with their union arms as
long as the companies do not have “the
same operational control and dir-
ection.” Employers could, for example,
simply set up their family members as
direc ors.

hod HEAR 10. . . Mike Picton (left) and Robin Russel!
Keep the action going at the annual Kiwanis auction
held Saturday. John Russell of Russell's Auction did

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the opportunity to live,
study for a week in com-
munities across the interna-
tional boundary line.
Wallace, the son of Jim and

pe

ary school.

Next week two Castlegar shop oe
students will accompany
Wallace and Rochester back

much of the Suciionsering: All items were donated
and all proceeds from the
Kiwanis events in the community.

auction go to funding

Vernon.

The average bridge score
60, Winners were: first
- es Glover and Wayne

Comte... 226-7458

It is all a part of the Rotary Finn Schultz 66; fourth —

drive for international under-
Wallace,

Church makes appeal

Last week the CBC program The
Journal aired programs on the desper-
ate situation in Mozambique.
Thousands have died and many more
will follow unless there is an immediate
and substantial relief effort from out-
side the country.

The crisis is largely due to the des-
truction of agricultural, health, trans-
portation and other systems by the
South African-backed “banditos,”
making it almost impossible for the
Mozambique government to respond to
the current drought and other. natural
disasters which ‘ha¥e récently plagued
the country.

At its 62nd annual meeting last
weekend, the B.C. Conference of the

United Church passed a resolution en-
couraging local congregations to make
a special donation to the United
Church's World Development and
Relief Appeal for work in Mozambique.
Local churches were also urged to
make sure their communities were
aware that any donation to this fund
would go directly to those needing the
assistance and that income tax receipts
would be issued for the contributions,

The funds will be forwarded im-
mediately to the headquarters of the
United Church in Toronto as’ desig?
nated gifts to Mozambique and then
sent on to the programs already oper
ating in that country. Because the ad-

ministrative structures are already in
place, every dollar donated will go dir-
ectly to assist the people.

The B.C. Conference resolution also
encouraged Canadians to write to the
Minister of External Affairs asking
that Canada give more relief ‘and de-

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and that the government make man-
datory the present voluntary sanctions
on Canadian trade with South Africa —
the country which is supporting the
terrorists in Mozambique.

Try to solve ‘murder’

Imagine an evening of fine
wine and excellent cuisine —
a good chance to mingle with
your friends. Then the lights
go out. As a scream pierces
the air and the lights go back
on, you see a body lying on
the floor . . .

person:
dunnit.

why.

“Murder at the Fireside”
promises this and much
more. Who did it? Several
suspects will be brought for
ward — all will have good
reason to commit murder. All
will profess their innocence,
but one of them will be a cold.

and determine who-

“Murder at the Fireside”
is, of course,
participation dinner-theatre.
Attendance is
purchase your tickets early.

If you like Clue, reading
Agatha Christie mysteries,
or even watching reruns of
“Ellery Queen,”
blooded murderer. love “Murder at the Fire-

Your job will be to find side.”
“Murder at the Fireside” is

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Sleuthing will be occurring at SunFest ‘87,

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