Saturday, November 7, 1992 @ — Letters oWHE EDITOR Small business gets the-short end of the stick rapists from illegal abuse but small business people have no such protection when Revenue Canada decides to abuse and extort money from them? In the minds of all politicians and Revenue Canada psychopaths, the working person is apparently the greater criminal and desérves this abuse. Being forved to collect the GST (Government Squandering Tax) without being paid to do 80 is only one example of the abuse of business people by government. Why don’t politicians and civil servants work for free as small business must? Mr. Prime Minister, during the constitutional debate, the public was nob told that the Income Tax Act overrules the Constitution and the Charter. Why change the Constitution when it is the Income Tax Act that should be eliminated to stop this brutal abuse of people? In future, would it not be more honest to refer to you as Crime Minister Mulroney? PS. Anyone wishing documentation of Revenue Canada abuses may contact me at 251-3rd Ave. S., Saskatoon, Sask. S7K 1M3 m Saturday, November 7, ‘1992 OurViEWS Glory giving poor excuse It feels good to be generous. There's a certain sense of accom- plishment when we volunteer our time and efforts in the community. And it’s good that projects around the city are given a pat on the back We hear what so-and-so has done with the grant they fought so hard to get, and this is what they have to show for it. That’s when we see lots of ' handshaking and happy faces. But these are achievement- oriented projects — things to point at ee “Look, I did that.” _ It’s less tangibly rewardin into the Balaton Army’s rae ak and simply leave a bag of groceries. You don’t get the big pay-off of seeing what you’ve accomplished. There's nothing to take a photo of to put in a scrapbook. ; Maybe that’s why the food bank isn’t getting enough donations. Are we so shallow that we can’t make an ec to help them out because ere’s no con i posideh crete results to pose in Everyone should be fully aw the demand the cold ce eh pine on families that can barely get by. It is inevitable increased heating costs Adrian RAESIDE UIERE 100% BEHIND OUR ft LEADER! WE AN WHO er LEAD ) INTO VICTORY without any recourse to the courts, Why is THE NEXT ELECTION... this so, in light of your remarks in the Commons? f Why does your very reverend ‘Minister’ of lies, abuse, prostitution, extortion, torture and revenue refuse to release income tax information to third parties when requested to do so? Why does this same minister tell lies to third parties instead of releasing the information requested? Where does he get the authority to overrule the Supreme Court? I speak from personal experience; anyone wanting documentation may contact me. Mr. Prime Minister, please explain to the public why many small business people and other working people whose earnings make a living for you and all the civil servants and other politicians are treated far worse by Revenue Canada than prostitutes are treated by pimps. Your ‘good’ government pays these Revenue Canada psychopaths to commit these political crimes. Pimps go to jail for mistreating prostitutes; Revenue Canada employees get paid for their abuses. _ Does this seem fair and democratic to you? Why does the Charter of Rights and Freedoms protect pimps, murderers and to the realities of poverty We saw many projec sustaining communities. the facilities and maintaining them. The cy by the process of development that takes pla It was very encouraging to see the money we raised being put to An open letter to Brian Mulroney: A few years ago, you gave Nelson Mandela $10 million dollars US so he could start a revolution in his country. Would you approve of some foreign power giving the natives of Oka, Que. $10 million dollars to fund a Canadian revolution? A few years ago, 80 per cent of Canadians wanted capital punishment reinstated. You, as a dictator, said ‘No’. Obviously, you considered the people who elected you ignorant because they want government by the people, for the people; a democracy. Many Canadians do not like the Young Offenders Act, because it promotes crime through lenient sentencing and protecting the identity of the young criminals and their parents. Canadians want changes to this act, but you refuse to make them. Democracy? More importantly, Mr. Mulroney, you stated not long ago in the House of Commons that “all Canadians are innocent until proven guilty ina court of law.” Was this a deliberate lie, or a political error? Let’s let the readers decide. Revenue Canada’s political psychopaths can legally cheat, abuse, defraud, prostitute and torture completely innocent people Thailand trip opens the eyes Last February I helped co-ordinate the 30-Hour Famine at H.D. Stafford Secondary School in Langley,. Through this event, our school raised over $5,000 for World Vision Canada to help alleviate world hunger. We joined schools, churches, and individuals across ithout food for 30 hours to raise $2 million. PAGE} War of words brewing over NUC Recent potshots in the local media by Mickey Kinakin and Patricia Murphy over post-secondary education funding are just po aap Se in what romises to be Later py a long war of Kinakin — better known as Castlegar school trustee for Area I — is concerned about funding for the West Kootenay Teacher Education Program. That’s the program INtON colleges in the U.S. The program has about 30 part-time students — the equivalent of about a dozen full-time students. Their dispute is over NUC’s push for degree- granting status. Armed with 900 letters of support — among them one from author Pierre Berton and another from environmentalist David Suzuki — NUC plans to take its case to the D.D. Cranfield Saskatoon S Comments from the Crossroads Please address all letters to: Letters to the Ron NORMAN Dave McCullough Publisher Scott David Harrison Editor Mickey Read Composing Room Foreman Warren Chernoff Accountant Mary Ann Fullerton Circulation Manager Burt Campb Publisher Emeritus will cut into money that towards food. * —_ Make no mistake, this is not to discount the merits of organized community groups. But there is a need fo i t ben ne be r the silent A simple, quiet i : gesture will do a lot of good. And someone, to himself or herself perhaps, will thank you for it. housed in the former He iedgareie Elementary ool which offers one degrees Py a year and two-year e program, a joint effort of Selki roltene, the University of B.C., the One ee Agency and local school districts at been operating for three years. . ~ ning is president of Nelson University : ya gn privately-operated institution at offers university-credit courses through affiliations with universities and proymacinl jegieisture. ut the lett suupors are only one part of NUC’s phboas g : so plans to resurrect a promise the New is gale made during the election that store a uni 1 i faity ap ie degree-granting t’s that promise that h i i others at Selkirk College oat and 7 md Kinakin, a provincial New Democratic Noe member, teamed up with another member, Bev Onischak, and prepared please see NORMAN page 7 Street TALK LV. Campbell Aug. 7, 1947- Feb. 15, 1973 Question: Are i you more protective of your children since the Nelson abduction allegations? ; s Liz Mashado Castlegar “Yeah, I’ve been picking up my kid at the bus stop.” now.” Harjinder Thind Castlegar “Yes, I drop my child off at school Judy Currie Brilliant “Yes. I’ve talked to them about it.” Dinah Lutze Castlegar “Yes. I’m really enforcing the buddy system.” Lorelei Hansen Castlegar “Yes, I keep them in my sight all the time.” or deliver them to 197 Columbia Ave. Letters should be typewritten, — double-spaced and not longer than 300 words. Letters MUST be signed and include the writer's first and last names, address and a telephone number at which the writer can be reached between 9 a.m. and5 p.m. The writer's name and city or town of residence only will be published. Only in exceptional cases will letters be published anonymously. Even in those cases, the name, address and phone number of the writer MUST be disclosed to the editor. The News reserves the right to edit letters for legality, grammar and taste. the country in going an en ‘amine were eligible ‘How I n representative, who made the final selection. Canada were the proud winners of a trip to lucky enough to be one of them. children were just so ere the most memorable ines about hungry w real those hungry children are. I saw real poverty th But in the midst of the darkness, there was light. World Vision is doing tremendous work with the Thai people. work where it is so desperately needed. I want to encourage all students to be a part of the 30 Hour Famine. That experience alone wa s an eye-opener for me as to how it feels to go without food for even a short period of time. You can be assured that the money raised will make a significant difference in the lives of so many who need it. Christy Niemi Langley | MORE LETTER Norman a report for the party on the de- gree-granting promise. (Kinakin and Onischak are also Selkirk College employees — Ki- nakin in the maintenance depart- ment and Onischak as a nursing instructor). . The report says pretty much what Kinakin recently told the Regional District of Central Kootenay: that the West Kootenay can’t support another post-sec- ondary institution. “The university centre idea has not worked in Nelson,” argues Ki- emise of both in the versity “It is institutions.” Kinakin’s got a point. It doesn’t make sense to put a university in Nelson just because there was one 40 years ago. Times change. Populations shift. Look at Trail, for instance. In 1947 Trail was the third largest community in the province with a population of nearly 10,000. 4 But in the last 45 years the population has moved to other communities so that Trail’s pre- sent population of 7,000 is minis- cule by comparison. Does that mean that Trail should be treated as though it is still the third-largest community in B.C. entitled to all the fa- member, think again. His tough- est fight over this issue will come from within his own party because many of those who supported Nel- son-Creston MLA Corky Evans in the last election are also some of NUC's biggest boosters. They, too, have been lobbying within the the party for a univer- ‘sity centre for Nelson. So we have the prospect of a re- al tug-of-war within the local NDP over this issue. There could also be a tug-of-war between Selkirk College and NUC. Ten or 15 years ago, Selkirk wasn't involved in degree-granti- ng programs, 80 there wouldn’t have been any conflict. But times have changed and so have com- munity colleges. They are taking on new roles in the 1990s — roles that find them doing many of the things universities have done in the past. Selkirk could find itself competing with NUC. This issue could also shape up between a tug-of-war between Castlegar and Nelson. Many in Nelson equate Selkirk with Castlegar because the main campus is located here. (Nelson has never really accepted Selkirk, even though it has a vocational campus at Rosemont — perhaps because it is a vocational program and not a liberal arts program. There are times, if you were to go by media attention, that you would think NUC with its 30 part- time students was larger than Selkirk with its nearly 500 stu- dents). Still, Kinakin has one thing in his favor: the provincial budget. It’s awash in red ink and you can be sure Finance Minister Glen Clark won't be quick to throw money into a new university a8 long as things remain the way they are.