Castlégar News PAGE A4, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1991 MEMBER OF THE 8.C. PRESS COUNCH. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 7, i047 TWICE WEEKLY MAY 4, 1980 12, Fle LD Sictottine By MARTIN MEYER Recycle Advisory Group What do you do with your used motor oil? In the past it was common for people to pour it in- to the ground or, if they didn’t “want it in the ground near their homes, they would set it into INCORPORATING THE MID-WEEK T 27, 9980 LV. CAMPBELL ~ PUBLISHER, AUGUST 7, 1947-F EBRUARY 15, 1979 BURT CAMPBELL, PUBLISHER EMERITUS ~ PUBLISHER, FEBRUARY 16, 1973 MAY t, 1901 PUBLISHER — Dave McCullough EDITOR — Simon Birch LANT FOREMAN — Peter Harve; ADVERTISING MANAGER — Wayne Stolz FFICE MANAGER — Wi CIRCULATION MANAGER — Heather Hadley in Chernoff EDITORIAL. Vandals won't go away on their own Castlegar city council continues to face the unenviable task of trying to solve the problem of vandalism which continues to plague city parks. Superintendent of public works Barry Comin has given council a list of the damage to city property since Jan. 1. It amounts to $2,000 to $3,000 and really is quite shocking: Broken and burned washroom doors at Kinnaird Park, graffiti in all areas, toilets and sinks plugged with rocks in the washrooms at _ Kinnaird Park and at the C ity Complex, di being used as washrooms at Kinsmen Park and damage to sprinkler systems in all areas. The list wouldn’t be out of place'in New York City. It is out of place in Castlegar. But what to do? Last year, council passed a bylaw closing city parks between the hours. of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Council intended the bylaw as a tool for the RCMP to use against vandals, ‘generally assumed to be a small group of young people with a bad attitude. Obviously, the bylaw hasn’t worked as well as council hoped. But the police shouldn’t bear the blame because they can’t be everywhere all the time. Stepped up patrols might help, but the problem needs deeper and more thorough treatment. We’re not advocating city council take on the role of social psychologists, but one thing council could consider taking a leading role in is providing a community facility where youth can gather. It’s not a new idea. In fact, it’s been discussed often. Critics of the idea point to the Community Complex as being able to fill such a role. But the Ci ity Complex, h an ex- cellent facility, is multi-use. That means it isn’t a place local youth can call their own. Creating a youth centre isn’t a panacea for vandalism in the middle of the night. In fact, such a facility would be only one ap- proach to a complex social problem. But it could be a place, other than home and_ school, where volunteers or, perhaps,- paid professionals, could make serious attempts at changing the underlying attitudes that lead young people to destroy public property. It could be money well spent. VIEWPOINT Budget aims to please voters By GERARD YOUNG VICTORIA — B.C. Finance Minister John Jansen's budget won’t make him too many enemies among middle-class families — especially those who don’t smoke. And that’s good news for a Social ‘Credit government that needs all the friends it can muster with an election looming by falt and its popularity lagging significantly. Jansen brought down his first budget Tuesday, a $16.5-billion ef- fort that has little in the way of sur- prises and features a modest deficit, the first in three years. Jansen, a low-key chartered ac- countant,. appears to have instilled some of his pefsonality in the budget, the fifth since the Socreds were elected in 1986. There's no outrageous spending and none of the oppressive restraint that bitterly divided the province in the past. Public-sector wage controls are mentioned, but they are referred to in the same breath as taxpayers’ ability to pay and with the private sector as a guide. It’s a motherhood budget. Jansen holds the line on direct taxes on middle-class families, while fulfilling Premier Rita Johnston’s throne speech pledge that those who can afford to will pay more. Johnson’s influence on the budget is evident. Since she succeeded Bill Vander Zalm after he resigned April 2 in disgrace over conflict of interest she has emphasized an increased focus on families, women and the elderly. Tuesday’s budget put some num- bers to the cost of her wish list while Plucking some ideas from the NDP : election platform. : Jansen committed an additional $12.1 million to day care and another $4 million to fight family violence. Health, education and coping with a recession, Jansen had to run a $395-million deficit and drain the last $839 million from the Budget Fund, the govérnment’s so-called rainy day fund. And he had to raise additional revenue, always a delicate task in an election year, especially with a sluggish economy. Jansen avoided. direct taxes affec- ting the middle class, which make up the majority of voters. Instead, -he imposed a one-point increase in corporate income tax and what he calls ‘‘a deficit-fighting”’ in- come surtax on high income earners. The surtax Will be removed once the deficit is eliminated. Ontario, which recently delivered a record $9.7-billion deficit, also implemented a surtax. The corporate income tax will go to 15 per cent, but Jansen shouldn't get too many complaints. British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island have the second- lowest corporate income tax behind Quebec. The biggest beef could come from puffers who will see an additional 34 cents in tax per 25 ci drift in- their garbage cans. Of course, it would still enter the ground once it reached the landfill site. When new, crankcase oil from gas and diesel engines contains German magazine slams B.C.'s bleached pulp VANCOUVER (CP) — The magazine’s cover sets the tone. An affluent German consumer, his eyes covered by an oversized pressman’s hat, holds a fish platter in his left hand. Atop the platter lies a dead salmon, its body covered in red cancerous boils. Produced by the i In march, 330,000 copies of Das Plagiat (The Plagarist) hit the streets. Made entirely from chlroine-free pulp sup- plied by a Swedish mill, the magazine did everything Greenpeace hoped it would. “We had a big, a very big response,’’ said Christoph Thies, Greenpeace’s paper campaigner group, Greenpeace, the magazine strongly resent- bles Germany’s giant weekly icati Der in from the ““We had very fast responses iation of i i They did a Spiegel. Inside, its pages are filled with highly critical articles about British Columbia’s pulp in- dustry. It’s aimed at stopping German paper makers from buying chlorine-bleached pulp. About 313,000 tonnes of bleached B.C. pulp is shipped annually to Europe’s leading industrial nation. “In Kamloops,’’ German readers are told, “‘the air stinks . . . Nobody seems to take any notice. In this nowhere town in the middle of the wilderness of British Columbia the smell has not changed in years.”” The smell is traced to Weyerhaeuser of Canada Ltd.’s pulp mill on the banks of the Thompson River. ; “The cellulose monster of Kamloops,’’ readers are told, has dumped dioxins and furans into the water that are showing ‘up in trout and salmon eaten by 300 Shuswap Indians fishing downstream from the mill. joint statement with the (paper) producers that they support the Greenpeace demand for the alternative bleaching of pulp. “And from Der Spiegel we got a this seriously. We're a customer-driven business, and it’s really too important for us to let anything g0 by.” Others say Das Plagiat is a sign of things to come, with more European countries expected to demand more and more chlorine-free pulp. “My guess is it will continue to spread through the rest of Europe. And that certainly has a big impact on the Canadian pulp producers,"’ said Gordon Floe, project manager for NLK- Celpap Canada Inc., a leading forest i i such as ‘gents, wear reducers, viscosity enhancers and anti-oxidants. In hot engines these components undergo many reactions and form small amoun- ts of hazardous. chemicals. The oil also absorbs lead from leaded gasoline, as well as small amoun- ts of other heavy metals from the wear of the engine parts and the bearings. If the oil is released into the environment, heavy metals can dissolve in rainwater and then contaminate the groundwater, lakes and streams.~The metals then enter the food chain. Low levels of heavy metals can be toxic to aquatic life, Waste oil has also been discovered to in- duce skin cancer in mice. Lubricating oil does not ‘‘wear out.’’. It can be used repeatedly if it is cleaned and additives are replaced. In Castlegar, there are two depots for used oil: * The Mohawk station on Columbia Avenue. There is a large tank at the side of the building with a funnel on it. Just pour it in, and then bring your containers home again for the next time. Mohawk is open 24 hours a day and does not charge for this service. The used oil is then collected from the tank and reprocessed. © The Petro Canada station on Columbia Avenue. Drop off your used oil any time during normal business hours. There is no charge for this service. You can further help reduce problems related tg oil getting in- to the ground by purchasing reprocessed oil, thereby main- taining a stable market for it. Reprocessed motor oil is available at several retail outlets. New look for spring “‘Heads Up For Summer’’ Was the theme for the Castlegar Christian Women’s Club dessert evening May 16 at the Sandman Inn. Fresh flowers and colorful hats set CABLE 10 (Sun) West by Cable staff. 30 p.m. (Fri) 5:30 p.m. System (Fr) 6 pm. (Sem) (Fr) 6:30 p.m. Fr) 7 p.m. (Sun) Bud Taped at Banjo's Pub, Fri) 8 p.m. (San) 1991 . (Fr) 9 p.m. (Sam) Staff Band — Taped 6 in Trai (Wed) 3 p.m. (Fri) 1h p.m. (Sua) — Runners, Jones : Thongs, Slippers, e ss Tor the Whole Family! While Quantities Last! Last Ticketed Pri FOOTWEAR s, Casuals, Sandals, Rubber Boots 310 Columbia Ave., Castlegar ¢ 365-3255 Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m, OUR ACTION AD PHONE NUMBER IS 365-2212 the theme for Lucy Nunes and Starr Mengede of the Cut 'n Loose Beauty Salon to demonstrate the ‘‘perfect curl’? for spring. Two women from the audience received a quick “‘you- can-do-it-at-home’’ hairdo and six other women who had had their hair styled earlier in the day, modelled their new looks for spring. Next month’s meeting will be a special mother-daughter dessert evening June 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Inn. firm. Floe said he can forsee similar calls from en- that they would go for totally chlorine-free paper for their magazine as soon as it is commercially possible.”” Only the United States and Japan exceed Germany in the amount of chemically-treated wood pulp purchased from British Columbia. In 1990, Germany spent more than $271.09 million on B.C. pulp; Japan, $428.5 million; the U.S., $727.9 million. Talk of a German boycott of chlorine- bleached pulp will be discussed at a meeting of pulp producers next week, said Brian McClay, vice-president of trade affairs and markets for the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association. “On the market it really hasn’t had a lot. of impact yet,”’ McClay said. ‘‘But we are looking at in Italy and Great Britain. Combined, the two countries spend $285.5 million each year to buy 338,849 tonnes of B.C. pulp. NLK'’s extensive market survey of Burope, done for client forest companies, shows'demand for chlorine-free pulp in Germany outstrips present supply, Floe said. “For the first time we're seeing consumer concerns regarding the environment starting to impact market share of industrial products like pulp and paper,’’ he said. “*Before, consumer concerns may have impac- ted to some degree in terms of brightness and paper characteristics, but did not influence the way it was pi and how it friendly it might be." Business community lands role in Canada's constitutional debate By LARRY WELSH The Canadian Press Big business is about to give the premiers a big blast about the Con- stitution. i Leaders of Canada’s largest cor- porations plan to meet provincial leaders during the next several weeks. Their argument: Anyone would be “crazy’’ to abandon Confederation. The Business Council on National Issues, a group of 150 chief executive officers from the largest companies, has said relatively little-in recent months about the consitutional im- Passe. But behind the scenes, a small ar- my of economists and experts has been assessing economic and political council president Tom d’ Aquino said in an interview. “To anyone who says it’s broke, we say, ‘Baloney, it may have problems, but it’s not broke.’’ D’Aquino hopes the next 18 mon- ths will see the Quebec question finally resolved, the Senate reformed and powers rearranged betWeen federal and provincial governments. He believes what Canadians really want to knoy is how the prospect of Quebec ation will affect their jobs, the future of the companies they work for and what kind of education and careers they can ex- pect for their children. Significantly, d’Aquino doesn’t want to try to scare Quebec into to provincial coffers. Families will be hit with an $8-a- month increase in Medical Services Plan premiums. But about 60 per cent of premiums are paid by em- ployers as part of benefits packages. Alberta and British Columbia are the only provinces still paying health premiums. Lower-income workers who have fewer employment benefits will suf- fer the most, which will the to Ci “We came to the conclusion it isn’t broke — Confederation has, in fact, performed very well,"’ business part of Canada. The last role big business wants on the sequences separate. Threats that Quebec seniors would lose federal pension cheques — a threat in the federal government's strategy during the 1980 provincial referendum campaign — would be meaningless today. “Quebec is viable as an indepen- dent state. The question is: At what cost?” > D’ Aquino wants to talk about how the federation can be fine-tuned in- stead of engaging in a bitter, divisive argument about whether Quebec can survive on its own. “The constitutional debate is not a threat, but an opportunity to get it right.”” The business council’s economic studies will show the benefits of if Quebec dares to political stage is . warning of dire con- i ie market and the free flow of workers, goods and services — outweigh Quebec possible benefits of breaking the country apart. “If this is what federation offers, than who would be crazy enough to leave?” Regardless of what people may think about big business, the Con- servative. government pays attention to the views of senior business leaders. The business council is already carrying out a study with the federal government on ways to make the economy more competitive — a priority for the Tories. Coming meetings with provincial leaders about the Constitution are part of a careful campaign by the business council building to an inten- sive look in September at the economics of Confederation. VANCOUVER (CP) — The labor market has undergone Socreds claim of being a caring, compassionate government. Jansen’s biggest challenge was to deliver a budget that change in the past decade that signals a desperate need for worker training, says a study by the another Socred claim, that they are the only B.C. party able to respon- sibly manage the economy. Although he delivered a deficit budget, Jansen used new taxpayer Protection legislation to predict budget shortfalls each of the next three years with surpluses that balan- ce the books in the last two years of a five-year plan. Voters, however, will judge the government in an election long before that. Gerard Young writes for The Canadian Press. federal Department. In the 1980s, British Columbia underwent a radical change from @ goods-producing to a service says the study by the labor market, first put forward in 1988 as a ‘‘layer-cake’’ model. Under the jelly-doughnut model, it was discovered that core jobs — full-time, full-year, with good benefits — comprised 54 per cent of employment in British Columbia. Peripheral jobs, the outside of the jelly-doughnut model, en- compassed part-time and contract work and grew as companies and governments cut staff. The layer-cake model divided the B.C. labor market into three levels: bottom-layer entry-level Labor market screams for training high unemployment and chronic Many workers at this level still hoped for non-existent, high- paying union jobs and refused to take low-paying service jobs even though shey were all that was vailable. significant was the middie management, accounting and marketing, resulting in a for- drop to the base level because of the low pay involved and high warns that — resulting from tf. labor restruc- turing. Workers must be trained to numbers Jeannette Horning, the special feature guest, will do makeovers with make-up. A mother-daughter duo, Carolynne and Kirstin Mason, will be the music guests, and special speaker will be Kathy Theissen from Létiibridge. Reservations are essen- finbend cancellations necessary. 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