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The task force was formed by a coalition made up of the Canadian Federation of Students, Canadian Union of Public Employees, B.C. Teachers’ Federation, the College Institute Educators Association and others concerned about the cutbacks in education funding. Canada — 17 per cent of British Columbians between the age Robinson, along with her running mate in the of 18 and 24, compared with a national averge of 24.3 per two-member riding, Hugh Dendy, and rival Liberal cent candidate William Gow took the opportunity to do some election campaigning. Gow promised a Liberal provincial government would increase post-secondary education funding by 10 per cent a year for three years, about $60 million a year. The Liberals lan Case, an Okanagan College English student, told the would also institute a bursary program worth $35 million, he panel that students attending the college on provincial loans said can expect to graduate with debt load of as much as $10,000 Dendy said he was appalled with the Social Credit after a two-year program: government's attitude towards the education system. He A former student, Karen Schild, said she was forced to said it was a disgrace that a rich province yould provide so drop out of her Okanagan College program because of little for post-secondary students. insufficient funds. “We can no longer afford to diminish our society by a “I couldn't manage a job and my classes,” recalled denying a higher education,” he argued. “We're short. Schild. “I had to drop classes to continue working so I could changing ourselves drastically in B.C.” pay for my education.” Alice Williams, president of the Central Okanagan Teachers’ Association, said British Columbia had invited the world to Expo 86 but “many B.C. students have had to leave to get an education they can afford.” WEALTHY SURVIVE Williams said the government's attitude was one survival of the wealthiest.” “In a world in which both the industrialized and the pre-industrialized countries are pouring their resources into the education of their youth, B.C. stands out as downsizing its system, jealously preserving it for those with the ability ." she said. Sue Stroud, task force co-ordinator, said the province has the second lowest post-secondary participation rate in She said the cost of education past high school stops many in the low. and middle-income categories from going on, no matter how talented or how great their desire to learn Socred complacency concerns Vander Zalm ARMSTRONG, B.V. (CP) — Premier Bill Vander Zalm warned his Social Credit party supporters Tuesday against in the last days of the Oct. 22 provincial election campaign. Public opinion polls done during the campaign for news outlets have shown the Socreds with a comfortable lead among eligible voters. Vander Zalm also critized NDP Leader Bob Skelly’s keep them because his party won't gain the power to implement them, said Vander Zalm. “I don't want to make a hole pile of committments I said Vander FLU CLINIC Tues. Oct. 21 Thurs., Oct. 23 Tues., Oct. 30 1:30 to 3;30 Central Kootenay Health Centre 365-8525 813-10th St., Cestieger, 8.C In a speech to about 150 followers in this North Oka nagan community, Vander Zalm said some party mem bers are so confident of a Social Credit win that they are not working as hard as they should be. “If enough people take that attitude, then we could be in trouble.” said Vander Zalm plan to guarantee jobs in forest industry by eat ening to take away em ployers’ timber-cutting licences. Campaigning in his home riding of Alberni on Monday, Skelly said the licences were originally granted on con dition that jobs be created and preserved. If the NDP won the election, “we will make sure that relationship is established and protected,” said Skelly. Vander Zalm said ,he wondered if the idea would be applied to other sectors of the economy, including small business. He said attempts to guar antee jobs have failed in East European countries and would “soon take the prov ince down the tube.” “We can't somehow guar antee everybody a job,” he said, adding job creation through economic develop. ment is one of the party's main election platforms. Skelly’s job guarnatee scheme is one in a series of promises from a leader who knows he will not have to Vander Zalm was 90° min utes late for his luncheon address to party faithful but while his supporters waited patiently inside the hall, he faced a nervous teenage girl when he stepped off his cam paign bus. Sonya Michalick, 15, who is Vander Zalm's niece, had been Waiting to greet her uncle but the delay made her late for school. “I'm not supposed to be here,” she told Vander Zalm, who hugged her as he got off the bus. So the premier obliged by writing a note to her princ ipal explaining why she and two classmates were late. Al Rosman, principal of Pleasant Valley secondary school, took the excuse in stride “I kind of gave them a bad time at first but then they realized I was kidding,” said Rosman. “I told her that if my uncle was the premier of the province and my princi pal wouldn't let me go to see him, then Id tell him to go jump in the lake.” CANADIAN LIQUID AIR LTD. ATTENTION LIQUID AIR CUSTOMERS PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES By GARY KINGSTON Canadian Press VANCOUVER — Just suppose for a minute that politicians were held to their election campaign promises. All of them — the good, bad or indifferent; the inexpensive, exorbitant or incalculable In this province, British Columbians would, among other things, be driving on new highways to gambling casinos and buying cheap beer on Sundays. And when it struck their faney, they could ride rapid transit around most of suburban Vancouver, maybe even whipping out to the new duty-free shopping centre at Vancouver airport Where will all this new spending money come from after Oct. 22? Well, the minimum wage is going up. And every young British Columbian — tens of thousands of whom are unemployed — is being guaranteed a job or at least an education and training to find one Tuition fees would be lower; welfare rates higher. But come back from fantasyland for a moment. Return to reality. Promises cost money. Sometimes big money. And that means many never get implemented The New Democrats did some quick calculating last week. Leader Bob Skelly, whose list of promises is growing as long as his arm, figured the cost of his proposals at $1.6 billion. Most of them have focused on the NDP themes of education and health care improve- ments, job security and help for women and the unemployed young. Premier Bill Vander Zalm called the cost of NDP promises “phenomenal.” But when Skelly totalled up the cost of Socred promises, it came to $3.7 billion. BIG PROMISES Among the big-budget Socred promises are rapid transit sions to Rich d and C 1 a natural gas pipeline to Vancouver Island and a $450-million high ways improvement project for the island. Vander Zalm was first out of the gate in the promise department. In fact, since winning the Socred leadership July 30, the co-operation- and conciliation-minded premier has promised to review everything from abortion to zoning. His promise-a-day pace slowed after the election was called, reflecting his preference for a style-over-sub- stance campaign, but he has still found time to dust off the Socred campaign scrapbook and resurrect some long-standing promises. One of the most durable is the pledge to demolish the Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre in Burnaby and replace it with three smaller prisons in different communities. A few days after the campaign kicked off, Vander Zalm and Economic Development Minister Grace McCarthy boarded a cruise ship moored at a Vancouver dock to announced a grand scheme for economic revitali- zation of the Lower Mainland which they said would create 500,000 new jobs by the year 2000. Skelly has picked up where Vander Zalm left off. Mild-mannered and bookish, he has admitted he can't match Vander Zalm's populist charm. And his own attempt at creating an image as a conciliator — developed to fight a campaign against confrontational Bill Bennett, the former Socred premier — was adopted by Vander Zalm, forcing Skelly to rely heavily on issues and promises MORE DETAIL While Skelly’s promises have been specific and docu mented with background material, Vander Zalm seems to pull his out of thin air, often announcing them in informal news conferences with reporters. “He (Vander Zalm) has vague promises cf half a million jobs but has refused to provide any specifics or costing of his proposal,” Skelly told an audience in Terrace last week Skelly might also be excused a sense of deja-vu Early in the campaign, Vander Zalm promised the Vancouver Island highways package — a longtime NDP pledge. Then last week, Vander Zalm said the Socreds would raise the minimum wage and set up a royal commission of inquiry into the education system — two promises Skelly has made. “Now that's following the true leadership in this election race,” cracked Skelly Vander Zalm, who earlier told a woman who quizzed him on education and social policy issues to vote NDP for what she wanted, said he had to “give the NDP marks” for first raising the royal commission idea SASKATCHEWAN ELECTION RA WILL BE CLOSE By MARK LISAC REGINA — Voters in Saskatchewan are expecting a close result in the Oct. 20 provincial election. They size up the campaign with the fretful antici pation of football fans who want their team to win but are worried about all the first downs the other side is making. “I would doubt if the NDP are going to get in again but I think we need more opposition,” Carman Porter said as he raked dried yellow elm leaves around the New Democrat campaign sign on his front lawn in Regina Lakeview. ANALYSIS He has the same beef as a lot of other people about Premier Grant Devine's 41-year-old Progressive Con- servative government: “They ran up about $2 billion in debt in the first few years and I don't know if that was a good idea; I don’t think it was.” A few blocks away, retired businessman Bob Ras. mussen likes the Conservatives, but: “I don't know if Devine can hang on I think if Devine wins he'll be as surprised as he was the last time.” Allan Blakeney’s urban-based New Democrats are trying to regain power from Devine's Conservatives, who can count on a rural power base and a slickly organized campaign VOTERS SATED? But there are signs some voters are fed up with both parties for indulging in multi-million-dollar promises. ‘That may allow a modest resurgence of the Liberals, shut out since 1978. in the it at . was 49 Conservatives, nine New Democrats, two Independents and four vacancies. The Liberals entered the campaign with poor finances and a bunch of last-minute candidates. They appear to have made up ground because of their emphasis on spending controls. The NDP and Conservatives have offered expensive mortgage subsidies and other programs with labels that sound like fertilizer specifications, like the NDP’s 7-7-7 — guaranteed seven-per-cent interest for seven years “on the first $70,000 of all home mortgages. The Con- servatives have a 10-10-10 variant. To that, the Liberals replied: “Stop the auction,” and now random interviews suggest an undercurrent of respect for beleaguered Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale, typically seen as “the only guy that really talks honest.” Devine's support, meanwhile, appears to have dwindled to the classic conservative core — farmers, well-off city people and small-business owners. The NDP strongholds are easy to spot in working- class areas. To win, the New Democrats must dominate the cities and regain their old seats in heavily ethnic farm constit- uencies east and southeast of Saskatoon. Get Ready for SKI CLUB Season Passes on Sale at Discount Prices ’til Nov. 1st. Buy your pass before November Ist and take advantage of our low, low prices! SINGLE RATES: * Adult $350 © Junior (7-12) $135 FAMILY RATES: Full-Time Student $188 Senior $170 Bouchard unaware of split OTTAWA (CP) — Employ- ment Minister Benoit Bou- chard says he is not per- sonally aware of problems between members of a fed- eral commission on unem- ployment insurance who are reportedly split over the commission's final report. “It was my role to stay away from these people and let them give what they have to give to the government,” the minister said Tuesday when asked about published reports of infighting. The commissioners, led by economist Claude Forget, were asked by the federal government to study the unemployment insurance system and recommend changes. Their report, due last March, now is expected at the end of November It will not be unanimous. Articles published in the Toronto Globe and Mail have detailed a split between three of the six commis. sioners and Forget over his final report. The Globe said Forget is proposing changes to the unemployment insurance system that would cut bene fits for about 78 per cent of recipients, saving the gov ernment $3 billion a year. The head commissioner wants to gradually abolish special bonuses for high unemployment areas, a main stay of the Atlantic fishing industry, and to lengthen the © First Adult $345 Second Person $245 Junior (7-12) $95 work period needs to qualify for unemployment insurance Trudeau return denied TORONTO (CP) — Sen- ator Keith Davey has denied a report by Maclean's maga- zine that a circle of Liberals close to him is “actively con- a cam to re- place John Turner with for. mer prime minister Pierre Trudeau. “I deny it categorically,” Davey said in an interview. The weekly news magazine says in its Oct. 20 edition that under the plan Trudeau would return as leader next year and lead the party into an election expected in 1988. “Trudeau would promise Canadians that he would only serve for two years as prime minister,” Maclean's says. “That would open the doot for a leadership campaign in 1990 — to make way for an anglophone leader.” Davey, who has expressed strong reservations about Turner's leadership, said in an interview in Maclean's last week that the likelihood of Trudeau ever returning to federal politics “is too much to hope for.” REPORT LAUGHABLE? Jim Coutts, principal sec- retary to Trudeau from 1975 to 1981, also said the report is inaccurate “I can almost categorically say Pierre has given no thoughts to returning to polities .. . I think he would laugh” at the proposal, Coutts said. Maclean's also says a Mon treal-based group of dis. gruntied Liberal party mem. bers is waging an anti-Turner telephone campaign asking delegates to the party's national convention in No vember to vote for a leader- ship review. The group is working from the offiees_of Publi-Media, a Montreal advertising agency owned by Simon Dorval, Maclean's says. Dorval, who Maclean's describes as “both host and participant in the telephone sessions,” told the magazine “the Liberal party cannot win with John Turner.” Maclean's also says that “according to some party officials,” the Dorval faction is not the only one asking convention delegates to vote in favor of a leadership review “Loosely connected cells of malcontents have been form ed across the country,” the nagazine says. 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RON PARKER, SEEREY LESTER LES WEISSERICH, ETC ion Prints Of T Skelly appeals to Rotary Club VANCOUVER (CP) - NDP Leader Bob Skelly ap pealed to the conscience of business Tuesday in a force- ful speech in which he said the Social Credit government has neglected British Col umbia's poor Skelly also told a Rotary Club lunch that poverty costs business a great deal of money, especially when the government has been bor rowing money to pay wel fare. “(Poverty is) probably not an issue that affects many people in this room but you'd be surprised to know that 540,000 British Columbians today live below the poverty line,” he told the audience of about 250 people, mainly small businessmen. “And poverty is growing faster in this province than it is in any other province in Canada.” Skelly spoke confidently on issues dear to the NDP unemployment, education and social programs — before a crowd considered typical of Social Credit support One Rotary offical said later he had been “impressed by how attentive the aud ience was. “I heard about the pauses and nervousness (in past Skelly speeches), but there was none of that today,” said the official, who declined to be named. Skelly did not overlook the audience's coneern over the deficit “The welfare budget is now $872 million,” he said. “And in fact, because the projected deficit is $870 million, we're borrowing every nickel that we pay out on welfare. And we've been doing that for the last several years. “In other words you and I our taxes, are going to be saddled with today's welfare payments in the come.” years to © Child (6 & Under) FREE © Family Maximum $930 Senior Couple ($320) benefits, the newspaper says It said two labor repre ff sentatives on the commis AMOUNT ___ Postal Code Res Phone: Bus. — SS RED MOUNTAIN SKI CLUB Box 939, Rossiond, B.C. VOG IYO (~~ t For your added convenience, Red Mountoin Staff will be at serveral locations throughout the area for the next few week receive payments. 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