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PUBLISHER JON JARRETT

editorial comment

Enter the new
powerhouse
of society

Youth might be king now, but the time is coming
when society's focus will be tuned in to seniors. Has
anyone noticed how the image of a senior has been
changing? Today's seniors would be better referred
to as ‘mature adults’, who have the history, knowl-
edge, expertise, and the money to get what they
want, when they want it.

Canada’s survival re

in Deci

Is Canada go ble? That,
after all, is the ultimate political
question,as we struggle with a hated

"Ss most recent

. with
national that puts infl:

national government, a despi
GST and a constitutional process
we are at the very least sick and
tired of.

Gerald
Rotering

Canada is in trouble, divided in
many ways. It cértainly needs lead-
ership — but of what sort and lead-
ing us in what direction? Can
anyone or any philosophy save this
nation? Is thee any common ground
to rally around?

In short, the answer is “yes!”.
There is far more consensus in
Canada than we acknowledge and
much more than our Conservative
government is willing to act upon,
being restrained by its right-wing
ideology.

What do Canadians want their
leaders to do?

1. Put the economy and unem-
ployment first. Forty-two per cent
of Canadians rate these as our
national priorities, compared to 13
per cent for national unity and Que-
bec issues, according to polling by
Decima Research. In fact, the econ-
omy and unemployment combined
are the priority for as many of us as
named the next five categories put

fighting on the back burner, rather
than on the backs of unemployed
breadwinners. Use our national bank
to lower the value of the dollar to
boost exports and reduce interest

so when unemployment is this high.
We need classic “ li

Place, but failed even from he gov-
emment's point of view when Con-
servative and Liberal-governed
Provinces refused to merge it with
their sales taxes, It is thus unwork-

y
spending to put people back to work.

3. Resolve the constitution crisis
keeping in mind the common view
Anglos and F; have of
each other, and granting Native
people the they deserve.
Seventy-one per cent of Anglos
view themselves as mainly the

6. Restore confidence in the
government by having an
election, then abolish the Senate
and reform Parliament, setting spec-
ified election dates, freeing individ-
uals MPs from party shackles and
giving them more power through

as mainly the same as Anglos. Well
over 90 per cent of all Canadians,
inside and outside Quebec, would
not use arms to prevent Quebec's
separation. ly, even more
Quebecers say they would never
resort to arms trying to leave.

4. Stop iL

to a potent
system. Sixty per cent of Canadians

ping, independent of the
United States. End the cold-war

ng free
trade with Mexico and the United
States, and give six-months notice
terminating the Canada-USA free
trade deal. Polls showing a growing
majority of Canadians don't want
the current free-trade deal, nor do
they want an additional deal involv-
ing Mexico. We need to evolve
multi-lateral trade barrier reduc-
tions, not yield our national identity
to a dominant partner and encour-
age third-world labour exploitation.

still g ing our foreign
Policy. While the East block has
ceased to exist as a world power,
Canada still belongs to NATO,
which has never d the

quires vision

9. Defend universal social pro-
grams, and expand them to accom-
modate the underprivileged, such’ as
homemaking women who are not
eligible for Canada Pension Plan.
Recognize that our social programs
are the bedrock of a fair society and
contribute to economic stability
through maintained purchasing
power. If we cut the safety net we'll
all drop back into the Dirty Thirties.
Polls show that Canadians want to
be their neighbor's keeper.

10. Phase in mandatory national
pay equity to bring women’s earn-
ing power for the same jobs into
line with that of men. I can't quote
you a poll on this, but I bet a large
majority of Canadians support equal
pay for women in public and private
sector alike. Women — many of
them single moms — can't wait any
longer for equality to evolve. They
need it on the kitchen table now. As
an example, the Nelson City Coun-
cil I led had no trouble supporting
pay equity when it was i a

Wednesday, May 27, 1992

The Castlegar Sun

«Letters to

the Editor

Underfundin

Dear Editor:

The Castlegar and District
Teachers’ Association wish to
express emphatically their oppo-
sition to the provincial govern-
moent’s underfunding of the Public
school system.

Although last month's provin-
¢ial budget did increase the fund-
ing for edi ion, the ii 8

School District will start Septem-
ber with three fewer full time
teachers and resulting larger class
sizes. The planned hiring of a
Director of Special Education
will not occur.

Provincially there are many
districts in far worse shape than
Castlegar. The current system for

did not offset years of underfund-
ing. The flawed allocation system
Set up by the former Social Credit
government has meant that little
money is going into operating
funds. As a result boards across
the province are being forced to
lay off teachers and support staff
and cut services. The Castlegar

ll of provincial money to
districts if flawed. Years of
underfunding, referendums, cal-
culations based on artificial
indices, deficits in some district

g of public school system opposed

The government, the
Teachers’ Federation and the BC
School Trustees Association
agree that the funding formula
needs to be overhauled. That
offers promise for long term
improvement. We are calling for
the immediate release of all funds
allocated for education. The bud-
get figures do not add up! There
is $80 million missing. We sus-
pect that the Government is play-
ing politics with the lives of the
children of British Columbia.

imposed on the education system
of BC in the upcoming year are
More severe than the total cuts in
the previous three years of Socred
administration.

We know that the money is
there and we suspect that some of
it will be released in the fall. In
the meantime the system is in a
State of disarray and disruption.
Current services must be main-
tained. We can’t tell our children
to postpone being children. Cut-
backs will increase cynicism,

and equali ig
have created a Russian Roulette
finance formula. Some districts
are OK, some are cut to the bone
and some are hemorrhaging.

This g did not p

much in their election campaign
but they did promise stability in
the public education system. We
haven't got that. The cuts being

jeop di cd ini-
tiatives and erode the quality of
education. Teachers care about
the loss of programs, student ser-
vices and teaching positions. We

Castlegar kindness acknowledged

Dear Editor:

On behalf of my family, I am
writing this letter, to thank the
people of Castlegar for the hospi-
tality and kindness that we

couple of years ago.

These ten steps would be a good
Start in leading Canada out of reces-
sion, away from Constitutional fixa-
tion, and toward a more proud and
optimistic view of itself. But the cur-

first-use of nuclear weapons.
ing shows lian pride erod-
ing, but it needn't be that way.

8. Pledge new support for rural
Canada. Start by restoring Canada
Post’s mandate of giving priority to
service over generating profits for
government.

rent gi can’t/won’t take the
lead. Hold your breath. A national
election is probably a year away.

Gerald Rotering is constituency
assistant to Kootenay West—Revel-
stoke MP Lyle Kristiansen (New
Democrat), and a former mayor of
Nelson.

The image of today's senior is that of
dressed in a jogging suit and Reebok running shoes,
bicycling or walking around town before breakfast.
Gone are the days when the image of a fragile,
senile, white-haired person represented the seniors’
population. Just look around Castlegar and you'll see
our seniors working vigorously in their gardens,
walking or cycling to the supermarkets, enjoying a
competitive game of lawn bowling or cribbage, or
organizing a party! These people are busy, busy,
busy.

It might be that seniors’ have always been this
active, but society refused to see past the medical
prescriptions. Society's view on seniors is chang-
ing—why? Because it has no choice. The population
in general, is aging— including all those Baby
Boomers (you know, the one generation that's
always been in fashion). Well, when these Boomers
reach the magical age of 65, you can bet that being a
senior, will mean being ‘in’.

It's starting already. Have you checked out who's
stealing the show when it comes to some big name
brands and their commercials. It's the “little old
lady” in the Pepsi commercial who gives some
young feller a lesson on the electric guitar, and it's
the "bunch of old guys” who eagerly take the plunge
in the Labbat's Lite stint.

Move over ambitious twenty-year-olds. Quit your
whining you who face a mid-life crisis. Sit up and
take notice of just who is about to be society's éco-
nomic, political , and social powerhouse—the
mature adult!!

Let's all celebrate our seniors June 1-7, and realize
what a resource they truly are.

CaN) CRA.

By Don Addis

1S POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT AND A
MEMBER OF THE STERLING NEWS SERVICE
Established November 28, 1990
Published by The Castlegar Sun

‘on
465 Columbia Ave., Castlegar, B.C. ViN 1G8

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DE-ANGLE

GORDON WILSON,

Long-term strategic plan needed to
carry mining industry into the future

BC Liberal Leader

Last week the NDP i du a

economy. These are tough times for
many industries, and government

will have a disastrous impact on all
industry, including the mining sec-

should be

tor. The Corp Capital Tax is

aging
not di i Is that this

bill in the House which will have

Province is closed to business.

P d and long-term
tions for the future of the mining
industry in British Columbia. Bill
32 “The Resource Compensation
Interim Measures Act” will limit
the legal rights of companies seek-
ing compensation for resources they
have duly purchased from the
Crown.

The implications of Bill 32 are
effective immediately, even though
the bill has yet to be debated and
passed by the Legislature. Bill 32
means a mining company that has
invested in an area has no recourse
or legal rights should they later lose
their claim, for example if the area
becomes part of a park or subject to
an Aboriginal Land Claim. The Lib-

~eral Caucus has no argument with

the meed to create parks or preserve
wilderness areas, and we fully sup-
port the i right of aborigir

ly a high risk venture,
mining has recently come under
increasing siege. Growing environ-
mental awareness has placed min-

a tax on assets, not profits, and min-
ing companies, many of which are
already bleeding red ink, will be
forced to pay tax on their assets,
which they can ill afford.

Westar Mining, the major

ing ices under a pe,
and while companies struggle to
catch up with the environmental
standards of the 90's, they face
another challenge from stiff interna-
tional competition, depressed inter-
national markets, and low prices for
coal and metals. This is not an
industry able to take on another
fight with an NDP government.

The NDP government seems
intent on making it as difficult as
possible for mining ventures to suc-
ceed in this province. This bill will
put an immediate freeze on invest-
ment because no prudent company
will put money into a business
whose future is so uncertain.

In addition, the Corporation Cap-

peoples. However, we cannot dis-
miss the important contribution
mining makes to the provincial

ital Tax, introduced in the spring
budget, will compound the prob-
lems the industry faces. This tax

mployer in Sparwood, Elkford and
Femie, is on the verge of bankrupt-
cy. Closing these mines will have
devastating effect on those commu-
nities and on the people who call
those towns home. I urge the gov-
ernment to take decisive action to
prevent this calamity.

British Columbia needs the min-
ing industry. We need the jobs min-
ing creates in small, one industry
towns, and we need the revenue a
healthy company and employed
workers pay in taxes. By tying up
new mining proposals in countless
studies and commissions, by taxing
companies into the ground and by
putting a moratorium on compensa-
tion for lost rights to resources it
won't be long before frustrated
investors take their business else-
where. While the government

blames market conditions for the
P i and pani
are moving to Chile, Mexico and
the U.S.A. These nations are plan-
ning for the future, and British
Columbia is being left out of that
future. B.C. companies are not leav-
ing the province due to external
Pressures — they are leaving because
of internal indecisiveness and the
NDP’s taxation policies.

The Liberal Caucus is urging the
government to stop hiding behind a
wall of studies and begin taking
concrete action. This province
needs a Jong-term strategic plan for
the mining industry which clearly
Sets out a direction and guidelines
for the industry which will take the
resource sector well into the next
century. The mining industry is
already suspicious of the NDP gov-
ernment, they haven't forgotten
how the Barrett govemment almost
wiped out the mining industry in
1973. The industry has a right to
know what the rules are, and with
clear direction from government,
stability and confidence can return
to B.C.'s mining industry.

while staying there, the
weekend of May 2 -3.

We have never been to Castle-
gar or to that part of BC, so we
felt quite lost. We stayed at the
Scotsman Motor Inn for one
night and my son was feeling sick
and feverish from a cold. The
People there could not have been
more helpful.

I asked one of the young ladies
serving at dinner to bring a bowl
of ice cream for my son to sooth
his sore throat, which she
Promptly did. She also graciously
offered to make him a hot, lemon
and honey drink and bring it to
our room. Thank you! We are
grateful.

We took our son to Castlegar
because he got a summer job
starting May 4 and was going to
have to be staying in town. He

was informed about this job in
the middle of April, so we did not
have much time to find a place
for him to stay.

I phoned the Chamber of
Commerce in Castlegar and they
sent us a package filled with
information about your lovely
town.

I then started phoning and was
treated with such kindness that I
shall never forget it. People went
out of their way to be helpful. I
spoke to Kathy from Selkirk Col-
lege and two days later received a
letter from the college showing
all the available places. Heather,
who is with the welcome wagon
and also works at the Scotsman
Motor Inn, was most helpful.

Father Herman from St. Rita's

day in the future.
Thank you kind people of
Castlegar.

for opening their hearts and home
to him.

So, we just want to take this
chance to let you know what a
great place Castlegar is, we
would like to retire there some-

Renzo and Clarice Andreutti
Vancouver

Silver
Rattle
Antiques
301-11 Ave. Castlegar
(in Tulips Building)
365-5191

are convinced that parents and
community members care too.
Please express your concerns to
your MLA (who should care).

Bill Gorkoff
President,

Castlegar and District
Teachers’ Association

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Catholic Church d our
needs in church, Thank you
Father Herman for your warmth
and help.

Now my son is staying in a
lovely home with very good peo-
ple and we are so grateful to them

In memory

Alice Isabel Dyck

On Thursday, May 21, 1992,
Alice Isabel Dyck of Castlegar,
BC passed away at the age of 73°
years.

Funeral service was held May
25, 1992 with Pastor Ira Johnson
officiating. Interment followed at
Park Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Dyck was born July 31,
1918 at Winnipeg, Manitoba. She
grew up there and married her
first husband Harold Hazen
Switzer in 1942, Mr. Switzer
passed away in 1951. She mar-
ried Albert Dyck on July 4, 1953
in Winnipeg and shortly after
their marriage, they moved to
Williams Lake, BC. In 1956 they
moved to Calgary and in 1983
they came to Castlegar. Mrs
Dyck was a past member of the
United Church Womens Group of
the Foothills United Church
while in Calgary. She was an
avid antique collector and is well
known for her doll collection
which numbers over 500.

She is survived by her hus-
band Alert, two sons; Ted
Switzer of Robson and Daniel

Dyck of Calgary, three daughters;
Suzy Ratke and Madelaine Dyck
* of Castlegar and Gwen Bekema

of Calgary. Ten grandchildren,
three brothers; David MacDonald
of Ontario, Robert and James
MacDonald of Winnipeg, two
sisters, Ruby Smith of Rossland
and Lily DesRoier of Winnipeg

She was predeceased by her
first husband, Harold Hazen
Switzer, one brother, Jocko Mac-
Donald and one sister, Kathy
Medlicott.

Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of the Castle-
gar Funeral Chapel.

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SEALED TENDERS for the above project in Castlegar will be received by
the Prime Consultant at 601-18th St., Castlegar, B.C. at 2:00 P.M. local time
Wednesday, June 10, 1992. Tenders shall be clearly marked with the name
of the Project and submitted in duplicate on the Form of Tender provided.

General contractors may obtain two sets of Tender Documents at the office
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Plans and specifications are available for subtrade viewing at S.LC-A. in
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On Friday, May 22, 1992, retired in 1975. He i cut-
Harold Creighton of Castlegar ting meat after his retirement and
passed away at the age of 78 years. really enjoyed looking after the

Funeral service will be held at hunters in the area. He married
the Castlegar Funeral Chapel on _ Freda Kin on December 13, 1942.
Thursday May 28, 1992 at 1 p.m Harold was a member of the
with Rev. Art Turnbull and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch
Royal Canadign Legion Branch #170.

#170 officiating. Cremation has #2 is survived by his wife
taken place and burial of the ashes , one son, Patrick and daugh-
will take place at the Park Memo- __ters-in-law Catherine and two
rial Cemetery. grandchildren. Three brothers;

Mr. Creighton was bom Octo- Alex of Surrey, Charlie of Pon-
ber 21, 1913 at Brandon, Manito- land, Oregon and Ken of Brandon,
ba. He grew up in Brandon and Manitoba. He was predeceased by
moved to Trail in 1936 and began _ one sister, Mary Johnstone.
working for Cominco. In 1942 he In lieu of flowers, contributions
enlisted in the army and served may be made to the Cancer Fund,
until 1945. After the war he Box 3292, Castlegar or the Castle-
returned to Cominco and worked —_gar Hospice society, 629
there until 1948 when he opened Columbia Ave., Castlegar, BC.
Creighton’s Meat Market which Funeral arrangements are under
he operated until 1955. He the direction of the Castlegar
retumed to Cominco in 1955 and Funeral Chapel.

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