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| editorial comment

Shaking the
' foundations of
democracy

ES It happens roughly once every five years. And
{ when it does, promises are made, policies are chal-
: lenged, debates take place, surprises surface and all.
too often, name calling becomes the norm.

|! For 28 straight days, voters are preached at,
; promised with goodies, and yes, even lied to.

It's called an election. And it allows (under condi-

tions) every man and woman in the province to mark:

X beside his or her choice candidate, thereby
hoosing which political party will govem for the

ext term.

Since the B.C. election call was made September

Whether ‘or not we exercise that right is‘totally up

Sto us. But by taking the responsibility of choosing
:new government lightly, you may be taking democ-
fracy for granted.

The right to vote is not something to be ‘taken

~caliy in five years after a gov
sits term. But the fact is, we have the ability to
tchoose.

Slightly. For those individuals who live“in:an:
oppressed country and have absolutely no voting
right, the mere hope of having such a power might
‘end in imprisonment.

A province and an entire nation can change drasti-""

*».. the unions.

This is the s system that works

WALTER BLOCK

Fraser Institute

There aren't too many
munists around anymore,

Yes, there is Castro in Cuba, and the Albanians
and North Vietnamese are still peddling the same
old socialist nostrums, but if you forget about the
Marxists in westem universities and pulpits, the
people committed to the ultimate triumph of the

1 com-
choked,

Proletariat are pretty hard to find,

Ralph Nader, however, is one socialist : sympa-
thizer who has recently had his nose rubbed into
present day Russian realities, and yet: persists in

the error of his ways.

Recently returned from a visit to'the Soviet
das “b

Fi d, Nader is

ey d” b

the sudden enth for the

inciples of

Adam Smith now’current in that part of the
world, “It's creeping anarchy,” said this world
famous supposed consumer advocate,: “They are
ging from Mar 1o Milton Friedman,” he

According t to Nader, the Russians don’t realize
what is going to happen to them under the evil
capitalist system. The people there are going to'
get, horrors, Coca Cola, when what they really
need is nutritious fruit juice, And, in an omy of

ip they'll have dozens of competing
brands of everything from Soup to nuts, where
what they really need, in the interests of efficien-
cy, is one single product.

Nonsense. What the Russians really need isa
good healthy dose of economic freedom: Then
they can decide ‘for'themselves what they want,
coke or O.J.:And they can buy Consumers’.

Report just like the rest of us, so that they'll be
able to distinguish between the dozens of brands
of each. This will be done for them through the
magic of the marketplace, an institution Nader

has been trying to tear down in the west for

years, i

Here's how it works, Ralphie. In a free market,

the purveyors or coke and orange juice, blintzes

and Big Macs, are each free to offer their wares

to the consumer, Then he, through his voluntary

‘ choices, gets to decide who makes the millions,

and who is consigned to the ignominious stanis
of bankruptcy.

Strange as it may seem to the Ralph Naders' of

the world, this is the system that can best pro-
mote and guarantee consumer! welfare, not the

into the

inter

they have for so long been advocating. “ditch

Slings |
and

Hannaford
Syndicated
Columnist

It is as though some great cos-
mic joke is being played out.

Almost daily, we read of the :

new freedoms being gained by the
Russians, the first victims of the
frightful communist system which ”
has so drenched the world with
blood for the last~ ‘seventy four
years. And yet, here in the west, we
seem to be inching our way into | the
same kind of ‘

indeed goes ahead, because the
‘capitalists’ aren't going to shang
around. However, Ontario repre-
sents half Canada's GNP, (and
about three-quarters if Quebec
+ decides to leave us) so the implica-
., tions for the county asa whole: are
obvious.

as the new

work for the schovul board on con-

dition that he no longer publishes’ “

his views.
The principle here’ is plain, It is

not. what you do but what you

believe that matters, Even to hold a

job as a janitor, you need: to be

Politically clean.
The N

paradise is being forged on. the-

anvil of labour relations, so ;‘cor-
+rect’ doctrine is being: defined i sin

ruling breaks new
ground in this respect and one won-
ders when and how it. will be.used
in the-future. Which category of

. the human rights
A New Brunswick man, Mal-

::colm Ross, has lost his job .as.a

teacher in Moncton’s District 15
school board because he has pub-
lished his unorthodox views on the
history of the second world war
and abortion. Like Mr Keegstra of
Alberta, he believes that the
destruction of European Jewry,: by
the Nazis was and. has

yy twill be. next? Civil
servants? Journalists? The mili-
tary? And right now, the hot issue
is the holocaust. But what will it-be
in the future? Sensitivity tothe
‘feminist’ agenda? The * green’
cause? * -|

In short are .we: “‘Iéoking ata’

Soviet-style world where to get a

flat, a job or a car, you need the |

likened the practice of abortion to a
new ‘holocaust’.

* Unlike Mr Keegstra however -
“and this is key - he did not advance
his views in the. classroom.. He, has
not offended the law, or pacrepiss
caine practice. ,.

which the Russians are now so anx-
ious to relinquish, 5.

Here are a ‘few “ifferings from
the news of the Jast'few weeks
which point to the new totalitarian-
ism that is waiting in the Wings. ~~

In Ontario, for instance, the |
NDP's proposed:

{to the”

th com:
plaint of a Jewish parent that their,
child was the victim of discrimina-
tion because of Mr R
in) the school, the New Brunswick
Human Rights C i has

Ross}; presence .,

the USSR as'a party membership
card but no doubt to have some
unique ‘Canadian expression, One
can but wonder,

Those who hold to the view that *

what happens in'the USA drifts
into Canada as surely as the acid

rain will find cause for alarm i in,

that ‘direction too: A California

court last month ruled that the.

racist leader of a cult was liable for
the death of a man killed by two of

ied that he must be removed from, .
ie classroom. He may continue to

- his Fully |
sued and bankrupted. Note. he sw: aS;
sy Rot present at the killing, nor was

Of the state = expréssed in.

he a conspirator or in any way a
party to the crime, nor has he been
charged criminally in the matter.
Hitherto, that law which has its
roots in the British tradition has
held people accountable for their
own crimes but not for those of
others. On this basis, it should be
possible to sue Malcolm Ross if
some person unknown to him
should destroy an abortion clinic
and claim inspiration from one of
his books - even though he has
never counselled such a thing, :

Now, ofcourse, one can easily
be proved. wrong by events, The
Ontario NDP may temper their
zeal; they have been warned by
enough business leaders. The US
example may somehow 'miss Cana-
da and the Malcolm Ross affair
may prove to be simply a unique
incident with no subsequent devel-.

. opments,

And yet we are all well aware of
how the legislative climate has’
changed in 20 years, how the gov-.
ernment, bureaucracy and industry
has been obliged to accommodate

_ the clamor of special interest
groups, whether through mandatory
French for civil servants or affirma-
tive action programs. These things
have their own momentum and
those. who seck power almost
always Pursue it until they run inta
a brick wall.

Canada needs a brick wal

Ontario Labour’Relations ‘Act are’
frankly: revolutionary i in as much as
they will remove‘control from the
owners and place

eaoitiens

Specifically, the changes if

“enacted as. proposed would allow

20% of.employees to certify a
union, regardless of the. wishes of

the other: 80%. They would also bar _

has ¢ 1

It has been said by a national columnist that Cana-

j.da gets the government it deserves. That may hold
‘true for provincial voters as well.

By listening closely to the facts, and by making

‘decisions on what are often tough issues, British
aoe will choose their next government.

And whether they deserve that government or not

“it wes chosen through a process we should hold

By Don Addis’

i,

(© 1998 Creators Syrescate, tne

IS POLITICALLY INDEPENDENT AND A
MEMBER OF THE STEALING NEWS SERVICE
Established November 28, 1990.
Second Class Mailing Permit Pending

Fublshed fet The Cast!

ons Sun
‘on Wed:

aes Conta es Castlegar, ‘BC, VIN 1G8

from operating a
strike-bound establishment, con-
tracting out will be illegal and a
union contract will follow so-called
‘union work’.

Employers will be barted from
addressing their staffs unless a
copy of the text is passed by the
union and time allowed for a reply
and secondary picketing will be

. Protected.

What this amounts to is the total
expropriation of the control of the
means of production from one class
and the placing of it in the hands of
another. That is revolutionary. Can
the workers’ committees and the
dull grey men in drip-dry suits and
mail-order ties be far behind?

Of course, that’s all the people
in Ontario are going to be able to
afford after a few years of this, if it

There is no place for sexist comments

Well I'm back in disguise again!

Re; readers will recall times
when I’ve been mistaken for
Burlington. Conse: vative MP Bill
Kenpane oe for me.

of a stream of invective from then-
prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

It was before 1977, when TV
was.allowed into the Commons,
and so Trudeau’s explanation that
he had yelled “fuddle duddie” at
Alexander went into the history
books unchallenged.

John Diefenbaker caught Trudeau
out on more than one occasion; and

din hing PET twist and ,
squirm looking for a way out of
admitting hiserror. —

ing wasn’t part of Dief’s

‘Our similar physiques have
often gotten us into some situa-
ions; usually with hilarious results.
a Bill's latest caper, calling
Hamilton East Liberal MP Sheile

‘, Copps a ‘‘slut,” has got me travel-

ling in mufti, in casc I'm mistaken
for him.’

This isn’ t the first time a Hamil-
ton MP has been the target OF abs
from across the Commons.

Cae eee teers be re cen ee hte e ee ee

“teferred.to him at his
+ ally .as “Bill J ‘Dump!

act! When you could use the
English language with the finesse
of the Old Chief, you never had to
Tesort to the gutter to make a point.
Dief would suggest the ‘honor.

able member reminded himi‘of the i;

south end of a horse headed north,
but that-was about where it ended.

Kempling *— Bob Stanfield

first election

years ago, but who’s stayed on
because he likes to help people.

Now, like his colleague John
Crosbie, he’s allowed his temper to
take control of his tongue, and the
tesult is egg on his — and his gov-
emmment’s — face.

At first there was something
almost.comic in the sparring
Crosbie and Copps.

, “Cool, it, baby!” gave her the
title for her autobiography; Cros-
bie’s “Tequila Sheila” reference
came just in time to boost her cam-

.. paign for the Liberal Party leader-

When Sheila was late for a
debate in Vancouver,’ Crosbie
and

approve of her ,single-parent
lifestyle; her hairstyle or any other
style.

But like all other members of

, Parliament — Canada’s. most

exclusive club — she, Ueserves:

‘What once passed for debtte,
good or bad, is now held up as
much more than an angry exchange!
on the floor of the Commons. B

msider the reaction — or over-

. Teaction — of Halifax Liberal MP’

Mary Clancy: “the words are. prob- :
ably unimportant, but the emotion:
that they’re expressing is an emo-:
tion of hatred, an emotion of exclu-
sion, .. an emotion. that women are;
not to be here,” 4

she had engine ,

isn't) Ce
Fi LAE Wego wo the tari

»3In my, view, Clancy draws far’ too,
wide a net; after all, doesn't she think’

* Conservatives felt equal distike, even,
‘hatred — for Trudeau when he”

forced his constitutional vision ‘of:
Canada through the Commons? f
Bur‘too‘wiile it net‘or Not, the

“fact is sexist comments, even’ when
: offered: inthe heat of debate, are 3:
‘ Hot acceptable.

«Wednesday, September 25,

1991

The Castlegar Sun

Letters. to.

the Editor

This will

oT is is a copy of a letter I have
just sent to Lyle Kristianson, so
{that he might forward it to’ our
‘heloved prime minister, Mr.
Brian Mulroney,

"Dear Mr. Mutroney:

*\,, Thank you very much for the
‘courteous and efficient service
.that I received at the Paterson bor-
.der this weekend, My ‘wife and I
do not go to the States very often,
:and before last weekend I was
‘committed to “SHOP CANADA
“FIRST”. Unfc this is no

not help to. keep us home.

“friends in Colville and then spent ;

“a night in Spokane. We retumed
to Canada the next.evening. We
were cach able.to declare twenty
dollars personal exemption and of
that forty dollars, we declared a a
$19.99 doll, When asked if we
had any alcohol or tobacco I said
(in all honesty) that I had pur-
chased, two. small packs of
cigarettes, both of which opened
and parti ly gone. The

" charged’ duty’ on purchases I make, ,
but I find ’it ‘difficult to swallow
being charged for the half pack of
cigarettes that were in my pocket,
and also the attitude of the cus-
toms staff. Federal employees, in
my opinion, deserve a decent
raise, but I also think that custom
officers should take a “HAPPY
FACE" course, A smile and a bit
of polite conversation to their fel-

officer, with a grin on her face,
asked me to go inside and fill out
a declaration form for the

‘longer how I feel. In Sept\92, on
the spur of the moment, my. wife
‘iand I decided “to get a way from
‘it all”, so we visited some good

‘The packages cost me
$2.50 each on the States side. The
duty and excise tax.cost me an
extra $4.59,

I have no objection to being

low Cr would not be ask-
ing too much, would it?

I guess what I really want to
say, Mr. Mulroney, is this:

I want to shop in Canada, I
enjoy the excellent customer ser-

vice that I receive by the Canadi-:
an business man. But you and;

your government are making it

very hard for me to keep shop-
ping in Canada. Your taxes arc
slowly draining the average wage
¢arner in this county. I have to
shop were I can get the best deal,
and I cannot afford the prices in
Canada because of your TAXES,
‘When I can buy a Canadian prod-
uct in the States for less than half
‘the price that I pay in Canada,
then reluctantly I will shop south
of the boarder. Secondly, Mr.

* Mulroney, the garbage that I. have

to put up with at the border has

‘convinced me even more. From

now on, I will give the customs

officer more to write up than.a
half pack of cigarettes.

Yours truly,

Wayne T. Hurlbert

Upcoming events will take on much greater clarity

: Dear Editor:

+ Alfred Zimmen, distinguished
piolessor of international politics,
on revolution:

+\"Revolutions spring not from
without inwards but from within
outwards; and ‘it is often when
the ‘external world seems most
Sick and sorrowful, when selfish-
ness and irresponsibility sit
enthroned in the world’s seats of

government, that the power of
truth is most active in the silent
region of the soul, strengthening
it in order that it may issue forth
once again to impress: man’s
unconquerable purpose of order,
justice and freedom upon the
recalcitrant material which forms
the stuff of men's common prob-
Jems on this small globe of ours."
Ecol ogists seek recognition of

Our elected officials |
‘fail to see the light’

_ Dear Editor:

Thank you for the coverage ‘granted to letter writers who’ seem to
have no access to penetrate the thick skins of our elected politicians,

In your column of “Letter to the Editor” a letter by Daragh Carter
gave me hope and optimism that disregard for people's wished can be
changed. I fully support Ms. Carter’s concern for a controlled traffic
light at the Kinnaird hall intersection in order to prevent a potential

at Highway 3 (Columbia A

the Castlegar Hospital (10th Street).

Thave raided this concern with an

ue) and the street leading up to

& purpose more fundamental than
those written of by Zimmern:

. order, justice and freedom needa”

foundation that

writing
in 1921, saw no need to mention. |

Survival.?
The deep psychic disturbance

caused by the growing realization ‘'"

that: our civilization is destroying
the life support capacity. of the

‘in many states besides his own

native country,”
* No one today has the stature

“Socrates had in ancient Greece.

' Nevertheless, people do what
* they can. There were people of
‘stature in that courtroom in Nel-
son, from the environment move-
ment in Canada as well as in the
: ity of the K and

planet are manifesting themselves
in “the recalcitrant material” of
our

. the court hearing the case realized
full well the danger of bringing

and motivation are unclear. ;
In'‘another age, ancient Greece!

in a’time of transformation, some“
say the crucial event was played“
out in a court. Socrates, the greatest
citizen ‘Hellenic civilization ever!
produced, ‘was: sentenced to death, ’’
and he ‘willingly accepted his end,’

ig to hi

1 who ¥ was a

tive on the Hospital Board and later with the Mayor. Iwas assured that

the traffic light would be in place this past July. '
he

Ass I talked to Alderman J. Chap

ed but a

bee: “when his

as; for":
instance, in the court room where +

the fate of the Hasty Creek

" protestors was decided. Some :**:
have said this kind of thing is a: vat
“protest game”, that the politics °\''

ALL
| CANDIDATES.

di to itself.

Our times will produce events.

i ‘of auch greater clarity.

David Lewis
Crescent Valley

FORUM

sponsored by
The Gacueeet & District
Champ,

fore-

bade'him to do what the state '

ded of hirh, it also forbade

he has not yet “seen the light",

If they “love our children” they could do something about the traffic

lights rather than the platitude Git ‘thie radi
for children on their way ‘to and From sctio

minding i us 1 “watch out

Pat Romaine

Mysterious disappearance

' On Sunday, September 22 we _
left our home at: 9:50 a.m. to
attend church with our family.
When we arrived home at 1:00 ~
P.m. our little dog, a female pure- -
bred pomeranian was missing.
After searching for her in the ~
community, we were unable to
find any trace of Sweetie. She has
been part of our family for 6

,years and we miss her very much.
“She never left our'yard ‘unless.

accompanied by‘me. If anyone: .
knows anything about her. disap-
pearance, I would appreciate
hearing from them. We are offer-
ing a reward for $100.00 for her
safe retum.

Martha Halishiff

Shore Acres Road -

_. obituary
Emma Zoobkoff

On Friday, September 20,
1991, Emma Zoobkoff of Ootis-~
chenia, B.C. passed away at the
age of 77 years.

Funeral services were held at
the Castlegar Funeral Chapel and
the Ootischenia Russian Hall on
Sunday and Monday with burial
at the Ootischenia Cemetery.

. Mrs. Zoobkoff is survived by 1
Son, Walter of Ootischenia and 1
Daughter, Muy Semenoff of

B.G., 9 Grandchil

dren, 5 Great Grandchildren, 2
Sisters, Helen Stooshnoff and
Nellie Harshenin of Castlegar and
1 Brother, Pete, Stooshnoff of
Taghum. She was predeceased by
her Husband Mike, Son, Dick and
Daughter, Nellie, 1'Brother and 1
Sister.

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Mrs Zoobkoff. was: born : :
September 11, 1914 at Ootische-
nia and lived there all of her life,
She married Mike W. Zot

him to elude! the death-sentence ...
Socrates was‘hor seeking to save
his lifes he was insisting on losing

~it, And, in compelling Athens to, +

choose between respecting his con-
science and taking his life, he.
inflicted on her a defeat that was
more_demanding to her than her
defeat-by ?Sparia five years earlier.
«For Athens had Set herself up to
€ at every Hellenic

and Socrates. ,

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