PUBLISHER JON JARRETT
SHARLENE IMHOFF
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JOHN SNELGHOVE
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DENISE GOLDSTONE
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‘editorial comment

Taxed to death?

Did you know that the average Canadian fami-
:ly works almost seven months just to pay for the
cost of government? .
: Sound like a fairy tale? A bad joke perhaps?
Or just a complete fallacy? ‘ .
it sounds like and what it is are two dif-
ferent things. ener
; Infact, the above statement comes with little or
no surprise to the average hard-working-always-

S giving taxpayer.
Bi Sad but The, all levels of government are tak-
ing more and more off of Canadians‘

eamed coin, and mam ers-are feeling the
; Symptoms of.a new and serious disease called
BS Syndrome : :

¥: Taxed To Death Syndrome is sweeping across
the Nation at an unbeleivable and is taking
R its toll.
F one coastline to the other. :
E The's

initials GST or PST.
mentally and physically, has 2s of yet, no proven
cure, .

loweverin light’of their suffering+a few brave
cae Sti ps to ‘maintain and carry
with them a sense of unity and faimess in the
Great North - not to mention a carefree smile and
attitude. Imagine that'- after working seven
months for someone else.

a ek 4,
Little knowledge . .
~ 4) What is the name of that force which keeps A sta-,
‘| Wonary object standing still and which has to be.

come b

i ¥ ote.the *F

_ |... 3)For what reason are Houston Stewart Chamberlain:

i | and Count Gobineau chiefly zemembered?. 0.“
4)'For-what ¢ Y

(© 1991 Creators Synccate, re

cheques,
(Qbody likes to give up so much of their hard-

n literally millions of Camicks from.

The disease, which affects the sufferer both:

Nostalgia i

Ron >

* this He:

Ah, yes, .., nostalgia! I remem-
ber it well, even though I'm mak-
ing heroic efforts to escape its soft

, Shan call and cloyiag sentimentali-

Vy. ahi s
Nostalgia is a chronic sickness

and it can be terminal, So I fexr it, ’
It makes us ali Jive in & past that;

*. Once uncarthed.a stone that dated
back atleast 25 centuries, Some
remote
invented past by condemning the

, present with this inscription: “Alas,

no longer

obey their. parents, and every’ man
wants to write a book.” ’ :
the exponential

never was. And with a past like

mine, that’s a real and present dan-

ger to the welfare of the nation; the «> -

rule of law and the price of regular
rhe

We stole that word nostalgia,
stole it from the ancient Greeks,
without asterisk or foomote, with-

out even a reverential nod of the:

head in their direction: ‘nostos

present and praise the past, that
friend of mine—the one with

only ey
-: Almost can"unleash.a
flood of nostalgia and sweep, us
; away, suddenly and inexplicably, to
‘another time, a time when: all men
, Were noble and all women ‘virtu-

acid of cynicism in his‘ bones—:~ =

said: “Enough already! Enough of

leaden present and

1 Bis ie

ps from Memory’s
Urn stuff, Jeffelst Stop with the:
tears, You'd be doing us alla.
favor.” Harsh ‘criticism,’ but—in:

P y.

i is an ancient disease, ’::
It's claimed that an archaeologist !

chiseler retumed to his own:

Y, dun

recall the golden past,

The merchants and the myth-
makers know how to push the nos-
talgia switch, on purp and for.

ce

26,1991

S an ancient disease

national icon: After a few brief.
years, he seems to have passed into
the collective memory as 0 parag pe r

' profit. Why else would the ‘tube

show me that placid horse pulling a

“ wobbling cart down a Norman

1 lane if not to flog me the
rich anti of their cheddar?

of political virtue and prop

So that poll I read recently claims.
Well, Ican’t say that my hooded:

eye dims with tears when I recall

The Shrug. -I was living in the:

OL

Those'were the remote days of the

sacred cow, I suppose. before mod-

ern science. put all those ‘pagan
's fodder, -

»- the Age of Gold is gone. The world.: additives into Flossie’s fo
‘is in fall decay, Children ;

Trouble is that nostalgia keeps
getting younger. Or as some wag
once put it: “Our ancestors aren't
living as.long as they used-to.”

lock, the war in Nam, the Beats, |

the hoola hoop and the 1962 Stude-
And the Hippies, of course, even

| though they:now wear-navy blue:

Pinstripes, drive a BMW, carry a

‘crocodile: briefcase .and fret about

ifferen
object: of: nostalgia,:a: kind of.

when he gave ‘the infa-:
mous Salmon Arm salute. You
know, index and middle fingers
raised. No, not the Churchillian ;

intervention! ‘The other one: palm, .

facing in, arm braced, sudden stab-
bing motion of the wrist; upwards.
Some sort of commentary on the
(Cro-Magnon intelligence and simi-
an savoir faire of the locals, I think. ;
Iwas one of them. :

That: friend of mine, the one I;
mentioned earlier, had another slur--
ring description of nostalgia. He;
called it .“Leaves from Little”
Fanny’s Album.” I took that one as,
a direct insult to my Y chromo-
some and I objected. But here,
Now, as I thumb through my scrap-
book, the one that holds all those
rich and cloying memories, it
occurs to me that maybe, just
maybe, he was right.

RR. Jeffels is a Richmond free-'
lance writer and former principal
of The Open Learning Institute. i

Mulroney z
had been exposed by the likes of

‘his popularity rating; ws heading

-It probably seemed like a:good

idea af the time, whem Brian Mul-?

roney sent Keith Spicer off.on a
media extravaganza around the
Dominion. It was a sort of ‘bread
and circuses’ - well it was a circus
anyway - designed to give people
an outlet for their feelings about

down to what must then “have

+f), Seemed a disastrous’

{, ootrse, that-would be:a;33 per'cen
“improvement and therefore carries
with it the alpenglow of happier
So yes, by all-means' go to'the
| People; recruit Mr Spicer, flamboy-

| Sant, mildly eccentric, a-public fig-

ure with goou' retbgnition’aht
‘2..powerful enthusiasm. Send. him on
“an electronic'whistle-stop’‘tour'td
y listen to the people and report on
c the mood of Canada! While people
were diverted with that, they might
«Stop thinking about ‘Meech Lake
rand one. might:even find oneself
glad to use some line, “Well, we're

! Albin all, ai workable strategy: ifi
one can use the time thus bought to:
good effect... :

»| Forva whi

Costs of the:cperation became them-,

Selves the:subject, of hostile com- ;

ments \Xes; People: were diverted

Wasn't making: any,-points. for the

‘Tories with his free spending ways; .

it was all a bit too like the fed-

|. Had he however produced some

milque-toast panegyric:to:Canadian.
nationalism,:.the sort of thing that:
might be equally well sired by Mel
Hurtig out of Multiculturalism
Canada;-woll, that:(from Mr,Muls.
roney’s point,of view) might still
have been usdful.-A rhorale builder.
A document with a vision that he
could go and sell.

: But he didn’t. ,

. What Mr;$
Yocument that reported that Canadi-
hns generally were sick of the fed-

though it
might>work:i Indeed, -it:almost.:
iworked too-well,:as;the mounting.:

from: Meech: Lake;; but'Mr Spicer,;

* this

picer produced was ae

such control as it acknowledged:
Was not at the fingertips of the citi-,
zenry and that Canadians needed,
the power to oust unpopular lead-
ers, .There was much in the same
vein. None of it was of any comfort.
to a prime minister trailing the
Reform Party by three percentage
Points, for it was an expression of
the betrayal felt by those citizens
who had rejoiced to see years of
Liberal cynicism dethroned. They,
had voted for change and they had
got more of the same old thing.

:-It was his own fault; Mr Mul-
roney. did not need to send Keith
Spicer to the people. He could have
considered listening to his own cau-

cus, for in 1988 they came to us and .

we: the people sent those MPs to
advise and assist the government of

country. i
But maybe that is the

Spon
he won't but that really underscores
Mr Spicer’s basic point - we need a
‘way to oust unpopular leaders.

Canada and to. biunt the call to .

‘waiting for Mr Spicer to report.”

TRYING. “T
INTO CTHE |

#, eral government...They felt that

Jean still stirs

In a first anniversary Sunday
Edition interview, Chretien was
‘candid about the events of the past
year, and determinedly upbeat
about our nation’s future. .

On his shaky start as leader: "You

know it was a problem of adjuste- «
ment..I'd never been a leader in‘my |
ees IT 7°. life, Ittook me time to adjust.".
‘What a difference a year makes! ©

On the perception he’s not the
per he.

ecame expectations were
too high. Some. people expected *

miracles, but I'm in the Opposition,

Chretien says he understands
f appeal: “People are frus-
trated with the lack of | ip in
the country and they're looking for

: amiracle solution.

“They're looking for someone
(like Preston Manning) who pre-
tends he has all the answers, very.
simplistic/answers, that make

mofortable,

perience
important factor,” he said,
Chretien says this should not

» Just be a.“Quebec round” of consti-

tutional talks, but rather a round for

* all Canadians. “As I said to Que-

if, we: , tell. you today,
twe're:going' to, settle the ‘West

“problems. and-we'll come back (to.
{ your concerns) tw

that will

package
$ make the West, Ontario, Quebec -<

o:years from...

your blood

He's lost sonie weight since his!
‘operation,’ but'as we chatted in his}
office, Chretien looked tanned and!

‘fit, healthier than I've seen him in;

half a year. He appears to be more?
Telaxed than he was even a couple of!
‘And as you listen to him talk pas-!
tig a eiong ao Caled Coed
the blood pia {
from Shawinigan has been
a tough year, but he's put Arte
him, and appears to be ready—!

ing Canada—tike himself, healthy’
and whole again. “ fyaeea

The Castlegar Sun

Several’ Weeks ago I challenge:
the Nonh' American Medical pro-
fession. I questioned why doctors
in the U:S. have not demanded the
legalization of heroin.as‘:a
painkiller in the’ treatment of ‘ter-
minal cancer, And why Canadian
physicians who can. legally use
this humanitarian painkiller allow
it-to collect’ dust on pharmacy
shelves? The column struck a'sen-
sitive note' with readers and they

ponded with a y
Many asked how loved’ ones
Could be assured of receiving ade-
quate painkillers during their final
days:

A’ man from Appleton, Wis-
consin: writes, “I had the misfor-
tune of watching a dear sister

suffer unbelievable pain from ~

cancer, I never dreamed I would
be happy to see someone so
young ‘die, The memories I carry. .
to this day are of her suffering.
Thank you for being brave
enough to stand up and fight for
this cause.” :

A’ woman: from. Toronto
says,"Your article sure hit a nerve.
My mother had cancer of the pan-
creas ‘and although in severe pain
was just given’Tylenol #3, Her
doctor finally prescribed mor-
Phine, but it did not relieve the
suffering. A few days before her
death he worried she. might
become addicted to morphine if.
he increased the dose! What abso-
lute nonsense to worry about
addiction ‘at such a time. I’m sure
my mother could have explained
to St. Peter at the Pearly Gate.”

A vexed reader from Texas
says, “This is the first time “I’ve
ever written to a newspaper.’ But I
feel compelled to do so, My sister
was forced from life on her hands
and knees in horrific pain: Now
that I know heroin might have
éased her agony it leaves me with
nothing but contempt for thos
who withheld it from her.” - ‘

A ‘reader from’ Montreal

\..38 Words. T enquired
ged'; “heroin ‘as I/knew, it‘had:been

ae

weto eniply
the use
“legalized for medical use in Cana:

da. And several'-years ago'a
British doctor told me how, eff

—

usually fail, Everyone in under ‘

of ' ;tremendous stress at this time and ,
‘the last thing one wants is to

alienate a doctor by'ch

ever end?

.” When politeness fails, switch-
(dng doctors ar such'a critical

! why it’s important to discuss this

his treatment.
My ‘advice is to talk to-your

tive heroin’ was, in combating
pain. But the doctor still refused
to'try heroin. We. were not even
given an option. How. can-some
physicians be so uncaring?”

Another reader. describes a

tragic expe that occurred 'in
Germany. He writes,"My, mother
died in a large West Berlin’ hospi-
tal 'in terrible agony. If doctors
Could feel the pain of terminal
cancer for one hour they might
not, fail their fellow man-in this
final act of mercy. Keep writing
about it.” stk
From California; “Who says
we live in enlightened times when
dope addicts can buy heroin on
the street and my mother died in
pain without it. Let's all shout

going to take it any more.” f
A British nurse: writes, “I was
given heroin during my labor in
London, England. After it took
effect.they could have cut my
head off without me caring. ‘I’m
fed up hearing doctors say heroin

is no:better.than morphine.’ Mor-

Phine made me deathly ill.

‘A-funeral director:remarks,
“The stories I hear from’ families
never: change. How. their loved
ones died in misery from terminal
cancer. It’s an appalling and scan-
dalous situation. How. can I
help? a oe

Nor do the letters change that
cross my: desk.every year. The
Person-on-the-street simply. can't
believe that common sense is-so
lacking in both doctors and law-
makers. As one reader says; “Of
course heroin should be legalized
in the'U.S. ‘and used by.Canadian
physicians. It’s ridiculous that you
even have to discuss this matter.”

What can be done when a

loved one is suffering from termi-
nal cancer pain and not: receiving
‘painkillers? Unfortu-

writes,"I was moved by
your column. My mother died last
month from breast cancer that had
spread to her bones, Everyone

assured me the pain would be*
fO sreutema ye ke ae ‘

‘miners,, who last year staked
more than 100,000 claims, have
been given a 50-page user-friend-
ly guidebook, Energy and Mines
Minister Jack Weisgerber
announced today. ;

“Locating the claim posts and
boundary lines, doing paper work

nately, what:should happen and

what does are two. different:
things. In one way it’s.under-

_ We're ‘mad as hell and we're not. -

phy » politely reqi an
increase in dosage of painkiller
: and instructions that the narcotic

“PRN” which means only.as the :

patient. needs it.. This is rarely
adequate for. chronic severe: pain.
And in Canada demand that hero-
in be tried if all other painkillers
fail to ease agonizing pain,

matter with your doctor long
before pain strikts, Ask whether
he or she shares your views on
control of pain. Or will he worry
about addiction on the deathbed.
If you don’t get the answers
you're looking for, that’s the time

to switch to a more compassion-

ate physician,

time ff.
is casier said than done, That's”

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The guidebook covers both’
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