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Heritage Day, Pensions, Fast Time & Inflation

The justice committee of the House of on the government. to ‘establish Heritage Day asa new national holiday

to be observed annually on the third Monday of

‘Commons: has called

February.

The’ committee ‘also proposed ‘that the theme of Heritage’ Day be changed ‘each year with the focal point for the first year being the Canadian flag, Sir John A. Macdonald for the

“Yseeond year, and the native peoples of Canada

for the third year.

The idea has some merit, but please—not in

\ February.

In case no one in Ottawa has noticed, we still have winter in February with snow on the ground. If we're going to have another holiday, Jet's have it when the sun is shining and families can get outside and enjoy the natural beauty of

our country.

° oe ee, And speaking of the House of Commons, the’ ‘ ent h ‘1 ted

left buttons,

them.. And since ‘the person buttoning was usually right-handed and had to face the garment, he or she found it easier with right to

2. Medieval man.had to be ready to fight.

His. sword hand was usually his right, and to keep it warm and ready for action he had to be able to thrust it into his coat. So his coat had to open from left to right. 8. Women usually carried a baby in the left -’arm—probably to keep the right free for work around the house. When the child was hungry

the left breast was most convenient for starting

vol

unanimously last fall in favor of 'a motion that’ would allow retired MP's and senators to collect full pensions while holding other government

jobs.

morning.

the feeding. But if the weather was cold or windy or wet, designers made garments so the ~ right side could be pulled over the child. Thus right to left buttoning. ee

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We have always been in favor of year-round Daylight Saving Time, believing the extra hour of daylight at the afternoon end of the day was more desirable than the extra hour in’ the

However, we felt the practice shouldn't be undertaken by Canada unless the United States did the: same because of the ihconvenience,

Ordinary persons drawing the Canada

Pension Plan can only earn $960 a year outside ‘their pensions. Any excess is deducted from

their pension,

It‘is absolutely scandalous, as a’ letter

writer in one of:the

with respect to ion progr: Having now experienced nearly two weeks with the U.S. on fast time and our own country

remaining on Standard Time, we wonder if the

hour's difference’ in’ time isn't an

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PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT

No matter. what an econo- mic system calls itself it must ultimately ‘concern’ itself with ‘capital. Cr ism, facism, or

of their people. Their produc- tion fell, their inventiveness

--declined, their quality of. life

notes, “that our MP's should even' have the effrontery to suggest such a course while the ordinary pensioner has his outside earnings so drastically reduced....there is certainly one law for the MP in Ottawa and another for the

ordinary citizen.” . 6 8

A couple of: months.ago in this’ space we ; commented upon the fact that women claimed to be as smart as men. Yet, we wondered, what man would put buttons down, the back of his sweater where you have to be something of a_ contortionist to, get the sweater done up, or.

undone.

A reader didn't:-have an answer (except to speculate that it was perhaps a matter of style and vanity), but did send ‘along a clipping offering several reasons as to why the buttons ‘ ‘on women's jackets, etc., are on a different sid rs 21 Ns the King’s Dragoon ;Guards, never. got the $47.50 coming to him as prize money for having fought in the Duke of i i

than on men's clothing.

‘The clipping offers the following possible . explanations as to why men button left to right 8 ‘while women button right'to left: °°)!" “army “at® the’ Battle of! Waterloo -against-.~

(and oldsters):are now getting

to bed as much as an hour earlier because U.S. television programs appear. on local TV screens an hour earlier.

There are two sides to every question, and this is definitely such a question. We don't envy

capitalism all wrestle with ‘the problem ‘of investment . capital to build new means of produc- tion or improve old. > :

7 Those states which ‘allow the widest exercise of the profit motive enjoy the standards of living. Even their “poor” people are’ well off by he

the provincial cabinet as it wrestles with the

thorny problem of whether or not to Daylight Saving ‘Time on February 8rd. ee oe

‘The twin powers of inflation and compound : interest are well illustrated in a news story out of London, England.

In 1815 an army pay clerk made a $47.50 mistake, “says retired schoolmaster. Ernest Shead. As he sees it, the government owes him $172.6 million. : Fi

3 Mr. Shead said he was looking through: family papers recently snd discovered that his

‘tereat hi

saving, can be used to provide extra‘ benefits—public | works such as roads, irrigation, power development; social improve- ments such. as © education, culture, welfare; inventions,

‘The ethical. problem ‘<o each economic system is how.to

: > 1, Since most people are right-handed, it’s really more natural to button from left to, right...

Men, traditionally independent, did ‘their: own ¢ (

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capital with’ th least’ social injustice. * 3

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that interest on the sum should 3 fat 1 H Mr.

aver “$49,999 LEAP Grant for Forest. Use

o ‘Some 129 jobs at a federal .

cost of $1.2" million “will, be created by projects in British Columbia approved. under: the Loca! Employment: Assistance Program (LEAP). ° $ ‘Among ‘those: approved :is

$49,999 for Slocan Valley forest .

use. This project is to research

and develop a’ plan concerning ‘

the feasibility: for’ community. ‘use of the Slocan Valley forest.

Forest ‘utilization, produc.

ition, contract: areas, ecology and salvage will be studied.

© ‘The project will produce a report determining the’ costs

‘and implementation and :mar-.

keting possibilities’ that could provide - permanent “employ-

ment for local citizens. ..... The latest LEAP ‘approval

by Manpower. Minister. Robert

‘Andras, said director general of

Pacific Region of the. depart-” - ment of-manpower and immi- Jack. VanderLoo,

gration, brings the number of jobs

created in\B.C. and'the Yukon <~

to 258 through 23 projects funded with federal’ contribu- tions of $2.1 million,

Mr. -VanderLoo. said: that LEAP “is a very. different program from the Local Initia-

tives Program (LIP), both of :

which are managed byMan- power's ‘job creation branch.»

* “While LIP. is intended to unemploy-

relieve « seasonal

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ment,” he said, “LEAP is designed: for. unemployed and

» disadvantaged people, to in- volve them in developing and managing “innovative projects over a long term.”

{that “LEAP-funded projects create jobs for people who are

Mr. VanderLoo explained :

+ bought : previously.)

Private: enterp

‘the decision: of) accumulating «

savings for capital investment to. the: individual: Instead (of using the stick of compulsi private enterprise uses the carrot of. profit.” ’ The profit ‘motive per- suades ‘the investor to volun- tarily sacrifice, to consume less

today, to save in order to profit :

tl ds of other, coun- tries. :

‘One form of capital ac-'

cumulation that is* most dis- ‘astrous to the free economy. is inflation, By inflating. “the money supply, government in effect steals from its people or :forcesthem to. save: involun- ‘Yarily. It is much more insidious than increased taxation be- cause it is not readily discern- ible. : By, increasing the money ‘supply’ the government | de- creases the value of each currency unit. (For example, if Canada © doubled .”. its: money supply, each dollar would then buy.only ‘the samnc’ amount of as/60 cents would have By using the ‘new: mone: i

Danish’ company. is

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land and selling “ ‘them’ as pollution-free' additives for, bet- ter drinks. ‘They are advertised

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ducing. the: purchasing and investment = power — of the citizens who hold the old‘money in their pockets, pension funds, or savings accounts,

“If, this: process’ continues the natural ‘reaction of the ordinary citizen is to spend his money as quickly as he earns it

-making no provisions to save

and invest.

The ethnic “of private enterprise :is that the person who sacrifices and invests must bear the responsibility of profit or loss,‘ The resulting, property ‘accumulated must belong to the

“person who invested, otherwise

there « will’ be “no: future sinvestors. Se The’person ‘most ‘able to foresee “the ‘needs of the economy will:be the investor

who succeeds and accumulates | |"

capital for further. investment. There is an‘element of chance that.“ tends / to < equalize ‘the element of wisdom‘ or superior. intellect: There is also a spin-off.

ernment. iated

‘company who .

pany itet a> profity position cannot help but benefit the minor. ‘shareholders. 3 The. in-

_ vestor with good saving habits -

but poor managerial ‘skills can manager. with little. capital and thereby profit. ee ;

The main point, however, is that the profit, motive.is the surest.) means.:.of- voluntary ‘saving or,capital. accumulation.

“Without this investment capital

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as. “whispers *) from’:. bygone .

‘an: economy will stagnate and + decay. a 2

not” likely ‘to “be ploy > through the regular or seasonal labor market. Funding can be provided “for up to three years, and there * may also-be a developmental period ‘prior to a long-range contract. with Manpower.

Mr. VanderLoo said that in.

LEAP. projects, participants learn’ or update’ vocational skills; others acquire life skills to cope with new, or changing day-to-day ‘situations.’ All em- ployment is» geared’to the future continuing. self- sufficiency’ of the ~ project participants.

He. said’ LEAP project’ officers are working in the field

to seek out groups of disadvan- .

taged unemployed people and work’ with them. to. develop

‘projects that will be staffed and managed by the project partici- pants.

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are paid on the investment. The saving may, be:mone!

from’ a pay. cheque: regularly.’ + deposited in a bank where.

will be loaned to an expandin| business. ‘The saving may. be the purchase of ‘shares in

company or bonds, The saving 4 may be an extra amount of labor building a second house to

use as a rental property. * The important aspect is

that it is a voluntary act not one =

of compulsion. It embodies the essence of freedom.

ments adopted . the . profit motivation of capital accumula- tion that the dramatic results of the industrial revolution ap-

peared. The investment. in

machinery. produced an abun- dance that dispelled the age-old proglems of ‘starvation — and material poverty.

‘The abundance of material":

permitted a certain part

of the society to devote its time «.

to research, education, culture, medicine and the other services

that so improved the quality of

life for everyone.

Those governments. which abolished the profit motive found that they have <had to resort to a virtual enslavement

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_RIARAIRD JUNIOR + SECONDARY SCHOOL

Our thoughts are already

turning to Valentine's Day and

our big dance, Wonder who will

‘be this year's Queen and King? “1 *

‘This week we had a film on sports fishing. We get a good variety.

“’ Selkirk College “speakers’ Bureau” has made some of their People available to us for noon-hour enjoyment. Here’ is the list:

Peter Wood (today)—“Out of Doors in the Kootenays” (illustrated);

Harry Jukes (Tuesday)— “Altered States of Consclous- ness (Meditation, Dreams, Hyp-

nosis, Drugs)";

Nirmal Singh (Feb. 9)—

“Hist and the People of

_ Northwest India—Land of Five

Rivera"}{i).6 13. Lillian Nice (Feb. .25)— “Hairdressing as a Career"; Don Jones\'(March | 4)— “Introductory Glass Blowing.” Senna ter st .

"\\ We got'taken for a good turn-around’ in''basketbal! by Rossland:!‘It’s good- for our \souls;iwe guess, (Wonder how

they grow them so tall up there.) . . We had Mr, Ellwood, new district. superintendent of

“schools up here last week. He

attended a staff meeting and spoke to the teachers. ‘

We hear that he thought Mr. Clark's art room was one of the most attractive he's ever seen, (What have we been telling you?ll),

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Our school’s “sustained silent reading program” (SSR)

‘Letter to Editor

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' Birds and Balancing Nafure

Dear Sir:

Many people who en; and wish to help the bird i about us often assume that since they see no birds in their area there no birds about.

At this very moment there are at least eight Stellers’ Jays,

60 to 70 Grosbeaks, 200 or more,

sparrows, Aryon and _alate- colored junkoes crowding our bird feeder and rail and devouring the sunflower seed, wild birdseed, brown bread crumbs and fat, and pushing at one another to get at the water

pan.

Yes, birds must have water, particularly in the winter time when body heat is

can be bought more cheaply in. large quantities.

‘The bird whose life you save today will not only save your garden a few months from now but will be yours to enjoy in memory for all time.

Many years ago, following a dinner with ‘an’ olderly Doukhobor couple, I attempted to assist by throwing the crumbs into the fire, but the old lady stopped me.

“No, no," she cried, “put them outside for the birds, One must never forget God's crea- tures.”

It_is an sdmonishment which I have never forgotten and .I would strongly - re-

has become ly

and we wouldn't want to give it up. It’s great to be able to relax and read a book of your own choice for about an hour every

three or four days (during.

regular class time).

The students read books they really enjoy and. it is pin-drop quiet all over the school, Nice. It’s like an oasis or something.

8 ew :

Latest thing cooking in the students’ council stew pot is “Grade 9 Week.” The grade 8's are getting a little nervous, ae you guys, It’s not that

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will be sent out when they are ready, probably in a few weeks. An Autoplan spokesman

scheme than..they did pre- ‘viously will be:given a rebate. However, details have yet ‘to receive final approval and motorists are being asked not tosubmit any documents yet to - the autoplan insurance scheme. Transport Minister Robert : Strachan said on Wednesday of last week that “maybe 160,000” or about 15 per cent of the province's motorists could get rebates. The amount of money involved could:be $2 million to $2.5. million, "he estimated .during a BCTV interview. Motorists. who think they have been overcharged should write to: i

id ists will have to show that they actually paid less for a full year of insurance under a standard plan. Special rates, or discounts for several cars, will not entitle the applicant to a rebate.

An. Autoplan spokesman said insurance rates have been slashed for about 3,000 trucks and cars on northern Vance: ouver Island.

“A review of the rates showed they were too high and most of the motorists would have qualified for rebates.

He said the trouble arose a year ago when the insurance industry applied for a. sur;

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Wild birdseed can be bought, together with | sun- flower seeds (for the Gros- beaks) almost anywhere but

d to all of your readers, particularly in these winter

days. John A. Charters * Castlegar

Unoccupied Robson Home ‘Burns Within One Hour

Fire destroyed an un- occupied house in Robson Friday just days after the former occupants had moved.

Castlegar RCMP reported the fire started about 8 p.m.

Jurisdiction Is Challenged

The president of the British Columbia Colleges As- tion has called on the

provincial government to keep’

responsibility. for vocational and trades education out of the hands of:the provincial depart- ment of labor.

J. Galt Wilson said the association, representing nine community colleges and the B.C, Institute of Technology, is concerned about the struggle between the education and labor departments over which will control vocational educa- tion. ‘

Mr. Wilson said the associ- ation met Saturday and dis- cussed recent -labor relations board moves .to. certify the Hospital Employees Union as representative for practical nursing students.

“Relieved of Job

Education: Minister Eileen Dailly said’ Saturday.“ John Bremer is finished as,education commissioner for British Col- umbia.

Mrs. Dailly, attending a meeting of: the Young New D

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d Premier Dave © Barrett's ‘statement of last Thursday that the govern- ment is not satisfied with Mr. Bremer, appointed last Febru- ary for three years at $28,000 a year. x e

She told reporters that Mr. Bremer’s job.. as‘: one-man commissioner is finished, but said nothing about: compensa- tion, Earlier, Victoria’ sources said the government likely would have to pay Mr. Bremer $56,000 for the unexpired term of his contract.

Mr. Bremer's job was to study and revamp the pro- vince's education system. But in December, “Mrs. . Dailly announced formation of a new

- education committee which

virtually took over his respon- sibilities. He was not named a member.

In, taking over his job *

nearly a year ago, Mr. Bremer said he would examine’ all aspects of education from elementary to university.

Friday and burned within an jour,

‘The cause of the blaze has not been determined nor has: there been an estimate released on damages.

The older-style frame con- struction house is reported to be owned by Mrs, A. Jenner of Robson and is located at the Green Acres Trailer Court."

Though unoccupied, the house did contain some basic furniture owned by Mrs. Jenner.

No one responded to the fire as the house is located in an ‘unorgal area which ‘is under the jurisdiction of the BC. Forest Service. The Forestry's pumper truck ’ is reported to have been unavail- able at the time as a new motor was being installed in the unit,

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