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scorecards wcrc passed o u t ; i t was c r e a t - i ve , funny, deep, a d i s p l a y of t a l c l l t T, v i t a l i t y , and t h e message was c l e a r . The e l i t e c a p i t a l ism t h a t causes & Iferpetu- a t c s u n f a i r t ~ c s s G i n j u s t i c e is being d r a g ged out from 1)chind i t s s l i c k masks. The very a c t o f waking up t o t h e i l l u s i o n s & c rap t h a t we've been fed f o r c e n t u r i e s i s l i k e a b rea th of f r e s h a i r .
Stay tuned f o r t h e next STEW Revue!
P.S. Pcoplc involved i n blockades t o s t o p logging o f old-growth f o r e s t s on t h e
I s l and t o l d u s of an o l d t a c t i c being used by t h e b i l l i o n - d o l l a r t r a n s n a t i o n a l s - i t i s l awsu i t s a g a i n s t s t uden t s , s t r e e t peop- l e , anyone saying c l e a r - c u t t i n g i s wrong. These co rpo ra t e p i r a t e s hope t o s t i f l e any f u t u r c p r o t e s t with f e a r . B i l l Louis, a long tirnc a c t i v i s t , s a i d t h e sarne t h i n g had been done t o t h e American Indian Move- rncnl. i n t h e S t a t e s . They t r y t o g e t you t o pu t a l l your energy i n t o f i n d i n g motley t o pay lawyers. Ilis advice : de fy i t . Don't g e t t rapped i n t h e i r system p l ay ing by t h e i r r u l e s f o r t h e i r reasons . Empower t h e people !
The t imes , t hey a r e a-cha11gi11' . . . 1 Remember t h e census t h a t happened i n
1991? Seems t h a t t h e numbers a r e used by
th ing . Sue, from a group c a l l e d Watari, var ious "Planning Groups" t o hel l ) . . some- 1
pul led out t h e numbers below taken a s "Demographic charac te r i s t ics / I l ig l~ l igh t~ of t h e Downtown Eas t s ide 6 Stra thcona communities -
* Populat ion: Has grown i n t h e a r eh from 14,797 t o 16,605.
* Youth: The popula t ion has 1,005 males under t h e age of 19 and 875 fem-
a l e s under 19. . .Almost 2,000 youth o r c h i l d r e n l i v e i n t h e community; t h i s i s 11.3% of t h e t o t a l popula t ion .
* Sen io r s : The popula t ion of males over 65 i s 1,930; females - 1,780.
To ta l popula t ion ove r 65 i s 3,710. This is 22% of o u r t o t a l popula t ion .
* Youth & f a m i l i e s : There a r e 2,040 never married sons & daugh-
t e r s l i v i n g a t home under t he age of 25. There a r e 9,775 p r i v a t e households i n t h e a r ea . 7,305 of them a r e s i n g l e hou- seholds but 2,470 a r e considered fami l - i es /census f a m i l i e s . 25% of a l l house- ]
holds a r e cons idered family households.
A 'f1:NANW ISN'T A IiOME! I r e t a l i a t o r y r e n t h ikes - and BC l o s e s a f f -
13.C. h i t s I)eon without r e n t c o n t r o l s f o r t e n yca r s tlow G t e n a n t s have been paying t h e p r i cc 01' 1 ) r iva t e market re-developnlent and spcc111 ; i t ion.
l h c l a t e s t puhli c i z e d c a s u a l t i e s i n t h i s ons l aught agn i n s t o u r homes a r e t h e t e n a n t s of Carol irlc Colirt i n Vancouver. For 3 yea r s t h e owners have milked t h i s b u i l d i n g f o r a l l i t ' s worth. With t h e c u r r e n t 20-46% inc rcnscs , r e n t s w i l l have r i s e n o v e r 100% i n t h i s i )cr iod.
o rdab le housing. In Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, V i c t o r i a
and Vancouver r e n t s have r i s e n over 30% i n t h e l a s t 3 yea r s , f a r o u t s t r i p p i n g i n f l a - t i o n and o u r ,incomes.
Tenants e l e c t e d t h e NDP on t h e i r promise t o con t ro l excess ive r e n t i nc reases . I t ' s t ime t o l e t t h e P rov inc i a l Government know t h a t t hey must d e l i v e r on t h i s po l i cy .
Show your support f o r r e n t c o n t r o l s by w r i t i n g your l o c a l MLA aind:
'I'lli s could be YOU! Rent co1l t1 .01~ a r e a n e c e s s i t y f o r BC' s
one m i l l i o n t crrnnts. Without r e n t c o n t r o l s
Hon. Moe S iho ta , Min i s t e r o f Labour 6 Consumer Se rv i ce s
Room 109, L e g i s l a t i v e Buildings we have no p ro t ec t ion from r e n t gouging 6 VICTORIA, B . C . V8V 1x4
Tenant Survival Awards lor lenants who have pm up HMh the most
lor the longest. under Canada's wwst landlord-lenant law.
Food Music
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. TENANT SURVIVAL DM! ! ' Celebratq Surviving Renting ,in B.C.
For t o o many y e a r s now, t e n a n t s i n B.C. h a v e had t o put up w i t h t o o much i n r e n t a l hous ing . I n BC, y o u r r e n t may i n c l u d e : * P e s t s : cockroaches , mice r a t s & o t h e r
vermin ( a l s o c a l l e d s h a r e d accomodat ion) * Lack o f S e c u r i t y : you t o o can t r y t o f i n d
an a f f o r d a b l e p l a c e t o l i v e , when y o u r l a n d l o r d g i v e s you an e v i c t i o n n o t i c e because h e l s h e wan t s t o demol i sh o r s e l l your home, wants t o b u i l d a condo, wants you o u t t o r a i s e t h e r e n t . Or Tenant Survival Awards
* No R e p a i r s : n o t o n l y do you have a roof o v e r y o u r h e a d , b u t do you r e a l l y e x p e c t for tenants who have put up with the nlost t o have h e a t , working a p p l i a n c e s , w a t e r for the longest, under Canada's worst and e l e c t r i c i t y t o o ? landlord-tenant h ~ .
1, Charles Street h Commerdd Drive Contact Tenanls' Rights Action Coalition: 255-3099
* Harrassment : your l a n d l o r d e n t e r s y o u r p l a c e when y o u ' r e n o t home, t e l l s you your f r i e n d s c a n ' t v i s i t & y o u c a n 1 t + h a v e o v e r n i g h t g u e s t s , t h r e a t e n s t o k i c k you
Food Music o u t l r a i s e your r e n t l t a k e y o u r s t u f f . . .
* No Rent C o n t r o l s : your l a n d l o r d can h i k e your r e n t a s much as h e / s h e wants t o .
* The Righ t t o Move: if you d o n ' t l i k e any
Kids' stuff o f t h e above you do have t h e r i g h t t o move.
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A s so many people jump on t h e K i m Camp- b e l l bandwagon I ' v e s toppedGthought about what e x a c t l y i s h e r record . She served a s Minis te r of J u s t i c e f o r almost 3 years.Was h e r t enu re so wonderful t h a t she can now be Canada's s av iou r f o r t h e l a s t yea r s of t h e 20th century? What e x a c t l y d id she ac- complish? Here ' s 10 p o i n t s she f a i l e d i n :
She d i d no t ban t h e possess ion o f c h i l d pornography. She d id not lower t h e age-18 cu t -o f f f o r t h e Young Offender ' s Act. She d id not change t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f "ex to r t - ion" i n t h e Criminal Code of Canada t o r e - f l e c t an e x t o r t i o n i n t h e Asian c u l t u r a l context t o b e t t e r f i g h t Asian gqngppobhems She d id no t ban a d u l t s from being a b l e t o a d v e r t i z e f o r t h e sexual "serv ices" o f ,
t eenagers . She d id not hold referenda on t h e d i f f i c u l t i s s u e s of abo r t ion E c a p i t a l punishment. She d i d not invoke t h e notwith- s tanding c l ause of t h e Char t e r of Rights t o exempt Canada from t h e December 1992 r u l i n g of t h e BC Court of Appeal t h a t s t r u c k down a BC law prevent ing convicted
yards , playgrounds 6 p u b l i c parks . She not b r ing i n e f f e c t i v e gay r i g h t s l e g i t i o n . She d i d n o t i n t roduce r egu la t ions with t e e t h t o t h e f e d e r a l Health of Ani a l s Act t o ban t h e c r u e l t rea tment of a mals. She d id not in t roduce an a n t i - s t a ing law t o h e l p p r o t e c t women 6 c h i l d r e She d id no t b r ing i n a n a t i o n a l law t o b t h e s a l e o f body p a r t s t o he lp curb t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r a d e i n organs.
What d i d she accomplish? She supported s t ack ing t h e Senate. Twice. She supporte i nc reas ing t h e n a t i o n a l debt t o over $45 b i l l i o n . She supported t h e Meech Lake an Charlot tetown Accords. She supported t h e GST. She' supported s o many t h i n g s t h a t a j u s t t h e oppos i t e of what Canadians want Seems t o me t h a t t h e K i m Campbell bandwa on i s a broken c a r t wi th no record !of s e r v i c e . On Nov. 14, ' 9 2 she s a i d , "We're a l l very e x c i t e d t h a t t h e prime m i n i s t e r (MI- roney) has made it very c l e a r t h a t h e ' l l l e ad u s i n t o t h e next e l ec t ionEeve rybody i s j u s t f e e l i n g very good."
Too bad Canada is h u r t i n g s o much.
sex o f f ende r s from l o i t e r i n g nea r school- Darren Lowe
We the undersigned residents of the Downtown Eastside do not support the "MARCH FOR JESUS," planned for June 12,1993. From our experiences last year we believe the March for Jesus will be very disruptive to the neighbourhood.
The Downtown Eastside has almost no park space. We are very concerned about possible damage to CRAB Park from 8,000 - 10,000 people rallying in the park
We request that the City of Vancouver not approve the permits for this event - at CRABPark
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(Copies of t h i s p e t i t i o n a r e a t t h e f r o n t desk i n Carnegie. If you want more blank copies , c a l l o r come t o t h e Newsletter.:
Absolute Knowledge i s g r e a t f o r t hose who know not t o abuse i t . Absolute t r u t h is not f o r g iv ing away- I must ea rn it a s do everyone. Absolute forg iveness you can g i v e when you have a b s o l u t e l y fo rg iven . Absolute h a t e is no t f o r you t o c r e a t e Absolute love is no joke.
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back i n t h e lonesome p i n e s o f o u r t r a p l i n e . kr 1 wm My Pa d i d say t o me, howld you f i k e t o go t o I town an ' spend t h e eve wi th your sweet Marie? b V &
Face In The Night
And I w i th -a s p a r k l e i n my eye and a g r i n from e a r t o e a r d i d nod wi th much d e l i g h t . We'll have t o s p r i n g our t r a p s he d i d say, and hang them on a limb near t h e t r a i l . I never heard him f i n i s h what he had t o say 'cause I was o f f down t h e t r a i l wi th my dog team ga l loping f u l l steam ahead sp r ing ing my t r a p s a long t h e way. I got t o t h e end o f t h e l i n e and d i d a doughnut sp in , t hen o f f homeward bound aga in . About h a l f way back I d id p a s s my Pa i n a wh i s t l i ng b l a s t l e av ing him i n a cloud of snow. I rounded a co rne r and j u s t ove r a r i s e I saw a f o x caught i n my Pa;s t r a p he f o r g o t . I braked my s l e d and stopped t h e team, grabbed my axe ans gave t h a t mangy f o x one good whack. I f l u shed i t s h ide and threw it i n t h e s l e i g h then o f f f o r home i n t h e s e t t i n g sun. Back a t t h e cabin , t h e f i r e a - roar ing , c o f f e e a-brewing, bannokc a-baking, t h e f u l l moon a-shining ... I d i d wai t . About midnight o r s o a c r a sh and a bang The cabin shook and t h e door f l ew i n . There it stood t h a t god-forsaken s i g h t , a l l covered with snow from head t o t o e .
I A snowman with eyes a s b i g a s f l a s h l i g h t s ,
,Sing sweet ly s t a r s t o n i g h t ' s t a r s e v e r l a s t i h g b r i g h t Sing now t o n i g h t .
How I do yearn f o r t h e e Thou h a s t been good t o me
I 1 yearn t o n i g h t . i Your voice comes whispering low From depths I do not know Deep i n t h e n i g h t .
he was gasping and pant ing , s t u t t e r i n g and stammering.. ,he t o l d such a woeful t a l e . He s a i d he came around a co rne r and j u s t ove r a r i s e ; He saw a bare naked fox caught i n h i s t r a p sh ive r ing i n t h e co ld and b l i n k i n g i t s eyes I t gave him such a f r i g h t he jumped o f f h i s s l e i g h ,and jogged a l l t h e way l eav ing h i s dogs behind, "Can't you hear them a l l t ang led up back t h e r e down a t t h e slough?"
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Shadows i n t h e moonlight move You i n t h e dark I l o s e Lose i n t h e n i g h t .
I c a l l your name s o s o f t Name i n t h e wind now l o s t Lost i n t h e n igh t .
Naught where I saw you s t and Naught i n t h i s empty land Naught he re t o n i g h t .
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KITOHEN KORNER
Mary Brogan, Mary BRO GAN! A t l a s t , a f t e r a l l t h e s e y e a r s E a l l t hose samages, t h e o l d ba t f i n a l l y cops t h e b i g one: t h a t 1 s t h e VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR award, i n ca se you missed i t .
Even though t h e content ion was deepEany one of many could have been chosen, we a t t h e Korner f e e l t h a t t h e choice was an ex- c e l l e n t one. There was, a s u s u a l , some soul grapes ove r t h e s e l e c t i o n , bu t judging fron t h e warm recep t ion accorded h e r from h e r p e e r s , ( t h e o t h e r vo lun tee r s ) when it was an nounced she had won t h e honour, it was obv- i ous t h a t most everyone f e l t Mary was a de- s e rv ing r e c i p i e n t .
Congra tu la t ions Mary!. .now g e t back i n t h e k i tchen & whip u s up a couple of hundred peanut b u t t e r E jam sammies.
On t h e same b i l l t h e r e was a 3-way t i e f o r Volunteers o f t h e ~ o n t h : Mariah, .George Nicholas E Don Baker were a l l honoured. For those who d i d n ' t g e t picked t h i s t ime, rem- ember t h a t no dne can win more t han once i n two years (and t h e k i t chen s t a f f can b e b r ibed ! ) .
Volunteer Appreciat ion Week went ove r won d e r f u l l y and, wi th a l l t h e f r e e f o o 4 even t s & o t h e r s t u f f , without a h i t c h . I t w a s capp- ed o f f with a bunch o f f r e e p i z z a s on S a t - urday n i g h t . I nc iden t ly , t h o s e p i zzas G a l l t h e p i zzas f o r t h e l a s t few months a r e g e t - t i n g , r a v e reviews E a r e cons t ruc t ed by Gary 6 a c a s t o f s e v e r a l people, i nc lud ing Vick- i e , Brian & even Debbie occas iona l ly . See,
We a r e proud o f t h e f a c t t h a t many of our pa t rons who do o v l u n t e e r work i n t h e k i t - chen can use t h e exper ience t o g e t a toe- hold i n o t h e r jobs. I t makes u s a l l very happy t o have helped i n any small way t o achieve t h i s goa l . Way t o go Tom!
Speaking of exper ience , o u r Kitchen pro- grammer, Cat r iona , i s now on h e r leave of absence (approximately 6 months) a s she i s going t o have a r o t t e n teenager . . I mean a b e a u t i f u l baby!. . ve ry s h o r t l y . We wish h e r t h e b e s t o f luck & w i l l keep you pos ted a s t o t h e b i r t h d a t e . (Bets a r e i t ' s a boy. .)
Not t o f e a r t h o ' , a s o u r o l d f r i e n d and cohor t Robert Begin i s coming over from t h e I s l and t o capably f i l l i n f o r t h e bul - ging Cat r iona . H e ' l l b e working h e r Sunday through Wednesday s h i f t .
While we're a t it t h e 2nd f l o o r has a new s t a f f person. H i s name is J i m Bi icker t , he ' s an e x c e l l e n t cook (E dishwasher) s o p l ea se be kind o r a t l e a s t f a i r l y n i c e & maybe h e ' l l s t a y .
Anyway, ano the r y e a r has passed E i t was m e of t h e b e s t e v e r i n t h e k i tchen , most- l y because of a l l t h e g r e a t h e l p we g e t from o u r many vo lun tee r s . Thanks t o every- m e of you. L e t t s keep it going throughout 1993.
'T i1 nex t t ime ... Happy ea t ing ! ! !
i f you can keep t h e * s t a f f busy on o t h e r r n k dane t h i n g s you'd always have g r e a t s t u f f a v a i l a b l e . . .
Some g r e a t news from t h e k i t chen : f r i e n d & e x c e l l e n t vo lun tee r Tom L e s t e r ( a l i a s Tom my Salami) , has g o t t e n h imsel f a r e a l job E i s now i n charge of t h e b u f f e t t a b l e a t Up- town C h a r l i e ' s on Renfrew ac ros s from t h e Coliseum. I f you g e t a chance drop by & s ay h e l l o , ( o r c a 'd l i k e him back).
Thoughts by t h e F ina l Act a t Waco
My mood is melancholy y e t I cannot r e f r a i n Draping above my s p i r i t A soot lashed whi te v e l v e t c u r t a i n o f remorse; woe I have l o s t no th ing though I f e e l I have l o s t With no connect ions ; e i t h e r by blood o r by tihe hhly, s p i k i
I b r ea the a t h a l f mast Yet I cannot r e f r a i n
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To, with t h e f u l l s t r e t c h o f my lungs Release, then r e p l e n i s h them again wi th burning anger Exhaustion w r e s t l e s my common sense Time and time aga in - innocence, youth; l i f e Humanity's s i nce re , agonizing pursu ip f o r t r u t h through r e l i Cons tan t ly taken hos tage , butchered; fodde r I t has appeared, i t seems, s i n c e t h e beginning of people No tonedaygoesunsca thed ; t heconques t f o r e v e d a s t i n g l i f e Bloodied by t h e conquest, consec ra t i on 6 annointment by dea th Compoundingthencombust ing , the i r fa i thahomelessphoenix
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When i n t imes o f doubt i n t h e turmoi l o f . a r o u t doomed go begging t o t h e God who loves with many a doubt . The love I seek comes not from t h e meek b u t from a l i o n ' s gaze hush your c r i e s t h e wicked l i e s a r e r e e l i n g i n t h e t r o u t . This macaroni i s an e r rony waging war on t r ea son I shbuld know I ' v e doubted you and you a r e doubting me, Code is b lue t h e h o s p i t a l knew and you and me assume t o l i e is b e s t but no t t o r e s t I ' l l d i e l i k e s n i f f i n g g lue . I am n o t be t - t e r than you on ly a minute p a r t o f t h e g l o r y pageant o f ex i s t ence ; I want t o be important t o t h e end a l l and be a l l bu t he loves me sometimes o r n o t a t a l l . I am wr i t i ng about myself I t h i n k I 'm so p e r f & e c t . Nothing i s coming t o me
God i n h i s m a j e s t y l o v e s a l l h i s c r e a t i o n
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This movie i s a documentary based on the imprisonment of American Indian Movement member Leonard P e l t i e r . This video showing w i l l be a b e n e f i t t o r a i s e money f o r OH-TOH-KIN, Publications for /of Native People 's Resistance.
Dear Tutor ,
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A t t h e t ime I met you, I was a l i t t l e apprehensive about t ak ing a t u t o r . 1 was th inking o f a p rev ious exper ience I had, one which f r i g h t e n e d me s o b a d l y 1 cu t off
GOOD NEWS FROM THE READING ROOM
WE GOT I T ! ! ! ! ! - - - - - - - - - Af te r months o f r e p o r t wr i t i ng , d i cke r -
ing , meetings, e t e c e t c . , & being tu rned down a t l o w e r l e v e l s , o u r p l e a f o r $22,000 f o r s t a f f i n g i n o u r l i b r a r y came be fo re Council ' s budget appea l meeting.
Diane MacKenzie, on an ' i n s i d e t i p ' had warned people t h a t we could be t u rned dowr . . so Muggs worked on a speech on behal f o f t h e neighbourhood & o u r L i t e r a r y Lion- e s s (Eleanor Kelly, Carnegie 's l i b r a r i a n ) go t out a l l h e r no t e s , p u t on h e r f u n e r a l d r e s s & took C i t y Ha l l by storm.
Chr i s Warren, o f S o c i a l Planning, p r e s - ented t h e i r r e p o r t , t hen Muggs spoke, She d i d a g r e a t job o f t e l l i n g Council about t h e Downtown Eas t s ide E t h e succes s o f t h e Reading Room E Learning Cent re i n an a r e a with 40% f u n c t i o n a l l i t e r a c y . Then they a l l go t s t wai t & wai t & wai t a s a l l o t h e r appea ls were a l s o heard: I n t h e end i t was unanimous - Carnegie got t h e mon4ey.
What does t h i s mean? It means books w i l l g e t back on t h e she lves sooner a f t e r t hey have been re turned , t h a t we can unpack, s o r t E l a b e l a l l t h e g i f t s we g e t from a l l ove r t h e c i t y E t h a t we can cont inue t o make used E excess paperbacks a v a i l a b l e t o agencies such as t h e Lookout, whose pa t - rons o f t e n cannot g e t ove r t o Carnegie.
Most important o f a l l , i t shows t h a t good co-operat ion between t h e Vancouver Publ ic Library E Soc ia l Plannink can h e l p g e t b e t t e r s e r v i c e s i n t h e Downtown Eastsi.de
To a l l who have t h e i r support ove r t h e l a s t few months. . .Donald, Diane, Muggs and Bob, Joyce Preston (Socia l Planning) P a t t y Harding E Eleanor Kelly (VPL) many thanks.
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our s e s s ion , and d id n o t want t o have anyone a f t e r t h a t .
So, when a f r i e n d suggested you should t u t o r me, I was a l i t t l e l e e r y of you.
We s t a r t e d t a l k i n g about my problems, concerning v e r b s & nouns, and how import- a n t it was f o r me, because of my wr i t i ng c l a s s ; my doubts about t u t o r s were gone.
I was g l ad you made t h i s p o s s i b l e , be- cause I, was always a t e a s e when you were t a lk ing .
Although you i n s t r u c t e d f o r a b r i e f per iod , it was ve ry educa t iona l f o r me. I learned a g r e a t d e a l i n t h a t t ime span.
The way you taught. .how you d i d it was s o i n t e n s e . I went t o my English c l a s s s o conf ident ; I responded t o my i n s t r u c t o r ' s ques t ions on v e r b s & nouns p r e c i s e l y , and without h e s i t a t i o n . I neve r had t h e oppor- t u n i t y of l e a r n i n g a lgeb ra o r geometry i n school . When you s t a r t e d t each ing me how t o do them, my a f t e rnoon s e s s i o n s passed by s o q u i c k l y . t h a t I, couldn ' t wait f o r t h e nex t meeting.
My on ly r e g r e t is, 1 d i d no t cont inue . I was s o r r y t o hea r you were no t s t ay -
ing , bu t t h e t ime you spen t t u t o r i n g me was extremely app rec i a t ed . I t seems l i k e a l l good i n s t r u c t o r s , and t u t o r s who a r e s o e f f e c t i v e i n t each ing a d u l t s , never s t a y .
I would l i k e t o thank you pe r sona l ly , and hope t h e goa l s you a s s i g n yourse l f conclude i n happiness and success .
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"Because economic i n t e g r a t i o n is based e x p l i c i t l y on women's e x p l o i t a t i o n i n the- pa id labour f o r c e , we women of Mexico, t h e US & Canada demand t h a t ou r represent - a t i v e governments guarantee b a s i c r i g h t s t o adequate educa t ion , h e a l t h c a r e , food, n u t r i t i o n , housing, s t a b i l i t y of employ- ment, l i v i n g s a l a r i e s & t r a in ing , vo luntary matern i ty and peace ( t h a t is t h e a b i l i t y t o l i v e f r e e from vio lence) w i th in any t r i - l a t e r a l agreement."
(women's Plan of Act ion , from d i scus s ions a t t h e F i r s t T r i n a t i o n a l Working Women's Conference on Economic I n t e g r a t i o n & F r e e Trade (he ld i n Mexico, February 1993)
WOMEN and POVERTY
THE WOMEN'S AGENDA - An A l t e r n a t i v e Vision f o r Canada
The Women's Agenda is committed t o inc- r ea s ing equa l i t y&democracy i n ou r every- day l i f e .
No woman should have t o l i v e i n poverty i n Canada. A l l women must have t h e r i g h t t o income s e c u r i t y & economic independence. Th i s i nc ludes t hose who choose t o s t a y a t home t o r a i s e c h i l d r e n o r c a r e f o r e l d e r s o r o t h e r dependents.
Women w i l l have c o n t r o l over t h e i r own bodies , t h e i r own reproduct ive c a p a c i t i e s and t h e i r own h e a l t h d e c i s i o n s .
Women have t h e r i g h t t o l i v e f r e e of v io l ence &wi thou t f e a r of abuse. Women of co lou r have t h e r i g h t t o l i v e f r e e of rac ism
Women c o n t r i b u t e a d i s p r o p o r t i o n a t e s h a r e of n a t i o n a l revenue through a l l forms of t a x a t ion & unwaged labour . We ex- pec t t a x monies t o b e a l l o c a t e d t o advance our goa l s f o r e q u a l i t y . We b e l i e v e i n pay e q u i t y , a f f i rmat i v e a c t i o n , inc luding leg- i s l a t e d mandatory employment e q u i t y , rec- ogn i t i on of comparable c r e d e n t i a l s / s k i l l s from o u t s i d e Canada, & a c c e s s i b l e work.
We want t o ensure t h a t Canada's p o l i t i - c a l i n s t i t u t i o n s a r e genuinely p a r t i c i p a - t o r y & d e m o c r a t i c . A l l b a r r i e r s t o t h e gem u i n e & e f f e c t i v e p a r t i c i p a t i o n of women & r a c i a l m i n o r i t i e s i n p u b l i c l i f e must go.
The women's movement is d i v e r s e & s h a r e s g o a l s w i th many o t h e r s o c i a l movements.
Women want t o b e a b l e t o p a r t i c i p a t e f u l l y i n t h e s o c i a l , c u l t u r a l & p o l i t i c a l l i f e of ou r community. This means: - f u l l employment w i th job s e c u r i t y - e q u i t y f o r a l l , i nc lud ing immigrant &
, refugee women, women of colour, l e s b i a n s a b o r i g i a n l women, women wi th d i s a b i l i t - i e s , younger & o l d e r women.
- a n a t i o n a l c h i l d c a r e program - maintenance & enhancement of medicare
a s a u n i v e r s a l s o c i a l program But women's progress toward e q u a l i t y is
undermined by a government agenda which s a c r i f i c e s ou r needs wh i l e i n c r e a s i n g t h e power of t r a n s n a t i o n a l co rpo ra t ions . Th i s is t h e co rpo ra t e agenda. The Canada-USFret Trade Agreement & t h e North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) a r e p a r t o f t h e co rpo ra t e agenda.
JOBS TORIES ABUSE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
Pushing NAFTA Through 2nd Reading
B i l l C-115, one of t h e most sweeping p ieces of l e g i s l a t i o n i n Canadian h i s t o r y , i s being pushed through Parl iament i n a way t h a t t h r e a t e n s t h e r i g h t s o f ALL members of t h e House o f Commons E people of Canada.
The f e d e r a l Tory gov" has a l l o c a t e d two
days f o r deba te on C-115 - the implementing l e g i s l a t i o n f o r t h e North American Free , Trade Agreement - i n t h e Second Reading 12. s t a g e of t h e l e g i s l a t i v e process . Members of Parl iament a r e being denied t h e r i g h t t o thoroughly review t h i s c r u c i a l b i l l .
According t o P ro fe s so r Robert Jackson, P d l i t i c a l Science, Car le ton Universi ty, , the Mulroney gov ' t ha s a h i s t o r y of l i m i t i n g debate i n t h e liouse of Commons: "Sinae 1988 t h e Conservat ive gov ' t ha s s tooped t o use c l o s u r e 17 t imes ( a s o f February 13, 1993) - i n o t h e r words, a lmost a s many t imes a s i n t h e whole h i s t o r y of Parl iament s i n c e 1913. To t o p it o f f , t hey a l s o employed time a l l o c a t i o n exces s ive ly - namely, 18 t imes - t o c u t o f f deba te . In o t h e r words, t h e Tor ies have t h r o t t l e d debate by one means o r another throughout t h i s e n t i r e Par1 iament . "
NAFTA i s not j u s t ano the r p i ece of l e g i s l a t i o n . I t i s an i n t e r n a t i o n a l t r e a t y t h a t compromises our n a t i o n a l sove re ign ty , our a b i l i t y t o manage E p lan ou r economy, pro- t e c t ou r environment, main ta in our s o c i a l programs G p u b l i c s e r v i c e s . ' I t even over- r i d e s o u r c o n s t i t u t i o n & t h e r i g h t s o f provinces . Canadians, through t h e i r e l e c t - ed Members 'of Parl iament , must have an op- p o r t u n i t y t o ana lyse 6 deba t e t h i s b i l l i n an open, pub l i c forum. This i s what democ- r acy i s a l l about .
The Tory f e d e r a l g o v ' t has no mandate t o c o n t i n u a l l y f o r c e i t s agenda on t h e people o f Canada. I t is i n t e r e s t i n g t o n o t e t h a t t h e content of NAFTA is h igh ly undemocrat- i c , expanding t h e power o f co rpo ra t e e l i t - e s ove r e l e c t e d governments. We a r e g e t t - ing a t a s t e o f t h i s by watching t h e Tor i e s a s t hey ignore Parl iament - l im i t i ng debate on c r u c i a l l e g i s l a t i o n o v e r G o v e r aga in .
The Action Canada Network c a l l s on Memb- e r s of Parl iament 4 t h e media t o p r o t e s t t h i s cynica l abuse of ou r democrat ic s y s t - em of government. Canadians must have t h e r i g h t t o understand & deba te NAFTA.
(Closure, Clause 57 of t h e House of Comm- ons Standing Orders , a l lows t h e g o v ' t t o t e rmina t e debate a t t h e end of t h e s i t t i n g day. Time a l l o c a t i o n , a s i n t h e c a s e of NAFTA B i l l C-115, limits debate t o a ce r - t a i n number of days .)
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Car c r a shes o r high-speed chase scenes a r e u s u a l l y ' s h o t ' dur ing t h e day, bu t have been done from lam t o 5 o r 6am. Also p e c u l i a r t o t h i s t ime frame a r e explos ions E screams.
Okay. Res idents 6 lcommunity o rgan i sa t i on r e p s have brought t h e va r ious i n t e r e s t s i n t h e s e p r a c t i c e s t o t a s k aga in E again . A l i t t l e p rog re s s i s made. A C i t y employee was working a s a t r u e l i a i s o n between t h e f i l m i n d u s t r y E t h e s e r e s i d e n t groups. I t changed - meaning t h e good worker was r e - placed. . Throughout t h i s s cena r io , p o l i c e have played a r o l e , a s t hey a r e on S i t e 6 pa id f o r by t h e product ion company. There was 6 i s a p o l i c e person whose job e n t a i l s l i s t e n i n g t o community concerns.
S ince t h e 'new' c i t y employee has been working, t h e p o l i c e person has never been i n v i t e d t o any o f t h e s e meetings, has no t
I s n ' t t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g . . . There have been meetings, demands 6 ag-
reements ove r t h e p a s t 4 y e a r s on f i lming i n t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . Our community has become a favoured " loca t ion" f o r f i l m ~ r o d u c t i o n s , mostly ( a l l ?) from C a l i f o r n i a o r . t h e S t a t e s . They come a l l t h e way here because c i t i e s i n t h e US have a ,s t range custom o f charging f e e s f o r t h i n g s l i k e blocking off s t r e e t s f o r c a r c rashes , ex- p lo s ions , f ake gunf i r e , o r j u s t making t h e
heard o f any community concerns, - d idn l t know t h a t t h e r e even were any concerns.
He f i n a l l y phoned Barb Daniel a t DERA a f t e r he heard a rumour t h a t Barb had not agreed t o l e t t i n g a f i l m crew c l o s e o f f 2 blocks n e a r Gastown f o r ove r a week. He heard t h i s , o f course, a f t e r t h e meeting where a l l concerned p a r t i e s were supposed t o have been. He E DEW a r e meeting t o s ay h e l l o . . . S t o go ove r 4 yea r s o f f i l m i n o u r neighbourhood. The fun's , j us t begun!
s t r e e t look o l d e r o r g rung ie r . By PAULR TAYLOR Not Vancouver! 'IYou f o l k s j u s t come on
up. I t ' s f r e e ! " Anyway, product ion crews have d isp layed
Economic niodif i c a t i o n s . Taxes pgyable by what persons oan a f f o r d t o pay. Wages s e t by what a company o r co rpo ra t ion can a f f - o rd t o pay employees, (no t j u s t a drop i n t h e bucket of t h e i r p r o f i t s ) . Four t o s i x hour workdays, which w i l l make room f o r more jobs, which w i l l save t h e taxpayer money with l e s s we l f a r e payments. A t a x i n c e n t i v e could be provided t o mot iva te employers t o comply.
We must f a c e t h e f a c t t h a t t h e r e s t o f t h e world i s ca tch ing up with u s ( t h e ind- u s t r i a l i z e d n a t i o n s ) , such a s ~ A s i a by har- ness ing r e l a t i v e l y cheap labour , i s a b l e t o compete more e f f e c t i v e l y on t h e world market.
Our co rpo ra t ions a r e important and hold much promise. I f t h e y can remain competi t - i v e be s e t t i n g up shop i n Mexico i t would l i k e l y be t o ou r advantage i n t h e long run
Here i n Canada, f o r example, we should a s p i r e t o develop inova t ive i n d u s t r i e s such a s high-tech. Why not produce audio- v ideo te lephones & have Can-Tel & BC Tel ( f o r example) merge t o g e t h e r t o i n s t a l l such a f i b r e o p t i c nervous system, which could a l s o be used t o t r a n s f e r computer te rmina l information. Such a f a c u l t y of communication i n f r a s t r u c t u r e i n our system would be conducive t o progress .
Why no t e l e c t r i c c a r s & high- tech urban c e n t r e s made b e a u t i f u l & c lean .
Why no t? The p o t e n t i a l e x i s t s f o r o u r s t anda rd of
l i v i n g t o improve immensely. Guaranteed food, c l o t h i n g & s h e l t e r f o r
deadbea ts too , bu t i n c e n t i v e s provided t o sa lvage them from t h e i r l a x i d&e ways, where t hey have oppor tuni ty t o f i t i n some where a s u se fu l c i t i z e n s i f t hey s o choose
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* A hunger c r i s i s e x i s t s i n Canada. Over one mi l l i on Canadians need food banks i n
o r d e r t o su rv ive . For ty percent of t h e s e people a r e c h i l d r e n under t h e age of 18. Food banks a r e concre te evidence t h a t our p u b l i c s a f e t y n e t has co l lapsed , & b o t h t h e f e d e r a l & prov inc i a l g o v t ' s have cont r ibu- t e d t o t h i s c o l l a p s e with p o l i c i e s t h a t have made people poorer .
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* Soc ia l a s s i s t a n c e b e n e f i t s a t 1/2 t h e pover ty l i n e a r e a major reason why&.
c i t i z e n s a r e forced t o s u f f e r t h e h u m i l i a - t i o n of food banks. Not only has t h e Tory gov ' t i n Ottawa refused t o e n f o r ~ e t h e "adequate a s s i s t ance" c l a u s e of t h e Canada Ass is tance Plan (CAP), it has threa tened CAP i t s e l f i n B i l l C-69 by p lac ing a l i m i t o f 5% p e r yea r on t h e i nc rease of f e d e r a l money f o r s o c i a l s e r v i c e payments t o Onta- r i o , Alber ta & BC. I t has done t h i s a t a t i n e . of c a t a s t r o p h i c unemployment t h a t t h e Tory high i n t e r e s t p o l i c y & t h e Free Trade Agreement helped t o cause.
* Unemployment Insurance (UI) i s an impor- '::.tant-part o f Canada's @kbaic s a f e t y ne t . The Tory gov ' t i n Ottawa has reduced UI b e n e f i t s , has s t i f f e n e d t h e e l i g i b i l i t y requirements & has completely withdrawn f e d e r a l money from t h e UI program. When t h e Tory gov ' t made it more d i f f i c u l t f o r Canadians t o q u a l i f y f o r UI, t h e welfare r o l l s increased , i nc reas ing hunger a s welL
* Since 1984 t h e Tory gov ' t i n Ottawa has s t e a d i l y c u t i t s funding f o r pub l i c hou-
s i n g & housing co-opera t ives . The r e s u l t has been a c r i t i c a l l a ck of a f fo rdab le housing. A s r e n t s have r i s e n f a s t e r than minimum wage o r wel fare payments, c i t i z e n s have been forced t o pay r e n t ou t of money a l l o t e d f o r food.
* Minimum wage has not kept pace with i n f - l a t i o n . In BC, i n 1975, a f u l l - t i m e work-
e r earn ing minimum wage would make 122% of t h e poverty l i n e f o r a s i n g l e person. In 1992, t h i s worker would only make 71% of ,
t h e poverty l i n e . A fami ly of t h r e e with one member working f u l l - t i m e on minimum wage would have an income 58.6% below t h e poverty l i n e . Such pover ty i nc reases t h e chances of fami ly breakdown, ma lnu t r i t i on and s i cknes s .
* TO ~ r o m o t e food banks without s t r i v i n g t o e l imina t e pover ty a t t h e same time is
misguided, f o r t h e g o v ' t p o l i c i e s t h a t h e l p c r e a t e g r e a t pover ty a s well a s g rea t weal th a r e not addressed. F u l l employment, wi th adequate incomes f o r those i n & out of t h e pa id labour f o r c e , must be a t t h e cen- t r e of democratic po l i cy . I t i s j u s t i c e c i t i z e n s want, no t c h a r i t y .
On a summer day I v i s i t e d some town i n southern Ontar io . I happened upon a l o n e l y ,
park 6, r o l l i n g up tobacco a s i f it was my r i g h t , s a t upon a bench. I looked on t h e r i v e r 4 she looked on me. I almost sh ive r - ed. I was smoking! What could I do? I had been warned about t h i s ark it seemed. The geese eyed me s u s p i c i o u s l y but I d id no t qu iver . No, I looked t o my jean j acke t 6 scampered o f f t h e p i c n i c t a b l e . S i t t i n g 01
p i c n i c t a b l e s i s fo rb idden . Forbidden. S q u i r r e l s a r e exempted. Geese w i l l be sho
I once thought I saw t h e ghost o f a goose f l y i n g down t h e back a l l e y o f a Van couver downtown s t r e e t . The goose made , I
n a ry a sound u n t i l it saw i t s mate, o r i t chance a t i t s mate, 6 it f lew out t h e a l l ey liketino geese could f l y i n f l o c k o r i n f l a v o u r of w i t .
The goose made i t s way t o t h e home o f Lord S tan ley , Knowing f u l l wel l t h e c h a l l . enge it faced , t h i s goose, wel l o r n o t , began t o limp. Limping was something a Sau l t S t e . Marie goose would never s toop t o . Not b e l i e v i n g my eyes I t u rned away f o r a minute, screwed them back i n 4 l o ! t h e goose was gone. The goose was gone. 11 t h e S a u l t t h i s would have been impossible
A s a l i t t l e boy being Metis I had no voice because I was i n two worlds, white and Metis. I was l o s t . . I d i d n t t know where t o i~be long . I d i d n o t know hhich god t o be l i eve i n so I went wi th Ind ians god who i s t h e Great S p i r i t .
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I was looking a t t h e l a t e s t i s s u e o f Carnegie news, viewing a r t i c l e a f t e r a r t i - c l e o f r e l e v a n t con t en t .
One can on ly p o s t u l a t e on t h e enormous s a c r i f i c e s g iven by y o u r s e l f .
I s e e many t h i n g s a r e p u t f o r t h i n a genera l s ense 4 I wish people would b e more s p e c i f i c .
.It makes me ques t i on t h e first a r t o c ; e I , wrote; whether I was t r y i n g t o be a propa- gand k ing o r n o t .
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rs,
wen
t to
Sis
ter
Mar
y H
arp
er
in N
ew
Yor
k.
The
fo
llo
win
g r
ep
ly w
as
rece
ived
by
all
:
"Dea
r y
Tha
nk
you
for
yo
ur
lett
er
reg
ard
ing
th
e
clo
sin
g o
f o
ur
Day
C
are
in V
anco
uver
. We
are
ver
y g
rati
fie
d t
o k
now
ho
w
muc
h yo
u a
pp
rec
iate
th
e w
on
der
ful
pro
gra
m t
ha
t h
as b
een
off
ere
d o
ver
th
e y
ea
rs
& w
e do
u
nd
erst
and
y
ou
r co
nce
rn.
itin
g t
ha
t th
e d
ec
isio
n i
s i
n k
ee
~in
e w
it
56 o
rgan
izat
ions
hi
t by
fund
ing
cuts
H
ere
are
the
56 o
rgan
izat
ions
af
fect
ed by
pro
vinc
ial g
over
nmen
t cu
ts a
nnou
nced
yest
erda
y. T
he
prov
ince
refu
sed
to p
rovi
de
info
rmat
ion c
once
rnin
g th
e si
ze o
f th
e cu
ts a
nd th
e an
ticip
ated
im
pact
on
the
orga
niza
tions
. W
here
ava
ilabl
e, a
mou
nts
cut
have
bee
n in
clud
ed.
. I
Abi
litie
s N
etw
ork
Inc.
I
Asse
mbl
y of
Man
itoba
Chi
efs:
$3
25,0
00
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Asso
ciat
ion
Can
adie
nne
D'E
duca
tion L
angu
e Fr
ana.
is
, I
Ass
ocia
tion f
or C
omm
unity
Li
ving
: $1 0
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Asso
ciat
ed M
anito
ba F
estiv
als
,I B
rand
on F
riend
ship
Cen
tre
Ca
na
dia
n B
urea
u for
In
tern
atio
nal E
duca
tion
, I
Can
adia
n C
ounc
il on
Eco
logi
cal
Area
s
- We
do
no
t kn
ow
wha
t th
e f
utu
re y
ea
rs
wil
l b
rin
g,
bu
t we
do
wan
t to
fu
lfil
l G
od's
p
urp
ose
&
to s
erv
e t
he
Chu
rch.
M
ay I i
we
ask
you
to
ple
ase
pra
y w
ith
us
for
1 th
ese
in
ten
tio
ns.
T
hank
you
ag
ain
fo
r y
ou
r le
tte
r E
may
G
od
con
tin
ue
to b
less
you
.
Sin
ce
rely
in
th
e A
tone
men
t,
Sis
ter
Mar
y H
arp
er,
S.A
. S
up
erio
r G
ener
al.
Sar
ah P
arry
, m
enti
on
ed
in S
art
i's
pie
ce,
wro
te t
he
fo
llo
win
g
lett
er
to A
dam
E
xn
er,
the
Arc
hb
ish
op
of
Van
couv
er.
You
r M
ost
eve
r end
' Arc
hb
ish
op
:
In l
ate
Feb
ruar
y t
he
Van
couv
er
con
ven
t of
th
e F
ran
cisc
an S
iste
rs o
fth
eAtd
nem
ent
anno
unce
d th
eir
de
cis
ion
to
clo
se t
he
ir
day
care
per
man
entl
y
as
of
Aug
. 6
, 19
93.
The
p
are
nts
of
ch
ild
ren
who
a
tte
nd
th
is
day
care
im
med
iate
ly l
aun
ched
a
pe
titi
on
&
lett
er-
wri
tin
g
cam
paig
n h
op
ing
to c
on
vin
ce
Sis
ter
Mar
y H
arp
er,
Su
per
ior
Gen
eral
, to
re
ve
rse
he
r d
ec
isio
n.
We
fee
l w
e ca
nn
ot
aff
ord
to
lo
se t
his
ex
ce
pti
on
al
day
care
. N
ot
on
ly i
s a
ffo
rda
ble
Eg
oo
d q
ua
lity
day
- c
are
har
d t
o c
ome
by,
bu
t w
e fe
el
tha
t th
is d
ayca
re i's
a p
ax
tic
ula
rly
.'im
po
rta
nt
reso
urc
e in
a n
eig
hb
ou
rho
od
th
at
off
ers
fe
w s
afe
& n
urt
uri
ng
en
vir
on
men
ts f
~x
yo
ung
chil
dre
n.
Oth
ers
resp
on
ded
to
ou
r p
lea
fo
r a
ssis
t-
ance
wit
h a
lac
rity
. T
he d
ayca
re is
a w
ell-
kn
own
& re
spec
ted
pa
rt o
f o
ur
com
mun
ity.
O
rgan
isat
ion
s su
ch a
s C
arn
egie
Cen
tre,
D
EW,
the
Dow
ntow
n E
ast
sid
e : W
omen
1$ C
enhx
e,
the
Chi
nato
wn
Lio
n's
Clu
b,
&C
rab
tre
e C
or-
ne
r (t
he
YW
CA' s
em
erge
ncy
day
care
) re
spo
n-
ded
wit
h
lett
ers
to
Sis
ter
Har
per
. In
div
- id
ua
ls s
uch
as
May
or
Gor
don
Cam
pb
ell,
C
ou
nci
llo
r L
ibby
Dav
ies,
M
embe
r o
f P
arl
i-
amen
t M
arg
aret
Mit
chel
l,
Cit
y o
f V
anco
uv-
er
Ch
ild
care
Co
-ord
inat
or
Pen
ny
Co
ates
&
Ch
ild
ren
's
Adv
ocat
e D
r.
Pen
ny P
arr
y a
lso
se
nt
lett
ers
. E
very
one
fro
m G
rade
4
stu
d-
en
ts t
o c
o-op
ra
dio
pro
gram
mer
s to
pu
bli
c
he
alt
h n
urs
es
I&-m
any
oth
ers
) jo
ined
in
. E
ach
had
a p
erso
nal
co
nn
ecti
on
wit
h t
he
d
ayca
re.
Nee
dle
ss
to s
ay,
all
th'e
pa
ren
ts
sen
t le
tte
rsa
sdid
on
eo
fth
ed
ay
ca
re.,
sta
f•’
No
net
hel
ess,
S
iste
r H
arp
er h
as r
emai
ned
re
solu
te i
n h
er
de
cis
ion
to
clo
se i
t, st*
I - ,h
ne
of
-th
e e
lem
ents
th
at
empo
wer
sT p
oo
r IF
lin
Flon
Indi
an a
nd M
etis
Nat
ura
lly
, w
e a
re s
orr
y t
o h
ave
to c
lose
th
e D
ay
Car
e &
the
de
cis
ion
has
no
t b
een
m
ade
lig
htl
y.
At
this
tim
e,
how
ever
, w
e fi
nd
ou
rse
lve
s fo
cusi
ng
ou
r re
sou
rce
s on
th
e p
oo
r in
th
e a
rea
in
ord
er
to c
arr
y
ou
t o
ur
Co
ng
reg
atio
n's
M
issi
on
Sta
tem
ent.
. .I
fwe
serv
e t
he
po
or
as
we
str
ive
to
em
P-
ower
th
ose
who
a
re n
egle
cted
or
op
pre
ssed
&
to i
mpl
emen
t o
ur
Co
ng
reg
atio
n's
C
hap
ter
Res
olv
e in
199
1. . .
"to
rene
w o
ur
soli
da
ri-
ty w
ith
th
e p
oo
r.. ."
am
ilie
s rt
o b
reak
th
e c
ycl
e- o
f p
ov
erty
. Fr
iend
ship
erh
aps
mos
t im
po
rtan
tly
, th
e d
ay
ca
re's
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ing
s
taff
&
ge
ntl
e,
po
siti
ve
ph
ilo
sop
hy
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CM
anag
emen
t pro
ject
: ls
o o
ffe
rs a
ll c
hil
dre
n,
pa
rtic
ula
rly
$1
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0
the-
con
gre
gat
ion
' s m
issi
on
pst
at e
hen;
: "W
e .C
amm
inee
on U
npla
rm&
serv
e t
he
po
or
as
we
str
ive
to
em
pow
er
Preg
nanc
y th
ose
who
a
re n
egle
cted
o
r o
pp
ress
ed. "
~p
-
.Cult
ural
Ope
ratin
g Gra
nts,
p
are
ntl
y s
he
is u
naw
are
tha
t ab
ou
t h
alf
of
Can
adia
n C
onfe
renc
e of t
he A
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e c
hil
dre
n w
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att
en
d t
he
day
care
are
m
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tura
lOpe
ratin
gGra
nts*
N
ativ
e C
omm
unic
atio
ns
from
th
e n
eig
hb
ou
sho
~d
, whi
ch
sta
tis
tic
al-
IDau
phin
Frie
ndsh
ipCe
ntre
ly
has
th
e l
ow
est
pe
r c
ap
ita
in
cov
e in
th
e I~
duca
teu,et
~duc
atrice
s co
urt
try
. T
hes
e a
re p
are
nts
who
li
ve
fa
r be
Fra
ncop
hone
du M
anito
ba
low
th
e p
ov
erty
le
ve
l -
the
y a
re e
ith
er
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ilyD
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areA
ssoa
atio
nsf
wo
rkin
g p
oo
r o
r p
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le w
ho
rec
eiv
e i
ncom
e M
anito
ba: $
2010
00
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Fede
ral-P
rovi
ncia
l Par
ks
ass
ista
nc
e f
rom
th
e g
ov
' t
wh
ile
loo
kin
g
Cou
ndl
.
ho
se f
rom
dis
adv
anta
ged
b&
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rou
nd
s, ' th
e .i
Gdi
an a
nd M
etis
Frie
ndsh
ip
ind
of
att
en
t io
nm
i=
wil
l p
ay
div
iden
ds
Cen
tre o
f Win
nipe
g o
r th
e r
es
t o
f th
eir
liv
es.
I
Inte
rnat
iona
l Cou
ncil f
or
Can
adia
n S
tudi
es
Hal
f of
th
e c
hil
dre
n w
ho
att
en
d d
o n
ot
John
How
ard
Socie
ty:
$41,
800
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in
th
e i
mm
edia
te n
eigh
bour
hood
.. T
he
ir
~i
~~
bi
li
~i
~~
a
ren
ts,
how
ever
, w
ork
nea
rby
. T
he c
hil
dre
n A
ssoc
iatio
n of
Man
itoba
m
effr
nm
;a m
ix o
f ec
onom
ic
& c
ult
ura
l I
Lynn
Lak
e Fr
iend
ship
Cen
tre
ack
gro
un
ds
& th
e m
ix is
a h
arm
on
iou
s o
ne.
I
Man
itoba
Ant
i-Pov
ert~
s
pa
ren
ts w
e a
re a
ll c
on
cern
ed w
ith
pro
v-
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Man
itoba
Ass
ocia
tion
of
din
g t
he
be
st p
oss
ible
ex
per
ien
ce f
or
ourp
"ndp
als
hil
dre
n.
We
resp
ec
tfu
lly
as
k y
ou
to i
nte
rq M
anito
ba A
ssoc
iatio
n of
Sch
ool
ede
on t
he
ir b
eh
alf
. Bu
sine
ss O
ffici
als
I
Man
itoba
Ass
ocia
tion
of S
choo
l No
re
spo
nse
o
r re
ply
ha
s co
me
fro
m t
he
is
ho
p.
Sar
ah &
all
pa
P2
nt~
/pe
op
le w
an
tin
gi M
anito
ba ~
ssoc
ialio
n of S
choo
l h
is d
avca
re n
eed
o
ur
sum
ort
. S
iste
r M
arvS
uoer
inte
nden
ts
for
wor
k o
r re
tra
inin
g.
It
seem
s ir
on
ic ,
Firs
t Nat
ions
Con
fede
racy
1 th
at
the
Sis
ter
do
es n
ot
rea
liz
e h
ow
prov
-,I
Flin
Flo
n/C
reig
hton
Cris
is
lid
ing
goo
d q
ua
lity
& a
ffo
rda
ba
e d
ayca
re i
s
Cen
tre In
c.: $
195,
000
a t P .s i
n N
kw Y
ork
Cit
y;
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ni
kv
er
is n
ot
New
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an
ito
ba
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ild
~a
re
-
'ork
No
rth
!
If y
ou h
ave
any
con
nec
tio
n t
o A
ss0c
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n:$4
5300
0 I
Man
itoba
Dra
ma
Educ
ator
s .h
e C
ath
oli
c c
hu
rch
or
St.
Jam
es,
ple
ase
doA
ssoc
iatio
n rh
at
you
can
. . co
nta
ct
who
yo
u kn
ow.
Imag
- C
ouncil:
.ne
if
'th
ey
' d
ecid
ed t
o c
lose
Car
neg
le
& $5
0,00
0
con
ver
ted
it t
o a
hu
ge,
o
ne-
sto
p s
ou
pli
ne
~~
an
ito
ba
Fo
ster
Fam
ily
or
som
eth
ing
. No
n
ice
wor
ds
wou
ld
re1
iev
e A
ssoc
iatio
n: $
300,
000
us
or co
nv
in
ce
us it w
as
ttfo
r th
e b
est
we I
Mam
toba
inte
rcul
tura
l Cou
ncil:
$220
.000
ca
n d
o"!
Wri
te a
nd
co
nta
ct:
M
ost
Rev
eren
d A
dam
E
xner
D
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I.
Arc
hb
ish
op
of
Van
couv
er
150
Rob
son
Str
ee
t,
Van
couv
er,
B.C
. V
6B
2A7
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o
loo
k f
or
po
ste
rs
& n
oti
ce
in
th
is
ne
wsl
ett
er
on u
pcom
ing
mee
tin
gs
on t
hi:
,I
Man
itoba
Kee
wat
inow
i O
kim
akan
ak: $
78,0
00
I
Man
itoba
Lea
gue
of th
e ' P
hysi
cally
Han
dica
pped
: $25
,000
, I
Men
tal H
ealth
Res
earc
h Fo
unda
tion
I
Man
itoba
Tea
cher
s S
ocie
ty
I
Nat
iona
l Pub
lic H
ealth
In
spec
tors
Con
fere
nce
I
Pem
bina
Val
ley
Dev
elop
men
t C
op. I
Porta
ge S
choo
l Div
isio
n's m
ulti-
se
nsor
y pr
ogra
ms
I
Roy
al L
ife S
avin
g So
ciet
y I
Girl
Gui
des
of C
anad
a: $
4,50
0 W
Boy
Scou
ts o
f Can
ada
y-I
Soci
ety
for S
elf H
elp
I
Sout
heas
t Res
ourc
e D
evel
opm
ent C
ounc
il 8 U
nive
rsity
of M
anito
ba
Con
tinui
ng E
duca
tion
I
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f M W
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ice
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earc
h W
inni
peg
Inte
rnat
iona
l C
hild
ren'
s Fe
stiv
al: $
2,50
0
A UI HANDBOOK PRODUCED FOR WORKERS
BY WORKERS
STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY
Those C a n a d i a n s who a r e announced tha t our wages will be unemployed o r underemployed , frozen for a further two years and today we stand with you. You are our our collective bargaining rights have brothers and sisters, our sons and been removed. We, too, are victims daughters, our fathers and mothers. of 'an uncaring and insensitive go- You a r e o u r family and o u r vernment. community. We a re appalled a t the The attack on public sector workers government's attempts to attack the will not p u t one unemployed
when is Canadian back to work. Freezing our a t record levels' and when food wages will not reduce the need for banks are the only growth industry food b a n k s . At tacking t h e in Canada ' We are outraged that unemployed during a recession is not women, a l r e a d y victims of th is going to b r i n g abou t a recovery. recession, will be forced to remain in Forcing women to endure harassment jobs and face harassment in order to and abuse will not build a feed their families. country, it will help destroy it. We a r e public sector workers who
Today, we stand together with the work in every community across this
victims of Tory policies, programs country. We a r e trying to provide
and promises. In 1993, we will fight services t o C a n a d i a n s despi te
back, on the job, in the streets and at cutbacks and abuse from the Tories i n Ot tawa . T h e Tor ies have jus t
t h e bal lo t box. I n 1993, we will remember.
'Gathering Place' on Seymour proposed JEFF LEE yancouvcr
~)isadvantagecl and low-income rcsi&nts in Vancouver's new Ilown- tow11 South nclghborhood shoulcl have a placc like the I)ownlown ~ a s l s i d c ' s Carncgic .Ccntl.c, clty manager Ken 1)ol)ell said ,\Ionclay.
The neighborhood centre would be built at the cily's new Contlncnt;il Apartments on Seylnour Street, which shoulders iI red llghl tli.slr~ct and is in an area dcsllnctl for sgnlli- cant redevelopment.
The $3.4-million centre would serve the more than 1,800 Lou- ant1 fixed-income residents who livc in nlany of the area's non-rnarkcl hous- ing, special needs residences ancl rooming hotels.
The project is at odds with a pro- posal by the city's engineering clepartment, which wants lo move ils
, parking enforcement division into two iloors ofcol~mcrcial space at the new Contincnlal.
Both Dobell and Coun. Lihby Davics say l h c park ing- t icke l issuers will l~kely hakc to sla) in
lhcir crumpctl 13roarl\vay ol'liccs 11 little longer.
"I'm sorry, buL parking enforce- ment will havc to go sun~cwherc else," said Dmics. "I know they need a new place. I)ut Iherc is no doubt in my mind that the Contlnen- tal is an absolutely pcrlcct place for the new gathering place in do\vn- town south."
The city doesn't havc a name for the new Carncgic-type facility, so il has simply called it "'the Gathering Place."
It would provide amenilics similar to the citv-funded Carncgie Centre at Main slid Hastings streets, illclucl- ing shower facilities, laundromat, learning cenlre, kitchen, reading room and social areas.
Unlike thc Downtown Eastside, which has more than a dozen places i'or "the lonely wanderer," there are no such facilities in the Downtown South, social planning director Joyce Preston said in a reporl to
council. "lJor the Downto\w South rcsi-
(lent looking for a place to showcr, collect mcssagcs, cat and socialize, the Gnlhering l'lacc may be the only place," she said
Bob Colc, a partner in a Granville Slrcel bookslorc, snit1 the projecl may help solve sonlc of the strcct you111 problems along Granville.
Colc is n membcr of the new Theatre I-low Business Association, wl~icli is concenlctl about the crime ancl slreel problems along the mall strip.
"1 think the centre is a wry posi- livc step. 1 can only spcnk lor m)-sell: but 1 wclco:ne ally inslilulional aid Ibr street kids," he saitl.
The 1,950-square metre I'acilily woultl be located on the first two floors of (.he 110-unit senior citizens apartment complex. A medical clinic is also likely to be built in another part oPthe complex, offcring a "onc- stop shop," Jeff Brooks, a city down- town social planner, saitl.
Too t i r e d t o change my s p o t s No po in t i n a b s o l u t e l y eve ry th ing The Reckoning, wi thout f e e l i n g Substance, p a s t advice o r c h a r i t y Riding wi th t h e Seven deadly s i n s Spectrum a s counterba lance A lucky d e c a p i t a t i o n A s h o r t word would of covered it a l l bu t I am n o t an animal I borrowed s p i t Forever young and cha ined .
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AS t h e y grow o l d e r , many persons fiind they a r e having d i f f i c u l t i e s i n remember- ing such t h i n g s a s names o r d a t e s o r m i n o r i nc iden t s . Modern p sycho log i s t s t end t o blame phys ica l p roces s , S a y i n g m W n ~ r y l ~ ~ ~
from d e t e r i o r a t i o n of t h e b r a i n . There may be a b e t t e r explanation, t h a t of- f e r s , t h e means t o end such problems.
p sycho log i s t s have not y e t understood t h a t t h e person each one of u s i s , a t any & every moment, con t inues t o e x i s t when t h e moment i s ove r . . bu t t h a t e x i s t e n c e i s on t h e subconscious l e v e l . For i l l u s t r a t i o n , l e t ' s c r e a t e a man named J o e . Joe works i n an o f f i c e , has a wi fe , a fami ly , a c a r & a home. He enjoys a c t i v e s p o r t s & t q i e s t o s t a y hea l t hy . The Joe who works i n t h e o f f i c e is n o t t h e same person who does a l l t h e o t h e r t h i n g s . In t h e o f f i c e h i s t ens ion i s h ighe r , he i s e f f i c i e n t & h e i s e n t i r e l y concerned wi th r e p o r t s , f a c t s , f i l e s & f i g u r e s and b r i s k , p i t h y exchanges wi th co l l eagues . When t h e bus ines s day is over h e ' s g l ad t o f o r g e t h i s work 6 gohome
, A t home, he i s glad, t o spend an hour with h i s family, o f whom h e ' s ve ry fond.
The O f f i c e Joe con t inues t o e x i s t b u t it has withdrawn t o wa i t f o r h i s nex t day a t t h e o f f i c e when it w i l l aga in t a k e over . Family Joe i s on t h e job now, being h i s subconscio ' J o e w i l l
go & bowl with h i s bowling league a s he does every week. Family J o e w i l l be r e t i r e d then- & Bowling ~ o k w i l l be i n command.
A s we wee, Joe l i v e s an o r d e r l y s o r t o f l i f e wi th wel l -def ined & r e g u l a r l y repea- t e d p e r i o d s of exc lu s ive concern. I t is the se . repea ted pe r iods of concen t r a t ed thoughts , f e e l i n g s & a c t i o n s t h a t b u i l d up t hose d i f f e r e n t J o e s on t h e subconsci- ous l e v e l . There i s one of them f o r every one of h i s repea ted a c t i v i t i e s & each one s t o r e s t h e moods, thoughts & f e e l i n g s of t h a t p a r t i c u l a r a c t i v i t y . The a n c i e n t Chinese, who knew a g r e a t d e a l about such t h i n g s , would have c a l l e d t h i s c o l l e c t i o n of subconscious f o r c e s Joe s "Family. " Joe hob-nobs wi th t h i s Family i n dreams, where he s e e s them a s human f i g u r e s .
If Joe q u i t bowlirlg & l e f t t h e league,
"Bowling Joe" on t h e subconscious l e v e l would wai t around f o r awhile t o f i n a l l y withdraw & become a "Well." In a n c i e n t China, when a v i l l a g e was moved t o a new s i t e , t h e well from which t h e v i l l a g e r s had drawn water was l e f t a t t h e o l d . The water wel l d i d n o t l e ave t h e v i l l a g e ; i n - s t e a d , t h e v i l l a g e l e f t t h e wel l . In j u s t t h e same way, "Bowling Joe" d i d not l eave Conscious-Mind Joe . Joe l e f t t h e howling fo r ce he had b u i l t up.
I f Bowling Joe was a weak f o r c e it would soon go dormant & i f Joe saw i t a t a l l i n dreams i t would be a s a human f i g u r e s l e s p ing i n bed. I f it were s t rong , i t might bug him on a subconscious l e v e l t o go back t o bowling.
Because t h e s e "FamilyIt members a r e nou- r i s h e d & b u i l t up by r e p e t i t i o n of a c t i v - i t y , mood, thought & f e e l i n g , t hey a r e i n competi t ion with one another . I f Joe s ta r - t e d s t a y i n g l a t e a t t h e o f f i c e , O f f i c e J o e would become s t r o n g e r a t t h e expense of o t h e r Family members.
Now, suppose one o f J o e ' s c h i l d r e n f e l l ill wi th a l ow-con t inued & l i f e - t h r e a t e r r
h i s wife about t h e c h i l d , o r s i m p l y s i b t i n g worrying about. A new Joe- force , which we w i l l c a l l Child-Concern-Joe, would come i r t t o being & qu ick ly become ve ry s t rong . Even a t t h e o f f i c e , J o e would f i n d h i s mind go- ing worr ied ly t o h i s s i c k c h i l d . O r when he was d r i v i n g , mowing t h e lawn o r bowling ... Thus, Child-Concern-Joe would g e t a f oo tho ld i n every o t h e r subconscious Joe- f o r c e .
A l l o f t h e s e subconscious f o r c e s want t o become t h e on ly one so t h a t t h e y w i l l g e t a l l oii t h e nourishment & ensure t h e i r own con t inua t i on . So t h e Child-Concern-Joe, now with a f o o t i n every o t h e r c a m p w i l l begin t o d i smant le i t s compe t i t i on . . t he o t h e r members of t h e subconsc ious- leve l Family. Joe himself w i l l begin t o n o t i c e t h i s a s gaps i n h i s memory, a s temporary d i f f i c u l - t i e s i n remembering names, t imes , p l a c e s , i nc iden t s . . even appointments.
I was i n Conscious-Mind-Joe's p o s i t i o n i n which a dominant subconscious f o r c e was
dismantl ing l e s s e r members of my subconsc5 ous Family 6 my memory was f a i l i n g , most no t iceably where names of persons & sched- uled events , both a t Carnegie & t h e S t r a t h cova Community Gardens, were concerned. Thc c u l p r i t was t h e major & very complex sub- conscious fo rce I have b u i l t up i n t h e cour- s e of my r e sea rch i n t o psychology Fr a l l i e d sub jec t s , r e sea rch which, f o r example, en- a b l e s me t o w r i t e t h i s a r t i c l e you ' re r e a d ing. What d id I do? When I understood what was going on, t hen a t t imes when I knew t h e l'Research-Eric'l was i n command, I spoke sha rp ly t o it 6 t o l d it t o s t o p i t s m i s - ch i e f . I t d id . No more f o r g e t t i n g !
This whole process may be t h e cause of Alzheimer's Disease. I f J o e ' s c h i l d made a complete recovery, Joe might l a t e r have a s e r i e s of dreams i n which h e ' d r e - l i v e h i s g r i e f &worry over h i s s i c k c h i l d a s Child- Concern-Joe was i n t e g r a t e d i n t o h i s subcon sc ious &have t o ge t up & go check on he r . But
i f t h e c h i l d d ied , t h e whole t h i n g might be too p a i n f u l t o i n t e g r a t e . This r e j e c t e d , pushed away Child-Concern-Joe (subconsci- ous f o r c e ) would remain a Well. Awake & aware but without i n p u t & n o t h i n g t o G o but s t i l l wi th a foothold i n a l l o t h e r member of t h e Family, it might cont inue i t s work of demolishing t h e i r a b i l i t i e s t o remembe Young people would be proof a g a i n s t Alzh- e imer ' s Disease because t h e i r Fami l ies a r always changing a s t h e i r i n t e r e s t s , a c t i v i t i e s and circumstances change.
Some may ob jec t t o t h i s by saying advan ced ca ses of Alzheimer's show b r a i n damag Treu; bu t maybe such a f o r c e s t r i k e s a t memory i n e x a c t l y t h a t way, by a t t ack ing b ra in c e l l s . I ' v e proven t h a t subconsciou fo rces cause phys i ca l e f f e c t s such a s co l f l u F, a r t h r i t i s . Why shou ldn ' t t hey a l s o be ab l e t o d e s t r o y b r a i n d c e l l s ?
I had a wonky pancreas which, e s p e c i a l 1 a f t e r a cup of well-sugared co f f ee , would dump a b ig load of i n s u l i n i n t o my blood stream. (This i s c a l l e d hyper insu l i sm' 4 . i o f t e n a p recu r so r t o d i a b e t e s . ) I ' d know t h i s had taken p l ace because i t ' d g ive me an a t t a c k of asthma. I took t o sco ld ing a p a r t of my subconscious t h a t c o n t r o l s t h e
Iancreas. "See?If I Id say , tlYoulve done it igain. You're n o t t o dump your whole load )f i n s u l i n i n t o my blood every t ime my ~ l o o d sugar goes up. J u s t l e t a t i n y b i t ) u t , a wee t r i c k l e , no t t h e whole load."
The a t t a c k s got f a r t h e r & f a r t h e r a p a r t & bout 2 yea r s ago they q u i t a l t o g e t h e r .
Subconscious f o r c e s Do c o n t r o l one ' s )hys ica l well being. Probably my r e sea rch las only s c ra t ched t h e s u r f a c e .
By ERIC ERICKSON .. - --
CRAB-WATER FOR LIFE Soc ie ty - AGIl
The annual meeting, ay F i r s t United -\Church on Apr i l 20, was a t tended by over
30 l o c a l people. I f l a s t e d about, 3/4 hour \ w i t h t h e name being changed frorn CRAB t o
CAP ILANO CAMP Today I went f o r a walk with my f r i e n d
Harold. I showed him t h e Cleveland Dam and t h e Giant F i r on those h ik ing t r a i l s - one of t h e b igges t t , rees seen by a two-legged man i n our t ime.
This yea r t h e water i s h ighe r than usua l so we don ' t have t o conserve water l i k e we d id l a s t year . Of course we have t o water t h e lawns with c a r e f u l r a t i o n i n g .
A l , Don & o t h e r s a r e t ak ing i n t h e scene and, f o r a change, t h e sky i s b lue & a few b i r d s a r e ch i rp ing away. Tonight w i l l be o u r l a s t o f 3 n i g h t s here , f o r tomorrow we go back t o t h e l a s t f r o n t i e r , Has t ings & Main.
On t h e f r o n t page of The Province,,dated Apr i l 14, 1 s e e t h e f a t f a c e o f t h e so- c a l l e d "Forest Tzar" Jack Monroe. We a l l know he has t h e NDP under h i s thumb. Har- cou r t 6 h i s c r o n i e s w i l l r u l e f o r ano the r day, bu t l i k e a l l t h e r e s t o f h i s kind they w i l l f a l l f l a t on t h e i r l y i n g a s s e s . Mear's I s l and , Clayoquot ... t h e Natives w i l l be here long a f t e r Monroe & Harcourt have r o t t e d away.
A.Mil i tant
CUB-WATER FOR LIFE Socie ty . I t s mandate "THAT Crab-Water f o r Li fe S o c i e t y ' s purp- ose i s t h e c r e a t i o n , p r o t e c t i o n 6 enhan- cement of parks & r e c r e a t i o n & t h e supp- o r t of eco log ica l , Peace & n a t i v e Indian i s sues" was reaf f i rmed unanimously.
A f i n a n c i a l s ta tement was read with i n - f o on t h e Crab "Kids' Xmas Boat Cruise". The Environment Canada g ran t f o r Environ- ment' Week ha.s been cance l led a c r o s s t h e country & an appeal f o r $1200 t o C i ty Cow n c i l t o feed c h i l d r e n wasn ' t succes s fu l .
Quest ions were taken frorn t h e f l oo r , in - c luding comments t h a t ranged from concern about t h e h e l i p o r t nea r t h e park, c lean- ing up Burrard I n J e t , t o x i c chemicals and f u r t h e r i n d u s t r i a l i z a t i o n & bu i ld ing t h e r e
Free bannock, oranges $ c o f f e e were s e r - ved t o t hose p re sen t .
Tora (Richard Pooley), l o c a l a r t i s t , $ Fred Arrance (West Coast Aboriginal Net- work f o r People with D i s a b i l i t i e s ) were thanked f o r t h e i r a c t i v e work over t h e years on behal f of CRAB.
Seven people were acclaimed a s t h e l ~ o a r d of - ~ i r e c t o r s . - i A uon Larson
What has occurred s h a l l never be repea ted When s h a l l t h e t r u t h be known \
4 When i n stormy t imes t h e weather vane t u r n s and s e e s t h e enemy Voters s e e red and s e e t h e i r f r i e n d
L ,Love is now t h e summer of it Hate is now t h e wether of i t
I v Love is i n t h e pans i e s purp le
Hate is f e l t bu t seldom heard \?'+-~ove is bu t a mile away
Li fe i s half-way t h e r e E.T.
"Central Waterfront Planning"
From he re , looking o u t o v e r t h e wa te r from Crab Park g i v e s a p i c t u r e of g r a s s G water 6 t h e n o r t h sho re . 'You're b l i n d ! ' There ' s p o s s i b i l i t i e s here! !
What t h e r e is ( s ee map) i s ano the r p lan- ning process be ing s t a r t e d t o look a t t h e "shaping of development" o f t h e Cen t r a l wa t e r f ron t a r ea . The C i t y of Vancouver and Po r t s Canada w i l l b e ho ld ing workshops t o g e t community i npu t i n t h i s p lanning . There a r e TWO: Wed., May 5, a t SFU Harbour
Cent re , 555 W.lIastings i n room 1420.
Thurs . , May 6 , a t T e l l i e r Tower, 16 W.Hast$ngs S t r e e t
Both meetings w i l l b e from 7pm-9pm. We need t o say what we want, n o t j u s t
what we don ' t want. -
The Second M i l e Soc i e ty r ece ived a smal l g r a n t through t h e C i t y ' s Ready o r Not program t o o rgan i se d i f f e r e n t i n t e r - - e s t s around t h e concept of developing a l o c a l shopping c e n t r e , f o r t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e & St r a thcona neighbourhoods.
The "Shopping P r o j e c t " w i l l be adminis- t e r e d by t h e Sen io r s ' Se rv i ce s Team and Neighbourhood Helpers program.
The goa l of t h e "Shopping p ro j ec t " is t o s e t up p a r t n e r s h i p s between community, bus ine s s & gov ' t i n o rde r t o f a c i l i t a t e t h e development of a shopping c e n t r e t h a t w i l l s e r v e t h e community. We need your support t o make t h i s p r o j e c t a success .
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Human rights can generdy be defined as those rights inherent to our nature and The denial of human rights and funda-
without w h i i we cannot live as human mental freedoms is not only an individual
beings. Human rights and fundamental What are and personal tragedy but also creates
freedoms allow us to fully develop and conditions of social and political unrest, use our human qualities, our intelligence, whid sow the seeds of violence within
our talents and conscience, satisfying our and between societies and nations AS
spiritual and other needs. They are the first sentence of the Universal
based on humankind's increasing demand for a life in which the inherent respect for human rights and human dig-
dignity and worth of each human being niiy is 'the foundation of freedom, justice, will receive resped and protection. and peace in the world.'
November 25 - December 10, 1992, women's groups i n every p a r t o f t h e world organ- ised even t s & a c t i o n s a s p a r t o f t h e 2nd i n t e r n a t i o n a l campaign o f 16 Vays of Ac- t i v i sm Against Gender Violence. Nov.25 is t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Day Against Violence Against Women, dec l a r ed by t h e f i r s t f e m i n i s t Enceuntro f o r La t in America & t h e ~ a r i b b e a n i n Bogota, Columbia, i n 1981. Dec. 10 c e l e b r a t e s t h e ann ive r sa ry of t h e Universal Dec la ra t i on of Human Rights , proclaimed i n 1948. This pe r iod a l s o inc- l udes Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, & Dec. 6, t h e anniversary of t h e Montreal Massacre when a man gunned down 14 women engineer ing s t u d e n t s f o r being l l f emin i s t s l ' .
One a c t i o n which emerged dur ing t h e 16 Days Campaign i n 1991 was a world-wide p e t i t i o n d r i v e c a l l i n g upon t h e United Nations', a s it o rgan i se s i t s f irst World Conference on Human Rights i n 25 yea r s (Vienna, June 1993), t o comprehensively address women's human r i g h t s and gender v io l ence a s c e n t r a l concerns.
The 1981 Convention on t h e El imina t ion of a l l Forms of Discr imina t ion Against Women (CEDAW) was r a t i f i e d by 102 n a t i o n s a s o f 1990. The CEDAW Committeejn 1992 gave t h e fo l lowing d e f i n i t i o n of "gender1' v io l ence - "Gender-based v io l ence i s a form of d i s c r imina t ion which s e r i o u s l y i n h i b i t s women's a b i l i t y t o enjoy r i g h t s E freedoms on a b a s i s o f e q u a l i t y with men." Gender-based v io l ence is tha t l 'which is d i r e c t e d a g a i n s t a woman because she is a woman o r which a f f e c t s women d i sp ro - p o r t i o n a t e l y . I t i nc ludes a c t s which i n f l i c t phys i ca l , mental o r sexual harm o r s u f f e r i n g , t h r e a t s o f such a c t s , coerc ion & o t h e r d e p r i v a t i o n s of l i b e r t y . "
I n s p i t e of t h e s t a t emen t s i n a r t i c l e s 3 & 5 of t h e Universal Dec1arationof.Human Rights (1948), everywhere women & g i r l s a r e s y s t e m a t i c a l l y sub jec t ed t o v io l ence , t o r t u r e , coercion, sexual abuse, s t a r v a t i o n , E economic d e p r i v a t i o n because t hey a r e female. For example, i n Canada, 62% of female homicides a r e t h e r e s u l t o f women-battering; i n India , , g i r l s aged 2-4 d i e a t twice t h e r a t e of boys because of sys t ema t i c m a l n u t r i t i o n & n e g l e c t ; c u r r e n t l y , 84 m i l l i o n women a round thewor ld have been sub jec t ed ' t o g e n i t a l muti lat ion. : Such v io l ence is a pervas ive form of human r i g h t s abuse, c u t t i n g a c r o s s s o c i a l , e t h n i c & n a t i o n a l boundaries & s t i l l i t is o f t e n excluded from t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l human r i g h t s agenda.
To d a t e , t h e p e t i t i o n has been t r a n s l a t e d i n t o 12 languages & over 100,000 s igna- t u r e s have been ga thered from more than 80 coun t r i e s .
We w i l l cont inue t o g a t h e r s i g n a t u r e s r i g h t up t o June 1993. P lease f e e l f r e e t o make e x t r a cop ie s & c i r c u l a t e widely - so t h a t women's vo i ces & pe r spec t ives may be heard a t t h e 1993 Woeld Conference on Human Rights
For more informat ion: D r . MARION MATHIESON, 84 Union S t r e e t , Sydney, Nova Sco t i a . B1P 4x5
PETITION TO THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
"Violence Against Women Vio l a t e s Human Rights"
The Universal Dec la ra t i on of Human Rights p r o t e c t s everyone "without d i s t i n c t i o n of any kind such a s r ace , co lour , sex , language ... o r o t h e r s t a t u s " ( a r t . 2 ) Furth- ermore, "everyone has t h e r i g h t t o l i f e , l i b e r t y 4 s e c u r i t y o f person" ( a r t . 3 ) E Ifno one s h a l l be s u b j e c t t o t o r u t r e o r t o c r u e l , inhuman o r degrading t rea tment o r punishment" ( a r t . 5 ) . Therefore, we, t h e undersigned, c a l l upon t h e 1993 UnTted Nahions~~World Confieren~e on Human Rights t o comprehensively address women's human r i g h t s a t every l e v e l o f i t s proceedings. We demand t h a t gender v io l ence , a univ- e r s a l phenomenon which t a k e s many forms a c r o s s c u l t u r e , r a c e and c l a s s , be recog- nized a s a v i o l a t i o n of human r i g h t s r e q u i r i n g immediate ac t i on .
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r 1 TASTE OF THE NATION ' SCALDED
~ t l s become an annual event . Rich peop- le ge t t o g e t h e r once a year , pay $85 a p l a t e , d ine on fancy d i s h e s wi th a p r i v a t e label wine, and e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y w r i t e a cheque t o buy a r e f r i g e r a t e d van t o come to t h e i r events , conferences , e t c . & pick up uneaten sc raps - l e f t o v e r s - t o t a k e to food banks.. t o t h e "needy". I t happen- ed t h i s year a t t h e Hotel Vancouver.
s t r a n g e l y enough, we "ungra te fu l wret- &es" had a r a l l y r i g h t a c r o s s t h e s t r e e t on t h e s t e p s of t h e A r t Gal le ry . I t was organised by End Leg i s l a t ed Poverty. I t was "Hunger Awareness Week".
P ro t e s t i ng a g a i n s t an e n t i r e system of laws, p o l i c i e s , t r a d e d e a l s , t h e corpor- at.e agenda.. .awareness i s t h e f i r s t s t e p .
Check out t h e c o n t r a s t & pick a s i d e : ~ i c h : - show t h e i r awareness of hunger i n +-
schools by t r y i n g t o t u r n hot lunch programs i n t o ' tw ink ie & pop" meals & demanding t h a t poor k i d s b e i d e n t i f i e d ;
- keep minimum wage & welfare r a t e s low s o people w i l l have t o t ake
any work a t any wage i n any cond i t i ons ; - keep demanding c u t s i n s o c i a l
programs (hea l th , educa t ion , UI) s o people w i l l have t o use t h e i r energy t o su rv ive , r a t h e r than p r o t e s t f o r change
( T c K ' - ] ITS OEUCfOUS ! - -;.I Poor: - f a c e t h e fo l lowing r e a l i t i e s . . .
- No jobs - Low minimum wage - Low wel fare r a t e s - The inc reas ing need f o r c h a r i t y - U . 1 , c u t s - North American Free Trade Deal - Federal c u t s t o s o c i a l s e rv i ce s , , hea l th
t and educat ion, c h i l d c a r e , s e n i o r s , e t c - High t axes f o r . 1 0 ~ & middle income p e e
p l e , low t a x e s f o r t h e r i c h - Federal c u t s t o housing - o t h e r man i f e s t a t i ons o f t h e co rpo ra t e
agenda. The r i c h f e e l they 've 'done t h e i r b i t '
by admi t t ing t h e r e a l i t y of hunger 6 depri- va t ion . They r igh t eous ly deny t h a t it i s t h e i r f a u l t .
Sandy Cameron, one-time p rospec to r & an
acknowledged w r i t e r & poe t , f a s t e d f o r t h e e n t i r e week. He spoke a t t h e r a l l y , saying t h a t f o r t h e r i c h t o proclaim "awareness" without doing anything t o change t h e causes j u s t makes what ' s wrong worse. He s a i d he was f i nd ing it more d i f f i c u l t t o focus , t o concent ra te . " I understand now how a c h i l d going t o school hungry w i l l do poorly. I t i s hard t o be a l l you can be when you don't e a t . "
J i m S i n c l a i r t a l k e d about NAFTA, t h e d e a l t h a t w i l l make t h e f i r s t l l f ree" t r a d e dea l seem l i k e a p i cn i c . The r i c h & t h e i r mul- t i n a t i o n a l co rpo ra t ions a r e hoping t o r e - move t h e power of any governments t o pass laws t h a t w i l l r e s t r i c t p r o f i t i n any way. They scream t h a t t a x e s a r e t oo high, even though t h e burden has s h i f t e d i n t h e l a s t 4 decades from being roughly 50 /50 between ind iv idua l s & bus ines s t o being now 89/11. The r i c h demand,.that g o v l t spending be r e - duced, t h a t more c u t s be made, a s though t h e communities, workers & r e sou rces of t h i s country, t h e US & Mexico a r e j u s t s o much c o l l a t e r a l t o be bargained over .
Those p re sen t then picked up some s i g n s and walked once around t h e Hotel Vancouver handing ou t f a c t s h e e t s & an ELP pamphlet e n t i t l e d ' C h a r i t y is a bandaid, no t a so lu t ion . " We go t t o t h e driveway j u s t a s s eve ra l of t h e people a t t end ing t h e 'Tas te of t h e Nation1 a r r i v e d . I t would be n i c e t o imagine t h a t t h e looks on t h e i r f a c e s were g u i l t , bu t mostly it was f e a r ; f e a r t h a t something has gone wrong perhaps ... f e a r t h a t t h e ' tpoortf a r e no longer t h e un- washed, bedraggled masses f i t on ly f o r workhouses o r p r i s o n s ... f e a r t h a t we a r e r i g h t a f t e r a l l (!)
By PAULR TAYLOR
"JUSTICE NOT CHARITY ! I 1
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WHY I S HEW ILLEGAL?
AS e a r l y a s 1901 & c o n t i n u i n g t o 1937, t h e US Dept. of A g r i c u l t u r a l r e p e a t e d l y p r e d i c t e d t h a t , once machinery c a p a b l e of h a r v e s t i n g , s t r i p p i n g & s e p a r a t i n g t h e f i b r e from t h e pu lp was i n v e n t e d & engin- ee red , hemp would once a g a i n b e America 's number one farm c r o p .
The t echno logy needed t o produce s u c h machines was d e c e l o p e d i n t h e mid-1930s. I n r e s p o n s e t o t h i s , Mechanical Engineer- i n g r a n a n a r t i c l e abou t hemp t i t l e d "The ~ o s t P r o f i t a b l e & D e s i r a b l e Crop t h a t Can Be ~ r o w n " . Popula r Mechanics a l s o r a n an a r t i c l e on t h i s s u b j e c t , t i t l e d "The B i l - l i o n D o l l a r Crop". Here a r e some q u o t e s : " . . . f a rmers a r e promised a new c a s h c r o p w i t h a n a n n u a l v a l u e of s e v e r a l hundred m i l l i o n d o l l a r s , a l l because a machine h a s been inven ted which s o l v e s a problem over 6000 y e a r s o l d .
"Hemp i s t h e s t a n d a r d f i b r e of t h e world . It h a s g r e a t t e n s i l e s t r e n g t h & d u r a b i l - i t y . It is used t o produce more t h a n 5000 t e x t i l e p r o d u c t s , r a n g i n g from r o p e t o f i n e l a c e s , & t h e w ody "urds ' rem- a i n i n g a f t e r t h e f i b r e h a s been removed c o n t a i n more t h a n 77% c e l l u l o s e & c a n b e used t o produce more t h a n 7 5 , 0 0 0 p r o d u c t s r a n g i n g from dynamite t o c e l l o p h a n e ." When mechanical hemp f i b r e s t r i p p i n g
machines f i n a l l y became a v a i l a b l e i n t h e mid-1930s, t h e enormous t i m b e r a c r e a g e & b u s i n e s s e s of t h e Hearst Paper Manufactu-
r i n g D i v i s i o n , Kimberly C l a r k , S t . Regis - & v i r t u a l l y a l l o t h e r t i m b e r , p a p e r and l a r g e newspaper manufac tu r ing companies s t o o d t o l o s e b i l l i o n s o f d o l l a r s & per- haps go bankrup t .
C o i n c i d e n t a l l y , DuPont had j u s t p a t e n t - e d i p r o c e s s e s t o make p l a s t i c s f rom c o a l & o i l , a s w e l l as new s u l p h a t e p r o c e s s e s t o make paper from wood p u l p . I f hemp h a d n ' t been made i l l e g a l , 80% of DuPont 's b u s i n - e s s would have n e v e r come t o b e ; norwwuld t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f t h e p o l l u t i o n which h a s been i n f l i c t e d upon o u ~ r i v e r s & o c e a n s
I n t h e 1920s & 3 0 s , H e a r s t ' s newspaper c h a i n l e d a d e l i b e r a t e campaign of y e l l o w j o u r n a l i s m t o have hemp out lawed. H e a r s t
& o t h e r s e n s a t i o n a l t a b l o i d s r a n h y s t e r i - c a l h e a d l i n e s a t o p s t o r i e s p o r t r a y i n g Blacks & Mexicans a s f r e n z i e d b e a s t s und- er t h e i n f l u e n c e o f mar i juana .
I n s e c r e t T r e a s u r y Dept. mee t ings cond- u c t e d between 1935 & 1937 p r o h i b i t i v e t a x laws were d r a f t e d & p l o t t e d . Mari juana was n o t banned o u t r i g h t ; i n s t e a d an "Occ- u p a t i o n a l E x c i s e Tax" was p l a c e d upon 1 1
m a r i j uana d e a l e r s . Test 'nony b e f o r e Congress i n 1937, f o r v
t h e purpose of e f f e c t i v e l y ou t l awing hemp th rough ex t remely p r o h i b i t i v e t a x a t i o n , c o n s i s t e d a lmost e n t i r e l y of H e a r s t ' s and o t h e r s e n s a t i o n a l newspaper a r t i c l e s be- i n g r e a d a l o u d by Har ry A n s l i n g e r , d i r e c - t o r of t h e F e d e r a l Bureau o f N a r c o t i c s .
D r .A James Woodward, bo th p h y s i c i a n and a t t o r n e y , t e s t i f i e d on b e h a l f of t h e Amer- i c a n Medical A s s o c i a t i o n . He s a i d , i n e f - f e c t , t h a t t h e whole of t h e f e d e r a l t e s t - imony was t a b l o i d s e n s a t i o n a l i s m . T h i s l a w
could deny t h e world a p o t e n t i a l medicine whose t h e r a p e u t i c va lue was j u s t beginn- ing t o be discovered.
V i r t u a l l y no one o t h e r t han a handfu l of r i c h i n d u s t r i a l i s t s knew t h a t t h e i r ch ief p o t e n t i a l compet i tor - hemp - was outlawed under t h e name mari juana.
That 's r i g h t . Marijuana was most l i k e l y j u s t a p re t ex t f o r hemp p r o h i b i t i o n and economic compression.
I t ' s not too l a t e f o r u s t o r e c t i f y t h i s mistake. We can s t i l l change from a petroleum-based economy t o a renewable & environmental ly sound hemp-based economy. But we must n o t de lay . We must a c t while we can s t i l l make a d i f f e r e n c e .
(This information - SFU LEAD - (SFU League f o r E t h i c a l Action on Drugs)
Mv Name i s Cocaine
My name i s cocaine - c a l l me coke f o r s h o r t . I en t e r ed t h i s count ry without a pas spo r t . Ever s i n c e then I ' v e made l o t s of scum r i c h . Some have been murdered E found i n a d i t c h . I ' v e been more valued than diamonds,
more t r ea su red than gold, Use me j u s t once G you t o o w i l l be so ld . I ' l l make a schoolboy f o r g e t h i s books, I ' l l make a beauty queen f o r g e t h e r looks. I ' l l t ake a renowned speaker 6 make him a bore, I ' l l t a k e your mother 6 make h e r a whore. I ' l l make a s choo l t eache r f o r g e t how t o teach , I ' 11 make a preacher no t want t o preach. I ' l l t ake a l l your r e n t money 6 y o u ' l l be ev i c t ed . I ' l l murder your bab ie s o r t h e y ' l l be born addic ted . I ' l l make y iu rob and s t e a l and k i l l , When you ' re under my power, you have no w i l l . Remember, my f r i e n d , my name i s "Big C , " I f you t r y me one t ime you may never be f r e e . I ' v e destroyed a c t o r s , p o l i t i c i a n s $ many a hero . I ' v e decreased bank accounts from n ~ i l l i o n s t o zero. I make shooting 6 s t abb ing a common a f f a i r . Once I t ake charge, you won't have a prayer . Now t h a t you know me, what w i l l you do? You' l l have t o dec ide , i t ' s a l l up t o you. The day you ag ree t o s i t i n my sadd le The dec i s ion is one t h a t no one can s t r a d d l e . L i s t en t o me and p l e a s e l i s t e n well When you r i d e with coca ine you a r e headed f o r h e l l !
Even when you can't kick the bad
guys where it hurts. you can still
have a real gas trying.
AUhl l lu , TEXAS-I'VE B E N ~ A L ~ \ I N ' 10 A BUNCH 01- THL FUN-LO\'IN'
freedom-fighte~s of Texas latcly and we all agl-ee that there's one thing we need to pass on to all of y'all from the few of us before 1 take a kave from these pages. (I'm takin' a leave of absence on account of I have to wnte a book, and tiine has become both scant and precious.) The thing is th15 leu got to have fun whde you're f lght~n' for frcedom, 'cauw you don't always win.
Joe Rauh, the lawyer who defended so many folks d u r ~ n g the McCarthy Era and the c ~ w l rights movemcnt (note that the rightness of those stands is always easler to see in retrospect) Rauh was sick In the hosp~tal at the tlme and asked a frlend of hls to go down and collect the award for h m HIS fr~encl went to see him in the hos-
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pita1 and said, 'Yoc, what you want me to tell these folks?"
So there \\.as Rmh 1)-in' thcrc sick a5 a dog, thinking back on all those bxl. ugly, angr!. tin~es-the ~1~stroyc.d carccrs, tho wreckctl lives-,lnd Ile said. "Tell 'ern ho\v niuch fun it \va.;. Tell 'em holy niuch fun it u x . "
So keep fightin' for frccdorn and justice. bclv\~c.tls, but clon't you forget to have fun doin' i t . Lord. let your laughtcr ring forth. Be outrapt*ous, ridicule the l'raidy-cats, rcjoicc in all thc oddities that frccdom can product. And \\\\en you get through kickin' ass and cclebratin' thc shccr jo?. of a good fight, bc sure