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Letters September 15, 1988 rece ived from Carnegie people have

A f t e r r ead ing Don e arson's l e t t e r , meant more than any 1 ' v e r e c e i v e d " J u s t t h e Facts" , i n t h e September e v e r , because they came from people 15, 1988 e d i t i o n o f t h e Eas t Ender I I know t o be s i n c e r e and hones t - j u s t had t o respond. M r . Larson i s people who d o n ' t b u l l s h i t . s o f u l l of himself i t ' s no wonder I was asked by some i f I would h e ' s a l i e n a t e d himself from most of s e l l them and I a m v e r y much f l a t t - t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e community e red by t h e o f f e r s . Though I t o o am (which he himself does n o t l i v e i n ) . poor and am c e r t a i n l y tempted by t h e H i s s imple h i s t o r i c a l f a c t s r e g a r d i n g money, t h e s e a r e a l l I have l e f t of who was involved i n g e t t i n g CRAB Park t h e v e r y many p i e c e s which I have i s s o f u l l of mashed p o t a t o e s ! Any made. I f I s e l l them I no longer "organizer" knows t h a t no th ing i s done have them t o s h a r e w i t h people from without t h e h e l p and suppor t of many t i m e t o time. I f I keep them I have people. The more people invo lved , something of myself t h a t I can g i v e t h e b e t t e r o r g a n i z e r you a r e . M r . a s was my i n t e n t i o n i n p u t t i n g them Larson c o n t i n u e s t o c a l l h imself t h e i n t h e Carnegie Ga l l e ry . Had I world CRAB o r g a n i z e r and f l a u n t h i s d i s t o r t e enough and t ime I would l i k e no th ing h i s t o r i c a l f a c t s t h a t he a l o n e gave b e t t e r than t o make one and g i v e i t t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e community CRAB t o anyone who wanted i t . Park. CRAB Park became a r e a l i t y I would a l s o l i k e t o u r g e anyone because of t h e hard work of many many a t Carnegie who makes any th ing they people from t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e in - would l i k e t o s h a r e w i t h o r show t o c l u d i n g F i r s t United Church, Carnegie o t h e r s t o have a d i s p l a y i n t h e and DERA. We'd a l l be b e t t e r o f f i f t h i r d f l o o r g a l l e r y . There a r e s o M r . Larson r e t i r e d t o h i s own commun- many who c r e a t e h e r e i n t h e downtown I i t y i n Vancouver South t o f i g h t f o r a e a s t s i d e t h a t i t seems a shame t o park down t h e r e . import works from o u t s i d e t h e a r e a .

S. Schnee I f you have o n l y one o r two t h i n g s then you could have a group show w i t h o t h e r s who a l s o do n o t have

The a p p r e c i a t i v e response I had on my q u i l t s and hangings , which were on d i s p l a y i n t h e t h i r d f l o o r g a l l - e r y , made me f e e l good. Thank you s o much f o r your genuine and generous comments. The compliments I

enough work t o make a whole show. There could be mixed media d i s p l a y s of any and a l l k i n d s of works. There a r e few t h i n g s more u p l i f t i n g and i n s p i r i n g than t o have something , you've c r e a t e d s e e n and a p p r e c i a t e d 1

by o t h e r s . E s p e c i a l l y peop le whose op in ions you v a l u e and r e s p e c t . I was a t a c r e a t i v e ebb and f e l t vul - n e r a b l e and t e n t a t i v e about showing my work. But t o s e e i t up t h e r e and I

t o have people respond t o i t has helped me g r e a t l y . I would encour- age o t h e r s t o r e a p t h i s b e n e f i t .

Thank you aga in .

i Cuba Dyer

Ministry of Social Services & Housing

Dear 7/9/88

Please be advised that due to a change in the employable classifica- tion policy to take effect Nov.1,'88, your Income Assistance amount will be reduced. Unless you are a single parent your medical coverage will also be cancelled. If you are unemployable for medical

reasons and want to retain your unemployable status and/or your medical coverage, you must submit medical documentation (showing) the following: 1. The medical condition that pre-

cludes seeking and/or keeping employment.

2. The expected duration of the medical condition.

3. If the condition is ongoing or permanent, what remedial medical treatment is available that would enable you to seek and maintain employment. Please attach any documentation

you are submitting to this letter and return to your Financial Worker by September 21, 1988.

Yours truly,

Ministry of Social Services 6 Housing

Dear 8/9/88

Your income assistance file indic- ates that you have been classified as an unemployable person, which has allowed you to receive a higher rate of income assistance. This is to advise you that in order .

for you to remain eligible for this higher rate, we must receive confirmation from a physician outlining your medical problem and its duration.

In addition, the information received from your physician must in- clude information that the medical problem keeps you from seeking or maintaining employment, and, that medical treatment which would improve your ability to seek or maintain employment is not available.

To remain eligible for the unemployable rate of assistance, you must submit the medical confirmation to your financial assistance worker, no later than September 20th, 1988.

Yours truly,

Financial Assistance Worker

FINANCIAL WORKER

Dear Ministry of Social Services and Housing:

Having received your application for continued functioning we firstly, before aceeding, must determine a few fundamental if purely formal (please be assured) facts pertaining to the existential validity of your claim for status within the framework of our reality.

Please be so inclined, therefore, to define to our satisfaction the following term: DIGNITY

Please be'advised that should your organization fail to comply with our request within a reasonable quiltzob of disbobulationary conflexity, we will be unable to further process your claim.

Sincerely, THE LUMPEN-PROLETARIAT

She'd had a couple of c h i l d r e n t o r a i s e , a lone . & h e r wi th h e r d i v o r c e & bad f e e l i n g s & nausea & h a t e f o r h e r ex. & home, a lone , w i t h h e r c h i l d r e n . A t n i g h t i n f r o n t t h e T.V. & them do ing t h e i r school-work & then o f f t o bed. & her f e e l i n g l i k e she 'd l i k e t o know a man aga in .

m man t o touch and t a l k and g o s s i p w i t h over food a t t h e k i t c h e n t a b l e a f t e r t h e k i d s been gone, up t o bed. A man's p reseece

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& she woke, a l o n e & time t o g e t t h e k i d s , up and o u t t o schoo l . & dreaming she went o f f t o work.

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a l i q u i d r e t r e a t met h i s manhood on t h e s t r e e t dreams l i e s h a t t e r e d .

a l l he knows i s d e f e a t d e f e e t d e f e e t k i c k ou t and smash a l l i n s i g h t

m a i m and t h r o t t l e t h a t ' s l i f e i n a b o t t l e .

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Chief S e a t t l e ' s r e p l y , i n 1852, t o t h e U.S. government 's i n q u i r y about buying t r j .ba1 l a n d s f o r t h e a r r i v i n g s e t t l e r s .

"The P r e s i d e n t i n Washington sends words t h a t he wishes t o buy our land. But how can you buy t h e sky? The l and? The i d e a i s s t r a n g e t o us. I f w e do n o t own t h e f r e s h n e s s of t h e a i r and t h e s p a r k l e of t h e w a t e r , how can you buy them?

"Every p a r t o f t h i s e a r t h i s s a c r e d t o my people . Every s h i n i n g p i n e n e e d l e , eve ry sandy s h o r e , eve ry m i s t i n t h e d a r k woods, e v e r y meadow, every humming i n s e c t . A l l a r e h o l y i n t h e memory and e x p e r i e n c e of my people .

"We know t h e s a p which c o u r s e s through t h e t r e e s as we know t h e blood t h a t c o u r s e s through o u r v e i n s . W e a r e p a r t of t h e e a r t h and i t i s p a r t of us. The perfumed f l o w e r s a r e o u r sisters. The b e a r , t h e d e e r , t h e g r e a t e a g l e , t h e s e a r e o u r bro- t h e r s . The rocky c r e s t s , t h e j u i c e s i n t h e meadow, t h e body h e a t of t h e pony, and man, a l l be long t o t h e same fami ly .

I I The s h i n i n g wa te r t h a t moves i n t h e s t r eams and r ivers i s n o t j u s t w a t e r , bu t t h e blood of o u r a n c e s t o r s . I f we se l l you o u r l a n d , you must remember i t is sac red . Each g h o s t l y r e f l e c - t i o n i n t h e c l e a r w a t e r s of t h e l a k e s te l ls of e v e n t s and memories i n t h e l i f e o f my people . The w a t e r ' s mur-

* mur i s t h e v o i c e of my f a t h e r ' s f a t h e r .

"The r i v e r s a r e o u r b r o t h e r s . They quench our t h i r s t . They c a r r y our canoes and feed o u r c h i l d r e n . So you must g i v e t o t h e r i v e r s t h e k indness you would g i v e any b r o t h e r .

I 1 I f we s e l l you our l a n d , remember t h a t t h e a i r i s p r e c i o u s t o u s , t h a t t h e a i r s h a r e s i ts s p i r i t w i t h a l l t h e l i f e i t suppor t s . The wind t h a t gave our g r a n d f a t h e r h i s f i r s t b r e a t h a l s o r e c e i v e s h i s l a s t s i g h . The wind a l s o g i v e s our c h i l d r e n t h e s p i r i t of l i f e . So i f we s e l l you our l a n d , you must keep i t a p a r t and s a c r e d , a s a p l a c e where a man can go t o taste t h e wind t h a t i s sweetened by t h e meadow f lowers .

" W i l l you t e a c h your c h i l d r e n what we have t augh t our c h i l d r e n ? That t h e e a r t h is o u r mother? What b e f a l l s t h e e a r t h b e f a l l s a l l t h e sons of t h e e a r t h .

"This we know: t h e e a r t h does no t belong t o man, man belongs t o t h e e a r t h . A l l t h i n g s a r e connected l i k e t h e blood t h a t u n i t e s u s a l l . Man d i d n o t weave t h e web of l i f e , he i s merely a s t r a n d i n i t . What- e v e r he does t o t h e web, he does t o h imse l f .

"One t h i n g we know: our god i s a l - s o your god. The e a r t h i s p r e c i o u s and t o harm t h e e a r t h is t o heap con- tempt on i t s c r e a t o r .

"Your d e s t i n y is a mystery t o us. What w i l l happen when t h e b u f f a l o a r e a l l s l a u g h t e r e d ? The wi ld horses. tamed? What w i l l happen when t h e s e c r e t c o r n e r s of t h e f o r e s t a r e heavy w i t h t h e s c e n t of many men and t h e view of t h e r i p e h i l l s i s b l o t t e d by t a l k i n g w i r e s ? Where w i l l t h e t h i c k e t be? Gone! Where w i l l t h e e a g l e be? Gone! And what i s i t t o say goodbye t o t h e s w i f t pony and t h e hunt? The end of l i v i n g and t h e be- g inn ing of s u r v i v a l .

"When t h e l a s t Red Man has vanished w i t h h i s w i l d e r n e s s and h i s memory is only t h e shadow of a cloud moving

6 a c r o s s t h e p r a i r i e , w i l l t h e s e s h o r e s and f o r e s t s s t i l l be h e r e ? W i l l t h e r e be any of t h e s p i r i t of my people l e f t ?

I t We l o v e t h i s e a r t h a s a newborn l o v e s i t s mother ' s h e a r t b e a t . So, i f we s e l l you o u r l and , l o v e i t as we have loved i t . Care f o r i t a s we have ca red f o r i t . Hold i n your mind t h e memory of t h e l and as i t i s when you r e c e i v e i t . P r e s e r v e t h e l a n d f o r a l l c h i l d r e n and l o v e i t , as God l o v e s u s a l l . ' "As w e a r e p a r t of t h e l and , you t o o a r e p a r t o f t h e l and . Th i s e a r t h i s p rec ious t o us . It i s a l s o p r e c i o u s t o you. One t h i n g w e know: t h e r e is on ly one God. No man, be he Red Man

a d u l t s t u d e n t f i d g e t s whi le t h e r a i n ' s t r a n s p a r e n t f lames o r White Man, can be a p a r t . We are bead a g a i n s t t h e window

b r o t h e r s a f t e r a l l . " t h e c o l d sweat of f r u s t r a t i o n . (Repr inted i n Joseph campbell ' s The p e n c i l i s h e r s t a k e ; t i e d , "The Power of ~ y t h , " w i t h B i l l s h e w a i t s f o r r e v e l a t i o n .

Rain c a s t s no shadow, d e p a r t s on s i l e n c e , l e a v e s o n l y a f a d i n g f o o t p r i n t . The shapes o f words a r e a l s o a s e c r e t , a confused whisper ing d i s s o l v i n g t h e w i l l o f t h e woman hypon t i sed by t h e d r i f t i n g , f a l l i n g t o n e s on t h e g l a s s . She t h i n k s , t h i s hour is a grey bubb f l o a t i n g on a r a i n y summer where words s w i m by, moon-eyed and meaningless , and comprehension is a f rond d r i f t i n g through a drowned memory. S u n r i s e and moonrise

i n t o a l l h e r tomorrows, and s h e w i l l s t i l l be drowning i n a dream of language, c l u t c h i n g

J a n c i s M. Andrt

When whi te s e t t l e r s f i r s t a r r i v e d i n Newfoundland, they found t h a t l a r g e i s l a n d e n t i r e l y occupied by a n a t i v e people known as Beothuks (bee-0th '-eks).

The Beothuks were fa rmers and f ishermen, a v e r y p e a c e f u l people . So peace-loving i n f a c t , t h a t they d i d n o t know how t o f i g h t ; t h e i d e a of human be ings k i l l i n g o t h e r human be ings was complete ly beyond t h e i r comprehension.

Numbering i n t h e thousands , t h e Beothuks occupied t h e b e s t farming a r e a s o f t h a t rocky l a n d and t h e i r f i s h i n g v i l l a g e s were l o c a t e d i n t h e most f avourab le c o a s t l i n e sites. White s e t t l e r s coming a s h o r e wanted t h a t farmland and t h o s e v i l l a g e sites and s o they s e t o u t t o e x t e r m i n a t e t h e Beothuks,

That genoc ida l program took y e a r s t o complete and t h e s e t t l e r s ' methods were u n p a r a l l e l e d i n t h e i r b r u t a l i t y .

Coming upon a p e a c e f u l Beothuk v i l l a g e i n w i n t e r , bands of armed s e t t l e r s o f t e n f o r c e d men, women and c h i l d r e n t o s t r i p naked then drove them a t gunpoint o n t o t h e s e a i c e , t h e r e t o d i e of exposure . Capt- u r i n g i n d i v i d u a l n a t i v e s , they took p l e a s u r e i n burn ing them over slow f i r e s .

Becoming i m p a t i e n t , t h e w h i t e s brought i n Mic-Mac n a t i v e s from Nova S c o t i a t o a s s i s t them i n hun t ing down t h e last of t h e Beothuks. The descendants o f t h o s e Mic-Macs a r e

t h e on ly "Indians" t o be found I n Newfoundland today.

The on ly Beothuk t o s u r v i v e t h e whi te man's s l a u g h t e r was a young g i r l who was s e n t t o England. She spen t h e r l i f e a s a "nanny", look ing a f t e r t h e c h i l d r e n of weal thy B r i t i s h f a m i l i e s u n t i l s h e d i e d of o l d age.

Today t h e r e a r e w h i t e s who b e l i e v e t h a t Canada's n a t i v e popu la t ions have been w e l l and d e c e n t l y t r e a t e d and t h e n a t i v e s should t h e r e f o r e be con ten t w i t h whatever crumbs whi te s o c i e t y i s prepared t o o f f e r them. Th i s a t t i t u d e s tems from ignorance; a c a r e f u l l y c u l t i v a t e d ignorance f o s t e r e d by t h o s e i n power a s they saw t o i t t h a t t h e whi te man's r ecord of genoc ida l savagery i n Canada w a s , t o t h e g r e a t e s t e x t e n t p o s s i b l e , kep t from p u b l i c knowledge.

These t h i n g s a r e n o t t augh t i n Canadian s c h o o l s and they a r e espec- i a l l y n o t t augh t i n n a t i v e schoo l s , l e s t n a t i v e p u p i l s grow up and say , "Look he re ; a f t e r what you d i d t o o u r peop le , YOU OWE US."

Japanese Canadians who were robbed and d i s p l a c e d a r e r i g h t f u l l y loud i n t h e i r demands f o r compensation and t h e i r v o i c e s a r e heard . But Native peop les , who were no t on ly robbed and d i s p l a c e d b u t were a l s o s u b j e c t t o murderous genocide r i g h t i n t o t h i s c e n t u r y , a r e d e a l t w i t h grudg- i n g l y and t h e i r c l a ims a r e r e s i s t e d every s t e p of t h e way. Much of t h i s

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i n t h i s series. JOB SKILLS DIRECTORY. 731-9108

Culture on trade table, study finds By JAMIE PORTMAN Soulham News

OTTAWA - Months before Can- ada finally agreed to place the recording industry on the free-trade bargaining table, a secret govern; ment-commissioned study con- cluded such a move would have seri:

. ous consequences for the country's cultural life, Southam News has' learned.

Despite these advance warnings

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members of t h e Big Buck Par ty . A n o t e i n a b o t t l e was snatched by a wino hoping f o r a d r i n k and h i s whereabouts remains unknown.

from Toronto economic consultants Arthur Donner and Norman Mogil, Canadian free trade negotiators

.yielded to U.S. demands last autumn that Canada's 13.5-per-cent tariff on imported records be phased out over the next 10 years.

The report, submitted to the department of communications in May 1987, forecast serious repercus- s ions no t on ly for Canad ian branches of foreign-owned multina- tional companies but also for Canad- ian-owned firms and Canadian performing artists whose interests Ottawa had pledged to safeguard during the free trade talks.

During-the past 16 months, the government has repeatedly refused to make the report public, even resisting requests for copies under the Access To Information Act.

However, a copy was recent13 obtained by Sheila Pinestone.

Liberal MP for Mount Royal, ind turned over to Southarn News. !

The report will provide further ammunition for cultural nationalists with its potential scenario of an o- pen-border situation that could turn Canada into little more than another [J.S. market for recordings, sabotage thousands of Canadian jobs and damage Canadian performing artists.

It notes that over the past two decades the Canadian recording

to the point ' $300 million

reflect "a well-established multina- tional presence as well as a highly diverse Canadian-owned segmcnt of the industry."

But the study also stresses the crrr. cia1 degree of interdependence existing among the 12 big multina- tionals and their much smaller Can- adian counterparts.

"In large part,,l;he existence of Canadian-owned companies is tied closely td the presence of multina- ' tionals, and the fate of the multina, tional subsidiaries in a free-trade regime will have a significant bear- ing on the Canadian segment of the industry."

The consultants suggest that under free trade. the recording industry would sufler in a number of crucial areas - including Canadian- based production and manufacture of tapes and discs, and also dislribu- tion and marketing.

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September 23rd , 1988.

Mr. Max Yalden Chief Commissioner, Canadian Ilunian R i g h t s ( .on~r ,~iss ion Room 400 - 90 Sparks S t r e e t Ottawa, O n t a r i o . KIA 1El

Dear M r . Yalden:

1 'am w r i t i n g on b e h a l f of t h e BC C o a l i t i o n of tlrc 1) isablcd (BCCD), t o e x p r e s s con- c e r n abou t t h e p r o c e s s o f t a k i n g a compla in t t o t h e Canadian lluman Righ t s Cornm. I n September of 1987, t h e BCCD a s s i s t e d a p a s t member o f o u r Board of D i r x t o r s , Joan N e i s t e r , i n l a y i n g a compla in t a g a i n s t t h e Vancouver P o r t C o r p o r a t i o n f o r denying e q u a l a c c e s s t o a p u b l i c f a c i l i t y , namely t h e new P o r t s i d e Park i n Van. A s you a r e aware , t h e P o r t C o r p o r a t i o n was r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f an o v e r p a s s , a t t h e f o o t of Nain S t r e e t , which r ~ a s t o p r o v i d e p e d e s t r i a n a c c e s s t o t h e p a r k . However, t h e s t r u c t u r e i s t o o s t c e p f o r wheelchair u s e r s and o t h e r s w i t h m o b i l i t y impairments t o n e g o t i a t e s a f e l y . Iflien Fls. M e i s t e r f i l e d h e r compla in t on Sep t . 1 7 t h , 1987, s h e was t o l d t h a t t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n would t a k e from 6 t o 9 months t o comple te . It is now nmre than a y e a r s i n c e t h e compla in t was f i l e d and t h c i n v e s t i g a t i v e phase h a s n o t y e t been completed. S u r e l y t h e Canadian p u b l i c s h o u l d b e a b l e t o e x p e c t more prompt a t t e n t i o n t o ttie sa fe -guard ing o f t h e i r b a s i c human r i g h t s . We would l i k e t o know t o what c i r c u m s t a n c e s t h e l o n g d e l a y is due. We u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e i n v e s t i g a t o r o r i g i n a l l y a p p o i n t e d l e f t t h e Commission i n J u l y o f t h i s y e a r , b u t i t w a s n o t u n t i l Septcniber 1 2 t h t h a t a new i n v e s t i g a t o r began t o work on t h e c a s e . We g a t h e r a l s o , from hav ing met w i t h t h e newly a s s i g n e d i n v e s t i g a t o r t l ia t t h e cur- r e n t Commission p a n e l ' s p r i o r i t y is t o s e t t l e d i s p u t e s th rough a c o n c i l i a t i o n p r o c e s s , and t o a v o i d hav ing t h e c a s e go t o t r i b u n a l . We unders tand t h a t even upon comple t ion o f t h e c o n c i l i a t i o n p r o c e s s , a v i o l a t i o n o f human r i g h t s need n o t n e c e s s a r i l y be e i t h e r a d m i t t e d by t t ie r e sponden t o r de te rmined by t h e p a n e l . It might be no ted h e r e t h a t on August 1 9 t h P a t Carney announced t h a t t h e P o r t C o r p o r a t i o n and T r a n s p o r t Canada would c o n t r i b u t e monics t o a p e d e s t r i a n b r i d g e and a s h u t t l e bus r e s p e c t i v e l y . We f e e l t h a t t h e announcement was o t a c i t acknow- ledgement o f t h e i n a c c e s s i b i l i t y of t h e blain S t r e e t o v e r p a s s . However, we f e e l t h a t i f a human r i g l i t s v i o l a t i o n h a s o c c u r r e d , i t s h o u l d be recogn ized and c l e a r l y s t a t e d a s s u c h , whether o r n o t a complainant t i r e s o f t h e p r o c e s s and " g i v e s in" o r t h e r e sponden t is a b l e t o buy o r o t h e r w i s e rnanouevre t h e i r way through t o " s u c c e s s f u l 1 ' c o n c i l i a t i o n . Othe rwise , what example h a s been made, and where c a n c o r p o r a t e and p r i v a t e c i t i - zens l o o k t o d e t e r m i n e j u s t what c o n s t i t u t e s a v i o l a t i o n o f human r i g h t s ?

We would l i k e t o know, i n your o p i n i o n o r e x p e r i e n c e : i f t h e o r i g i n a l t ime e s t i m a t e was in, i :-curate (and what t h e a v e r a g e t ime invo lved might be f o r c a s e s l i k e t h i s ) ;

* whether t h e r e i s any r e a s o n why t h i s c a s e might be c o n s i d e r e d s p e c i a l and t h e r e f o r e t a k e l o n g e r t o r e s o l v e ; and

* i f you a g r e e w i t h t h e Commission's d i r e c t i o n i n c o n c e n t r a t i n g t h e i r e f f o r t s on c o n c i l i a t i o n , and t h e r a t i o n a l e behind t h i s .

A s you might e x p e c t , we a r e v e r y a n x i o u s t o have t h i s c a s e , and t h e whole problem of a c c e s s t o P o r t s i d e Pa rk , r e s o l v e d a s soon a s p o s s i b l e . Any i n s i g h t o r a s s i s t - a n c e you can o f f e r i n t h i s r e g a r d would be v e r y much a p p r e c i a t e d .

S i n c e r e l y , Geoff FlcFlurchy, BCCD Communications O f f i c e r .

AN ADVOCATE OF CHANGE FOR NATIVE

On June 7, 1986, Arthur Solomon was awarded the degree of Doctorem legum ad honorem by Laurentian Uni- versity. Mr. Solomon is an Ojibway elder from the Georgian Bay-French River area of Ontario. Mr. Solomon was honored in this way for his tireless and selfless dedication to the cause of advancing the legal and human rights of Native Canadians in-

, carcerated in Canada's prisons. The followingis an excerpt from

Arthur Solomon's Citation, given by Dr. Anthony Hall:

I 1 For many years now, Art has been working with those individuals who have been paying the price for breaking the country's laws. He has gone to the prisons with love and humility but also, I think I can say, with an angry conviction that things must change. And due to his labours, in a significant way, they have. Art has taken into the prisons

many of the gifts that are intimately connected to the most anciently- rooted spiritual observances of this land - tobacco, sweet grass, the eagle feather, the pipe, the sweat lodge. In ceremonies inside, he has put these things to their assigned tasks. And because of this many Native inmates - people who have often been deprived of the opportu- nity to know much of the beauty and meaning that is rooted to their legitimate cultural inheritance - they found new life. The ones who

by means of such self-discovery have broken out of vicious cycles of re- peated incarceration - drug abuse - alcohol abuse - SELF abuse - they will know best of what I am speaking. Wherever Art moves - and he moves

very frequently over great distances and often under spartan travel conditions - he has around him many be- loved friends who are working to achieve common objectives. He always favours such intimate activism over the grand, attention-grabbing gesture. ...- for it is by actions more than by mere words that Arthur Solomon kindles the finer spirit in the many lives his radiance has brightened."

This is but a brief glance at the personality of a man who possessed an angry conviction that things had to change. He is exemplary because he has accomplished his goals by stating the truth; but in such a way as to not offend those who were in a position to implement such change. There was no need to blow his horn, or to dwell on the morbid past of Indian-white relations. Simply stated, he had E way of making people listen to, and accept, the TRUTH.

Submitted by ROBERT KIYOSHK

(In the next issue, Mr. Solomon's words will be presented.)

What wi ld d e s i r e s , What r e s t l e s s torments s e i z e , The h a p l e s s man, Who f e e l s t h e book-disease!

John F e r r i a r (phys ic ian) 1761-1815

H i ! My name is Randy DeVrois and I ' m a bookaholic. I ' m w r i t i n g t o t e l l you a l l about Bookaholics Anonymous. Now, w a i t a minute. I know what you a r e th ink ing . You t h i n k you j o i n BookAnon t o h e l p r i d y o u r s e l f of your a d d i c t i o n , bu t t h a t j u s t i s n ' t so. Bookaholics Anonymous is t h e on ly the rapy group t h a t a c t u a l l y encourages your l i t e r a r y a d d i c t i o n .

The Downtown E a s t s i d e c h a p t e r of BookAnon meets a t t h e Carnegie L ibra ry a t 401 Main S t r e e t because i t i s open t h e most hours of any l i b r a r y i n t h e c i t y . Carnegie is open t e n hours a day (10 a m - 10 pm), seven days a week, every day of t h e year . There a r e 20,000 books i n t h e Carnegie c o l l e c - t i o n , and of t h e s e , a n average of 12,000 a r e borrowed every month.

There a r e e i g h t s t a f f ( 3 f u l l - t i m e and 5 par t - t ime) and t h r e e v o l u n t e e r s who a r e more than w i l l i n g t o h e l p you s a t i s f y your b i b l i o p h i l i s t i c c rav ings . I f you d o n ' t know what t h a t word means

a s k f o r a d i c t i o n a r y . There a r e sev- eral e d i t i o n s a long wi th t h e s e t s of encyc loped ias , almanacs and o t h e r r e f - e rence m a t e r i a l .

Are you i n t o Zane Grey o r Louis Lamour? I f s o , you a r e n o t a lone , a s t h e western nove l s a r e t h e most pop- u l a r books i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n , followed by g e n e r a l f i c t i o n . Do you l i k e Agatha C h r i s t i e ' s who-dun-its? Well, Carnegie has a l a r g e mystery s e c t i o n j u s t f o r you. My on ly complaint : Where a r e t h e Raymond Chandlers? Science F i c t i o n ? They've go t 'em. Poe t ry? Yup! Fee l ing p h i l o s o p h i c a l ? Are you a hea l th -nu t? Maybe, you've g o t a green-'thumb. A r e you i n t o Native A r t o r Photography? You w i l l f i n d what you ' re looking f o r .

The f o r e i g n language c o l l e c t i o n i n c l u d e s Japanese t i t l e s a s w e l l a s a growing French s e l e c t i o n . Carnegie a l s o h a s t h e l a r g e s t Chinese c o l l e c - t i o n i n t h e c i t y .

There i s a l a r g e p r i n t c o l l e c t i o n t h a t i s shared w i t h t h e o t h e r l i b r a - ries and t h e s e l e c t i o n changes about every t h r e e months.

Carnegie i s a l s o proud of i t ' s t i t l e s by a u t h o r s from t h e Downtown Eas t s ide . These i n c l u d e Hast ings And Main, a c o l l e c t i o n of i n t e r v i e w s w i t h area r e s i d e n t s . S h e i l a B a x t e r ' s book No Way To Live d e a l s wi th women on w e l f a r e and i t i s a very popular t i t l e a t t h e p r e s e n t . The Feathered Pen is a s e l e c t i o n of s h o r t w r i t i n ~ S - - -

..2 - by t h e Carnegie Centre Engl ish Wr i t ing Class .

Addi t ions t o t h e Carnegie L ibra ry w i l l i n c l u d e Adult Basic Education m a t e r i a l which w i l l start coming i n , i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e , a s w e l l a s a Books On Tape c o l l e c t i o n t h a t i s i n t h e works.

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MANAGER OF INFORMATION

WESTERN CANADA WILDERNESS COMMITTEE

A Brief ~ i s t 6 r ~

The Western Canada Wilderness Comm- ittee (WCWC) was formed in the summer of 1980 by Richard Kreiger and Paul George who had just re- turned from an extended trip to the South Moresby area of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Both felt that the existing wilderness conservation groups were not making strides in gathering sufficient support for preservation of wilderness areas, especially South Moresby. The committee's first project was

publishing the Western Canada Endan- gered Wilderness Calendar. There was no other Canadian calendar of this type. The closest thing to it, the Sierra Club Calendars, almost exclusively featured photos of places in the U.S. that were already pro- tected. Furthermore, very little of the profits of the sale of the Sierra Club Calendars in Canada filtered back to the Club's Canadian affiliate. WCWC believed that Canada could support its own wilderness publications and the profits should remain here to further much-needed Canadian conservation efforts. On a shoe string budget, the Com-

mittee printed 10,000 calendars in late fall of 1980 (1981 calendars) and with help of 12 different environmental organizations that had "spon-

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sored" the areas featured in the calendar (the plea for donations and support on the tear-off at the end of the month was for them) the Committee was able to make a modest profit of a few hundred dollars. It must be noteu that the Sierra Club of Western Canada helped greatly with the distribution of the first calendar. From the start, the Directors of

WCWC believed that the reason that there was little progress yoward wilderness preservation was because the vast majority of Canadians did not know the names of the proposed wilderness areas, let alone appreciate the important unique features that made them worth preservation. The Wilder- ness Committee felt that it must take the lead by conducting the needed research on wilderness areas - and most importantly, putting what was already known about the most threatened areas into the consciousness of the average Canadian citizen. Other wilderness conservation groups,

such as the Wilderness Society of Australia, were using the highest qua- lity colour posters and prints in their campaigns to save their wilderness. Nature provides the beauty and inspiration. We simply had to capture it in our educational publications. Thus began a series of calendars, posters, brochures, postcards, newspapers and, in the last two years, books and slideltape presentations, each one technically better than the last . While striving for excellence in pub-

lishing, the Wilderness Committee did not count on government to survive. The Directors felt that the overwhel- ming reliance on such funding by many other environmental organizations was one of the root reasons why they re- mained weak. The Committee has only accepted a few small grants from En- vironment Canada for specific project

the latest being $2,000 to help produce a paper about grizzly bear conservation in 1987. The Wilderness Commi- ttee has always integrated its appeals for charitable support with the educational material distributed and has never hired professional fund raisers or been sponsors of bingos or casinos. In 1982, like many new organizations,

we over-expanded and went $15,000 into debt. We had an office in Victoria, a paid executive director, and a portable computer. We published 6,000 copies of a small 1983 date-sketch book as well as our 1983 calendar. The date-sketch book was not a financial winner, partly due to the fact that it came out much too late. Through cutting expenses, closing

our office, reverting to a volunteer staff, and negotiating credit from our sympathetic printer, WCWC began to get back on its feet. The confrontations over Meares Island in 1985 and Lye11 Island in 1986 put wilderness preservation on the front page of newspapers across the country and public support for the Committee mushroomed. By the end of 1986, half the debt was repaid and the Committee was in good financial shape again. The Wilderness Committee produced

its first book, Meares Island - Protecting a Natural Paradise, in a nine-week blitz of activity during the long hot summer of 1985. It was an immediate success and is current- ly in its second printing. The Committee's next book, Hiking Guide to the Big Trees of Southwestern British Columbia, by Randy Stoltmann, published in 1987. has had verv

took a new turn when Ken and a group of volunteers, under the auspices of the Lytton and Mt. Currie Indian Bands, helped clear the Heritage Trail through the Stein Valley wilderness watershed. His enthusi- asm and hard work account for much of the WCWC'S growing success. The Committee has always supported

Native Rights and Aboriginal Title. We feel that without social justice the environment will continue to be treated harshly. In the fall of 1987 the Committee began a survey of culturally trees in the Stein Valley; The report was published in Mar. '88. Gradually the Committee has devoted

more energy and resources to basic research. In 1986 it contracted with Marion Parker, a world-reknowned dendrochronologist, to do a prelimi- nary study of the age of the trees in the virgin forests on the Queen Charlotte Islands. He found yellow cedars nearly 1,300 years old. The mainstay of the publications

of the Committee are tabloid-sized newspapers focusing on single wilderness issues. We have published 15 of these, averaging 60,000 each run, during the last four years. The more the Committee does, the more support it gets, and the more the cause of wilderness preservation is advanced. In 1986 the Committee recognized that a large membership is essential to be influential. Since that time WCWC has been on a constantly active campaign to increase membership. It has paid off - the membership has doubled in the last year and now stands at more than 1,600. In the spring of 1987 the Commi-

,y :positive book reviews and is selling ttee successfully challenged a gov-

1s well. The Committee plans to pub- ernment permit to capture 10 pere- - 1 lish two new books every year. grine falcon chicks from nests on

Ken Lay, a young outdoor activist, the Queen Charlotte Islands. The

began working full time for the provincial government cancelled the

Committee in 1986. The Committee permit rather than face us in court.

I n March 1988 we s u c c e s s f u l l y c h a l l - enged a permit t o hunt wolves by h e l i c o p t e r i n t h e Muskwa Val ley . The Supreme Court of B .C . r u l e d t h a t t h e permit w a s i l l e g a l and gave o u r Soc ie ty s t a n d i n g i n c o u r t , a preced- e n t t h a t w i l l h e l p a l l p u b l i c i n t e r e s groups. The Fr iends of t h e Wolf i n C a l i f o r n i a dese rve s p e c i a l thanks f o paying t h e c o u r t c o s t s , which were s u b s t a n t i a l .

Most of t h e work of t h e WCWC i s done by v o l u n t e e r s . I t is t h e Conun- i t t e e ' s good f o r t u n e t o c o n t i n u a l l y a t t r a c t many e x c e l l e n t v o l u n t e e r s t o handle t h e correspondence and t o h e l p on t h e e d u c a t i o n a l campaigns.

and more s u c c e s s f u l a s a n organiza- t i o n , our wi lde rness p r e s e r v a t i o n g o a l s f o r Western Canada s t i l l have n o t been reached. For t h e Committee " t h e f i g h t h a s j u s t begun." We a r e c o n t i n u a l l y growing and doing more t o make s u r e t h a t t h e w i l d e r n e s s which is needed t o p r o t e c t our n a t u r a l h e r i t a g e is p rese rved . Twenty y e a r s from now we won't have a cho ice . Our wi lde rness w i l l e i t h e r be fo rmal ly p r o t e c t e d o r i t w i l l have been indus- t r i a l l y developed and gone f o r e v e r .

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L i t t l e bu t n o t b e l i t t l e d . O r when t h e g i r l s laughed a t you when

Hey l i t t l e man; L i s t e n f o r l i f e has asking them to go on a date. not passed you by. I f e l t your p a i n On t h e c o n t r a r y i t h a s b l e s s e d you. Yes l i f e h a s been c r u e l ; b u t n o t u n f a i r , I n your smal lness t h e r e i s a greatness, If you look a t y o u r s e l f now, you have L e f t unequaled by many. i n t e l l i g e n c e w i t h a g r e a t s e n s e of humor. Of t h o s e who denied You over t h e Years menever you s e t a g o a l for y o u r s e l f , because of your s i z e ; How many t h e d e s i r e i s o f t e n m e t w i t h s u c c e s s - have y e t t o ach ieve your deeds? Then you made them laugh! I remember how a l o n e you f e l t 'Now you have t h e i r envy. . . i n t h e days of your youth.

Hey l i t t l e man you a r e b l e s s e d ! On t h e Hockey team you rode t h e bench, You a r e n o t judged by your s i z e anymore and when you a s k why t h e coach s a i d ,

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I ' l l t r y t o make i t through ano ther da: So I can go t o s l e e p a g a i n And dream of a world wi thout Walls Jus t an i n f i n i t y of s t a r s .

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l e t t h e gardens grow With w a t e r i n g and weeding i t ' s a tough row t o hoe.

I A t n i g h t , when t h e l i g h t s go o u t , My h e a r t and s o u l dance about. 1 Closing my eyes , I s e e a new s u n r i s e .

The sun l o v i n g t h e mountains, Clouds. . .playing w i t h t h e s t a r s , Rain say ing "Hi" t o t h e t r e e s ,

I Tides rush ing i n t o c a r e s s t h e sand.

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This month I have t o s tart my column by be ing t h e bearer of bad t i d i n g s . A s of October 7 t h , t h e r e won't be any more Fr iday n i g h t f i l m s i n t h e Carnegie Thea t re a s t h e funding f o r i t has run ou t . End of Reel. F i n i s .

.... NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS.

Carnegie Centre is s t a r t i n g up a Video Club t h a t w i l l p resen t f e a t u r e movies every Fr iday and Saturday evening. Th is program w i l l start on October 7 th . Membership i s f r e e , a l l you have t o do is show up. The p l a n i s t o have t h e members themselves choose t h e movies they would l i k e t o see . So i f you want t o become involved be s u r e t o drop down. Th is month's movies w i l l be:

Fr iday October 7 t h ............ Roman P o l a n s k i ' s FRANTIC Saturday October 8 t h .......... LA BAMBA Friday October 1 4 t h ........... M e 1 Brooks' SPACEBALLS Saturday October 15 th ......... SLAM DANCE Friday October 21s t ........... RIVER'S EDGE Saturday October 22nd ......... BEVERLY HILLS COP I1 Friday October 28th ........... THE LOST BOYS

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Saturday October 29th ......... t h e o r i g i n a l HALLOWEEN

For more in format ion r e g a r d i n g meeting p l a c e and t i m e s , as w e l l as f u l l movie reviews, watch f o r THE UNKNOWN CRITIC'S VIDEO CLUB PROGRAM which w i l l be a v a i l a b l e a t t h e f r o n t desk a t Carnegie Centre s t a r t i n g October 4 th .

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF H U M A N RELATIONS

SPEAK TO PEOPLE - t h e r e i s no th ing s o n i c e a s a c h e e r f u l word of h e l l o . SMILE AT PEOPLE - i t t a k e s 72 muscles t o frown, on ly 1 4 t o smile . CALL PEOPLE - t h e swee tes t music t o anyone's e a r s is t h e i r own name. BE FRIENDLY and h e l p f u l ; i f you would have f r i e n d s , be a f r i e n d . BE CORDIAL - speak and a c t a s i f every th ing you do is a p l e a s u r e . BE GENUINELY i n t e r e s t e d i n people; you can l i k e o t h e r s i f you t r y . BE GENEROUS w i t h p r a i s e - c a u t i o u s w i t h c r i t i c i s m . BE CONSIDERATE w i t h t h e f e e l i n g s of o t h e r s - t h e r e a r e u s u a l l y t h r e e s i d e s t o a con t roversy : y o u r s , t h e i r ' s , and t h e r i g h t s i d e . BE ALERT t o g i v e s e r v i c e ; i t ' s what we do f o r o t h e r s t h a t coun ts most. ADD TO THIS a good s e n s e of humour, a b i g dose of p a t i e n c e and a dash of humi l i ty , and you w i l l be rewarded many-fold.

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The t u r m o i l - The s e e t h i n g - The u n r e s t i s sweat ing t h e comrnuni W i l l I be n e x t ? My cheque t o b e c u t ? W i l l I g e t a l e t t e r today,

s a y i n g a new law is passed Making my needs n o n - e l i g i b l e Taking my r e n t away Leaving me no o p t i o n No money t o feed my c h i l d Each new day b r i n g s h o r r o r s of Government

bashing t h e poor But i t w i l l be s topped , W e j u s t won't t a k e i t

NO MORE. S. Baxter

ENGLISH BAY

On t h e morning of September Twenty-second, n ine- teen s i x t y - e i g h t , I s a t on t h e beach a t Eng l i sh Bay.

A l l t h e l o v e r s of t h e Flower Had gone homeward hours b e f o r e , Alone, I saw a mermaid on Eng l i sh Bay,

I heard h e r s a y : 11 I hope you know what I am. I hope t h a t you know t h a t I w i l l l o v e you. I hope you know t h a t somewhere i n your mind I ' l l l i v e i n s i d e you."

Reminiscing of t h a t morning, Lying i n bed l a t e l a s t n i g h t , I r e l i v e d those hours by Eng l i sh Bay.

I n t h e wa te r s of my s t r a i g h t mind, D r i f t i n g s lowly o u t o t s e a , I saw h e r golden f i n l o v i n g t h e waves. I ' I hope you know what I am. I hope you know t h a t I w i l l l o v e you. I hope you know t h a t somewhere i n your mind 1'11 l i v e i n s i d e you.

S tand ing i n t h e shadows d a r k and co ld burn ing up on a l c o h o l

and 20 hours of awakeness

i t ' s a damn long walk from t h e p e a c e f u l r i v e r -

- l a z y days - calm days - i t w a s a l r i g h t then t o s i t g e n t l y wi thou t any s t r e s s

Now, s t a n d i n g i n t h e shadows cop p u l l s by, and I ' m t h i n k i n g ' i s t h i s t h e thousandth

s p o t check' bu t I ' m c l e a r now, h e l l ,

maybe f o r e v e r ... someone s a i d you g e t worse, s o wise l i v i n g on t h e r a z o r , bu t t h e s t r e e t f o l k s know -

you d o n ' t g e t smar t , you j u s t g e t o l d you d o n ' t g e t l i f e , you j u s t g e t o l d

s o you s l i p i n t o t h e l i f e y o u ' r e going t o l i v e i n

. . . dangled and t o r n . . . and wonder from t h e moment of

o f your b i r t h who y o u ' l l become

..who y o u ' l l be and never know

never know

Dave McConnell

Garry Gust

PRISONER OF CONSCIOUSNESS 1

; From whence t h e i n s p i r a t i o n came 1 t o w r i t e t h i s I cannot say. I 'do know ni t h e r e i s no moral in tended. Perhaps

t h i s i s on ly my i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of t h e a b s u r d i t y of i t a l l - t h u s I proceed.

1 Did you h e a r about t h e e c c e n t r i c 1 a r t i s t who d e d i c a t e d h i s a r t i s t i c

genius t o t h e v i s u a l i n t e r p r e t a t i o n of p o s t e r i o r s . . . a l l k i n d s of them: young, o l d , ro tund, e longa ted , v a r i - egated i n co lour and s o on ( t h e scope of h i s ou tpu t w a s i n f a c t un l imi ted) .

He even d i d s e l f - p o r t r a i t s . The a c t was i n i t s e l f a p i e c e of a c r o b a t i c i n c r e d u l i t y . He w a s an ingen ious fe l low; ve ry unassuming, always pol- i t e and kind w i t h words. He enjoyed t h e s o l i t u d e of h i s l i f e and he be- l i eved i n h imse l f .

Sure they r i d i c u l e d him and even went s o f a r a s t o l o c k him up, but he

And i t was long a f t e r he e t h i s demise i n a ramshackle g a r r e t

d i scovered h i s gen ius . . ( i t ' s always t h a t way). They l i k e n e d every p o s t e r i o r t o a

e r s o n a l i t y u n t o i t s e l f . Such viva- i t y of u n h i b i t e d brush s t r o k e one

could i n f a c t d i s c e r n by c l o s e ass- o c i a t i o n of one p a i n t i n g wi th ano ther . . . t h e d i f f e r e n t m a n i f e s t a t i o n s of p e r s o n a l i t y ( t i g h t , e t c e t e r a ) .

You can t r a c e h i s development of a r t i s t i c express ion from t h e e a r l y days on. He was n o t adverse t o ab- s t r a c t symbolism - broomsticks, e t c . Upon viewing t h e s e l a t e r works, one could no t h e l p but wince a t a s o u l asunder , a s o u l assunder .

People were saddened by t h e way- ward g e n i u s ' s l i f e . Various n o t e s and r e f e r e n c e s of h i s were found per- t a i n i n g t o h i s models. He wrote wi th c l a r i t y of t h e impos i t ion of h i s p u r s u i t (pass ion) : how o f t e n he w a s denied e x p r e s s i o n and how, even given t o such d r y s p e l l s , he would t u r n h i s i n s a t i a b l e a r t i s t i c gen ius t o c a t s & dogs and o t h e r animals - of which some today a r e no longer e x t a n t .

It was n & t u n l i k e l y t o s e e people l e a v i n g t h e g a l l e r i e s i n tears o r t o overhear people i n c a f e s c o n f e r r i n g on h i s a r t . "It was by some n a t u r a l - p rogress ion of gen ius t h a t he was a b l e t o i n c u r an impress ion of p a i n o r anguish" ; "it was perverse ' ' ; "it was beyond i n t e r p r e t a t i o n " ; "he w a s a p ioneer , s u f f e r i n g persona l anguish and s a c r i f i c i n g i n t h e extreme - t h e p o r t r a i t of t h e 400 l b . woman attests t o tha t " ; and awe t h a t he s t ayed locked up i n t h a t l i t t l e g a r r e t f o r hours wi thout proper v e n t i l a t i o n ...

There i s today a s e l f - p o r t r a i t of himself ( a ve ry unassuming p o s t e r i o r a t t h a t ) i n t h e Na t iona l Geographic Soc ie ty under which i s an i n s c r i p t i o n i n f e r r i n g s o c i e t y ' s ever-indebtedness t o him: ' ~ h r o u g h Advers i ty and A l l

He Did Endure As Has H i s ART."

Anon.

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n o t a p a r t of t h e body o f man - j u s t a f l o a t i n g l imb o u t s i d e o f any th ing f l o a t i n g around and around

w i t h no p l a c e of belonging - i t ' s s a d -

but I h o n e s t l y b e l i e v e poor f o l k s a r e be ing s e t a d r i f t -

from t h e people of t h e world: t h i n k about i t - i n every poor c o u n t r y i n t h e world

t h e poor people a r e unwanted and unloved, and t o t a l l y a l o n e ;

people of power and p o s i t i o n t a l k a good neighbour phi losophy -

but poor people everywhere know i t is j u s t a pipe-dream -

only a n i l l u s i o n - - - - s l ipp ing o u t of o u r g r a s p shaky ground - s p i n n i n g around and I t h i n k we ' re l o s i n g t h e f i g h t , a g a i n

why do t h e poor f o l k s pay every t ime f o r someone e l s e ' s expens ive mis takes !

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t r y i n g t o main ta in a f e e l i n g of well-being

when e v e r y t h i n g around you i s u n s t a b l e p o i n t i n g towards d i s l o c a t i o n and d e s t r u c t i o

does everyone pay, o r i s it j u s t ve ry n o t i c e a b l e when t h e poor have t o ?

i t s a d l y reminds me of growing p a i n s a s a a unwanted c h i l d :

j u s t t h e r e bu t no t r e a l l y needed nor loved ------- and no t r e a l l y t o l e r a t e d !

I sometimes f e e l a l l poor f o l k s a r e f o s t e r people :

moved from p l a c e t o p l a c e w i t h no s t a b i l i t y - no s e n s e o f be ing -

wandering, always wandering, where w i l l we c a l l home tomorrow,

o r is t h e r e r e a l l y any such t h i n g ? t h e s e l i t t l e s h o t s a t t h e l e s s f o r t u n a t e f o l k s , i t seems t o be a growing preoccupat ion

f o r t h e powers t h a t be ducking and dodging seems t o

be a way of l i f e .

Dave McConnell

Pimps and Panderers t r .-

V i c t o r i a keeps a s p i t t i n g d i s t a n c e o r a s t o n e ' s throw from t h e w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t , t h r u s t s

DOWNTOWN EAlTllDE a wel l -heeled boot

i o i n t h e f a c e of t h e poor. Socreds a r e t h e i r own pornography: t h e Deep Throats who pimp f i f t y d o l l a r s from t h e backs of w e l f a r e mothers and t h e empty b e l l i e s of c h i l d r e n 1 wh i l e j a c k i n g o f f - a g a i n - e v e r engorging s a l a r i e s and pensions f o r themselves Lack i s a f o u r - l e t t e r word, Food is a f o u r - l e t t e r word, Poor is a f o u r - l e t t e r word, t h e r e f o r e , l a c k of food f o r t h e Poor is a t r i p l e o b s c e n i t y , and hungry c h i l d r e n a r e t h e ~ o c r e d ' s own custom-designed

one feather

at a time I t ' s hard t o h i t

a moving t a r g e t

But i f you can Slow i t down

Get i t t o s t a n d t h e r e & w a i t i n l i n e

For a chance t o Show i t s s t u f f

YOU can s t u f f i t i n t o The shoo t ing g a l l e r y of life

But you have t o Feed i t Pay i t Make it

Watch t h e c l o c k

Those who c l a i m t o be T a r g e t t e d f o r something e l s e Might n o t even Notice t h e i r wings Being auc t ioned o f f

n One f e a t h e r a t a t ime

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By BRIAN KlERAN Editor's Note - There is upset over the accusation Staff Reporter that the Newsletter seems to be re-

WHISTLER- When the Socred pressing certain writings. The gist of the situation caucus met privatelyyesterday the concerns a letter by Don Larson and his view of people media was the message. in Carnegie, DERA and Crabtree. The last letter was

Secluded in this resort town'o the latest in a series that included a ' report on Car- convention centre, the Socred t,,,LAs got a lecture on the media negie, letters to Strathcona C. C., City Hall, the East by an ex-hack. Ender and the last two Crabzillas. In every case,

The lowdown on the annoying people working here and in the community are pictured Fourth Estate was delivered by as sheeplike followers of "3 people who run ~arne~ie!"! Premier "mder Zalm's media In each Don Larson gives a lopsided opinion and tries guru, Eli Sopow.

Sopow, a former reporter for to make it read like the "truth." Underlying all is

T~~ Province and BCTV and now the monotonous repetition of "I am the Founder and

the Socred administration's com- Organizer sR.A. B . " municationdirector,refused to talk The Carnegie Newsletter is a gem in the Downtown about his presentation. Eastside. Carnegie itself is one of the brightest

"You know I no longer speak to stars in the world. The people here - that' s us - are the press," he told The Tab. not perfect, but an ongoing harangue of misinformation

b insiders say and discounting others1 work takes us all away from

theZa!ln'snewpresssecretar~*lan spiritual progress and social change and keeps us at Jessop, formerly a CKNW reporter, have decided of the : each others' throats. Politicians and power-brokers, difficult ies stem from "bad who might actually be in the D.E. once a year, must press." love this kind of internecine bickering. They have a

Under their handling, the pre- much easier time ramrodding their development plans mier has abandoned his "shoot- through levels of government when those opposed - us, from-the-lip style."

He refuses to give one-on-one again - are caught up in petty, mundane crud like this. interviews. lie has quit his monthly ; It's also much easier to be a saint or a martyr if cable TV show and is reportedly you can convince people that you are being oppressed or considering dropping his monthly repressed; or if someone like me writes something down, show on CKNW. to take the words and wail self-righteously that they

One Socred backbencher said aren't correct/true/even in the right order. Lawyers The Tab got a "mission irnpossi- blew rating from its ex-reporter. do this and make a mockery of justice.

a cabinet millister said some The Carneeie Newsletter is a forum for the neighbour- of his colleagues need a lesson on hood's ideas and a medium for examples of our individual how to relate to the media. and collective spiritual evolution. It isn't a place

Another minister denied that where anyone can puke on paper and make others smell it. Sopow was trying to blacklist certain news outlets. PAULR TAYLOR

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