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/ Play a game of c h e s s o r c a r d s The l i b r a r y i s f r e e Kick a b a l l around t h e gym

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S ing a song o r two Endless s t u f f t h a t d o n ' t c o s t money A l l you spend is t ime So come on down I f you a i n ' t go t a dime.

Sheila naxter

Sunday, June 2 , i s t h e day t h e mem- b e r s of t h e Carneg ie Community Centre Assoc ia t ion g e t t o review what t h e i r Assoc ia t ion has been do ing f o r t h e p a s t y e a r , and t o c h a r t t h e course f o r t h e next yea r .

The Assoc ia t ion i s a democra t i c o r g a n i z a t i o n , and i t ' s t h e members who have f i n a l say .

So come o u t t o t h e Annual General Meeting. You can a s k about t h e f i n - ances o r t h e a c t i v i t i e s , and you can e l e c t a New Board.

Everyone i s welcome. To v o t e , you must have been a member f o r 1 4 days; t o run f o r t h e Board you must have been a member f o r 60 days .

The meeting s t a r t s a t 1 p.m. ( v o t e r r e g i s t r a t i o n s t a r t s a t noon).

The fo l lowing i s t h e r e p o r t of CCCA P r e s i d e n t Muggs S i g u r g e i r s o n on our y e a r ' s a c t i v i t i e s .

PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT, 1990-91 .................................. Many t h i n g s happened i n t h e p a s t

yea r a t Carnegie , bu t perhaps t h e most s i g n i f i c a n t f o r t h e f u t u r e was t h e s t a r t of o u r r e n o v a t i o n s .

Yes, a f t e r more than f o u r y e a r s of d i s c u s s i o n s , meet ings and op in ion su r - veys , when i t might have seemed l i k e t h e p r o j e c t was never going t o g e t o f f t h e ground, t h e much-needed expansion o f C a r n e g i e ' s f a c i l i t i e s i s f i n a l l y going ahead.

The A s s o c i a t i o n played an important p a r t i n t h i s p rocess . We organised t h e p u b l i c op in ion su rveys t h a t t o l d u s what changes Carnegie p a t r o n s wanted; we lobb ied C i t y H a l l f o r t h e bond i o s - u e and e x t r a funding t o h e l p pay f o r them; we worked w i t h Diane MacKenzie and s t a f f t o a p p l y f o r founda t ion g r a n t s f o r e x t r a funds ; and two mem- b e r s of t h e Board met r e g u l a r l y w i t h s t a f f and a r c h i t e c t s t o p l a n changes.

The r e n o v a t i o n s a r e r e q u i r e d i f we a r e t o c o n t i n u e t o s e r v e o u r ever- growing p o p u l a t i o n of p a t r o n s . We were e s p e c i a l l y p leased t h a t we cou ld i m - prove t h e k i t c h e n wi thou t hav ing t o s h u t i t down f o r a t ime - a t r i b u t e t o t h e co-opera t ive s p i r i t of t h e work crew and of Carnegie s t a f f , v o l u n t e e r s and a l l of us .

The A s s o c i a t i o n w a s busy t h i s p a s t y e a r w i t h o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s , too . A s t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of Carnegie p a t r o n s t h e A s s o c i a t i o n p l a y s an a c t i v e r o l e i n t h e community. It h e l p s sponsor and fund t h e Volunteer program, t h e Learning Cen t re and Oppenheimer Park , buys new equipment f o r Carnegie and c o n t r i b u t e s t o v a r i o u s community org- a n i z a t i o n s . A s w e l l , we have a c t i v e l y campaigned f o r i s s u e s t h a t b e n e f i t our p a t r o n s . And we p u b l i s h t h e Car- n e g i e News le t t e r - a unique p u b l i c a - t i o n t h a t p r o v i d e s a much-needed v o i c e f o r o u r community.

I would l i k e t o mention one o t h e r a r e a where t h e A s s o c i a t i o n h a s been a c t i v e : bingo a t t h e S t a r Bingo l la l l on East Has t ings . Bingo i s one of our major s o u r c e s of income, bu t t h e b ingo i n d u s t r y is g e t t i n g more c o m p e t i t i v e , w i t h more high- tech h a l l s be ing e s t a - b l i s h e d . We have been working c l o s e l y w i t h t h e o t h e r eas t -end g r o u p s ( l i k e

3 . Ray-Cam, S t r a t h c o n a Community C e n t r e and t h e Chr i s tmas Bureau) t o make s u r e t h e p roceeds from bingo a r e s p r e a d o u t more e q u i t a b l y , and where t h e y a r e most needed.

For t h e coming y e a r , we need t o com- p l e t e t h e r e n o v a t i o n s program - and t h e n go a f t e r more f u n d i n g t o r e a l l y comple t e t h e j o b , e s p e c i a l l y on t h e t h i r d f l o o r .

Working w i t h t h e Carneg ie Board h a s been a r e a l p l e a s u r e i n r h e p a s t y e a r . The Board i s a r e a l Downtown E a s t s i d e a f f a i r . Everybody on t h e Board h a s i e C . C . C . A . It w a s q u i t e a season .

s t r o n g l i n k s t o t h e ne ighbourhood - e i t h e r t h e y l i v e h e r e o r t h e y do t h e i r t i m e and s e r v i c e s i n t h e Poo l Room

unpa id community work h e r e ( o r b o t h ) . I n t h e coming y e a r , we a l s o need t o

i n c l u d e d Wednesday n i g h t Bingo and

O n building Ihe

welcome. You can r e a l l y make your v o i c e h e a r d .

No a n n u a l r e p o r t would be comple t e board member I was a b l e t o t a k e p a r t

w i t h o u t a thank-you t o t h e C a r n e g i e i n o t h e r p e o p l e ' s c o n c e r n s f o r t h e i r

s t a f f f o r a l l t h e i r h o u r s and e f f o r t s t o make C a r n e g i e t r u l y t h e " l i v i n g t h a t n o t e v e r y problem c o u l d f i n d a room o f t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e " . And s a t i s f a c t o r y c o n c l u s i o n . For mysel f c o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o t h e C a r n e g i e Sen i - I found t h e s e e x p e r i e n c e s t o have

o r s , who, as a g roup , a r e o u r Volun- t h e i r r ewards and d i s a p p o i n t m e n t s b u t

t e e r s o f t h e Year. I t c a n ' t be s a i d f o r t h e most p a r t j u s t t h e e f f o r t was

t o o o f t e n t h a t t h e V o l u n t e e r s are who g r a t i f y i n g and h e l p e d me l e a r n .

make Carneg ie t i c k . Thank you f o r I w a s f o r t u n a t e t o have met and

making t h e p a s t y e a r s o r eward ing and worked w i t h a number of f a s c i n a t i n g

p r o d u c t i v e . i n d i v i d u a l s . For t h a t I a m t h a n k f u l and I would be honoured t o a g a i n s e r v e a s a member of t h i s boa rd i n t h i s community.

H e a l t h & Happiness t o a l l .

New-Born Wayne Ke l l and

, and something happened t o my h e a r t . Now, I t h i n k o f you as a small, new b l a d e o f g r a s s s p l i t t i n g s t o n e .

Dusty

Concealment

w a i t ! w a i t h e r e ' t i1 I throw

a c o l o u r f u l canopy over e v e r y t h i n g d i s h e v e l l e d d i s c o r d a n t

i n my l i f e . Look a t i t now

b r i g h t s t r i p e d f l a g r a n t l y camouflaged ...

w e l l , never mind a l l t h a t . Sweep t h o s e p a p e r s over

on to t h e f l o o r - t hey d o n ' t weigh ve ry h e a v i l y t o me.

a t t h i s p r e c i s e moment of your being r e s t o r e d t o me.

No!

I had no t da red expec t a moment i n which t o f i n d you

s o c l o s e a s t o be l i k e o l d t imes .

Welcome. Welcome! my o l d f r i e n d ,

welcome - You can s i t anywhere you l i k e . ' T h i s used t o be your house,

t o o , can you remember?

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i t ? Pover ty a d v o c a t e s & s e r v i c e p r o f e s s - i o n a l s shou ld be v e r y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e answer t o t h i s q u e s t i o n , s i n c e t h e i r pur- pose of h e l p i n g t h e poor depends on i t .

You c a n ' t t e l l j u s t by l o o k i n g a t peop le because some d r e s s up & some d r e s s down, some l i k e t o be c l e a n & some d o n ' t l i k e i t s o much. You c a n ' t t e l l by l i s t e n i n g t o them because sonie a r e a r t i c u l a t e & sonie a r e n ' t & some who cou ld be d o n ' t b o t h e r ; o t l i e r s j u s t adop t t h e language p a t t e r n s of t h o s e around them. . . i n o t h e r words, images & a p p e a r a n c e s t e l l u s n o t h i n g & a r e n o t t o be t r u s t e d .

Who a r e t i le r e a l poor? The ones who r e a l l y need tile h e l p t h e s e wel l - funded s o c i a l agencys c l a i m t o g i v e ?

I n a s o c i e t y t h a t e q u a t e s p o v e r t y w i t h l a c k of money, t h e o n l y way t o r e a l l y mea- s u r e p o v e r t y i s t o compare how much money each person l i v e s on - but t h i s is t h e b i g s e c r e t . I t h i n k i f we a l l r e v e a l e d t h a t , t h e r e a l f a c t s of t h e s i t u a t i o n would come t o l i g h t .

Plyself , I manage t o e x i s t somehow on a w e l f a r e " l i v i n g a l lowance" of $200 a month. I manage t o d r e s s q u i t e w e l l by s e l e c t i n g s t u f f from t h e c l o t h i n g f r e e b o x . I h a v e n ' t bought a s i n g l e p i e c e of new c l o t h i n g i n something l i k e 20 y e a r s . I c u t my own l l a i r & manage t o s t a y reason- a b l y c l e a n & h e a l t h y , a l t h o u g h I g u e s s , by some p e o p l e ' s s t a n d a r d s I ' m a l i t t l e undernour i shed & somewhat t o x i c .

Sp I ' m s i t t i n g a t a t a b l e on t h e second f l o o r , l a s t week b e f o r e cheque day , p ick- i n g b u t t s o u t of t h e a s h t r a y & t h e guy a c r o s s from me is smoking t a i l o r - m a d e s & t r y i n g t o keep them o u t of s i g h t . l i e ' s g o t b e a t up cowboy b o o t s o n , p a n t s t h a t d o n ' t f i t , a n o l d s t a i n e d smel ly s h i r t & h a i r a l l o v e r h i s f a c e . It l o o k s l i k e he c u t h imse l f t r y i n g t o shave . His mouth is kind of hang ing open i n a s l a c k , s t u p i d expres - s i o n , h i s e y e s a r e a l l g l a z e d & bloodsho t & h e ' s mumbling away abou t something I

c a n ' t u n d e r s t a n d . So I a s k him how much money he g e t s t o l i v e on & he m u t t e r s t o h imse l f a l i t t l e more. I r e p e a t t h e ques- t i o n & sudden ly , c l e a r a s a b e l l , h e s a y s , "$800 a montht ' .

Then I t h i n k t o myself abou t t h e d i f f e r - ence between $200 & $800 ... t h i s is exc lu - d i n g r e n t . . . j u s t l i v i n g expenses . T h i s guy i s r i c h compared t o me. I a s k him i f he 'd buy me a cup of c o f f e e & h e s a y s h e ' s g o t no money. Then a f r i e n d o f mine s i t s down & s a y s "HOW'S i t going?" . . ."okay, bu t I s u r e c o u l d u s e a cup of c o f f e e . " "Here," he s a y s , "I d o n ' t need i t , " & hands m e a l l t h e change i n h i s pocke t . I know h e ' s on t h e same w e l f a r e r a t e I ' m on ( s i n g l e em- p l o y a b l e ) - t h e p o o r e s t o f t h e poor - but h e ' s a n i n t e l l e c t u a l , r e a d s a l o t , & cou ld a r g u e most l awyers under t h e t a b l e .

I buy c o f f e e s f o r t h e t h r e e of u s , & t h e $800-a-month guy j u s t d r i n k s i t & d o e s n ' t even s a y thank you. My i n t e l l e c t u a l f r i e n d s t a r t s r e a d i n g a book - h e d o e s n ' t c a r e abou t money, j u s t i d e a s . The r i c h guy w i t h t h e poor image smokes a n o t h e r TM & d o e s n ' t o f f e r anybody a smoke. He c o n t i n u e s s t a r - i n g o f f i n t o s p a c e & s o r t of d r o o l s a b i t i n h i s c o f f e e .

I t h i n k abou t r i c h & poor & look around t h e room & wonder what i t would look l i k e i f everybody had t h e i r monthly income stamped on t h e i r f o r e h e a d . I t r y t o f i g u r e o u t what is t h e i l l u s i o n h e r e & what is r e a l i t y . Suddenly i t a l l comes c l e a r - ' l 'here 's two $900 s i t t i n g i n t h e c o r n e r t a l k i n g t o e a c h o t h e r , a $700 o v e r by t h e window, t h r e e $200 a t a n o t h e r t a b l e & a $300 & two $400 walk ing by. . . t h e r e l - a t i v e l y r i c h a l l t a l k i n g abou t how poor they a r e , a c o u p l e of well-known p o v e r t y a d v o c a t e s come up t h e stairs. They've g o t $950 & $1200 stamped on t h e i r f o r e - heads . A l e a r n i n g a d v o c a t e shows up. She h a s $1200 stamped on h e r f o r e h e a d & h e l p s peop le t y p e up resumes. A c o u p l e o f 2nd- f l o o r v o l u n t e e r s have g o t $850 & $750 stamped between t h e i r eyebrows. I t 's a b i z a r r e s c e n e l a s t i n g o n l y a few seconds; sudden ly e v e r y t h i n g ' s back t o "normal". I g i v e my head a s h a k e & head o f f f o r t h e sandwich l i n e , s t i l l wondering what pov- e r t y r e a l l y means. TORA

Well i t ' s f i n a l l y happened! A f t e r 5 y e a r s of t a l k & meet ings , p lann ing and d e b a t i n g - on May 24th t h e new concess ion opened!!

C e c i l was t h e f i r s t v o l u n t e e r on t h e job and P a t Kendall & Bharg G. were t h e f i r s t customers. "It w i l l c e r t a i n l y make s e r v i n g d i n n e r s e a s i e r w i t h a l l t h e new equipment," exp la ined J e r r y Sen t ino .

The new coun te r f e a t u r e s a microwave oven, a 3-pan steam t a b l e and even a k i t c h e n s i n k .

The k i t c h e n h a s been complete ly modif ied w i t h a new c o n v e c t i o n oven, new s l i c e r , new dough mixer , new d i s h - washer, new steam k e t t l e , new sandwich c o o l e r , a new walk-in c o o l e r , new t i l e f l o o r , new s h e l v e s , c o u n t e r s and even some new u t e n s i l s . Diane MacKenzie, o u r D i r e c t o r , s a y s , "It 's a d e l i g h t t o come t o work everyday and s e e t h i s b e a u t i f u l k i t c h e n . We must thank t h e Vancouver Foundation f o r t h e i r dona- t i o n , and no t f o r g e t t h e e x c e l l e n t work done by t h e c o n t r a c t o r s . They've done e x c e p t i o n a l l y w e l l and g e t f u l l p r a i s e from me."

The new concess ion i s q u i t e n i c e but i n my o p i n i o n i t t a k e s away from t h e c h a r a c t e r a b i t . I do unders tand t h a t t h e peop le w i l l be f ed & se rved much q u i c k e r s o t h a t makes up f o r i t !

Bruce Jackson i s probably most t i c k - l e d by t h i s new k i t c h e n / c o n c e s s i o n : " I ' m a b s o l u t e l y d e l i g h t e d f o r t h e vol- u n t e e r s and p a t r o n s of Carnegie t o have such a s t i m u l a t i n g work place!"

The b e s t t h i n g i s t h e r e a l i t y t h a t t h e changes a r e f o r r e a l 6 Carnegie is t a k i n g on a new v i s a g e . I guess t h e r e w i l l be a r e a l ceremony when t h e en- t i r e concess ion i s f i n i s h e d .

3 3 W . C O R D O V A STREET

On Monday, May 13 , D E R A 1 s food- s t o r e ALICE opened i t ' s doors . ALICE (A Low Income Cooperat ive En- deavour) i s p a r t of DERA's SHIPSHAPE S e n i o r s ' Program. They i n t e n d t o keep t h e c o s t of b a s i c f o o d s t u f f s a s low a s p o s s i b l e .

They have a good supply of canned and packaged goods, t o i l e t and c lean- i n g s u p p l i e s . A s w e l l , t h e r e i s a l i m i t e d s e l e c t i o n ( f o r now) of good, n u t r i t i o n a l bu lk foods such a s grano- l a , o a t s , cream of wheat , d r i e d f r u i t such a s a p p l e s , r a i s i n s , e t c . , a s we l l a s n u t s and mixed n u t s .

1 l i t r e a p p l e j u i c e - .79 Bee Cee honey 250 g r . - 1.22 1 l i t r e s p r a y window c l e a n - 1.63 1 l i t r e VIP dishwash l i q . - 1.69 Chunky beef soup 540 m l . - 2.08

Honey Nut g rano la 100 g r . - .29 Thompson r a i s i n s 100 g r . - .24 Quick r o l l e d o a t s 100 g r . - .19 Cream of wheat 100 g r . - .12 Nut Mixture 100 g r . - .49

Go over and have a look. You're s u r e t o f i n d good p r i c e s and sugges- t i o n s a r e always welcome.

By STEVE ROSE

Dear p e o p l e ,

1 would l i k e t o be on t h e m a i l i n g l i s t f o r you r e x c e l l e n t n e w s l e t t e r . P l e a s e send t o :

OFFICIAJ, OPPOSL'I'ION 110 - 1 0 Avenue, N . W . 2nd f l o o r C a l g a r y , A l b e r t a . T2M O D 3

A t t n : A n n e t t e Ru i t enbeek (New Democrats form t h e o p p o s i t i o n

h e r e i n A l b e r t a . ) I ' v e e n c l o s e d a d o n a t i o n t o c o v e r

some o f your c o s t s . Thank you!

A n n e t t e

E d i t o r ,

Recent newspaper a r t i c l e s n o t i n g t h a t " O f f i c e s p a c e t o l e a s e " , a fami- l i a r s i g n , o r "The downtown o f f i c e vacancy ra te i s bad news f o r a r e a ' s l a n d l o r d s " h i g h l i g h t e d t h e a lmos t 11% vacancy r a t e i n Downtown o f f i c e s .

A s a t e n a n t i n Vancouver i t i s ha rd t o have sympathy f o r p e o p l e who a r e s u f f e r i n g because o f a n 11% vacancy r a t e . I t ' s a shame r e n t a l hous ing i s n ' t b e i n g b u i l t s o t h a t we t e n a n t s can a l s o s u f f e r from a n 11% vacancy r a t e .

Darren Lowe

THE SLIDE

When I gave up on l i f e , I though t I c o u l d f a l l c l e a n l y i n t o t h e abyss . One s h e e r d r o p i n t o o b l i v i o n . . b u t i t d o e s n ' t work t h a t way. I t ' s more l i k e s l i d i n g down t h e s i d e of a moun ta in , and a l o n g t h e way you r e - c e i v e c u t s & b r u i s e s t o o numerous t o m e n t i o n . . t h e h u m i l i a t i o n o f b e i n g o u t on a l imb and hav ing i t b r e a k o f f .

Everyone l o o k s a t you as i f you were p l a g u e - s t r i c k e n and b l i n d a s w e l l ; g o i n g i n t o s t o r e s t o a v o i d you, making up u r g e n t a p p o i n t m e n t s , even c r o s s i n g t h e s t r e e t h a l f a b l o c k away a s i f you won ' t n o t i c e .

When you f e e l s o down anyway, t h e s e r e b u f f s o n l y s e r v e t o j u s t i f y your d e c l i n e . A t t i m e s I f e e l s a n c t i f i e d by l o n e l i n e s s . O t h e r p e o p l e were somehow i n c o m p l e t e ; t h e y h a d n ' t t h e d e p t h and b r e a d t h of human emot ion - automatons .

I t h i n k I was hooked on mi se ry .

E d i t o r ,

I t h a s been b rough t t o my a t t e n t i o n t h a t 1 s t Un i t ed Church h a s been h a x i n g ' s t a f f p roblems. ' 1. One w e l f a r e a d v o c a t e was f i r e d

( C h r i s ) ; 2 . Alan A l v a r e , an a d v o c a t e f o r 10 y r s ,

had t o r e s i g n o r l e t e m p l o y e r - s t r e s s d i s a b l e him;

3 . ..... ? ! ? !

Welfa re advocacy is a lways a h i g h p r i o r i t y i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e .

Does anyone know what ' s happening?

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T e l e v i s i o n adjus tment ... The p i c t u r e o f f e r e d by many t e l e -

v i s i o n s e t s , e s p e c i a l l y o l d e r model blacktiwhite s e t s , can o f t e n be improv- ed by working w i t h t h e F ine Tuning ad- jus tment . That i s t h e r ing-shaped c o n t r o l found on t h e f r o n t of t h e s e t behind t h e channe l s e l e c t o r .

Whether on c a b l e o r r a b b i t - e a r s , you can t r y s p i n n i n g t h e F ine Tuner q u i t e f a r - f a r enough s o t h a t you l o s e t h e p i c t u r e - f i r s t i n one d i r e c - t i o n and then i n t h e o t h e r , , f i n a l l y r e t u r n i n g i t t o where you g e t t h e b e s t p i c t u r e on t h a t channel . Do t h i s on each channel on which you g e t p i c t u r e .

Many TV's, over t ime , go marg ina l ly o u t of adjus tment s o t h a t they a r e t r y - i n g t o r e c e i v e on a c o l l e c t i o n of f r e - quenc ies and t h e above c o n c e n t r a t e s them back o n t o one p roper f requency.

The F ine Tuning c o n t r o l i s v e r y im- p o r t a n t i n o b t a i n i n g a good p i c t u r e . However, i f you have a t t a c h e d a separ- a t e c o n v e r t e r t o your s e t , b e f o r e t r y - i n g t o a d j u s t t h e F ine Tuning r i n g , you should d i s c o n n e c t t h e c o n v e r t e r & connect t h e c a b l e d i r e c t l y t o t h e s e t . Your c o n v e r t e r w i l l have i t s own Fine Tuning c o n t r o l .

More modern s e t s , e s p e c i a l l y c o l o u r TV's, have a two-se t t ing swi tch c a l l e d AFT (Automatic F ine Tuning). For tun- i n g w i t h t h e manual F ine Tuner, swi tch t h e AFT t o t h e Off p o s i t i o n , do your tun ing , t h e n engage and r e l e a s e t h e

AFT t o lock i n t h e improvements you have made. You can run t h e TV w i t h t h e AFT i n whichever p o s i t i o n g i v e s you t h e b e s t p i c t u r e .

There a r e s t i l l s e t s around t h a t have t h e V e r t i c a l Hold and H o r i z o n t a l Hold b u t t o n s on t h e f r o n t o r s i d e of t h e c a b i n e t . The V e r t i c a l Hold is what you reach f o r i f your p i c t u r e s t a r t s f l i p p i n g up o r down. I f your p i c t u r e suddenly t u r n s t o no th ing but wide b a r s i n d i f f e r e n t shades o r co l - o u r s running a c r o s s t h e s c r e e n , ad- j u s t i n g t h e H o r i z o n t a l Hold should c o r r e c t i t .

The Colour c o n t r o l s e t t i n g d e t e r - mines how i n t e n s e t h e c o l o u r s a r e . In s e t t i n g t h e T i n t c o n t r o l , pay a t t e n t - i o n t o "skin tones" - t h e c o l o u r s of t h e f a c e i n t h e p i c t u r e . When they look r e a l i s t i c , your s e t i s probably a d j u s t e d c o r r e c t l y . Don't t r y t o ad- j u s t Colour o r T i n t c o n t r o l s when e i t h e r a commercial o r a news c l i p from o u t s i d e t h e s t u d i o i s on. ~ h e y ' r e o f t e n o u t of whack and when t h e News Announcer comes back, you may f i n d t h e adjus tment i s wrong.

I f your s e t i s i n good c o n d i t i o n , once you have each channe l p r o p e r l y a d j u s t e d , you should have t o a d j u s t i t v e r y seldom. I f you have t o go t o f u s s i n g over i t every t ime you t u r n i t on, i t may be a s i g n of t r o u b l e l y i n g ahead.

I f you t u r n o f f your s e t by unplug- g ing i t , you d e f e a t i t s " I n s t a n t On" f e a t u r e and i t w i l l t a k e some t ime t o warm up,

I ' m s t i l l a v a i l a b l e t o come and have a look a t your s e t i f i t ' > g i v i n g you problems. J u s t l e a v e a n o t e f o r me a t t h e Main F loor In fo rmat ion desk .

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By ERIC ERICKSON

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The a d v e r t i s i n g s h e e t about a pub l i c meeting had t h e above t i t l e , and was sub- t i t l e d "Corruption i n High P laces - The I n c r e d i b l e S tory of One Man's F ight Ag- a i n s t t he Mulroney Government. I' The t e x t of t h e f l y e r is i n t r i g u i n g :

"The s t o r y begins i n 1988 when RCMP o f f - i c e r s , a c t i n g on a c i v i l complaint , in- v e s t i g a t e d and uncovered a massive Tory kickback scheme. The tory-blue p lan was massive and simple: a 5% kickback on all o f f i c e and warehouse space l ea sed by t h e f e d e r a l government w a s channeled i n t o a fo re ign bank account . This bank account , a t t h e time of t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , w a s es- t imated t o c o n t a i n about $100 m i l l i o n . The scheme was managed ou t of t h e Prime P l i n i s t e r ' s o f f i c e by ~ u l r o n e y ' s then personal s e c r e t a r y Bernard Roy and Mulro- ney 's Ion, t - h e f r i e n d , Sen. Niche1 Cogger.

Halfway i n t o t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n , RCMP o f f i c e r s r ece ived o r d e r s t o s t o p ga ther - i ng evidence and then t o cease t h e i r i n v e s t i g a t i o n a l t o g e t h e r . The o r d e r s came down from tory-appointed commissioners, i nc lud ing Plulroney p a l Norman I n k s t e r .

Glen Kealey, one of t h e o r i g i n a l p l a in - t i f f s and vo lun tee r i n v e s t i g a t o r i n t h e ca se of t h e kickbacks, had provided much of t h e evidence qnd now kneq a l l t h e o t h e r evidence gqthered up t o t h a t p o i n t , Unlike t h e 8CbJP o f f i c e r s , Kealey could no t be f i r e d o r d i s c i p l i n e d f o r blowing t h e wh i s t l e .

When t h e media r e fused t o make an i s s u e ou t of n e i t h e r t h e kickbacks nor t h e RCNP cover-up, and wi th a l l o t h e r avenues ex- haus ted , Kealey f i l e d c r i m i n a l charges himself a g a i n s t t h e Tor i e s i n November 89

It has been we l l over a yea r s i n c e Kealey f i l e d h i s charges. It has been de- c ided t h a t t h e c a s e w i l l be heard "In Camera", i . e . behind c losed doors w i th no r e p o r t e r s o r p u b l i c allowed. The c o u r t d a t e has been pushed back and delayed re - pea ted ly . I f t h e Tor i e s have t h e i r way, i t w i l l never t ake p l ace a t a l l .

Pa r l i amen ta r i ans and r e p o r t e r s f a m i l i a r w i th t h e ca se say t h a t t h e Tor i e s might not l a s t two weeks i n power i f t h e pub l i c were made f u l l y aware of t h i s s t o r y . I t remains bur ied because l a r g e co rpo ra t ions t h a t c o n t r o l most of ou r media have a ves ted i n t e r e s t i n main ta in ing t h i s gov- ernment t h a t they helped put i n o f f i c e . Should t h e Kealey p i e r c e t h e e d i t o r i a l f i l t e r s of t h e media, t h e r e would be an avalqnche of l e t t e r s t o e d f t o r s & MPs demanding t h e r e s i g n a t i o n of t h e Tor i e s , r a d i o t a l k shows would be fnundated wi th angry phone c a l l s , t e c . The major news- paper cha ins would e v e n t u a l l y be forced t o s a c r i f i c e t h e i r f r i e n d Plulroney (as they r e c e n t l y have done wi th Vqnderzalm), no t ou t of bu t r a t h e r f o r f e q r of l o s i n g what l i t t l e c r e d i b i b i t y t hey have l e f t . "

"Free" Trade t i o n , c u t s i n l e g i s l a t i o n t o n a t i o n a l s o c ia A s s i s t a n c e P l a

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changes made t o U . I . , and Lhe r e a s o n i n g i s t o make Canada "Compet i t ive i n t h e new g l o b a l economy." I t ' s a n i n s i d i o u s under- mining of o u r social/economic/political hopes , a c o r p o r a t e b l u e p r i n t .

Keeping a b r e a s t of changes , t h e m o t i v e s and agenda t h e y ' r e p a r t o f , w r i t i n g and t a l k i n g abou t i t , making e x p e r i e n c e d g u e s s e s abou t r a m i f i c a t i o n s ... one of t h e c h i e f d a n g e r s is t o l a p s e i n t o r h e t o r i c , t o a v o i d t t i i n k i n g by spewing dogma.

(Dogma: Bad t l ieory p r e s e n t e d a s t r u t h . )

I t ' s dogmatic f o r t h e c u r r e n t govern- ments (Tory, Socred , NPA) t o s t a n d by t h e t h e o r y t h a t what b e n e f i t s t h e r i c h w i l l ' t r i c k l e down' and e v e n t u a l l y h e l p poor peop le . R h e t o r i c a l ga rbage s u r r o u n d s t h e l a t e s t boogyman - t h e DEFICIT - d e a l i n g --

w i t h i t w i l l e n t a i l " s a c r i f i c e " . Nothing w i l l h e l p b u t t o c o n t i n u e w i t h a l l t h e economic measures (!) t h a t I s t a r t e d lis- t i n g i n t h e b e g i n n i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p o a i t i c a l g e e k s and t h e i r m a s t e r s .

here's no mys te ry abou t who g i v e s t h e o r d e r s ; t h e r e ' s no mys te ry a b o u t what t h e " s a c r i f i c e s " a r e d o i n g . Look a round . .. . p o v e r t y , homelessness , hungry c h i l d r e n , d r u g a b u s e , c r i m e , v i o l e n c e . , . a n i n c r e a s e of 25% i n t h e W e l f a r e budget w i t h no in - c r e a s e i n r a t e s . . i t l s a l l on t h e rise as t h e c o r p o r a t i o n s and m u l t i n a t i o n a l s con- s o l i d a t e t h e i r g a i n s and p l a n t h e i r n e x t moves.

And i t ' s n o t l i k e everyone is b l i n d o r s t u p i d ; p e o p l e i n g e n e r a l have been con- d i t i o n e d o v e r t h e y e a r s t o respond i n c e r t a i n ways t o c e r t a i n k i n d s o f b u l l s h i t and t h i s s t i n ~ u l o u s / r e s p o n s e s t u f f - w i t h peop le - is f a s t becoming a s c i e n c e .

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w h a t ' s g o i n g t o r e s u l t . Look a t "Free" Trade: t h e p r e d i c t i o n s o f t h o s e opposed t o i t have come t o p a s s , one by one. The GST: thousands of p e o p l e go t o t h e U.S. e v e r y day j u s t t o buy g r o c e r i e s and g a s .

Okay. A l l of t h e above was k ind of a n i n t r o d u c t i o n t o what f o l l o w s . On Tuesday, May 28 , t h e Vancouver & D i s t r i c t Labour Counc i l had a m e e t i n g w i t h r e p s from l o c - a l u n i o n s and community g roups t o d i s c u s s t h e p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t of t h e Canadian La- bour Congress - A NEW DECADE: OUR FUTURE. The document was f i r s t w r i t t e n i n May '90 and c o n t a i n s p o l i c y on a m u l t i t u d e o,f i s s u e s . Then i t ' s d i s t r i b u t e d a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y f o r i n p u t , r e v i s i o n , e t c .

A copy of t h e document came t o Carneg ie from John F i t z p a t r i c k (VDLC) a s k i n g t h a t we go o v e r i t and come t o t h i s m e e t i n g . The same went t o End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y , o f which t h e Carneg ie A s s o c i a t i o n is a member, and t o g e t h e r t h i s was p r e s e n t e d :

"End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y is a c o a l i t i o n of 2 7 B.C. g r o u p s working t o g e t govern- ments t o r e d u c e and end p o v e r t y i n BC.

P o v e r t y , as r e f e r r e d t o i n p a r a g r a p h #6 o f t h e p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t , is a r e a l i t y f o r 3.7 m i l l i o n Canadians . The document was w r i t t e n some months ago ; t h e number i s f a s t a p p r o a c h i n g o r , by now, l i k e l y i n e x c e s s of 4 m i l l i o n peop le .

The p o v e r t y l i n e is t h e amount of money needed a y e a r t o have t h e p u r c h a s i n g capa- c i t y f o r t h e minimum n e c e s s i t i e s - food , c l o t h i n g , s h e l t e r , m e d i c a l & e d u c a t i o n - and of t h e s e 4 m i l l i o n a t l e a s t 1 i n 4 a r e c h i l d r e n . There are s i n g l e p a r e n t s , s t u - d e n t s , s e n i o r s , p e o p l e who are p h y s i c a l l y o r m e n t a l l y d i s a b l e d . . p e o p l e who work a 40 hour week a t minimum wage and a r e s t i l l $3000 a y e a r below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e . The

e f f e c t s of Tory p o l i c i e s l i k e s o - c a l l e d " f r e e " t r a d e , p r i v a t i z a t i o n , d e r e g u l a t i o n , and i r r a t i o n a l t a x a t i o n are a d d i n g hund- r e d s o f thousands more t o b o t h working and non-working poor .

I t ' s n o t my i n t e n t t o t a l k doom & gloom. What I hope t o do i s have t h i s p o l i c y sta- tement amended under t h e s e c t i o n c a l l e d ECONOMIC ISSUES OF THE 1 9 9 0 ' s . P o v e r t y is t h e fundamenta l economic i s s u e . A s t r a d e u n i o n i s t s f i n d themse lves underemployed, working b u t n o t making enough, unemployed and n o t making enough t o purchase t h e min- imum n e c e s s i t i e s , compet ing f o r bad j o b s a t d i s m a l wages, t h e n on w e l f a r e and t ak- i n g any work a t any wage... The r e a l i t y of l i v i n g below t h e p o v e r t y l i n e t a k e s a l o t of e f f o r t and c o - o p e r a t i o n . A working pol- i c y is r e q u i r e d around many a s p e c t s o f l i f e i n p o v e r t y . . p o l i c i e s t h a t w i l l d e t a i l a c t i o n t o , a s s t a t e d a t t h e b e g i n n i n g , g e t governments t o r e d u c e and end p o v e r t y . -

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A p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t on income would c a l l . f o r t h e i n c r e a s e of minimum s o c i a l assist- a n c e r a t e s t o e n s u r e t h a t s u p p o r t is no lower t h a n t h e S t a t s Canada P o v e r t y L i n e and is indexed t o t h e c o s t of l i v i n g . Im- m e d i a t e change would i n c r e a s e t h e amount o f e a r n i n g s one c a n keep w h i l e r e c e i v i n g w e l f a r e . I t would i n c l u d e t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n of a g u a r a n t e e d a n n u a l a d e q u a t e income f o r Canadians - a minimum wage o f $7.50/hour . Both of t h e s e g o a l s would r e s t o r e t h e pur- c h a s i n g c a p a c i t y t h a t poor p e o p l e had 1 6 y e a r s ago and i n f u s e l o c a l b u s i n e s s e s w i t h new l i f e . Such g o a l s would be funded by f a i r and r a t i o n a l t a x a t i o n .

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A p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t on j o b s would s p e c i f y j o b c r e a t i o n programs - l i k e b u i l d i n g low- c o s t hous ing , r e f o r e s t a t i o n , salmon enhan- cement & a v i a b l e merchant m a r i n e , munici - p a l works programs, e n v i r o n m e n t a l c lean-up and q u a l i t y p o l i c i n g , c h i l d c a r e , e l d e r c a r e , e d u c a t i o n & t r a i n i n g . Also i n c l u d e d i n t h i s a s p e c t would be t h e r e c o g n i t i o n of c h i l d r e a r i n g a s l e g i t i m a t e work d e s e r v i n g of a d e q u a t e income above t h e p o v e r t y l i n e . T h i s would e l i m i n a t e t h e c u r r e n t p r a c t i c e of f o r c i n g s i n g l e p a r e n t s , m o s t l y women, t o s e e k any work a t any wage a s soon a s t h e i r youngest baby is 6 months o l d .

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J o b c r e a t i o n would be p a r t of a b r o a d e r p o l i c y - n n a t i o n a l program f o r f u l l empl- oyment th rough c o n v e r s i o n of w a r l d e f e n c e

? i n d u s t r i e s t o c i v i l i a n p r o d u c t i o n i n such f i e l d s as t r a n s p o r L a t i o n and energy equip- ment; development of s o f t - p a t h energy a l - t e r n a ~ i v e s , i n c l u d i n g i n c r e a s e d s u p p o r t f o r community c o n s e r v a t i o n and development of renewable r e s o u r c e s ; r e d u c i n g o u r depend- ency on t h e e x p o r t of raw r e s o u r c e s and d e v e l o p i n g new models of ownership and c o n t r o l - i n c l u d i n g p r i v a t e , government, j o i n t v e n t u r e , employee and community own- e d , a l l w i t h t h e e x p r e s s purpose of p rov i - d i n g mean ingfu l work. Poor p e o p l e s u f f e r most from b e i n g s t e r e o t y p e d as l a z y o r s t u p i d o r p a r a s i t e s . . l i e s and e x a g g e r a t i o n promoted by t h e r e a l w e l f a r e burns - t h e c o r p o r a t e w e l f a r e bums.

... on services A p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t on e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e

would i n c l u d e f r e e m e d i c a l , d e n t a l and a bus p a s s f o r a l l w e l f a r e r e c i p i e n t s and p e n s i o n e r s , a s w e l l a s q u a l i t y c h i l d c a r e a c c e s s i b l e t o a l l low income peop le .

Funding f o r much of t h e s e b a s i c s would be from r e c o v e r i n g t a x w r i t e - o f f s and a r a t i o n a l and f a i r sys tem o f t a x a t i o n i n t h e f u t u r e .

. . . and on p o v e r t y

A p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t on p o v e r t y would ad- mi t t h e good i n t e n t i o n s of c h a r i t i e s b u t r e c o g n i z e t h e f a c t t h a t c h a r i t y , p e r s e , i s a bandaid - n o t a s o l u t i o n . I t would n e g a t e t h e p r e v a i l i n g p r a c t i c e of blaming t h e v i c t i m - t h e poor p e r s o n - and s t a t e t h a t pover ty is t h e outcome of government & c o r p o r a t e agendas . I t would recommend t h e c r e a t i o n of a new p o s i t i o n i n e v e r y un ion l o c a l i n t h e c o u n t r y . The p e r s o n f i l l i n g t h i s job would encourage co-oper- a t i o n and u n i t y between working and non- working p e o p l e . She o r h e would:

- a s s i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n s r e p r e s e n t i n g low income and unemployed peop le t l ~ r o u ~ h

13. i n f o r m a t i o n s h a r i n g , development o f jolllL campaigns and a c t i o n s , and e d u c a t i o n on t h e need t o end p o v e r t y arid c r e a t e d e c e n t j o b s ;

- a s s i s t i n o r g a n i z i n g unorgan ized low income and unemployed peop le ;

- h e l p c r e a t e , encourage and be a p a r t of community-based c o a l i t i o n s ;

- t h e y would be e a c h l o c a l ' s l i n k w i t h a network of i n f o r m a t i o n s h a r i n g and

a c t i o n s aimed d i r e c t l y a t t h e c o r p o r a t e agenda. The c o r p o r a t e agenda h a s , a s i t s pr imary g o a l , t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a soc- i e t y where hav ing a s o c i a l c o n s c i e n c e i s a l i a b i l i t y . T h i s un ion p e r s o n ' s j o b would i n c l u d e r a i s i n g t h e awareness o f t h e l o c a l ' s members a s w e l l a s t h e pub- l i c ' s abou t t h e m o t i v e s , p l a n s and blue- p r i n t s of t h i s agenda.

A p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t on p o v e r t y would t a k e a s t r o n g s t a n d on i s s u e s of c h i l d p o v e r t y and o u r f u t u r e . Poor c h i l d r e n a r e s t i g m a t i z e d & h u m i l i a t e d when f o r c e d t o i d e n t i f y t h e i r need p u b l i c l y i n schoo l - rooms t o g e t lunch coupons. A u n i v e r s a l p o l i c y would e l i m i n a t e t h i s immediate ly .

I n c l o s i n g I would l i k e t o thank t h e Vancouver & D i s t r i c t Labour Counc i l f o r i t s s u p p o r t of End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y and i t s r e c o g n i t i o n of t h e f a c t t h a t pover ty is j u s t one missed paycheque away f o r t o o many p e o p l e .

Should a d e c i s i o n be reached t o amend t h e p o l i c y s t a t e m e n t of t h e C.L.C. t o in - c l u d e a n e n t i r e s e c t i o n on p o v e r t y and t h e p o l i c i e s / a c t i o n s o u t l i n e d , a few m i l - l i o n peop le - many of t h e p e o p l e we a l l know and s e e e v e r y day - would have new hope t h a t t h e s t i g m a of b e i n g economical- l y poor would be on i t s way o u t .

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Hidden agendas By Jean Swanson

When government or big business say one thing, sometimes they mean something else. Here are two areas I've run into recently where government or big business could have hidden agendas that will increase poverty.

1. The child benefit proposal. No one knows exactly what this is. Three articles in the Globe and Mail this month seem to indicate that the Tories are considering a Child Benefit. On first glance, this would seem to be a proposal that benefits children, right? Wrong.

From what I can see, expect a plan that uses poor children as an excuse to

--reduce the deficit --further destroy universality --top up low wages so that corporations won't

have to deal with higher minimum wages or pay equity.

--end protections for poor people that now exist in the Canada Assistance Plan

One Globe story quoted Tory Barbara Greene saying that the government planned to save $1 billion with the Child Benefit proposal that is supposed to provide $3400 per year per child to certain low income families. Another article suggested that some of the money for the Benefit

would come from low and middle income people who will have to give up the universal family allowance. Wouldn't it be fairer to get the money for poor children from corporations and the weal thy?

Still another article indicated that the Tories are planning a meeting in June with the provinces to discuss the Canada Assistance Plan and its relation to this Benefit. Right now the federal government contributes to provinces half the money it spends on welfare through the Canada Assistance Plan. CAP is not perfect, but it does guarantee some rights for poor people. It forbids work for welfare. It says that welfare must meet basic needs. If the feds use the Child Benefit to get out of CAP, then rights for poor people will depend on provincial governments.

With regard to topping up low wages, MP Green has already said that one of the benefits of the Benefit is that "the minimum wage would not have to cover the costs of raising children, just the adult."

2. The Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada ' has an important role in Canada. It can create a lot of poverty. Or it could reduce poverty. The Bank of Canada is a Crown Corporation. Theoretically it is accountable to the government and the people of Canada, regardless of whether we are rich or poor.

The Bank's power is in setting interest rates. If the Bank sets interest rates high, this is what happens: People can't afford to borrow money to buy cars, or houses, or washers and dryers. So they don't. And the people who make these things get laid off. They go on UI. Then, after a while, these workers might end up on welfare.

This is actually what the Bank does. It has stated that it purposely keeps interest rates high so that unemployment will be high. Something else happens when unemployment is high. Lots of people are competing for a few jobs. So some people agree to work for lower wages. After all, they NEED the 'work. So high unemployment causes low wages. That's what the Bank wants.

Only when the Bank of Canada keeps interest rates caused by tax breaks to corporations and high, it doesn't call this their Poverty Creation the 50Y by high interest rates 6; Policy. The Bank calls high interest )ales their only 6z by spending. Russell notes Inflation Fighting Policy. Only guess who bas to that has the highest rate of tor- do the front line fighting? The unemployed and porate in the world. One the poor.

b e r of t h e B C N I c o u l d e a s i l y f i n a n c e b o t h

If we had a different government, one that was on major p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s . . t h e i n t e r e s t s of

our side, it could tell the Bank of Canada to push huge c o r p o r a t i o n s are d i f f e r e n t from t h e

interest rates down. That would h e l ~ crcate lots of interests the nation'

jobs. It would also reduce the deficit a lot.

Now here's where the hidden agenda comes in. Lately the business papers have been calling for changes in the Bank of Canada. A guy named David Laidler from the C. D. Howe Institute wants a stronger bank with only one job: maintaining the value of money (not jobs). Laidler is talking about changing the structure of the Bank of Canada so that a govcrnment wouldn't have this power to tell it what to do. An editorial i n the Financial Post says that changing the Bank's structure would "further insulate it from political interference. " Another word for political

[ interference is democracy. Hcavcn forbid'that we

I had a bank that could help create jobs and reduce ; the deficit!

a t We're Up A g a i n s t : (The F i x Is On)

The B u s i n e s s Counc i l on N a t i o n a l I s s u e s (BCNI) i s made up of t h e c h i e f e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r s o f Canada 's t o p (mos t ly mul t ina - t i o n a l and many U.S. owned) 150 corpora - t i o n s . They a d m i n i s t e r c l o s e t o $1 t r i l l - ion i n a s s e t s . They s a y of themse lves : " the C o u n c i l is t h e chosen v e h i c l e t h r o u g h which s e n i o r Canadain b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e s h a p i n g of n a t i o n a l p r i - o r i t i e s . " I n t h e Winnipeg F r e e P r e s s Fran- c e s R u s s e l l w r i t e s t h a t " t h e BCNI's p u b l i c s p i r i t e d n e s s a lways c o i n c i d e s w i t h corpor - a t e s e l f - i n t e r e s t ."

R u s s e l l n o t e s t h a t t h e B C N I ' S m u l t i - m i l l i o n d o l l a r a d v e r t i z i n g campaign he lped g e t a t o r y v i c t o r y and f r e e t r a d e i n 1988; they wanted t h e GST; they a r e now s t u d y i n g t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n .

The B C N I i s a l s o on a c r u s a d e t o con- v i n c e Canadians t o c u t s o c i a l spend ing be- c a u s e of t h e d e f i c i t . Bu t , a c c o r d i n g t o R u s s e l l , 44% of t h e growth i n t h e d e b t is

From B.C. .. . The c u r r e n t g o v t . ' s r e c o r d #1.2 b i l l i o n

d e f i c i t - and t h e a t t e m p t t o c o v e r i t up - i s o n l y t h e l a t e s t a d d i t i o n t o a 4 y e a r r e c o r d of s o c r e d d i s h o n e s t y , s a i d NDP f i n a n c e c r i k i c Glen C l a r k d u r i n g h i s o f f - i c i a l r e s p o n s e t o B C ' s budget speech.

"From y e a r one t o y e a r f o u r , B r i t i s h Columbians have seen a s o c r e d g o v t . of doub le s t a n d a r d s , doub le d e a l i n g and dou- b l e t a l k , " s a i d C l a r k (Vancouver E a s t ) .

"From B i l l 19 t o t h e Knight S t r e e t Pub t o t h e Expo s e l l - o f f t o p o l i t i c a l i n t e r - f e r e n c e i n t h e j u s t i c e sys tem, t h i s gov- ernment h a s c o n s i s t e n t l y t w i s t e d t h e t r u t h f o r i t s own p o l i t i c a l purposes .

"And n o t h i n g ' s changed w i t h t h i s y e a r ' s budge t . T h i s i s a g o v t . t h a t c o n t i n u e s t o

be d i s h o n e s t , a g o v t . w i t h a t a x f r e e z e t h a t i n c r e a s e s t a x e s , a government w i t h a deb t r e d u c t i o n p l a n t h a t i n c r e a s e s d e b t . "

C l a r k s a y s t h a t i n a d d i t i o n t o pushing i t s d e r e c t deb t t o $9 b i l l i o n , t h e soc- r e d s ' budget does n o t h i n g t o p r o t e c t working p e o p l e ' s j o b s and paycheques o r g e t B C ' s spending p r i o r i t i e s r i g h t .

"This budget r e v e a l s t h e p r o v i n c e ' s d i r - e c t debt h a s more t h a n doubled s i n c e t h i s government came t o power i n 198b - i t ' s now $9 b i l l i o n . "

"And i t d o e s n ' t have one s i n g l e i d e a on how t o p r o t e c t j o b s and paycheques, a t t h e v e r y t i m e t h e Conference Board o f C ~ ~ c d a is p r e d i c t i n g B . C . w i l l have t h e

wors t economic performance of any prov- i n c e i n Canada." C l a r k a d d s t h e s o c r e d s stiould have pu t

money away d u r i n g t h e good t i m e s t o a l l o w BC t o wea ther t h e bad t i m e s w i thou t un- n e c e s s a r y job l o s s e s , t a x i n c r e a s e s , o r cu tbacks i n e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e s . I n s t e a d , he s a y s , t h e y embarked on two s t r a i g h t y e a r s o f record e l e c t i o n - s t y l e spending , h i k i n g i t by almost 13% o v e r each of t h e l a s t two y e a r s .

"This government engaged i n h i g h spend- i n g and d e f i c i t f i n a n c i n g i n t h e middle of an economic boom, l e a v i n g n o t h i n g f o r a r a i n y day - and now t h a t r a i n y day is h e r e . " - lark s a i d .

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I am t h e p r o u d m o t h e r o f 3 w o n d e r f u l l i t t l e g i r l s .

I ' m n o t g o i n g t o p r e a c h t h e h a r d s h i p o f s i n g l e p a r e n t i n g , b u t r a t h e r I h o p e t o make a c lear s t a t e m e n t o f some eco- nomic f a c t s .

Based upon Canada Manpower j o b a v a i l - a b i l i t y , I q u a l i f y f o r a $ 7 / h r . j o b .

At t h i s ra te , t h e government s u b s i - d i z e s i n 2 ways , f o r income a n d f o r c h i l d c a r e . T h e s e s u b s i d i e s a r e f o r a o n e y e a r maximum.

Group c h i l d c a r e ra tes f o r my 3 c h i l - d r e n are f i x e d a t $ 1 , 1 5 6 p e r month. The s u b s i d y i s $744 p e r m o n t h , l e a v i n g a s h o r t f a l l o f $412.

Assuming I g e t my $7 a n h o u r j o b and w i t h t h e s u b s i d i e s p r e v i o u s l y m e n t i o n e d I am l e f t w i t h $732 t o s u p p o r t my fam- i l y . A f t e r p a y i n g my r e n t o f $720 , I am l e f t w i t h $12 t o f e e d my f a m i l y f o r

The BC government w i l l pay $ 1 4 , 7 1 2 i n s u b s i d i e s f o r a p e r i o d o f o n e y e a r t o employ me f u l l t i m e o u t s i d e t h e home

The BC government would p a y , a t c u r r - e n t w e l f a r e rates, $ 1 3 , 7 2 8 f o r m e t o r e m a i n a t home w i t h my c h i l d r e n .

Wi th a $7 a n h o u r j o b , i t w i l l c o s t t a x p a y e r s $984 more a y e a r t o employ me o u t s i d e t h e home, a n d I would h a v e $144 t o f e e d a f a m i l y o f 4 f o r a n en- t i r e y e a r .

Wi th t h e s u p p o r t o f End L e g i s l a t e d P o v e r t y I h a v e t a k e n l e g a l a c t i o n ag- a i n s t t h e BC g o v t . t o s t o p f o r c e d em- p loyment o f s i n g l e p a r e n t s o n w e l f a r e . As a r e s u l t I h a v e b e e n c a l l e d e v e r y - t h i n g f r o m p a r a s i t e t o baby m a c h i n e .

I would h o p e t h a t t h e economic f a c t s I h a v e o u t l i n e d w i l l p r e s e n t a more r e a l i s t i c p i c t u r e o f a s i n g l e p a r e n t on w l e f a r e .

a month. Bv THERESA TRESIDDER

I d o n ' t know who Dusty i s - but h e r a r t i c l e i n t h e l a s t i s s u e s t r o n g l y sugg- ests t h a t a l l women l i v e i n c o n s t a n t t e r r o r of men. I t ' s hard f o r m e t o b e l - i e v e t h i s , s i n c e I n e v e r met a woman who was a c t u a l l y l i k e t h a t .

Dusty d o e s n ' t s a y t h i s d i r e c t l y - but s a y s t h a t a n unnamed woman who was bru- t a l l y raped b e l i e v e s i t . I can a c c e p t t h a t such a woman might b e l i e v e t h i s - but t h e w r i t e r g o e s on t o r e i n f o r c e h e r i d e a w i t h images t h a t p o r t r a y men a s v i o - l e n t p e r v e r t s ... as i f m a s c u l i n i t y i t s e l f c o n s i s t e d of n o t h i n g more t h a n a gang of s a d i s t i c k i l l e r s w a i t i n g f o r i t s n e x t female v i c t i m .

She r e c o u n t s t h e n i g h t m a r i s h s t o r y of a v i o l e n t r a p e which took p l a c e i n a p a r k i n g l o t i n broad d a y l i g h t bu t was n o t r e p o r t e d t o p o l i c e & t h e r e f o r e n o t inves - t i g a t e d . No one c a n deny t h a t such t h i n g s do happen - b u t d o e s t h i s mean any woman is l i a b l e t o be a t t a c k e d by any marl a t any t ime?

?'he woman is unnamed, t h e l o c a t i o n , t ime & d a t e o f t h e a t t a c k a r e unknown ... i n f a c t i t a p p e a r s a s i f no one knows a n y t h i n g abou t t h i s t e r r i b l e c r ime ex- c e p t t h e w r i t e r , t h e unnamed female v i c - t i m & h e r unknown male a t t a c k e r .

. . .'The d e t a i l s t h a t 5rz g i v e n , however, d e s c r i b e v i v i d l y t h i s unknown woman's f e a r , a n g e r , r e v u l s i o n & t r a u m a t i c shock which, under t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e s d e s c r i b e d , would e l i c i t compassion from any l~uman be ing , male o r f emale .

Dusty s a y s t h i s h o r r i b l e e x p e r i e n c e caused t h e woman t o b e l i e v e t h a t . ."Won~en i n e v e r y c o u n t r y have t o l i v e w i t h f e a r twenty-four h o u r s o u t o f twenty-four , & no female is s a f e , e v e r , i n c l u d i n g t h e one month-old baby i n h e r c r i b & t h e n i n e t y year-old woman i n t h e n u r s i n g home"

Cous ider lng t i le b r u t a l i t y t h i s woman 113s e x p e r i e n c e d , i t ' s n o t s u r p r i s i n g she would t h i n k t h i s . . . b u t i s i t a f a c t ? A s I s a y , I ' v e never met a woman who seemed t o spend e v e r y waking minu te of h e r l i f e i n a c o n s t a n t s t a t e of f e a r . . . b u t Dusty s a y s women " i n e v e r y coun t ry" ( t h i s seems t o i n c l u d e e v e r y female on t h e p l a n e t ) "have to" l i v e i n f e a r twenty-four h o u r s a day ... n o t o n l y t h a t , bu t s h e i n c l u d e s a l l f emale babys & e v e r y b o d y ' s "Granny" i n t h i s c o n s t a n t f e a r o f s e x u a l a t t a c k . She s a y s t h e y "have t o " d o t h i s because of men. hat's a l i t t l e b i t d i f f i c u l t t o a c c e p t .

Maybe I'm r e a c t i n g t h i s way because I was born male - th rough no f a u l t of my own, I hope -.,maybe i f I was a woman I would be a b l e t o a c c e p t what Dusty s a y s . . t h a t I "have LO" spend e v e r y nwnlent of my l i f e i n c o n s t a n t f e a r of men.

I f t h e s i t u a t i o n is a s bad a s Dusty s a y s i t is, we s h o u l d a l l be d o i n g some- t h i n g t o make men l e s s v i o l e n t , & t o h e l p women defend themse lves ... is Dusty d o i n g any t h i n g t o h e l p men become more g e n t l e , i n t e l l i g e n t & c a r i n g ? She q u o t e s h e r un- known r a p e v i c t i m a s s a y i n g : "Plen a r e un- l i k e o t h e r a n i m a l s , i n t h a t t h e males of o t h e r s p e c i e s do n o t k i l l t h e i r f emales . " (No ment ion of t h o s e f e m a l e s who e a t males a l i v e a f t e r hav ing s e x w i t h them)

... is Dusty h e l p i n g women t o de fend them- s e l v e s a g a i n s t r a p e ? The c o n s t a n t of f e a r s h e seems t o recornmend would e v e n t u a l l y r e s u l t i n s u i c i d e o r i n s a n i t y . Docs Dusty r e a l l y l o v e women & h a t e I I I ~ I I ? . . . o r is s h e working a g a i n s t bo th s e x e s ?

A t t h e end o f h e r a r t i c l e s h e o f f e r s a g u i l t y p r a y e r t h a t some o t h e r woman b: raped i n s t e a d of h e r , a s i f v i o l e n t r a p e was t h e u n a v o i d a b l e r e s u l t of s t a t i s t i c s janded down by s o c i a l workers & p o l i c e de- p a r t m e n t s . I f we f o l l o w t h i s k ind of t h i n -

king, i t ' s e a s y t o s p i r a l down i n t o t h e psych ic t o r t u r e chambers t h a t e x i s t i n everyone ' s p a r a n o i d i m a g i n a t i o n . We c a n a l l g e t down i n ~ 1 i e mud & t e a r e a c h o t h e r t o p i e c e s - but nobody wants t o l i v e t h a t way - nobody can_ l i v e t h a t way.

So how can men & women l e a r n t o l o v e , r e s p e c t , t r u s t & communicate h o n e s t l y w i t h each o t h e r ? C e r t a i n l y n o t th rough t h e f e a r & l i a t red Dusty emphasizes ... i n f a c t , t h e s o l u t i o n t o r a p e & v i o l e n c e l i e s i n t h e o p p o s i t e d i r e c t i o n . Fear & h a t r e d may be a n a t u r a l r e a c t i o n Lo v i o l e n c e , bu t i f main- t a i n e d a s a "defense" , a s Dusty seems t o recommend, i t c a n o n l y add more f e a r , h a t r e d & v i o l e n c e t o o u r l i v e s .

Boys must be t a u g h t t h a t g e n t l e n e s s d o e s not c a n c e l o u t manhood. G i r l s must be t augh t t h a t f e m i n i n i t y is n o t b e i n g a c u t e v i c t i m .

But we a r e f i g h t i n g a l o s i n g b a t t l e ag- a i n s t o u r own governments & businessmen when we t r y t o d e s t r o y t h e images t h e y u s e t o m a n i p u l a t e u s . . .Rambo is a h e r o t o them . . h e ' s t h e h o m i c i d a l maniac t h e system u s e s t o t e r r o r i z e i t s c i t i z e n s i n t o sub- m i s s i o n . B a r b i e is t h e b londe b a b y d o l l t h a t s e l l s c a r s , b e e r & c o s m e t i c s f o r them.

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What would t h e economic & law enforce - I am w i t h ~ ~ d and t h a t i s f o r e v e r , amen ment sys tems d i w i t h o u t t h e i r s e x u a l s t e r - I see all t h e g l o r y t h a t i s l i f e eo types? The k i l l e r male & h i s female sex- I feel all t h e love t h a t T s h e r e s l a v e a r e t h e p s y c h o l o g i c a l p i l l a r s of I sense a l l t h e l i f e a r o u n d me s o c i e t y . . . g i g a n t i c a r c h e t y p e s t h a t r e i n - I c a n h e a r G o d ' s V o i c e f o r c e t h e wors t i n u s . Why a r e we sur roun- ded by t h e s e i n f l u e n c e s 2 4 h o u r s a day? I am a l ive now

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Rape, v i o l e n c e & d e g r a d a t i o n a r e n o t caused by s e x u a l d i f f e r e n c e s ; t h e y a r e t h e s e c r e t l y agreed-upon v a l u e s of s i c k minds, & we a r e n o t born w i t h s i c k minds b u t in - h e r i t t h e s i c k n e s s from a s o c i e t y d e s i g n e d t o p a s s i t on from one g e n e r a t i o n t o ano- t h e r .

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To Bob Hawkesworth, PlLA ( A l t a . )

We a r e responding from t h e Pover ty workshop a t t h e Global Awareness ' 91 Conference held a t S i r John F r a n k l i n J u n i o r High School t o your i n v i t a t i o n t o t a k e our concerns about t h e w e l f a r e of women and c h i l d r e n t o Edmonton and Ottawa; Mountain Views , Vo1.2, No.1, Februayr-March 1991.

- government expenses f o r M.P.'s should be c u t . They a r e t o o much. - More g r a n t s g iven t o o r g a n i z a t i o n s t h a t h e l p people who a r e poor. - Give more t o s i n g l e p a r e n t s who a r e on s o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e . - Have more s h e l t e r s f o r women, a l s o men, r e g a r d i n g Family Violence. - Bring back t h e money t h a t i s f o r c h i l d r e n under S o c i a l S e r v i c e s t h a t

was c u t t h i s yea r . - Give more funds under S o c i a l S e r v i c e s . Give everyone on a s s i s t a n c e more

money ... w i s h f u l th ink ing! - Have lunch 6 snack programs i n s c h o o l s i n t h e poor a r e a s of t h e c i t y .

*** - government shou ld do something about pover ty . - Family a l lowances should be h igher . - More s h e l t e r s .

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- We want t o change t h e t r ea tment o f poor people and g i v e them homes. * * A *

- We want t o make them have good l i v e s . - I t h i n k young o f f e n d e r s t h a t a r e poor should be g iven homes. - Poor peop le should g e t t h e same amount.

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- Cive peop le a chance t o work and prove themselves , t h a t they a r e worth l i v i n g . Make community s e r v i c e s t h a t may h e l p them g e t back t o g e t h e r .

- The pe rcen tage of people on w e l f a r e should be lower. They should g e t more money t o l i v e on. P l u s t h e government should f o c u s more on w e l f a r e '

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- More programs should be developed f o r t h o s e k i d s who f i n d themselves i n a s i t u a t i o n where they have l i m i t e d c o n t r o l over t h e i r d a i l y l i v i n g - food, s h e l t e r , c l o t h i n g . The Fovernment needs t o p r i o r i z e t h e needs o f s u c i e l y - i . e . should we be f o c u s i n g on o u r p r i s o n s and moderniking

basic needs of many of our unfortunate youth who are our future??? ,: ,,< >: J-

"Women who are able and who want to work deserve better than poverty". Mountain View

Women who are unable to "work" also deserve better than poverty. (Women who choose not to be gainfully employed but choose to work in other areas shcb as raising children and volunteer positions also de- serve better than poverty.) 1 ' Teenage mothers contribute to higher rates of poverty because these young mothers are often poorly equipped to compete in the workplace". Mountain View - Teenage mothers do not cause poverty. Poverty contributes to the - problems of the teenage mother. With a negative birthrate in Canada how can we condemn teenage mothers or any mothers? Children are our future.

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As a speaker at the Global Awareness ' 91 Conference I must add that I agree with most of the comments that participants made. The comments -

about welfare fraud are an exception. Despite the obvious inhibiting factor to anyone needing help seeking help and the humiliation of being treated like a criminal, the worst moral fraud is to believe that one can live any decent life or deserves toa.live at any level below the poverty line.

Any program, government or private insurance, accounts for and expects at least a 4% fraud rate. Alberta is so rigourous that we have a 2% rate.

Persons from all walks of life like to tell stories of how they found a bargain, tricked a system, a boss, their taxes and government. Many of these stories are bravado and perhaps untrue exaggerations. However, the untrue exaggerations by the government about welfare fraud is intended to deflect attention away from the millions and billions given in grants and loan guarantees to business. Unfortunately this attention creates hardship and suffering to the most vulnerable in our society. Can governments put their suspicions onto the business/corporate sector and provide opportuni- ties and decent lives for citizens.

We hope you find our comments useful and are able to take them to the government. Thank y-u for your concern about women b children in poverty.

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The re were 2 p u b l i c mee t ings i n t h e S t r a t h c o n a a r e a a week o r s o ago . On t h e agenda was t h e p r o p o s a l t o b u i l d a "mini-Riverview" k i t t y - c o r n e r from Ray-Cam Community C e n t r e . (R ive rv i ew , f o r t h o s e o f you w ho d o n ' t know, is a p s y c h i a t r i c H o s p i t a l t h a t t h e s o c r e d s have dec ided t o s h u t down & s e l l o f f .

S t . James Church o p e r a t e s a f a c i l i t y c a l l e d T r i a g e . I t p r o v i f e s emergency and s h o r t - t e r m a s s i s t a n c e t o p e o p l e w i t h m e n t a l d i s o r d e r s .

S t . James wan t s t o b u i l d s c o r e s of hous ing u n i t s f o r b o t h c u r r e n t p sych ia - t r i c p a t i e n t s and r e l e a s e d men ta l h e a l t h consumers. S t r a t h c o n a a n d , by e x t e n s i o n , l e t e x i s t i n g s e r v i c e s i n t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e s i m p l y a b s o r b t h e e x t r a c l i e n t s .

Seeming t o jump on t h e bandwagon a r e t h e Canadian Mental H e a l t h S e r v i c e s , t h e Menta l P a t i e n t s A s s o c i a t i o n and t h e Lookout . On t h e p o s i t i v e s i d e ( o r maybe i t s h o u l d b e c a l l e d t h e ' i d e a l ' s i d e ) many men ta l h e a l t h p a t i e n t s , ex- c l i e n t s , "consurpers" w i l l g e t a p l a c e t o l i v e o u t s i d e an i n s t i t u t i o n .

But at t h e same t i m e , t h e n e g a t i v e o r 'down s i d e ' h a s t o b e looked a t . I n S t r a t h c o n a Are many f a m i l i e s w i t h c h i l d r e n who go t o s c h o o l e v e r y weekday amid hooke r s ply ing t he i . q . . t r a d e ; t h e

s c h o o l grounds a r e now swept w i t h m e t a l d e t e c t o r s e v e r y morning t o c l e a n them of used n e e d l e s ( h e p a t i t i s , A I D S . . .) ; t h e s c h o o l i t s e l f is now a lmos t i n a s t a t e o f s i e g e t o keep o u t o r even e s - c o r t o u t we i rd p e o p l e app roach ing k i d s .

P a r e n t s and community a c t i v i s t s a r e s a y i n g t h a t b o t h S t r a t h c o n a and t h e Downtown E a s t s i d e a r e a l r e a d y a t t h e s a t u r a t i o n p o i n t f o r p e o p l e who r e q u i r e s o c i a l a s s i s t a n c e / s e r v i c e s and a r e j u s t n o t a b l e t o accomodate t h e e x t r a s e r v i c e s and s u p e r v i s i o n t h a t many men ta l p a t i e n t s / m e n t a l h e a l t h consumers need . O r g a n i z a t i o n s l i k e t h e Coast Foundat ion o p e r a t e p s y c h i a t r i c board- i n g homes o r half-way houses t o s l o w l y i n t e g r a t e p a t i e n t s and e x - p s y c h i a t r i c c l i e n t s back i n t o communi t ies . J u s t p r o v i d i n g rooms f o r p e o p l e w i t h s e r i o u s , needs is a g r o s s d i s s e r v i c e - t o them.

Many of t h e s e peop le have p r e s c r i b e d m e d i c a t i o n s t o be t a k e n a t r e g u l a r i n - - t e r v a l s ; w i t h o u t s a f e & e f f e c t i v e m o n i t o r i n g p s y c h o s i s and " a c t i n g o u t " a r e a lmos t a s s u r e d i n t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y of men ta l c l i e n t s .

The re have been few e f f o r t s t o a s s e s s t h e s e r v i c e s t h a t a r e n o t p r e s e n t r i g h t - now i n o u r ne ighbourhoods t o a s s i s t menta l h e a l t h consumers. I t ' s a c r ime t o e x p e c t peop le b a r e l y a b l e t o f u n c t - i o n on t h e i r own t o f end f o r t hemse lves - t o even s u r v i v e w i t h o u t a l l n e c e s s a r y s e r v i c e s p r o v i d e d .

Another a s p e c t t h a t is c h i l l i n g i s t h e n e c e s s i t y of e v i c t i n g c u r r e n t r e s i - d e n t s from t h e b u i l d i n g s t h a t t h e 3 o r 4 o r g a n i z a t i o n s p l a n n i n g t o house t h e i r members i n . Where do t h e o n e s e v i c t e d go? The a n g e r and a n i m o s i t y d i s p l a y e d a t t h e 2 mee t ings ment ioned a r e j u s t t h e t i p . P l a n n i n g b e f o r e b e a t s t h e h e l l o u t of s c r a m b l i n g a f t e r .

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One main p o i n t d i s c o v e r e d d u r i n g t h e o r i g i n a l p r o j e c t was t h a t most t e a c h e r s l l e a r n e r s do t h e i r t h i n g i n i s o l a t i o n , n o t r e a l l y knowing o r even how t o f i n d o u t who e l s e and what e l s e is a v a i l a b l e . The NALD is s o s u c c e s s f u l t h a t t h e s t a f f t h e r e is

A w h i l e back t h e Ca rneg ie N e w s l e t t e r was pu t on t h e m a i l i n g l i s t o f t h i s o r g a n i z a t i o n . I t ' s a l i t e r a c y p r o j e c t t h a t , a s p a r t o f i t s work, s t a r t e d a computer b u l l e t i n boa rd - eve ry pro- gram, p r o j e c t , r e s o u r c e and s o on f o r any and a l l a d u l t l i t e r a c y t e a c h e r s 6 s t u d e n t s .

The r e s u l t s of what s t a r t e d o u t t o be a l i b r a r y of s o r t s have amazed even the peop le who though t of i t . . a s a minor t a s k . T h i s d a t a b a s e h a s become

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I had t o l i s t e n t o you -- a s I s tood i n t h e f o o d - l i n e as you swore and cursed and worse down a t t h e m i s s i o n , t h e l i n e s move s lowly and you spewed your f i l t h unabated

You had a brown l e a t h e r j a c k e t white s h o e s t o match your w h i t e h a t , a faded PNE p a i n t e r ' s cap. A shock of grey-brown h a i r and s u r p r i s e , a clean-shaven f a c e !

But your t a u n t s and whispers of what you'd do t o h e r ( o r him?) s l a s h h e r t h r o a t through and th rough much of i t u n i n t e l l i g e n t I s a i d n o t h i n g i n d i s g r a c e .

Why feed h i s ego? He enjoyed h i s monosy l l ab les t h e way they r o l l e d o f f h i s tongue Yah you en joy t h e t e r r o r they wrough and 1 was numb w i t h f e a r .

But i t ' s f e a r t h a t f e e d s you No, no i t must not show Others t o o looked around and ... Shared t h e d i s b e l i e f because most of u s a r e cowards and y o u ' r e j u s t

' a sad joke.

I Los Companos

COMPASSION

i e stumbled and f e l l on t h e s idewalk , \ man a l l broken a t t h i r t y - f i v e ; J u s t a d e r e l i c t , w h o was was ted , ,dho no-longer knew how t o s u r v i v e .

Unable t o cope w i t h l i f e ' s l i v i n g , So t i r e d of i t s sorrows and p a i n ; He gave a l l h i s l o v e t o t h e b o t t l e , J i t h t h e b o t t l e s h e would always remain.

The c l o t h e s t h a t he wore were a l l r o t t i n g , H i s f a c e had been walked over by t ime; He l a y t h e r e r i g h t n e x t t o t h e g u t t e r , H i s mouth covered w i t h blood and w i t h s l i m e .

He s t r u g g l e d t o c rawl on t h e c o n c r e t e , H i s sad f a t e now decided by chance; The peop le walked by wi thou t l o o k i n g , With no t even s o much as a g l a n c e .

The o n l y one person who n o t i c e d , Was a young hooker o u t t u r n i n g t r i c k s ; A drug a d d i c t a t o n l y f i f t e e n , With a d e s p e r a t e c r a v i n g t o f i x .

Her whole body shook a s i t t rembled, Her t h i n , h o l l o w f a c e t i g h t l y drawn; Years of a g e , h e r hard e y e s were h o l d i n g , From t h e h e r o i n t h a t s h e was on.

While t r a f f i c r o l l e d by w i t h a rumble, Out a long what i s c a l l e d H a s t i n g s s t r e e t ; She k n e l t down upon t h e c o l d s idewalk , And s h e helped him back on t o h i s f e e t .

What seemed t o be a f u t i l e g e s t u r e , He would manage t o s t a g g e r and s t a n d ; It was then w i t h h e r shak ing f i n g e r s , Her last d o l l a r , s h e p r e s s e d i n h i s hand.

There i n t h e ga rdens of P a r a d i s e , The a n g e l s r e s e r v e d a s p e c i a l s e a t ; For t h a t young hooker on h e r o i n , Who showed compassion o u t on t h e s t r e e t .

I Michael James McLellan

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