Demand that they stop burning animals! L i f e f orce 299-2822

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Editor:

I attended the Greater Vancouver Transportation Task Force hearing in which the provincial government and the GVRD are proposing literally billions of dollars worth of trans- portation projects for the Lower Mainland. Rather than build a third crossing

from North Vancouver we need to im- prove our public transit. If gov- ernment and merchants are willing to bring back the shopper;^ Free Bus we need to at least lobby for a reduced fare zone in the West End/~owntown c n w , A May 1988 RC Transit report notes that a reduced fare zone will result in a ridership increase of 200,000 passengers. That's good. Right now West Enders are being ripped off. This report notes that a trip from West Vancouver, Richmond or Burnaby to Downtown Vancouver av- erages 10 to 15 centslkilornetre. A trip from the West End (or the Down- town Eastside) to Downtown costs 83 centslkilometre. The return of the Shopper's Free

Bus or a reduced fare zone will help residents or both the West End and the Downtown Eastside. ---

Let's ensure that the final trans- portation plan for the Lower Mainland de-emphasizes vehicles and instead emphasizes public transit and cycling. That will certainly improve our com- munity and our environment.

Darren Lowe

The Editor:

"They" want Yaletown. They'll remove the people, tear down the buildings, put up new buildings, and then move in a new set of peopie who can afford the new buildings.

The evicted tenants meanwhile will gravitate to the Downtown Eastside, which will cause a mini- population explosion in the area. This could have a positive and negative effect.

The good people of Yaletown tend to be a mixture of the classes and aren't prone to 'raise-a- little-hell' lifestyles, and would be a welcome element to help balance out the Deside population.

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The trouble is, most social housin projects have waiting lists of up to two years, thus, forcing the Yaletown evictees to move into illegal suites, hotel rooms, or flop-houses.

The heartless city social planners, and city council are going to cause a lot of misery and resentment unless they develop a mentally healthy conscience, and build more social housing down here before they begin the rape on the wellbeing of Yaletowners.

Garry Gust

ADVICE TO A PETTY THIEF.

Tell me: what's this rip-off for? Petty stealing from the poor? Where's your ambition To improve your condition? , To redistribute wealth You must practice up your stealth. Move to the westside! That is the bestside For your employment And future enjoyment, ~on't you see? - Nickel and Dime tough 1t's petty crime stuff. ~hey're bound to nail you - And then they'll jail you. Into the slammer, Anvil and h w e r , You will go.

Steal yourself a business suit. Find a racket or repute And go legit. This ain't no shit! When the law is on your side, All the wallets open wide To your fingers. Nothing lingers Out of reach. Winter on a foreign beach, ~ n n ' t ye12 k ~ ~ y ?

A career in real estate! I swear it's never too late To make a killing If you are willing, Just leverage the price Of suburban paradise And there you have it!

Life is short but art is long Listen to my little song - Free enterprise is fine What's yours will soon be mine, And what's wine is stashed away Safely, for that raiay day - In Bermuda!

David Bouvier

Robbed

Riding through the mountains So far from the Downtown Eastside Where violence and crhe and squealing police cars chase up and down

We park the car Go for a nature walk Leaving possessions Without care in the car

For this wasn't the Downtown Eastside This was Manning Park - The clean and "untouched" Would you believe it..we were robbed.

Hell

1've never been robbed In the Downtown Eas t s ide But here in Manning Park

. . . it happened. The RCMP said, "It happens every summer. "

Sheila Baxter

FREEDOM TO SPEAK POETRY

People can always crank o u t a few l i n e s of persona l experience, stamp [ t h e i r foreheads wi th Free Speech & and c a l l themselves "Poets" i f they want to . Anyone can p r i n t up t h e i r own p o e t i c l i c e n c e & dec l a r e them- se lves a freedom f i g h t e r -

Grnn,-ln- nnl,, me,,m ----ct-<-- - - I - - - L L LLUVIII V L I I J L U G U I I J DUlIIC LIIJ-115 W I I C L I

you use i t t o t e l l t he t ru th . . . but f i r s t you have t o know t h e t r u t h . To know t h e t-ruth you have t o l i v e your whole l i f e f o r it. You have t o f i nd t he t r u t h , & t o f i n d t h e t r u t h , you have t o be it.

When yz think you wrote a t ru th - '

f u l poem the n igh t before & wake up the next morning t o f i nd ou t i t ' s !

j u s t s u p e r f i c i a l b u l l s h i t o r psychic vandalism, t h e enormous d i f f i c u l t y of a c t u a l l y t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h be- comes obvious. One th ing so-called I t I poets" should watch out f o r is t h e idea t h a t they a r e competing t o s ee who can i n s u l t t h e most people.

I f you a r e concerned only wi th t e l l i n g t h e t r u t h whether people l i k e it o r no t , you w i l l have no thought o r d e s i r e o r i n t e n t i o n t o offend anyone ...j u s t a w i l l t o t e l l t h e t r u t h .

Some people who enjoy the s i g n i f - icance they seem t o ga in by being known as poe ts , t h ink they should be abso lu t e ly r u t h l e s s with t h e i r audience ... but t h e b e s t writers say poets should be r u t h l e s s wi th them- se lves , & e d i t t h e i r own work with s e v e r i t y ... A r t i s t s should be t h e i r own worst c r i t i c s - c u t t i n g ou t everything t h a t doesn ' t " r ing true".

Today, most people, inc lud ing 11 poets", are concerned only wi th

knowing how t o t ake advantage of s i t u a t i o n s t o promote themselves a s h he Heaviest Dude". o r "The Tough- est Lady" - I c a l l t h i s t h e Highway t o H e l l syndrome. They make poe t ry i n t o t h e same o ld game of macho one- upmanship they play with everything else i n t h e i r l i f e .

To be a poet , i n t h e t r u e sense of t he word, you must have & develop, above a l l t h ings , a r e l i g i o u s dedi- ca t i on t o t he sacred mirac le of speech & language.

If v n r r onnn-lJ-* ----1- , .... LV..Y4ULI W V L U ~ as w e a p - m c !

& Poetry reading a s a t a c t i c a l bat- t l e f i e l d where t h e enemy is your audience, you w i l l probably j u s t succeed i n damaging yourself and o the r s . This is no t poetry. Poets never seek t o damage t h e human race. They t r y t o h e a l i t .

I t 's t r u e t h a t hea l ing medicine must sometimes p re sc r ibe a b i t t e r p i l l , but t h e psychot ic blowtorch of revenge must never be turned on an audience of l i s t e n e r s .

When any group of people comes to- ge the r t o l i s t e n i n t e n t l y t o t h e words you speak, t h e only t r u t h f u l a t t i t u d e is one of r e spec t & concern f o r t h e h e a r t s & minds t h a t hear you.

Rambo is no t a poet - never was, & never w i l l be... Personal ly , I ' m t i r e d of meeting ind iv idua l s who c a l l themselves poe ts j u s t t o prove how "heavy" they a r e .

Freedom of Speech i s a dangerous weapon i n t he hands of re ta rded e g o t i s t s . ... but i t can r e s u r r e c t t h e dead, when used by r e a l poets. .... .-

I

"REAL P ~ E T S ARE JUST REAL PEOPLE.. . I

but r e a l people a r e r a r e . I - TORA I

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I f Honour i s Tru th ---..

I f I were a rat i n a bucket i n s t e a d of your daugh te r ,

H e l l b e n t on burn ing I' -- women a t t h e s t a k e

i n t h e name of God - aga in .

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She walked by the screamers

and t h e a c c u s e r s

' l K i l l e r , K i l l e r ,"

I they chanted

Murderer of b a b i e s .

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Years ago s h e had chosen a b o r t i o n .

- would you t a k e up t h e shove l j u s t once, k i l l i n g me o u t r i g h t ?

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Few a r e t h e people whose s m i l e s I have sought w i t h such r i g o u r , soaked i n , t r e a s u r e d , l i k e t h e r a r e pure s m i l e s a l i g h t i n g your f a c e . And now

t h i s long decade l a t e r , t h e d i s t a n c e between u s i s f i n a l l y a comfor t , not d e v a s t a t i o n . Bad boy, k i c k i n g h i s t o y - l i k e o f f s p r i n g around rooms, i n t o c o r n e r s ,

o p t i n g f o r tyranny i n t h e home i n s t e a d of t h e h a r d e r inward s t r u g g l e t h a t ends a t peace. Your mis take l a y i n t h i n k i n g you could escape

d e a l i n g d i r e c t l y w i t h your pa in . A bad boy, pushing h i s f e a r s and r a g e on to c h i l d r e n , and m a s t e r i n g - them. - For c h i l d r e n grow. Having escaped t h e c o n f i n e s of your psyche, and becoming t h e t e r r i f y i n g o u t s i d e world , we a r e approaching.

t h e t ime it was I f you were a wi ld dog t h e r i g h t choice i n s t e a d of my f a t h e r ,

f o r h e r - \ how many t imes would I t r y t o b e f r i e n d you,

17 May 1989 '

GVRD Recycling Awards Greater Vancouver Regional District 4330 Lingsway Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4G8

To Whom It May Concern,

At its meeting of 4 May 1989, the Carnegie Community Centre Associa- tion Board of Directors unanimously voted to nominate the Carnegie Centre Kitchen Programme for a GVRD Recycl- ing Award. The Kitchen's contribution to the

growth of recycling, as well as pub- 7 i~ ~ n n ~ ~ i n i l a n a ~ ~ nf r=~.,y~.,i lng, h z ~ --- -------- ------- been trememdous. In the past several months, the two paid Kitchen Program staff and the programmes 35 unpaid volunteers have implemented a compre- hensive system of waste reduction which includes : 1) recycling of all tin, glass & paper 2) composting of all organic materials 3) phasing in the use of china, glass

and silverware in the cafeteria 4) phasing out the use of styrofoam &

plastic in the cafeteria. In order to appreciate the signifi-

canca of this system, it is necessary to understand that the Kitchen pays to have all the recyclable materials picked up. Before they are ready for pick-up, however, they must be pro- cessed. This involves washing and cleaning the labels off tin cans, as . well as flattening them and washing and de-labelling glass bottles. All the compostibles are taken, in

buckets, to the nearby Strathcona Community Gardens, where the Kitchen Programme maintains three allotments of land. The compost thus helps pro- vide food which is used in the Carne- gie Kitchen. The switch from throwaways to re-

usable eating utensils also entails a major time commitment: the new

china, glass and silverware must be gathered, washed, sorted & stored. . The vast bulk of this effort,,as with

F -

all the other work involved in thev Kitchen's recycling effort, i s under- taken by unpaid volunteers. Most of the volunteers are residents of the - k community served by Carnegie Centre. Approximately two thousand people

per day walk through the doors of Carnegie Centre. It serves the peo- ple of the Downtown Eastside, which is Vancouver's poorest and most inad- equately housed neighbourhood and fo whom the Centre is known as the "liv ing room" of the neighbourhood. .

-- m e Carnegie Kitchen and cafeteria are important resources for many of its patrons who, because of a wide- spread lack of access to adequate kitchen facilities, would otherwise be forced to eat in restaurants or in soup-lines. The kitchen operates from loam to lOpm, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The numbers of people served by

Kitchen Programme on a daily basis means that the recycling effort in- cludes many more people than just those who work in the kitchen. The patrons of the Kitchen Programme and the Carnegie cafeteria- are also re- cyclers when they use these servi and a great many are aware of thi effect . In cl-osing, I want to say that our

Association feels that the staff and vblunteers of the Carnegie Centre Kitchen Programme should be recog- nized for their efforts to promote 'recycling and waste reduction. They provide an example of what can be 'dope by civfc instituitons and neigh- bourhbod residents all over the Greater Vancouver region.

Sincerely, Jeff Sommers,

(WE WQN!) Chairperson, Community Relations.

V 1 DEO' MENU MONDAY the 12th:

1. Ishtar 5 pm 2. Baja Oklahoma - 7 pm 3. ? ? ?

WEDNESDAY the 14th:

1. Mask - 4 pm 2. Gung Ho - 6 pm 3. They Still Call Me Bruce 4. Airplane - 10 pm THURSDAY the 15th: 1. House I - 5 pm 2. House I1 - 6:30pm 3. Police Academy V - 8 pm 4. Windwalker - 9:30pm

SENIORS

I jdSENIOftS We received word from the Sechelt Indian Band

last week that they are unable to accomodate our camping trip this year. June camping is posLponed. Activities for June include: ........................... SENIORS STRUT - On FRIDAY, June 16th, the walk is from Terry Fox Plaza to Robson Square. Pledge sheet support will get 80% of money raised to Van.Seniors SENIORS' NEIGHBOURHOOD DAY - JUNE 21st, Oppenheimer Park. Walk from Carnegie to 1st Church to Jenny Pentland Place to Bill Hennesey to a picnic in Opp. Join others in the community to celebrate summer. Tickets at $1 each will be available soon. B.C. SENIORS' GAMES - Horseshoes, horseshoes, any one interested in throwing horseshoes!!! Donalda is

FRIDAY the 16th (after movie) 1. Windwalker - 9:30~m SATURDAY the 17th: - ~ ~ t ~ ~ k of the Killer Tomatoes looking for pitchers to make up a Carnegie Team.

Best Friend is a vampire THURSDAY, June 22nd is the play-off in Central Pk. ($1 at 3pm; $2 at 4 :30pm) 3. Dragnet - 6 pm 4. Going Undercover - 7:45pm 5. Funny Farm - 9:30pm *Programming subject to change.

N E E D IlELP ?

DERA c a n h e l p y o u w l t h :

* a n y w e i f a r e p r o i , i e s s ' * U I C p r o b l e m o * g e t t i n g l e g a l a s u 1 . s t a n c e * u n s a f e l i v i n g c o r l d l t l o n s

i n h o t e l s o r a p a r t m e n t s * d i s p u t e s wi t l r 1 ~ 1 1 O l o r d s * i n c o m e t a x

HEY CAR

Remember me? That time in '85 summer The time you were a white '71 chevy Hey car, remember that you made me feel foolish i\ As I was driving you thru the streets of Seattle wa? You remember you sez It was the weirdest feeling, so I remember good, too......

o o i y , Hey car, the lapt few years you sure latched on me good

I Despite the weird feelings back then I've spent a lot of time and resources on you And just giving me a hard & dangerous time For all the work I've put on you You gave me a lot of knowledge on how you're live Somewhere, somehow, I've gained a false impression of you Hey car Where do you tnmk you geL your puwei? So arrogant I guess that you know you have disrespect for all life things Or is it envy? Hey car ---. Did you know that you've maimed over 60% of the 2-leggeds who call

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Carnegie home? Hey car, how about in Montana, remember? All the 4-leggeds: the moose, the deer, the rabbits, the snakes, the mice, the frogs? You have killed or maimed? There and elsewhere They're our 4-legged brothers and sisters Hey car, do you remember all the Wing'd you have killed? The eagles, the hawks, the owls, the crows, the robins, the gulls the jays, the kingbirds, the mockingbirds, the yellow flickers? And no doubt. .voulve killed that nice sounding bird that goes, "whee-wheeee" . + - Like someone whistling at you while you're walking in the prairies.

'

inna gadda da vida on cheap clock radio in dirty hotel life is worth living

' again dickson

Hey car, Where does your energy come from? Hey, I know that you're just a machine & you've got no feelings But being an entity, you've taken on life Cause I've noticed you've takenlon real outstanding names for yourself Blue Thunder To our five senses, you're not possible to us So looks like you've entered a reality beyond ours Hey, blue thunder, you've got the nerve Just cause you're loud with a busted muffler and pipes Just because you're blue and just because you're fast Hey, blue thunder, your days are numbered Mother Earth owns you, too She can turn off her life blood

As will our other brothers and When you are no more.

For you've sucked her dry You, your whole family Hey car Soon your very bones will return to Mother Earth As we As all our brothers and sisters here Then We will be free to walk Without fear of death or maiming We shall to take full deep breaths without fear of cancer We shall be free to drink our precious water

sisters I I I

William Domonic 1 -- I

I

/ j j / well one day i got tired

1 of all the shit that was in my life I i realized that i wasn't 1 in control after all

now i decide how i want to be the bottle no longer decides this for me

no-one, no thing, no substance controls me now i exercise my free will for my own good not my ill

dickson

Voting and the L-I-S-T

Federally, a new voters' list won't be made up until the next el- ection is called by the Prime Mini- ster (probably not until 1993). Provincially, if you weren't enu- ------------

merated in the past month, you should telephone the Registrar of Voters at

-. h ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ - will hz-;e ap ailti; about two weeks before the next election day to get on the list. Municipa-lly, the voters' list will -----------

be updated next spring but you can register now by telephoning 873-7863.

For each election there are diff- erent requirements to be able to vote including residency and age. For example, you must be 18 years old to vote federally but 19 years old to vote provincially or locally. Voting isn't just an option - it's

a responsibility. In the next set of elections let's aim for the Down- town Eastside having a 100% informed voter turnout.

- submitted by Darren Lowe

"MIND DEEP" A Humanities Group

Read, Think, Discuss

Starting Tuesday, 20 June, 1989 ,

3:45 to 5:15 pm Every Tuesday + Friday

Classroom #2

With Catherine Lu

BEADING GROUP with Diane Green

Earrings, Bracelets, Hairties, Neck- laces, Pouches & much, much more!!!

Starting Tuesday, 20 June, 1989 2:00 te 5 : G G prir

Every Tuesday + Thursday for four weeks

In Oppenheimer Park -

Carnegie,Community Centre Association

A N N U A L G E N E R A L MEETING Sunday, 18th June. 5 0 0 PM iq the Carnegie Theatre registration begins at 2:00 pm -

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BON JOUR

Vous etes un francophone ... nouveau-venu en Columbie-Brittan- ique ou un resident?

voici une bonne nouvelle.

LE COIN ' ... situe au 1754 ouest, rue Broadway vous offre: - un centre d'orientation

et d'information - un cytre d'education - 1'Educa- centre les conseils ou on peut rece- voir differents services en francais a tous les points de vue. Vous pouvez comuniquer a 736-9806

ou demander pour: James(precepteur) de la centre Carnegie

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changes to all canadian agriculture progr.ms that conflict with a "level playing field" and a definition of an "unfair subsidy" as any Canadian law, regulation or practice that has "an adverse impact on American business and pro- ducers"!

on, all that will be left will be our flag. 'The Americans Texas keep its flag, so we're probably in lire for the same Isideration.

"Budget" hammers Canada.

rhis budget, based on "deficitn myths and an orchestrated ;care campaign (paid for by taxpayers), is nothing but a ham- ncr and tongs approach to destroying Canada as a nation:

Two billion dollars is cut from U.I.C., t:xactly the amount of revenue lost to the Canadian government by the elimination of tariffs. This is in addition t c ~ the $1.3 billion taken from U.I.C. by Barbara McDougall Minister of Employment and Immigration, earlier to set u p "job train- ing." Training for what jobs?

All agricultural programs and policies in Canada are to be reviewed and "assessed." This is to brir~g these programs in line with free trade. The outcome will b e a harmoniza- tion o f our agricultural industry with that of the U.S. and the eventual loss of Canadian control of that vital industry.

Via Rail, the symbol of Canadian natfomhood, rhe steel rails that tie St. John's to Victoria, is to be tisuoyed. This measure to kill our transcontinental rail senrice is not eco- nomic but designed to cut out Canada's scul. "Options which will be considered by the government include ... closure, sale, or transfer of substantial parts of the system," says Michael Wilson's budget. Sale or uansfer to whom? 'The only other national passenger rail system north of the 17io Grande is the U.S. Amtrak system. Having turned the trade lines north and south, all that remains is to turn the ribbons of steel north and south.

Four billion dollars; is cut over the nerrr: 6 years to the pro\ : q ~ ~ c ~ for health and cducation, lowering the quality of * I$ .. ,i causing untold stress for Canadians. This is in bla- tant con~adiction to Xlulroncy's solemn and repeated cam- paign promises that frcc trade would enhmce our social and hcalth programs.

The biggest whopper of all-a 9% federal sales tax on virtually evcry commercial transaction we make, from music lessons to the purchase of a new h o r n e i s coming. The provinces would likc to come on side which would make it 3% plus he local provincial salcs tax, e.g., I ~ I Saskatchewan Y/o + 7% = 16%; in Xcwfoundland Y/o + 12% = 21%; in New Brunswick 7% + 11% = 20%. This tax, the m x t regressive of all, will hit low-income earners cvcry day or almost evcry- thing they buy except for groceries and medical drugs. Once in place he governmcnt has a hammer-thc tax can simply bc raised ycar after year.

The universality of social programs is cndcd. Old Agc pensions and family allowance will bc taxcd back from families making ovcr $50,000 pcr ycar. Thc catch is that next year thc ceiling could be changed to $40,000 and then to $30,000. Soon, all that will remain is a welfare-type pay- ment solely at government discretion, no lcmgcr a universal right of Canadian citixnship.

The CBC budget is slashed $140 million over the nest 5 years. I lad it not bccn for thc CnC, .4mcrican privatc radio would ncjw control our ainvavcs. "'I'i.1:: statc or thc United Statcs" was the slogan of Graham p r y and others fighting for a Canadian national broadcastirg system in tllc 1930s. like the rails that bind, CBC too mL>t be cut, man- gled, and cvcncually reduced to something acceptable to the U.S.

The remainder of Air Canada is to be sold. 'I'hc largest shareholder in Air Canada-besides thc Ca.ladian govcrn- ment which w~ll soon not bc a shareholdcr at all-is an American mutual fund. What was once our national a~rlinc, created to bind this huge nation togcthcr and which gavc scrvicc to dozens of cities that would not have bccn scr- viccd by prlvatc carncrs, is now bcing " p n ~ atixd"-that

tcrm for lcgalizcd Lhcft on a massive scalc from the citizcnz and taxpayers o f assets thcy alrcady own and thcir transfer to thc wcalthy. Robin I looti In rcvcrsc. (A worthwhile ovcrvicw of privatization, myth and fact, is M e Privatizalion fzitsch by Ifcrschcl I Iardin.) 150 other Crown corporations, including Canada Post, arc on the linc to bc privatized. Pctro-Canada's sale would give back virtually complete control of our oil and gas to thc U.S.

The truth about the deficit. All of this is being done behind the smokescreen of deficit reduction. Dire warnings and a massive taxpaycr- financed ad campaign are predicting the dcstruction of Canada unless we get the "dcficit" "under control." 'Ihc mcdia monopolies and an intimidated CBC willingly join in the cho- rus of deficit hystcria and shed no light on the frcc wade agenda behind the budgct. We all havc to do our part KO hcip make Canada solvent again, each do our bit of belt tightcn- ing, says Michael Wilson, spokesman for thc richcst men in Canada.

What are the real facts and whose belt is really being tightened?

Between 1984-87 Mulroney increased corporate taxes by 4.3% while increasing incomc taxes by 48.2% and salcs taxes by 61.7%. These increases took place beJore Wilson's latest April 1989 budgct!

Each year corporations receive billions of dollars in direct grants and tax concessions-$18 billion in 1984 alone. These huge grants to wcallhy corporations arc the reason for he dcficit. Also, the lucrativc insurance industry has been virtually tax-frce for decades. Colin Brown, founder of the National Citizens Coalition (KC), which gave John Crosbie a $10,000 award for his determination to give Canada to the US., madc his fortune in thc insurance industry and began his organization to fight any govcrn- mcnt attempt to tax that indusuy's enormous profits. The KCC slogan "More frccdom through lcss govcrnmcnt" really means "morc frccdom for us ~hrough morc govcrnmcnt money." (For an exccllcnt, va1uaf)lc-and readable!--expose into who really pays under our tax sys- tem, Linda hlcQuaig's Uchirrci Closccl Iloors is a must.)

There are over $30 billion of deferred corporate taxes owcd to the federal govcrnmcnt by the richest corpora- tions in North h c r i c a . They are not being paid, no inter- est is bcing charged on them and no attempt is bcing madc . to collect them. This includes $1 3 billion owed by Imperial Oil and $1.2 billion by Bell Canada. Thcse are the same organizations that pushed frcc trade and wrote off their expenses in doing so, including their mcmbcrships in the nusincss Council on National Issues and the Canadian Alliance for Trade and Job Opportunities. The entire deficit could be erased by simply collecting these defen-ed taxes owed 1 o the govern mew.

Canada has the lowest on wealth of 20 leading industrial nations. By the latest statistics, dver 110,000 profitable cornpanics in Canada paid no income tax at all. Two holding companies of Peter and Edward Bronfman paid not a cent of income tax on $1 11 million of profit in 1986. Foundations are tax-exempt organizations. Coca- Cola, Ford Motor Co., Kellogg's, and hundreds of others arc run by privatc charitable foundations! In 1954 corpora- tions paid as much incomc tax as individuals. Now thcy pay only 16% of the income tax burden; wage earners pay the rest. This is why we have the dcficit.

Approximately $30 billion per year is flowing out of Canada to pay for the foreign invcstmcnt we alrcady havc. This consists of intcrcst, dividends and phoney service charges bctwccn subsidiary corporations and thcir head offices. This moncy belongs in Canada and would develop our economy if kept hcrc.

The deficit is not "out of control". 81% of the entire Canadian govcrnmcnt dcbt is owcd to Canadians through such things as Canada Savings Bonds. Ottawa's credit rat- ing is impcccablc. Our situation is not likc that of hlcxico or Brazil which owe crippling debts to foreign banks. The deficit hystcria we are being subjected to is to cover the sound of the American takeover of our nation. t

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The opposition parties must form a coalition. We Canadians are intelligent, innovative, industrious, and courageous people, capable of running our economy and our country for our own benefit. Wk have resisted the U.S. takeover of Canada for over 200 years, and today arc not content to bccome the colonial subjects-of that foreign power. The U.S. bought our govcrnmcnt, but the people said NO and \vc \vill kccp rcsisting.

O u r fight must be to dcfcat both free trade and the budget which implcmcnts it. I laving failed us once, the fwo opposi- tion ,p(t t i l ( - .~ ?nrr.cl n,enrtzr,\'Olrr lo form n coalif ion in !he next d ' ' c . l : u r l 10 cl(jTcw J ~ Y * : ~ l i i c ? . l'hcy must pledge thcmsclvcs to

terminat? the Free Trade Agreement upon forming this coali- tion government which is within their reach. Nothing less is acceptable to the majority of Canadians who votcd for thcm to stop this deal. In England Maggic Thatcher who has nevcr won more than 44% of the vote is returned to office again and again by a niinoriiy, txcausc thc opposition is split.

If the opposition partics refuse to form this coalition, as thcy did in 1988, thcy will once again have abdicated the fight for Canadian indepc ridcncc and sovereignty. We must thcn lcavc thcm bchind and build a movcmcnt out of which an indcpcn dcncc pnny will grow.

Mulronev's J back - - i n 'Vancouver 11 T H I S P A P E R WAS HANDED OUT AT THE Rl iLLY/DEMONSTRATION i l

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National Office: P.O. Box 8052, Satkatoon, SK. S7K 2L8: Telephone (306) 244-5757 Vancouver Office: $906 - 207 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. V6B 14H7 Telephone (604) 683-3733

1. to show clearly; 2. to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence; -7 3 . to explain especially with many examples; 4 . to show publicly; 5. to make a public display (citizens demonstrated in public)

- The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1974) "POLITICS" is a word that pro-

duces one of two distinct reactions: the first and most widespread iS the 'ostritch' reaction -stick your head under the sand of mundane, petty isolation with "me" and "my life" separate from the rest of the world; the second reaction has no label or category ...p eople not prone to blinding their minds will act and move on the basis of their gut feel- ings and learn consequences. (Those in the 'ostritch' dategory include the riders, the ones who just go along with the "majority-elected Party" with greed as the driving force - for wealth or power - and damn consequences.) What is extreme- ly disgusting with democracy as it's practices in the higher levels of society, is the maneuvering and man- ipulation of a system in which the ethic of "fairness" has become in- creasingly confined to the paper it is printed on. CHINA: Hundreds of thousands of

people demonstrate that they would like to be included in decision asking, that democracy (one informed person = one vote) seems better than the present geriartric dictatorship. The leaders, to a man all over 80 years old, demonstrate that death is the result of realizing how static and brutal totaliarian gov- ernment is. CANADA: ------- Federal - During the recent

election campaign, Mulroney and the Tories promised a-

- vote (the other 57% being split) and are now moving at top speed to dis- mantle much of our social systems and programs - U.I., Family Allowance, Education & Welfare (drastic cutbacks in cost-sharing) and tile soon-to-be- sanctioned mugging with new 'taxes. The majority of Canadians demon-

strated, by voting other than Conser- vative, that "Free" Trade and the ec- onomic disparities in Canada are not acceptable. The Tories, in turn, are demonstrating that their loyalties are to themselves and their business interests.

Provincial - Thousands of ---------- people have

demonstrated...Bills 19 & 20, privat- ization of essential services to pro- fit-orientated corporations, raping of natural resources & environment... with public rallies and writings and media statements to detail what has, is & will happen. The Socreds have, are (& will) demonstrate that they have concern with themselves and their business interests (Echoecho..)

Municipal - HOUSING (doubled --------- & i ~ i ~ l e d i e u i s ~

tenants' rights, evictions, illegal suites, rezoning neighbourhoods and gardens for highrises, densely packed boxes on already packed blocks, the suppression of view studies...on all aspects of this basic issue people have demonstrated what the need is & proposed many human ways to meet it. The NPA goes with the developers, does whatever will maximize profits for private (friendly) hands and even gain and again how untouchable our

social system and programs be goes behind closed doors to set up a under "Free1' Trade; made vehement corporation to build 2,000 high-rent speeches about the benefits bhist~ 1 , I I units" every year and has the hypo- Deal would have for Canada; were re- critical gall to parade the turned to power with only 43% of the

of "public approval" past Council - demonstrating their opinion of and commitment to democracy. The non-elected millions protest

the apparent abdication by the elected from the principle of democracy and the day after being elected turn to their perpetual agenda - get rich and stay rich. What the non-elected say makes common sense - they aren't man- euvering or manipulating to further their vested interests - they just want the unofficial but firm belief of the rich & powerful (that the rich 6 powerful are 1st class and the rest of us are 2nd class) left in the mud. -. 'ice nfin-elected Iife tc be f21r with open and honest government. The majority of people disagree

with the elected governments' actions and legislation, yet these people somehow got elected! This is the most crucial point of the century: HOW DO SUCH NARROW-MINDED PEOPLE GET ELECTED & EVEN RETURNED TO OFFICE when their statements, activities and voting are constantly making sane citizens cringe and roll their eyes in disgust?! How many of you reading this voted? How many of you took the time to find out anything about the People you voted for? How about a political system where

you have to get over 50% of the vote to get in? How about no candidate spending more than any other candid- ate? How about honesty being ensured by having elected politicians sign a contract...if they've been lying dur- ing their campaign, they'd spend two years in a cage! How about campaign ads (TV, radio 6, print) having to have the incumbents clearly state their position/plans, the new candidates do the same and an independent body puts the facts down. ..on every ad!! How about citizens having to pass a test before getting on the voter's list,.,

to make sure people at least have an understanding of what their vote will precipitate!!! (This would eliminate those who vote for the same party every time without ever knowing any- thing about anything.) Mudslinging ads would only be allowed for new candidates, and then only if they cite facts. Dreaming is the first step; then ideas; then practical reality. Sounds awesome!! !!!

OH YEAH!!..alrnost forgot; the 64 thousand dollar question - "How do these con artists get elected?" - Here's a clue: McDonald's spends $;GGl,i;LLIGN A f i J E ~ ~ f S ~ ~ ~ ~ i i There is a science that has been re- searched and developed for decades, but it's been refined to a fine art in the last 20 years..the science of brainwashing. Highly-paid "consul- tants'' plan literally every step of political campaigns, with strategies and images and what answers go with what questions and how to talk a lot and say nothing (how to lie so con- vincingly that people just can't dis- believe until it's too late. This is the dream of every two-bit con; when you lie & cheat & steal and don't have to disappear to get away. There's an easy way to deparate the few honest people in politics from the rest of the leeches: the good ones will stand on their whole per- formance to date - the good and the bad - while the rotten ones will talk about one only (maybe two) and leave all the questions about exam- ples of their rottenness unanswered.

By PAULR TAYLOR ' I

I There a r e ' t i m e s i n your l i f e 'When y o u ' l l f e e l ve ry b l u e .Those t imes w i l l be ha rd EMPTY LINES ON A PAGE ,And y o u ' l l wonder what you should do'

Empty l i n e s on a page; ~ u t once t h e months go by 1nv. i t ing your mark and you look back a t t h a t day '

TO f i l l t h e space You r e a l i z e one major f a c t With thoughts t h a t need A l l t h e pa in has gone away. Expression, t o f l y from

Your l i f e d i d con t inue 'Though you thought i t would end Your h e a r t w a s s h a t t e r e d 'ti1 pages p i l e h igh

But t h a t a l s o d i d mend With honest meanings That f r e e t h e knowledge

So you d i d s u r v i v e t h a t of i n s p i r a t i o n . Cruel b l u e day .. ,.

,You c a r r i e d on wi thout F i l l ' t h e l i n e s and g i v e

Knowing t h e way p h y s i c a l l i f e t o t h e Thought-womb i n t h e mind.

@d what you have exper ienced Crucify f e a r s , .Will h e l p you i n one way Explain f a n t a s i e s , For you w i l l be b e t t e r prepared Share your hopes; To cope w i t h t h e nex t C l a r i t y o f your

: Cruel Blue Day. Empty l i n e s on a page. Jenny Carlson,

COUNTRY LIVING

Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s - are; you i n t e r e s t e d i n l i v i n g and working i n t h e country? , , e x p l a i n about t h e farms andclto an-

You can s t a y a t one of f o u r farms , swer ques t ions w i l l be he ld :

i n t h e r o l l i n g rangel-and o f the C a r - SUNDAY, 25 JUNE, a t 7 P.M. at ~&nd;X77IE CZNTFE, ,MuALlh. iboo (between 100 Mile House and

Williams Lake) f o r a s h o r t o r a l o n g Some of t h e farm f o l k s , as w e l l a s

pe r iod o f t ime, and h e l p c a r e f o r Downtown E a s t s i d e r e s i d e n t s who h w e .

animals and grow organ ic c rops . v i s i t e d t h e farms, w i l l a t t e n d t h e

No exper ience o r investment nec- meeting t o r e l a t e t h e i r exper iences .

e s s a r y - j u s t an i n t e r e s t i n be ing Also, an ART & PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW on

p a r t o f a group of people who s h a r e l i f e on t h e farms i a i l l be h e l d from

t h e i r vo lun ta ry l abour and enjoy a Sunday, 18 June, t o Saturday, 8 J u l y

h e a l t h y , outdoor l i f e . ' a t t h e Carnegie A r t G a l l e r y on t h e

The farms are opera ted by t h e Car- , t h i r d f l o o r . The Show opening and

iboo Community Enhancement and Eco- r e c e p t i o n (with refreshments) w i l l " nomic Development S o c i e t y , a n inde- be Sunday, 18 June, a t 5:30 p.m.

pendent, non-profiti group. The Car-, ( r i g h t a f t e r t h e CCCA' s Annual Gen-

n e g i e Community Centre Assoc ia t ion e r a 1 Meeting) . is a s u s t a i n i n g member of t h e S o c i e t y For more inforniation, c o n t a c t

and t h e Carnegie k i t c h e n w i l l be re- S h e i l a Baxter o r Muggs S igurge i r son a t Carnegie, 665-2220. I

CAN YOU BECOME HARDY When You're Under S t r e s s?

We a r e l i v i n g i n t h i s complex soc- i e t y today. It is a quest ion t h a t w e may m e e t some t i m e s i n our d a i l y l i f e . Although t h e s t r e s s f u l events cause u s t o s u f f e r many kinds of d i seases e a s i l y , i t doesn ' t pay t o take them too se r ious ly .

A s long a s w e have p leasan t minds and s t rong w i l l s , w e can face some d i f f i c u l t i e s bravely and c ros s t h e obs t ac l e s l i v e l y i n t h e pa th of our l i f e . Some psychologis t ' s t heo r i e s show us t h a t an op t imi s t i c person must possess t h r e e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s such a s commiinleui, clialleiige arid cont ro l . Even i f we encounter some unbearable d i f f i c u l t i e s and dangers, we can n5t f e e l discouraged. The reason i s very simply t h a t w e can do our b e s t t o overcome t roub le s by means of opening our minds. For ex- ample, some people were diagnosed with incurab le d i seases by a spcei- a l i s t o r doc tor , but they could re- main op t imi s t i c and f i n a l l y recover miraculously.

From t h e above, w e can reach t h e conclusion t h a t hea l th and happiness a r e two b l e s s ings of our d a i l y l i f e .

r SHANG LIAO

she came i n t o my windowless roomy w e k i s s e d & l i s t e n e d t o t h e shangri- la 9 her f ace ou t l ined i n t h e l i g h t of my clock r ad io by t h e l o r d ' s grace i am given another view A

1 of beauty

dickson

Walking down t o Joe ' s , I pause For a pickup t h a t ' s revers ing Up t h e h i l l . On i ts r e a r bumper S t i cks t h e message: "You have obviously mistaken m e For someone who cares. ' '

Is t h i s a message from The Master of t h e Universe, A s E ins t e in seemed t o th ink? Too much f o r me, Those v a s t and kosmic spaces Of cold and emptiness. I can make nothing of them.

But down a t Joe ' s Outside t h e window The clouds r o l l by And t r e e s grow t a l l i n t h e park The p l ane t l i v e s and brea thes Even here i n t h e h e a r t of t h e c i t y . One people, one world - 1 \ I n wholly holy wholeness.

David Bouvier

S i t t i n g Thinking

s i t t i n g t h i n k i n g &%of t h e t i m e ye t not r e a l l y knowing what is on my mind my happiness seems l o s t among much sorrow hoping f o r happiness I n a new Tomorrow f e e l i n g l o s t and a lone each and every hour f ind ing i t hard t o e x i s t r e a l i z i n g the l o s s

of my I n t e r n a l power Trying t o reach out t o touch my sou l , when I l o s t contac t I' 11 never know It s l i d through my f i n g e r s escaping out of my mind and l e f t t he doors wide open f o r sorrow t o creep in s ide .

Jenny Carlson

7

DANCE OF SLEEP

The moons of Saturn dance I n t h e i r s l e e p A winter wind sweeps through t h e i r c u r t a i n s

$ * A f a l l e n lady a r r i v e s unnoticed " I To j o i n t h e dance i n s l e e p 1

A millenium passes before she s t o p s And then does she see where shk s t ands She seems t o make he r se l f seem so happy Yet she c r i e s on t h e i n s i d e f o r he lp A s she gazes i n t o t h e s t a r s t h a t surround her She r e a l i z e s only bylher choice w i l T she leave In t h i s h o s t i l e world, t h e r e seems t o be no l i f e Everything around he r is a deadly s t a r e No voices t o calm her No hands! t o guide her So lone ly she is Only t h e surrounding heavens a r e he r f r i e n d s Each n igh t a s she s tands i n t h e dark She s i l e n t l y prays f o r t h e cha ins t o break The win te r ' s winds not y e t d i spers ing , ready t o d r i v e her a l ready weakening mind t o i n s a n i t y Her b lue eyes s t a r e a imless ly about i n t h e n ight Her long blond h a i r flows wi th no d i r e c t i o n i I d m l ithe I violenti wfnds Frozen t e a r s of i c e f a l l from her sky The windows being covered wi th m i s t , l e t her

not s e e c l e a r l y ahead J u s t a s t h e moons of Saturn f a l l f o r t he n ight So must our f a l l e n lady The winter wind a l s o - f a l l s f o r t h e n igh t d

The f a l l e n lady a r r i v e s unnoticed To j o i n t h e dance i n s leep .

B l a r Kfiig

Alone

Alone on a windy o ld March day, High on a h i l l overlooking Kamloops. Unsuccdssful but t ry ing t o breakthrough To the new revolu t ion Feel ing t h e male domination That s u b s t i t u t e s f o r democracy Seeing people s i l e n t bu t knowing Things should be happy but a r n ' t .

J. East

Young Blood By Wayne Kymer A s s t u d e n t s s t a n d t h e r e

i n t h e f a c e o f r o b o t i c p a t r i o t i c obedience

& s tudy l i b e r t y i n t h e toughes t way

known i n t h e world

& d i e suddenly by uniformed thug

g u n f i r e i n Tiananmen Square.

depr ived suddenly of n o t j u s t

an i d e a l o r two - ciemncrnry ' s i r ee v o i c e s

$ open e a r s - but of t h e r i g h t s

t o b r e a t h e t o love & be loved

t o s tudy any th ing a t a l l e t c .

Outs ide t h i s window i n M t . P l e a s a n t h e r e

t h e day i s a l l

warm breezes sunshine & b i r d s

speaking from green s h e l t e r s

& on open l i n e s In t h e window

on t h e world

b a s e b a l l must be played of course Down on t h e street

an i c e cream t r u c k

moves wi th i ts pseudo- organ g r i n d e r ' s t u n e

c a l l i n g c h i l d r e n from

t h e cau ldrons o f t h e i r homes t o come on o u t

& taste l i f e a t i t s

a r t i f i c i a l swee tes t , yes , a s somewhere

s t u d e n t s d a r e c o die

f o r something c a l l e d democracy, something

c a l l e d ..... as s t u d e n t s d i e -

t h e b r i c k s of Tiananmen Square

a t t h i s end o f t h e Avenue of E t e r n a l Peace

s t a i n e d f o r e v e r

by t h e i r young blood.. . . . . . . .

THE DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE POETS

... were up and speaking, s i n g i n g and p l a y i n g on Sunday, 11 June , i n t h e Thea t re . Some of them had spen t t h e p rev ious weekend ( 5 days) on an "adventure" i n t h e I n t e r i o r , ' s ' , 's ' & ' p ' i n 3 o r 4 d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s . Work..sweat & t e a r s . . w a s s e l f - e v i d e n t i n t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n s ; and t h e "reason-for-being" (a poe t ) came through r e a l l y c l e a r l y when David Bouvier s a i d , "Excuse me, s i r , but I ' l l have t o come back t o f i n i s h t h e job a p p l i c a t i o n . A h o t - a i r mass is c o l l i d i n g w i t h a cold- a i r mass a t j u s t t h e r i g h t e l e v a t i o n t o make a rainbow. Rainbow Pat- r o l i s a p o e t ' s l i f e ... I ' m s u r e y o u ' l l unders tand?!"

P o e t r y could b e what a p e r s o n ' s l i f e i s def ined by when a r c h e o l o g i s t s d i g up o u r remains i n a few m i l l e n i a . The i n c r e d i b l e exper iences and c r u e l t y o r k indness behind t h e work o f most of what was shared brought members of t h e audience t o focus on t h e i m p o s s i b i l i t y of knowing what 'comes n e x t ' and t h e a n t i c i p a t i o n f o r t h e nex t p iece /person was h i g h . Unfor tuna te ly , f o r m e anyway, one person blew i t . Under t h e i n f l u e n c e of something, maybe j u s t a massive overdose of ego, t h i s person s h o r t - c i r c u i t e d t h e h igh f e e l i n g t h a t was growing i n a l o t of t h e peop le l i s t e n i n g a s we kept w a i t i n g , hoping t h a t he would f i n i s h w i t h whatever h e was mumbling about and "poetry" would begin . It never d i d . What happened was a bad a c t . The o t h e r p o e t s seemed t o expect it and even asked semi-po l i t e ly "...some poetry" bu t t h e i d e a l of freedom of ex- p r e s s i o n was abused. I t ' s e s s e n t i a l t h a t t h e s e amazing people d o n ' t choke on t h e i r own s h i t . C o l l e c t i v e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y is a group dynamic.

( I g n o r i n g t h i s won't make i t s t o p ; a t t e n t i o n is t h e cause . )

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Recent Transcript from the Dehumanizing Human Institute of Victoria (BC)

- Principals: Professor Winnievan Izasocret; Professor Mickeley Whataguy Subject: Discovery of new species - CARNEGITE (aka Humanus Okayum) Background: The creature was recently discovered in the vicinity of ----------

central Vancouver circa 1980 and ongoing research reveals the following :

Ma 1 e ( specimen) height - 1.4 metres to 2 metres Weight - 50 kg. to 150 kg.

eating habits - omnivorous Fema 1 e (specimen)

height - 1.2 m. to 1.8 m. Weight - 45 kg. to 125 kg.

Description of background varies/ insufficient data; most specjmerz ~hsezye:! 9212 ir,vi;lyed i~ ail ui ldefi~~rti s c ~ c i n l ~ r _ p ~ c f l ~ y e .

Prof. Izasocret: "My dear Prof. Whataguy, I do understand your concern with the survival of the species referred to as the Carnegite; however I must stress to you that these creatures are out of our mold of social or political behaviour and therefore represent a danger to our social infrastructure policy."

Prof. Whataguy: "On the contrary, it is my belief that these 'creatures' as you refer to them, have a highly developed sense of social infrastructure and maybe we could learn from Carnegite(s). Initial research has already shown them to have a highly developed sense of justice, moral values and, above all, they are highly resourceful."

Prof. Izasocret: "But you must understand that these creatures are showing highly mutative strains in behaviour, such as intermixing and cross-sectioning of the various sub-species - with Blameus Noblus and Nativus Indegene and many others." This cannot be!

Prof. Whataguy: "There I totally disagree. So what if they are formed of X, Y, P, or more subspecies? What is important to me is that they intermix in a total harmony. This is true progress."

Prof. Izasocret: "No, no, no; true progress is defined by size of House and Bank Account, not merely low cost infrastructure, for only the strong survive and the poor should vanish into the void as all non-entities."

Prof. Whataguy: "Insomuch as I can see your point (and the two on top of your head) that is why your type of research, as you refer to it, is nothing but a self-serving scheme to assure your petty self- righteousness. As for mysel.f, I go where the worq 'aivili.zedl has taken a stronger meaning..I1m leaving for Carnegie Centre where "Carnegites" have more common sense in one pocket than this institute will ever have! !.I1

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she & I have made it through another day without k i l l i n g ourse lves o r each o t h e r without running away from each o t h e r we've made it through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made it through we've made it through we've made i t through we've made i t through

' we've made it through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made it through we've made it through we've made i t through we've made i t through we've made i t through

t we've made i t through we've made i t through

with so l i t t l e t o go on without bank accounts o r pension p l ans

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with noth ing t o look forward t o without r e a l l y wanting t o wi th despa i r , f e a r & confusion without owning anything of va lue o r wanting t o wi th a profus ion of d i f f e r ences between us without t e l e v i s i o n o r movies without meetings t o go t o without organiza t ions t o belong t o without any church t o a t t e n d without us ing computers without books t e l l i n g us how-to wi th every th ing we've l o s t d e s p i t e t h e years of t roub le we've caused each o ther wi th our s t r angu la t ed s p i r i t s t u rn ing b lue wi th nowhere t o go wi th worn-out shoes without t h e ob l iv ion of drugs o r booze wi th c r i p p l i n g l i f e l o n g emotional wounds s l eep ing p a s t noon without any good news i o t t e r y t i c k e t s o r bingo wi th our f a m i l i e s s i c k & poor & crazy & o ld wi th even fewer i l l u s i o n s without being run over by c a r s o r blown-up

by p ipe l ines o r mut i la ted by maniacs on c i t y avenues we've made i t breaking down we've made i t we've made i t we've made i t we've made i t we've made i t

through wi th our senses shr inking & our bodies & our nerves whipped & abused through wi th t h e meaningless l i v e s we're forced t o use through by sending b l i n d prayers i n t o burned-out a i r through by l i s t e n i n g t o each o the r through by holding onto each o the r through by t r y i n g t o c a r e more f o r each o t h e r

than w e do f o r ourse lves & somehow she & I have made it through another goddamned day

Bud Osborn

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J by David Orchard

and Cltizens Concerned About Free Trade

David Orchard is a fourth generation grain and Hvestodc farmer from Saskatchewan who ha8 e m e m as one of the leading opponents of the free trade deal in Canada. He is a founder and the national chakrnanof Cltkens Concerned About Free Trade and has spent the last three years educating Canadians about the deal. He has successfuly debated prominent pro-1ree traders, among them John Cmsbie, Federal Minister of Transport, Bob Andrew, Saskatdwan's Minister of Trade. and rno l mcemtly in Vancower, John Crispo, a Toronto economist and founding member of a big bushress kbby pushhg free bade.

Citizens Concerned About FmoTmde Is agrass roots, non-padisan organization, founded In Saskaachewan In 1985mnt ly 4000 strong, it has suppodersfromcoasttocoast,who have vlgomsly kbbiedtostopthefree tradedealfrombelng hnplemented. CCAFT has sponsored 24 major public Wormation meetings mss Canada, h m Vancouver to Hatifax.

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