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should be and under a Conservative
government forestry wou|d
be given the stature of a full
ministry.
He said he was going to be
completely non-partisan. 1*1
don't have to be critical of the
Liberal governnient. The leadership
candidates are already doing
an excellent job."
Fraser became, environment
minister in 1979 in the short-lived
Joe Clark government. He was
responsible for forestry and in a
report prepared by resource and
environment ministers in
Canada, was faced with the
startling facts that world demand
for wood is rising, while
Canada's resource base is shrinking.
"Much of the economically accessible
old growth had been logged
off. At least 12 per cent of
VOL. 75 NO. 81 Thursdoy, May 3,1984
HAPPY CARIBOO LUMBERMEN at their annual general meetihgiiri
Williams Lake last week elected a new slate of officers as presented to
them by John Kerr and the nominating committee. Seen in the frbnt row
from the left are: D. Allen Ainsworth; new vice-president, John Marritt;
new president, Gordon Shaw; and past president George Richards. The
C A N A D I A N R E D C R O S S
6 E L E C T T O R Y G O V E R N M E N T
Canada's productive forest l^nd
is inadequately stocked with trees
and roughly 200,000 hectares per
yeai-j are being added to this
backlog annuallyi" Fraser said^
'f Lfn 1 iess: Caiiada takes
remedial action ^ and very soon
— the long-term wood supply to
maintain, ipuch less increase its
forest industry will not be
available. ' • ^! ^
• 'This grim analysis is not a
surprise to you and this worry is
evident among some members of
the Conservative caucus from
B.C. and the Maritimes. For the
most part ignored, they kept raising
the issue, complaining bitterly
that the Canadian Forest Service
(CFS) had been allowed to die
and federal concern with forestry
was ending."
Fraser praised the actions of
Frank Oberle, Tory MP from
Prince George, who in a 1979
report wrote:
"It is estimated that the federal
treasury collects well in excess of
one billion dollars from the wood
converting industries.
"The federal government is
not returning anything close to an
equitable amount back to the
resource, nor has the government
organized itself to respond to the
needs of the forest industries, admittedly
regional in nature, but
of crucial importance to Canada
as a whole."
"It was clear," Fraser said,
"that something had to be done
and that for a change, provinces
were asking the federal government
to establish a necessary
role.
"It is important to remember
this, because the forest are clearly
a provincial resource.
"What the provinces wanted
was not a "National Forest
Policy" which sounded like
federal intervention, but rather a
"Federal Forest Policy" to assist
provinces to grow trees, complement
the provincial role and do
research — something the
federal government could do better
than the provinces—- along
with gathering scientific data,
assist with fire prevention, coordinate
information and direct
federal funding to the provinces
for forest renewal."
Fraser said the Clark government
and his ministry set in place
a deputy minister of forestry and
appointed Less Reed. Consistent
with the federal forest policy,
they proposed to bring all funds
related to forestry under one
roof.
Cont'd page 8
HON. J. FRASER, M.P,
F O R E S T
W E E K
M ^ Y 6 - 1 2 1984
S P E C I A L S E C T I O N
C O M M U N I T Y R E L A T I O N S
V i n t e r
Quesnel city council's decision to make an application for the 1987 northern
winter games is creating a community relations problem.
It seems when the first northern winter games scheduling was being passed
around the communities involved they were regarded almost as a civic
duty.
However since the games have become highly successful in recent years,
drawing thousands of young athletes, their families, coaches and managers,
they have become_big business and a competition to stage them is springing
up. ' - •
After Quesnel had decided to apply for the 1987 games, Williams Lake
Cariboo Lumber Manufacturers Association directors, including D. council decided they wanted the games that year also and Aid. Ray Woods
Ainsworth, H.O.Sniith,T.G.Jeanes, Peter Berry, R.L. McCabe, H.M. wrote asking Quesnel to defer to the Williams Lake request.
Jacobson, D.J. Jacobson, John Kerr, F.R. Linde, J.P.Betts, A.D. Woods promised that his council would support a Quesnel bid for the
Copmbes, P.J. McLoughlin, A.H. Whitemore and Al Dupilka are crowd­ 1988 games if this city supported them in their bid for 1987,
ed behind them.
Aid. Steve Wallace was adamant. The city had asked for the 1987 games,
they had instructed George Owens to file an apllication for the 1987 games
over his objections — he wanted the 1988 games — and now the city should
be prepared to follow through.
Woods, in his letter, suggested that last time around the games had been
first in WilHams Lake, then in Quesnel and the same rotation should be
observed,
. Deputy city clerk Ron Paull informed council that Woods had erred.'
Prince Rupert had been granted the games between the Williams Lake and:
Hospital will continue to be supplied with all the blood it requires, Quesnel games.
The Canadian Red Cross has indefinitely postponed blood clinics in
Quesnel, Williams Lake and 100 Mile House.
something which people in other areas were concerned about.
"I considered his argument and conceded that in the interest of good
Clinics had been run in Quesnel every fall and spring for the last 20 to 25 Best says the Red Gross is afraid people may decide not to give blood in
the future, but it is a chance they have to take. She adds Prince George pro­
neighborliness we could change our application to 1988," Pearce said.
years.
"Our hospital demands and modern technology have put us in the situaduces 500 pints of blood a day, but in three years, the Red Cross may have "They want us to yjeld in this matter and I think as good neighbors we
tion where we had to look at cutting some of our region three clinics," says to open Quesnel again. At present, there are more than 1,300 active donors should do so. We can leave our application for the 1987 games in the com­
Joan Best, clinic co-ordinator of the Canadian Red Cross.
in Quesnel and district.
petition, they apply for the 1988 games also," Jones suggested.
Best savs the clinics have been temporarily postponed mainly due to ad­ It'll (blood) never_be able to be manufactured. What greater gift then to Council supported Jones with only Wallace opposed to deferring one
vanced technology. Blood must be shipped back to the clinics in Vancouver g»ve someone a gift of life — it's an old cliche but it's true," says Best, year to Williams Lake.
within four to six hours or else some of the components will die and be of no
use.
One component is platelets, which are in high demand for cancer patients
and used in hospitals every day. Other components include factor VIII, used
for treating hemophiliacs and albumin, used for burn victims,
"One pint of blood can now help three or four people," says Best.
The Red Cross has been asked by Blood Transfusion Services to collect 80
per cent of its blood supply from the lower mainland, because of the proximity
to the main clinic in Vancouver and mini-clinic in Victoria;
The cost factor enters the picture here because it is expensive for clinic
staff to travel to the Cariboo twice a year, especially when blood shipments
Roadside fruit and vegetable vendors, who use an off-road site across
can't be back at the clinics in time.
from the tennis courts on Highway 97 have created a few sanitation problems
for the city ever since they moved there to do business.
The blood donor clinics held in the Kootenays were also cancelled indefinitely.
Blowing papers, soft drink cans and bottles and general rubbish accumulates
at the site and has to be cleaned up. In former years it has simply
Clinics will-still be held in Prince George, and Quesnel and district
been tossed over the bank and the railway hillside has begun to look like a
residents are encouraged to take the time to donate blood there. There is a
mini-garbage dump.
clinic open today (Thursday) from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., plus tomorrow from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Prince George Civic Centre.
City council wrote health inspector Fred Ainley and asked him for his
recommendations about cleaning up the site and Monday night Erwin
"The Red Cross is not just blood,'! says Best, adding Quesnel has two
Dyck, the health inspector for Quesnel gave them three.
very active Red Cross programs — youth and water safety and the loan cupboard.
Dyck recommended that proper litter barrels be placed to prevent wind-
Although the clinics will not be held here, the local branch of the Red
blow garbage accumulation; part of the area be paved, if possible, seeded
Cross will continue to be active. And, Best stresses, G.R. Baker Memorial
with grass to prevent dust and dirt from collecting on the produce; that pit
toilets be built and located in such a way as not to be unsightly to provide
the necessary facilities for the public and vendors.
"Roadside vendors are common across B.C. and particularly in the
Okanagan. However most of the vendors function as a retail outlet for
private orchards. Where larger roadside vendors are located, they have proper
sanitary facilities," Dyck informed council,
"If the city as the local Board of Health, is willing to allow the area
After fighting for two years to have the regional district assume its fair
across from the tennis courts to be used for roadside vendors, these recom­
share of the costs of senior citizens and handicapped children's transit in
mendations might be considered."
Quesnel's fringe area, city council learned Monday night that the Williams
Mayor Mike Pearce suggested that Dyck was not issuing an order to com­
Lake regional directors have approved such funding for that city's Go-Bus
ply with the three recommendations, but Aid, Gordie Sangha suggested that
system.
council might at least comply with number one, placing litter barrels.
According to a report in the Williams Lake Tribune, Area D director
Deputy clerk Ron Paull, giving council background on the issue, said the
Vern ^'Iann and Area E director Guy Cawley had agreed to the Cariboo
matter had been brought to council by the Chamber of Commerce and
Regional District picking up their share of the costs of the Go-Bus system
referred to the health inspector by council. This letter of recommendation
when it extends its service outside city limits.
was his response,
The report also said CRD board chairman Roy Crosina, director for area
Pearce told Sangha that the superintendent of public works Max Helzel
F, had agreed to holding a referendum on transit for his area.
opposed the provision of litter barrels at the site.
When the Community Aid directors appealed to the regional board, their
Helzel said the provision of litter barrels would turn the area into a dump
request for funding was rejected out of hand two years in a row, despite a EARLY MORNING RISER: In One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the re- site for passing motorists or even local citizens and he wanted to avoid
threat from the city to cut back the service to the city limits. cent drama production at Quesnel Secondary School, protagonist Mac- possibility.
Area A director Ted Armstrong, Area B director Andy Motherwell, Area Murhpy, played by Dave Sales, made light of several ward policies, and The operator of one of the trucks using the site said he cleaned the area of
C director Ron Barkwell and Area I director, now-retired May Higdon, demanded to brush his teeth at 6:30 a.m. The aids wouldn't open the supply windblow rubbish every morning and since he did not pay any rental for the
could not reach agreement on a process for funding the system. cabinet until 6:45 a.m. For a review of the play, see page two. From the left. space he used, he would be happy to continue.
Cont'd page 3 Chad Jobe as Aide Warren and Sales. observer Council phoio. accepted his offer and moved on to other business.

YOUR OPINION
We asked
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Elementary School
Grade 1: "They died. Grade 2: "They died 4: "I think something
That's a hard one., and their, b^^ones went — it Was big and came
what they though They died because they into the water and they from a cold planet —
happened '® , were too old — a hun­ got underground. F^eb- came from outerspace
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might have killed dinosaur bones. They really cold and their
them." just lived too long pro­ warm blood changed to
bably."
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REVIEW
By Julie Fleming
Some people say One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest was the best they had ever
seen in Quesnel.
One thing for sure, it was one of the best
in the last seven months this writer has been
in town.
The play was presented last weekend by
Quesnel Secondary School drama students.
Director Beverley Holmes-Hernandez
must be applauded for her excellent job of
characterization. The young actors and actresses
gave 100 per cent to their roles, and
transported the audience into another
world — the world of a psychiatric insdtution.
Often those vyorking backstage with
props, sound effects and lighting go unnoticed
for their contributions to a production.
In the case of One Flew Over A
Cuckoo's Nest, all conce rned have reason
to be proud.
Special techniques required many, many
hours of hard work and concentration, but
the end result was worth the strain.
Costumes and props borrowed from G. R,
Baker Memorial Hospital, including
uniforms and gurney, added to the realistic
atmosphere.
For those who had seen the original
movie, cr read the book, the drama
students produced a close-to-perfect
replica, even though some of the language
had to be toned down somewhat.
Taking the lead role of MacMurphy,
Dave Sales once again showed his talent
and took control whenever he walked on
stage. He demonstrated a variety of emotions
from the rough and tough hoodlum,
classic comedian to a warm and sympathetic
friend.
The plot centered around MacMurphy,
who had feigned psychosis to avoid being
sent to a prison workfarm. He makes a deal
with the inmates that he can drive the head
nurse to breaking point, but loses, tries to
strangle her and ends up with a lobotomy.
In the final scene, MacMurphy, who lies
on the gurney a vegetable, is suffocated by
Chief Bromden, whom he befriended right
from the start,
Shawn Carson, playing the role of Chief
Bromden, displayed a great deal of selfcontrol
and used facial expressions to the
fullest. In the first act of the play, the Chief
didn't utter one word to the other inmantes.
But, he did a lot of thinking and talking
to his dead father. To project his thoughts
into the audience, Carson's voice was dubbed
over tape recordings of various sound
effects to suit the mood — waterfall, heartbeat,
sirens, machine guns and heavy
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Trip for 2 to Hawaii
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NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING
TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Directors of the Cariboo
Regional District deems it expedient to amend Zoning By-Law No,
viooor '\ •
NOW THEREFORE the Board of Directors of the Cariboo
Regional District in open meeting assembled enacts as follows:
••i: TITLE:-•
This By-law may be cited as the "Cariboo Regional District Zoning
; Amendment By-law No, 1686, 1984,"
2, Secton 5.0 of By-law No, 1000 is amended by inserting immediately
following "Rural Residential RR-III", the following:
"Rural IV RR-IV,*'
3, Subsections (1), (3), (4) and (5) of Section 5,1 are amended by
deleting the phrase "Schedules "A" through "DD" where it appears
and substituting in its place:
"Schedules "A" through "EE."
4, By-law No. 1000 is amended by inserting immediately following
iSection 29.8, the following:
"29.0A Rural IV Zone (RR-IV)
In Rural IV zones:
Permitted uses
29.1 A Land, buildings and structures shall be used for the
following purposes only:
(a) single family dwellings;
(b) two family dwellings:
c) agricultural operations, including horticulture, silviculture,
poultry raising, animal and stock raising including stockyards,
beekeeping, trappihgand guide camps except main lodges;
(d) logging but no manufacturing into wood products, except as
provided under clause (e);
(e) portable wood manufacturing plants, provided such manufacturing
is located no nearer than 304,8 metres (1,000 feet) from an
established residence on the adjoining property;
(f) extracting raw materials from the land, including crushing and
screening, provided no further processing takes place on the site;
(g) kennels and animal hospitals;
(h) home occupations; and
(i) ancillary buildings, '
\ Prohibition
29,2A
(1) Portable wood manufacturing plants shall not be permitted In
areas designated as Rural IV on Schedules A, B, and C of this Bylaw,
(2) Stockyards, as a permitted use in clause (c) of section 29,1 A,
shall not be permitted in areas designated as Rural IV on
Schedules A, B and C of this By-law,
(3) Crushing and screening of extracted raw materials, as a permitted
use in clause (f) of section 29,1A, shall not be permitted in
areas designated as Rural IV on Schedules A,_B, and C of this By.law.
Site Area
29,3A The minimum site area in a Rural IV zone shall be 4 hectares
(9.88 acres.)
Setbacks
29.4A 1
(1) No building or structure, except a fence, may be located with
7.6 metres (24.93 feet) of a lot line.
(2) No single family dwelling shall be located within 15,2 metrfes
(49,88 feet) of another single family dwelling located on the same
'lot,.- ,
(3) Ndtwithstariding subsection (1) a building or , struoture,
associated with a water supply may be located within the required
setback provided the building does not exceed 4.6 square metres
(49.51 square feet) in total floor area.
Buildings per Lot
29,5A
(1) No more than two single family dwellings or one two family
dwelling may be located on a lot,
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) additional dwellings in conjunction
with bona fide agricultural operations may be located on lots
providedthe lot contains a minimum of 4 hectares (9,88 acres) for
each additional dwelling.
Ancillary Buildings
29,6A
(1) No more than three ancillary buildings may be located on a lot.
(2) Ancillary buildings shall not exceed a combined total floor area
of 130.1 square metres (1,400 square feet), nor a.height of 7
metres (22.97 feet.)
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to ancillary buildings re^
quired in conjunction with a bona fide agricultural operation.
Guest Accomodation
29.7A
Guests or visitors may be accomodated in maximum of two recreational
vehicles in conjunction with a residential use:
(a) during any six month period of a calendar year, and
(b) if the recreational vehicles are not rented to the guests by the
owner or occupier of the lot.
Storage
29:8A
No lot may be used for the wrecking, selling, or storage of derelict
vehicles.
Parking
29.9A
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with section
31."
5. The Schedules attached to and forming part of By-law No, 1000
are amended by relettering Schedule "DD" to read Schedule "EE"
and inserting immediately following Schedule "CC", the following:
"Schedule "DD" Rural IV Zone (RR-IV),"
6. By-law No, 1000 is hereby further amended by rezoning:
The West Vz of the Northwest %, District Lot 4209, Lillooet
District from Rural I (RR-I) Zone to Rural IV (RR-IV) Zone; and, by
amending Schedules "AA" and "DD", as amended by this by-law,
accordingly.
7. The subject property is, located immediately east of Tubbs Lake
and is owned by A. & M. Stafford and G. & P. Sheets.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Public Hearing for the purpose
of hearing all persons who believe their interest in property is affected
by the proposed by-law will be held in the Cariboo Regional
District Office, #2-334 Front Street, Quesnel, B.C. on Tuesday,
May -8, 1984 at 8:00 p.m.
Written Submissions regarding the proposed by-law will also be
received. These submissions may be submitted at the Public Hearing
or should be received in the Cariboo Regional District Office in
Williams Lake 48 hours prior to the Hearing. No furhter information
or representations can be considered by the Regional Board
I after the Public Hearing is terminated.
The by-law and any pertinent plans may be inspected at the
Cariboo Regional District Office, 525 Borland Street, Williams
Lake, B.C., between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday,
inclusive (excepting public holidays.) Telephone inquiries should
be directed to the Planning Department of the Cariboo Regional
District at 392-3351.
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A communication breakdown between the
RCMP highway patrol and the Quesnel
Volunteer Fire Department, which sent fire
equipment racing to a truck fire outside the fire
protection area, is going to result in some major
Changes in Quesnel's emergency disaster bylaw.
It is also going to result in a priority fire call
system between the RCMP and the fire department
in which Code Onewill be a fire outside the
fire prevention area in which life is threatened,
Code Two will be an emergency situation where a
life may come into danger and Code Three will
be for all other calls.
The changes came about when the fire department
responded to a truck fire call 15 kilometers
south of the city on Highway 97, filed by the
RCMP patrolling officer.
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He said that at no time must the city be left
without an elected official to act as mayor and
make decisions in emergency situations. If it ever
happened, he wants the bylaw to stipulate that
control then shifts to the administrator or city
clerk,
Pearce also wants the new code LeBrun
described passed along to the RCMP in letter
form on an annual basis to ensure the code is not
lost in staff turnovers,
Pearce said he had questioned Fire Chief Ray
Beaulieu about the authorization to send city
equipment outside the fire protection area in the
event of a fire within city limits.
Amata Transition
House, seriously
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sources has been
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period during which to
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Quesnel.
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council approved two
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society which
operates the house, to
be held May 11 and 12
aimed at providing
them with an opportunity
to go to the community
for financial
assistance and support.
"We are going to have to address the issue of
authority very clearly in the emergency disaster
bylaw so that the fire equipment here to protect
the city area, remains here," Pearce added.
SMaryGlrvln. Observer phoio.
When Fire Chief Ray Beaulieu reported to Fire
Commissioner and deputy mayor Alec LeBrun,
the message came back to council that a diesel
C h u r c h
low
tanker truck, with two tanks had caught fire and
invites women from all walks of life
was threatening to explode in the railroad yards.
m e m o r i u m
lights to attend an Interdenominational
A tanker truck was dispatched from the
meeting
A memorial service was held April 18, Then you can look forward with con­ Quesnel department and doused the flames Last year St. Ann's
Speaker: Betty Chupa
1984 at Claytons Funeral Chapel for-Marfidence and back without regrets before they could spread from the truck cab to Parish moved through
Place: The Elk's Hall
tha Uhrich who died suddenly at home Be yourself - but be your best self two diesel tanks on the truck, which was hauling council to pave the
Date: Tuesday, May 8th
April 14, 1984.
Dare to be different to be happy a trailer loaded with two lifts of lumber. parking lot at the
Time: 7:00 p,m.
Martha will be remembered by her hus­ Enjoy what is beautiful. Love with all your According to the emergency bylaw, the fire church and the access Coffee and refreshments served. Do you
band, Joe of Quesnel, two daughters;
heart and soul
equipment should not have been dispatched road into the property. vyant to be Free? Jesus Christ is the
Carmen, and her husband Michael Sigalet Believe that those you love, love you without the mayor's approval and if a city fire Monday night Father answer. For info phone 992-5580.
of Vernon; and Lane, and her husband Forget what you have done for your had occurred in the absence of the city's equip­ Barry Desmond of St,
Jerry Magee of Kelowna.
friends, and remember what they have ment, he and the council Just might have been Ann's asked city coun­
Martha was a past employee of the
done for you.
left open to legal liability claims.
cil to install three lights
Cariboo Observer arid spent eight years
To ensure that doesn't happen. Mayor Mike on Sutherland Ave;,
employed at the Holley Clinic. Recently she
Disregard what the world owes you, and Pearce is going to have the emergency disaster between the highway Qiaesaiel Ofitical
was active with Upland Logging Ltd. her
concentrate on what you owe the world. bylaw brought back to council and clarified. and the church
husband's business. Martha was a familiar
When you are faced with a decision, make
352 Anderson Dr.
buildings,
and friendly face to matiy Quesnel
the decision as wisely as possible - the mo­
Desmond wants one
residents.
ment of absolute certainty never arrives C i t y t r a n s i t f u n d light near Highway 97
And above all, remember; that God helps
Her service was conducted by the Mor-
on Sutherland, one
those who help themselves.
man Church and officiated by the Presi­
From page 1 the CRD was not com­ midway up the
Act as if everything depended upon you,
dent Len Chalmers.
Two formal requests mitted to public transit driveway and a third at
and pray as if everything depended upon
A long time family friend Sam Cork gave
were rejected by the as a function. the top of a hill to the
God,
the eulogy.
whole CRD board. He asked council to church and the church
Jack Grant gave the dedication which in­ This poem in particular reflected the zeal When the Tribune withhold action until hall.
cluded^ the reading of two of Martha's with which Martha attacked life. She had a report was read in the matter had been Council referred the
favorite poems. Her favorite being 'Live great love of life. She will be remembered Quesnel council Mon­ discussed at the board request to works
Each Day to The Fullest' by S.H, Payer: as a good friend and a kind heart for day, regional director meeting in May, but superintendent Max
Live each day to the fullest animjils. In her memory donations can be Albert Johnston in­ Aid, Wilma Hanson, a Helzel for an inspection
Get the most from each hour, each day, made to the S.P.C.A, c/o Carol Lundgren, formed them the issue member of the Com­ and report." '
and each age of your life
P.O, Box 4185, Quesnel, B.C., V2J 3J3, had never come before munity Aid board,
the regional board and wanted a letter written
therefore could not to the regional board
have been approved as asking for a clarifica-
indicated in the report. tion.
D u n r o v i n r e s i d e n t s s h o w Johnston said the She got her request
IS
issue had been discuss­ approved and the CRD
ed by the regional
N O W O P i N 9 to 5
will be asked to provide
a p p r e c i a t i o n t o v o l u n t e e r s directors at the Central details of the transit
Committee level, but decision.
S A T U R D A Y S
Residents and staff many volunteer for - the residents jiist visiting. •
For your Convenience
hf •^'ti;tri^r6vm',^jPkr'k;'V/OTkers.Friday night.,.. '[vybether,, i^ be,^taking Tbose, honored. were
5-6dg6'sfibwed their ap- " ^'Reglilar' voliiiiteers tliem for wal vaiks, making Rosemary Ramsay, P l a y reviewed
^reciation to their provide companionship tea, playing cards or Nellie Wood, Annette
May 12, 19M
Yager, Betsy Mcintosh,
Jean Bartholow, Garry
From page 2 miss the talents of these
Miller, Ruth Scoullar, his portrayal of Billy students, most who
Frances Kovach, Robin Bibbit, the young man will be graduating this
Odiorne, Marion with a speech impedi­ year. Hopefully, they
Phillips, Penelope Harment and severe pro­ will pursue a career in
ris, John De Kroon, blems relating to his the theatre — it is
Sarah Stensrud, mother. In the end, Bil­ where they belong.
Margaret Naundorf ly committed suicide, Hernandez will have
and Judy Black. much to the dismay of to work hard next year
Recognition was also the audience. to keep up the high
given to members of Doctor Spivey was a standards she has set.
the Old Time Fiddlers, classic character. In the
Although One Flew
For your Mother
for all the time.— and role Erik Nelson was
Over the Cuckoo's Nesi
music — they have constantly jumping
is a tough act to follow,
or Wife
donated over the years. from one fence to
Hernandez has the
Anna Johansen and another — trying to
talent, and the deter­
this year
Joe Lemay, two
mination to do it again.
keep peace with Nurse
residents of Dunrovin,
Ratched, but being
presented certificates
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drawn to MacMurphy
and Canada Cheers
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4-OUESNEL CARIBOO OBSERVER, THURSDAY. MAY 3, 1984
Last week in Williams Lake
lumbermen from the Cariboo were
exposed to the wizardry of computers
in the work place by a man
who regards them as the mosf important
development since the wheel
and who sells them with a verve that
would make a used car salesman
green with envy.
Graham Wray is an expert, but
there is a chilling kind of finality involved
when he speaks of the
technological advancements which
are more rapidly than we iiiight have
dreamed a decade ago, making the
human being obsolete in the work
place.
Wray talks about computers as
the ultimate decision-makers. He
talks about robotics in terms of production
and economics. Not one
moment is spent cosnidering the
social impact of the dramatic
technological changes he is expounding.
That social impact is horrendous
if we sit complacently in meeting
rooms and discuss production,
sales, marketing, cost efficiency and
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economics without a single thought
being given to what happens to the
workers in our society who bkve to
deal with the reality of cbtniputer
driven robots in industry.
The reality is all around us. There
are still those jobs in the forest industry
which are best done by men
and women, but in the sawmilling
end, the mechanical production
end, the impact of the computer is
making itself felt with furious haste. While that serious assault on the
work'force was still in its infancy,
Last month the work force at a social scientists were talking about
mill in 100 Mile House discovered shorter work weeks, lonjger
the truth about technology. Almost holidays, early retirement and the
200 of them may very well have end­ social problems of people with too
ed their working careers in the forest much time,on their hands.
industry when a mill there was
adapted to the computer age. They talked of spreading the
A decade ago we were hearing the
available workaround among more
first fearful rumblings from
people and they began to seriously
organized labor about the
consider recreation as a necessity in
mechanisation of the major in­
a society where workers were no
dustries. Workers were faced with a
longer hitting the ball 40 hours per
reality that within a few years many
week at a job.
of them would be replaced by Friday in Williams Lake, as Wray
machines. That within a decade expounded on the marvels of
there would be 10 per cent fewer science, I was struck by the absence
jobs.
of any recognition on his part of the
i s s u e
After a weekend of deliberations, Premier Bill Bennett and
his Cabinet returned to the legislative chambers Tuesday with
what appeared to be a new determination.
A bitter struggle with the B.C. and Yukon Building Trades
Council last month, which forced the government to consider
cancelling Expo 86, may have created rifts in the Socred
caucus.
There were members who wanted to dump .the entire project
and leave organized labor to struggle in the vacuum of
lost jobs created by their confrontational, hard-line politics.
Organized workers are angry. They see the thin edge of the
wedge being pushed into work sites where non-union contractors
are under-bidding union firms.
Having paid dues diligently, acquired trade qualifications
through a poorly-paid system of apprenticeship, largely sponsored
by the unions, they are frustrated as the available jobs
go to non-union workers.
At the same time, in a free society, the voice of the independent
businessman is being heard in the land and he wants to
make the best deal he can in an economy grindingly slow on
its way to some nevy and unknown kind of recovery.
Boom and bust cycles Canadian businessmen are familiar
with and can handle. This new reality, where recovery is a
delicate balance between profit and just staying in a position
to move ahead if the economy picks up speed, is hard to comprehend
and still harder to trust.
Nobody knows what is going to happen. There are no more
fearless forecasters, bouyant with optimism, predicting unending
good times. Good businessmen examine their options
and one of them is, that in a free society, they do not have to
deal only with union firms.
It is difficult to make a case, as the unions insist they can,
that non-union workers don't do the job properly. There are
too many checks and balances in the inspections required in
construction to permit shoddy workmanship. Work must
meet rigid requirements and it does.
What Bennett and his Cabinet had to deal with is the growing
resentment abroad in the land against unionism which
denies willing workers their rightful opportunity to compete
for a job.
There has always been a powerful anti-union sentiment in
the private sector of Canadian commerce. Many business
operators saw themselves as victimized by organized workers
demanding more than they could pay and still remain afloat.
Bennett needs absolute contfol if he is to walk the narrow
line in this issue. Cabinet solidarity, as opposed to union
solidarity was the conference topic.
A person I know recently tiurtled
in after an afternoon of skiing, pulled
his toque off and regarded
himself dolefully in the hall mirror.
'Hat Hair,' he mourned, 'I've got
Hat Hair.'
Indeed, his head did have a
somewhat bevelled appearance
which is what happens when you
jam a woolen hat over a full thatch,
it's like stuffing hour head into a
pencil sharpener.
Hat Hair is one of those minor
maladies.that only dares whisper its
name. Millions suffer from it. And
if Hat Hair is hell, what about
Cheap Shampoo Hair? Or We're-
Our-Of-Creme-Rinse Hair?
Who has not had, at one time or
another, Bedspring Fingernail? Imagine
not biting your fingernails for
two weeks and getting them all the
same length and filing them into
graceful ovals and maybe even pain-
tremendous psychologicial effect
moving robpts into sawmill jobs
would have on the Cariboo work
force. ' ••' ': ^ ^,•'^••4
That prospect, if itever bccurredv
to him, was never rrieritibned:
We traditionally expect an industry,
once it establishes itself in
our midst, to continue to provide
work for our people, payrolls for
our commercial enterprises and a
sound local economy.
The spectre of computerized
automation,. already making deep
inroads into the forest industry at
the mill end, advancing to the point
where a 23-fingered robot, costing
$6,000 per year to own and operate,
which takes no time off for coffee,
bathroom breaks, illness, family
problems, marriages or ; funerals,
makes the back hair on my neck
crawl a little.
: A collection of gears and gadgets,
computer chips and electricity, emotionless,
nearly impossible to
fatigue, set in place, operadng 24
hours per day, year-in, year-out, errorless,
unflappable and even pro­
grammed to make instant decisions.
That was the prospect offered
Cariboo lumbermen by Wray as the
solution to all their labor problems,
production problems and as the
glory road to immense profits.
But what of the cost in human
terms? What of the fear even the
prospect of a robot working in the
mijl operation would generate?
What of the tremendous social costs
to the human work force with these
marvellous miechanical workers?
If in fact robotics is the science of
the future, perhaps the social scientists
are going to have to begin now
to pressure governments at all levels
to begin a process of ensuring that
in human terms, the operations
which make people obsolete in the
work place are going to have to support
those people anyway — at least
for their lifetime.
While governments pour hundreds
of millions of dollars into job
creation programs, trying to stem, if
not reverse the tide of unemployment
sweeping this nation in
numbers unheard of since the last
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great depression of the 1930s, industrialists
are being provided with
the technology which ensures the
lines of jobless will never end,
.Somewhere, somebody is going to
have to find a formula which will
ensure that industries adapting this
new technology are accountable to
the human beings they deprive of a
living wage.
A formula which will guarantee
that corporate greed won't be permitted
to destroy the human race, A
formula that will make the use of
new technology, which replaces jobs
in the work place with robots, accountable
for the people put out of
work in the process.
Governments must face this problem
now, or their best efforts will
be to no avail.
New generation computers
presage an industrial revolution far
more devestating than the one which
ravaged Europe in the 17th century
and we had better build our
defences now or history will repeat
itself.
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o r m
By Bruce Pepper
Last year the federal government
started working to reform the pension
plans of the nation. To find out
how the rest of the country felt
about pensions, a Parliamentary
Task Force criss-crossed Canada
hearing briefs and subrriissions from
a wide range of organizations.
The response was overwhelming
from a broad cross-section of the
community - when The Vancouver
Board of Trade made its submission,
for example, it was followed
by a labour group and then by some
senior citizens.
With uncharacteristic dispatch
-for the Task Force. hearings were
only held late in the Fall - the
government introduced some major
pension changes in the February 15
budget. Now that these: revisions
have been thoroughly examined and
discussed. The Board has found that
a number of its important recommendations
have not been incor-
Most mothers have been tern- Porated into the new proposals,
porarily concussed by Bunkbed believe that one consequence
Head, which is in the same generic of the pension reforms contained in
family as Kitchen Cupboard Brow, ^he federal budget would be an il-
How often did I lean over my darl- logical and unfair distribution of the
ings when they were tiny, murmur-