Page 4 Cassiar Courier November 1989 work (DTN) is a computerized cat- Users locate a DTN terminal alogue which provides quick within their orgainization Ox) access. to training and education- community and type in the subjec al the United States. computer then searches out what's "When DTN was launched in available. It's as Simple as October of -1988 we had 35 access that. points, and our database listed DTN is presently seeking ne approximately 170,000 ilems," access points. Anyone who has says Colieen Lepik, Coordinator computer and moden including of Customer Service. public organizations, private "Now we have more than 1200 businesses and home users ~ Can access points operating in Brit~ access the database by obtaining ish Columbia, with access points a username and pussword from DTN.} il private businesses, government Since January lst, over 3000} offices, -pubbic” libraries, “pri information searches have been vate homes, high schuols and post secondary instilutions. ations have even viewed the Lem from as tar away as Ontario and New Zealand." lists over 200,000 courses, work- shops, programs and seminars Lrom both public and private tions! Courses from B.C. universities, information about People are Hearing aqbout the The software has HE RRM MERE RHEE ED > * Cassiar Courier ~*~ . * * * Canada, university programs from across Canada, Canadian distance education and B.C. continuing education. offered in Published monthly in. Cassiar, B.C. 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Fas Pas aes DP 7 ewe ul cme a ie AG el GS \ VEN ed know where the boundaries lie - what can be logged responsibly and what is to be conserved. 5. Every tree we cut must be replaced. That means silvi- culture conducted year-round by the companies under strict prov- incial standards. Not a contract basis, but with full-time workers earning a living wage and working in the communities they live, not travelling the province like gYP~ sies. Recently I outlined eight ‘ points of action towards sustain- 6. We must deal with able forests in B. C. We must do Chemicals in the forest work- more to protect our environment place. My message to the indus- and our forests. try is this:. get rid of wood 1. We must have a Royal Preservatives. Stop putting Commission to take stock of our Workers' health and our environ- forests, and set the future ‘dixr- ment in jeopardy. Get on with ection for sustaining our forests the job of finding environmen- and jobs. Everyone from New Dem- tally-safe ways of treating lum- ocrats to the IWA tu Truck Log- ber. and growing trees.» If the gers wants a Royal Commission - Marketplace won't —§ force the industry to do it; a New Democra- tic government wilde ‘7... The government must quit squeezing the WCB .on health and everyone except this government who don't want their incompetence exposed. ide We need a Ministry of Forests with clout. Under Dave ‘Safety in the workplace. = The Parker, the Ministry has been Socreds returned over $100 mil- gutted to such an extent that ion in’ WCB funds to employers B.C. no longer has the resources “Over the past two years. I want that money used to enforce health to Waleed the logging industry. and safety laws in the workplace, And we're paying. the price: in high wood waste and overcutting, and to fairly compensate injured causing lost jobs and environ- Workers. . Inental damage; and in huge reve- 8. Let's get serious about forestry Research and Develop- ment. We've got a $13 billion industry, yet in 1988 only $34 million went to R & D in B.C. ie losses that could be used to ebuild our forests - losses as aan as $50 million over the past five years. au Workers who blow Eee aey, $2 million came from the whistle on bad forestry practices industry itself. ire must have full protection of the It's time for the industry to invest in B.C. There's a direct link between R& OD and law. British Columbians want forest workers to be able to ex-: pose waste and pollution. That's S@lling new B.C. wood products on why I. introduced a , bill in the WOrld markets. Sweden for exam- recent legislative session to Pile, doubled their value-added give real protection to whistle- manufacturing by -spending. three blowers. times what we do on R & D. We 4. We need immediate action @m-:do the same. And that means workers. eight puints of believe we can move old new jobs for B.c With these action, I to end conflict over our growth forests. Failure to bring people together to agree on fut- ure use of our forests leaves towards sustainable forests in workers and communities with an 8-C-, and do more to aaa Our uncertain future. People must environment. ae 3RD ANNUAL &% FIREMEN’S BALE Saturday, December 9 Cocktails: 7:00 p.m. Dinner: 8:00 p.m Band: CANUCKS LIMITED Tickets: $25.00, Available eo ‘All Firemen , For Table Reservations, Phone Lee Coran Sponsored by the Cassiar Volunteer Fire Department Cassiar Courier November 1989 Page 5 Province of British Columbia October. 2, 1989 Dear Editor; The Mulroney government is poised to deal a massive blow to the B.C. economy with its nine- per-cent goods and services tax, and the time has come for provin- Cial leadership against the GST. The premier must. go to the First: Ministers’ Conference in Ottawa next month. and deliver a Clear message to Brian Mulroney: B.C. says no to the GST. It's .no surprise British Columbians. are wondering where the Socreds stand on this regres- sive tax. The GST will slash $400 million a year trom B.C.'s economy and eliminate 9,000 jobs, but you wouldn't know it from listening to the Socreds. This spring, when the Mul- roney. government was designing the GST, New Democrats pressed thes socreds: to tell British. Col— umbians where they stood on the tax. They refused. Finance Minister Mel Couvel - ier continued to evade the issue until September, when he finally made the Socred position clear with his proposal for a 10-per- cent federal-provincial tax grab. They want to buy into this Giant tax grab, which will raise the cost of almost everything we buy. Buneralss “witl »be: staxed;, children's clothing will be tax- ed, haircuts and taxi fares will be taxed - even restaurant food will be taxed. New Democrats immediately asked for a recali of the legis~ lature to debate this made-in- B.C. tax grab and seek alterna- tives to the GST. Zaim refused. And when the premicr real- ized that a tax revolt was brew- ing in B.C., the Socred waffling began. In mid-September, Vander Zalm contradicted his govern- Premier Vander 'ment's Long-standing support for the GST, and admitted the new tax will be devastating for B. C. While the Socred government scrambles to catch up with public.’ opinion, New Democrats are offer- ing concrete alternatives to the federal tax. Instead of a GST, New Demo- crats advocate reform of the existing manufacturing tax, shifting it to the retail ‘level to avoid taxing exports. Instead of scheming to get a cut of the Mulroney tax-grab, New Democrats are calling tor a mini- ium Corporate income tax, a’ re- view of federal spending, and a reduction: of) interest rates to generate economic growth. It's time the Socreds joined New Democrats in opposing the GST. British Columbians expect the premier to stop waffling and stand firm ayainst the Mulroney government in Ottawa next month. Yours truly Glen Clark (MLA, Vancouver East) New Democratic Finance Critic eee