Page 12 September 1983 Cassiar Courier Ch Air SHORT STAY — 202 | DEPART Whitehorse 9-40am. Watson Lake 11 10a:m. Yellowknife 3.25p.m. Watson Lake _5:25p.m. PCP AIR HAWAII LHIS WINTER FROM WATSON LAKE MORE THAN 7 DAYS MAXIMUM 7 DAYS CPAir FARES ARE CHEAPEST CONTACT CPAIR OR YOUR TRAVEL AGENT CP Air announces Winter Schedule for Watson Lake Effective September 25th 1983 ounday ~ Wednesday ~ Friday Northbound arrival ~ 4.45pm. Southbound departure ~ 5.15p.m. TRANSNORTHAIR WJ Winter Schedule for Watson Lake effective October 3rd 1983 Monday - Wednesday - Friday — ARRIVE OR $574 Watson Lake Yellowknife Watson Lake Whitehorse LE, 10:55a.m 2: 55pm. 4. 55pm. 6:40pm. SR ET NN RT <> CR eS LR RE RN EE A IO OE STE en 2 aC nemeaneslnca nein NS ici aie Local youth attends | was selected with nine other youths from the prov- ince to attend a Youth Conference in St. John’s New- foundland from August 24 — 26,. Out of the ten , seven were from the lower mainland area, one from Victoria, one from Masset and myself. The group arrived in Newfoundland on August 25. We stayed in the College dormitory. The next morning we attended the opening ceremony. Notable guests, such as the Honorable John Roberts, Federal Minister of Em- ployment and Immigration, and Jones McGrath, op- position M.P. spokesman for Labor and Manpower, were present. Then it was work time. Each one of us had to attend a workshop that interested us most. There were eight topics to choose from: employment opportunities for youth, microtechnology, adverse effects of unemploy- ment, job market development, economy, lobbying tech- niques, accessibility to education and role of the labor movement. The idea behind the workshops was for all those who attended the workshops to make three resol- utions and then the participants were to present these resolutions to our own provincial premiers. After each day we went back to our own provincial caucuses and discussed the information that we got from the day’s workshops. The workshops were all lengthy and each one of us could attend only one workshop during the conference. The topic | chose was Adverse Effects of Un- employment. On August 27, the workshop group had come up with a number of resolutions and we had to vote on the three that we felt were important. Our group came up with two resolutions and they were: Resolution No. 1 — Whereas unemployment is a plague, a waste of human resources for the society which tolerates it, and a curse of anguish for those who suffer from it; Whereas unemployment affects young people in a ‘disproportionate way in eee to other groups’ in the society; Whereas the actual government employment practices are unsatisfactory, having not adapted to the need of the youth; The participants of the national forum on Youth Un- employment ask that the federal and provincial gov- ernment’s priority be the establishment of a full em- ployment policy. In that regard, we believe that it is necessary: . That all levels of government co-ordinate their econom- ic policies with the other groups involved, principally the youth. (Carried) 2. That voluntary work pertinent to a job be recognized as work experience. (Carried) 3. That the employers of the private sector be encouraged to hire young people. (Carried) 4. To make concrete the experience of young people in business, by having the probation periods in each bus- iness become cumulative for each individual. (Carried) 5. To reduce the work week with financial compensation to low and middle income workers. (Defeated) 6. To increase vacations to a minimum 4 weeks per year. (Carried) ~ —_, 7. That training and re-training programs be integrated in- - to private business, permitting the workers to have op- portunity to participate. (Carried) 8. That measures be implemented to reduce the use of overtime, (Defeated) 9. That older workers be encouraged to take advantage of early retirement. There is no need to say that retire- ment must be voluntary and must not penalize work- ers. This early retirement may be accomplished > PHONE 778-7689 222 KENNEDY STREET CASSIAR B.C. > > > > > national conference by Floyd Joseph through suspending monetary growth of personal pen- sion at an appropriate time in the worker’s career. (Carried with a footnote to stress voluntary) 10. Encouragement of sabbatical leave for educators every five years without impediment to their professional careers. (Defeated) 11. That the federal government initiate an advertising campaign to create more awareness and a flow of in- formation on programs available to such groups as youth, natives and young women, and be it further resolved that the government institute this hand in - hand with its affirmative action program.(Carried) | Resolution No. 2 — Whereas youth are increasingly forced to migrate for job opportunities, and whereas the National Training Act assumes a mobile work force, and, whereas youth are forced to undergo hard- ship in transferring from one province to another; and whereas the National Training Act does not provide for the needs of each individual community: Be_it resolved that the federal government re-assess the National Training Act in terms of its application _ to youth and mobility. (Carried) Since Resolution No, 1 had 11 points in it, we agreed to vote-on each point separately. After the resolutions were passed, we then went back to our own provincial caucuses and selected three resolutions which we felt were important to our own province. The B.C. group selected the following three and they will be presented to Premier Bennett for consideration: 1. We believe that cutbacks in vocational, technical and university education in a time of high youth unem- ployment is lethal to the future of youth in British Columbia. This is especially alarming at a time when young people should be encouraged to either extend their education or retrain themselves. 2. We propose that the Government of Canada analyse the repercussions that Bill 3 will have on British Col- umbia youth. Specifically the cuts in: — youth incentive programs _—child abuse team — youth workers — child care resources — education rehabilitation program — family and child assessment teams — in home services — family and children’s service co-ordinators 3. We see a strong need for private industry to take a social and moral responsibility (Both large corpor- ations and small businesses). We believe that they should be made accountable in the area of implement- ing internship and apprenticeship programs. We feel that there is a large segment of private industry that is uninformed about the various cost sharing Programs to encourage the training of youth. On August 28, all participants gathered in the confer- ence hall to vote on workshop resolutions. These resol- utions will be sent to all the provincial premiers. Because of plane schedules, the B.C. group had to leave early. However, one B.C. participant was left behind to repre- sent the group on the voting. In closing | would like to thank the Youth Can Do program and the Cassiar Community Club for sponsoring me to this conference, and especially to Mr. Garry Periard for looking after all the details for the trip. THE FINAL TOUGH New Fall and Winter Fashions Arriving Daily Ladies Sizes 3-40 Jeans for Girls ~ Sizes 7 to 14 - ‘ ‘,? < ae, Oe | ‘ - Cassiar Courier September 1983 Page 13 Atlin NUP Assoc. by Dave Brocklebank Election of a new executive was held recently and the results are: President - Dave Brocklebank Vice-President - Glen Robertson of Atlin Secretary/Treasurer - Bill Deline Again --we see a dwindling population in our constitu- ency, with Kitsault closing and Canada Wide Mines (Gran- duc) ready for a closure in January ‘84. | can only assume that a reduction in population will mean a reduction in the sparse government services we receive. To help alleviate this and to remind both levels of government that we are still here, and that we pay their wages, any complaints, suggestions or ideas you have — write your M.P. and M.L.A, as often as necessary. Hikers asked to “PACK IT OUT” Campers, hunters, picnickers and others who use For- est Service recreation sites are now being asked to pack out what they take in to the rustic campsites. “Until now we've hired people in the summer and fall to empty litter barrels at most of these campsites,”’ says Greg Bach, Recreation Co-ordinator for the Prince Rupert Forest Region. “To cut costs we've removed most of the litter bar- rels and laid off most of the people who collected the gar- bage. Garbage collection had become one of the most costly items in our recreation program.” Forest Service staff will continue to make periodic in- spections and upkeep at the sites, says Bach. “But it's important for users of the sites to pack out their own garbage. If they don’t, the sites will become un- pleasant, bears will be attracted, and we could be forced to close the sites.’’ The Prince Rupert Forest Region’s 80 recreation sites are scattered from Mosquito Lake on the Queen Charlotte Islands to: Binta Lake and Knapp Lake in the Lakes Dis- trict, and from Ootsa Lake and Tahtsa Lake north to the Yukon. In addition the Forest Service maintains 13 trails for hiking and cross country skiing in the region. Most users of the trails and recreation sites are local people, says Bach. “We don‘t publicize the whereabouts of the sites very widely. Maps are available only from our regional office and from the eight Forest Service District Offices in the region.” B.C. 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