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Provincial Secretary Ernest
Hall and Labour Minister Bill
. King announced today that the
Provinelal Government Is
initiating an Equal Em-
ployment Opporlunities
- Program to, ensure equal
treatment of all job applicants
within the Govenrment an
Public Service. a
The Program will inciude the
creation of an Office of Equal
Employment, Opportunities in
the Public Service Commission
to ensure that jobs will be

bers of society, ' to
“The Provincial Government
is the largest employer: in
British Columbia," said Hall.
“We have an obligation (o set a”

‘good example in our em-.

ployment practices.” .
He sald the Office of Equal

Employment Opportunities will .

take -necessary action , and

recommend programs to the «
Government .so that native .

Indians, women, handicapped
persons, and other groups who
presently. have
represented. or
represented employment will
be accorded: equal treatment.

Labour Minister King said the
Human Rights Commission will
“provide consulting advice to the
Public Service Commission to

assist-in- developing programs ~

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exist

A

4 bill has been introduced in
the House of Commons which is
‘designed to provide Canada
with a more équilable system of
redistributing the number. of

27a sents in the House of Commons.

* ‘This billis very important to

=>" British Columbia, in that’ it

\ ALL-PARTY

number .of- Members: of
Parliament than we. would

\' - otherwise have = from 23 to 27,

and to 32 alter 1981. It is also of
direct significance lo Skeena,
because the more seats there
are for British Columbia, the
better the chance there is for
increased representation from
* the north, .

DISCUSSIONS
‘The .new method af
redistribution has been the
subject of all-party discussions

since it was first proposed last —

February, and is probably as
close to a. unanimeus recom-
mendation as can be reached on
such a many-sided problem as
this, Under the new system, the
number of seats for all the

". provinces wauld increase in the

next election from 262 lo 277,.
and ‘in a further redistribution
following the census of 1981,
would increase again ta 307.

Seals for the Yukon Territory

and Northwest Territories _

would be calculated separately.

NEW | RULES
FLEXIBLE .
Under the current system of
representation, the number of
seats for each province Is

MORE

determined by. a system:

founded on .a basically fixed
total number of séats, tempered

#) by rules: that do nol permit
‘4 provinces to have fewer
is Members of Parliament then
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and policies to create greater
employment opportunities for
thedisadvantaged groups In our

society.
He said the Province's new
Human Rights Act ad-

minislered by the Department
of Labour prohibits all types of
discrimination, but the Equal
. Employment Opportunities
program is designed to improve
an existing situation.
. “In order to correct the
inequities of the past we must
take. affirmative action to
resore or otherwise create the
-condilion. of equal em-
- ployment,” said King.

“That means encouraging
Government Departments and
Agencies to hire women, native
Indians and others for a varirty
of jobs,. while ensuring, of
course, thal all applicants are
sullably qualified.”

Both Ministers said the goals
‘of equality of employment could
be altained through various
actions, ‘such as specialized
training programs, innovalive
recruitment practices and

groups.

’ The. Public Service Com-

mission and the-Human Rights

Commission will be initiating
~ the program over' the next few

months. :

r MP,

Senators, that prevent the ~

reduclion of seals per pravince
from exceeding 15 percent, and
that prevent a province from
having fewer seats than any
province with a smaller
population. .

Because of these restrictive
regulations, the old system
cannot cope with the changing
population distribution in
Canada afd ends up pitting the
heavily-populated urban cen-
tres against the already-loo-
large rural ridings - with
‘nobody the winner,

_: The new system, with its

’ proposal for an increase in the

‘jumber of seats, no longer
forees us into this ‘‘either-or"
situation, = © bul allows
Parliament, wilhin. certain
limits, to increase represen-
tation from provinces with
heavy population growth, such
as British Columbia, At the
same lime, it prevents the less-
rapidly expanding parts af the

: country from losing existing
seals, _

IL is a compromise proposal,
bul it is,.a. fair compromise
which should result in better
representation from all parts of
Canada. ,

SKEENA TOBE CUT
‘It is apparent: thal, under

whatever system of

redistribution is finally adop-
tad, the Riding of Skeena will be

’ significantly altered. : The only

question is how much of the
Riding will be taken.away lo
help form a new constiluency.
The mosl «recent proposals
would see the eastern part of the
Riding form a part of: a new

constituency based on the cily |
of Prince George. What [s nol-

yet determined is where the
dividing line will fall.
My position on the
redistribution of Skeena is
‘clear. The redistribution
recommendations are made by
an appointed commission on a
non-polilical basis, - This is as it

. should be, and the commission's ©

findings should not be tampered
-with for political reasons. If

Skeena is.to be divided, I want —
to see that division done on a.
. common sense basis, with areas’

grouped together that © have
common interests, facilities and
resources, ‘ ‘ .
Similarly, | want to make it
very clear now that,-despite any
redistribution which may take
place, my job is to represent all

of Skeena unlil the mext elec--

tion, I donot plan to relax after

adivision of the Riding and say,

“Well, that takes care of that.
_ My workload is cut inhalf.”

.’ was elected by. all parts. of this

Riding and I will represent all
parls of this Riding, from Allin
right through to Vanderhoof ...
that's what I am here [or!
Due to Mr. Basford’s con-
Unuing illness, I have finally
concluded that I must past pane
the proposed lous in our area by
the key Minisfers in the Federal
area of North, West ‘Develop-

- ment. Christmas is not a good

time to communicate with the
many groups and individuals
who. would have sa. much to

offer in the way of “input”! to

the Ministers on our concerns

for our area, Perhaps when I

reschedule the journey in the
spring, we will have an op-

portunity for productive ex-

change at a level rarely ac-
. corded our part of ‘British
_ Columbla,  ¢

In the. meanwhile, wa look
forward to welcoming the |

* Minister of State for. Fisheries,
the - Honourable
LeBlanc, early In the new year.

Sincerely
fona Campagnolo, MLP.
* Skeena * feb tas

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Romeo.

Above Financial Committee Chairman Roger Biffle

of the Kitwanga Community Association receives a
cheque for some $37,000 from Skeena M.L.A. Hartley
Dent being 45 percent payment from the Recreation
Facility Fund towards construction of. a recreation

complex in Kitwanga.

‘

Mr. Neil Sterritt, of the ‘Ksan Historical Indian

Village in Hazelton receives a cheque in the amount of

$22,500 ‘from Skeena M.L.A. Hartley Dent being 45.

percent of a grant from the Provincial Recreation

Facility Fund towards building

‘Ksan Village site.

a museum on the .

Terrace Library.
Book Reviews

” Frog Fables and -
Beaver Tales

by  Slanley Burke and ‘Roy
Peterson ©
James Lewis and Samuel
Publishers * .
Because this slim (45 page)
velume closely resembles a
Little Golden fairy tale book,
your children will think you
- have found this in the Children’s
Library. In fact,-this is a
-scathing political satire
" paradying a child's fable.
-— Canada is a swamp.
swamp is inhabited by English
speaking Canadians (Beavers),
French Canadian (Frogs) all
harassed by the Americans
. (Eagles). The authors crltticize
’ Canada's ‘UN peace keeping,
the separatist movement and
Trudeau's lrampoline prowess.
When Trudeau, Lewis, Stanfield
and even Diefenbaker fail to
come up with a solution to (he
swamp's problem, Chief Dan

The.

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George (a turtle) offers sage
wisdam. :

An Up-To-The-minute
political jake. .

Mission on the Fraser °
by John Cherrington
Mitchell Press, Vancouver
Anyone inlerested in the
growing and developing of the

town of Mission City, B.C. will . ¢
find this worth reading.

It is
clearly written, packed with
ancedotes, but almost no
iDustrations.

Your Child and Sex
by Wardell B. Pomeroy, Ph.D

‘Delacorle Press

Dr. Pomeroy is a co-author of
the Kinsey Reports. In this
book he tries to give parents
practical help on what to say
when kids ask the inevitable
question, “Where ‘do babies
come from?” and other
sexually related family.

‘dilemmas.

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