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4 Terrace Review — Wednesday, November 15,1989”

‘Don’t try to save humanity all at once, try saving
one person first. It’s a lot harder. To help one person
without harming another is very difficult. It’s

- unbelievably difficult. That’s where the temptation to
save all humanity comes from. And then, inevitably,
along the way you discover that all humanity’s hap-
piness hinges on the destruction of a few hundred
million people, that’s all. A trifle.”’

— Russian composer Dmitri Shostokovich,
reflecting on the Stalinist era.

_ Jn Berlin last week they were dancing on the
_ .Brandenberg Gate. Yesterday Czechoslovakia an-
nounced the opening of its borders. It’s simple — a
few people in positions of authority made the decision
“that decades of restriction imposed on the movements
of entire populations should end, and they did.

It’s somehow fitting that these events wiping out
some of the final vestiges of the last world war occur-
red around the Remembrance Day weekend. In Ter-

race war veterans and people who have escaped coun-
tries ravaged by tyrants spoke to school children to

| : Peace and Remembrance [RIM cew-crlogiesmsco
J ATTRACT TOPISTS.—CLFFIGAEL., a"

whom the events of 50 and 70 years ago must seem ©
remote and unreal with the distance of history. We are
_told to remember the course of events and remain
. Vigilant to prevent their recurrence, but the manner in
which we perceive time tells us that history always
happens to someone else.
-Momentous events occur all around us. Decisions

The view from
Victoria —

by John Pifer

- are being made daily on how we will use our land and
resources, the means we will use to move around our
town, our region and the planet, the ways in which

our children will be taught. We can choose to become.
~ '’ involved in these decisions or to watch passively as
others make them, but one day this will all be history,
and historians, fairly or otherwise, will hold us ac-
countable for those decisions, - -
‘Those historians will also judge whether, one day of

“sober. reflection a year on these matters proved to be

enough, © |

VICTORIA — To fulfill the
‘promise of taking a closer look
at the ‘‘new kids on the
block”, herewith some observa-
tions and evaluations of the

five new members in the B.C. -
Cabinet.

They are all wise additions,
and in some ways, surprise ad-
ditions, given that they all have
been frank in their criticism of
some of the qualities and style
of Premier Bill Vander Zaim
over the past two or three
years.

4 1. Environment Minister

e Ree John Reynolds: it is highly
unusual to bring a speaker into

the inner circle during a term

of government, but with the

qualities Reynolds possesses, it

clearly had to be done.

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He is a very partisan, very
free-enterprise, right-wing, -

_ veteran politician, and if

Vander Zalm has decided to
stay to fight in a general elec- -
tion, he will need Reynolds on
the front line. The two have
been much closer during the
past three years than most peo-
ple know.

Also, if Vander Zalm decides
to leave next spring in the wake
of more poor polling results,
the move into Cabinet and the

~ powerful planning and

priorities committee (PandP)
puts Reynolds in a position to
be a strong contender in the
leadership race.

As far as the high-profile en-
vironment portfolio is con-
cerned, Reynolds will be a
lightning rod, drawing all the
ire and fire away from the
beleagured premier. And with
his smooth demeanor with the
media, the former MP and

; radio talk-show host will more

‘than hold his own. Whether _

that inanifests as votes is hard
to predict. - ;

2. Labour and Consumer
Services Minister Norm
Jacobsen: Okanagan South
MLA Larry Chalmers said it
best when he described Jacob-
sen as the E.F. Hutton of the
Socred caucus. ‘“When Norm.
talks, everybody listens.”

The Dewdney MLA com-.
mands respect for his honest,
forthright and incisive obser-
vations and concerns about the
state of the province, the gov-
ernment, the party and the
premier’s popularity, all raised
behind closed doors. The suc-
cessful logging company
operator also gets a seat on the
influential Treasury Board,
which handles the province’s
finances,

Jacobsen, 59, is another who
will not hesitate to speak his
mind in Cabinet; and he could
prove to be an ideal choice for
the delicate labour portfolio.

3. Government Management
Services Minister Carol Gran;,
-she has rarely received the
credit she deserves for her ef-
forts as caucus chairman

_ through the two years of scan-

dal, controversy and inner
strife within the party and
caucus. The situation has been
a mess from time to time, true;
but it could be a damnsight
worse,

Her role as minister reson-
sible for women’s programs is
likely to draw considerable fire,
and already has done so. Gran
says abortion is a matter for
the health and attorney-general
ministries and the federal
government, and she wants to
concentrate on programs to

help poor women and women —
raising children on their own —
the two groups often are
synonymous.

The government services
portfolio is not a lightweight
one, either, Gran is responsible
for the purchasing commission,
B.C. Enterprise Corp., B.C.

‘ Buildings Corp., B.C, Systems
"Corp. and the superannuation

commission. Personnel policies
and problems will also be on

her plate, which may give

women some hope that pay
parity with their male counter-
parts may be achieved.

4. Solicitor-General Russ
Fraser: The Vancouver South
MLA is back in Cabinet partly
due to geography. Vander
Zalm had been under great
criticism for freezing the
metropolis out of his Cabinet
since July 1988. Rightly or
wrongly, that was viewed by ©
many as his revenge for being
rejected by the city’s voters in
the 1984 mayoralty race.

Fraser, a professional
engineer. and political veteran, -
becomes the ICBC boss in ad-
dition to the S-G's role of —
policing the police, etc. He has
kissed and made up with
Vander Zalm, who he publicly
criticized in 1988, even to being
the first to call for a leadership
review, It’ll be interesting to
see how Fraser performs back
inside the Cabinet.

5, Parks Minister Ivan Mess-

~ mer: The former Penticton

mayor is an affable, larger-
than-life type of politician, but
he also is an astute one. .
Although his first ministry is
one of the stnallest, he will.
likely petform better than the

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