“versions of the sudden explosion zoomed a.
‘into our homes, ©. ss an

‘Many of.us took it for granted they had _
: ‘it all. figured out With no more than as.
~blinksof an eye, and-a nonchalant “the
~shutule is up agains’ many: believed | we moe
et had: in-fact conquered space, - ne
_ ' Live’ telecasts. of astronauts. . floating "
7 around;

_ radiate an- air of authority.

. international

_of the conflict-of-interest story
that had already. resulted in the

Wednesday, February 5, 1986

no easy task

How’s your sense of direction? Good? I
wish I could say the same. Personally, I
‘could lose my way walking the white line
in the cop shop. I could take a wrong turn
_on a roller coaster ride or in the Tunnel of
Love. I have nothing but admiration for
those laboratory rats that learn to thread
a complicated maze in quest of a piece of
cheese. If I were a rat, I’d starve to death.

I’ve always been like that. I remember,
back in my army trairiing days during the
war, standing up with my head poked out
of the top of the lead truck of the whole
convoy, map anxiously clutched in my
sweating hands, and feebly trying to
I also
remember ultimately admitting to myself

‘ that I hadn’t the slightest idea where I was

‘taking them, and had better do something
about it before we ran out of gas. I bent
down,.. surreptitiously slipped a ten-
shilling note (two days’ pay!) into the

driver’s pocket, and whispered — pleaded
— ‘You know the way back to barracks,
don’t you?’ At least it got me through -
map-reading, but if the course had been -
longer, I’d have been bankrupt.

“It’s not that I can’t find my way

anywhere, given time. It’s just that I can’t
visualize the route in advance. Point meat

the first intersection, and by the time I’m

nearly there, I’ll usually recognize it -

enough to know which way to go. Even
when I don’t, the odds are only three to

' One against me, and basically all I have to

lose is a little gas and the odd five minutes

here and there.

Driving by myself is no problem. r. m

‘very patient and forgiving with myself,

and I never mind going round a few extra
blocks to get to wherever it is I'm going.
So what’s my problem? It just so happens
that my wife is one of those people who |
have engraved inside their skulls a detail-

ed scale map of everywhere they’ve. ever

tion...

THE REVIEW

been, can recall the minutest portion of it
accurately at a moment’s notice, and, in-
evitably, feel that anybody who can’t do

_ the same must have a few pieces missing.

Of course, she never admits to feeling that

‘Way about me, but sometimes it shows.

The other day we had just got into the car
and were about to leave the house. In
front of us was the lawn: to the right was
the wall of the house: on the left was the
driveway. I switched on the igni-.
-**Turn left; dear,’’ she said.

Actually, that was one of her better
moments, since, despite her intricate
understanding of local geography, she
nearly always confuses left and right...
We're a wonderful pair when I-lose my

- way, and she gives me instructions.

Weil, now to take this off to the
Review. My wife has promised to guide
me to the car-port. After that it should be
easy.

En ergy minis ster should resign

VICTORIA + Why didn’t we
tell the whole story instead of
engaging in ‘‘gutter-snipe’’ an
irate Don Phillips bellowed at
the reporters the other day.
What got the grandiloquent
trade. minister’s
goat: was the media’s handling

resignation of one cabinet

Rogers,

who ‘has

invested

being looked into. by the at-

a blind trust under the supervi-
sion of the auditor general.
Under the first. option, the

MLAs’ assets would be listed on

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‘minister and was threatening to :

do in a second one..

You can’t blame Phillips: for

being upset over the controver-
sy. It’s just that he directed his
anger at the wrong target. He
should. have used his’ con-
siderable oratorial talent on his
two colleagues who landed. the

government in this pickle. :

Press gallery reporters hadn’ tee,
eo bought into the Western: Pulp -
a Partnership, a‘tax shelter set ‘up o
ae by three: forest. companies” in)

trying | tO.

We’ Te: “still”

oan “But “Forest. Minister ‘Tom:
Waterland had “committed. the»
unfortunate mistake of buying a _
~ $20,000: interest’ in. that ‘com-.
-pany, placing him in. a.clear

conflict:-of interest. The. fact

that he: actually declared his.

$100,000 in the same tax ‘Shelter,
did not step down. At a press
conference. last week, - Premier

Bennett’ said Rogers’. involve-

-ment in the scheme:was not a-
conflict. of interest’ becausé his
“ministry had no direct influence

over decisions that. might

has “influence.
grants:

Lover

an energy grant.. ‘Western Pulp.
Partnership owns 40 per cent of

mills. switching to ‘electric power
are eligible for grants from B.C.

Hydro, there’ s still a conflict. of:

interest. ~

- bad. intentions either,
benefit Western Pulp Partner- 7
ship. |

That’ s only partly. true. “As.
director of B.C. Hydro, Rogers _
“energy:
“When the” ‘Port: .Alice™.
‘pulp mill ‘switched over: to-elec-:
: tricity, for. ‘instance, it received

torney general’s ministry.
It’s been .: suggested

Rogers is a. wealthy: man who

would. never
anything that’s not. completely
above board. I agree, but-that’s:
not the issue. Waterland had no
but ne
resigned.

-It’s also. been suggested that
Rogers i is one of the best cabinet

ministers, and that it would bea *
: pity if he had.to. resign. Again, I
- agree. He is one. of. Bennett’s:
: most capable ministers, and his.
“resignation would, ‘indeed, be ay
~-pity. But resign he should.

To the® premier’s credit: he.

the: mill. And. even: though all moved swiftly 1°" plug me holes

in the existing disclostte legisla-
tion. be oy
‘*We reed’ ‘clear “guidelines.

We. ‘need. a_ better Teporting

system,’’ Bennett said.

‘knowingly .do |

would not be listed on De
disclosure statements, but. §
- would be filed with the auditor § CON DITIONING $3 400
general. “| PERM
; Bennett correctly pointed out
that that public disclosure is in- BUDG ET 89 400
compatible with blind trusts. PERM -

because public officials aren’t.
supposed to: be aware of any
.transactions) made ‘on. their
behalf by trust companies. By
having to disclose blind-trust
_ holdings twice a year, they can’t - F
help but become aware of them...
_.The premier also. said the new.
legislation. would. apply. to
senior. public’ servants. Until Aen
now, senior ministry . officials oe
“had to: disclose. their financial. “4
holdings to.their minister only... fae
If and’ -when this proposed
legislation goes ‘into effect, the
problems that. got Waterland: © 2
and. Rogers: and_ consequently a
the» government...into. trouble = |
should no longer arise,. but: it

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cloud of Rogers’. conflict from

financial interest in the tax
deferral scheme and never tried
to hide it, was immaterial. He
did the right thing by resigning -
his cabinet post.

But Energy Minister Stephen

‘Shuttle explosion —
reveals vulnerabili yo

~ No doubt it will be remembered as one

~ of the greatest air tragedies of our time. —

When the space shuttle Challenger. ex-

- ploded before millions of eyes and fell in-

to the sea last week, the United States and
much of the world went into shock.

; “How, could it happen; and. ‘why did it
. “happen? -— flashed: across millions” of

‘minds as instant replays and slow-motion:

thelr: space |, home, fixing: ap-
paratus outside the capsule, in’ state-of-

the-art space suits, and speaking to us in’

_ our own living rooms, have become com-

monplace in the Past two years,

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Rogers also failed to , declare
his. financial.
Western Pulp Partnership on
his disclosure statements. —
says he thought the holding was
in a blind trust. That matter is

New legislation
involvement in

He

With our own team of astronauts, we

Canadians have even sent. a man into.

space. And our technological wonder, the

Canadarm, is a grand source of pride for.

many.
The mystery of space had almost been

-- eluded; the marvelous and wonderful was
almost banal, and few of us followed with»

real zeal the latest space odysseys, -

folk also. fell. victim to an imperfect

~ogystem.
«It just didn’ work: this time, Seven peo- ©
world, 7

‘ple were killed -and- the

wonders how? *

ow .

aos Perhaps a better. question is:-how had -
“we become so complacent? How could we

actually believe the danger. of shooting
people off. to space, Hiding atop. an enore

mous bomb, was safe?
Not only do. people now spenk of ex.

“ploring space themselves and someday

visiting Mars, but_a good number also

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to. be
_: troduced at the next session is to
give MLAs_a choice of either

: fully. disclosing their holdings
and placing them in a regular
trust or placing all their assets in. -

But then last week, one of us ordinary.

in- cabinet.

tion or dismissal will

: “JEAN KAVANAGH

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_ believe the U.S. government can launch
an. anti-ballistic space system: to’ defend
North America,

Especially © in light: of

last. week's

disaster, Star: Wars can no longer: be-

thought of as a safe defense strategy.
A ‘system that would: ricochet. nuclear

“bombs away from North: America: and:

towards other parts of the planet is cer:
“tainly not safe and can hardly be termed, a.
7 defense,
“We are all defenseless in the fénltn. of
flying. bombs, - and the — reality of

Challenger’s malfunctions should : only

reinforce the need to question authorities
. Who believe such a system. is necessary and

“can actually work,»

.. Should we remain as complacent about.
~ Star Wars and the whole nuclear dilem-
ma, as many of us had about the success
of the

; come of that scenario, :

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Only the minister’s resigna-
ac-

complish that. And asking for
either has nothing to do with
gutter-snipe.

space shuttle, it is even more _
frightening to-try and Imagine the outs

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-_ ed that there is no redress from
the predations of Pelis catus,

‘the common house cat, which,
for some unknown reason is still
ennsidered | to he a wild best.

“T feel that the Town of Sidney,

is truly lacking in foresight ‘by

. Hot taxing the owners. of duel
animals, and thereby filling the
for.

municipal. tveasure. . chest.

disbursement: “to” some wor-

—hwhilt cause, ad at the same

“hme, ridding, the: area ‘of those
unwanted animals whose prime

purpose in life secs (oO be be

‘live on someone else’ § property.
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7 “Cdr, RN, (Reta, )

Sewers okay.

i find ha litte. disturbing to
‘read in the’ Review: that my ”
neighbors are opposed to the In-”
--$tallation of sewers, All of the

“neighbors that: Uhave spoken to

are In-favor of sewers being ine.

stalled, Hs te

“After | reading. the ‘article. in
the Review, I phoned: ‘several of >
them and they ale were) nat
aware of this group - that had ae
been formed 19 study. the Pron

posal,

The cost of the installation is:

the part. that concerns me,

Perhaps the municipality could.
finarice. cach. resident and: nave

othe payments. ‘applied, equally to:
the. property taxes, This way. if
makes the burden casien

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haddecided: to: install sewers

“and that they were in the Dianne
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