Wednesday, November 6, 1985 THE REVIEW VICTORIA — It began with an announcement on-Oct:’1 by Health Minister Jim. Nielsen that the provincial government has approved the construction. of a $17.8 million redevelop- ment .of the Langley. Memorial Hospital. On: Oct. 4 the ‘minister’ ‘an- nounced .the approval of the Kelowna General Hospital’s re- quest for the purchase of a $1 million. x-ray scanner,. followed the next day» by yet. another press release publicizing the government’s approval of 'a 25- bed acute-care facility. to the Squamich General Hospital. Something was ‘up. For.about three years, hospitals all over British Columbia had been try- ing in vain to get government approval for major capital pro- jects. The restraint program had put:a tight lid on’ health-care spending. : And now,-in less than a week; the green light. -To-.convince even the skeptics that the lid was _ off, a virtual flood of an- nouncements followed the. in- itial three. : Whistler will get.a diagnostic and treatment centre to replace the existing clinic. The govern- ment is contributing $94,000 to finish the necessary space in the ‘Whistler municipal hall and will’ pay $150,000.a year towards the operating costs. “By Vic Childs eS ; circle ¢ again and once more from and than before the cenotaphs “remember. ‘the more. - Wars: and the Korean : ‘ action” while. the long. sad note of. the. ‘bugles sound: the Last ‘own: “personal during» “the: long, | long. “two. raid: and. ‘made the: “9 BY JEAN KAVANAGH | Band Staff. Writer ee tundra, once destroyed it takes along time to grow again.” “Orin ather words, dent nationalism’? When : you’ re trying. to say. is. be hazardous’ — ‘good, ee Oa et & These: were: only, : of. the: overbale 8 “deliver ed ta, \vould- be ‘sellers of C anacinn, wnltuirg Lo e — aristic authorities, Ansa. Witty, and. c nes, “Marpare : Atwood © i “celete ue University. at Sunday 10. up ¢ “ontimied on fron Page Ad oo (Mk and” contempt. comunity. interests and, reasonable democratic. procedures. They have seen the ¢ tee repeatedly forthe presetvation, of farm land, and.ignored tocal tand ; agricultural. three major. projects were given “$0 the big. wheel has come full Joe Batt’s Arm to Tofino we . old vets” will stand proudly «= remenibrances © ‘minutes. of silence; I will think” of my wife’s kid brother Mickey servants who" still sleeps.in his Spitfire somewhere: off. Malta. and who. will be: forever. 21 years old, and. dear old Hammy who lay beside : “=-me one night during a hairy air- immortal | oe quote ale blood is brown, Pm. ‘>> "bleeding to death,’? and Major ‘pr ‘tec: ting your own? cultural identi- ty,” need. not be labelled. “stiri ae “hose: open for business’ signs could the: malonals av smattering. 8 warnings quick ron “one of the country’s, foremost» sme st awd: i Voters have “been: treated te “and the advice: of “unprecedented levels of double for come: - Aylard. onmivunity, Plan bylaw transformed into ameane inpless shamnble afin. document’ destined only ta suit Mro Aviard and his: fellow developers, et ae OHs supporters. have dechited, SURO reclamation. hy ’ The ‘Hospital in’ New. Westminster will be expanded to the tune of $3.8 million. Royal. Columbian The. -Peace-Arch . District Hospital in White Rock. will get an $11.8. million, 150-bed extended-care facility, replacing the existing 44-bed unit. The Nanaimo Regional million, facility. The. (Cariboo Memorial Hospital | in Williams: Lake received approval for the con- struction of a $4 million project to-build.a S0-bed Stade -care 150-bed extended- -care facility. The 100 Mile District General Hospital. got . provincial... ap- proval for a $2 million project, consisting of 10° extended-care beds. and: 20 intermediate- -Care beds. That’s more than $65 million — worth of health-care projects approved in the space: of two weeks. Long- -time political observers ts for “Pappy” Jewkes’ : CD, who was one of. the finest. men with » whom. Le ‘have ‘ever been privileged to. serve. -Perhaps” some “of us -Make ‘the = World’. ‘Safe. ‘for- Democracy | or: were. they. The » Wars to. End A ‘Wars as my: ‘fol Soe clerks: and. ~ school teachers'can sleep. in or: ‘get smashed or 2x0) fishing. and : little: children. will have. an extra day... of fun, and - play “Ds, MC, time. . uying votes with good AT. THE LEGISLATURE © HUBERT BEYER | Hospital will get a new $12. Page AS are sure that this sudden loosen- ~ing of the purse. strings. is just One more indication of.a spring election. They are probably right. No government can resist the temptation of ‘luring votes by spreading largesse and good- will among the populace prior to an election. The strange thing is: that. it always works, notwithstanding the fact that the recipients of the government's philantropy ~in- ~ variably must pay the bill. ‘The: NDP,.. which. now. pro- ‘better at it. - knew that.an election was immi- “nent every fesses to be disgusted by. the government’s attempts to: ‘‘buy - votes’’ in: the next: election. did -. the same thing before it asked: fora second mandate in 1975. True, it: didn’t work: too..well’ that time, but for totally | dif- ferent reasons. W.A.C. Bennett) was even. British Columbians time’ Flying “Phil Gagiardi. took. every. available piece of highway machinery out will - : wonder if ‘the deaths. of the. best - ~ of two- generations did in fact. 100,000. young. Canadians who. ® “gave their lives in. two World. ‘police. ‘without knowing or: caring woe this holiday was decreed. ay: “remember. the Soloiin “silence that filled our litle’ one © “eh”? e “and: more directly: ‘about: Crunched (wo-to:a-seat, and: spilling onto the aisles, window sills sand = floor’ behind the: “speaker, the audience istened'as most one of. respected the country's: cand prolific: writers, : tobea€ fanadian writer, Manel asked: Heat when skeptical academic “why should we re maid Ch “aide 10 ¢ aa vival, sa? : eM, hat . ont ‘government: Sannich nasty baie com: Emisslons: Sore akan erat “We. know: very. ‘well and. awaiting fellow developers. are “intending to pet ontof the coun © ~ ails dedicated work, The restof: NG, However, can onty loak fore “ward: 1 “Unpleasaniness, «4 copravation and exploitation. Qur costs will include taxes to sviges toe the inevitable | new. svhae Bikes impatiently. : _the'gr owth and quality of Cc ana: > ere ne dian literature. “Canadian ‘culture is: like the i. Looking: back | on. the: days : it: exists," Atwood. sketched the” r who, wine and: ihe ot: Cana: fe ended vere: “studies. the North © age of mothballs and proceeded 1 to room Prairie schoolhouse as we stood by our desks. and thought of the ‘men who. died® in ne : 1914-185 bloodbath; cand. remember the hush ‘that fall over a great department store in Toronto. cat dL acm. “on “November AL when. all traffic. ina great city came toa halt and all transactions | ‘ceased and: the : days: were. truly remembered. oe a ne ny wife and’ at have: seen “Dutch” ‘child. ‘who. to. ‘their. land. -and= why. those: young men still. lie there... “Yet. perhaps “i ‘is well and ‘good that our’ children ‘can laugh and play on “this solemn. day. without know-. « ing or caring why they have a. © “holiday; ‘for they have: not seen their homes destroyed nor their my Culture out if free trade in? “While: ‘Atwood! believes there are ‘other: ways besides, govern: « “ment, grants, to raise money for. the arts: (especially: for smaller: - groups and: pnblishing. houses, ~ ete.) she does conceed that for and those’ more din’ style, ‘“any younger artists, experimental takeover (of the Canadian. in- said her bit-about what it’ s like i dustry) could he disasterous." “We sould’ Withess.an. ane “precedented | situation. of: shrinkage, she offered at the. “suggestion “of -apen: trade with! the Wnited : ‘States, ind furbacks) of C anda © oun she felt Whe: ‘some combitiation af ser ‘amble ed, cepes: cand | de used ear salesman,’ following, her: “just UNE EY tour OU: het, new. book, “Atwood. " Canadian: ‘eve isoeie: These” will include water lines, road’ pperading: additianal . Classrooms, augmented: police and fire protections and a:sube “sidy, equalto 50, per centot the “normal assessment to /assist-alle “residents of the suhdtividted Al. Re lands. ARES ‘We will have® to Richie ine ereased ‘traffic on. oar narrow: roads, air. pollunion. fron the. © additional. vehicles, and. from the. extension. Of sere tte Aigh= desity af) woodsey _ fireplac e-equipped . les COK - public cannot plead ignorance, I won't. mind if the end of the: ~ beneficial effect on voting day, - ing. ~ experience these things. Perhaps we old vets should: be the only’. “ones” to. remember our dead fs who rattle, ‘their. ‘rockets _ hydrogen. - missile ~ taught what. these. graves. mean : Canadian : or freer prow re) Vices : cluster pene blacktop his way through the. province. . : ‘Buying’? votes with goodies prior to an election:may not-be an admirable practice, but since all. governments do it, and: the can live with it. In fairness. it should. be men- tioned that the recent rash ‘of hospital. projects approved” by the government is not entirely motivated by electioneering. It had been necessary to curb public spending ~ during the recession. The debt load would have. been crushing had the government borrowed the funds for all these projects at a time. when interest rates were skyrocketting. : - The same-high interest: rates which made it impossible: for ~ people to: buy: homes. made. it mandatory for prudent govern-: ments to curb public spending. . And just as people are now. { beginning. to buy homes again. | because. - mortgage rates are down, governments can. start spending money’ on. hospitals and other public. works projects again. Pm: sure the poverninent restraint: program . has a butit) would..be wrong to. at- tribute. renewed . government “spending solely to.electioneer-' | Brentwood . - families burned: in: -gas- -ovens - “nor, heard- the thunder of. /gun-.. fire or thes scream of bombs and - please.God may. they never. ever. friends ¢ as the years pass.and our. “ranks | “grow. thinner’ along. with © this: ‘Day. of Remembrance: tha “the: veil of insanity. will be lifted from: the. eyes of the: madmen - cand = and - _ Star. ~ very. world ‘with: ‘extinction; et us ‘dream: that-in' a’ few short: “generations the Day of Remem _brance will” celebrate. “the: “memories. “of Peace on E Zarth, ‘Good. Will to -Men, instead of ae “the: memories of War.” 3 Vic. 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