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Wednesday, February 6, 1985

THE REVIEW

hubert

beyer

At the legislature -

Reporters in: Victoria are encountering a lot of vacant stares and

averted eyes these days.

It’s difficult to. get a simple hello out of government employees
People you had lunch with regularly, now avoid you like the plague.

Friends g give you the cold shoulder.

Ever since Maury Gwynne was forced to resign from his job as an
aide to Intergovernmental Relations Minister Garde Gardom, govern-
ment employees are reluctant to be seen in the company of a reporter.

Maury’s Waterloo was triggered ‘by a joking remark he made loa

Vancouver Province reporter.

He. told Suzanne Fornier that Van-

couver Socred MLAs couldn't attend a church-sponsored meeting on
poverty because they were on vacation. Jokingly, he added: ‘‘Maybe
they should hold the mecting in Hawaii.” phat sentence cost him his

“job.

The reporter ‘srould have had better’ sense than to use ‘the quote

which was obviously made in jest. But she did, and Maury is minus his

job.

Sensitive: to possible criticism that the sacking was too harsh a
measure, government flacks have put out the word that. this wasn’t
_ Gwynne’s first transgression. Maybe it wasn’t, and maybe it was. Un-
» til someone credible on the government side can prove to me that
-Gwynne has been guilty of similar mistakes in the past, and was warn-
ed that he’d be fired if it happened again, | remain skeptical.
Gwynne is 63 years old. He had two more years to go until retire-.
ment, The last years are usually the most important in preparation for
retirement. They can mean the difference between.a comfortable life

and relative hardship.

Gwynne’s chances of finding another job at his age are Slim. By
forcing him to resign, which is the same as firing him, the government

may have signed his poverty warrant.

All this isn’t to say.that Gwynne’s remarks were excusable. Not at

all: He should have known better. He is a former reporter, and as a
colleague of mine pointed out, Gwynne should have been aware of the
fact that there are three kinds of reporters. Some accept nothing off

_ the record. They let that fact be known, and any one they interview cn

~ govern himself accordingly.

The-second category, into which I fall, will go off the record and

treat certain: remarks that way.

It-is the third category. that causes problems. T hey are thé reporters”

“who do not warn their ‘‘victims.’’ It was. a reporter from that category
that -recently - embarrassed Premier: Bennett over some. remarks. he -

: made about the Socred candidate inthe Okanagan North byelection.

‘Of course, Bennett can’t be fired or. asked to resign because. some

Gwynne could and was.

1 just wantto make a point.

it
F ailing. that,

= teporier’ quoted. a remark that was. made jokingly or + off the record. a

Some. ‘of. the. people. responsible for Gwynne’ S. demise’ ‘have’ made. tee
remarks to me in. private conversation that might Cost; them their jobs
les were to mention, them:i ina a column.

It would be relatively easy. for Bennett t to. ine the e damage by let: ee
ting. out the. word. that he would: like, to see Gwynne surface in some.

job. ould give Gwynne a chance to Prepare: for a

ee tequisition a

--contribution t0 fixed

: “fp d “advice: Gwynne. 10: ‘sue ‘for wrongful dismissal He
© Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t have to be fired: from your.
; job to sue for wrongful dismissal. Even, if your employer. doesn’ t-fire” :
you, but reduces your responsibilities to those of:a paid paper pusher, foe
you have " grounds to sue. T hat applies even more if you are forced: to ge
oTelen ee :

Farthing jianined

Continued from Pape Al
“declined to give any direction 0
“the manager.
He said onthe one hand there
plans to.

“and ‘no annual

capital peNpen:
ditures.
Commission’ “chairman.

Beattie said she was incensed by

that the
centre has an “excellent and very
professional staff. and bean’
believe thatadmanw ho sat_on this
commission fora year could Say

such things.

: Commission
Mott said he was. annoyed hat

me We NAVE TIO tespond | tovdrivel

“(Barching's comments) ) like Ants, dn
wish her ‘d dust RO away.’

THIS: WEEK KIN THE
GOLDEN BE AR

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‘comments: were directed: at the
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Both Sidney Mayor. |: ovd Bur-
don and North: Saanich Mayor
- Howard Parrou said they agreed
ve fully: with Beattie’s support. of
centre's staff and led a motion. °
7 expressing , confidence and. full

support for. recreation manager

“Monty Holding and his staffecggses
Saanich. Ald,

Rebecca: Vermeer failed 10 vote
said she had’

Only North
for the motion. She aC
not been a commission: member
long. enough (0°
niaigenicnt af the cammnission

oand shad no. knowledge of Fare
‘thing's participation. an it,

AS NOL question: eo
Holding's.

She said she v
; W avn:
and felt Varthing’s

«ould mean: the end of all co’

pee ‘Senior ‘pI gr
lave no intention of. doing SO.

oe costs.

“breakdowns: oor:

restraint program,
“judge: the.

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Secret meetings

Continued from Page Al
again to talk to Central Saanich
city fathers’? about obtaining
their support for this peninsula
asset. ‘Would it pay to have a
delegation visit them?’’

Ald. Dick Herlinveaux said it

". was time for some dialogue with

Central Saanich. He said to his
knowledge no formal or even in-
formal. discussions with Central
Saanich council members had oc-

curred although discussion: had
taken. place during separate
Sidney and North Saanich coun-
cil meetings.

“T think every
member should talk about it.’

North Saanich council
‘agareed to weeks ago to ask the
commision not to increase the. tax
reguisition budget for 1985.
Sidney council has said a 10 per
cent hike would be acceptable.

Developer stalled

Continued from Page Al
included.

“tn closing I would like to
point out that any development

must conform with local: zoning
‘ bylaws,’’

Harm said. ‘‘If. the
developers proposed use for this
property: is at~odds with «local
zoning bylaws Central Saanich

counil. would have to- allow,
rezoning application.”’
Does the minister of

agriculture have anything to do.
with removal of land from the
ALR, Ald. Eric Lewis asked.

Cullis said the land commis-
sion had to report to the depart-
ment:of agriculture: There was a
relationship. :

Whether or not council ap-
proved the whole development,
said Ald. Rod MacDonald, the
municipality was obliged to show
applicants the. proper procedure

~ to take in asking for rezoning.

Would council, by so doing,

be showing them the way? asked

Ald. Lewis.

Perhaps, said Mayor Cullis

and Ald. Wayne: Watkins, but it
was ‘important. that council ex-
plain and delineate its reasons for | >
opposing theexclusion. a

-Irks mayor _

Continued from Page Al __
‘ecr eation . “programs

“cuts and tre ll be. lef

t revenue

would “be, less -withou
money from receation programs.

- Two weeks ago Sidney council o
- $aid it.could live with a 10 per -
~-eent; or $69, 000, ‘increase. At this”

level, all ‘staff could be retained

but there would be very little, if.

“any, cushion in ‘the’ budget. for::.
equipment.
“major

unforseen,

maintenance problems.

An increase of 15-per-cent, or B
$103,000, would: ‘be preferable, ee

Holding said,
~The total tax requisition, split

~ about evenly between Sidney. and

North: Saanich ‘taxpayers, was

held at $$690, 000. from. 1982 0 {

[984 under the” province's

“ditures;

before
revenue, were just. over $1.3

million in 1984-and are budgeted...

at$t.S million for 1985, .
AC their’ next.” commission
tentatively

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“These are big boys. They
knew how to get the land out of
the reserve. We don't need to tell
them anything about. pro-
cedure.’’ said Cullis,

Accordingly, the Sidney com-
pany will be informed that it has
not been following proper pro-

cedure in seeking rezoning.

-Early in the meeting. Cullis
said that he had not yet had a
response.to his.letter to.the B.C.
Land) Commission. asking. the

reasons: for the exclusion of the:

land from the ALR.

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