VIC SWAN, Publisher
SUSAN McLEAN, Editor
Proprietor: island Publishers Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1912

9781 - 2nd ST., Sidney, B.C. V8L 3C5_
SECOND CLASS MAIL REGISTRATION NO. 0128

Wednesday, June 18, 1986 Page A4 — : ¢ !

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CENTRAL SAANICH MAY DECIDE NOTTO SPRAY sid «=
FOR MOSQUITOS, FOR FEAR OF INCREASING ss |_—
‘THE COST OF LIABILITY INSURANCE...

Lives at stake.

Some people will never understand that driving a
motor vehicle on public roads is a privilege, not a right.

Sidney residents, in particular, need a strong
reminder about the rules of the road.

‘In a 10-minute interval last week, walking the length
of Beacon Avenue, 47 driving infractions were easily
spotted. Speeding, illegal U-turns, changing lanes
without signalling, running stoplights, nosing into traf-
fic from sidestreets — the list goes on and on. .

‘It’s getting so bad that pedestrians should say a few
Hail Mary’s or bow to Mecca several times before at-
tempting to navigate a crosswalk. .

To combat the problem, Sidney RCMP might look at
bringing back the Bobby-on-the-beat. |

Re-testing of all drivers should be made mandatory
every five years if even to bring the art of defensive driv-

ing back into the forefront of drivers’ minds.

_ And, physical exams, including eyesight and reflex
tests, should be required annually for all elderly drivers.

| Discrimination has its place - — when lives are at stake on
_. public roads.

| "WELL. 1 WONDER _
WHAT 7HAT WILL Do TO THE
INSURANCE PREMIU Mo...

_He couldn't win

Bill Bennett quit because he knew he would lose the.
next election. Period.

-You have to understand this is a man with a com-
petitive streak as wide as northeast coal is costly. He
can’t stand to have his path blocked and he can’t Stand

to lose.

Reading street corner. interviews around the province

‘you see the number of people who feel cheated because
they didn’t get the chance to vote him out. And the polls.
still showed Socred unpopularity even after Bennett had ‘|
‘played his Expo trump card. By retiring, accompanied.
-. with accolades even from his enemies, Bennett had the. - /
oe chance to. beat those who would have voted against him
. Looked at this way, the retirement fits in as the last —
piece of the: 10-year. Bennett: puzzle. The same unswerv-.
“ing determination: that. earned him a starting spot. on his’
~ high school - basketball. team despite his shortness and _
lack of grace was the: ‘key: force: sthroushout his Political Be
“Career. : ae
. Unfortunately. this quality came ‘together with the ex- ee
perience. ‘of growing in wealthy: father W.A. C.’s house “Editor:

va + Svghorteomings® by pointing the

of the

tivity
assess “the union's. “propasals

“On: productivity inerease “and:
the savings associated with it, ||”
that:
Sassessinent fails to produce a”
settlement; the silent: invisible:

: in the depression, where panhandlers ‘were sternly” turn-.
ed: ‘away, and young Bill was ordered to start paying: his-
~ way as soon as he could.” ee

~ Bennett spent 10 years. imposing the values he learned

in that house on the people of B.C., sometimes with

. destructive results. His confrontational-approach to:
~ anything that impeded his plans caused polarization of.
~ the province, with the key question becoming ‘Which —
side are you on.’

-Teachers and students were on the. wrong, side for”

Bennett, a C student who attempted no post-secondary
education. Drastic cuts in university programming and
student aid are one sorry legacy of his reign. =

“Sidney. has. again dea a vir-
. tual blank’in the developer pro-*"
‘posals: for the waterfront. The: ©
reasons for. this latest: .failure
‘were obvious from. the. start.
Mayor. Norma Sealey . decided -.

she knew better than.those who
_are knowledgable and refused
to listen or be influenced by
them. She then persuaded a

compliant council to reject pro- -

fessional advice or assistance.
Regrettably, the end result was
predictable.

Yet, Sealey now attempts. to.
divert attention: from her. own |

finger: at other. politicians: in :
other levels of government. The ©

fault lies much closer:to. home. '

Until; Sidney is favored. with:

_ effective political leadership it'is

unlikely. that the potential we
have to become the most attrac-

tive. and delightful of small
towns will. be realized. While’:

this must surely be a worthwhile
goal for the residents of Sidney

:. jt must’ be imperative’ to. the
--merchant community which will

increasingly be threatened by
commercial expansions beyond

its. boundaries.

“BCGEU tries 3 invisible strike

“VICTORIA —
unions have won more clec-

“tions for cright-wing govern-
- ments than any other segment

of the electorate, a lesson not
lost this time around ‘on the

BC, Government Employees
: Union,

When. John

union 's

strategy. He “more Jor:

The problem with: ‘that: “ap:
proach is that’ public sector
unions have. ‘great | difficulty

* getting public support. A trade
union: shutting. down. private -
sector activities

bute cwhen
employees shut-down the li-

from running, John Q. Public
iets very upset,

John Shields, ‘the new presi-
dent cof the. BCGEU,

has chosen a different’ ap-
proach ~-- the. “invisible
‘strike. oe

The: RCGE U has been ina

“position to'strike fora while

now, but dase minute deal
averted a wilkout until Jane

“9G: The twa’ sides: agreed on

the: appointment ofa _produc-
“negotiator . who will

If. the. outcome. af.

strike will go dite effect:
The’ aim. of

Trade:

wg Fryer’ headed
=the BCGEU, open confrontae °
“tion was the: main. ingredient
bargaining ~
4 legs ©

~ modelled. the BCGEU ‘along.
e- the lines-of strong: private: sete a
“tor unions,

ts tolerated, -
spovernment =

: U, is "well
awareof that. That's why. he.

“definitely
the: ‘jivisible

rn mesrien

strike is.to: inconvenience the
government. as muchas possi«

ble with as little inconvenience

as possible tothe publics
This approach seems to be a

~ contradietion® in terms. After
‘all, when. government opera-.
“tions are interrupted, inconve-: ;
nience (o the public appears to
To a degree,”

be unavoidable.

that’s ~ true, but. Shields’

strategy has some. pr omise of

success.) °.
The idea of the’ invisible

“strike is’ to pull: v number of
quor stores or stop’ the ferries

employees ‘out: oof — certain
government operations, leav-

ing those left behind with. an.
-impossible workload, . _
left on the

The employees
job continue working at a nor-

mal pace, A backlog of work .

is inevitable, but to avoid un-

due hardship: on the: public,’

the working BOGEU members
can. assign: priority: to certain
Wsks, 0 og oe
“Union members’ working
during the invisible strike will
pay a surcharge into cunion

AO pay eg Straka menibers
almost as. ‘Much as: they would
ear can the job, Meorbers,

would also ike turns striking.
With that. strategy, the. in-

visible strike. could, go on ine -
) depleting:
union: funds, Mf she. Strategy!

Without |

"LEGISLATURE
_ HUBERT BEYER»

_ strike

An. estimated,
servants: lost: their jabs asoa

AT. THE

. sinkéo ininstissieiinaanen aniieiaassaieesininsessinamett

doesn't: work,. the union can, —

of course, always step up its
‘activities, — but. that
creates another problem. |
“Anything the BCGEU does,
could be ‘a deciding: factor. in
the next election: which could

--¢ome as. soon as September, ©

depending ‘on’ who will be
chosen’ as. Premier Bennett's
successor at the Socred leader:
ship convention July.28 to Ju-
‘ly 30. at Whistler,

What. better issue. for ‘the
new party leader to:

shut down ‘by government
_employees! He or she would
Jaugh all the way tw the ballot
boxes.
Shields’ knows “that. He
doesn't. want: ta be held
responsible for a Social Credit
election vietory. That's why he
plays cards very, very ‘careful

ly. His biggest problem will be.

keeping his members from get-
ting ahead of him,

“The wounds” the:
program: bas tiilicted on dhe
BCGED haven't healed. yet,
11,000 public

resull Of restraint.

weantradt since last October, |
and members are getting a lit-.

7 call an
election over than a province

escalating — the.

“And they >
have good reason to be: angry:
gt the government,”

coffers, enabling the BCGEU restraint

The union has been without ~

tle restless.

The government’s bargain-
ing position also doesn’t exact-
ly -make union’ members
delirious with joy. The govern-

ment has offered its employees
a three-year contract with no.

pay: increase in the first. two

years and a two per cent Taise
- inthe third,
that's not all.” The }.
government wants other con- |

But

eessions.. Jt. wants..to

“renegotiate - items. the union :
_won-in previous contracts, ine
cluding changes in. ‘sick- ave

provisions:

Government employees now o
‘get-six days of sick-leave a'year ©.
With full pay. The government \
demands ‘a: clause ‘of no. pay

for the first two days.

The government ‘also wants a
to ‘exclude another 2,000 nosis a (

tions from’ the

BCGEU

bargaining. unit and shrink the
geographic area in’ which a

union. member’ can exercise.
seniority, An increase in work-..
ing hours
government's demands,

Under the circumstances,: it
will be difficult for Shields. to
keep his members © from
confrontation
with ‘the. government: On. the

other hand, the invisible strike
may just be enough to diffuse”

their anger for the time being.

The invisible strike may not |
have. ‘enough impact. on, the |
-povernment WOogive dn ak the.
bargaining table —- withough it.
will have some <= but it- could
well. serve. asa ligthning. rod
forthe fustration and resent. 7.
ment that has built. up among |b
union members -— at least tne

til after the next election, |.

rounds. out. the -

' “A dmnindstrative: arid ‘general
“housekeeping — ‘matters ‘are.

handled’ satifactorily . by. town»
_ staff. But ‘this ‘is: not enough. s

There appears to: be a vacuum

where strong informed direction

and a-clear understanding. of

‘issues is needed at the political
level. .

Stewart MacKay campaigned
for alderman on the need: for

_sound planning for Sidney’s
future. He won by an over- |

whelming majority in two elec-
tions. On council he raised the
level: of. debate and’ common.

“sense on this important issue

but did -not receive support
from Sealey, To fill the vacancy

on. council, Sidney badly needs
-- someone with knowledge, : ex-

continue MacKay’s good work.

MacKay, before. his resigna-
tion -°from. council,
strongly: for intelligent com-
prehensive planning in Sidney.

Unfortunately there has been a

lack of action in dealing with
important planning issues and.
no indication. of~ the — vision
necessary in dealing with our

future growth.

In the coming byelection we
may just have the opportunity
to continue: the good work.

begun by MacKay. The citizens

of Sidney.as a whole, but.in par-
ticular the. ‘merchants — and

business people, should not re- .
_ main complacent.

Sidney

Nash commended

- Editor:

May. 1 sind columnist

Hugh Nash on two: recent ar
ticles in the Review. | :

Firstly, the one.on Simone de

— Beauvior was absolutcly true.

and to the point.
‘The other.on South Afric
was excellent and long overdue.
Having» spent.

attest to the fact that despite all

“the negative things that occur in:
» that country: there area Jot of
“positive aspects that are never:
; mentioned by the media, ©

It is the only’. country. in’:
Africa that has” never. recelved »

‘50. yearse in)
- Africa and also being no fan of
. the S.A, government Ecan also:

foreign. aid or where anybody

‘ever dies of starvation, :
- It annoys me: greatly: when ©
our: government. wants ‘to ine *

stitute sanctions against. the

country becntise of the -retalia-
tion» raids into: neighboring
countries,

TL don't. recall similar. actions. ,
against Israel when they booted
the Palestinians *
homeland,
‘killing hundreds. of
‘people or. when they retaliated -

from
invaded «
innocent

against. terrorism,

~ A double standard sure exists
where Soutly Africa is concern: a

ed.”

- Lionel Kidson _

Youth a credit —

Having grown up-in Sidney,
we were aware. of
creative programming which of-

a lack. of

fered | constructive, goal

_ Oriented activity, for youth, Asa:
 Tesnll, we created and designed
“the Dory Program and concept;
AS an_allernative to: other coms:

~ munity resources. oe
oo The: program was developed
“AR A resource (0. serve the Needs:
“of any-youth who might be ine.
- terested in, or who could benefit
“from the program, The Penin-.:
a Community: Association
Was appr oached, and undertook
}.. Lo sponsor this project. ‘To ne
My ‘commodate limited funding we

¥
amy a

sutlaa

: ‘volunteered ‘our:

time,
and ideas. to. make the program
areality.

~Vt has been our

work,

has: exceeded: everyone's

credit. to their community. -

We wish: the-young people»
who participated inthe building |
program continued suiceess and

achievement.”
Brian Miller,

Brian Wright, . Lo
“Jackie Christensen, 2 =

argued -

Rod Clack _

peneice and with courage to.

“their
Lebanon.”

energy ,

exper lence
“that the skill, enthusiasm, and. +:
ability of the young people with. .
whom we were privileged io.

“expectations. » We. have. ‘found |
"these youth to be: responsible, ar
“extremely. co-operative, and ae