NEWS photo Mike Wokefieid . . Sunshine Girl VENETIA’S FAVORITE band is Ministry; favorite film Dracula. She Intends to be the future pro- ‘ducer of movies such as Theima and Louise. Cypress ski equipment engraved SKI AND snowboard ‘owners can make their winter sport gear Jess at- tractive to thieves by having it engraved through the West Vancouver Police Ski Watch program. Members of the police depart- ment will be at the Cypress Bowl (fre gorthe Key to your future! j DD. Brent Eilers For personal attention to every detail, give me a call ... ‘ou'll bef SOLD] on my service! & . 925-3696 H. 926-6233 O. f ee enh ski area, 9 am. to 5S p.m., Dee. 18 and Dec. 19. Police wifl engrave driver's licence numbers on equipment as a means of identifying it. The theft prevention service is free of charge. To Dec. 14, 20 sets of skis and snowboards were reported stolen at Cypress. and Public Sector. And one trustee has suggested that the limited public input only serves to further the NDP’s hid- den agenda. The Korbin Commission inqui- ty, headed by independent labor arbitrator/mediator Judith Kor- bin, was announced in March by Premier Mike Harcourt. The premier said the one- member commission had a broad mandate to examine all govern- ment personnel practices in- cluding: ® contracting out and contracting in; - @ the structure of bargaining within the public sector, including school boards and public hospital boards; - @ the rationalization of senior management compensation across the public sector. But West Vancouver school trustee Margot Furk has told the News she is concerned that the BCTF’s (B.C. Teachers’ Federa- tion) labor objectives will be ‘“‘paramount’’ in the Korbin Commission’s final product. “‘There’s been a lot of backroom dealing with respect to organized labor in this province with a number of pieces of legisla- tion in the last several months, and the BCTF is obviousiy ex- tremely influential with this gov- ernment,”’ she said. West Vancouver-Capilano MLA and Liberal education critic Jeremy Dalton said, ‘There is one very important issue that the Education Review Panel refused to look at, and that’s province-. wide bargaining for teachers.”’ FREE e 1-690-367-8110 Le AGES WORLDS 6 STTRAMEU CLOTHING t Park Royal North 922-9612 7 NORTH SHORE TAXI “We're striving te sewe yeu better” 987-7171 Wednesday, December 16, 1992 — North Shore News - District 45 blasts lack of ublic input into Korbin Commission WEST VANCOUVER’S District 45 School Board is angry over the lack of public discussion in the provincial gov- ernment’s Commission of Inquiry into the Public Service By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer “The idea is that Korbin would look at it, and to date Korbin has refused to look at it.’’ Province-wide bargaining would prevent the BCTF from negotiating an agreement in a district that is “‘sympathetic,’’ and then using that contract as a jandmark in other districts’ negotiations. Because many school trustees are former teachers or teachers’ spouses, sympathetic boards are not difficult to find. “‘All they’re (the commission) really doing is acting like a post office,’’ Furk said. “‘You can send them your par- ticular point of view, and then they will do whatever they like with all of that information and produce what sounds like a final recommendation to the ap- propriate ministries.” A Nov. 10 letter from District 45 to the Korbin Commission states that ‘‘as part of the process, we strongly urge you to hold public meetings and allow ail in- WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOL BOARD terested parties an opportunity to voice their opinions. “We feel it is critical to allow all groups an opportunity to have _ input, and to hear other points of view.”* The commission, which is ex- pected to conclude around March or April 1993, has already receiv- ed ‘‘over 4,000 letters and submis- sions,’’ according to Korbin. She said commission recom- mendations in the education sector will be made next spring. Korbin added that anyone in- terested in making a submission to the commission could do so in January or February. When the commission was launched, Harcourt said, ‘‘It will examine issues such as the high costs of contracting out and the absence of checks and balances over some government labor costs.’* But Furk said, ‘‘This govern- ment has already demonstrated, with Langara, that they’re quite prepared to sacrifice students’ educations and the future of this province in order to satisfy the unreasonable demands of the unions. ’? BREE RERaRRERERAREHR RR Ee = Is THE SEASON To Be Joy TurNInG You To Jay? DON'T WORRY, | = | @ a B a @ = - a a | | | | | a | | a YOU'LL BE ALL SET AFTER MADNESS TO MIDNIGHT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT AT - CAPILANO MALL. INCLUDES SEARS AND SEE FRIGAY’S PAPER FOR DETAILS WOOLco