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V7M 2H4 ~ In npraies of elected officials ' Dear Editor: if remuneration is a measure - of value, then clearly we value - the services of our unelected . public servants’ far, more ‘than that of our elected representa- tives, S For example, most of. our school superintendents, munic- ipal managers and deputy min- isters make . in excess « of | $100,000 per year: including benefits, but we pay our MLAs: less than $60,000." : Yes, We Need to reform their. pension system.so that itis in’ line with the private sector, but.” let us be careful that We do not throw the baby out: with the bathwater, : For those who truly ¢ are and - work hard for their” con: stituents, the rewards are Most. : ly intrinsic. ; Perhaps we should’ expect people to selflessly: dedicate themselves to the betterment of. our society, while we go’ about the business of pursuing: our own financial. comfort and” _security, However, if we do, we ’. will perpetuate a system of gov- “emance that is predominantly ‘controlled by. thase ‘who are i! already rich’ and well’ connect ied, ‘ OK... 1M GOING. “TROPHY HUNTING. LETS SEE....RIFLE, TELESCOPIC SIGHT, AMMO, KNIFE, NIGHT SCOPE, SPARE AMMO cLIPs, CAMOUFLAGE GEAR... a HANE | | FOREOTEN ANTHING? ” PETER SPECK ~. Publisher ~ 985-2131 (101) Chris Yehneon Opetations Manages 985-2131 (166) Doug ° :_ - Compteotter - ‘985-21 31 it “Unda Stewart «Sales & Ma teting Ouector 880-0511 (319) | Timothy Renshaw "Managing Editor 985-2131. (116} 2 awe Proactive . justice | PPER HIGHL ANDS residents proved fentene is served, the.prisoner. is released | ‘the prophetic words ‘of 18th Century “ back into society, hopefully rehabilitated to” Irish judge John Philpot Curran: as — the point of not offending again. they spoke out and demanded changes to laws But as anyone. who. reads the’ headlines relating to the. conviction and relexse of . knows, re-offend some do. And because of.’ pedophiles. _ this, community-minded| good ‘people like . - Curran’s words — “Eternal vigilance i isthe © those-in Upper Highlands are compelled to price of liberty” —— rang true asa standing: . stand up and voice their concern, A. concern * room only gathering of concerned neighbors _rooted . deep -in .us all. _ _ Protecting one’s voiced outrage at what they. perceive as lax brood. rules granted released sex offenders. > Some believe that once the time is served, - The: outcome of the community meeting ‘the. shackles of - imprisonment unlocked, - a: “was a petition te Pariiament requesting a 10- person has the same right-to liberty and free. “ryear ‘supervisory,’ period for. released" dom as those who have not committed any “pedophiles ‘and a served notice to the commu-~. crime. : _ nity in which they take ‘up residence once they : « But to serve and protect the greater good 8 from the sickness of pedophiles, eternal vigi- lance like that'demonstrated by our Upper: Highlands neighbors is the only way to ensure: the price of liberty i is never “devalued. Display Manager i... Classilied Manager .: * 980-0511 i wae ze (2) We need. reform. but if we . don't attract the calibre of peo- . ‘ple who can get the job. done. then we may, simply devalue « democracy and continue down ‘f. the: slippery slope |.to govem- : ment by tribunal. | ; | We, should pay: our MLAS” : well, let them arrange their own pensions, give: them the power : -to truly make a difference by allowing free votes in the legis- “ lature, and have .a° workable :. “recall process «for ‘those : who’ don't perform '—,a private sec- tor formula for political restruc- “turing. Sh ee : Margot Furk. “West Vancouver .”° Terry Peters ; Photogiaphy Manager” 265-2181 (160) . Trial Aatis 2 Promotions Manager. 985-2131 (248) ~ Distribution Manager. a ; ~ Our justice system metes out punishment : iby taking away — for a time’— the liberty “and freedoms of a convicted felon. Once that ‘ female pay differentials for doing © ’. identical work would very quickly: " cease to be tolerated.» < “Alas, until men can produce’ babies, that’s unlikely to happen. In the meantime, StatsCan does: offer two tiny crumbs’ of comfort a for the 72-cent ladies Women's :.: wages were rising between 1989 and 1993, while.men's were drop- ‘ping. And 10.8% of male workers were jobless in 1994 compared to : only 9.9% of female. suprker: ar ~-: All of which goes to for the first time) that number- : crunchers are often much better-at producing shocker headlines than.’ {: enough time left over to cope with family and household responsibili- . ties, : Hence, the’ large number of gach women in lower-wage and part:' time work not normally open to- men. Add to them two other cate- gories of women workers also fre-’: quently lacking advanced work : experience...” "First, widows suddenly faced with augmenting meagre pensions ~ while they still have time; second, “ middle- ~aged moms — their fami- lies grown up and gone — who- take a job to combat boredom. This, largest group of female | THOSE MALE chauvinist ~ pigs have stuck it to the poor’ little woman again! Or.so — - says the latest horror story ‘' oh Sys _ from Statistics Canada... : oos-s221 | fe°. For every dollar men eared in’, 1993, female workers earned only 72 cents. That was the headlined ©: . Message from a StatsCan study of - women in the workforce released last week. Better than their 63 cents 10 years earlier but still a scandai, “" the report inferred. One minute please, ladies, _ before you mix the tar and feathers, I'm the last to pretend discrimi- Horth Shore Hews, founded i in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified - under Schedule 111, Paragraph 111 of the. Excise ‘Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, | "+. Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press. Ltd. and distributed to every door on the North Shure. Canada Post Canadian Publications Mait Sales: Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing nie. available on toques. : and yon ‘men ote ember: © 1995 North Shore “7 Free Press Lid, +) All rights reserved 7 “the overall sap between male'and wee ee ES Men ea nation against women has yet been : banished fom the executive suite . - and some professions. But StatsCan isn’t talking merely about CEOs of . major corporations, professional . engineers or firefighters. It's talking tabout ALL of Canada’s 6.6 million paid women workers from mini- ; ‘mum- wage store clerks to Maureen ‘Kempston Darkes, president of * * General Motors Canada, ..' ne : And if you check other numbers . inthe study, common sense points .to. some pretty obvious reasons for” Sy hate pe female pay that have nothing what-. ever,to do with discrimination. In ‘particular, the big increase in -employed mothers with children “uader 16 — 63% of all mothers in - 1993, up from 50% in 1981. Agreed, these include “career” women earning a sufficient amount to afford quality care for their fami- “ly. But for the majority — married, common law or single parents — who lack advanced work skills the primary purpose of a job is simply to make ends meet, while having ; workers —~ which excludes lifetime career, women -— inevitably reduces the AVERAGE femuate pa relative to the male average ins many. different, ongoing jobs, So comparing their 72 cents to the male dollar is like comparing apples to oranges." wl, Genuine pay equity obviously.’ requires. “same work” situations. If, - for example, all women devoted themselves to full-time careers for ‘ the whole of their working lives, at , Jobs open equally to both sexes o 7 Sought eavally by both, male- at explaining the realities of human ©: behavior that defy statistics. MANY HAPPY RETURNS ‘of. Saturday, Aug.19, to Dundarave'’s Jennifer Adams... And more of the} same that day to former West Van’: alderman Gordon Rowntree.’ eee WRIGHT OR WRONG: /. “ When you're flat on your back. » there’ sno way. to look but Up