MAKING US PEASANTS part of the government process’ and able to fire dud MPs and MLAs ‘through “‘initiative and recail’’ is clearly an idea whose moment has arrived ~ but with it, alas, the practical problems. - |. ; : : Can they be resolved? As we srumemzsaecemommemetemcazani saw on Friday, the big snag with the “‘initiative’’ part is the threat N A ! a it could pose to the basic duty of oe hi 4 ae a democratically elected govern- ‘ ae rete, 7 “Airkn ne Merger ment — which is to serve to the best of its ability ALL the people, not just those who vote fer it.’ Almost any of today’s in- numerable special-interest groups worthy of the placards its yelling demonstrators wave can eventually gather enough signatures for’ an initiative demanding government . action on its own particular hob- by-horse. Consider, for example, an initiative sponsored. by Adult . Children Of, Parents Who Made Them Mow The Lawn. 4 : The resultant referendum. on a. bill to force all surviving parents HITHER AND YON of such abused Adult Children to esi pay the latter compensation with tion. Then;. organizing’ the recall interest. for.’ their: unpaid labor petition, the delinquent’s ‘show: during childhood’ is passed -by cause’ * trial before; a constituency 51%. So with 49% solidly Oppos- | tribunal ; ‘nominating a_replace- ed to such nonsense, what does“: ment candidate’ and finally the government do about its duty to. byelection. . / 4 : serve ALL the people as best: it By: the time the new “man or. . oo wy can? woman reached Ottawa: or: Vic a —_ : A little too. imaginative an ex-, toria, he or she ‘might’ well *, . , ample, you think?. But, please . be. still: looking for “the caucus S wr ons re ' don’t forget that public opinion washrooms’ as‘ ‘the next / general J on. MOST specific: issues tends to election loomed. eee “be split quite: close to. 50-50%,~:... Mid- term’ firing: of a: wayward , | HE: B. c. ‘Chamber of Commerce's: tification threatens the well- -being of B. c: with seldom more than a 60-40% MP : or MLA. ‘would :likely | prove «decision : to’ consider a challenge to business and the democratic rights of Brit- “gap. ‘ futile as’ “well ag costly. A cheaper; - - B.C.’s’ new labor code under the: ish, Columbians. Under the. section, a ‘Then there's the other, half of - equally", effective © “recall”. : "Canadian Charter of Rights’ and Freedoms” bargaining unit is automatically certified if ios And. messy “proceedings. ae cedure ae “public bation “is laudable but late, f - 4 . 55% . of -a company! s workforce | signs evitable when’ firing an MP or; before the TV cameras. ata’ , wd wie he anion’ ecards. |. é oo | ’. MLA. First; his 18-month, proba- “! constituency, meeting plus. a final, “In a recent’letter to. Premier Mike Har- ‘The NDP defends ‘this removal of the. gq. /six-month. probation. If “he: fiu ‘court, chamber: president Ian MacLeod basic right to'a ‘secret ballot with mumbl- bed again, » bar. him from being ‘re rightly describes Bill 84 as a payoff to or- ‘ings that . it: neutralizes. the - threat! of ‘nom inated Phe initi ativ , ganized labor... f . management intimidation in a certifie ‘referendum .. problem’ is ‘simpler. oy -Prior ‘to the bill's, passage through’ the = drive. That it: almost incites worker intim-- .For:. binding » referendums merely - SBC! ‘Tegistature / last month,. ‘Opposition idation from, union . organizers does ’ ‘not: set the minimum majority needed . - -MILAS protested vigorously over numerous ‘concern the NDP. ai 0m A ‘60% ic oe non ”. "sections of ‘the. bill that stack: the Jabor- | The B.C. Chamber i is right: in seeking to ecision ‘to “government. “Anything relations, deck in favor of big unions, in- challenge. the ‘section under the charter. . id cluding those sections that allow secondary because there is a fundamental. democratic. “picketing and ‘ban.the: use of replacement-) right at stake, but a more vigorous opposi- “ , workers. But. perhaps: the most disturbing. tion to Bill 24 from B.C. business before it” section of:the bill goes far beyond Stacking - “became jaw would have. been more effec- union: decks; ‘the bill's removal | of..\ tive in changing the. yaore dangerous sec-. employees’: rights to ; vote” on union cer: fions SOF the bil. 4 My Hey, maybe we should. do . a Medi-merger , and sell | Bh of the doctors to. pans}! ZA, oe ty ett S i . ' Seniors F For, ‘Mandatory. ‘asectomy OF Male, Teenagers. SCRATCHPAD: Western; ‘Canada heart surgery pioneer in:.1947,;: Dr. “Ross -Robertson; ' 91;: died” peace- “fully? “at his Gleneagles. home, Jast _ceweek! 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