THE WINDS of political
change are beginning to
blow harder as the October
federal election nears, and
local MP wanna-bes are
riding the gusts at lunches
and dinners across the
North Shore.

‘By A.P. McCredie
News Reporter

Last Thursday at the Hollyburn
Country Club, Capilano-Howe
Sound ' Liberal party candidate
Audrey Sojonky held a luncheon
for the party faithful featuring the
.back-page scribbler of MacLean’s

o"gnagazine; Allan Fotheringham.

“Apart from the shock suffered
‘by.the 100 or so red.ties when Dr.
Foth questioned the selection of
*’ Jean Chretien over Paul Martin

two years ago at the Liberal lead-

ership convention,’ the crowd
:. delighted in Fotheringham’s take
on the political season.

Up for silent auction at the
luncheon . was .the Underwood
Champion typewriter used by
‘Lester. B. Pearson and his two
. secretaries at External Affairs in
“the 1950s,

Much of the work on the UN
peacekeeping force propesal that
fed to Pearson ‘receiving — the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 was
said. to. have been composed on
the machine. It was donated | by
Joan Werrin.

‘Some quips from Dr. Foth:

‘@ On speaking: ‘I feel a little
_ like Zsa Zsa Gabor’s seventh hus-
band. I know what to do, but I’m
not | suze I can make it’ interest-
ing.’

_@ Cn W.A.C. and Bill Bennett:

COLUPANIST ALLAN Fotheringham tore into all the major political parties — including his hosts’ —
at an Audrey Sojonky Liberal fundraising luncheon last Thursday at the Hollyburn Country Club in

West Vancouver.

“Whenever Bill went from Van-
couver to. the legislature in Vic-

toria he took the ferry. His father ,

used to walk.”’

®@ On Bill Yander Zalm: ‘‘i heard
‘there was a fire at Bill Vander
Zalm’s, house today that destroyed
his whole library: two books, and
one he hadn't finished coloring.
Yve heard he’s a very intelligent
man: he reads in bed every night
until his lips get tired.’”’

@ On Mike Harcourt: ‘He's
working very hard .in Victoria. In
‘fact he is doing the work. of two

men: Laurel and Hardy.”

@ On the federal election. call:
“Kim called me this morning and
said she. would be calling the flec-
tion the day after Labor Day.”

@ On the next Parliament: ‘“‘An
Italian-like government (‘Pasta
Parliament’’) with five parties —
none with the majority —- six if
you count Mel Hurtig. I think we
are presented in this election with
the most uninspired selection . for
prime minister since 1 can
remember.”’

© On Queen Kim: ‘Not a politi-

vew centralized college

adi

ission system blasted

ee president, WY MLA critical of Victoria plan

STUDENTS WHO hope to
attend. Capilano . College
“next year will no longer be
able to apply directly to
the North Vancouver col-
‘lege for.admission.

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

_* Instead, they ‘will have to send
‘their applications to a new gov-

“ernment agency located in
Kamloops, .

f That decision has been criti-
..cized by both Capilano College
president Dr. Doug Jardine and
“West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA
. David Mitchell, who said the
move will result in the creation

‘| of. another. level of government
~ bureaucracy.

Advanced Education, Training
and Technology Minister. Tom
Perry said the provincial gov-
ernment. will -create a central
agency. for admission into
post-secondary. education — in-
stitutions in September 1994, :

Perry.‘ said after. September
1994, students applying to attend
any. public post-secondary in-

” stitution in. B.C. .will do so

through the new agency rather
‘than going directly through indi-
‘vidual institutions.

Perry ‘said the new. central

agency will make it easier for

.students to apply for admission
and will eliminate the distortion
of demand for student spaces

caused by double and triple ap-

. plications. .
> But said Jardine, ‘‘What | see
as a disadvantage for Capilano
College is the relationship that
we develop with our students
even as they are in the process of
becoming students.
. **We do workshops for
would-be students so they select
the right programs here for the
career they want to follow. I
don’t know quite how that’s
going to work under a central-
ized registration system,’’ said
Jardine.

He added that the personal
relationship between Capilano
College and its students will be
‘<diluted”’ by the new centralized
registration system.

Jardine said the news of a
centralized system was met with
‘“‘negative to lukewarm’
response from B.C. colleges.

“We are a very person-centred

institution and [I see that (new:

registration system) attacking
that system and diluting it and
perhaps making it more difficult
for us to show and act out our
interest in the student,’”’ said
Jardine.

He added that Perry decided
‘to create the new system because
he could not believe the amount
ef students that colleges and

-universities said they were turn-~

ing away each year.

“*He (Perry) found it
unbelievable the colleges’ asser-
tion that some 18,000 students
were being turned away last
September. The ministry’s view
was: ‘Folks, this is going to be
done,’ ”’ Jardine said.

Mitchell, who served as the
Opposition ‘critic for the Ad-.
vanced Education, Training and
Technology Ministry before he
left the Liberal caucus to sit-as
an independent MLA, said the
new centralized registration
system will be more costly.

“Now, suddenly Capilano
College won't be in charge of its
own admissions. I’m worried
about it. I distrust centralized
bureaucracy. I’m worried it will
be a frustrating experience.

‘S] don’t think the government
is on the right track on this,’’
said Mitchell,

But Perry said the new central
application system will ‘‘greatly
enhance”’ service to students and
eliminate duplicate ad-
ministrative costs and track
multiple applications . ‘ensuring
an accurate assessment of stu-
dent demang for spaces.”’

The centre will be ad-
ministered by a director who will
report to a board made up of
representatives from public
universities, colleges and training
institutions. .

“North

Sunday, August 29, 1993 - North Shore News - 3

* NEWS photo Cindy Goodman

cian, she’s an opportunist with the
attention span of a hummingbird.
People say she has no policies, but
this is not true. They are called
the twist, the barbecue, and the
softball.’”

@ On the Liberal party and Jean
Chretien: ‘“‘The latest poll out of
Quebec shows the Tories have
passed. the Liberals in the pro-
vince. The problem for Chretien is

that Quebec voters love their poli-

ticians to be larger. than life.
Chretien is. not perceived as
such.” :

44 You elect
politicians
because of their
judgment.and
not to be push-
buttons. ¥F

@ On Preston Manning: ‘His
support in Alberta and B.C. (15-
16%) will deprive the Tories of
the solid support they need in
both provinces.”’

© On End-Dippers (NDP): “They ..
will drop down to 12 seats in
Parliament, which means they will
no longer be officially recognized
as a paity in the House, which

means they lose many. privileges...~

The unpopularity of the provincial
governments in Ontario and B.C.
has contributed to that free-fall.” -
@ On recall and referendum: ‘'!
don’t believe in the idea of having
referendum on every issue. You

elect politicians because of their

judgment and not to. be push-
buttons.”

@ On Ontarians pondering ‘the
possibility of a. B.C. prime
minister: ‘‘Like the rest, of the

‘country, they area: little puzzled _

and intrigued by a.woman from
the West Coast. They don’t really
know that much about her.’’ :
@ On the election outcome: ‘‘!
wouldn’t bet five ‘cents’. either.
way."’

District 44 considers

union counter proposal

NEGOTIATIONS AIMED at averting a full-scale strike by
North Vancouver teachers continued Friday morning with »_
the help of a Labor Relations Board (LRB) mediator, : :

The North Vancouver Teachers’
Association (NVTA) has. said it

‘will go on strike on Tuesday,

Sept. 7, the first day. of the new

school year, if no contract settle-,

‘ment has been reached with the
Vancouver « District 44
School Board (NVSB).

The union has been without a
collective agreement since June 30,
1992.

The two sides returned to the

’ bargaining table on Wednesday.

LRB mediator Grant McArthur
spent nine days with the two sides
in May and June before mediation
broke off.

This week was the first time the
union and the school board have
met to continue negotiations since
June.

Both sides are again meeting
with McArthur,

District 44 chairman Don Bell
said Friday that the union had

submitted a counter offer to the.

school board, which was being
reviewed by school board

By Surj Rattan

' News Reporter :

_ Negotiators.

Union negotiator Chuck Dixon °
declined Thursday to comment on
the negotiations.

Bell : said ‘any wage increase,
from the school board’ would.
result in teacher layoffs. :

He added that District 44's

‘enrolment for this school year wil!

increase by 416 students to 16,785.

Bell said’ the board’s 1993-94
budget of $97,660,000 is $700,000
less than what District 44 received
from the provincial government
for the last school year. :

Bell added that the NVSB has
cut $14 million from its budgets’
over the last three years.

District 44 teachers-are currently
paid between $30,856 and $66,328
annually, not including benefits.

They work 187 days a year, five
of which are professional, or
non-teaching days,

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