THE FOLLOWING people
appeared in) North and West
Vancouver courts recently to face
Various charges:

Before Judge Doug Moss in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 20:

Van Khue Pham. 26.) of
Vancouver, received 12 months’ pro-
bation after he pleaded guilty to
stealing film belonging to Canada
Safeway on May 7 in) North
Vancouver District. A probation
term order states that Pham is to
“stay out of all Safeway stores in
North and West Vancouver.”

Before Judge Doug Moss in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 19:

Vinko Talic, 40, of Burnaby,
received 12 months’ probation after
he pleaded guilty to assaulting a
woman on Jan. 36 in North
Vancouver District. .

Before Judge J.D. Layton in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 18:

Robert Ross McColl. 61,
Vancouver, was jailed one day after
he pleaded guilty to stealing mer-
chandise belonging to Save-On-
Foods on May 5. 1993 in North
Vancouver City.

Before Judge J.D. Layton in
North Vancouver provincial court
on July 15;

Richard Michael Hash, 38, of
Vancouver, was fined $100 after he
was found guilty of stealing meat
belonging to Super Vatu on Sept. 21,
1993, in North Vancouver District.

Before Judge Doug Moss in
North Vancouver provincial court
on June 30:

Bernard Oliver Dietrich, 35, of
North Vancouver, received six
months’ probation after he was found
guilty of assaulting a male o. Sept.
29, 1993, in North Vancouver City.

Before Judge Bil! Rodgers in
North Vancouver provincial court
on June 30:

Fariborz, Marghoob-Zamany, 29,
of North Vancouver, was fined $500
and received 12 months’ probation
after he was found guilty of assault-
ing a person on April 27 in North
Vancouver District.

Before Judge Jerome Paradis
in North Vancouver provincia!
court on June 30:

Cary Robert Vickers, 21, of
Surtey. received nine months® probit-

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Before Judge Jerome Paradis
in North Vancouver provingial
court on June 29:

Timothy Stewart. 24. of Nartt
Vancouver, was fined SSC and had
his driver's licence suspended for six
months after he pleaded guilty to dri-
ving without due care and attention
near Pemberton Avenue and [4th
Street on Jan. 25,

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months’ probation alter he pleaded
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to perform 50 hours of community
work service by Sept. 30.

$efore Judge Doug Moss in
North Vancouver provincial court
on June 27:

Colin Michael Trotter, 18. of

North Vancouver, was fined $450
and received 12 months” probation
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ing Oet. 30, 1993, charges that
occurred in’ North Vancouver
District:
@ taking a 1989 Toyota Tercel with-
but consent with intentions of driving
it. (The car belonged to. a woman.)
@ being the driver of a vehicle
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found guilty of stealing merchiundise
belonging to Sears Canada on June
26, 1993, in North Vancouver City,

Sarrafian was cequired to perform
50 hours of conmnunity work service
by Aug, 29. An interpreter was
required for court proceedings.

Before Judge Jerame Paradis
in North Vancouver provincial
courton June 24;

Timothy Cory Cheston, 22, of

North Vancouver, was fined $200
and received six months’ probation
alter he pleaded guilty to assaulting a
female on April 14 in) North

Vancouver City.
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Barbara Jane Sibbald, 26, of
North Vancouver, received six
months’ probation after she pleaded
guilty lo the following probation
breaches:
@ failing to complete 30 hours of
community work service by Oct, 30,
1993,
ff failing to pay $230 restitution by
Oet. 30, 1993.

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DEMOCRACY SUBVERTED

On April 13th and 27th, | wrote
about the work of a community com-
mittee | set up to study grant applica-
tions under the “SEED” program for
student job “creation”.

The committee members were
selected at random from the voters
list. | had previously met only one of
them and | had no indication of their
political affiliations The group includ-
ed ages from arcund twenty to over
eighty, both men anc women, and a
range of ethnic backgrounds.

OVERRULED

Shortly after the cummittee fin-
ished its work, a group of unelected,
unaccountable bureaucrats over-
ruled the reconimendations and sent
the rejected applications to the Min-
ister, Hon, Lloyd Axworthy. Mr. Ax-
worthy then exhibited the elitist style
that is typical of the old line parties
by authorizing the funding in com-
plete disregard for the recommenda-
tions of a cross section of North
Vancouver taxpayers.

Frankly, | am disgusted that a
group of bureaucrats who collect a
salary paid by you, who are sup-
posed to be PUBLIC SERVANTS
working for you, are able to ignore
your recommendations and these of
your MP.

Unlike those bureaucrats, | was
ELECTED to represent you, so in
geod faith, 1 instituted a process to
asgess your attitudes towards those
grants. What a waste of time, effort
and money it turned out to bell
Democracy thwarted and there is
nothing that you or 1 can do about a.
{am extremely frustrated that | am
prevented from carrying aut my work
on your behalt by people who are not
accauntable to you and who think
they know better than you how to
spend your tax dollars.

WHO *9T THE MONEY?

It is portant to remember that
the committce did approve 36 appli-
cations, but here is a partial list of
these groups which received tund-
ing, Contrary to the recommenda-
tions of the commuttea. (A full list 1s
available at my office.) None of them
received the full amount requested.

* North Vancouver City applied
tor $26,504 und North Vancouver
Orstnct apphed for $25,771 to fund
student yobs af $13.75+ per hour.
The committee did not want the
hourly rate to exceed $9.50 and felt
that a municipality should not be de-
celving taxpayers by applying for fed-
eral taxpayer grants while claiming f2
be fiscally responsible with its awn
budget

* North Vancouver Recreaion
Commission applied tor $8,787 and
North Shore Recycling Program ap-
plied tor $10.106 The committee
also felt that these groups. as exten-
sions of the municipalities. should
nat be applying “benind taxpayers’
backs” for grants.

* North Shore C.A.PS.A. apphed
for $2.606 to compile a testing of pos-
itive Summer activities for young peo-
ple, among other things. The
committee feli that there were
enough other organizations doing
this, that the directory would have
limited distribution, and that the mu-
nicipalites and Chamber of Com-

merce already promote these activi-
ties.

* Lonsdale Creek Daycare Soci-
ety applied for $10,460. The commit-
tee felt that there should be much
greater emphasis on user pays with
the fees collected from an increased
number of users covering the cost of
hiring students.

* Davies Pharmacy applied for
$6,868. The committee felt that this
job would be beneficial for the stu-
dent but that it was worth risking that
the job would be created without a
taxpayer subsidy.

NOW WHAT

Considering that my recommen-
dations cn your behalf have been re-
jected by the bureaucrats, it is
difficult to justify continuing with the
charade of studying in detail the var-
ious grant applications that come
across my desk on a weekly basis.
As an alternative, | have decided to
try automatically rejecting every ap-
plication so that the Ministar is forced
to be on record as making the daci-
sion about the funding,

My first rejection was an applica-
tion by the Women's Monument Pro-
ject through the Capilano Collage
Women's Centre for $33,000 to help
with thair building of a monument in
Thornton Park. This group has stated
that only women will be allowed to
submit designs because, according
to one of the organizers, ila man was
involved they might find out half-way
through construction that he had
abused his wile ar children.

The inscription on the monument
will read,
the weomen madend bs men, for waren of

“In memory, and in grief for all

aff comnertes. all classes, olf aes. all
idan”

This project has received a lot of
media attention in the past and ! be-
heve that tt does not have wide com-
muntly support even thaugh B.C.
Hydro has given $16,000, the provin-
cral Ministry of Women's Equality has
given $10.C00. North Vancouver City
Council has given $500 and Vanity
has given $tt.500. You can sand
your comments to the Han Liayd Ax-
worthy, House of Commons Cttawa.
Ontario, K1A 0A6.

If you think the project is a good
one, please make a donation so that
taxpayers in general will not have to
toot the dill, Contact Alexandra Gnit-
fith, Capilano College Women's’ Cen-
tre, 2055 Purcell Way. V7J 315.

Ina future cotumn, | will begin list-
ing all the grant applicatians | receive
along with the amounts and a brief
description. | think you have a right to
know who 1s asking for your money.

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