more janitors Ta] OVERWORKED JANITORI- AL staff in School District 44 want some help, CUPE Local 389 president. Mike Hocevar told board trustees at a meet- ing Oct, 10. ‘NORTH VANCOUVER ‘SCHOOL BOARD © By Jan Noble Hocevar said that a joint man-- “ agement-CUPE committee found the average number of rooms cleaned per custodian .in the Lower » + Mainiand. region is 14 10°16 per shift, |, ’ Vancouver school district, custodi- “ans clean.20 to 24 rooms, with 29 being | the extreme. oA Ifthe. recommendations of the a joint committee are implemented, 20 more janitors —- a 20% jump — . would be added in the district. According to Hocevar,. the board rejected the committec’ s iB repart.. “es “While the: board may: protest that with the Present budget crisis it - is not a good time to raise the mat- : ter, the truth is there does not ever . “seem to be.a good time todo so... Do SOur, sch plaints : come from: teachers and parents,” Hocevar continued. | 2 SBaalde's: ‘not our. fault.— we _ don’t have the time or staffing todo the: proper: level’: ‘of, cleanliness in’ “the schools.” ‘He’ said the: board’ cut three | "more: full-time janitorial positions at. the start of the school year. — iV schoo In the cash-strapped. North | Is are dirtier,:com- is Committee firids cleaners overworked Hocevar said "mad" CUPE members are watching the district administration increase and the use - of consultants continue, such as for a mission statement project. “The board does not need a mis- sion statement —- its mandate is to . provide quality education. “Nothing could be simpler than this,” he said. He said members shake their “heads when told the money is not there for more custodial staff. Hocevar questioned why former North Vancouver Teachers Association president Keith Denley was hired as an assistant to schools superintendent Robin Brayne this year, when the district already has two assistant superintendents, iHocevar concluded his prepared text by asking that the board dump six administrators and hire 20 jani- - tors in return. ; Board chairman MacLellan replied that the board would aiso like to see, more custo- dians. She said the board has tied to’ keep’ a- balance between teaching and non-teaching personnel in an underfunded school district. -- She added the disuict adminis-’ tration has experienced’ substantial ! cuts over the years... MacLellan concluded the topic by saying there’ would likely be — more discussion between CUPE and the board on the matter. : -and saved et ) o - when | switched my _ Auto Insurance to rovincial ’ Private Insurance | may offer better rates on your comprehensive % - & collision coverage. . 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Issues, including land claims and self- government, at a news conference In ‘Vancouver on October 6 1995. “The two main thrusts of. the proposal are (i) to focus on creating less _ dependency on the federal government . and (ji) to give aboriginals more democratic contro! over their aboriginal governments. Reform's Indian. Affairs Critic, John Duncan. MP . says the policies aim to” give individual aboriginals more responsibility for their wall-being, the tools to discharge that responsibility, and more accountability for the results. A key part of the process would be ‘to encourage the ‘establishment of democratic, accountable, and responsive band councils on reserves where such councils do not already exist. Aboriginal people would have access to the services of Elections Canada to ensure that democracy is respected in band council elections, and the Auditor General would be available to ensure financial accountability. NEGATIVE REACTION . Some of the clear losers under the Reform proposals include the many lawyers, consultants, and program organizers, often called the “Indian “Industry”, who have ongoing contracts” with band councils and the Department of indian Affairs. Under Reform’s plan, the priority would be on transfers to, and accountability of, the individual. Despite this obvious shift away from groups and organizations spending the money on behalf of aboriginals, the best some critics have been able to do is to cail our plan “paternalistic”. Additional criticism’ has arisen because the introduction of democratic processes to reserves would fikely result in the loss:of power for some hereditary chiefs. At least one of themis said to have tabelled Reform’s policy as racist for trying to force white men's ways on band councils. The truth of course, is that Reform is not proposing to take away a band's right io maintain the system of hereditary chiefs, We are simply responding to the input our Task Force received from rank and file band members who indicated they would like to be able to democratically choose the appropriate form of goverment for their reserves. “THE TASK FORCE ‘This new policy on aboriginal affairs -. fasulted from the work of a Reform Task Force - which. visited ' Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Alberta’ and "B.C., meeting with as many groups of aboriginals and non-aboriginals as possible. Sometimes meetings had. te be held very discretely | because theis was reluctance amongst some band members to be seen in public eriticising the present system. On September 15,1995 the Task Force released its recommendations - based-on this “grass roots” input. Underlying the’ two. main thrusts described above, the © main recommendations were: “ 1, A fair, affordable and ‘final land settlement process, publicly negotiated. 2. Private. property rights°on the reserves so that individuals can opt to own their share of any land entitlement. This would also “allow individuals to ., obtain credit just like other Canadians by pledging assets as collateral for loans and leases. 3. Special taxation exemptions to be rescinded, All aboriginal individuals and companies to be subject to the same taxation laws as other Canadians. ’ 4, Canadian law, including the criminal code, to be enforced uniformly across Canada regardless of race, language, or culture. 5. Regional conventions of ‘elected aboriginal representatives to be held to discuss the principles and form of self- government. 6. Direct fundiig of aboriginal organizations to end, allowing aboriginals to decide which organizations to support financially or otherwise. A STARTING POINT Hardly anyone seems to be happy with the way the existing land claims process is working so Reform set out to put tegether some recommendations based on the ideas and opinions of the people who will be affected long term. We think we have laid the groundwork for a workable new approach and we welcome your comments. Ted White, MP0." * 4302-1200 Lyna Valley Rd. -"North Vancouver, B.C. V7}: 2A2 iyo'Tels 666-0585. Fax: 666-0509 . advertorial i Thinking of a Career Change? Capilano College's Centre for Career Development and Transition can help you inake the right choice. Our practieal Career and Decision-Making workshop wiil give you the resources |” you'll need — an update on the labour market, sources of information. for specitic careers, and 4 tool you can use to identify the career “areas best suited to your interests, values and abilities. ln depth individual - career counselling and testing is also available. 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