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‘summer job._Perhaps Uncle
- Joe a friend who-n a

opens in April check in
regularly. Last summer 951

Remember, it’s not too
éarly to start, and persist until

Employment Centre for
Stadents will be located

st thissummer. | jobs were obtained by you are successful. % above the Post Office at 120

: students through the office = Lonsdale Avenue, North

co on the North Shore. Most Vancouver. Meanwhile,

Let friends and relatives Once the Canada Employ- jobs were filled within 48 [From the beginning of er can be

ment Centre for Students —

verity

hours of being posted.

April onward the Canada

contacted at 988-1151.

You will share in ofl and gas You will share in 10% of

You will share in 81% of You will share in 100% of
Canadian exploration rights in Westcoast Transmission. Kootenay Forest Products and
northeastern B.C Plateau Mills.

and own a piece of these growing

computer referral service to
help fill these positions. To
get your name in the
computer, fill out.a Provin-
cial Youth Employment
application, also available at
the Canada Employment
Centre.

The next step in your job
search ts to make a list of all
the organizations that you
would like to work for. The
Yellow Pages can help with

this. Then. systematically
contact each company
directly.

Watch the want ads in the
If you spot

newspaper.

B.C. resource enterprises.

What do B.C.R.LC.

shares represent?

The B.C. Resources Investment Corpor-
ation is the holding company for shares
held by the province in a variety of B.C.
resource industries and enterprises.
B.C_.RLC. holds 81% of the common
shares of Canadian Cellulose, 100% of
the common shares of Kootenay Forest
Products and Plateau Mills, 10% of the
common shares of Westcoast Transmis-
sion. plus oil and gas rights in a vast area
of northeastern B.C. —investments
transferred at a value of over $151
milion. B.C_.R_LC. shares represent
partial owmership of this whole range

of enterprises.

Who qualifies?

Every person who has lived in B.C. for
the past year —and who holds or has
qualified a and applied for Canadian -
citizenship—is eligible for five free shares
inBCRIC Those 16 years of age and
over should apply for shares on their
own behalf. For children under 16,
application should be made by the
mother or quardian. Infants, born in

BC on or before June 15, 1979 and
resident here since birth, also qualify for
free shares. Application, again, should
be made by the mother or guardian.

Free shares are also available to those
ordinarily resident in B.C. who have
been temporarily absent from the
Province during the 12 months im. .
mediately preceding the offer, provided
such persons are otherwise eligi

To apply.

Apphcation forms are available at banks,
trust companies, credit unions and
wreament dealers throughout B.C.

hon, you must
hablonaes two ® polhowing pieces of
identification a

driver's licence. b )

Social Insurance card: c.) Medical Plan
card. If you are 65 years of age or over,

a Pharmacare card ts sufficient proof

of identity

Mothers or applying for
children 16 are required to furnish

only a medical plan number or a birth
certificate for such children. Young
people, 16 and over, who have not yet
received such identification, may estab-
ksh their eligibility by presenting their
birth certificate or other acceptable ~
identificgtion—-in person —at the office
of their local Government Agent (or, in
the Lower Mainland. at their local Motor
Vehide Branch office).

Those unable to apply in person may
delegate a suitable individual to act on
their behalf—that person must utilize a
Power of Attomey form. available where
applications are made.

Applications for free shares will be
accepted only until dune 15, 1979
Distribution of these shares

B.C.RLC. will begin immediately after
British Columbia a Day. August 6. 1979.
The person ma xn application has

until September 1979 to pick up
the shares.
Additional shares.

If you qualify for free shares, you have
the option of purchasing up to 5,000
additional shares at a price substantially
below their underlying value. This price
will be specified on your application fornn
No individual or corporation may own
more than 1% of the voting shares of
BC.RLC. (although pension funds may
up to 3%). Corporations and

pention funds, however, are not allowed
to icipate in the intial share tssue
~ Can I sell later?

Yes. Stock market trading in shares ts
expected to commence shorily after the

distribution date. At this point, a “market
value” will be established. However, it is
hoped that most British Columbians will
not only retain, but enlarge, their share
holdings. In this way, they will participate
directly in the continued expansion of
our resource industries. while ensuring
that control of these industries remains
in B.

Other questions?

For further information on the free share
offer—or about B.C_R.1.C. —contact:
B.C. Government Public Information. In
Vancouver, phone 873-3455. In Victoria.
phone 387-6121.

{n other areas, information jis available
through your local Govemment Agent.

APPLY UNTIL JUNE 15 AT

BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES,

CREDIT UNIONS,
INVESTMENT DEALERS
THROUGHOUT
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Province of
British Columbia