1977 that:

a Dear’ ‘Editor:

First we had the > opportun-

ity to read in the Vancouver

Sun, page 5, of August 19,
‘Repairs to the

West Vancouver Swimming

~ tening

> popular .

pool are believed to’ be too.
costly””.

Secondly North | Shore
News, p. 3, of August 10,
1977 brings us the dishear-
news that ‘West
Vancouver Police is tighten-
ing on vandals. -

Thirdly, again. in the North
Shore News of August 24,
1977 that at Lynn Canyon .a
water hole for

teenagers will be dynamited

~so that the youngsters will :
not have a chance to dive in
dangerous places.

“Looking - at ‘these “three
"articles ‘makes one wonder

‘what one of the ‘richest
‘communities in Canada: is -
| doing to its young people. It

seems to me that the

authorities are hell bent to .

destroy the life of our youth
by drying up the sources of.
physical exercise, drying up
whe sources where young
people have fun, drying up
the sources where youth can
develop in healthy activity.
Why?

The reason is that the
community with the most

.money considers it impracti-
cal
, ‘Something for its children.

or.. wasteful to do

It is not surprising that

-many young people want to

Persons awaiting unem-

ployment insurance benefits
will be ineligible for welfare
under new policy regulations
‘announced by

sources Minister. Bill Vander
_ Zalm..

: “Changes: in the Federal

“UIC regulations Have forced
us. to: redefine: our welfare

7 tions will.
_ benefits ©:

- policy so. that ‘only~ those -
_ people in emergency situa--
able to:collect

-= while
UIC,”’ said. Mander Zalm,

The new policy is contain-
ed in regulation amendments
to the Guaranteed Available.

Income for Need (GAIN). Act

_ recently approved by Cabinet

Core curriculum set,

‘‘The Federal Government

has extended the qualifica-
‘ tion period from eight ‘to 12-
weeks and this. new régula-.

tion will ensure that those
waiting for UIC will use their
final pay. cheque . or own
savings before coming to the
Human Resources for..wel-
fare,’’ said Vander Zalm.

Human... Re-.

awaiting

from assuming. a_

“We have informally in-
sisted.on this policy in recent
months, but now I find: it

. necessary to. assure that-
‘people seek their own resour-

ces first,’ * he said.

In another ‘atnendment to
the GAIN. regulations ‘the
Ministry will no longer aliow .
welfare clients.:to re-mort- .

= gage their-homes in: order to

collect, ‘additional: benefits.

“We Have: -ericountered a
number of abuses » where
persons: re-mortgage their
homes to pay off bills, take a
holiday, purchase new cars.

_ and what have you, and then

turn around and
additional -rental —

collect
overage

‘benefits from the Ministry to

cover the increased mort-
gage payments,’’ explained-
Vander Zalm... _

**We can’t prohibit a client
larger.
mortgage, but from now on,
we won't cover the extra
costs.”’

en francais, too

A teachers’ guide to the
core curriculum, which is to.

be. taught in B.C. public —

schools starting in Septem-
ber, ‘has been approved by
the Cabinet and will be
distributed .to all schools
before the start of the school
year says Education Minister
Dr. Pat McGeer.

A set of core curriculum

goals outlining the leatning »

objectives’ for the various |
school levels was developed.
by the Ministry of Education |
and revised after widespread
consultation. A great number
of the goals are covered by
learning material ‘already in.
the curriculum. The purpose

"of the new teachers’ guide is _

to pinpoipt “ the ‘goals. in
existing curriculum, particu-

- Jarly for new teachers.

Discussion of the original —
core curriculum booklet re-
sulted in over 15,000 respon- .
ses from parents, trustees,
teachers, ‘and students. The -
overwhelming majority of
responses supported — the,
Is as they were. origiiially

;4atated. Four areas) were

‘further consultation with
_ trustees and teachers. These

ee a to

‘include’ fine ‘arts, healthful

living, the atypical. learner,
and Erench language.

‘Regarding the French lan-

- guage, McGeer said that a_

parallel core — curriculum
using French as the. language
of instruction is in the

process of development,
**The policy of the. provin-
cial government is'to make it
possible for parents to have a
‘choice of. either, official

instruction for their children,
_ regardless of their language
‘background,’’ McGeer said.
- Further, while English is

_ the language spoken by over

98 per cent of . British
Columbians, the government

‘believes it is in the national.
interest to provide as wide an

opportunity as possible for
students to study the second
official language.

The minister compliment-
ed they Vancouver, Victoria
and Coquitlam: school: boards

for their progress‘in offering |

french: immersion programs
atid said their experience

| identified which, will require ‘would be invaluable in estab
“ lishing the French core —

curriculum, ;

i

for element

oe pe Se

“burn. the ‘country. “down”?

The whole. episode ‘also.

teaches us that the rich are
highly insensitive when the
pursuit of money: accumula-
‘tion is concerned.

. Why i has it not ocoutred't to
His Wership Mayor Don Bell _
to consider - - widening | the

-water holes so. as to make: it.

more - appealing to - youth, .
also to consider the rocks,
which are. shallow, and. now:
dangerous, to be dynamited
away so -that- our young
people become less resentful -
of their money-grabbing~..
elders and consequently: that
they: will, in turn, be. less.
prone to be inclined toward
vandalism. |

_ Anion Notdurft
‘North Vancouver

- Vander Zalm noted that .
other regulation changes are

efforts to more clearly. define -

current . practices in the

- Ministry. _

_ In particular, the “nanges
will clarify procedures for the
four-month waiting period. .

Under the rate - “structure |

introduced in October, 1976,

. By! LOIS LIGHT.

—‘‘FORTUNE: ° TELLING :

. . WITH CARDS.» Your ‘new-

found knowledge won’t, stop -
wars or bring . you. ‘a Nobel ©

prize, but itll be fun and a. /

real asset next time: there’ s°

an, embarrassing jul at a

party.

“CHILDREN” Ss ‘LITERAT-
URE” i is.a brief introduction
into the world your. children:

“enter when they read. You. 7
may not. think it’s all that
~ important; or it may be an
‘area_you, haven’t concerned —

- yourself with very deeply,
"but a child’s thinking can be

greatly influericed by what.

-she or he reads.as you will

‘know when you remember |

what you read when» you .
were a child.

several categories of recipi-. Pg

. €nt begin assistance at_one

rate and receive an increase.
after” the first four months, - 7

ee ae

“We found, for instance,
- that. some © clients.’ were
reluctant to take short term
or casual jobs because they
would have to re-start ‘the
four-month waiting period |
for additional benefits. ,

.

“As an incentive to en-
courage people to take casual
jobs we now allow them to
‘re-start assistance at the

: higher rates.”’

‘McGeer said details of the |

‘extended French language
program will be. worked out
in. consultation ‘with school.

districts. ‘‘We. recognize the

importance of school districts
being encouraged. to give
parents 4d choice of. the
Official language of instruc-_
tion,’ the. minister said,

‘“and therefore: we also

recognize’ the responsibility
the government has in

| providing | ‘districts with all
‘language as the language of ©
cial and 4

the necessary support, finan-:

herwise.””

‘The mifister ‘noted that

: apart ‘fromm the core curricu-
and the ©

pro-,

lum in French,
‘existing | immtersion.
grams, French as a second

language is now part of the |
', English core curriculum pro-

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the only. grade. in which ©
French must be offeréd.

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a French program
for cle ary grades which.
schools 1 may use if authorized |
by local school boards. Last
year 50 districts authorized it
in. at least some of their

schools and 63,987 elemen- |
: tary, students s participated. |

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