Corporation Act was
enacted in the interest of

ending a competitive
“insurance vending market
-.in British Columbia.
The logic behind this Act
|. was that the insurance compa-
«nies of the day were making
“too mutch profit off the citizens
of British Columbia. That's
“when the government thought
up an amazing scam, and
ICBC (Insurance Corporation
of British Columbia) was born.
The public casily bought
to the basic concepr of gov-
ernment-owned insurance. The
* government created ICBC to
| protect consumers from rising
rates: Initially, business was
i¢ out of small trailers. This

terfront is saps one of
“the most claborate in

xtacle rep:
ion of the $5
(yes bllon) a asses

by the Corpor: tion.
This does not include :1ivest-

ion pr
Despite these incn-dible
profits, our rates con inue to
ann

_ing costs to every form of local
ia. In almost every
id on almost every cry television
el, you will find an

Lend paw
to: Canines
A few good dogs are

looking for a few good

> Volunteers. .

- Pacific. Assistance Do
Society (PADS) i is a non- Pro t
organization that trains dogs

© to assist the physically disabled,
>" deaf’:or hearing impaired and
° “developmentally delayed mem
: of our community who
desire greater independence.

PADS Hearing Dogs can

+ alert their recipient to sounds
while PADS Service and Social
Dogs assist. their disabled
recipients with household

Volunteers assist staff with
°. office work, attending, mall dis-
‘plays to educate the public,
organizing fund raising events

** and lots more.
o Volunteer Puppy Raisers
* take a puppy into their home

for the first 16 to 18 months of

» their lives in order for the
puppy to be ‘socialized and
receive ‘basic obedience and
service dog commands.

PADS is currently recruit:

‘ing volunteers from the North
Shore area for help with fund
raising and puppy raising.

For more information
please contact Kim Sinclair at
527-0556.

ICBC-sponsored adv crtise-
ment: “Be a road star,” “Don’t
drink and drive,” “Speed kills”.
etc. Speed can kill, and driving
drunk can be hazardous to
one’s health, This is common
sense. You should know all of
this before you are issued a
licence to operate a motor vehi-
cle. The recent freeze in rates is
net good enough. It’s time to
shave off some of the near-
4,000 ICBC employees.

Stop spending all our hard-
earned money on ads. Oh, and
daily operations should be

Sale in effect Thursday, Jan. 23 - Saturday, Feb.

moved into a less luxurious set-
ting. Although with over $9.5
billion in assets and investments
(a figure taken from an ICBC
financial report) one may think
where is the financial strugele?
With that kind of money,
everyone could have luxurious
waterfront buildings, covered
in imported porcelain tiles.

Photo radar was introduced
to help police and ICBC profit
an speeders who never would
have been pulled over. Ifyou
are going 10 kilometres over
the speed limit, expect to

receive a picture of your car
With you in it, and a $100 fine
stuck to the back.

How Imuch work is it to
take a picture of you speeding?
What happened to the good
old days when potice actually
had to chase you to give you
your fine.

Technology. Humbug!

Back in 1973, the idea of
ICBC as a financially-sound
corporation working for the
people in perfect harmony was

great. However, over the years,

freed, corruption and other

Friday, January 24, 1997 -- North Shore News — 27

ICBC stifling your freedom of choice —

government jazz has ruined a
gocd thing, leaving us — the
consumers, voters, and taxpay-
ers — eling a little biteer.

So ICBC! What’s the deal
for real? Wher will you work

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at Leo Marshall Curriculum
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