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REWIND
ES ARK WELLS
Thursday, January 5—Christian Demagogue
Pat Robertson show further signs religious
dementia on his popular television show, The
500 Club, by drawing a link between a stroke
suffered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and
Sharon’s moves to return occupied land to the
Palestinians. The American Press reported
Robertson as saying Sharon was “dividing
God's land and | would say woe unto any
prime minister of Israel who takes a similar
course to appease the EU [European Union],
the United Nations, or the United States of
America.” Robertson employed the same
logic to explain the assassination of Israeli
prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. The evangelical
Christian leader made headlines last year by
suggesting the United States should assassi-
nate Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez
Sunday, January 8—Citizens of the vast
online community called MySpace revolt en
masse after discovering Rupert Murdoch’s
News Corporation is censoring communica-
tions about competitors, the Independent on
MWEALRLKS Sunday reports. Mentions of, and links to
MySpace rivals, like YouTube, on MySpace-
hosted boards were automatically deleted
The 600-member protest in the enormous
online community, and the publicity which
DEMANDING ANSWERS Wendy Walker at an election forum on housing and homelessness Monday.
accompanied it, caused News Corporation to
relent. The “offending” posts have since been
restored, along with any deleted him! links to
IN BRIEF The site will donate 10 per cent of a lot of good,” Helton explained. the competitor sites. Murdoch's News Corpo-
EDMONTON YOUTH all sales to charity organizations, and In addition to the charity links, ration is one of the world’s largest media con-
COUNCIL GROWS UP provides links to a growing list of and Ralph-oriented merchandise, glomerates. News Corporation owns Fox
charities for direct donations. the site also contains answers to fre- News, the New York Post, the Times of Lon-
_ Edmonton city councilor Kim “We started the site on the quently-asked-questions about don and over 170 other publications. News
Krushell is fighting to see young MS MARK WELLS December 29...Word has gotten out. when the cheques will come, and Corporation has also been steadily acquiring
"people age 13 to 23 play a greater We had 23,000 hits from the 29th to how to get one. Helton is also run- online media sites in the past year. Besides
‘Tole in city decisions on programs executive cabinet which will meet Tuesday, January 3. The next day, ning a contest that offers to double MySpace, gaming and technology site IGN,
nd services. monthly. Krushell hopes to begin we had 14,000 hits, the 17,000 on the rebate. The best donation story and movie review site Rotten Tomatoes have
Krushell is pushing to see the city recruiting before the end of March. Thursday, and another 20,000 hits submitted will take the prize. also been taken over by the corporation.
outh council change in size and The city of Toronto has similar coun- on Friday,” he said. “It seems like Letters to the site indicate non-
ope, with a full-time city employee cil in operation providing input on this is taking over our life.” profit groups could enjoy a good Monday, January 9—incumbent Edmonton-
edicated to the group, a budget of major issues such as criminal street The Brag Creek entrepreneur runs year. Strathcona Conservative candidate Rahim Jaf-
000 per year, and a membership gangs. ; - a small IT consulting firm as his day “About half of the e-mails have fer pulls a no-show at a public forum held at
of 100 young Edmontonians from Details of the council’s composi- job, but has sunk a huge amount of been “I’m going to spend ‘em” and Knox Metropolitan Church. Marijuana Party
the current 15. The council will also tion, such as ward representation, time into Ralphbucks since it’s about half will donate some. About candidate Dave Dowling also failed to take
become an official committee of city still need to be ironed out. Commu- launch. Helton has received many e- five per cent have donated the whole part in the forum. A spokesman for Jaffer’s
‘council—a move that will establish a nity Services Committee chair Coun. mails from individuals who say he’s thing,” Helton said. “Some have campaign said they had received the request
direct link between the two groups. Bryan Anderson said he also hopes crazy for expecting Albertans to already donated the whole amount, to attend well in advance, but said Jaffer
' Saarah Shivji, 22 years old, and a to see a diverse group of youth on donate their entire $400 bonus on while they wait for the cheque, so would be too busy with other forums to aitend
outh council veteran of three years the council. charity, but he says that was never they can get their tax receipt for ‘05.” the Knox Metropolitan event. Jaffwoenr t he
id community demand for the “I would be very disappointed if the goal. Helton is trying to get his t-shirts riding in the last election by about 5,000 bal-
uncil’s input has outpaced its the committee turned out to be a “$1.3 to 1.4 billion is the total into department stores before the lots and 39.4 per cent of the vote. Liberal
bunch of International Baccalaureaté going out, if you have everyone rebate fever subsides, in order to CandDiebbdy aCartlsoen w on 29p er cento f
students looking to improve their donating $10-20 that’s a total of $32- boost the bonus for charities. He is the vote; NDP candidate Malcolm Azania
resumés,” he said. 64 million to charity. That's a fair working on deals with the Bay, won 23.8 per cent support; Green candidate
Kmushell said she is working to see amount. If everybody did it, that’s a Zellers, Fields, and Wal-Mart. Cameron Wakefield took 6.5 per cent.
all segments of the youth demo- lot of money to charity that could do MARK WELLS Seven candidates are vying for the riding,
graphic are represented by the com- representing the Marijuana Party, the Progres-
mittee, including “at-risk youth.” sive Canadian Party, the Marxist-Leninist
Party, the Green Party, the New Democratic
Party, and the Conservatives.
CHARITIES CASHING
A political science student, Shivji’s IN ON “RALPH’S” Tuesday, January 10—Alberta NDP leader
cademic research helped provide BONUS BUCKS Brian Mason shoves a report ing minor
uncil with the evidence that across financial benefits following the threatened
emispheres, youth councils are Look out, United Way: there’s a institution of private health insurance into the
new kid on the block called Ralph- poen eave: "The —— reached by
bucks.com. The brainchild of Lee Dr. Emery, a University ofC algary econ-
and Lisa Helton, Ralphbucks.com omist and senior fellow oft he Fraser Institute,
offers coffee mugs and t-shirts directly contradict Conservative claims that a
emblazoned with a crown-bedecked system will be beneficial to the public
Premier Ralph Klein tossing green- system,” Mason said.
_ Krushell said the community and backs into the wind. The paper estimated 28.5 per cent of
ty council's interest in having the “A big part of it is donating [the
ean input and rebates]. That’s how the idea got
e has Growiin g started. Talking back and forth with
wife and daughter... Is ketched up a
little drawing of Ralph coming out
of $400 bill, and it all branched of
from that little thought,” Lee said. who is right after readintgh ep oper at
Liepee
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Developing their differences
Suburban residents duke it out with council and
developers for open spaces, peace, and quiet
Margaret Barry has been fighting developers in her backyard since 1999, and she isn’t finished yet.
THE MEETING STARTED POLITELY been zoned commercial since 1982. lawyers. acre commercial zone at 17th Street ers in the community, she says—
Architectural drawings provided an The deal was sealed long ago; city Now, seven years after that com- and 38th Avenue. protesting Dundee’s move. They
orderly backdrop for the city coun- council had done its piece. mitment, community residents won- In 2000, Dundee Development's suggested the city instead change
cilors, planners, and the developer The sharply-toned, and some- dered aloud about what became of David Morris, a former city planner, the zoning of the light-industrial
assembled to hear the community's times shouted rebukes came quickly, Thiele’s zeal for community con- requested council change the zoning area proposed just across 17th Street,
concerns. But the 100-plus residents the protests overlapping each other cerns. of the green belt to allow his com- an area bisected by an active rail line,
of the Meadows crammed into the and rattling the panel out of their instead. The suggestion fell on deaf
Millwoods police station boardroom tired slouches, We lost that battle... Unfortunately open ears.
the evening of January 4 were rest- “No, that’s YOUR job,” one resi- “We were told that it couldn't be
less, anxious to find out how the dent shouted spaces and green belts don’t provide revenue changed because of the Area Struc-
developers of a 50-acre commercial “What did we elect you for?” to the city. ture Plan. We had to live with it. But
site would address their concerns another followed the developer.later made an applic
about traffic flow, noise, and proper- Disbelief floated on a layer of low, Margaret Barry, Meadows Resident tion to have the zoning changed, and
ty values. cynical laughter. Those who didn’t city council approved it. City council
Soon the Meadows would see a feel like speaking shook their heads A FORGOTTEN PROMISE? mercial property to expand to 50 approved his application to change
Superstore (spring 2007), a Home in frustration In 1999, a year after Thiele’s acres. Just outside Barry's window, a it from light industrial to residen-
Depot (late 2006), and yes, con- “Dave, what other neighbour- promise to give residents a larger little more than 30 feet beyond her tial,” said Barry.
firmed Rio-Can Developer's stand- hoods have fought a Superstore voice in development planning and backyard, the serenity of mature In an attempt to address some
in, Simon O'Byrne of Stantec Corp., opening in their backyard?” prod- approval processes, Meadows trees and wildlife would be broken neighbourhood concerns, council
Wal-Mart could become a third ded another. homeowner and organizer of the by a transit centre, big-box stores, a made a one-metre-tall berm and a
major tenant. And no, Rio-Can did The last question received no recent community forum, Margaret massive, lighted parking lot, and all 1.83-metre-high fence between the
not have any additional sound barn- response, but for any longtime Mill- Barry, began her own campaign the traffic that flows into a retail commercial and residential areas a
ers planned for homes to the south woods resident it pointed to an obvi- against the big box stores. é power centre. condition of the zoning change. It
of the commercial centre at the inter- ous irony: Thiele had famously led a A large part of the commercial lot Much to Barry’s surprise, her wasn’t the victory wanted.
section of 17 Street and 38 Avenue. successful 1998 battle to block the now in question, had not, in fact, neighbours across the street didn’t “We lost that battle,” she said.
Residents became heated as they opening of a Superstore in his own been zoned for commercial develop- receive the notice because their “Unfortunately open spaces and
were told, by their city councillors, backyard, on the corner of 23 Ave ment since 1982, as the councillors, homes were just outside the 60 green belts don’t provide revenue t0
Terry Cavanagh and Dave Thiele, and 34 Street. And, just months later, planners, and developer argued at metre zone in which it is required. the city. Edmonton prides itself on
that it was up to them to deal with the councilor vowed to set up a the meeting. Nearly half of it was Unable to accept the lack of consul- its river valley, but what's happen-
the developers. O'Byrne and Thiele “planning advocate” with the devel- taken up by a 20-acre belt of agricul- tation, she organized a petition to ing int he suburbs ist hey seem to be
repeated the mantra: anyone who opment experience, concern for the ture-zoned land filled with trees and block the zoning change, and quick- squeine as mzuchi asn thgey c an in
moved into the area should not be community, and official clout to off- wetland area providing a buffer ly gained 800 signatures—represent- the limited space.”
surprised at this development—it's set powerful developers and their between residences and a 30-acre ing more than half of all homeown-
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After the forum, Thiele confirmed and that doing so could get him Barry said she hopes the Mead- because it is a major community—
ame to office on a “planning kicked out of government ows committee becomes a model for and community league—supporter.
acy” platform, but said his “You need people like Margaret other neighbourhoods to adopt in Outside of the community leagues
York to chase Superstore out of his Barry who take it upon themselves the future, because the structure of homeowners are left to challenge
sighbourhood was “significantly to do these things in the communi- the committee helps minimize con- developers and planners on their
ferent” because the area was orig- ty,” he said. cern about a third party’s influence own, and with little expertise in the
y zoned for single-family resi- At the end of the meeting 12 on what can and can’t be lobbied for. highly technical area, something
fential homes. Meadows residents, including Barry, Neigbourhood community Thiele himself noted back in 1998.
» Thiele said he tried twice, unsuc- formed a committee to ensure their leagues can take up the homeown- Asa team, Barry hopes, their collec-
eessfully, to have council develop a concerns get addressed as the mall is ers’ cause, but may be reluctant if tive wisdom can even the odds.
nning advocate” office at City built out. developers make significant finan- As for her agenda: “There's two
. But even the community Thiele said that action, combined cial and in-kind contributions to the things I want improved. One is the Trusted advice &
es didn’t want an advocate that with some old-fashioned free market organization, Barry said. She didn’t notice. Only people within 60 metres
s closely tied to the city adminis- dynamics, should balance any future provide any specific examples. of the development got notice of the representation for all
tion. Instead, the Edmonton Fed- plans for the area. Meadows community league plans, so hundreds of people don’t
Elation of Community Leagues “These guys [Superstore and president Shami Sandhu pointed out know what's going on,” said Barry. your legal needs.
EFC) developed a planning advo- Home Depot] want to sell to the the conflict for her. He criticized There she has already scored a
eate position, with some financial community. If they upset the com- Barry after the meeting, saying she victory—Thiele said Monday that he
Pport from the city. Thiele admit- munity, they know they might not lost a “significant card” when she plans to introduce a motion or notice
Ee it's an imperfect solution since it do as well as they originally and other committee members of motion at council to ensure that
Ves just one person to deal with thought,” he said. refused to allow Dundee’s David there is greater community notifica-
€ complaints of more than 140 Morris to join them. He said Dundee tion for larger projects. Her other
immunities, lobby item might be a taller order.
¥s not a glorious position that “The second is my ongoing con-
Ys piles of money. That the diffi- You need people like Margaret Barry who cern about how city planning and
4 Ss these organizations,” said development treat the environment.
iele, take it upon themselves to do these things in “We all have urban development,
but places like North Carolina build
the community.
around their wetlands. They protect
Dave Thiele, City Councillor mature tree stands. Here, we just
uals, hes aid, pointing level whatever is in our way.”
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have the crunch of not having of a student's graduating year post-secondary education once
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Bakinson, president of the Universi- sonnel on the floor to deal with the ment will expand the Canada of government to create a deal that
ty of Alberta’s Graduate Student demand. The New Democrat policy Access Grants to cover up to four works for students like you.
Association. Bakinson posed this has been that there should be more years of undergraduate study for
question to the candidates: grants, and that, at the primary and eligible students, beginning in 2006- Editor's note:
“Over the last few years, tuition secondary levels, education should 2007. This measure will benefit an SEE Magazine offered Conserva-
for post-secondary education has be public. additional 55,000 students each tive candidate Ken Epp and Green
continuously increased, which has If |h ad my way, universities and year. candidate Lynn Lau an opportunity
discouraged a large number of colleges would not be charging stu- * From healthcare waiting times to to respond to this week’s question
high school graduates from attend- dents a fee. If we can train enough national daycare, the Liberal gov- Unfortunately, neither candidate
ing colleges and universities. Also, people for the jobs we need; we ernment has led the way in working provided a response before the
City’s social priorities on track Kreutzer. $5.666 million for the partnership,
With a lower estimate of the need down from $7.8 million the year
for affordable housing in the city, the before. The city’s actual tax-support
Edmonton Housing Trust Fund ed contribution to those programs
Housing advocate praises massive budget boost (EHTF) adds some optimism to the totals $850,000 and $1.17 million,
picture. respectively—the remaining dollars
EDMONTON WILL WRAP UP ITS 2005 million a year—back in July. Council solved. the city’s own estimates (dat- “It’s hard number to pin down. A came from private partners and
financial year with a $19 million sur- has since approved the spending in ing back to 1999) peg the need at huge part of the housing problem is other levels of government.
plus, three million of it dedicated to the 2006 budget. 6,000 units. half-hidden, with people staying with Kreutzer, the acting director
a new affordable housing initiative The initiative, called Cornerstones, Despite the still-significant fund- other families,” said EHTF director Edmonton Housing and Services
The plan has been lauded by hous- will plug money into housing initia- ing shortages in affordable housing, Rob Martin, who guessed the hous- over the final weeks of 2005, said his
ing advocates, but comes with a pro- tives beginning in 2006, with the Edmonton Coalition on Housing and ing need might actually be as low as department did try to wring more
viso: a massive affordable housing goal of creating 2,500 long-term Homelessness spokesman Jim Gur- 2000 units. money out in the last year of the pro}
shortage will remain, even if the pro- housing units by 2011. Reaching the nett is pleased with the city’s new Last winter, he noted, the city Housing and Services first
gram achieves its goals. target, will require the city to find effort. didn’t have to open LRT stations as requested a $2.5 million city contribu!
Couns. Michael Phair and Karen additional funding from other gov- “Comerstones is one more step emergency shelters. Nonetheless, he tion in the 2006 budget, with an aim
Leibovici brought forward a plan to ernment partners. that shows the city is the one order of said the need for more affordable to raise a total of $11.5 million. The
spend $25 million on affordable But, even if the goal is reached, government that understands and housing is undeniable. request was slashed to $850,000 after
housing over the next five years—$5 Edmonton's problem will be from takes seriously the housing problem “The city wants to bring on 500 senior management determined the
in Edmonton,” he said. per year. All we can do is keep mov- was insufficient general financing {0
Monday evening, with the help of ing ahead... however you slice it, we the first proposal.
Norquest College and CJSR radio, need hundreds of housing units” In 2007 that program will evapo-
Gurnett organized a federal election The new year will also sees the rate completely, leaving Cornerston¢
forum dedicated specifically to launch of an initiative intended to to take over, and council to solicit
affordable housing. He hopes improve the quality of existing money from partners all over agai.
Edmonton's council sets an example affordable units. A million-dollar “The weakness [with Corner-
Sinister cellular alliance for other politicians to follow. fund has been established for land- stones] is that the size of the housil\
“Tf the provincial and federal levels lords who need to bring their sec- problem is so huge, the amount of
of government would behave as sen- ondary suites (often basement suites) money the city can contribute isn’t
Whoopee! | can get another cellphone for just $50 and get tol ock myself into a con- sibly and creatively as the city has on up to code. That landlord-friendly enough,” Gurnett said, noting that
trfaorca notthe r three years? What'st ha If don'tli ke yours ervi|cec a n like itorl umpi ? this, we would be doing wonderful- move—many of the existing units rising energy costs and rents are
Guess that’s justt heC anadiawany . ly,” Gurnett said, although he ~ are technically i will in turn be adding to affordable housing short
Our American cousins, ittu rns out, have itw ay betteor nt he wireless front. South oft he acknowledge many obstacles remain. offset by a decidedly less landlord- ages each year.
border, you get tok eep your cell number when you change wireless carriers. Wow—that friendly program to prevent the evic- He also predicted that matching
would the market more ie or wouldn't if? Here in Canada, the CRTC has THE UPSIDE OF EDMONTON’S tion of needy tenants. dollars the city hopes to earn won't
lSinte,o erveen aEftcer ha oFeebrsuar y 0a goSveernamennt acti, mowve “hexpedeitious ly.” HOTUwSoI NmGi llRioEnS PciOtNyS tEa x dollars have i DOWN DOLLARS DRY UP bceo mamsi htimgeh nats e frsomt ifedmeraaBlt utae,n dda b.se nt
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Hungu p funding to come from the 2005 sur- sity. Over the past few years, “Thope their leadership will
plus. With matching dollars from Edmonton taxpayers have con- embarrass the other levels ofg ove!
Clear your throat: other levels of government, the city tributed to a four-way federal- ment with their immense surplus.
Rant Acid, SEE Magazine, 10275 — jasper Ave., could potentially raise $25 to 30 mil- provincial-municipal-private devel- It should shame these other guys i
Edmonton,Ts } 1X8 . lion for affordable housing in 2006 oper affordable housing initiative. ane, ‘How can we not act?”,” he
[email protected] Fax: 432 - 1102 alone, according to Edmonton Hous- But that program is winding down.
ing and Services spokesman Darrell This year the city has budgeted MARK WE