FREE
FONJTT
Let's
talk
CFUR,
Dear
Editor:
I
have
a
plea
for
your
readers.
I
want
CNC
to
field
at
least
one
student,
staff
or
faculty
member
willing
to
take
a
time
slot
on
CFUR
to
broadcast
a
talk
show.
I
have
been
doing
a
half-hour
how
for
over
a
year
now
and
I
feel
lonely.
The
CRTC
requires
that
the
station
broadcast
a
certain
percentage
of
"spoken
word"
programming
but
we
are
falling
short.
Everyone
wants
to
be
a
DJ!
No
one
wants
to
do
the
work
of
preparing
a
weekly
script.
The
station
especially
needs
a
defender
of
globalization,
Star
Wars,
George
Bush
and
the
Martin
regime.
(I
need
a
target
at
which
to
aim
my
barbs.)
If
you
feel
strongly
about
these
or
any
other
subjects,
consider
committing
to
a
quarter
or
half-hour
weekly
to
strut
your
stuff.
Of
course,
anyone
accepting
this
challenge
will
be
fair
game
for
me.
Is
anyone
up
to
this
challenge?
Check
me
out
any
Tuesday
at
noon
to
see
if
I
gore
any
of
your
sacred
cows.
Sincerely,
Uncle
Don
'The
Diarist
of
Circumstances"
Editor's
note:
Show
proposal
forms
for
CFUR
can
be
downloaded
at
www.cfur.ca.)
February
2004
Opinion
5
Ominous
implications
for
our
most
Vulnerable
Dear
Editor:
The
appointment
of
Christy
Clark
to
the
position
of
Minister
of
Family
and
Children
has
ominous
implications
for
our
most
vulnerable
children
at
risk.
This
is
the
same
Minister
who
was
humiliated
when
asked
how
many
hospital
beds
she
was
responsible
for
closing.
Although
it
was
her
department,
she
did
not
know
this
critical
answer
and
appeared
not
to
care.
Then
as
Minister
of
Education-she
has
allowed
the
disastrous
under-funding
of
our
educational
system,
resulting
in
the
closure
of
schools,
excessive
bus
transportation
times,
the
cutting
of
too
many
programs
to
count
and
overcrowding
of
our
schools.
Every
single
misguided
attempt
at
trying
to
inflict
governmental
control
over
the
teacher's
own
association
was
rightly
defeated
by
the
combined
efforts
of
our
front
line
educators.
Her
record
of
governmental
performance
is
one
of
shame
and
failure.
Now,
her
appointment
to
the
ministry
responsible
for
our
children
at
risk
-
especially
at
this
time
of
scandal
and
the
second
huge
cut
of
funding
-
shows
that
Gordon
Campbell
will
continue
his
plans
to
decimate
the
ministry
while
allowing
a
failed
minister
to
be
the
scapegoat
of
the
destruction
of
the
safety
net
and
the
resultant
suffering
and
deaths
of
children
in
care.
She
has
been
reduced
to
a
political
pawn.
Her
appointment
and
subsequent
disgrace
will
not
be
much
of
a
loss
to
the
liberals.
The
continued
media
blitz,
attempting
to
convince
the
public
that
the
Liberals
are
doing
a
good
job
is
typical
of
the
lies
and
lack
of
morality
for
which
this
government
is
rapidly
becoming
famous.
Campbell
promised
not
to
waste
taxpayer's
money
on
advertising
but
he
has
now
spent
an
estimated
5.5
million
dollars
promoting
their
health
and
education
agenda.
This
lie
not
only
confirms
the
corrupt
nature
of
our
governmental
leaders
but
has
reduced
valuable
resources
that
are
much
needed
in
the
social
services
sector.
If
we
are
really
so
broke
why
is
Campbell
needlessly
spending
so
much
tax
money
on
ineffective
and
inefficient
ministers?
The
terms
"heartless"
and
"without
morals"
do
not
even
begin
to
describe
the
poor
excuses
for
human
beings
controlling
our
children's
future.
Sincerely,
Steven
F.
Willment
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