November 26th to December 8th 1981 The Other Press.

e Socred convention

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Fortunately, both remember their manners
and, consequently, are told the room.number
where Kevin Hallgate and a group of DC
students have finally been bestowed with the
presence of a government official: Peter
Hyndman, Minister of Consumer Affairs. 2

Hunter S. and Sancho join the meeting a tad
late, but they didn’t miss many answers. All
Hyndmen could do was say that he didn’t know
where Brian Smith was and that he had
another meeting to go to.

On the news that night the lead story is the
Indians crashing the Socred’s party: The Other
Press fully supports the native Indians in their
fight for rights in Canada, but it would have
made things simpler if they had had their
protest at a different time, only because it is
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attention with half of B.C.’s Indian Natiion.

Towards the end of the newscast, the Friday
morning protest at Douglas College came on,
showing barren square boxes appearing
behind the fog with a lot of unusual activity
going on around. The cameras showed stu-
dents circling up and down the ramp into the
administration building smiling at the TV
cameras and chanting slogans when the lights
came on. The CBC said that ‘‘it was a protest
reminiscent of the sixties’’. BCTV interviewed
an older woman who said that ‘this is the first
time | have ever done something like this, but
something has to be done.’’

So what can finally be said of this slice of
Other History? Stay tuned for Fear and
Loathing in Victoria, folks! - ‘

 

 

(“What do you think of the Socreds plan to cut back |

 

 

 

on funding for post-secondary education in B-C-”

SR IR, HE SARIN

  
   
 

British Columbia
Young Socreds

 

 

 

| Shawn Nelson: | don’t know much about it | just joined.”

Photo by Helene Wisotzki