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i 1 ~ Japanese Canadians concerned I I

i I about future of Nitobe Gardens ~ by Yukle Kurahashi

A major cultural heritage site oncampusisbeingthreatenedwith whattheuniversityadministration calls %storation.”

One million dollars will be spent renovating the Nitobe Me- morial Garden beginning this Oc- tober.

Opened in 1960, the garden is to many Japanese Canadians a symbol of their recovery from the horrora of internment by the Ca- nadian government and of their reacceptance by Canadian society.

Because of Nitobe Garden’s cultural andhistorical significance there is widespread feeling that the university administration has excluded Japanese Canadiansfrom the decision-making process.

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W e . . . feel affronted by the manner in which our concerns have been handled and by the University’sapparentindifference to the views and wishes of Vancouver’s Japanese commu- nity,” said Hiro Okusa, vice- president of the Vancouver Japa- nese Gardeners’ Association whose founding members volunteered services to raise funds and help build the original garden.

“It is our opinion that this project has been mishandled from ita inception and that there has been no meaningful public par- ticipation,” he said in a letter to UBC president Strangway.

Daniel Birch, UBC vice- president academic and provost could not be reached for comment at press time.

Maurice Copithome, chair of the Nitobe Memorial Garden Ad- visory Council, with whom the Gardeners’ Association has been corresponding, similarly could not be reached.

Peter Kubotani, president of the Japanese Canadian Citizens Association, echoed Okusa’s con- cerns.

“[The Japanese Canadian community] has not been asked for input concerning the proposed Tenovations,” he said in a letter to UBC president David Strangway.

The J a p : Gardeners’ As- sociation “fias] not re.,. ved seri- ousconsiderationofresponse,”said Kubotani, also in a letter to Strangway, although they have “presented many legitimate con- cerns to those in charge of the renovations since the beginning of the year.”

architect from Japan, was con- tracted by the university to direct the renovations. In his report, he states the main reasons for the project: “he University estab- lished a committee of the garden with assistance of Japanese-Ca- nadian gardeners, and made efforts to keep the garden in good shape. Despite this fact, the garden be- came rough and

Okusa, who hastakentimeoff work to act as chair of the Nitobe Garden Committee for the Gardeners’ Association, agreed that some restoration work was in order.

“I wonder if there’s ever been enough mainte- nance crew or money for the garden,” he said.

“It‘s not be- cause we garden- ers didn’t have the ability to look a h r it. We found [Mr. Masuno’sl comment veryin- sulting.“

“In [Masu- no’s] report it looks like we don’t have the abilityandthatis wrong,’’ he said.

P a t r i c k Mooney, acting designadviaorfor the project and assistant profes- sor of plant sci- ence and land- scape architec- ture, acknowl- edged the con- cerns ofthe Japa- nese community.

“Many people have strong at- tachments to the garden and are very concerned that the quality and concept of the original garden not be negated in this process,” he said.

But he also stressed the im- portance of the time constraints imposed on the proposed renova- tions: We’ve been pushing to ex- pedite the project to get i t done on budget and on time to meet the

damaged.”

“One of the terms of the fund- ing is that the project must be completed within the fiscal year- and this means the end of March.”

Suzanne Poohkay, develop- ment manager of campus planning and development was unavailable for comment.

Half of the $1 million raised

Okusa expressed dissatisfac- tion with the extreme speed at which the proceedings have been forced ahead by the university, and also with the lack of response from the university to the many letters of concern the Gardeners’ Associa- tion has sent.

“we sent a comment on the

“Also, they should have con- tacted the successors of [the origi- nal landscape architect] Dr. Kannosuke Mori, Mr. Mamoru Mori,” he said.

“[Mr. Mamoru Mori] is an ex- pert landscape architect specializ- ing in this area and very knowl- edgeable ofprofessor [Kannosuke]

garden report [by Mori’s work. “So far. Mr. Mori hasn’t been

for the restoration was raisedfrom the Japanese government and the Konwakai, an association of Japa- nese businesses. This amount was matched by the BC government as part of a comprehensive plan to match private sector donations to UBC for capital and endowment purposes.

Eileen McIntosh, in charge of fundraising for campus develop- ment and external affairs, could

subtleties and the lengthy tradi- tion of Japanese gardens, we real- ize that the expertise doesn’t exist in someone outside the culture,” he said.

“We wanted someone who not only was in the Japanese culture but had demonstrated experience inJapanesegardens,”Mooneysaid.

Okusa was perturbed with the choice.

”I don’t believe they did enough

Chadian community on the advi- sory council for the restoration project.

Nitobe Memorial Garden is named after Dr. Inazo Nitobe, a Japanese diplomatandscholar. He died in Vancouver in 1933 while “working for better understanding between Japan and Canada and addressing public meetings in the interest of peace,” in the worda of past UBC president Norman

-Toshiaki Masuno, alandscape comiletion date,” he said. not be reached at press time. research on that matt&. ~ MacKenzie.

August 27,1992 THE UBYSSEY/S

Tewksbury: swimming in gold

4/THE UBYSSEY h a 8 t 27,1992

Swimmer sets sights on-gold by Lllllan Au

While the sight of the deep end may make some non-swim- mers seasick and head for the medicine cabinet for a bottle of gravol, Yvette Michel has no cause for concern.

For the twenty-seven year old swimmer and mother, who was born blind, swimming has been a source of freedom, pride, and tre- mendous personal achievement.

Michel, who was born with retina plastgoma, has held the number-one position in the world among visually-impaired swim- mers in the 100 metre freestyle for

. the past ten years. She is also the current world record holder in the 100 metre backstroke and 200 metre individual medley for the visually impaired.

Next week, Michel will make her fourth and probably final Olympic appearance at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona. A national blind swim-team mem- ber since 1980, Michel plans to hang up her towel after conipeting at this year’s ninth Paralympics.

According to the veteran swimmer, who has been training for the Barcelona games at Percy Norman pool in Vancouver‘s east end, she has never considered her blindness a deterent to her goals. Rather, her biggest obstacles have been the lack of publit recagnition and of financialmpport from the government.

Michel says she feels leR out and disappointed that disabled swimmers have not received any public recognition for their efforts.

“Even getting a few seconds of airtimeonTVonceinawhilewould be nice,” she said, Despite the lack of attention, she said, “Nothing can take away from the good feel- ing I get when I win a gold medal.”

Michel, who is unemployed . and i s on a disability pension, re-

ceived $875 from B.C. carding which is about the same amount able-bodied athletes receive.^ ’

- Thatissmallchangecompared to the thousands of dollars that able-bodied swimmers likp Olym-

picgoldmedalist,MarkTewksbury atapper, Desjardins stands at the commands from corporate spon- end of the pool and taps Michel on sors such as the Investors Group. the head, shoulder, or hand with

“Its not even enough to join a what looks like a single pull-buoy swim club which, on average, costs attached to a pole, just before the between $1,200 to $1,500,” Michel swimmer reaches the wall. said. The placement and timing of

Undertheathletes’assistance the tap must be synchronized per- program, which is referred to as fectly with the swimmer‘s stroke. carding, elite athletes like Michel “The timing is crucial. If I tap her are ranked in terms of eligibility too early, she won’t get enough of a requirements for funding by both push when she executes her turn. the provincial and federal govern- If l’m late,.shell +se right into mente. the wall,” Desjardins said.

According tp the swimmer, Michel said, “In competition securing funding at the national you’re expected to surpass your carding level is much more diffi- normal speeds so I can’t rely on .cult for disabled athletes, Because countingmy strokestojudge when the criteria for national carding is I will hit the wall.” So strict, and the amount of funds In her favourite event, the 100 available to disabled swimmers is metre freestyle, Michel clocks soli~ted,athletessuchasMichel, .about one minute and eleven sec- . despite having won four gold med- onds. Top ranked able-bodied als and two silver medals at the swimmers like American Janet 1988 Seoul Paralympics, are left Evans average around 50 .to 55

Unable to find any private Michel’scase,eecondsaddupwhen sponsors to help her get to sheveersoff-course,andinhaving Barceloim, Michel eventually had to rely on her tapper toknow when toborrow almost $1,300 from B.C. to execute her twn at the wall. Blind Sports and Recreation -a Alarge part of Michel’s train- provincial organization which ing is devoted to developing a helps blind athletes finance com- smooth “cadend’ or rhythm. In petitions. order to maintain a straight

Wnfortunately, there hasn’t couree, Michel must try toexertan been as much money directed to equal proportion of force in her Canadian swimmers, especially limbs. For example, if her right disabled ones, as in the past,” . arm is stronger than her left arm, Michel said. Michelwilltendtoswimoffcourse.

B.C. Blind Sports and Recreation, According to Desjardins, if an itis exh.emelydifFicultfordisabled able-bodied swimmer like Mark athletes to secure private spon- Tewksbury were blind-folded, he’d sors. have a tough time catching up to

msabled sports don’t appear Michel, who swims incredibly as glamorous as able-bodied sports, straight. and in the case of swimming, their In order to prevent cheating times are much slower as com- among competitors, completely .pared to those clocked by able- blind swimmers like Michel, who bodied swimmers. However, in hasnolight perception, wear black some disabled sports, such as judo, opaque goggles. While all athletes disabled athletes are highly com- are examined by Paralwpic doc- petitive withable-bodiedathletes,” tors, some countries have tried to Yorke said. sneak in partially-blind competi-

tors in B1 races which are designed Accompanying Michel to exclusively for completely blind

BarcelonaisLynnDesjardins, who athletes.. will act as one of two Yappers” on Michel, who learned to swim the Canadian blind swim team. As at age six, says she took-to the

out. seconds, according to Michel. In

According to Gerry Yorke of

watir like a duck. “I didn‘t have to depend on someone to take me somewhere. I wasn’t inhibited by the water.. Swimming gave me a sense of freedom which I couldn’t find on land,” Michel recalls.

AlthoughMicheladmiresable- bodied swimmers like Elaine Tan- ner, Mark Spitz,. and Alex Baumann, she wishes there had been disabled swimmer role mod- els when she was younger.

When asked whether she ever thought of herself as a source of inspiration for other blind swim-

mers following in her footsteps, Michel replied, ”I guess it would make me feel good inside if it did happen.”

Michel will be competing in six events at the Barcelona Paralympic Games, which are scheduled to run from September 3 to 14. She is favoured to win the goldmedalinthe50andlOOmetre freestyle, the 100 metre breast- stroke, and the 100 metre back- , stroke. She hopes to place in the tap three in the 4 x 100 freestyle and the 4 x 100 medley relay.

Cycle team off to Paralympic

Paula Welling8 A 70 kilometer ride through

the hills of Spain awaits Patrick York and Sue Drinnan, two Van- couver members of the Canadian Paralympic Cycle team.

ThisFridayYorkandDrinnq will fly to Barcelona to participate in the blind tandem cycling event of the ninth Paralympic Games. Their race is on September 12.

Yorkwill alsobe participating in the team cycle event on Septem- ber 16, where each team of three tandem bikes travels 60 kilometres together; racingagainst the clock.

The Paralympic Games has invited91countriestoparticipate, and will be hosted at the Barcelona Olympic village.

YorkandDrinn&irststarted training for the Paralympics 15 months ago. This year‘s racing season has taken them to many competitions including the US Na- tional Tandem Championships, where they met up with a US Paralympic Tandem Cycle team.

York and Drinnantrain about four times weekly, putting in maximum distances of 130 miles per ride.

In order to qualify for the. Paralymics, the tandem duo had

could goon was natural ability. We didn’treallyhavetimetotrainand so thafs why I got hooked, com- pletely. I< was in seven events. Everything from wrestling, to swimming, to photput, to discus, to high jump, to 1500 meters [race],” York said.

Since 1976, York has partici- pated in every Paralymic Games, winning medals in many events” In 1980 York swam and ran, in 1984 he ran, in 1988 he ran, and now, for 1992, he is cycling.

“In 15 yeam you get addicted, you want to do everything. When you have the opportunity offered to you, and you’ve got the time, you want to to everything,” York said.

York has changed sports throughout the 15 years in order to maintain a high level of perfor- mance.

For the mixed blind tandem cycle, York will be riding “stoker” behindDrinnan, whowillberiding “captain”.

Drinnan, a research project coordinator in cardiology at the UBC hospital, also comes from a highly athletic background.

Shehascycledbothinthe 1984 and in the 1985 Tour de France, in 1984 placing 12th. As well, Drinnan has been involved in ski

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P OSITIVE vibes filled the olpheum last Wednesday

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MUSIC The Indigo Girls The Orpheum August19

This current concert tour is a bit of a departure for the Atlanta-based folk duo. They are now touring with a full band- including a cellist, violinist, drummer and bass guitar player.

For the most part, the . concert showcased Amy Ray and Emily Saliers' latest tunes, from their new album, Rites of Passage.

I have to admit, however, that their new songs seemed to lack some of the passion that characterizes their older mate- rial. But hey, maybe that's just me.

The Indigo Girls did play older favourites as well-euch as

Prince of Darkness, Kid Fears and, of course, Closer to Fine- inspiring the audience to sing along. Most of these more familiar tunes were done without the backing band.

During the course of the night, Ray and Saliers also tdok turns performing solo~numbers- including Ray's poignant version of Dire Straits' Romeo and Juliet.

Ray ended the show with ap equally great version of the Dylan classic, Tangled up in Blue.

the evening was the fact that Orpheum security guys pre- vented people from dancing. In fact, because of the Orpheum's draconian rules, no one was even allowed to stand up in the aisles.

The only other damper on the evening was the cost of tickets. Tickets cost $29.25 each!! Need I say more? ' - This is the second time I've seen the Indigo Girls perfokm at the Orpheum and I remain convinced-the Indigo Girls should not play there!

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APPOINTMENTS Council appointed Leona

Adams as Walk Home Program Volunteer Coordinator. The pro- gram should be in action by the third week in September, offer- ing walking accompaniment on Wednesday, Friday and Satur- day nights.

Council approved the rec- ommendation to appoint Nindy Duggal to Senate as the student representative for the Faculty of Medicine.

Sophia Hams was appointed to the President's Permanent Advisory Committee on Sexual Harassment, until June 30,1994.

Caireen Hannert was ap- pointed to the BC Student Assis- tance Program Appeals Com- mittee for the 92/93 loan year.

FRINGE BENEFITS FOR JETSET EXEC

Council agreed to give $922.46 (meals and cab fare in- cluded) to Director of Finance Billy Dobie to attend the Stu- dent Unions' Financial Repre- sentatives Conference Aug 21- 23, at the Mamott Hotel in Toronto.

CIAO BABY Ombudsperson Mike Adams

has resigned his position andwill be replaced by Sue-Ann Mitchell until a new Ombudsperson can be appointed.

Sarah Wright resigned her position as Arb Rep, citing dis- satisfaction with 'political divi- sion which seems to affect deci- sion making." Council agreed to implement Wright's advice that factionalism on council be re- duced by having new AMs reps be debriefed on protocol and perhaps be initiated into council culture with a 'buddy system'.

AND ELVIS HAD TO DIE FIRST

Council approved, in principle,

the film project of UBC grad Kathy Gameau, who described her docucomedy as "the sort of film you would expect to get if you invited Woody Allen to the UBC campus to make a docu- mentary about sex."

The 25 minute, 16- film focuses on the excitement former AMs president Kurt Preinsperg roused among the student body when he published "dating tips" for men in a local newspaper. Garneau is asking the AMs for $5,000 to subsidize the two-year project.

CANT RAPE A SS! Another film project, the

brainchild of External Affairs of- ficer Marya McVair and former FilmSoc director Michael Gazetas, will be ready for public screening by the second week in September.

"A Perpetual State of Con- sent" received a $6,500 subsidy from the AMs and is intended to raise awareness about date rape. The film features Sexual Ha- rassment officer Margaretha Hoek and Women's Students' officer Marsha Trew talking about assault between scenes dramatizing a "date rape." It will be screened at frat houses, and at the theatre in the student union building.

COMPUTERS AREN'T NECESSARILY VIRUS-FREE

Student representative to the Board of Governors, Derek Miller, said action from the president's office has not resolved the computer-porn issue. There are rumours that the president's ofice took the opportunity to "eliminate" other "politically ac- tives newsgroups along with the controversial "a1t.sex" and "alt.bondage" from the UBC computer network, Miller said. Access to the "alternative" newsgroups has been banned or restricted on moral and not legal

grounds at the University of Manitoba, the University of Toronto, Simon Fraser and, most recently,atUBC.MiUersaid that while 'a lot of the content is not particularly valuable," the 8alt.sex" group has "some legiti- mate discussions about sex."

COMPUTER SERVICES CUT

Major changes a t Computer Services Support Centre are de- signed to make the centre a U ~ ~ s t recovery" ancillary service, said a consultant at the centre. Until the beginning of this summer the centre provided free over- the-phone help for anyone having trouble with their personal com- puter or printer, or who wanted access to the high-speed data link. These services, as well as the printers, have been elimi- nated. The consultant said the plan is thatby 1995, service "will go to contract customers ...y ou'll have to pay for all services." The consultant said the idea behind implementing the user-fees is to run the service "on a cost-recov- ery basis, so no money will ' b e

taken from the university." The man who ordered the

changes to the services, Bernard Sheehan, vice-president of In- formation and Computing Sys- tems, was on vacation and not available for comment. AMs president Martin Ertl will de- cide whether to take action after AMs researcher, Board of Gov- ernors rep DerekMiller, tumsin his report on the matter.

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New Canadians under attack Working and studying hard, perhaps with the goal of one

day bringing parents or family to Canada to live with you, is a goal for many students in this country. Anew law from the Conservative government in Ott;aupa, h@wgver, i s smashing that dreamfor thousands ofnew Caazadians !&is new legislation, called Bill C-86, severely irmpa&s the rights of immigrants and refwees.

At a time when the governmer ', 1s gearing up for a new election, this bill is being steam - 2d through the govern- mental process to appease the ' nservative, racist sectors of Canada. The harshest impact of the bill will be felt by people of colour as they are the targets of this goverment's racist policies. This bill is reminiscent of the racist immi- gration laws (like the head tax and one-stop laws) that used to exist in the earlier part of this century. The changes proposed completely violate Canada's commitment to in- ternational agreements like the Geneva Convention on Refugees and the Convention against Torture.

Under the new law, family is defined as being only spouse and children. Thus the extended family, which is a valid institution for all communities of color, is not consid- ered family. This will severely reduce the chances of parents of permanent residents from gaining immigration. Sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles etc. will find it practically impos- sible to gain residency. These definitions of family come from a very narrow, racist point of view and completely ignore and disrespect the multi-ethnic makeup of Canada's population.

The law will remove appeals to the courts for both refugee claimants and permanent residents and the right of judicial review will be either abolished or restricted. Thus all decision making power is limited to the hands of a few to use and abuse as they please.

The law makes potential immigrants inadmissible who have never been convicted of a crime.but who might have

been associated with someone who might have been in- volved in criminal activity. The law proposes a definition of "terrorism" which includes anyone who might have been a member ofan organization involved in opposition to unjust and undlsmwrsrtic governments. The definition is so wide that even Nelson Mandela, a s President of the African Nationd Congress (ANC), which opposes the apartheid regime of SouthAfrica, would not be permitted to remain in Canada as a refugee. This would be pronouncing a death sentence for political dissidents that face death threats in their mother countries.

The law will abolish work permits for refugee claimants, forcing them to seek welfare until their claim is determined. In addition to the psychological pressures on the individuals and their families, this will also mean P vast increase in costs to the social welfare programs ofthe provincial govern- ments. And for potential immigrants and refugee claimants who currently have an application in process may be re- jected by the new law.

The law gives immigration officials and airline employ- ees such wide ranging powers of interrogation, inspection and decision making, that abuse is inevitable.There is no right of appeal. Immigration officials will make these deci- sions without a lawyer being present and without a hearing of any kind. Airline employees will be expected to police passengers, seize and inspect documents at their discretion, and prevent entry of "suspected refugee claimants" to Canada. Penalties against airlines and others who assist refugees will be greatly increased. Immigration officials can fingerprint, perform body and luggage searches, and use other methods of interrogation as they please.

The bill, to be introduced into Parliament on Sept.ember 21, is not far from the traditions of "multicultural KKKanada". The founding of Canada was a racist act in itself.

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On feee of $514.31 for summer( an exorbitant sum, by the way, consideringthat as a continuing PhD candi- date I am rarely a t UBC, use few campus facilities and consult faculty mem- bers about twice per term) your university hit me with interest of $7.71. On one months arrears, that works out to an interest rate of 18 per cent per year.

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that like many citizens you might have picked up a newspaper lately. If you had, you would have noticed that interest rates are con- siderably lower than what UBC charges to its recalci- trant (or poor) students. Last, I noticed, the prime rate was somewhat below per cent.

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The Chilean goverment is offering redress pay- ments to the families of those people who died or “were disappeared” during the didatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

In April of this year, the Chilean Congress approved a plan to pay a monthly pension to victims’ families.

Eligibility for the pen- sion is determined through an official list of names of those who died or who dis- appeared.

Althoughit is estimated 30,000 Chileans were killed or disappeared during the first two years of the Pinochet regime, only 2,279 names are on the list.

A federal commission also investigated, but could not reach conclusions on, another 641 cases.

According to Julio Cortez, a graduate student at UBC who left Chile in 1976, the new government under Christian Democrat Patricio Aylwin Azocar has been under considerable pressure to address the is- sueofhumanrightsabuses.

“Aylwin knows that if he doesn’t do anything he is going t o be criticized,” Cortez said.

Cortez points out, how- ever, that Aylwin was once a supporter of Pinochet and that, as such, he has a re- sponsibility to address the

human rights issue. “Let’s not forget that this

guy and his bunch once ap- plauded Pinochet. He is partly responsible for a lot of this stuff,” Cortez said.

Pinochet’s brutal regime ruledChilehm 1973 to 1990.

Cortez, who was a politi- cal prisoner during the early years of the Pinochet regime, recognizes that many more than the listed 2,279 people died between 1973 and 1990. But, he argues, it would be unwise to test Pinochet’s pa- tience, who is still in com- mand of the armed forces.

“All Chileans, including Aylwin, are limited because Pinochet is still chief of the army. So any desire to go af- ter him is unthinkable,” Cortez said. “If you push too far, Pinochet could do some- thing crazy again. We don’t want to have to go through that again-no matter what.”

According to Fernando Causiilo, Chile’s Consul Gen- eral in Vancouver, “This re- port has been rejected by the armed forces. They say it is not valid, biased and all that.

“They argue that there was an internal war in Chile at that time, and they say that there were also many people from the military who were killed. They have their own list of people in the mili- tary who were also killed.”

Cortez said, “It’s a very

difficult situation because, of come, many people in Chile are angry at what happened-even myself. Many of my friends were killed and I was put in prison-but I think that something is better than nothing.

Pinochet came to power on September 11, 1973, when Chilean army and air force troops stormed the na- tional presidential palace in Santiago.

That same day Chile’s elected socialist president, Salvador Allende, was as- sassinated.

Pinochet immediately undertook drastic measures to crush popular opposition to his regime; He ordered a brutal crackdown against. leftists, labour organizers and, indeed, all opposition politicians. The crackdown was orchestrated by the. Chilean armed forces, and by Chile’s secret police in collusion with former Nazi colonel, Walter Rad.

Thousands were killed, harrassed, imprisoned and tortured by Chile’s secret police during the seventeen years Pinochet was in power.

Free elections were eventually held in March of 1990, and Pinochet was de- posed. The elections were won by a broad-based coali- tion, fronted by Christian DemocratcandidateAylwin.

And on April 25, 1990, the Aylwin government struck a federal commission to investigate human rights abuses committed in Chile during the Pinochet years.

Causiiio said, “This com- mission was created very soon after the government of Aylwin took power in March 1990. And it was formed by independent people from different sectors of the coun- try.”

The commission is com- posed ofeight people, includ- ing ministers of the current goverment, former ministers who had worked with Allende, political analysts, and politicians who had workedwithPinochet. Jaime Castillo, president of the Chilean Human Rights Commission, was chosen to chair the commission.

ARer several months of investigations andinquiries, the commission submitted recommendations to the Chilean Congress-includ- ing a recommendation that Chileans who lost family during the Pinochet years be compensated in some way.

“The [ monthly] pension is 140,000 pesos-the equivalent to nearly $400. That would not be considered much in Canadian terms. But for our standards it is a good pension, especially if you consider that the mini- mum salary [in Chile] is now

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According to Causiiio, spouses and parents are eligible to receive this pen- sion for life, while children are only eligible to receive it until they reach 25 years of age.

Causiilo said he does not know if there are any Chil- eans in Vancouver who are eligible for this pension, but that he has publicized the commission’s findingsin the Chilean community.

“This is well known by the Chilean community. But no one has come. I can tell you tha t no one [in Vancouver] has come, up to this moment, to obtain this pension,” Causiilo said.

“I think the payments being offered are a gesture by the government to tell the people that they want, in a way, to try to close the wound left by this situation,” Causifio said.

But, Causiiio admitted, money could never compen- sate for the loss of a family member.

Cortez agreed and said, T h e money is not going to bring anybody back to life. But at least it is being rec- ognized that the atrocities occurred-which is, initself, good.”

“We Chileans need to concentrate on rebuilding, on the future,” Cortez said.

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