http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0439273
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
is referenced by: https://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch
is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-31
issued: 1933-08
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note: ■"<■■;■!;,.-:.■ .. ,i .. ■:.^%"3r_ .■»■*" --~^~»^r«r T S^^nMNBQ^ Vancouver Hoards $1,700,000 While Chaos Grows I' I I ' ' ammmaaaama^amaaamaamaa.aaaaaaaaaaaamJLaaam ' I I aaaaaammaaa 11 . i _-_«----------_-----------------_--____-----_------_------_-----^^ Canada Needs. a lot of new blood in its Federal and Provincial, Parliaments to speed us towards induitrial ——recovery. ■■— 0f.< OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORTED BY SIXTY-TWO LOCAL UNIONS arid Shorter Hour* it the Big American slogan now being used in efforts towards industrial recovery. No. 418 "Vancouver, Canada, august, 1933 Price, Five Cents Near $2,000,000 Relief Available Afraid of Banks? Annual Report of City of Vancouver Shows Huge Unexpended Debenture Balances but City Council Makes No Move to Have Money Relief for Work; - Too Many Rackets in Handling Unemployment. THERE appears to be plenty of evidence to' show that in spite of all the wailing that-goes on in the City Council of Vancouver, most of it is done with the idea of playing to the gallery. After looking over the evidence we must assume that the City Council is not sincere in their handling of the relief situation or that they are so afraid of the banks that they dare not do the right thing to improve the industrial situation in this city. We know that most of thecivic employees have been laid off, adding to the unemployment situation, and we know that the unemployment relief which has been handed out was very close to the starvation mark, yet we find in the city's, annual report for the year ending December 31, 1932, that there is a total of $1,700,941 (pages 32-33) of debenture balances unexpended. This is not included , in the $18,000,080 sinking fund. This money is still in the banks, drawing 3 per cent interest—or should be—while many thousands of citizens are looking: in vain for jobs. We have not seen any evidence of this money having been spent this year and we would like to know why steps have not b…

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