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“LOCAL developer has proven .
that with sustained. lobbying no-

can eventually mean yes at North
Vancouver District Hall. ;
United Properties Ltd. has attempted
sitice-1992 to gain a public hearing and
eventual council approval for the rede-
velopment of 6.5 acres of Dollarton
waterfront property owned’ by Noble
Towing and McKenzie Barge.
“Fhe developer would like to place

“ Cates Landing,. apartment buildings

‘containing a total of 210-multi- -farnily |

~ units; at the site.

The site generated much emotional ‘

heat in 1987. when council .of the day.

UGE LNA A ICRA LE ENP ET NENTS REE 8 he |

yes

under the stewardship of Marylin Baker :

grappled with a major residential devel-
opment proposed for the focation. ..
Grassroots pressure, gathered under
the.common banner of Save Our Shares,
‘resulted in a rejection of that proposal
and a dedication of the property from
Port Industrial to Park Recreation and
Wilderness Areas. —

Council subsequently assigned: the

broader ‘issue of Dollarton-Deep Cove,,
_ waterfront land use to Waterfront Task
Force. That process included three pub-

‘lic forums and a recomiviendation from
the task force that calis for rejection of
‘the latest development proposal.

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Yet_on Monday council agreed ‘to a

public heaving on Cates Landing. *

Creation of the task force bought

council time ‘to avoid a_ politically

charged firm decision On-- Cates
Landiag. :
But if task force recommendations
carry no real weight. with council, the
public task force process becomes noth-
ing more. than just another exercise in.”
bureaucratic. -wheel-spinning.. a ;
Particularly saddening is the thought

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‘that the goodwill of task force members,
: who probab!y believed they” were con-

tributing tea meaningful civic proc 8

: has now soured.

!

EIANeR, Tie
You ABotr. ENDANGERED

TORON TON this dis-
“tant ‘and exotic place, the:
~ solemn news from home

Mews, about, ‘what could have
_ been a fatal ambush'of | :

» Mounties at the James Cattle, i
- Co. Ranch — was itchingly
 incompiete. : a

One. ‘Toronto area TV station.

" chose to run something about

Castro's Cuba at the top of the

- news. Ail seemed to play down the .

fact that txvo Mounties were fired at

at by Indians with automatic rifles and ;

“were saved from injury.or death by.

~ their bullet-¢ proof, flak Jackets. a
At this writing, the issue isn’t |,

settled, But, even if ‘developments, is

" have radically overtaken the stgry as

it was when'l wiote these words,

> 'm troubled by it. more durable and ..

: sombre question.) 7:
Which is:.Can the price for final .
ly resolving, the grave issues “S

_ between the native people snd the
stot Canad be paid except in,

borrowed if froma woman who
th aitered | mea while ago by asking

ny, gpinion of the, native’ kind claims .
“and allied issues,

ET gave along and — hey, you

“expect a harsh criticism of my own;

Jofly thought? ~- “carefully weighed :

Scanswier.

ICembraced: the main points r ve
made i in print on.the subje ”

" mative apartheid, Democratic polic: y
“must be cotor-blind,:

the dis

Dear Editor: -
Samuel
“Kemann: Soprano, North Shore

News,” August 4, would be singing -;
a different tune if his’ rights were
treated the way he Suggests Alcan's

right be treated. Y

Alcan invested $525* million to
expand its operations‘in B.C. on the
strength of a legally binding ‘agree:
ment with two levels of govern-

Inent. Both governments were sulis- -
fied that Alcan’s project fulfilled the:
environmental criteria they demand: ,

ed. “ fiat .

Dear Editor:
Regarding “North Van man “gets

_ guns"back. July 231995, by A.M.
> Angelo.‘
; Jerome. aradis. decision, such as it.

Aside“ from: Judge
How Mr. Jordan the materi-

“hobby,” what was. the

ertising the Jordan fain. -

to native people, ‘perhaps more than
rimination of the Pasi or pre-

oe sent: Fs \

And I believe | that most ator rigi-

ie nal people know it, 8%

Many have. successfully riade
their own way, wisely knowing that)
inthe end life is something that

“ “pees on while.the state contemplates
' large matters and while negotiators
~dicker and dawdle? 2: «

1 was there’on that historic day’

gn the North Shore's Squamish

=<, 1 oppose native self-government,
other.than the kind comparable t:.

.. municipal or other Jocal goverment

‘chosen on 4 non-racial basis, And,

more emphatically, [oppose native

sovereignty... :
fam opposed to what | call affir-

I believe chit Indians understand=.

ably will feel a ‘special identification.

with their bands aid farids for a tong
lime. “perhaps forever, But that
should never be translated i into polit.
ical and. thus ecorornic; social,

“ oveupational and other forrhs of

licnation from other Canadians,. °

“EP beligve that the direction of fede

eral and: provincial policies of recent:

; yeurs ~~ ‘it they aren: it just? criply..
noises

promises olily more injury

Reserve when Ottawa shipped in
every heavy it could — ?emier Roy
Romanow of Saskatchewan,
Premier Bob Rae of Ontario, federal
miiiister Joe Clark and others — for
a rah-cah, upbeat rally to, persuade
Indian chiefs from across the land to
support the Charlottetown accord.’

= Iya sentimentalist about the
Canada of iny-own mythic ideal,
supported it. But the Indians, thougtt
apparent beneticiaries of the accord,

rejected it, Like most Canadians. Sev -
J accept thar th

vere correct and i
wasn't,

This was the substance
response to the woman wlio ‘sought
my opinion.

Then she gave me herse*

It was dike a dog running loose in

a bank, confounding order, upsetting“:

the universe. 20
“- This is a very loose, imerpretation

‘of her words, ruder and more point. |
ed than anything she said.

“You are wrong? she said. “In:
their hearts, all native people fecl

Oak “of Chilliwack -

‘in: a a democriiy, political | winds’

“are allowed to'change and govém-

ments are allowed to reverse deci-
sions," but neither: individuals nor,
organizations expect.to be stripped
‘of their rights asa result. oo 2s
Mr. Oak. inchis litle “ditty.
advocating the denial ‘of legal:and
democratic: rights’ to an organizz
tion... Wouid he wax as poetic if-h
‘own rights were on the line?’
Kathleen M. Bourchier
Corporate: . Information ar
Public Affairs EN

‘Now that the: arsenal” will be in”
place in’ the Jordan home, hope
_ that Ms, DY ‘Angelo realizes
bit ‘of . sloppiness could lead ” toa
potential robbery: by. anyone: who.
cared to-tead the article; I can Just

imagine how the’ ‘neighbors. feel,
Theora Wert a ae
orth Vancouver’

- there wil always ‘be young: adi
=, who burn with the anger, that {:

have fought to thie last ise OF!
bicod to resist the white man rather,
than take the crumbs of title frag
ments of land and their culture, that
they were allowed. ee ae

« “Their sense is that their horae-
land was stolen from them, or taken;

_ under agreements they” had no

power to rejects).4- og
“Those powerful emotions can

- never be expiated by talks and sig:

natures, by bargaining and diploma- j “
cy, by what i
reason’?

“People whio have lost their pride”

* can only regain it physic ally — by ©

hitting, ‘hurting those who have’, “
taken it frogs Gem.) oe
: but itis the human ;
way. People whod never been’
disposse: sseu,’ which describes ma

Cwhite Cnadi: ms,can never under

stand H. You cari "punderstand: ras
Reader, she was very polite. My.
“tranation of what she said is, as.’ .
stated, loose. But, 1 think, acura. se
And worth pondering. 72 ;
{fit nuitters, She was born in, a
China but. was educated at a good - a
“American University and is totally ©
familiar with Gur ways, Could she
be right? ne

‘this.

called reason. ; Whose. -