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West Van needs
deposit program

Dear Editor

Re editorial ‘‘Pay as you
use’’, March ! and Mayor’s
response, March 21.

The reply from Derrick
Humphreys, Mayor, does
not attempt to respond to
your editorial. This critique
is based upon the following:

‘*Saving $40,000’’. The
Mayor would not have to
visit the bank if an ap.
propriate cash flow plan,
supported by a prudent short

term deposit program,had
been instituted. There is a
great advantage, in these

days of high interest rates, to
receiving an annual income
in a lump sum. Irrespective
of when the lump sum is
received, although the earlier
the better, the effect over the
years is the same.

Short term govt. bonds
and term deposits produce
interest rates as high as
11.5%. An annual budget of

$10,000,000 could therefore
provide an income of over
$500,000 during a 12-month
period.

‘*‘Water rates’’. The
Mayor says the golf clubs
pay for water but he does
not attempt to explain why
the cost per 1,000 gallons is
in the 80 cent bracket for the
clubs, but over $1.25 for the
average household. Costs for
clubs are based upon data
releaased by the Hall.

‘‘Garbage and Sewer’’.
The Mayor expresses his
opinion but ignores the
issues raised in the editorial
as well as the fact that those
who do not use the school
system pay school taxes. The
decision for change was
taken to appease the
affluent, no doubt about it.

Maxwell H. French
West Vancouver

Is Montroyal link just make-work?

Dear Editor:

As residents of two dif-
ferent streets (Montroyal and
Skyline) in the Canyon
Heights area, we wish to pose
some questions and offer
some comments regarding
the ‘‘Montroyal Link’’ issue.

For the majority affected
by the implementation of this
proposal, could the outcome
be a net liability with
substantial safety concerns?
Consider that mountain-road
like, lazy stretch of Mon-
troyal between Mosquito
Creek and Delbrook, a scenic
but at times challenging
route, with parked cars, steep
driveways, an angled in-
tersection, spots of poor
visibility, often slippery sur-
faces fromyack of sun, anda
busy firehall — this quite
clearly 1s not a route that
caters to high volumes of
hurried traffic. The proposal.
iS not just a link to Lonsdale,
but also a key tie in the cross-
mountain route to points fur-
ther east, and accordingly,
will offer the potential for

traffic increases of major
proportion.

Residents of the City and
District no doubt share the
same frustrations and fears
of the infamous five way
crossing at 23rd, Larson and
Mahon. Is there a potential
repeat of this situation at
Rockland, Prospect and
Montroyal?

Looking at the plus side,
no one will ‘‘argue the fact
that fewer cars will use the
side streets’’, so says Mr.
James Bussey in his letter to
the Editor of March 18th, or
will they? Once the link is in
place, the many users will
soon discover other new
short cuts, such as _ the
‘Skyline connection’’ to
points south and west,
another rouie with some
challen ingturns and hazards,
among them the toddlers of
the many new young second-
generation settlers.

If your readers’ choice to
settle on the North Shore was
as ours, to seek refreshment
from the big city life, then
they must view critically

Pro Life ‘twisting numbers’

Dear Editor:

Let me assure you that
Lions Gate Hospital does
not ‘‘dismiss’’ the lawsuit
brought against us by
George Carruthers and
Michael Whelton as ‘‘a mere
Pro Life nuisance’’ as sug-
gested by your editorial of
March 28.

On the contrary, our
concern for the 12 physicians
named in this suit, the 3,500
members of the North and
West Vancouver Hospital
Society and the community
we serve obligates us to take

this action extremely
seriously.

There are, however, a
number of questionable
issues which were com-

pounded by your editorial
Firstly, the plainuffs appear
to present impressive
statistics to show that LGH
does far more abortions than
most hospitals, simply
because of the way our
doctors define “health”

Not so) Our abortion rate
is high because a number of
other B ¢ hospitals refuse
to perform the procedure Ml
is perhaps understandable
that prefer to
performed in the
relatively anonymous setting
of a larger hospital

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use before the changes to
Canada’s Criminal Code
which permitted abortions
for reasons of health.

LGH and its physicians
care deeply for our patients.
Therefore we resent. the
implication that anyone not
“Pro Life’? is somehow
anti-life. We are concerned
about our abortion statistics
and in the past we have
supported studies to help us
understand them.

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Your editorial suggests
that our abortion problem is
so acute that it may require
‘‘a task force inquiry’’
sponsored by the three
municipalities. 1 must point
out that the North and West
Vancouver Hospital! Society
is open to all North Shore
residents. Each year
members have the oppor-
tunity to vote for the Board
members of their choice.

Since Pro Life won its
surprise victory in 1979 it
has been unable to get any
of its incumbents ,re-clected,
or to elect any new
candidates. I think this

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clearly indicates that the
majority of North Shore
residents reject the Pro Life
position on abortion.

Peter A. White
Chairman
LGH Board of Directors

developments touted by our
community planners. How
does this proposed develop-
ment stand up? Does it bear a
sound social or economic
justification, or is it a job
preservation project at the
lax payers’ expense, pro-

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that this link would be a

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side street traffic problem?
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