Dear Editor:

Re: Our Polar Sea problem

Canadians have a Polar
Sea problem. They want to
hold onto our northern ar-
chipelago, its adjoining
Marine and mineral
resources included. But, they
have an interest, also, in
“freedom of the high seas."’
Easy navigation is essential
to Canada, a major trading
nation.

Foreign vessels are wel-
come in our ports. Free
passage for foreign flagships

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POLAR SEA

is essential to our economic
well being. Imagine what
would happen if imports and
exports from Canada were
denied passage through
other watercourses around
the world. ‘Smagine what
would happen if access to
the English Channel, Strait
of Gibraltar, the Panama
Canal, the U.S. side of the
Saint Lawrence Seaway was
subject to the whims of
neighboring nations,
Commerce by water, I
contend, is one thing.

Ownership of the land and
adjoining marine and min-
eral resources another. Ca-
nadians should be open
minded where transportation
is concerned. They should be
possessive and firm when
ownership of islands, fish,
oil and gas etc. are involved.
The trip of the U.S. Polar
Sea through Canada's arctic:
waters must be viewed in this
light. Welcome it as a
transportation break-
through. Ignore it as a
challenge to Canadian

Society
will judge
Collins -

Dear Editor:

I usually view the writings
of Doug Collins with
detached bemusement,
realizing they're the redneck

rantings of a deluded dilet- -

tante.

However, the Collins tome ;

(‘Women whiners a curse,’’
Aug. 2) cannot
challenged. His vitriolic
»pewings about women,
relationships, rape and
homosexuality are the. vio-
lent outpourings of a twisted
mind. Such hateful spite is
repugnant to those of us
who respect women and
have wives and daughters to
cherish.

Such views are unfit for
public consumption, should
other tortured souls hold
similar thoughts and thus be
encouraged by Collins’
scribblings. However, |

wouldn't censor him. By be- °

ing exposed to Collins’
triteful, tedious mean-
derings, society will be able
to judge him in much the
same manner as James
Keegstra.

_ Fortunately, | believe the
majority will view Collins’
offerings in much the same
fashion as | do: It’s pure,
unadulterated dung.

Pauli C. Marck,

West Vancouver

Dear Editor:
When the West Vancouver
Council grants builders

permission to develop it
would seem appropriate to
inform them of our West
Vancouver by-laws. To our
knowledge the 7 a.m. - 7
p.m, noise by-law is broken
every single day, including
Sundays.

Either we have it enforced
or we don’t have the by-law
-- and that would be wicked.
Hilary and Geoffrey Bur-
sill-Hallt
West Vancouver

go un-

BETTY FOX and Olympic gold medalist Lori Fung look
on as Vancouver Mayor Mike Harcourt congratulates one
of eight people who ran from B.C. Place to Robson

ownership in the far north.
Go for freedom on the high
seas in the arctic and
elsewhere. But, take a hard
line when it comes to
sovereignty. The arctic ar-
chipelago is Canada’s
because our people were
there first. No Court
tecognizing history, and
knowing the difference be-
tween transporation and
possession, will see it other-
wise.

Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A.
North Vancouver-Seymour

Dear Editor:

I would like to refer you
to the article in Wednesday,
August 21 edition of the
North Shore News entitled,
‘Century Battle Claims Two
Victims.”

Towards the end of the
article, but still on page 3, !
am introduced as saying that
I have ‘tseen at least five
Management teams hired
and fired in that time’’, i.e.,
since my tenancy began in
1980.

7 - Friday, September 6, 1985 - North Shore News

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This is not quite what I
said. My actual words were
that I have seen at least five
groups ‘‘come and go’’. I
don’t know that they were
fired.

In fact, if they quit, the
finger might be more clearly
pointed at the difficulties of
trying to manage the
building, leading them to
give up the job in despair.

David A. G-Potter
North Vancouver

NEWS photo Mike Wakefleld

Square. The rum was a promotion for the annual Terry
Fox Run. The run takes place Sept. 15 and runners are
asked to make it twice the success by bringing a friend.