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SOMETIMES I wish I had not missed a public affairs
television program. Not often, mind you, most of them be-
ing kid’s pap. But J do wish I had seen the item in which
Laurier LaPierre went off his rocker and libelled the PNE’s
Erwin Swangard and Don Bellamy. As it is, I have had to

make do with the transcript.

I also wish I had seen his abject
apology. But I never watch
LaPierre. If I want sob-sister stuff
or left-wing propaganda [ can
always buy some pamphlets.
Besides, [ thought he was dead. It
turns out, though, that he’s still
churning out the same old stuff on
CKVU in a program called ‘‘The
People Will Talk’’. And on May
22 he stated therein that Swangard
and Bellamy and other folk like
them were “‘racist pigs’’ and cer-
tain other unpleasant things.

The item was aired after the
PNE declined to display a plaque
explaining in English, French and
Japanese that 8,000 Japanese had
passed through the PNE grounds
on their way to internment during
the war. And by implication, what
jerks we were.

The plaque suggestion came,
officially, from Environment
Canada, which stuck its nose into
the ‘matter at the behest, no
doubt, of gum-sucking federal
politicians and Roy Miki’s
Japanese-Canadian Citizens
Association Redress Cominittee.
In any event, the PNE was right to
reject this idiotic overture, and
LaPierre felt obliged to take up
the cudgels on behalf of the
downtrodden.

He interviewed Miki, and
Swangard was phoned during the

“program to. explain why he had
had the effrontery not to allow the

meet manufacturers’ pollution
standards. :

West Vancouver District refer-
red the request to the Union of
B.C. Municipalities for it to put
forward a formal resolution.

In asking for support, Port

““HON. JACK DAVIS
MLA North Vancouver /Seymour

plaque to be placed in ‘‘the peo-
ple’s grounds’’.

“‘The people’? is one of
LaPierre’s favorite expressions,
and he informed the wondering
PNE president (who at first didn’t
even know he was on the air) that
“the people’ of British Columbia
were going to force Erwin to
change his mind.

He, LaPierre, would see to
that. Yes. ‘‘You're going to have
arguments, Swangard,”’ he stated
imperiously, adding that not
allowing the plaque to be put up
“demonstrated a certain amount
of racism on your part?’.

In vain did the hapless PNE
chief try to explain that he had not
made any decision, that as chair-
man of the board he had not even
taken part in the discussion, and
that it had been made by the
board unanimously. As is his
wont, LaPierre was too busy
listening to himself. Swangard’s
view, he said, was ‘‘just fun-
damental racism’’.

Revving his engine like mad,
the people’s friend declared he
would have a list of PNE board
members so that the public would
know the names of those who
were continuing ‘‘insult and in-
jury to the Japanese in this coun-
try. and this city. They probably
all were around clapping their
hands 40 years ago when the
Japanese were herded ‘into the

Moody council said that ‘.,.the
automobile is the largest con-
tributor of all pollution in the
Lower Mainland’? and added
many of the vehicles on the road
do not appear to be properly
maintained,

Since the provincial government
discontinued its vehicle inspection
stations, there is no facility or
board that now tests vehicles for

As of June 2nd, my Office
will be located at:
308 HARBOUR AVENUE
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.

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Telephone: 988-7212

PNR grounds and their property
was stolen..."’, stated the excited
fellow.

LaPierre’s tongue then went
out of control altogether, popped
right out of his head, and plunged
into a dangerous fog like a
drunken flier. 1 quote,
affectionately:

“Mr. Swangard, Bellamy and
these other people are the people
essentially who want us to forget
the Holocaust -- the people in this
country who want us to forget the
deportation of the Japanese peo-
ple. They’re the same bunch of
racist pigs. That’s all there is to
it.”

Alas, that was not all there was
to it. Pretty soon the phones were
humming again, this time in the
reverse direction and with help
from the people’s lawyers. So on
June 3, a somewhat less fervid
Professor LaPierre was on the air
with a different story. We quote,
again affectionately:

“The statements | made were
disrespectful assertions pertaining
to the board of directors of the
PNE and specifically with respect
to Alderman Don Bellamy and
Mr. Swangard. The comments I
made were untrue and I should
not have made them. I wish to
unequivocally retract those
statements. I apologize to the
board of directors of the PNE,
Erwin Swangard, and Don’
Bellamy...’’.

I too have a suggestion. Let a
plaque be put up in the PNE in
English, French and Japanese
bearing LaPierre’s full apology.
The peopie would love it. I just

know... 7 |

Vehicle testing supported

Monday for Victoria to initiate a
testing program to ensure vehicles

safety or pollution.
Ald. Dana Taylor praised the
call for vehicle inspections.

9 - Friday, June 12, 1987 - North Shore News

™= WJ. Van artist dies

BEATRICE LENNIE, one of
West Vancouver's oldest and finest
artists, died last week following a
lengthy art career spanning de-
cades of work. Lennie was 82.

One of the West Vancouver ar-
tist’s influences was Marega, the
sculptor who created the famous
lions that guard the south end of
the Lions Gate Bridge.

“She was actually working with
him on the lions,’’ said longtime
friend and former student Shirley
Thomas.

Lennie’s works include murals
and sculptured panels in the Hotel
Vancouver, the Shaughnessy Hos-
pital and the dedication plaque on
the Pattullo Bridge.

Friends are considering a fund
to establish a permanent display of
this West Vancouver artist’s many
and varied works.

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