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HAD A letter from Pierre Berton the other day, he ad-
dressing me as ‘‘Dear Friend,’”’ which was flattering. But it
turned out that he wanted something: support for The
Friends of Public Broadcasting.

Iam a friend of public broad-
casting, as it happens. I watch
PBS’s Channel 9 a lot, also the
Knowledge Network, partly
because the programs are not lit-
tered with ads fer toilet paper and
‘tampons. But what Pierre had in
‘mind was the CBC.

Let me be fair about this, I used
to toil for that corporation and it
treated me well. (I treated it well,
too.) Still and all, 1am not now an
avid supporter except for its fine
music programs on radio.

be happy to sign any statement
put out by the NDP.

Peter Herrndorf, for instance, a
Red Tory who used to be a CBC
vice-president and wouldn’t mind
coming in from the wilderness to
be president.

Paul Siren, formerly the presi-
dent of ACTRA, the actoys’
union, whose members also sup at
the CBC table.

Adrienne Clarkson, who did
the CBC’s Take 30 for 30 years, it
seemed, before getting a govern-
ment plum i in Paris. She i is now a

“Pierre told me in his letter that unless we
can stop CBC cutbacks, the end is nigh.
I’m prepared to take the ris

Its left-wing public affairs pro-
grams on subjects like South
Africa are even more slanted than
the Leaning Tower of Pisa and |

long ago got tired of throwing my

boot at the set.
But back to Pierre, a parlor

pink who not only supports the
CBC but is heavily supported by

it, what with National Dreams,
Front Page Challenges, and so on.
Could he be doing a little axe-
grinding here?

His is the leading name on the

Friends’ committee. But every
other name on it is as keen on
gripping the public bosom as he
is. Either that, or its owner would

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publisher who for obvious reasons
wants to maintain contact with
the old gang.

Walter Pitman, academic and
former NDP leader in Ontario;

Peter Newman, an economic na-_

tionalist who has prospered on
economic nationalism; Chaviva
Hosek the professional fem, and
others of that ilk too numerous to
mention.

Pierre told me in his letter that
unless we can stop CBC cutbacks,
the end is nigh.

I'm prepared to take the risk.

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The Jatest issue of the North

Vancouver District Superinten-
dent’s Bulletin, slipped under my
door by a prominent mole, con-
tains cheering news for the local
education industry.

The superintendent reports
happily that student enrolment is
holding. A year ago there were
15,201 students. This year there
are 15,216, an increase of 15.

But that’s not the item. The
item is that there are 22 more
teacners employed this year than
last.

Wonderful! Fifteen more
students, 22 more teachers!

And the pupil-teacher ratio in
the district is 17.04, the lowest in
the Lower Mainland.

Santa came early this year for
some.

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Berton’s wasn’t the only com-
munication in my mailbag. I also
had one from Mr. Glenn Babb,
who used to be South ‘Aftica’s
ambassador to Canada.

Mr. Babb sent a news clipping
in which he was quoted as saying
that South Africa is now doing so
much business with the rest of
Africa that Johannesburg has
become the New York of the
continent.

“There is fascination for our
successes,’ he stated. ‘‘Some
80,000 black businessmen came to
our country last year...and it is
believed that more than 45 of the
continent’s 50 states have trade or
aid relations with South Africa.”

So much for sanctions. Our
sanctions, that is.

Mr. Babb is now deputy
director-general in the South
African foreign office.

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