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Mall expansion approved

THE PROPOSED $20 million expansion for
Capilano Mall was approved by North Vancouver

City Council Tuesday.

The vote was 5 to I in
favor of the expansion, with
Ald. Ralph Hall voting
egainst and Ald. Stella Jo
Dean absent.

Cambridge Leascholds,
developers and co-owners of
the mall, plan to increase the
mall by 80,000 square feet,

the site.:

By BARRETT FISHER

adding 53 new shops, office
space for service-oriented
businesses, non-profit com-
munity crganization space
and daycare facilities.
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through mall expansion and
renovation will include 180
construction workers, 500
trade personnel and between
160 to 200 retail staff upon
completion, explained Cam-
bridge’s development officer
Jeffrey Sirapson.

The development will add
a tax flow wo the province
and municipality of about

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CANADA
HOUSE OF COMMONS

An historic date
for Equality Rights

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April 1985

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On April 17.1985. Section 15 of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into force. it
slates:

6¢ 15. (1) ‘Every individual is equal before a

=. and under the law and has the right to. the
equal protection and equa! benefit of the law
without discrimination and, in particular, without”

: program’. or ‘activi y that’ has" as its object’ the.
‘amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged.

individuals or groups including ‘those. that. are:

This section raises: many basic and, far-reaching

questions. By way of illustration only. some examples.
are:

© Should mandatory retirement be abolished?

© Do the Unemployment Insurance Act and federal

pension laws discriminate unfairly against women?

© Should sexual orientation also bea prohibited basis.
of discrimination?

© What laws should be changed to ensure equality for
the physically or mentally handicapped?

© What‘affirmative action’ programs are appropriate
to end inequalities?

A ‘committee of seven Members’ of Parliament,
representative of all three parties in the House of

Commons, is now examining federal laws to ensure -
_ that they conform with both the letter and the spirit of”

‘equality’ and non-discrimination guarantees in- the a

Charter.
Hearings and submissions

This Committee on Equality Rights will soon be
holding hearings in Ottawa ard across Canada.

If you want to file a submission (whether a formal
brief or a simple letter).or want to appear. before the
committee, please notify the Committee's clerk no
later than Wednesday, May !5, 1985.

The Committee’s: main working document is: a
discussion paper entitled, Equality issues in Federal
Law. You may obtain a copy from the clerk..

Correspondence should be addressed to: Clerk,
Committee on Equality Rights, House of Commons,
Ottawa, Ontario, KIA OA6. Telephone (613) 996-1438.

J. Patrick Boyer, M.P.
Chairman
Committee on Equality Rights

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