& — Sunday, September 13, 1992 - North Shore News EQUALITY in THe. 50'S EQUALITY inte DO's Debate deal » RETISH Columbians need the B- benefits of open discussion that 1 SR would be generated by a vigorous ‘debate im the provincial legislature over _ Canada’s proposed constitutional changes. Phe issue is far too important to be left tothe salesmanship of the current NDP »! Zovermment. -- “+s, On Wednesday, Premier Mike Harcourt jsaid -itwas unlikely. that the legisluture . |Wwould be recalled before the Oct. 26 na- ‘dona! referendum ‘on the proposed consti- tutional. package. He is quoted as saying he would prefer to be “out there with our .-qitizens.”’ But thus far in the constitutional offair, | -Hlarcourt has proved only to be . He proved inept in the initial negotia- r Bareelsg: te a deal that will leave B.C. under-represented in the House of Commons. He then displayed his prefer- ence for socialist philosophy and political pleasantness over democracy with his an- nouncement that 50% of B.C.’s six elected Senate seats would be reserved for women. He proved a waffler when he back-pedall- ed on the issue, saying the gender-equal proposal was merely his preference. Now the NDP is not even sure what the premier meant to say about debating the constitu- tional! deal in the legislature. British Columbiaus need some reai in- formation about the deal; they do aot necd more hazy politics of pleasantness from an NDP government that is more interested in providing equality through quots than strong leadership. director of the Bauhaus movement “The towels are so fluffy you can ; bardly ‘get them” into yeur suif- ‘oadcaster: and. ‘jokester Rick Honey, on staying at the luxurious ;on. the Park. in. London, mn csnfronited “erith ‘a. package containitg 60 ‘decisions on Friday fora Monday meeting. That’s not efficiency, it’s 2 conveyor beft.”’ © 5 “North Vancouver District Coun. ... Janice Harris, on council’s deci- ‘~“sion to meet once every two weeks. Borie = mutene ates, avaliable on me or iegea or unsalted “ater.”? Speck Editor... Tiong Renshaw Editor Noel Wright “Linda Stewart oug Foo! rather than once per week. “Murvay is a nice guy and all that, but I’m tired. of babysitting North Vancouver District Coun. Joan Gadsby, on Mayor Murray -Dykeman’s performance at district council meetings. “He would start a sentence on one page aud finish it three pages Painter Mona Goldman, on studying | with Hungarian-born sculptor, painter and former Display Advertising. - 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 996-222 Newsroom 985-2131 ‘north, shore: rN 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, ~ North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 Moholy-Nagy at. his Institute of Design | in the mid-'40s. - “West Vancouver's council sap- ported development over democracy, and experts over citi- zens.”” - Roff Johannson, in his BC Studies’ article chronicling the 320 Taylor Way controversy, on the actions of West Vancouver District Council in approving the development on the site. Distribution | 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 ‘ax Administration 985-2137 MEMBER 61,582 (average circulation, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) envelope. Entire contents © 1992 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. , Airline merger | with a strong | political odor — SEEPING OUT of last week’s announced merger between Air Canada snd Canadian Airlines — which will cost’ . ” Vancouver nearly 2,009 jobs — smell. Whiffs came earlier this sum- mer with Air Canada’s oviginal ainerger proposal. It resulted in Canadian suddenly abandoning tafks on a link-up with American Airlines which could have saved Canadian jobs and retained domestic competition between Canada's two carriers. The abruptness with which negotiations with AA at that time were broken off led to conjectures that the Mulroney government had held a gun at the head of Calgary-based Canadian to get in- to bed with its competitor, in order to rescue Montreal-based Air Canada. Measured by employees and planes, the latter is only 25% hig- ger than Canadian. But in the first half of 1992 it tost nearly three times as much as its western rival — $293 million to Canadian’s $108 million. Both are presently financial disasters, but Canadian has at leasi some claim to being the more efficiently run basket case. ; Brian Mulroney boiled with in- dignation at the suggestion he was forcing Canadian into a shotgun marriage in order to placate Quebec by safeguarding airline jobs i in Montreal — and ut that point you'll recali, Canadian’s employees intervened with their remarkable offer. To save their jobs they would . buy a $150 million stake in their company thrdugh payroll deduc- tions over the next few years — a plan which would enable Cana- dian to go ahead with the AA deal, escape Air Canada’s clutches and maintain hiealthily competitive _ airfares. Bridge financing was needed, of course, te produce the cash up front. So appeals went to western - goveramenis for loan guarantees {not actual funds). But B.C., Alberta and Manitoba -- their _ premiers hot back from Charlot- tetown to sell the peasants a - . constitution custom-made for Quebec and Ontario — offered less than two-thires of the re- ” quired guarantee amount, Pure coincidence? The Air Canada gun was again put to Canadian’s head. The . gallant bid by its employees — and a deal with AA — collapsed. So now we face a merged airline monopoly, the eventual demise of Canadian, higher airfares, poorer service and up to 10,000 more jobless countrywide... . — is 2 distinctly unsavory. Festi ah goers f , : Vv rom points ezst can bergain-hunt route at the Esgtes’. . . for the Children’s Fund, clowns, maze and fon’ family -.. West Van outts add” NEW CARDIAC monitor for LGH Emergency Ward donation from the Evergreen Kiwanis, Bi Font by Stan George (left) and faliow Kiwanlan Parkin David Watson and assistant head nurse Katia Ser! i