Don Lanskail to step down:
Humphreys speculated to run

WEST VANCOUVER

District

Mayor Don) Lanskail is

retiring from municipal politics after 24 vears in the fray

An alderman tor 20 vears and a
mayor for four sears. Lanskail,
72. says he wants to make way for
new Teadership.

“Twenty-four years... CH be 73
in October -- iCs time to move on
to other activities.” Lanskail said.

During his lengthy career. Lan-
skail estimates he has worked with
four mayors, 30° aldermen, two
municipal managers and two
municipal clerks. He hiss held sev-
eral regional positions with the
Greater Vancouver Rezional
District (GVRD), presently serving
as chairman of regional parks,
chairman of the GVRD reeveling
committee and vice-chairman of
the GVRD development services
committee,

Although it has been common
knowledge for some time that

By Elizabeth Collings

News Reporter

Eanskail did not intend to run for
re-election. his formal announce-
ment clears the way for candidates
to throw their hats into the
mayoral ring for the November
municipal election.

Lanskaif said that Ald. Mark
Sager is already a “semi-officially
declared candidate."

And although Lanskail smiain-
tains he ts not endorsing porential
candidates, he said Sager, who is
presently on his honeymeaon,. has
the experience to he masyar.

“He certainly has all of the re-
quirements and qualifications to
do the job.” Lanskail said.

There is also speculation that

FORMER West Van Mayor Der-
rick Humphreys ...supportive
calls.

Derrick Humphreys, West Van-
ceuver mayor from 1978 to 1986,
may take another run at the jab.
Although Humphreys would not
confirm that he will run for

WEST Vancouver Mayor Don
Lanskail ...’‘time to move on.”

mayor, he said he bas recessed
many supportive calls from people
hoping he will run.

“PE have to consider it) when
quite a number of people have

NEWS photo Stuart Davis

SQUAMISH NATION Chief Joe Mathias delivers a moving and powerful speech on aboriginal title to a crowd of about 500 Thursday
night at the band’s Capilano Reserve longhouse.

Squamish band wants distinct society status

THE FEDERAL and provincial governments should
immediately sit down at the negotiating table and ham-

mer out a

land claim or
Squamish Nation, a crowd of about

the
told

with
was

settlement
500

treaty

Thursday night at the Squamish Indian Band’s Capilano

Reserve longhousce.

In oa fiery and emotional
speech, Squamish Chief Joe
Mathias called en Ottawa and
Victoria te recognize the
Squamish as a distinct society
and enter into a “fair and: ex-
peditious” negotiating process.

The band aba gave BOL tne
dian Affairs Minister lack
Weisgerber, who attended the
meeting, a declaration of
principle” outlining how a land
claim or treaty settlement should
be negotiated.

“We are sick and tired of the

By Surj Rattan
News Reporter

welfare community we are put
in. We see a land claims settle:
ment to let us thrive. to det us be
goad neighbors with other
municipalities, so that our vounr
can become doctors, kawvers,
chartered accountants and yes,
even othe prime ominister of
Canada.’ Mathias said.

“We believe thats. should
nor employ scure tacties so dha

we scare everyone into the hills
before we get to the negotiating
table."

The band's ‘declaration of
principle’ states that the band’s
right to exist as a distinct society
is the essence of aboriginal title
and that the right to exist as a
distinct society gives the band
“the right to use our traditional
lands and the resources of those
lands, to govern ourselves within
our territories and all other
rights necessary to keep our
society Whole.”

Fhe document goes on to sas
that the Squamish aboriginal ti
tle pertains to all and. water
and resources within the biend’s
traditional territories.

AL issue is) ant area stitching
from Vancouver to Whistler, in-
cluding Howe Sound, part ef the
Sunshine Coast aod the

Squamish Valley.

The document adds that
Squamish aboriginal title in-
cludes the right to be self zov-
erning and is an inherent right
and cannot be taken from the
band without its consent.

“We are not about owning a
piece of land. We are about be-
ing a part of the land. We don’t
approach the negotiations as if
this was a real estate transaeti-
on, said Mathias. “We see the
land chaims process as our con-
tinting relationships wath the
federal and = provincial eovern-
ments."

Other than Weisgerber, the
fonghouse meeting abo attracted
screptst David Suzuki, West
Vancouver Mayer Don Tanskatl
aid) North Vaneouser District
Mayor Marilyn Baker,

ee

retire

meh stand tor
non.” Flumptiros ~ san.

Panskad. who defeated Huni-
pheess in the TYsSS masoral race.
said he beheves Humphress is
Preparing to make another bid tor
Muvor,

“He keeps on Jooking tor peo-
ple that will urge him) Go rung”
he said,

Meanwhile, West) Vancouver
District is also making changes at
the municipal staff level.

After PS years as municipal
manager, Terry Lester is retiring.

Replacing Lester is the current
municipal clerk for the district.
Doug Allan.

First wath the district as ad-
ministrative assistant for planning
in 1976, Allan has also been depu-
ty clerk and) deputy municipal
manager on the way to his most
recent appointment,

Parents call
for end of
“two-class
system’

From pae 1
November-December children to
enrol ino Kindergarten in
September.

But Stephens admits the chances
of PACODE winning its case are
uncertain.

“The odds of us winning are
$0-80, We're in an underdog situ-
ation. We're in a position where
the provincial government wants
to stop us becuuse thes see it as u
precedent-setting situation.” said
Stephens.

He charges the education
ministry has created a ‘owo-class
system’ with ity: dual-entry pro-
gram. Stephens said the WVSB
has backed itself into a corner on
the issue and needs @ court ruling
to “let them off the hook.**

Stephens said the PACODE
parents are not seeking early entry
for their children but rather the
return of the option on when to
enrol children in kindergarten, an
option that was taken away with
the introduction of dual-entry.

“We tried to present a win-win
situation but they (education
ministry) closed the doors on us.**
said Stephens.

asked ferulen:

Earlier this month, West) Van-
couver-Howe Sound MLA John
Reynolds managed to put the local
dual-entrs issue on the agenda of
the provincial government's cabi-
net retseat meeting. But cabinet
chose to make no changes to the
dual-entry program,

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