“" armored. tanks,

oe Quebec,

Dear Editor:

I was inierested to read your
editorial of Sept. 20 concerning
the poor rating B.C. received
from the World Wildlife Fund for
our provincial government’s
lukewarm attitude to the en-
dangered species campaign.

This is only part of the dismal

picture. The government of B.C.
has failed to take adequate action
+ to crack down on poachers of
wildlife and in particular has faii-
ed to enact regulations to prohibit
the killing of bears for their parts
which are being traded commer-
cially to satisfy the demand for
them in the Asian ‘“‘medicine’’

trade, which momentarily is akin
to the drug trade. This disgusting
trade is prohibited by jaw in

Stop trading bear parts

Alberta, the Yukon and California.

In 1990 1 wrote a letter to then
Minister of the Environment for
B.C., John Reynolds, protesting
B.C.’s lack of laws prohibiting
taking bears for parts and the ac-
companying parts trade. John
Reynolds replied to me in a letter
dated May 30, 1990 which said in
part, ‘‘I can advise you that regu-
lations related te the selling of
bear parts have recently been
reviewed by Ministry of Environ-
ment staff. Several recommend:-
tions for changes to existing regu-
lations are being considered for

-implcmentation this year.”

Weli, 1990 has come and gone
and as usual nothing has been
done by the B.C. government to
rectify this situation. Perhaps the

‘Collins is consistent

Dear Editor:

While reading the North Shure
News recently, the thought occur-
red to me that after all these years
I have never seized the opportuni-

“ty to ‘compliment you on your
‘ choice of humor columnist. This
particular humorist rarely ceases
to amuse, his gibes ever witty and
comical. In short, Mr. Doug Col-
lins never disappoints!
; Though his subject matter is
limited, it is always consistent. He
. ever passes up an opportunity to
‘lampoon those right-wing buf-

foons,. those anachronistic: ultra-:

‘conservatives. whose tyopic views
fill- other more conscientious souls
with, revulsion and the ‘need to
, idefecate. His satirical words, tike

“demolish such typical
conservative opponents as:
Native Indians, im-
“>. migrants, homosexuals (constantly
: Teferzing to them in juvenile terms

roll over and |
WASP/ —

as “homos’” — nice touch), the
women’s rights movement, social-
ists, and especially Liberals (a
word now firmly entrenched in the
conservative dictionary of vulgar
language).

Mr. Collins is able to emulate
the coarse writing style and insen-
sitive speech commorily associated
with those he parodies so weil;
one would swear he was one
himself!

May Mr. Collins continue to
expose the -ampant ignorance, the
anti-humanist stance, and the
mental masturbation of the far
right-wing. The best of health to
him, may he continue as a wat-
chdog, standing ever-vigilant,

. preserving those values which ‘our
“civilization is built upon: liberty,

fraternity and equality — for

everyone,

W.3. Noppe

’ North Vancouver

AVID. b MircHeLL |

r4 ¢ I believe that people
are tired of the
poisoned atmosphere of
our politics and truly want
_an opportunity to vote in
favour of a constructive
alternative, rather than be

. bullied into voting against

the NDP or the Socreds.
“AS your Liberal
candidate, I see myself as a
membéi of a viable free-
enterprise alternative in
B.C., based not on the
practice of granting favours
and privileges for a few
supporters or special
interest groups, but on a
strong belief in the power
of individual initiative.
“Duzing the past five
years, more time, energy
and money has been spent

- dealing with scandal and

conflict of interest, than
~ running the province. It’s
“time we addressed the real
priorities of the economy,
health care, education and
the environment.

“... Integrity in
government shouldn't
have to be a priority:
it AL be a given.

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L IBERA
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