T wish these buried faxes Would stay buried ‘NEWS VIEWPOINT Hip Hop hoo-ha HE COMMUNITY hosted a popular teen youth event on June 24, and it upset people. When North Shore teens have nothing better to do and get into trou- ble, it upsets people. Something is not right with this scenario. -The Inter-Nation-All Hip Hop Festival held at Norseman ark was sponsored by the North Vancouver Arts Council. A core group of young volunteers brought together an ambitious project that i: luded some lead- ing-edge rap aad rock bands. The package was even wrapped in the politically correct trimmings of a booze-free, meat-free envi- _ ronment complete with guest speakers whe shared the perspective of our First Nations brethren. We’re not talking about an invasion of the sons and daughters of Heils Angels. Those who attended were our children and by police accounts were relatively well-behaved. Yes, there was noise. Yes, there was ampli- fied profanity. But think back to your own youthful times. Whether it was Big Band music or Bil) Haley or the Rolling Stones, pepular music has always heen enjoyed at velume. While Haley and Glen Miller were not screaming obscenities to their audiences, the entertainment package was racy enough for the time. In retrospect, the choice of Norseman Park as the venue for this event was a poor one. Organizers did noi understand how far the amplified sound would travel inte adja- cent neighberhoods. Some people heard what they did noi wish to hear. Perhaps next year such a festival should be held at Cates Park, where the Under The Volcano youth music festival has become a successful annuai fixture. NEWS QUOTES OF THE WEEK — “You get used to a lot of weird things up here, but this is 2 first for me.” North Vancouver gravedigger, after a grave at the North Vancouver cemetery was dug up. (Fron a June 29 North Shore News story.) eee “Family has become a rather unpredictable, uncertain, fluid experience.” Pubiisher Managing Editor Assoclate Editor... 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Telling it to Quebec like it is works best THIS CANADA Day week- end the news from Quebec is- visibly improving — the tan- talizing question being: WHY? \ith the provincial election ols a couple of months or so away, a June 7-21 COMPAS Ine. poll for The Financial Post found Jacques Parizeau's separatist Parti Quebecois ahead of Daniel Johnson's incumbent Liberals by 49% to 42% among decided voters. Minor parties claimed the other 9%. Nothing very startling there. Voters tend to tire of ANY party after nine years and crave change for change’s sake. In any case, 21% were still undecided. On two other questions, howev- er, the poll came up with some very different numbers. Asked: “Do you want Quebec to separate from Canada and become an independent country?” a solid 62% majority of decided voters said “no” versus 38% in favor — a 2% increase in the “no” vote since last November. And what about the native peo- ple? If Quebec separates, 54% of those surveyed said its aboriginals should be allowed their own refer- endum on whether to join the new nation or.remain with anglo Canada. $6 The odds on Quebec's refusing to dance to the separatist tune, even though it chooses a PQ govern- ment, presently look good and have been growing better over the past six months. 99 Considering the boundary impli- cations if they voted (as they almost certainly would) to remain with anglo Canada, that’s a pretty interesting answer, too. Is, therefore, all the separatist noise being made by Parizeau and his federal sidekick, Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard, inainky just that — noise? ts Jean Chretien right after all when he assures us Quebec is never going to separate, but urges us all to kindly Shut up on the subject in order to avoid annoying Quebecers? Yes and no are the answers to the last question. The odds on Quebec's cefusing to dance to the sepuratist tune, even though it chooses a PQ govern- ment, presently look good and have been growing better over the past six months, For the time being Parizeau himself has ceased to actively promote his independence referendum. No dullard, he has pre- sumably sniffed the wind and knows his first priority is simply to get the PQ elected. Meanwhile, Quebec separatism HITHER AND YON has been attracting unusually tough, unsympathetic talk from the rest of Canada. B.C. and Saskatchewan NDP premiers Mike Harcourt and Roy Romanow have slammed Parizeau. So has the investment world whose worries he stupidly tried to silence. Anglo editorialists everywhere have condemned Boucha:d’s tréa- sonable junkets promoting sepa- ratism in Washington and Paris. Oddly, this mounting anglo out- rage — far from fanning the flames of separatism in Quebec, as Chretien would have us believe— seems to be dowsing them. Quebecers may speak from their - hearts, as Bouchard constantly reminds us, but they think with | their heads. Most are perfectly clear about the hundreds of millions they get from Ottawa in equalization pay- ments. Their lion's share of region- al development grants. Canads'1 stable currency. The benefits of NAFTA.