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Clyde Welis commended

Open letter to the Honorable
Clyde Wells, Premier of New-
foundiand:

Over the past week of constitu-
tional talks in Ottawa you have
shown a measure of courage and
of principles that have helped to
greatly restore the trust of Cana-
dians in their Constitution, in
their Charter of Rights and
Freedoms, and in the supremacy
of the people of Canada over the
politicians.

You are recognized as a Cana-
dian of great principle and stat-
ure.

Despite the considerable
pressure you were put under
behind closed doors by the prime
minister, Premier Bourassa,
Premier Vander Zalm and others
to compromise on your principles
and on those principles of equality
and fairness that are the cor-
nerstone of Canadian society, you
insisted on fundamental im-
provements to the Meech Lake
Accord. Canadians are eternally
grateful.

Although you and Premier Gary
Filmon of Manitoba did not
achieve all that you felt needed to
be achieved to protect the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms, the
companion agreement that you
and Premier Gary Filmon helped
forge, and the interpretation of
the ‘‘distinct society’’ clause of
Meech Lake that is now part of
the Constitution because of your
efforts will in years to come grow
in significance.

You and Premier Gary Filmon

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dians hope to see your Canada
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Stitution as well.

We know how troubled you
now feel and how yau feel you
have not done enough to protect
the Charter and Canadian unity.
Canadians know that you have
done all that you could, given the
tactics and personalities lined up
against you. You have acted in an
honorable and courageous man-
ner.

Whatever happens in the future
because of the shortfalls and am-
biguities of Meech Lake, those
consequences should not weigh on
your conscience but on the con-
science of others.

In your firmness, you have
spoken to the very essence of the
Canadian federation. ti your clos-
ing remarks at the First Ministers’
conference in Ottawa, you insisted
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Canada first and our provinces
second. You insisted that what
unites us should take precedence
over what separates us.

In your firmness, you have
given new life to what the great
Canadian parliamentarian Edward
Blake stated a century ago:

“The future of Canada depends
very largely upon the cultivation
of a national spirit. We must find
some common ground on which
to unite, some common aspiration
to be shared, and I think it can be
found alone in the cultivation of
that national spirit to which I
have referred.’’

I think it is fair to say that the
people of my community. North
Vancouver, hold you and what
you have done close to their
hearts and would welcome you
with open arms if you should ever
come to visit. We consider
ourselves Canadians first and
stand by everything you have
done.

Patrick Bruskiewich
North Vancouver

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The first interurban streetcars began
running between Vancouver and New
Westminster in 1891.

During the roaring twenties,
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transit to remain competitive in a
world that was rapidly being
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