sh-on WH AND WEST VANE THE FORMATION of a provincial police force and a dec- laration to make English the ‘‘one and only’ language for B.C. Jed the parade of resolutions for this week’s Social Credit Party convention. Both of those proposals came from the North Van- couver-Seymour constituency of Energy Minister Jack Davis, a staunch supporter of Premier Bill Vander Zalm. Resolution 47 urges the govern- ment *‘to investigate the possibility of forming a provincial police force, or a provincial section for B.C. in the RCMP.’’ NORTH Vancouver-Seymour MLA Jack Davis ...his constituen- cy urges government ‘to in- vestigate the possibility of forming a provincial police force...” The constituency bases the pro- posal on the tact that the North Vancouver RCMP detachment has been declared bilingual and that there are a limited number of bilingual RCMP recruits available from the province. Continuing its anti-French cam- paign, the North Vancouver- Seymour constituency, in resolu- By JOHN PIFER Coniribusing Writer tion 17, calls for the government to “Senact a statute making English the one and only language of the province of B.C.” Those are but two of the 48 res- olutions to be placed before Socred delegates on Friday and Saturday at their Vancouver convention. Others (with the constituency pro- posing them named in brackets) include calls for: Every Socred MLA and govern- ment ‘‘be bound by party princi- ples (to) do everything possible to protect ali human life from the moment of conception.’’ The same resolution reminds delegates that the 1978 Socred convention passed a resolution to stop the use of Medical Services Plan funds to perform abortions. (Sur- rey-Guildford-Whalley) @ Amended legislation ‘‘so that no employee can be compelled to join a union against his/her personal principles.’’ (Central Fraser Valley) e New laws to “ensure that no union members be compelled to support by dues (or) levies... polit- ical or sowial action which is con- trary to their declared philosoph- ical, religious or moral principles.” (Surrey-White Reck-Cloverdale) * The abolition of the agricultural land commission, based primarily on the fact that ‘‘the legislation was incompetently drawn and un- professionally administered, thus creating enormous hardships upon many property owners.’” (Comox) See Socreds Page 2 October 27, 1989 News 985-2131 Classified 986-6222 Distribution 986-1357 100 pages 2S¢ NV-SEYMOUR CONSTITUENCY PROPOSES ANTI-FRENCH CAMPAIGN avis calis for B.C. pol ly law at convention FHE NORTH Shore will officially revert to Pacific Standard Time from Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 when clocks are turned back one hour. 5 RIPEN ca ice, PEWS photo Terry Petors CHELSEA WILSON and Steven Wall display the buttons that they and other students 4 at Blueridge School have been selling to classmates to raise money for UNICEF. Like # many other North Shore children, the students are doing their part to raise fends for | UNICEF by asking for donations while trick-or-treating Halloween night.