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Gambier bylaws meaningless

Dear Editor:

In a recent court case,
Gambier Island Preservation
Society vs Islands Trust, the
Honourable Mr. Justice
Meredith concurred with the
Trust’s argument that they
do not have the power to en-
force Gambier’s by-laws. Un-
fortunately, his Lordship

either misapprehended, or
failed to accept, our conten-
tion that present activities of
the mining company are con-
trary to the Statutory Objec-
tives of the Islands Trust or
to Gambier’s zoning by-laws.

Since the inception of the
Islands Trust in 1974, at the
invitation of the government,
many man-years have been

spent by volunteers develop-
ing Community Plans and
By-laws, believing that these
laws were enforceable by the
Trust, under their mandate,
to preserve and protect the
islands for the benefit of the
residents and of the Province
generally. Such is not the
case. Now we find, after our
court case, that these by-laws

Churchmen
plead for
unprotected

Dear Editor:

I am writing to you hop-
ing you can help our church
inform British Columbians
of the resolution passed at
the B.C. conference of the
United Church on May 14 in
Naramata.

At that meeting about 600
church members from. all
over the province’ voted
overwhelmingly in favor of a
resolution which calls on the
B.C. government to ‘‘sus-
pend its policies of restraint
which selectively impact on

the poor and the
unprotected.”’
Church members also

agree | to support the efforts
of these people as they
struggle for social and
economic justice.

John M. Cashore
Superintendent
First United Church

for just

Thanks, Selene!

Dear Editor:

One keeps reading the
North Shore News for just
such gems as Selene Leahy’s
letter of Sunday, June 3. If I
had her address, I'd write to
her directly, but as I don’t, |
hope the News will help me
thank her for her letter.

Can she possibly imagine
how much I enjoved her

Davis skips

Dear Editor:

| read with amusement
your featured letter of May
18, 1984 by Jack Davis,
MLA.

Mr. Davis should have
done his homework first,
before writing the letter to
the editor regarding the NDP
leadership convention. Of
course Mr. Davis does have
some experience. After all, he

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comments' I sincerely hope
Michael Smith takes her
advice. Jf he and = other
trustees get some relief for

their ‘‘sad problem’’, the
children and teachers of
West Vancouver might pet

one much needed break.
Thank you again for your
support, Selene.

Roberta Hower
West Vancouver

homework

has been a member of two,
totally different political
parties, selected as the oppor-
tunity arose.

But I hope Mr. Davis does
not do any fortune telling
with out tax dollars, or we
will be in more of a mess
economically then we already
are in this province.

Al Passarell, MLA
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are meaningless — they have
no validity.

It costs the taxpayers more
than $1 milhon a year to sup-
port the Trust, a powerless
body. Is this not an exhorbi-
fant amount of money to
spend on a_ bureaucracy
which can only give advice.

In his decision, his Lord-
ship stated that ‘‘The Pro-
vince must make the choice.’’
He further pointed out that
‘*There is no doubt that if the
project proceeds, it will large-
ly destroy the existing en-
vironment of Gambier Island
as a recreational resource and
with it many of the amenities
now enjoyed by the residents
and visitors to the island.”’

Our case rests: is the
Crown land on Gambier to
be forever withdrawn from
planned public use, either
through staking or mining, or
is the Crown land to be freed
for the use and enjoyment of
the public?

Will the government make
that dicision, and if so,
when?

In concluding, the Direc-
tors of the Society would like
to extend sincere thanks to
the hundreds of individuals
and organizations who stuck
with us all these years — your
tremendous support and
donations kept us going.
More than 2500 members
supported the Gambier
Island Preservation Society.

Elspeth J. Armstrong
Director,

Gambier Island Preservation
Society

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