A7 - Friday, August 31, 1984 - North Shore News El mailbox DK] Tory voters like lemmings Dear Editor: We are now entering the final week before the federal election, and if the polls are correct we would see a Con- servative majority. | wonder, has Canada again lost its sense of reality? Have we again come to that time in history when, like the lemm- ing, we all gather together for one massive suicidal rush. It seems that one of the Gov't debt can be Dear Editor: Your editorial on the in- ability of any candidate to speak out on the crying need to reduce government expen- ditures makes me feel very humble. For my own part, | have spent the past few weeks on my soapbox, jumping up and down, yelling and screaming my head off on this and many other related issues. Now I realize that I am just one small voice out there in the vast Canadian wilderness but it really does grieve me that not one of at least six candidates on the North Shore can be heard tn the rarified air in the Editorial Penthouse of the North Shore’s most Dear Editor: I rarely read Doug Collins’ column because of the vitriol and bigotry perpetrated there but when your paper has the bad taste to publish an ad paid for by lona Cam- pagnolo’s campaign on the Candidate for capital punishment Dear Editor the According to Letters to the Editor, Mer Fred Bodnaruk of the CUSSJ wishes to know the federal candidates’ stand on capital punishment As a candidate from North Vancouver Burnaby. | wish to state that |oam in favor of capital punishment 1 believe that restitution should be the basis of justice and not rehabiitation, which i the basis of the © anachan system Albert Ritchic, P E.ng North Vancouver INS WITHTHIS AD | RICHMOND GO KARTING Open? doys 0 week 12 noon tl dark 6631 SIDAWAY RD RICHMOND 278-6184 i Void Sundays and Holidays Two six-minute Go Kart I rides for the price of one! Eee CUTER GE aim GR CTD Cie arm come anil Attack on lona vicious main components of the Tory smokesscreen is a need for change. I personally cannot understand how the voters can swallow this type of manipulation by the Conser- vatives. The Merrian- Webster Dictionary defines conservatism as ‘‘disposition to keep the established ways: opposition to change.’’ Have we forgotten these fun- damental policy differences? With all this talk about prestigious publication. We all know that each of the three major parties is com- mitted to increased spending, but please do not tar us all with the same brush. I can only speak for my own Party, so I! will. Although we do not an- ticipate holding a majority in the next Parliament, the Libertarian Party has prepared a budget detailing the means by which govern- ment debt could be im- mediately reduced and even- tually eliminated completely. Our proposals also provide for the eventual removal of all taxes. Perhaps you see that objective as frivolous and that we lack credibility? same page as a vicious attack on her by Doug Collins, | did read it. Masquerading his. pro- paganda as journalism, he also spewed out hate against feminists, Trudeau, East Asian refugees, foreign aid and other politicians. Mr. Collins should temper his comments (or be charged with hate-mongering), par- ticularly as he too ts an im- migrant and here on the suf- ferance of liberal Canadians. Lorna Romilly, North Vanouver ™ NEWEDEMOCRALS change, 1 would not think that the voters of this land realize that the Tories are not for change, but for maintain- ing the status quo! If Cana- dians really want a change that will bring about a more prosperous country, then really we should vote in a government that -has_ the ability to do the job. What we don’t need is a bunch of people just voting for a change of faces. (1 Mean reduced I, and many others, see it as an ideal well worth striving for. You know, in any race there is always the possibility of a dark horse, and it could just be that electors who are becoming increasingly disen- chanted and disaffected by the promises and deeds of the three major parties may very well find an outsider worth backing in this particular race. Bill Tomlinson Libertarian Candidate Capilano what kind of rationalization is that to base a vote on?) To quote W.L. MacKenzie King, ‘‘Liberalism must always be moving forward: it ceases to be Liberalism the moment it becomes § sta- tionary or backward in rela- tion to the problems which await its solutions.”’ So let’s wake up Canada and consider these fun- damental differences in policy. Let’s not be fooled by the ‘‘Let’s pretend Liberal’’ smokescreen the Tories have set up. Bryan Wickham North Vancouver Finds News ‘vital’ to business community Dear Editor: When my subscription to the News had run out, I very curtly refused to renew. This was because at the time | was absolutely frustrated by my attempts to have my newspaper delivered to my door and not on the carport floor, the trunk or hood of my car, or tossed on the walk instead of at least under the overhang of the house in order that it not get wet. Dur- ing the past few weeks this- problem seemingly has been corrected and it is a pleasure to open the door and find the News right there! CITY OF NORTH VANCOUVER CHANGE IN GARBAGE SCHEDULE Labour Day, Monday, September 3, 1984. Garbage collection for Monday, September 3, will be made on Tuesday, September 4th, 1984. No other changes in schedule. The reason I now want to renew by subscription is not because of your offer, but I do look forward to reading Bob Hunter and Doug Col- lins each and every issue. | also wish to encourage and ensure the continuation of this excellent publication, in all its departments, and because it has become a vital part of the business com- munity here in North Van- couver, and hence is very much needed. Joan M. Gartner North Vancouver Wait for the greatest sale Vancouver will ever ski! Starts Sept. 5. Watch this paper for ad on Sept. 5. iCAN-SKI ) os Trust With a Conservative majority likely after September 4, can you depend on Brian Mulroney to keep the promises he and the Tories made in this election campaign? Can you be sure he won't cut social ser- vices once he’s safely in power? New Democrats like Ed Broadbent and David Schreck have been fighting all their lives for the interests of the people of We need people like them in Parliament to keep the Conservatives honest. You can trust the New Democrats. David Schreck New Democrat, North Vancouver Burnaby SCHRECK Authorized by Bob Wiseman. Official Agent for David Bahrech Canada. 569 Seymour St. Van. 669-6333 ‘It’s a matter of