A6 - Wednesday, February 17, 1982 - North Shore News EEE editorial page Lonsdale options North Vancouver City Alderman Ralph Hall takes The News to task for a recent editorial supporting the “village” concept of his fellow Alderman Gary Payne for the revitalization of Lower Lonsdale. Alderman Hall insists that a big shopping centre on the six acres of City-owned land west of Lower Lonsdale is essential to the overall area plan. In theory, the two proposals are not mutually exclusive. The village atmosphere of the Lower Lonsdale strip itself could still be created as a separate entity. But the claim that a nearby super mall would help the small merchants of Lower Lonsdale sur- vive is questionable. That was certainly not the experience of Ambleside merchants when Park Royal was built. West Van's commercial village core was rescued only by the neighboring residential highrise boom 10-15 years ago. True, the City lacks a major shopping mall of its own. But whether this imposes a serious hardship on City residents only a few minutes drive from several existing malls just beyond their boundaries may, in itself, be debatable. For a good many City dwellers these “foreign” malls are closer than the Esplanade complex would be. A more individual development of those six acres, we suggest, need not auto- matically mean any fewer jobs or reduced financial gain for the City. And a touch of Carmel might do much more for the City’s burgeoning tourism ambitions than merely one more shopping centre, however attrac- tive. At very least, the options should be weighed with open mind's- and imagination. Election-omics It's the “Bill and Dave Show” at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, on BCTV when Premier Bennett will appear live with a “ma- jor announcement” on economic policy, to be followed by comments from NDP Leader Barrett. The premier's sudden request for TV time is unusual, as is his subject — since the budget is only a few weeks away. And come to think of it, spring, the season hope, isn't at all a bad time for an election. sunday : news narth shore 1139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver, 8 C V7TM 2H4 (604) 985.2131 ADVERTISING 980-0511 CLASSIFIED 986-6222 C TAC UL A TION 986-1337 Publiaher = Pete tyro. & Associate Publisher Editorin Chief Adverttsing Ut oc tur Robert Graham Noel Wright tre Cas wel Managing Editor News Editor Andy Fraser CaAwas thoy General Manage: Creetive Administration Otrector Berne bitter cd Con brani on Production Direc to. Photograph, Pee hh STO esta ases C theworth UR ho. ac cuunting Supervise: Cr... an Otrector Pum. Haye Me Cra thas teats Hever: teria At Mls Rerrthh Share Neowe | 2 uo bere ROE can ee ve bery ners cc Deer ttc mer erres a vet, A Ne a gece ae Bere ne Reese Beate OE Eta I tame cme cag et UME tees be one Cae ALS Sate tee a EWM es Beene Ber y mrecd Cm arecfeny Cry Nae OP, Fs eS aw Poot oebscehensd ot rey bon ” Thee | Ni tt Se i Cr Levees RArae thes ge 1 cater Megat nese SENN? 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UINEMPLOYMENT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED a Be _ anes ther would all native people vote solidly for any native political party. It’s significant that the strongest promoters of a native political party are those who are most deeply involved in group organiza- tion, and the cause of non- status Indians. The National Indian Brotherhood, which represents treaty Indians, really wants nothing to do with joining non-status In- dians in anything, much less a political party, until land claims settlements have been made. Naturally, the status Indians don't want their claims diluted by more than a million Metis and pnon-status Indians. Take it as fact, then, that issue that has ever been demonstrated by the native people, although the National Indian Brother. hood refused to join the. coalition. The very a-political nature of that lobby was a factor in attracting support for the native cause from the Canadian public. The lobby, and the obvious public support, forced native political party, there would have been much less pressure on the federal government, and probably not any action. Let us go back to the Canadian Labor for a minute. Because of us Canadian Comment BY PETER WARD there will be no native peo- ple’s party created with sup- port from status Indians un- til land claims have been settled. There are dozens of good reasons why native groups should not bother with the creation of a new political party, even suppos- ing they can come to agree- ment on what thcy want. The lobby mounted by native people to get aborigi- nal rights put back into the constitution was impressive. It was the most unity on an CLC’s firm ties with the Expert’s cure for recession ONE CONSOLATION about all the present doom and gloom is that it has made everyone an instant economic expert -- the traditional experts (Governments, economic councils and other think tanks) now being permanently preoccupied with wiping successive layers of egg off their faces. With all the — self-styled authonties on the subject ac cusing cach other of being shortsighted, that leaves you and me alone to figure out the solution to the recession As there are only (wo alter natives, itisn't very difficult Ome is high interest rates The other, low interest rates What could be simpler? Hagh interest rates are the medicine Pierre, Allan and ther Ottawa mandanins have been dishing out to us for the past ycar High = interest rates, they arguc, are the on ly way to cure inflation and cunng inflaQoo is the only way to cure uncmploymentl Meanwhile inflation has uncmployment has soarcd and the cconomy has become sicher sicker Ab yes say Doctors Trudeau soarcd. and and Mackachen thats all according to plan You ll yust have to lumyp being stcoher and sicher fer quite Meramec Chane ta bee nurse Coane the ampc dae bane In oa show woking ooe Qoneiws re ecther st wows ae al The, cocrtlataly Veet Dtiec cvtche nec ' Nate te tapes suggests that Ottawa's prescnption could wind up by medicating us into our economic graves The level of usury now be ing allowed to the banks and other lending tmstitutions by Bank of Canada boss Gerald Boucy 1s) quite obviously fuchng inflaton instcad of dowsing = tt It torces everyone who can to de mand more and devalued moncy Union members demand it of ther employers cvery contract date in order to pay them inflated mortgages and buy thet inflated food Businesses of cvery hind demand tt of their Customers by hiking pnces to cover the inflated morc interest and other costs of staying tin busincas at all Csovernimenuts theansaclves demand cver more laa dollars in order to maintain the imercasingly capensve services needed to weathe: Une neat clec ton Truc cacnrtrtaat talcrest rates are alas Curting in dividual and bustacas apron Sing Cand thereby swe lang the ranks of (he potbeass in oocordance with Mi Houcys inflacion fig tila theory Bat ac tually tras Moves rect Aerp tes fight tofle tiooe Daante aad caf the scone y toe veapy rascal tae tory Kiera mid focus Noel Wright poy wages, itis mercly being handed over to the banks and mortgage Companics So the anced to screw morc moncy out of somebody cise lic inflaton) pressing as cver Mapectally acnoun foo themsctves and all the rest of us ots the cffeet on busincsascs remains as smal) which in normal tunes cmploy SA per cent of the labor force crcate 60 per cent of all new yobs and con tribute $40 tallhon a year to Canadas wealth They are being pushed inti > banks upt yin droves SELLE CONF DE ne hee alternative sae de ace shar pty lowered interest rates Tt wisanhd oof sear se bring its own side effects caused by a temporary drop im the value of the Canadian dollar (maybe to around 70 cents U.S.). It would mean desrer Japanese cars and stereos, costlier forcign industrial equipment, higher interest payments on government and corporate loans from the U_S. and steeper prices in the supermarket for all im- ported food. It need not mean the flight of investment capital from Canada in search of higher U_S. interest rates. A period of modified exchange con- trol could look after that probicm and thcre’s nothing horrifying about the idea. Numerous countries have us- ed the same device to sur vive severe economic crises without lasting damage. The resultant bencfits - reduced cost and wage pressures, incentives to business cxpansion and job creation, and a major boost to our export trade © could give Canada such o ncw im age of scif confidence in the internavional = marketplace that the valuc of our dollar would Mhely be restored in short order Admittedly we have to settle temporanly for BC Macs Hawanan might instead of incapple for 4 instead of a 1 think the rewards would be well Chevette Doyota Pessonally worth at other with Any caperts DUC Odere cre proven plans fon geting Canada oul of the Klac pleanc sicp forward Sorry Lor Ma. t achben Neoot vert