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News columnists should
‘know who they

Dear Editor:

Regarding Bob Hunter’s article
Nov.22, about CBC people taking
their tasks too seriously, there is
nothing odd or mysterious about
it.

Hunter calls Knowlton Nash and
Peter Mansbridge real CBCers.
They are real, true Canadians with
courage and fortitude. They know
their identity and who they are.
Simple as that.

What is a Canadian? What is my
identity, and who am 1? An
unanswerable, question that has
baffled Canadians for years.

ft. has not sunk into their heads
that Canada, warts and all, is their

own, precious home. Canada is
giving us so very much, enormous
breathing-space and outlook, vast
fesources for us to use, not to
waste or destroy, nature on the
grandest and most beautiful scale,
blessed peace and frecdom. This
land so many people take for
granted and only give a passing
glance and indifference, while
searching for their identity, not
able to see it for looking at it.

Canadians ought not to feel in-
ferior, but proud to be part of this
great, inspiring land.

Regarding Doug Collins’ article
Nov. 8 and his disinterest and re-
fusal to support Pierre Berton and

Former highway minister
has a ‘short memory’

_ Dear Editor:
Surprising! The former high-
ways minister and three former
highways deputy ministers have
spoken out against ‘‘privatization’’
as it applies to road and bridge
construction, maintenance, ele.
Short memories? When they
were in office the Honorable Alex
Fraser and his senior advisors Bob
Harvey, Fraser MacLean and Alan
Rhodes were privatizers in a big
way. Private contractors built our
highways. Private enterprise did 40

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per cent of the
maintenance work,
Looking back, Alex Fraser and
his three senior people thought
privatization was a good idea most
of the time. They were for more
privatization rather than less. So
they are really arguing for a ‘go
slow’' approach. Don’! privatize
everything, | hear them say. But
privatization, on balance, is a good
thing for British Columbia.
Jack Davis, MLA
North Vancouver/Seymour

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The Friends of Public Broad-
casting — docs he not feel
obligated to stand by and on guard
for Mother Canada in her hour of
need, when world recession is
strangleholding her and choking
out her voice and soul, the CBC,
forcing away our fine programs of
classical music, for example,
replaced by red hot rock.

How can writers who don't
know what it means to be Cana-
dian be of much support to their
country? It is high time they know
who they are.

E.T. Brown
North Vancouver

TIL JUNE 1°7 1988

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