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Dear Editor:

Regarding your issue of
February 3, 1980, wherein
you reported on an interview
with Honorable’ Ron
Huntingdon (P.C. Capilano).
The tenor of Mr. Hun-
tingdon’s remarks were a
criticism of the competence
and work ethic of the
Canadian working force, and
most specifically the British
Columbia work force.

As to the validity of his
information, he states “$4.00
per hour difference between
the West Coast Steel Trades
and the East Coast Steel
Trades.” If he is referring to
base wage rates, the com-
parison is:- Welder, St. John
Shipbuilding $9.16 per hour,
Welder, Burrard Yarrows
Corporation $11.49 per
hour, or a_ difference of

Okay to give union fun

Dear Editor:

In reply to Mr. Hassell of
Vernon, I'm a longtime NDP
member and approved of the
decision to place NDP ads
appealing for funds and
memberships throughout
B.C.

I am surprised we should
be caught “lecturing” other
Parties on how to organize
their finances. The bulk of
NDP money comes from our
membership. We have no

$2.33 per hour. However, if

he is using the normal
comparison i.e. total
package, the difference

shrinks to $1.37 per hour in
favour of the West Coast.

He goes on to lay the
excesses of sucessive
Canadian Governments at
the feet of the over burdened
Canadian taxpayer. The
reasoning behind this
statement leaves one rather
confused when one con-
siders that it was the
Canadian taxpayer who
threw the Liberal Govern-
ment out of office for over
spending, and his own
moment of glory was cut
short when his government
tried to introduce a budget
designed to sink us deéper in
the quagmire.

Mr. Huntingdon insults
every working person im

hidden “slush funds” and a
visit to the Provincial
Secretary will confirm this.

Whilst appreciating the
principled stand your
correspondent from Vernon
took 23 years ago, I do not
agree with his reasoning or
his inference that members
of unions have to give money
to the NDP.

The business of the union
is conducted within the
union and not by the NDP,
and if a majonty decides to

Garbage brings
double taxation

Dear Editor:

A recent North Van-
couver City Council decision
continues the garbage
collection inequities for
Strata Corporations.

Under the present system,
Strata Corporations in the
City of North Vancouver
have to provide their own
garbage container service as
the Ciy does not offer
container pickup. However.

the tax structure in the City
of North Vancouver includes
garbage pickup. this would

appear to be a form of
double taxation.
The Owners. Strata Plan

VR-254 call upon all Strata
Councils within the City of
North Vancouver to fight
this inequity.

Geraldine M. Svisdahl
Property Manager
North Vancouver

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Canada when

he states
“there is not a Canadian
Company capable of

building a drydock of that
size.” What an arrogant and
egotistical Statement. I was
not aware that Mr. Hun-
tingdon was a trained Naval

Architect or Marine
Engineer. I was of the
opinion we got rid of

arrogance in power when we
dumped “fuddle duddle.”
The last quote by your
reporter, “There are some
rather delicate mitigating
circumstances behind these
deals I am not at liberty to
discuss yet”, strikes a very
alarming note. Are we to
look forward to another
“Watergate” or “Sky Shops”
situation. Surely the facts
pertaining to a_ straight
commercial transaction
cannot be The Official

give funds to a_ sister
organization, or a political
party, that should be their
right. Unions find their aims
and objectives similar to that
of the NDP and some join by
affiliating, allowing a few
cents per member as the fee
for affihation. The formula
also covers those who
disagree by withholding the
percentage in disagreement.
The NDP encourages union
members to join the party as

members. Each union has its

“to workers

Secrets Act.

In conclusion, having
perused the interview very
carefully. and having
discussed it thoroughly with
the delegates of The Van-

couver & District Metal
Trades Council,
representing all In-

ternational Trade Union in
the shipyards in the lower

mainiand, 1 feel that any
working person in the
Capilano riding who

exercises their franchise in
favour of any person, who
publicly insults and maligns
them, should make an
immediate appointment with
a psychiatrist.

Ron Ferguson
President of Vancouver
& District

Metal Trades Council

stoN

own
requirements. Any
organization would be
unwise not to have the
majority behind its decision
which leaves us with the
minority of which Mr.
Hassell was, or is one.

Mr. Hassell doesn't
Suggest any new way of
funding political parties, just
hurls the epithet “Tom-
myrot”. After all, many
people oppose the present
government but we don't opt

constitutional

Al-Wednesday, February 13, 1980- North Shore News

Clean up
W. Van’s air

Dear Editor:

Your January 27th edition
printed a letter to the editor
by a North Shore runner who
mentioned he would hke to
breath clean air when he
runs, not the smoke filled air

we have to continually
breath — well, he is not the
only one!

I have lived in West

Vancouver for six years and
am still amazed when I see
my neighbours burning their
trash, etc., in back yards and
on front streets

Are these people too lazy
to bundle up their garbage
for pick-up by the City or to
take it themselves to a
disposal site, or do they just
not care about polluting the
air outside.

Donna K ozak
West Vancouver

out of paying taxes! A
majority decision elected the
government to make _ the
system work and we all pay.
Unions are miniature forms
of self government and obey
democratic rules.

As a post-scriptum, one
can add that neither the
customers or the employees
were asked when money was
donated by a company to a
pohtical party.

Jim McKenzie
West Vancouver

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department will be on the
Anthropolagy of the
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nights a week — Tues.
and Wed. until 9 # you'd
like to drop in tor some
help, some information or
a chat.
WOULD you
BELIEVE?

that a lot of people eating
lunch in a crowded
cafeteria could be per-
suadsd to laugh, and sing,
and dance? We wouldn't
have, until last week when
the noon hour entertain-
ment was provided by a
local group. Pred Pear
They left smiles replacing
the scholastic gloom ona
lot of taces for the rest ot
the day

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FOOD

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