IN FEBRUARY this
space reported on how a
girl in Richmond could-
n’t get a job because she
didn’t know Cantonese.
And last week I met a
young man I’ve known
since he was a kid. He’s
in the investment busi-
ness and has all the
right qualifications.

But he was turned down
for a job in one of the big
banks because he too didn’t
know Cantonese.

Another person phoned me
with a. worse story. He too is a
North Vancouver man and is
in the insurance business. But
his company was taken over
by a Hong Kong firm and he
was “let go.”

He said his place was
taken by a Chinese woman
who can hardly speak
English.

“Why did my grandfather
fight for this country?” he
asked bitterly.

’ He plans to complain to
the B.C. Human Rights
Council. Good luck, brother!
That lot exists for the minori-
ties, not for you.

Another employee in the
same company confirmed the ,
story and both said that the
new owners advised the
remaining white staff to learn
Cantonese.

At Chinese New Year they
were asked to go to
Chinatown for the company |
dinner. Three of them went
“and were the only whites out
of the 80 or so people who
attended. ;

. kt would be wrong to
. blame the Chinese for this. It
“is a natural consequence of
Muiticult Canada. The
Chinese hive Chinese, the East
Indians hire East Indians, and
so On. :
You can see this at down-
' town parking lots. Up country,
I have often been told, smailer
sawmills owned by Sikhs
“employ Sikhs, But white
employers in the forest indus-
try don't even think about hir-
ing ‘whites only." The NDP’s
human rights maniacs would -
be on their tails faster than
you could say “Gotcha!”

In the civil service and
Crowa corporations, preferen-
tial hiring of minorities is a
linchpin of Victoria's hiring
- policies, But that’s not racism.
_ ‘There are no quotas, of
course, The word they use is .
‘“tarpets.”

Knowing which side its
’ bread is buttered on, the
bureaucracy is dedicated to
the same ideal. And the
provincial Liberals would
probably change nothing,
being just as keen to suck up
' to the ethnics as are the
' socialists. The B.C. Reform
Party is the only one that has
come out foursquare for strict
merit hiring.

The situation in
Richmond, where 40% of the
population is Chinese, is
reflected in Markham,
Ontario.

The CBC did a program
~ on it but didn’t talk about the
place being taken over. That
would never do. Instead, it
clapped its editorial hands and
showed the gutsy female
mayor under attack for failing
to du what the newcomers
wanted her to do.

_ Dick Field of Toronto has
tracked the Markham situa-
tion. He's the chairman of
The Voice of Canadians
Commitiees (“The Voice of
the Silent Majority”). He tells
me that in the “Chinese”

Collins

on the
other hand

_ shopping mail in Markham,

there have been cases of
whites having been refused
store space.

The politically correct
mainstream media applaud
this federally approved inva-
sion.

BCTV's News recently did

a series on Asian immigration
in the Lower Mainland, and
the impression created by the
(Asian-Canadian) reporter
was that what we are getting
is just dandy.

‘There wasn’t a word of
criticism apart from a couple
of short, cautious comments
from two token whites in
Richmond.

Like all the other broad-
casting outlets, the station has
the CRTC breathing down its
neck. And the CRTC has the
federal Liberals breathing
down its neck.

The top TV people, mean-
while, don’t mind what's hap-
pening because they haven't
been turfed out to make room
for others, nor have they been
told to learn Cantonese,
Punjabi or Korean.

A fellow from Ontario
who toured this area last week
had an amusing but pertinent
comment: “When two white
men meet in those shopping
malls out in Richmond they
nod and smile to each other,
just like if they were abroad.”

That's your future, friends.
You read it here first, Years

CORRECTION NOTICE

In our 83-1A — Easter
PreSeason flyer, Tan Jay prints
on page 10; Porcelain
Dinnerware on page 73 are not
exactly as shown.

In our B3-2 Home Sale flyer,
Circulation 12° Round Grille
Pan on page 2 should have
read “After Sale Price 99.98”

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Vet is hereby given by the City of North Vancouver, pursuant t to Séction
980 of the Municipal Act.of British Columbia, that a Public Meeting will be

t held on MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1996 at 7: 30 p.m. in the Council Chamber,. City. Hi

Mr. Dirk Buttjes of Buttjes Architecture, Inc., on behalf of Eighties Restaurant; has :|
applied fora Development Variance Permit with respect to properties legally described ..
as Lot 13, Block 49, D.L. 548/549, Plan 750, located at 110 West 14th Street:
(1401 ~ 1409 Lonsdale Avenue), indicated on the map below, to permit:

The provisions of “Zoning Bylaw, 1995, No. 6700", Document “A, to be varied as
follows: coe :

Il (1.) Section 410(2) is varied to permit the minimun setback
required from an abutting rear lot line to a building to be -
reduced by up to 4.27 metres (14 feet) fora removable
unenclosed deck. ;

(1 ronenineeesa

West 15th Street .

Chesterfield Avenue
‘Lonsdale Avenue

West |4th Street

he PERSONS who believe that their interest in property is affected by the
proposed Development Variance Permit shall be afforded a reasonable
opportunity to be heard — in person, by attorney or by petition. The proposed Permit
and relevant background documents may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk
between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday from April 1 - April 15, 1996,
except Statutory Holidays.

’ Bruce. A. Hawkshaw, City Clerk -