- Friday, March 21, 1986 - North Shore News

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End bigotry at home

re there bigots on the North Shore?
North Vancouver City Ald. John Braithwaite
condemned some of his fellow council members
last week for harboring racial prejudice. The strong
remarks came after the municipal council was tied in a
vote to deciare the city an apartheid free zone. The split
vote meant a defeat of the motion. This week, however,
the motion was brought again to council and passed. Was
the council’s decision affected by the name calling?

No one likes to be called a bigot and Canadians
especially have an aversion to the label. But even if we
are strong and free, Canadians are racist; everyone
harbors some prejudice. The extent of this prejudice in

, our society is the question, and John Braithwaite’s ac-
cusation suggests that it is alive and well locally.

Boycotting South African products is more a moral
condemnation than an economic sanction. The concept
is not new except that it is now being applied on a local
level instead of 2 national one.

If council feels it can speed up the process of ending
apartheid in South Africa by boycotting pro-
ducts...bravo! But before council enters the realm of
international politics perhaps it should take a closer
ook at what is happening in its own backyard.

Discrimination against native Indians and im-
migrants is an issue that needs to be addressed as a
serious problem across Canada, as well as right here at
home,

Before we cast the mote out of our brother’s eye,
let’s remove the beam from our own.

CYPRESS PARK FEES

A lot to pay for

now the approach to the Coast

Dear Editor:
Crest Trail is similarly barred.

Barbara Fraser points out that

four dollars is a small sum to pay
for a day’s amusement on the
Prepared cross-country runs in
Cypress Provincial Park. Agreed.
But what of those skiers,
+ snowshoers and hikers who do not
want that kind of pleasure?

Four dollars is surely exorbitant
when it is exacted from those who
want off groomed trails as soon as
possible.

How can one use the Baden-
Powell Trail in the park? Within
the ski areas, access is blocked at
‘each end even for those who have

S. ___..-.__---hiked--in- via Brothers’ Creek:-And-> in’ ~Mounr—

But the matter of principle,
which Ms. Fraser does not address,
is that Cypress is a Class A Pro-
vincial Park and for that reason
should be open to all. The trouble
is that the Minister of Lands,
Parks and Housing turned over
certain areas to a private individual
without public consultation and in
so-doing failed to take into ac-
count the different types of winter
recreationists who use the park.

It is significant — and I am sur-
prised that it was not mentioned —

that no such unpleasantness exists _

“Seymour” “Provincial

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Park, but that is because there is
an Alpine Trail giving access to the
high country.

With respect to Ms. Fraser’s
comment that wilderness skiers
may go to Diamond Head or
elsewhere, such a suggestion makes
impossible a quick trip into the
mountains for a few hours, since
the areas she mentions involve
some two hours of touring time
(one way).

In effect,she is asking that a
provincial park cater solely for one
group of recreationists. That’s
where the beef is.

David Macaree

“West Vancouver”

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Promote the city
with enthusiasm

Dear Editor:

In the communications course I attend at Capilano College, we were
assigned to give a five-minute talk. [ chose “A Day at Expo” as my
topic. { had one week to complete it.

My search for information began. I telephoned Expo for where © could
find some material on the North Shore. They provided me with Ald.
Deans’ phone number.

I called and she told me to call Dorothy Rooke at city hall. Ms.-Rooke
had some information so we agreed I could come by Friday lunch time.

At one o’clock Friday I arrived, only to be told by Ms. Rooke she was
going to lunch: Sorry.”

I'm glad I wasn’t a tourist. It is hoped we could promote this city of
ours with a bil more enthusiasm, I don’t think a few Expo pamphlets i is
asking a lot.

Needless to say I had to change my topic.

North Vancouver