Proposals raise watershed worries -

Dear Editor:

Recent events relating to
our watersheds should: be set
ting off alarm bells for the res:
idents of North Vancouver
District.

The impact of the pro-
posed work on the Capilano
and Seymour reservoirs will
pale in comparison to using
alternative supplies such as the
Coquitlam, Pitt Lake or
Harrison Lake reservoirs if the
result is te close the North
Shore watersheds and turn
them into parks, access routes
to Squamish/Whisder, or
worse yet, housing develop-
ments.
OF course West Vancouver
would be the winner in all this
since they, would continue to

use their curren low cost
water supply system) and: sud:
dently find tar less traffic pass
ing through their community
However, the residents of
Upper Capilana (ves, 1 live
there!) would: sce pilano
Rd.. turn inte a major high-
way through the watershed.
The alternate routing along
the western bank of the
pilano River (an idea
recently expressed by Dennis
Obon in a March 28 North
Shore News article (“Vision
for Cap) Valley") would) be
built only over the bodies of
those residing in West Van.
sove all though, should
be our concern over the safety
of Cleveland Dam. Either the
remedial work needs to be

done or pot.

If in the opinion of those
whe are best equipped to eval
uate such things, a substantial
delay would put our residents
at Significant risk, then the
work must be done

As demonstrated) bv the
province recently in its Mav |
announcement to add same
$20 million to the remedial
work of the Lions Gate Bridge
to redueg the i:.pact of bridge
closures, additional considera-
tion should be given to
adding more funds to the
remedial work proposed for
the Cleveland Dam.

After all, the livability of

thase residents who will be
impacted by the wo-vear-24-
hours-day work schedule

should be considered: in the
same way thar the business
community would) have been
Impocted with the initially
proposed 150 evening Lions
Gate Bridge closures (now
reduced to 40).

West Vancouver Mayor
Pat) Boname’s ideas of
reviewing alternative sources
for those distant: from the
North Shore — watersheds

North Shore News

y water link pushed”)
deserves some merit, so long,
as its not ac the expense of
the safery and li vot
residents and the long-term
costs and quality of our water
supply,
Corrie Kost
North Vancouver

Canadian apologies to unhappy immigrants

Dear Editor:

Re: Lana Khoury
“Vancouver hostile to immi-
grants” letter to the editor.

Even after EL. Khoury has
labelled me and many other
North Shore residents — as
“white racist. bigots” 1 find
the need to make apologies
for all’ the problems that
recent immigrants may be fae-
ing as new Canadians, espe-
cial’y here in Vanconver.

First, T must apologize for
he high taxes that [ and mil-
lions of other Canadians have
had to pay for the entirety of
our fives.

I guess our health care sy:
tem, welfare programs, educa-
tional systems ( including ESL
programs), police forces and
our existing infrastructure
should all be free to recent
immigrants.

I do not understand why

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our government would make
you spend all of vour hard-
earned life savings on these
frivolous details when
Canadians like me could be
taxed even more.

Second, TE must apologize
for the state of our economy.
fy just doesn’t make sense to
me that Canada’s economy is
doing so poorly.

According to your lett

tecent Immigrants are spend-

ing their hard-earned lite sav-
ings on immigration lawyers
and our government.

Then they are being
“forced” to invest in Canada
which is giving us “focal
Canadians” jobs which we
otherwise would not have.

lf your statements were
the truth the hage influx of
immigrants annually into
Canada would solve our
unemployment problems and

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Sadly our immigration policy
does not even come close to
accomplishing either of these
feats.

What Tam truly sorry
about is that the majority of
Canadians did net choose or
want our current immigration
policy, it is being forced upon
us for political reasons and to

fulfil self-serving motives. of

our federal government.

The fetter from) Lana

Mailbox policy

Khoury makes it abundanidy
clear to me that our Canadian
immigration policy is in dire
need of a major overhaul,
especially if the majority of
immigrants arriving today are
as proud to be Canadian as
Hana Khoury obviously is.
BS, Lill not apologize for
the rain we experience here in
Vancouver, but if it bothers
you thar much, please leave!
R. Powell
North Vancouver

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