6 — Wednesday, April 2, 1986 - North Shore News

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Cypress bungle?

rhatever the legal niceties of the situation, there
if ' appears to be something fundamentally wrong .

with the contract between the provincial
government and. Cypress. Bowl Recreations Lid.
Cypress Bowi was, ‘and still is, a provincial park,
“which ‘implies that the public has right of aecess to it. |
That means CBRL is basically in the position of be-
ing‘a concession, entitled under the terms of its con-
‘tract to charge for the use of the services it provides
: like all other concessions in public parks. Services, .in
«this case, include groomed ski trails and such amenities
as parking, washrooms, etc.

: It’s ‘difficult, however, to understand the justice of .
‘ an arrangement that bars free access to points beyond.

: the CBRE service area for hikers who have no wish to
“avail themselves of any CBRL facilities. Either Cypress
‘, Bowl remains, in: principle, public: property — aside
. from a legitimate concession zone -~ or else the whole
park has been handed over lock, stock and barrel as
- the leased fiefdom of a private firm. .

According to ‘Deputy ‘Parks Minister Bob Flitton,
othe jatter seems to be exactly what has happened. But
_one comment by Mr., Flitton — ‘‘In retrospect I guess
we would have made minor changes to try and avoid
"this conflict”. — aiso suggests, that government lawyers
“may. have done a remarkably sloppy job in drafting | the
* deal with: CBRL.

; Hence “tiie ‘question: did. Victoria DELIBERATELY

| ‘make a free gift of Cypress Bowl in its /entirety to

“commercial interests? Or has government bungling ef-
-fectively led the same result? a ! ;

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‘AS NDIAN: AND CLAIMS: boil. up again; the only. peo- claims in retpect. of “cutomt”? lands

ck u] the pc

nything, ° ‘the’ feds . can darn’ well

- pay. up," argues; B.C, - Attorney

te. General : Brian; Smith... But that’s

’ still no. consolation; ‘of course, -for ,
"the taxpayers left to foot the bill:.” '-
Just how’ big the bill would be, ’
nobody {including ©

‘the Indians °

f themselves) has yet dared to put on.

“ Therefore,
“belongs to. AL

go ‘out of business ‘and’ without

ve paper..

there are: 14:
‘“*com-

“Currently, in B. Cc.
outstanding’ claims to

prehensive”’ tracts of Jand:on the ©
scale of the famous Nishga claim
- to the Nass Valley, which started
“ the. whole business rolling back in

1973, Plus.a dozen. or so smaller

economic einen ‘the. emisuse and

has ‘on our /society.: ‘Although - far

‘less: addicting .than“ either’ cocaine’

or heroin alcohol is:legal, relative. ly
inexpensive and ‘its availability is

eing consulted ‘are. the People who, ; would have 10. seized without consent from Indian
. 7 " reserves ear er in the century. .

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+. But if they" Te: . ialking about the

1986 real estate value of B.C., as.
developed Over a: century and a.

half by its white settlers, our two.

per cent of native neighbors are
obviously trying to stick whitey —

in cash or kind, or both — for un-

told BILLIONS of bucks.
Taxes

, over-spending by governments ‘are

“In ; total
ders don’t hesitate to point out

v7. these-add up: to native ‘“‘owner-
“ship”
_mass_ of B.C.’ Shouldany . B.C. |

of ‘almost the. entire land

paleface still be seriously listening,

". the next question is: ‘on what basis
‘of appraisal?

“If the Indians are ‘talking about
the real estate value of B.C. in the
mid-19th century, when. their
ancestors meekly Fanded it over to

. Governor Douglas without a fight,

the problem would be a relatively
minor one. A few hundred million
dollars spread over all Canadian
taxpayers would be a mere drop in

: the federal fi nancial bucket.

0 abuse “of. another - drug; alcohol, bré
longer’ commit crimés, seek an ‘end :
heir addictions | and’ turn ‘into

del; citizens. The’ mafia’ would * children‘: “Social service “taxes . and :

“rail disasters. It has been said that

as local’ Indian

‘already at unheard-of levels. In
B.C.

provincial ' debt’:

variyonie who! thinks § the iaxpaye

. should: apologize... for: Governor ©’

Douglas | 125. years later by doubl-
ing or. trebling that: burden, must

stronger than Rothman Mild.
‘In the real world today there c can

be only one’ B:C. and only. one...

Canada. Few would grudge’ our
Indian fellow citizens any help they
need to join ,the country’s

mainstream, a professed: aim of |:
Squamish ‘Chief: Joe Mathias: But ™:

if they also want to reclaim B.C.. at

to cover even present.

the combined national and_

burdén ~ now:

amounts to some $15,000. for every

mah,..woman ‘and: “child ° eat with"
5

: id
Thomas Tally, .

_when the Sikh. .
with the’ annex ion b India of the :

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: LOOSE CHANGE has taken quite-
a beating: in the past -194, years,
what-with the Canadian mint now
ea ~one ; dollar... coins... On <2

3°" 4 neh

the same date“in :1917;, Président.

Woodrow Wilson’ called: for’ a.dec-.

laration. of war. on* ‘Germany: to
make Mthe, world # safe: ‘for
democracy’?

‘April 2 was also the day i in 1849
problem: began,

its current real estate value, there’s: ~'’

only one fair horse trade.

They should pay for the im-
provements since 1850. .

Right -on our. North Shore
doorstep that goes for Ambleside
Park, toot fey

$100 of our automobile insurance 7

pays ‘for: alcohol” related : claims

Made each year. /Yet the. Ministry’
, of. Health. has no. idea what. the

-number of alcohol related admis-
“sions to.our hospitals totals nor the
total cost. Although ' Statistics’ are
accurately recorded for the number

of admissions due to conditions. ’

"Hans : Christian © Andersen‘:

“the ‘Emperor "Charlemagne. (742), -

the rascally lover Casanova (1752),
(1205)

y :
admission: was : 10. ;
“-cents-for'a one-hour show: ‘And on?
be smoking. something a whole: ‘lot

MN

and French: novelist Emile- Zola. ey

(1840).

;  Legalizing ‘drugs; like heroin and

-cocaine for recreational use, .can

only make.matters much worse. If

Mr: ‘Tomlinson ‘really. believes this. *

would ‘ ‘benefit all taxpayers” and

that’ we would be. ‘‘safer ‘in, (our).
homes and on thestreet’’ I can on- :

ly wonder what he has been: amok:

such as liver: disease, - depression Sear

|. and broken bones i it is rarely mien-_
tioned ‘that - many “of . these: are’

: directly: related to alcohol abuse. =:

. Dérek Andrews:

“North Vancouver.