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Agreement No. 0087238. : a" “SDA DIVISION, ... - 61.582 (average citcultion, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) Entre contenls° © 1995 North Shore a. Ke > Free Press Lid. hse . * All tights reserved, * : ‘news viewpoint — FLOWERS FROM CANADA! { ..WHAT A THBILL, | REALLY DONT Kvu WHAT TO Fishery fa ANADA’S WEST Coast fish story is not getting any happier. While the fed- ik eral’ povernment engages in such’ enlightened fishery enhancement schemes as: repainting federal fisheries vessels and jack- ing up commercial fishing licence fees in B.C., ‘saimon stocks along B.C.’s coast continue on -a death spiral to full collapse. =. : - The David Suzuki. Foundation recently _ . issued Federal Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin with a report card for his handling of West -.Coast saimen stocks. a. |, “It’s net oné.he or anyone else involved in ,B.C.’s salmon. fishing. industry would be ’ proud of. Grades in all categories — conser- ation, habitat; stecK"assessment, aboriginal -‘disheries, commercial fisheries, sports . fish- eriés — are ail the same: F, Be “<< For full failure." 00° AS WITH the Vatican, the * muaicipal version of canon- ization takes a little time — ° in West Vancouver anywhere from nine to 45 years. Thus it was at last Friday’s - annual civic dinner, where Mayor Mark Sager bestowed the Freedom. of the Municipality for “outstand- ing service to the community” on former reeve Tom Brown (1947- 50), and former mayors Peter Jones (1975-78) and Derrick Humphreys . (1979-86). ‘ Retired businessman Brown, a wartime naval type, presided over a West Vancouver still in its. age of = | relative innocence — Park Royal _ condos. The police got radar. And : } : ' BAER RG REE SUMS 5 AT ARNG TL RW IBS Fo ERG NENA RENE DW AMIE TARR PADS RLS IRE RN ed AI TOG ALCOR OE WHATEVER YOU Say. SAY IT INTO THE FLOWERS PLEASE. beret NSPE TREEN CRBC Am a OH Ame AN Bi at La AO eR ter N ITE NRE TRA te etree RRS ’ luce have scored some fish-conservation: victories on the West Coast such as succeeding iri clos- | ing the Alaska chinook ‘fishery, the misman-- ‘agement of B.C.’s commercial chinook, sock- | eye, pink and coho salmon fisheries continues. on a pace that undermines all species future survival. / Bo The: picture is’ no fishery end of the spectrum. brighter for the sports -: According to the Suzuki, Foundation, the | “sport fishery in Georgia Strait. landed the. - lowest numbers of coho and chinook salmon’: somrecorde It’s long past time for B.C. to be given con- ‘trol of its commercial and sports fisheries and - long past.time to put ail user groups oii a level |. playing field and give them the responsibility \. for the:survival and. management. of: the’: rf an ye esource’ we have all taken for granted for far’ Though Tobin and the federal government _ Bet ae ‘casmgenpernr yeti eweenilieeem Overdrawn at district | land bank | Dear Editor: er Now that the hysteria! for preservation of the Mountain and Cove forests is over, ihe reality of what it’s going to cost us sets in. We taxpayers had better start paying attention to: this issue, Bo A - : Lam not interested in’ pay- ~ ing for court costs or damages .to CMHC ‘for the’ ruthless * expropriation of their’ property * values’ by . preserving.. the. Mountain and Cove forests. « '. Lbelievethat GUARD: and “the thousands’ who signed ‘peti-° ‘ons to. preserve these ‘lands, '- along with all of the: council- ‘lors who voted to, rezone regi dential property. for. park pur-’ poses should pay every. cent‘of cost related to the CMHC. law SUI egg Taxpayers are tired cf being bullied by groups who impose “their will: on the~ majority ‘through process abuse and then expect us to pay the bills. ‘>> It sure seemed easy to gen: erate. special: interest.’ group. Support to preserve these huge, areas of our tax base. Now let's: - see how ‘quickly. these’ people: can raise the ‘funds (some’sa more than $300 million) to pay. the bill that we are now facing: ‘asa result; ..: J -:, ° There snever,,has be “free” lunch when“it‘com preserving areas..." : I have been very: impresse: by the quality and