Dear Editor: .

Is the’provincial govern-
ment trying to weasel out of
its responsibility to prevent
logging on Grouse Moup-
tain?

Judging by the Minister's
reply to our District Coun-
cil’s request for help that is
the only conclusion anybody
can come to.

The area on Grouse is
presently zoned recreation
and open space. Under this
zoning, logging is, generally
speaking, not a permitted
use. But, because it is not
mentioned specifically, our
Council deemed it advisable
to amend the existing zoning
bylaw to do precisely that,
i.e. prohibit logging.

The problem with this

totally foolproof and, theo-
retically, Grouse Mountain
Resorts could challenge it. It
is for this reason that we ap-
pealed to the provincial
government to back us up by
putting a stop to the logging.
They can do that very easily
under the Protection of the
Environment Act, to men-
tion just one possibility. But,
judging from the Minister's
reply, he has no intention of
doing anything.

The situation is even more
incredulous when you con-
sider that the Minister con-
cluded that proper logging
constitutes no danger, when
a study done by an indepen-
dent consultant shows the
very opposite.

Beds for genuinely ill

Dear Editor:
The concer by Lions
Gate Hospital and Dr.

Marlene Hunter about the
growing number of repeat
abortions at the hospital is
shared by many in the com-
munity. As well as focussing
on educational remedies,
however, surely it is time to
consider the effect of a per-
missive abortion policy at
LGH on the present scan-
dalous situation. This policy
has undoubtedly contributed
to the increase in repeat

abortions and to _ the
emergence of the casually ir-
responsible attitude towards
birth control that has so
disturbed hospital
authorities. .

In a time of financial crisis
in the health care system, is
it not vital that we secure
what
dollars there are for those
who are genuinely ill?

Ross Labrie
President
North Shore Pro-Life

Thanks, Pageant folk!

Dear Editor:

I would like to convey my
most heartful thanks to all
sponsors, donors, judges, of-
ficials and interested parties
involved with the Miss North
Shore Pageant. Without

them this pageant could not
have been the success that it
was, nor could it even have
been possible.

God bless you all.

(Mrs.) Gerti Todd
Association Coordinator

Job sharing the answer

Dear Editor:

What is the reaction on
the street to a reduced work
week as a job creator? I feel
that the situation should be
brought to the attention of
the public.

A big step in solving our
unemployment problem is a
shorter work weck. A reduc-
tion in our work week to 36
hours could create a job for
every nine people working.
That is an [1% increase in
yobs. An 11% increase in

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wages would be needed to
bring wages up to the 40
hour level. A 5'4% incre.
in wages and a 5'‘A% redu
tion in gross would be a con-
cession from both employer
and employee. So let’s stand
and be counted.

Will you give four hours of
your 40 to help create jobs?

Let’s see how many have
the conviction to stand up,
rather than pass the buck!

John Tennant
North Vancouver

bylaw is. that it is still not

hospital beds and™

But the most curious state-
ment by the Minister is his
inference that the provincial
government is powerless.
This is the most difficult to
swallow. The Minister ob-
viously has nothing but con-
tempt for the intelligence of
the people on the North
Shore.

This is a Minister of a
government which has just
introduced legislation which
will nullify some of the most
sacred and hard-won rights
of the people of British Col-
umbia — legislation which it
is pushing through with the
force of a ramshaft. :

And yet this government is

- now trying to tell us that they
have to back off from a
developer who thinks he can

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hold a community up for
ransom.

And where do the three
newly elected MLAs stand
on this vital issue? So far, we
haven't heard very much
from them. I think the peo-
ple of the North Shore are
entitled to some kind of
Statement from them,
followed up by positive ac-
tion. Surely they haven't for-
gotten that the election took
place only three months ago
and that they promised to
uphold the interests of the
people of the North Shore.

Ernie Crist, Alderman
North Van District.

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