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Protest post office service cuts

Dear Editor: .

Canada Post’s plan to improve
the ‘mail service is specifically ex-
cluding members of this communi-
ty. The post office has cut one

. position from the locai postal sta-

residents will be forced to put up
with a deteriorating postal service.

Ii: doesn’t make sense. My
union, the Canadian Union of
Postal Workers, believes that
Canada Post can kill. two birds
with one stone by improving the

(by, for example, being open
longer hours and on weekends).
Community residents would get
better postal service and the post
office revenues would rise.

We should not have to put up
with the slow strangulation of the

office is part of the glue that keeps
our neighborhood and country
together.

You can do something to stop
these cutbacks. Phone Ron Duff,
Canada Post manager, at 662-5714
and tell him that you want decent

neighborhood, or write to Don
Lander, president of Canada Post,
at Sir Alexander Campbell Build-
ing, Ottawa, Ontario. Tell him
about your concerns.

Marion Pollack Vice President
Canadisa Union. of Postal

tion in North Vancouver at 100 E.
IstSt. oe

The result will be longer line-ups

for area residents who want to buy

stamps, get postage meters set, etc.

‘» On the one hand, the post office
. is telling, us this cutback is neces-.

‘ sary in order to streamline service.
, : _. Bat,.on the other hand, Canada
- Post has admitted that this change

. will mean. that community

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Corporate
driver gives
' bad PR

OPEN LETTER TO PETRO
CANADA

On Friday, May 2, as I drove
home along the Squamish High-
way, I was horrified by your com-
pany’s disregard for traffic regula-
tions and the safety of Lions Bay
residents.

I was right behind a heavily-
loaded tanker truck with your logo
on it, heading north towards

’ Squamish. As we approached the
Lions Bay turn off, where the
speed is reduced to 60 km/hr, I
watched in disbelief as your semi-
trailer entered the clearly posted 60
km zone at 90 km/hr.

The driver made no effort to
slow down. It appeared by the in-
érease in exhaust smoke that he in

7 fact was increasing power. Not
me once did I notice the brake lights

‘ on, indicating an attempt to slow

down.

Through Lions Bay, we not only
have traffic travelling by road, but
we have cargo moving by the BC
Railway. If it was ever reported
that they took the same reckless

. disregard for speed limits as for

’ people’s safety as you do, there
would be a public outcry, and ac-
tion would undoubtedly be taken
by the authorities. -

You and your drivers must begin
to show respect for traffic regula-

: tions. They are there. io protect
® you as well as the unsuspecting
public. .

Your fogo is all over those
trucks. Is this the kind of image
you wish to present? Please think

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