Al0 - Sunday News, November 29, 1981

Ellsworth
Dickson

Many people are upset about the
provincial welfare cutbacks. It isa sad fact
that with high rents, many single mothers are
having a very difficult time: As Queen Mary
Community School principal Claus Spieker-
mann told the NEWS, children are fainting
in the halls for lack of food. (See North Shore
News last Wednesday, p.A3).

Today's question is:

“What do you think of
the’ welfare cuthacks?””

Megan Metcalfe
West Vancouver

The cutbacks are unfair
to the children. If only
adults}rere involved. the
cutbacks might be justi-

fied, but why should the
children suffer?

Allan McFarlane
Vancouver

Just giving out welfare
cheques freely is not very
productive in the long
tun, but there has to be
enough money to buy
food for the children. |
don't see any easy solu-
tion to this difficult situa-
tion. I also recognize the
difficulty welfare mothers
have in finding dav care
even if they could pet a
jab.

Kathy Lucier
North Vancouver

1 hate the abuses of the
welfare system Right
now, it as too bad some
welfare children po
undernourished. | would
like to see some kind of
system where a certain
amount of the wellare
cheque has to be spent on
the children Maybe baby
food stamps

Anne Rath
North Vancouver

Everyone docs not like
the welfare system to be
taken advantage of. and
some people stay on it for
years But |} certainly
dont like to see the
children ol welfare
mothers going hungry = |
don't agree with the cut
backs [na fact) the cut
backs may very

cause more problems

well

Greg Layton
North Vancouver

With the
living and especsalty
renting ftseems unfair to
cutback wellarc Cheques
at the time And
Christmas is getting ncar
Pdlon t bike to sce children
deprived

cont of

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FROM PAGE A

amazing. Water 4s flowing
under the dyke road. also.”

He says of District's at-
tempt to rectify the damage
caused by the Halloween
Day storm: “It’s not being
given the priority I think it
should be given.”

But District Engineer John
Bremner says things can't go
any faster, whether or-not it
might create a threat of
more charges being brought
by Fisheries.

“If they’re going to charge
- they're.

us, I guess,” fie says.

He = says the weather, |

which has kept the level of

the creek -high, has ham-..

pered work there. “We're

moving along but there is an-

awtul lot of work to be
done.”

Emergency work to
replace the dyke was done
immediately after the

catastrophe and contractors
have now started replacing
the broken leachate line.

Once again. com-
munications appear to have
broken down
District and Fisheries.

McKee has not even yet
received a plan of the repair
work which is already being
carried out and Bremner
says it should be forwarded
to Fisheries via the Water
Management Branch.
Meanwhile. he says. the
work is proceeding = as

reaching
the unreached

Uniecet Canada (4)

Oing to charge

between .

verbally
Fisheries.
. The work is being carried
out by Hubb. Contracting

agreed with

since District staff is
primarily engaged in
maintenance work and

Bremner says: “We don't
have the resources to do this

with our own people.”
Even after the two weeks
time frame given by

Bremner, there will still be
considerable - work to be
carried out at the washed out
area. :

District. will be blasting for

in protecting the dyke from
the water flow.

Cleanup of the river banks
strewn with garbage which
broke loose from the landfill
has not begun and Bremner
says he’s uncertain how

District will even Bo about >

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He considers the present
water level too high to be
able to begin cleanup and
says: “If water levels stay
low in January and February
it would be ideal to un-
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fish. although Fisheries
Officer. McKee is peeved
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Bremner doesnt know
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labor to do the Cleanup work
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