Ellsworth
‘Dickson

In the last couple of weeks I have heard all
sorts of ideas of what the western provinces
should do in the future. Some are suggesting
that if Quebec separates, so should the west.
Others say we should join the U.S. And of
course, many people still feel we should do
everything to keep Canada together.
This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

‘‘What would you like
- fo see for the future
of the West?”

Ralph Kennedy
North Vancouver

If Quebec separates, the
western provinces should
bécome an independent
country, but I would
prefer it if all of Canada
would stick together. On
occasion, | feel the west
has had the bad end of the
deal from Ottawa.

Mrs. Zora
North Vancouver

I'm in favour of keeping
Canada together. I'm not
in favour of sovereignty
association for Quebec. I
feel like Quebec is
holding a gun to our
heads. I think Ottawa
should listen to the in-
dividual needs of the
provinces more.

David Byerly
North Vancouver

Canada should - stay
together, but if Quebec
wants to separate, they
should be able to. I would
like the west to stay a part
of Canada. It would be
crazy to join the U.S.

Paul Janzen
North Vancouver

I would definitely hke to
see the west remain in
confederation. I would
not like to see the west in
a situation like Quebec.

J. Wilhelm
North Vancouver

I would hke to see the
four western provinces on
ther own, We would then
have control of | our
resources and not be
controlled by Ottawa

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meaningful relationship with
the mill rates in neighboring
municipalities by keeping
the City’s mill rate down
using “‘semi-panic
measures.”

The municipal operating
budget of $12,687,642 for
1980 is up five per cent over
last year’s figure of
$12,655,482.

The total municipal
budget includes $4,216,000
for capital works projects,
up dramatically from
$846,412 in 1979.

Mayor Jack Loucks said
that North Vancouver City
has fallen behind in dealing
with a number of projects.

“We're trying to catch up
with some of the projects
that should have been done
in previous years,” he said.

“I would have hoped we
could have decreased the
mill rate more but under the
circumstances I think this
council and staff have done a
satisfactory job of bringing
forward this budget,”
Loucks commented in
discussion on the budget.

But Alderman Stella Jo
Dean was not so pleased
with the result.

V City budget up by

Dean said she was
“strongly opposed” to the
way the budget had been
handled, referring
specifically to the last
minute meeting earlier that
day.

She felt that the budget
was had not handled “in
businesslike manner.”

Dean compared
assessments in the City to
those in the District, quoting
examples of Cify taxpayers
paying far more.

She concluded by say that
she would vote for the
budget but with “great
reluctance.”

Other council members
disagreed with Dean.

“We have nothing to be
ashamed of,” Mayor Loucks
said.

“This is not the kind of
budget any council feels it
should apologize for,
Alderman Gary Payne said.

He said it was not ap-
propriate to compare the
City’s mill rate with that of
North Vancouver District.

Payne said that the City
had been able to increase
taxes by less than an in-
flationary rate without
cutting services.

Alderman Gordon Cross

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Vandalism forces
bus shelter remova

North Vancouver
residents in the vicinity of
Third Street and Forbes
Avenue will soon have a bus
shelter at their intersection
because of vandalism at a
shelter in the vicinity of 15th
Street and West Boulevard.

City council was told told
last week that the company
responsible for installing the
shelters had requested to
move the one at 15th Street
because the glass in the
shelter had been broken four

tuumes.

According to the
agreement the City has with
Seaboard Advertising
Company, the company has
the right to remove a shelter
if it is vandalized, and
relocate it at another spot.

As a_ related = subject,
Alderman Stella Jo Dean
siad the City shoud offer
rewards for the arrest of
people responsible for acts
of vandalism.

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also attacked the idea of
comparing the City with the
District by saying that the
City has insisted on much

higher standards in its public
works projects than “the
municipality which we teng
to compare ourself with.”

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