Ne; 4 re tl ca $ Witt the imtoney Made fom the Drstiey able to re-equrp COME LABOUR Day we'll. “be into a tense game of. chicken with Quebec and, by extension, with Canada. "At least that’s the way it looks. "as both Canada and ‘Quebec’ head for the beach and cottage to forget ‘all about politics for the next eight, S.weeks. So just how are we leaving a things i in La Belle Province?: Look KING distinctly brighter = that" 's how. — for PQ Premier ‘Jacques Parizeau, Bloc boss Lucien , “» Bouchard and their new buddy. ., Mario Dumont, whose Parti Action’ Democratique commands a crucial 10% of the voters. : : ™ Parizeau’s softening of the refer- ' endum question is winning him a second look from more cautious _ Nationalists ‘whom his earlier ‘approach (go-for-broke indepen-. dence and damn the consequences) had scared off. Now they’re back to Pp is, a much more comfy ‘ sovercignty- ssociation” concept. A Syes" vote. ; Still means sovereignty, but with a: ~ whole year in which to work out a “ cOsy new economic and political partnership with The Rest Of.’ » Canada (TROC), Like being “divorced and remarried at the’ | “ Same time,” quips Prime Minister Jean Chretien: : eae . “» Nevertheless, it works, ‘In foe “February only,40% of Quebecers said they’d vote “yes” to 60% who - said they’d vote “no.” Today, the -” latest CROP poll Suggests a possi- deal. wee been hither and yon. : fishing, sailing, swimming and « , soaking up the sun, Messrs. ' Parizeau, Bouchard and Dumont / ‘ promise to be hard at work all sum-*, mer improving those already... encouraging figures. Lf .So what happens once the cam: * paign officially, starts in: ; ih * September? The sovereignists will assure their voters there is no Way -‘TROC:~ no matter how much its:: “ spokesmen may initially bluff —. : ~ will let Quebec go without offering -‘an-acceptable new partnership: free “trade, use of the Canadian currency and passports, NAFTA sponsor. . ship, etc.,etc. _ Meanwhile, if all the current / polis and pronouncements by. Chretien and assorted premiers are to be believed, TROC will just as firmly assure Quebecers there’s no - question of any new deal WHAT-.* af the i. ‘ only the three separatist leaders and - their hard-core separatist minority after his lawyer pleaded that a jail ions of internal trade dollars and a+ ! precious part of its cultural her- ~ ;, itage. And all because one chicken 4 OVERNMENTS ARE slow learners. Especially when the bill for their remedial lessons is being picked up by taxpayers. Consider: Victoria's dogged pursuit of its BIN 28 Election Act reforms, which are designed to limit freedom of expression in, provincial election campaigns. In the minds DP socialists freedom of expression,” especially at election time, can iead- to all manner of unpleasantness and anti-govern- “ment sentiments: being voiced by the public and the media. Better | to apply some govern- ment padding to the rougher cdpes of democ- racy.for the good of the simple-minded pub- tic. Say for instance limiting the amount of money people or groups can spend. to pro- mote or Oppose candidates, This even though Brian Mulroney and his blarney-spinners tried to slip the same type of uray he 2 “If they are nal “going to make ‘noise, why do they need an qu unilaterally chosen to separate from” exemption? Canada. Divorce with no bedroom privileges. Period. The stakes are high for both ° players i in this game of chicken to win the hearts (“yes”) or heads ‘C'no") of Quebec voters. >. » With a-“no” vote, of course, _ company Will be the fosers. . But a “yes” vote would savage EVERYONE. Quebec, cut off from TROC, would become an economic basket case. And without Quebec TROC, too, would lose tens of thousands of jobs, hundreds of mile : gang”: / underestimated the other's resolve, So enjoy. your summer. When you return, it may be a long hot fall. while we wait to see who — if cither — - blinks first! x * ONLY IN ENGLAND -— from: the . Daily Telegraph. May 18, 1995: ° “Anthony Melia, 38, of Scunthorpe, charged with non-payment of fines, had his case adjourned yesterday .. sentence would mean his budgeri-’ gar would be left alone without © ..food or water.” (Thanks; pet doc - Ernie Earnshaw of North Van!) .., And happy 90th birthday Tuesday, ‘Dear. Editor: on the Net... notoriously, _ West Vancouver District Coun. - Andy Danytiu, on granting a film an exemption to the dis-. trict’s stringent noise bylaw. (From a duly 3 North Shore News s S98 } “y lost count after sev Lloyd’ 3 Register af Shipping principal surveyor Glenn Cobb, on the number of ships he has exam- ined during his career. ‘(From a July. a North Shore News : “AS «teens we spent alot of time there. We were the dam Ross Ireland: reminiscing about ‘the late glass artist Robert _ MacFarlane and the time he and '. other members of their circle of : ~ friends ‘spent together at North : Vancouver" 's Cleveland Dam. (From ‘I'm glad to'see you By out here. : lam a former Vancouver resident i “f Fo erie es seq ye M4 eet fa ak B AIP iit Mi pet AEM PPO RRA gap over. voters in federal election campaigns only to have the National Citizens Coalition: successfully challenge the gag in the courts, And what about those pesky opinion polls? Damned annoying, Always giving the public. sheep the wrong notions, Better place. tight “controls on those, toa And even though the’ hare- brained NDP have modified their initial plan, which fee.’ tively banned. the publication of poli’ results altogether during election ‘campaigns, : the reasoning behind any control of the media and free public expression’ has. been. dis- turbingly lost in the political shuffle. 22:6 It's a typical NDP exercise in media uz zling and censorship: that the, governmaen already expects .will be challenged in: the courts. A fight to erode the province's democ- ratic system financed with’ Public funds. we Wed T hat’s the NDP way. “eng, & aad the week a daly g Noxth Shore. News sory: “The issue beret is ‘really te ! : portation safety, The submari went through Canadian waters : and is basically unaccountable. Horseshoe Bay's Jory Lord, skipper of a'sailboat that was i collision witha Chilean submarin in Juan De Fuca Strait; onthe firid ings of report | into the accident, (From a July 7 North Shore News story.) * : story.) “hit the window. It made a hol oe about 5 mm in diameter. The whole window shattered ‘and. gers got a shock.”’. ” BC. Transit bu - revelling on the North Share. (From a July 7 North: ‘Shore New: mailbox m a News note from the Ne you, 1 will be Teading | whe update: (not nearly ; enosgh it pre: July 11, to Woodcroft’ $ Kathleen Clough.” ae ‘journalistic freedom t (something which is severely lack-:- *, who ‘on: occasion enjoyed reading.’ | ing in the large republic to the south . . win, wot ' woe i Pe . : meres mo! ae wo a ble 52% “yes” vote to 48% voting © 2 “no. 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