COLLINS ON NOYES

Firing should be
on conviction,
mot accusation

Dear kditor:

Surely, Doug Collins was not
serious when, in his July 9 column
in your newspaper he stiygested in
reference to the Noyes’ trial that
the individual in question ‘‘should
have been fired when the first
complaint was las."

For a teacher, or anyone else for
that matter, to be fired solely upon
the basis of a ‘complaint’ or mere
accusation would be in clirect op-
position to the time-honored

Dear Editor:

The first duty of an MLA is to
his or her constituents (the front
page report carried by the North
Shore News, August 15 last not-
withstanding).

Cabinet duties are time-consum-
ing. But looking after calls and
correspondence from voters in the
riding is the Number One Duty of
elected people, federally, provin-
cially and locally in this country.

Ours is ‘‘representative gov-
ernment”. Representatives must
represent the views of the people in
their area. Plebiscites help.

Recall of MPs and MLAs is
another discipline which the public
at large can impose on its repre-
sentatives in Ottawa and Victoria.
Democracy works better this way.

Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A.
North Vancouver-Seymour

Visitors
praise
community

Dear Editor:

Thank you, Vancouver.

We congratulate..you on the
open heart and hand of your peo-
ple, who assisted us when in need
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The North Shore was our home,
while visiting our son Ron.

We extend a special thank you
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yudicua oo prinviple that) one is
presumed to be isnocent until pro-
ven guilty, as Mr. Collins well
knows Hf only through his own ex-
periences in the courts.

Had he suggested that Noyes
should have been fired the first
time he was corivieted of a crime,
this would have been 4 more ac-
ceptable proposition, at least in the
eyes of this reader.

Ted Kingan
North Vancouver

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North shore News

rade hour restrictions
labelled unconstitutional

Dear bdittor
The COPE
couver Citys

members oan

Cecuneil cade some
Var. user cus merchants whe
wanted lO Fenian apen after «
pane. ‘steedy"’

Well) Hares. a behleve any one
of those parueulir merchants
would vladiy trade ineaines wath
you, As a matter of fact. Harry, 4
do belteve 78 per cent of the wage
earners across Canada would glad-
ly trade their incomes for yours.

Now for some the others, let's
see. There's Libby and husband
Bruce's incomes going into the one
household and how about Alder-
man Yee? Is he not a lawyer? Talk
about sanctimonious hypocrisy!

And Harry, | do believe you are
playing games with those mer-
chants — | am sure you know as
well as | that restrictions of trade
now contravenes the new charter

and those mecehaats cain now app:
is ter funds trom the special tund
act up fer people whe wish to
vhallenve oexmsting hiss oan the
sreunds that thes dre net ane

vonstitumonal
{hope thes de qust that.

Dorine Melvor
Richmond

Sanctions letter satisfies

Dear Editor:
Thank you William Dow.

Thad a letter prepared to mail to
Mr. Mulroney and Mr. Clark, but
you said it all in your letter to the
North Shore News (uly 16) and
the bottom hne is that Canada
should look rather to its own
shocking problems than to those of
other countries.

Perhaps those in favor of sanc-
tions will think differently now

No Interest / No Payments ‘til January 1987 O.A
Jt OUT.

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