A6 - Wednesday, March 24, 1982 - North Shore News EE editorial page Fall guy? The hullabaloo over the announced closure of North Vancouver's Hamilton school, with its outstanding facilities for special needs students, continues to generate more heat than light. Even the line-up of the adversaries is confusing. MLA Angus Ree, whose government has slapped a 12% curb on education budgets, wants the school to continue. One of his allies is former North Van NDP candidate Joy Langan. Meanwhile, the school board, which has vowed to oppose the restraint program, is rushing — at unusually short notice — to close the school this summer. And Hamilton principal Bill Sulymka, from whom at least a respectful protest might have been expected, is philosophically accepting the trustees’ arguments. Not that those arguments have been clarified satisfactorily. School district staff claim the closure will save taxpayers $600,000, but to the best of our knowledge they have never explained exactly how. Will the saving be AFTER taking into account the cost of integrating Hamilton students into Carson Graham? In any case, what will the cost of that integration be? And how much of the present Hamilton program will remain intact after integration? (Assistant schools suiperintendent Pat Bell will only say “it is hoped to retain the essential elements” .) Sharply declining enrolment affects other North Van schools as well as Hamilton. In the absence of detailed financial figures, that factor alone may not be as valid as it seems. Until the figures are revealed, the final question must linger: has Hamilton abruptly been made the fall guy in the trustees’ fight with Victoria? Party time On Thursday, the British House of Lords will give third and final reading to that long suffering Constitutional bill. Royal assent will quickly follow and the government will spend a considerable amount of our money in a massive ‘celebration’. While there is no denying the historic significance of bringing home the constitution, the reality of our present economic mess must be up- permost in all minds. A celebration we can't afford is no celebration at all. sunday : news Diaptay Advortlotny 980 ODI) north shore. Classified Advertisiny, 9866222 news Newsroom 985 2131 Circulation 986 1337 1139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancuves, oO. vith 2HA4a Publtatroe biter yee e Abas balo F vlettative. Ue Ro adttan 6. C trtof me Nec rest Wr ag ght ae eee a od soar anbieat bore (an Sewer Uonoral Manaye ce@allive A doinistration B&B Pons ..... ~ Ou ao tor LV, Te So tet borane © be cab tdares Ute wet Baas Udine UPd. thei AE Uh [rn ed ee ee es ee ee eed . Ay eee poate! wy . ‘ WEL OV ae ag pe cg et UE a tae we 1 weed Mav, Tey Pade tt ' , Hoa Fe co bet ade ' en eee Wee Pee tt Le ae er ed eats “weston clyrtteern BLU per yoo: Ethie « cetorte 1 POs Man ffs Slur oe Foo Miean | tah All -ighitn | ne vad ‘ fg att ° ‘ Ma ‘ wee ek, ~ . - “eC Pa SWN < ha 1 = THIS PAPE M sat VOU AO. PM flouts tradition too often The degree of change in Canada’s Federal government over the past decade has been staggering. It has all happened so gradually that you only notice it on occasion, when some aspect of the new order of things jars the senses which have developed on the basis of past standards. Take, for example. the Current situauion existing in os ’ , 1 ‘A w ” « <. Y Cy: the Liberal cabinet. In mid- winter, with unemployment —— i a WELL THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO HND SOME MONEY IN THE DAMN BUDGET TO BUILD A WOMANS ! mounting to Depression levels, Finance Minister Allan MacEachen = stood there in Parhament giving his amitation of — the proverbial buy standing on a burning deck His prime minister backed him, albeit without too much enthusiasm, because Mr. Trudeau himself was just recovering from the rather rough treatment his economic policies received from the 10 provincial premiers. requires said Joe Clark And he was right. Pmme Minister” |rudeau has shown repeatedly that he can flout) convention — by laughing att, so that's what he did again In effect. he told Joe Clark that cabinet solidarity meant exactly what he wants it to mean, nothing more. nothing less. Trudeau told Clark to take his demand that the government follow and stuff it The system which governs custom, Canadian Comment BY PETER WARD Mack.achen was under fire from within the Liberal caucus, and the opposition Conservatives seized gleefully on the fact that 10 Liberals from Quebec. including twa cabinet ministers, had written a letter asking for changes in economic policy. They also made the letter public The Tones spent a couple of days in Parhament demanding that Mr Trudeau either accept the resignahions of Health and Welfare Minister. Monique Begin. and Minister of State. Serge Joyale, or demand the resignation of Mr MacEachen. That's what the doctnne of cabinet solidanty Canada has developed over centumes of tmal. error and pradual change. It retains customs which po back into the bepinnines of British Parhament Its one thing to revic™’ aspects of the customs of Parhament and deliberately. openly seck changes Its quite another thing to mock those traditions which dont suit government and ignore them if they create problems Theres (00 much of that in Ortawa. and has been for 13 years Yes. these days. Ws a changed system Unfortunately. not enough of at has changed to make democracy better Equal pay for equal work By MICHAEL A. WALKER It is almost certainly true that if you ask the average Bntish Columbian whether they are in favor of equal pay for equal work their immediate enthusiastic and surprised response would be, “Of course IT support it.” Equal pay for equal work simply sounds like something that any reasonable person should support My own first reaction to cqual pay for equal work was the same oas the average response TL felt who could possibly be agarnstit? 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