“We're going ta teach yau peo- ple how to five!” — Megahome . builder ta North Van neighbor. PM NOT taking out a mem- bership in Greenpeace, but Bob Hunter will be pleased to hear that 'm coming out in favor of the environment. The North Shore environ- ment, that is, which is threat- ened by megakome lovers, tnost of whom are Iranians and Asiatics. © Inumigration becomes a down- your-street issue when « monster home gets put up that shuts out ~people’s view of the mountains and puts them in the shade, Especially *, when the monster-home man laughs - in their faces about it. . That happened to a couple who didn’t want their names used for fear of being. “hassled.” But one man who isn't afraid of being hus- sled is District Councillor Ernie » Crist, an outspoken Opponent of the 66 [don't give-a damn whether these - fol are black, brown, ~. yellow or pink. I’m: “concerned with the _ quality of life on the North Shore. 99 _megahome phenomenon. “. Mg. Crist confirmed that these - : monstrosities are being put up for ~ the most part by immigrants (some- . thing that has somehow been played down). But he added: ' “['don’t give a damn whether: ‘these folk are black, brown, yellow . or pink. ’m concerned with the - ~ quality’ of life on the North Shore. “People here are entitled to. :. determine their quality of life... ~ Many of them live in old-estab- ° Ushed'a areas and they have no desire ‘they got it changed from 4276 to _ 4288 (see permit No. 1312). Doug Collins ON THE OTHER HAND — to make a million and move some- where else. “If the newcomers don’ { like the way we do things they can go back to where they come from, whether 7 it's Iran, Hong Kong or Vancouver,’ “In many cases,” he continued,’ “we're déaling with absentee land- lords. They rent these places out and don't even live there. They don’t give a damn about North Vancouver. They do everything i in their power to get arourid existing regulations and they | taumb their “noses at our institutions.” Mow can they do that, I won- , dered out loud, when it’s the coun- cils that have t thie power to say yea arnay?. “The reason these things hap- “pen,” Crist replied, “is that the planners’ are with the developers and the developers are with the real estate industry. So the question is whether the councils have the sta- mina to control their own affairs.” uf . An example of the lack of stami- na displayed by local bureaucrats is ‘a house on Pelly Road. It is owned by Vietnamese and they considered the house number to be unlucky. So “If we wanted our house number changed, city hall would tell us.to "get lost,” a lady in the neighbor- hood told me. “In another case an Iranian bought some land and cut down all Advertisement the trees. He was fined $2,000, But my informant claimed the man didn't care, He had done what he wanted to do and that was that, “they want to live that way why did they come here?" she asked. “If we went to their country we'd sure as hell have to live by their laws.” ~ Cutting down trees, Spoiling your neighbors’ view, Making the street where you live the street ‘where you don't want to live. We nuust adjust to them, not they to us, as in the turban issue, There's a public meeting about megahomes in Carisbrooke school on April 12, Be there. You can be sure the other side will be. : ee it could be that all is not yet lost. North Van District Council actually had thé stamina to toss out most of the recommendations i in that “mul- ticultural report.” “ The vote was 5-1, Mayor , Murray Dykeman being the only one in favor of the silly thing. All the usual do-gooders wanted it, of course. Plus axe-grinders who had something to gain. Among other things, it was pro- posed that “the district commit -funds to promote multiculturalism and seck funds from senior levels of government for multicultural ini- tiatives.” Also to “sensitize staff" (i.¢., brainwash them) on multicul- tural issues. All it would have cost, it was _ Stated, was $17,500. But don’t beileve it. These things always start . ‘low and end high. Just take a look at the tens of millions being wasted on multicult by Ottawa, whose fig- ures also started low. Besides which, multicult money . becomes a bribe to get votes. That’s . the lesson at the federal and provin- cial levels. And it would be the same at the local level. In any event, multicult is going out of fashion. It’s being bashed from coast to coast. A majority of ' Tory delegates even voted against it. at their 1991 convention. (To no avail, of course.) ; Take it from me. More “sensiti- zation” of bureaucrats means more megahomes. So would more multi- : culturalism. 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