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review process. Comments by Mayor Murray —

Dykeman indicating that the issue would be
dealt with in-camera — out of the public eye

_-—,show that taxpayers won't be part of the

decision-making process.
-Access-to-information legislation at ‘the

provincial and federal-levels.is welcome, but

the time it takes to get the information means

oe that hot stories turn cold very quickly.

a ing; “services ©

with - Burnaby:
The: ‘report analyzes an attempt by ‘

Fortunately, there are still. some people

“with access.to such information and reports

who believe strongly that the public has a

right to know about these issues.

Requested information should not be

ch pec ‘immediately and certain informa-

hear'of a kely $1.5 million cost: overrun on:

the’ Northlands golf. course. Admittedly, that

report was leaked to the News early i in | the:

‘Doug Foot .
. Comptroller
(928-2191 (183)

_ Ghris Johnson
mt Operations Manager -
985-2131 (144)

tion must be withheld for a time. But many .

governments operate under. their own set of

“secrecy rulés and keep information the public
-has_.a legitimate right to know. about out of: :
public hands. . ;

" Timothy Renshaw
# Managing Editor"
985-21 a1 A 16)

Linda Stewart ts
Sales & Marketing Director

980-6511 (379)

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A foolproof
forecast for |

hand

EACH NEW YEAR’S Day
we scribblers traditionally
predict the joys and sorrows
of the-next 12 months. But
our scores by Dec. 31 have
finally convinced me there
has to be a better way to
read the future.

Ant by golly, [ think I’ve found

« itat last. For maximum accuracy

we must first backtrack to Jan. 1,
1994, and remember that, among
all last year’s misery and horrors...
Apartheid ended in South Africa
~~ replaced by that country’s first

* universal-suffrage election, an

African president, a multi-racial
government, and readmittance to
the Commoirvealth.

After 25 bloodstained years
peace descended at last on
Northern Ireland — and looked

‘like sticking. The limping peace

process between Israelis and ©

~ Palestinians continued to stumble

doggedly along its rocky path. .
Jimmy Carter wound up the year

-by giving war-ravaged Bosnia,

once again, a tiny new glimmer of |
Hope.

i: Russia’s ranting, raving would-

be Hitler, “Mad Vlad” Zhirinovsky, '

| achieved stardom at home and

abroad as an international clown.
The September UN conference in
Cairo on world population at least
agreed on how to curb the Third
World’s planet-threatening birth
rates — though not by when.
Meanwhile, Mother Teresa was
never busier, ~

In Canada, unemployment final-

‘ly started to inch down instead of
up. Inflation remained almost non-;"°

existent. Exports boomed. .
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein

. showed how to slash deficits and

become more and more popular by.
ruthlessly tightening everyone’ *s
belt.

After 14 months in office Jean .
Chretien became Canada’s most .
popular-ever prime minister by «
simply doing nothing. Euthanasia ‘
and gun control lobbies made solid
progress.

Political correctness became the:
staple diet of cartoonists and stand-
up comedians, Year-end polls found

-nation-wrecker Jacques Parizeau

still well ‘short of a majority for
Quebec’s separation.
The B.C. economy continued to ©

lead the nation. Polls consistently .

=. Peter Kvamstrom |
Display Manager| =
980-0511 (103)

' Valorie Stephenson
Classified Manager.
986-6222 (202)

_ HITHER AND YON

had the NDP trailing the Liberais

by a dozen or more points. Sanity...
returned to the classroom with the’ i
killing of the Year 2000 plan. |’

- Victoria covered itself with glory,

hosting the Commonwealth Games.

~.And the Lions won their third Grey.
, Cupin 30 years. :

A plot to tum Vancoitver into
Las Vegas North was defeated. -’
Instead; the city got an NBA fran
chise and a concert by aged :

- Rolling Stones who demonstrated |

that rock is ageless. :

We escaped The Big One for .
another year. And against all the
odds, Doug Collins remained
unmuzzied.* ; i :

In short, anid the disasters aoe:
surprising list of good things hap-".
pened too. So what is Wright’s new

“ foolproof forecast for 1995?

Simply that,1995'— like every:
year before it —-.will again serve -
up good and bad in roughly equal
portions: beauty, and ugliness,
tragedy and comedy, disappoint:
ments and happy surprises: And i
the good edges the’ bad by even a
hairbreadth, we'll still be making

‘progress.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomor.

, row, ‘Jan. 2, to Progressive
. Democratic Alliance (and one-tirne

Liberal) leader Gordon Wilson, 45°
... Wish that again Tuesday, Jan. 3, °,
to 84-year-old former columnist. ~
Himie Koshevoy. .

lWRIcHt 0 OR WRONG: Have’
a wonderful New Year — may your -
troubles in it be as Short-lived as
your resolutions. .

Trixi Agrios .
Promotions Manager |
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