The North Shore Hews Is patlished by Korth Shore Free Press Ltd,, Publisher Peter Spack, from 1139 Lonsdale Avenue Worth Vancouver, 8.6, V7 2H4 PETER SPECK Publisher 985-2131 (101) ; Doug Foot Comptroller Human Resournes Manager 985-2131 (133) | 985-2131 (177) -U Managing Editor. “Sales & Marketing Director 885-2131 (116) 980-0511 (318) ta SB5-2131 (218) -| |, Berard Ema: donathen Bolt J: Distribution Manager”. Production Manages 1357 (124) Fr Bee x ‘| Clark debt plan the road to ruin "News Ol SB5-2131 (118) =. Andrew MeCredie-Searts/Cemeianity Editor 685-2133 (147) _ LETTERS 10 THEE EDITOR Letters must Include your name, full address & telephone umber, VIA Internet: trenshaw @ direct.ca PUTER BS - 986-0027 witarten newspuper and qalil od under Schodule 111, Parmgraph WT of te Eacie Tan Act is pubittad cach Weulnenehay, Friday ar Suny by North Shoe Fue Press Li and dbstnbugod ts every dar on the: Nord Shore. Cancke frat Coratan Pabliativens Mal Saks Product Agnement No AMNTI3R, Macing roses avalible ct royuest member. Jr) Ge Go SING Sh S 61,582 (average citcutation, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1996 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rignts reserved. BEHIND US AND GET ON WITH WINNING THIS ELECTION! SS we : 6S AWS wiew oid HEN nature meets man on man’s turf, nature usually comes out the loser. The case last Wednesday, in which a young black bear was shot and killed after. it had roamed down from the mountain wilderness and into suburban North Vancouver, is a graphic one. wy Many North Shore residents instinctively reacted with disgust and outrage at the news - of the shooting... ; The truth is that ‘an urban environment is a kill zone. At the top of the food chain we kill ourselves. : Sometimes it’s quickiy with a car, knife or “gun. Sometimes it’s slowly with pollution and stress. mo As we move in to an area and change it to suit our purposes, much traditional flora and fauna are pushed out and replaced. ao rey a BRULEE edi od Se AME NAPE) Ot AIR Viaetia Tres Guus. ‘ | I} i tae elder mem Ren TO ne remeer Aen ne EY Rind mem meme ABN rhe Because we are still blessed with a wilder- ness backyard there are occasional clashes as hungry and curious animals stray down to feed upon the easy pickings —- pets and garbage inclusive — we tend to leave about. It’s not an easy call fer a police or conser- vation officer to make when called to a situa- tion like last week’s, In this case the bear was confused and near Larson elementary schoo at about 8 a.m. . Where do we place our priority? A child or a bear? Shooting to kill rather than shooting to. tranquilize was the decisive choice made. It’s too bad about the bear, but it would have been tragic if a child had been injured or worse because of inaction or indecision. By all means trap or tranquilize wild ani- mats whenever possible, but if a risky situa- * tion cannot be contained, kill we must. " publish ~ eeacae des opinions Dear Editor: ; To be critical about’ immi- gration issues and address them is one thing — doing | what Doug Collins does is § another. ; ‘ Whenever he sees someone coughing he makes it into a big immigration story. Except that his stories have nothing whatsoever to do with immi- | gration — they spread hatred. What sense does it make to publish such rubbish? Why can't the North Shore News, — which is filled with advertise- ments of business people who are immigrants, see this and continue to publish Doug Collins’ opinion? Since we live in a country: with freedom of speech, I'm sure there are plenty of publi- ” Po cations around that carry. the type of messages he wants 'to- spread. ee | How can the North Shore . News consider itself to be a- J” paper to bring the community «[ closer and at the same time, Doug Collins- columns?) f That you as an editor can’t see what is an article which is - critical -and objective is’ very. disappointing. © 5 7 And so itis, that you pub- lish’ Doug Collins ‘opinion’ about the nine family mem-°: bers. murdered “in “Vernon... was so upset about that J have: no words. to. describe. it ’— except that it was very disre-. spectful —— first. of. all that: ‘Doug Collins dared to.make it, into an immigration issue —" and for the North Shore News to publish such rubbish! =." -», - Your’ paper did.” some: adjustments as’ for “the Sunshine Girl section” = 2 Maybe itis about’ time ‘to: start thinking about: bringin “more objective ‘opinions , an not hatred messages into’ th North Shore News.” Gloria Breu . ro North Vancouver. . FOR anyone in the class .Still unclear about. where the debt Glen Clark loves can land you, a hair-raising instruction book is now available. Noel But first, a quick look at the basics again. Our socialist premier assures us debt is fine provided (a) it builds schools, hospitals and highways, and (b) we can pay the interest, [t's like the mort- gauge you are glad to have on your home, says Mr. Clark. Voppycock! Especially the analogy with home mortgages. The fatal Naw in Glen’s argument is that we need warry only about the faterest on the debt, not the debt itself. In home mortgages and vir- tually every other type of consumer loan, inter- est and principal are blended. Each repayment instalment covers part of the interest plus part of the debt itself — until the latter is finally wiped out. So what happens when government simply pays the interest and ignores the debt? Naturally, it borrows more whenever it wants more — that’s what. How better to raise big money for everything needed? Wright The only litle snag being that borrowing gets-easier and easier to do, once you've con- vinced yourself that you don't really Lave to pay back the principal — only pay the, interest. So inevitably the day finally dawns when the total of your ever-soaring interest. payments added to your nor- mal operating expenses exceeds your revenue. But not to worry. Just bor- row a little more to pay the interest on what you've already borrowed. It will all work out in the end! Indeed it will — as in New Zealand’s 1984 crash and in Richard Rohmer’s Death By Deficit: A 2001 Novel (Stoddart 1995), Best- selling auther of Ultimanan and other political thrillers, Rohmer opens his latest one on Jan. 28, 2001, in the prime minister's office in Ottawa. It's the day after the swearing-in of the new Reform PC government. For two decades its predecessors have piled up debt and deficits, latterly cooking the books to hide the disastrous truth. Four years earlier Quebee separated and still refuses lo assume its share of the federal debt — now totalling $914 billion. A current $66.9 billion deficit looms. with interest payments of $76.3 billion due. And now the new PM learns Japan has hither and yon " pulled the plug on all further loans-to Canada - — with European and U.S. money markets. swiftly following-suit. Unable to borrow. anoth- er cent, the Country is bankrupt. Within the. weck civil servants will'go unpaid, pensioners will be without their pensions, the jobless will |. have no UI cheques. ** u The terrifying price of extricating Canada ° from this financial holocaust fornis the resto) | the story, which [ won't spoil for you. But the moral is crystal clear in the first few pages. Glen Clark economics — borrow as much as you want and never worry about the debt, just pay the interest — is the road to ruin, as New Zealand discovered to its cost and misery. Every accountant knows it, You and [ know it,’ And don’t be fooled that “it can’t happen here.” “It just takes longer in rich countries, that's all." says New Zealand cabinet minister Simon Upton. “We're given more rope to hang our- selves with!" Qoony ; HAPPY BIRTHDAY today, May 15, to Mt. Seymour Lion Jamie Innes ... And the same Saturday, May 18, to West Van Kiwanian Graham Senner. a WRIGHT OR WRONG: Smile — it adds to your face value.