Dear Editor:

T have at last found a place
to live after a solid (by brain
and foot!) month's search for
a suite, apartment, duplex or
house on the North Shore,
either alone with the two
children (ages 3 and almost
2) or sharing with a friend
(woman) and her child (2). |
say this to show how flexible
we were in all but leases and
money. Yet I offered up to
$350 for a two-bedroomed
place and $600 for a 3-4
bedroomed home.

AX6-Wednesday, February 6 1989. -

Prejudice against chile

It seems oud to me that i in
the Year of the Child (and so
very soon after) that we
found the prejudice to be not
against women (my singles
sister had the pick of places),
nor colour, even sexual bias,
but, quite simply and effec-
tively, against children. For
the most part we were turn-
ed right away — “no
chidren”; even “no pests or
pets” from a few humorists.
Where we were “allowed” it
was'“one child per room” —
condo strata rules! And
where there was no restric-

ren _

ting clause we were the ones
NOT selected (and I think
I'm responsible and nice).

The building and the
“quiet” were all important
and while thi’s ‘ is

understandable, it seems
odd that this is the North
Shore norm. Is having
children to be considered a
disfigurement? How odd,
how hypocritical and how
sad (we were all children
once). ,

Parent (Name Supplied)
North Vancouver

Unions right to back NDP

Dear Editor:

Not so long ago a letter
appeared in your pages with
a scathing attack on Unions
for their support of the NDP.

This ridiculing of the most
progressive element in the

community is naturally
unfounded. The _ labour
movement for years has

protected jobs and backed
people for public office at all
levels of government who
see social issues — jobs,
aousing and minority rights
-—- as the main problems of
society.

Some politicians wrongly
»lame those who are out of
vork for their own unem-
sloyment. In fact it has been
a succession of governments
which have refused to
develop an industrial strategy
and have adopted poor
sconomic policies that has
treated the crisis unemploy-
ment we have been ex-
yeriencing.

Every citizen has a right to
a comfortable, reasonably
griced home. This is too
drecious a right to be left to
the mercy of arbitrary
szandlords who are merely
‘aterested = in
dersonal gains.

Short of adopting
socialism, the best that can
Xe done is to attempt to
curb, through government,
he worst excesses of the
Monopoly-dominated hous-
ng industry.

Unions, the NDP and
other progressives in the
-ommunity have been in-
‘olved with minority groups.
The purpose of organizing
ninority groups is to
romote a general interest in
dl forms of social welfare.

Zon Sostad
Vest Vancouver

Memories
sought

Year Editor:

Northern Vancouver
‘sland has played a fascina-
ing role in the development
f B.C. In an effort to record
ome of its umique history, |
am actively gathering infor-
aation for a book, based on
the recollections of living
cesidents.

1 ask that past residents of
Northern Vancouver Island
from Zeballos to Cape
Scott) contact me with any
:aformation, stories, recol-
‘ections or photos they may
Lave, from any penod

‘udy A. MacCallum
P.O. Box 1653,

Nort Hardy, B.C.
‘ON 2P0

maximizing

Canada will
elect a Liberal
Governtix
on Feb.18.

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