Al0- Weer: December 3, 1980 - North Shore News

inquiring
reporter

by
Ellsworth
Dickson

Although the foreign ownership of British
Columbia land and property has been a fact
since B.C.’s beginnings, it is now becoming a
controversial issue. Many Canadians own
land in neighbouring Washington and there
are no restrictions.

Today’s question 1s:

“What do you think
of foreign ownership
of B.C. land?’’

Bob Galbraith
Victoria

I think foreigners
should be able to buy
B.C. land if they are
contributing in some way
to the economic growth
of the province such as
developing the land in a
good way. There has to
be some kind of
Wa responsibility that goes
f along with owning
property in another
country.

te Dennis Corbett
; North Vancouver

Free enterprise is the
& system we live by.
i Canadians are allowed to
buy land in many other
countries. Why not the
other way around?

= Donna Stinson
North Vancouver

It is a touchy question.
I think we do have to be
careful. 1 don’t think it is
particularly good thing
for foreign interests to
control large tracts of
land and other properties
in B.C. 1 would like to see
some kind of regulations
governing these
situations.

R. McNefll
North Vancouver

j think absentec
ownership ts bad BC
nNecds = restmnctions
foreign ownership
land

on
of

Eric EDspermann
North Vancouver

I think itis OK as tong
as there are regulations to
. protect Ube land
Canadians as wel

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called ‘obnoxious’

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_FROM PAGE A1 _ Lanskail said. motives”. zoning amendment. yome
the area from highrise to He went on to call the Hicks said the community Finlay felt there was a
low-density multiple housing downzoning a “Draconian interest had not been

necessity for a “compelling”
interest before he would
support such a move.

with a maximum height of
three stories.

The emotional and
controversial amendment —
saw Aldermen Dave Finley,
Don Lanskail and Bob Hicks
voting against it,
Aldermen Diana
chinson, George Morfitt and
Mayor Derrick Humphreys
voted in favor.

A tied vote is defeated.
The crucial} tie-breaking vote
was held by Alderman John .
Humphries, who was in
eastern Canada on business.

Humphries, in a letter to
council, expressed his
support for the amendment
which is in conformity with
the new Community Plan -
and the Eikos design report
adopted by council last year.

The main thrust of the
debate Monday night
centered around whether
there was a large enough
community  bdenefit to
downzone the properties of
individuals.

Mayor Humphries con-
tended there was, citing the
elections and the

measure” which would only

identified in respect to the
satisfy the “narrow interests”

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wide citizen approval and
virtually no opposition...
over the past year there have
been six public hearings
where these proposals were
openly debated, four for the
community plan and two for
this bylaw,” Mayor Hum-
phreys said.

“In every imstance there
has been strong and vocal
community support and no
community opposition.

“On no issue has the mood

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tenacity

“The rules of the game
cannot be changed in the
middle of the game and in
this case it appears as if they
are being changed at the end
of the game, when there is
very few parcels of land

Business
licences
hiked 20%

Businessmen in North
Vancouver District face a 20
per cent hike in feces for their
business licences next year.

North Van District
council introduced a bylaw
amendment at thet last
mecting which will raise the
fees for the first time since
1974 West) Vancouver
Imstrict council recently
approved a similar increase

Aldermen Gordon Rose
and John Lakes wanted to
review the centre bylaw
before making a_ final
deciston on the fee rise but
ether members of council

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