12 ~ Friday, May 29, 1987 — North Shore News NEED FOR ORDERING FOOD UPHELD Pubs lobby against restaurant drinking A NEIGHBOURHOOD PUB Owners’ Association of British Columbia delegation asked Morth Vancouver District Council to keep a tight hand on the taps Monday. Queens Cross Pub co-owners Ron Slinger, Dave Raht and John Kavanaugh, nightclub owner and bankruptcy receiver for Coopers and Lybrandt Ltd., called for council to register its opposition to a Restaurant and Food Services Association of British Columbia lobby to have the provincial gov- ernment allow drinks to be served in restaurants without the necessity of ordering an accompanying | By MLCHAEL BECKER | News Reporter meal. “*We’ve come to believe a pro- posal mede by the restaurant association is being looked at favorably by the government,"’ said Raht. ‘‘We find it strange that a government oppposed to alcohol abuse would consider such a Students travel free SCHGOL STUDENTS using B.C. Ferry Corp. routes between Bowen Island and West Vancouver can now travel free when attending or participating in school- sponsored events. The special amendment to existing ferry tariffs on a change. All restaurants could become pseudo-pubs without public input as to the desire of the community.” Kavanaugh, who has been in- volved in the pub business as an operator and consultant for the past 12 years,told council between 40 to 60 restaurants on the North Shore would qualify as ‘‘pseudo- pubs”’ if proposed liquor licensing regulations are adopted. According to Kavanaugh, there are currently seven licensed pubs on the North Shore. Said: Raht, on ferries “If this goes number of Gulf Island routes came into effect April 15, after island residents raised an outcry over in- creased fare rates Feb. 15. In order to qualify for the free trips, students must have a letter from their school. through, you'll see policing costs skyrocket. 1 don’t think you want to see that.”’ In his brief before council, SI- inger, current president of the Neighbourhood Pub Owners’ Association of British Columbia, argued that liquor vending should not take place in a totally free market. Our GOVERNMENT wants you to believe that Bill 20, the new Teaching Profession Act, gives B.C. Teachers everything they ever asked for. IT DOESN T TELL you what Bill 19, the Industrial Relations Reform Act, takes away — not just from teachers but from all working people. BILL 20 gives teachers the right to strike BILL 19 lets the government cancel any strike any time BILL 20 gives teachers the right to bargain some working conditions as well as salaries BILL 19 continues wage controls for teachers and puts limits on working conditions based on their . school board’s “ability to pay” — DEMOLITION SALE COMBINED FURNITURE & APPLIANCES 1590 MARINE DRIVE, NORTH VANCOUVER 987-2252 “We do not deem control to he contrary to the spirit of free enter- prise. Liquor is, after all, a con- trolled product like prescriptions in -drugstores and there are many rules and regulations to which the licensed liquor vendor must adhere.’’ ’ The issue returns for council consideration in two week’s time. On the North Shore since 1955 & APPLIANCES BILL 20 makes membership in the teachers’ own federa- BILL 20 forces schools and teachers into an assembly- line approach that cannot work in the classroom BILL 19 allows the employer to punish those who don't follow this model to tie letter A MESSAGE FROM THE B.C. TEACHERS’ FEDERATION tion voluntary BILL 20 then makes it mandatory for all teachers to join the government’s new Coilege of Teachers — 2 concept that other provincial governments have abandoned as unworkable BILLS 19 and 20: SLEIGHT-OF-HAND LEGISLATION