NV pioneer PaSSES aWay By Michael Becker News Editer LIFELONG North Shore resident Mabel Young (nee Brown) passed away on Jan. 10. Mabel was born in North Vancouver in 19]2. Her par- grew up there. Mabel’s daughter Margaret Hultman of West Vancouver remembers her grandfather’s rize-winning chickens, a huge vegetable garden, rose garden and goats at the Keith Road home. Hultman said as children, her mother and her uncle Bert Wednesday, January 15, 1997 — North Shore News — 9 would go down to the North Vancouver waterfront and watch the men at work build- ing ships az the Walace Shipyards. “There happened to be this one that was just about com- pleted and they needed a name. They got her name. I guess she was such a cute kid,” said Hultman. Mabel graduated from UBC in 1932. She taught at Ridgeway elementary to 1937. “She used to play the piano in the morning at the school while the children marched in,” said Hultman. Mabel married — Leslie Frederick Young, a dry goods wholesaler, in 1937. Her husband passed away in 1987. She is survived by her son Robert, daughter Margaret, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at North Lonsdale United Church. ents were George Marchbanks Brown and Margaret Brown. George Brown, a relative of Scottish missionary — and African explorer — David Livingstone, settled in North Vancouver in 1904. He came from Edinburgh, Scotland. The chartered accountant bought three lots and built a Tudor-style home on Keith Road. The house is no tonger standing. Mabel was born in the mas- ter bedroom of the house and MABEL Young (nee Brown) passed away Jan. 10. The North Shore pioneer once «had a schooner, built in North Vancouver, named after her. . 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SENATE On December. 10, 1998, the Primo Minister told Canadians that obtaining Jobs is a matter of fuck, but he neglected to mention that when it comes to getting a Job in the Senate in 1997 you also have to be a fong time Liberal supporter. In case you are thinking of apptying, our unelect- ed Senators, most of whom are friends of Prime Ministers past end present, collect an annual salary of $75,000, along with a variety of other allowances and free air travel anywhere In the world. In return, they are expected by the Prime Minister to / “rubber stamp” any tegisiation pushed. through by his Party In the House of Commons, often thwarting the public will in the process. Since the 1993 election, Mr. Chretien has personally appointed afl of the new senators, even though, on October 14, 1990 he said, “The Liberal Government in two years will make it (the Senate) elected." His actions also contravene a resciution passed at the 1992 Liberal Party of Canada convention which stated, "BE (T RESOLVED that the Liberal Party of Canada ‘commit itself to an elected and effective Senate comprised of, § but not fimitied to, equal representation from each of the ten provinces of Canada. (This position is close to Reform’s Triple E Senate policy, which was adopted by Reform in 1987.) ELECTING THE SENATE Stan Waters goes down in the history books as Canada's only democratically eléct- ed Senator. He was reluctantly appointed, by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, after winning a 1987 Alberta Government senatorial elec- tion contest against Mr. Mulroney's alterna- tive choice. Stan Waters has since died, but 1 there have been no more Alberta senatorial elections. Neither has there ever been a B.C. election to select a senator, even though the B.C. Government passed a senatorial ejec- tion act in 1990. On March ist of this year, B.C. Senator Len Marchand will retire, opening an opportu. nity for the Prime Minister to keep his promise to reform the Senate by announcing that he ; would like B.C. to hold its first ever election - for a senate position. This would be in line with the position taken by Liberal Minister J: Lioyd Axworthy, who said in the House of | Commons, “Our Senate is not an elect- ed body. It does not kave the credibil- ity or the legitimacy of being democ-. ratically elected by the people." It might. also satisfy Libera! MP Ted MeWhinhey, who has questioned the constitutionality - of- an unelected senate in the context. of a democ- tatic country in the 20th century. (Barbera Yatfe interview, June 30, 1993) er, WE NEED A SENATE Ina country like Canada, where the power of Parliament rests with the population cen-- tres of Ontario and Quebec, we truly do need J a Senate — but it should be efected,.with equal representation from each province. This would allow it to be effective, balancing off the interests of the less populated regions -§ against the parliamentary power. of Ontario and Quebec. In contrast, abolishing. the Senate might eliminate the short term aggra- | vations, but would leave us forever with a § - centralist dominated Parliament and no way | of applying “sober second thought’ to the leg- islation passed by that Parliament. : tt is highly unlikely that the Prime Minister will agree to a senatorial election } in B.C. after Len Marchand rotires, but it is still important to TRY to Influence his thinking, as part of a long term plan to reform the Senate. | will be doing what ! can in Ottawa through my speeches and [| committee work, but you can help apply pressure by collecting names on petitions and forwarding them to me for presenta- tion to Parilament. Pre-printed petition forms are available by calling my office, or the office of any other Reform MP, and should be returned by the end of February. Ted White, M.P. , #302-1200 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver, B.C. V7] 2A2, Tel.: 666-0585 Fax: 666-0509