MARY COLLINS Ethiopian tri prompts M.P. to act on famine ALTHOUGH famine conditions in Ethiopia have improv- ed, Capilano MP Mary Collins says the country has a tough Struggle ahead of it before it will be self-sufficient. The West Vancouver Conser- vative MP recently returned from a six-day trip to Ethiopia to assess Canadian emergency aid and long-term assistance to the drought-stricken country. As a result of her visit, Collins said she and four other members of her delegation to Ethiopia, led by Canadian Emergency coor- dinator for African Famine David MacDonald, are urging the gov- ernment and the public to continue with emergency aid. They are also asking for support for non-government organizations such as the Red Cross, Save the Children and World University Services Canada. KEEP INVOLVED Collins said long-term aid, such as resettling people from the bar- ren North of Ethiopia to the more prosperous South, is vital. But she emphasized the importance of respecting the Ethiopian peoples human rights. Collins said she plans to meet with people interested in famine By BARRETT FISHER News Editor relief to encourage their involve- ment, and with those involved in the Mayors’ Campaign for Famine Relief to give her support. “T want to seek out oppor- tunities to stay involved myself,’’ Collins said. ‘‘The trip has broadened my perspective and my sense that we live in an in- terdependent world, and we are responsible beyond our own borders.”’ Collins said: ‘‘The images most striking were those of the children. Now that I have been involved, I could not abandon the children of Ethiopia any more than I couid abandon my own." Collins said the emergency shelters in Ethiopia have been closed and people have been returned to their villages or resett!- ed in other villages. Food stations have now been opened, she said, and children who have lost their parents have been set up in orphanages. “The kids are getting food,” submitted CAPILANO M.P. Mary Collins stands among Ethiopians ‘at a refugee camp in that war torn and famine stricken land. The Conservative M.P. is part of a federal government task force on famine relief for northern Africa. Collins said of the orphan children she met, ‘‘but they're still very much on the razor's edge." An English-speaking medical of- ficial told her medical conditions were bad, with a high number of Malaria cases, and many people still dying from the impact of the famine. Collins said there has been a lot of criticism of the Ethiopian reset- tlement program, the biggest com- plaint being that man,’ people were moved involuntarily. MISTAKES MADE But Collins said she spoke with Ethiopian Minister of National Planning Mersie Ejigu, who she said was very candid with her and admitted mistakes had been made. He said future resettlement would be done strictly on a voluntary basis. Many of the settlers were adap- ting well, though, Collins noted. Through cooperative work, the people were growing vegetables and learning to become self-suffi- cient. Collins said some officials wan- ting to make a good impression on her fabricated situations to make conditions look better than they were. She said she was shown a class of grade one students, each of whom had a notebook. But upon closer examination, Collins said, it was obvious the notebooks were not the children’s, but those of more advanced students. ‘‘They were just being overzealous, they wanted to make a good impression, but it annoyed me.”" Despite some problems the country is still working out, Col- lins said when she spoke to Ethio- pian Chairman Mengistu she received a sense of honesty, caring and emotion: ‘‘That was important to me.”' Collins said Canadian funding to Ethiopia in 1985 was about $100 million, with about $44 million of that provided by the government. SCBC demands free Cypress Bowl access From Page 1 and founding member John Beltz was arrested by West Vancouver Police and tentatively charged with assault by trespass. Official charges have yet to be laid. Beltz and the SCBC subsequent- Mostly cloudy with a few showers Friday and Saturday. Mild temperatures! ly attempted to lay charges against CBRL and complaints against the West Vancouver Police officers involved in the arrest. 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Fliton said SCBC members were being hyprocritical in demanding their legal rights be recognized while the legal rights of Booth be swept aside. The CBRL general manager said Wednesday he had no comment on the proposed ski-ins, because he had heard nothing about them, “but I guess we will deal with the situation when it occurs.”” 3 - Friday, March 28, 1986 - North Shore News \prit against Fred ‘‘Famous Freddie’! Mussellam The owner. of North. ‘Vancouv "8. Fatious in connection with ‘ In 1984, Musselfam: net earned income as Informatio against: earnings of $13,234, $28,044, and $19,324 : ‘ On his ry return, Mussetlam is alleged: ‘ tailed to ‘report’ ‘$19,324 and four counts of. Federal Fisheries Act..:-. : Harrison also faces one charge dicence. Dungeness crab. ° : Court appearance: for th iw relssuance of s summonses, A CYCLIST was knocked to the ground after. being. ‘strock ‘by as vehicle at the intersection of Chesterfield Avenue and Third Street, Friday at 7:15 p.m. oe The driver failed to stop the vehicle, which Is believed to be a, "pickup truck. The 28-year-old cyclist, a North Vancouver. han, ‘was taken to: : Lions Gate Hospital, where. he. received surgery to an _injured Be shoulder. ; . The cyclist was proceeding. south: the accideut. His bicycte’s rear whee Vencouver RCMP are seeking the: drive ‘or cident. Anyone with’ information’ at 985-1311. ; .