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2- Wednesday, April 17, 1985 - North Shore News

BRIDGING THE GAP

Gapilano meets new
Eastern twin sister

EAST MET west last week when Chambly,
Quebec MP Richard Grise visited Capilano MP
Mary Collins as part of a political twin city pro-

gram.

Set up vy Prime Minister
Brian Muironey’s office, the
twinning program has been

established to encourage
MPs ‘from different Cana-
dian, ridings to meet with
each other and develop an
understanding of the other's
constituency.

“If you don’t come here,”’

Grise said in an interview ©

with the News, ‘if you stay
in the province of Quebec,
then you'll never know what
problems are going on
elsewhere.

“Now if an issue is pro-
posed in the commons by
Mary, we'll have more feei-
ing and understanding on
it,’’ Grise continued.. ‘‘1 car
explain an issue to my
caucus and to the members
of Quebec. Otherwise Mary
stays in B.C. and we're all
apart. It’s been that way for
-the past 20 years.’’

Agreeing with Grise, Col-
lins said the twinaing: ‘‘pro-
-motes a greater understan-
ding among members.”*

“It makes us better deci-
sion makers,’’ she said, ‘‘It
breaks down the provincial,
regional barriers. As federal
MPs we represent the whole
of Canada. In politics you
have to compromise to max-
imize gains, so to be suc-
cessful, the national gov-
ernment must have all parts
of the country working
together.”

As his first visit to Van-
couver, Grise said he was in
awe of the scenery.

“It’s a tremendous coun-

try. You can see it in pic- -

tures, but to actually live it.
When I was golfing at
Stanley Park, in one look |
could see the ocean and the
docks and the ‘mountains
with their snow peaks. I’ve.
never seen that before in my
life, except on television or
in magazines.”’

Grise and his wife. Pier-
rette lived with a West Van-
couver family during their
stay, and Grise said he got
an opportunity to mingle
with the people of Van-
couver.'‘‘I’ve talked to many
people from Quebec,’* he
said, ‘‘and they’ve said how
much they appreciate it
here.” .

The difference between .
Chambly and West Van-
couver is small,

said Grise,

but he adds that Collins has
more elderly people in her
constituency, and Chambly,
just south of Montreal, has a
small amount of agriculture.
The main industry is an air-
craft engine company.

- Grise said business rela-
tions between Chambly and
Vancouver will be kept open

for the future.
“The French Chamber of
Commerce asked me to fix a

meeting with some
aeronautical firms. We're
not just a party — we're

much more than that.’’

Said Collins: ‘‘We’ve
developed a network, and
with that in place it will be
easy to maintain business,
professional, commercial
and industrial contacts."

Collins will probably be
visiting Chambly in
September, she says.

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