10 ~- Wednesday, February 1, 1989 -

inquiring
reporter
Evelyn Jacob

THE FOLLOWING people ap-_

peared in North and West Van-
couver provincial courthouses
recently to face various charges
[nid against them.

Before Judge J.D. Layton in
North Vancouver provincial court
on Jan. 23:

John Benjamin Bruce was fined

North Shore News

A STATISTICS Canada analyst reports that the present
fevel of corporate concentration in Canada is probably at
its highest pcint since the Second Worid War. Some
economists argue that the recent spate of corporate
mergers will mean greater efficiencies of scale, better ac-
ecss tO management expertise and new financial
resources. Others say that the billions of dollars spent on

acquisitions would have been better invested in new
plants and equipment than in buying existing businesses.
To the average worker who stands to lose his or her job,
the mergers are hard to understand. Inquiring Reporier
asks people if the recent mergers are good or bad for
Canada.

Are mergers good or bad for Canada?

rer

John Periwinkle

West Vancouver

They are definitely bad.
The huge debts the cor-
porations are running up
to finance the mergers
could have disastrous
results.

Eric Macdoaald
Vancouver

It’s good. The companies
felt it was necessary and
that in the long-run, it
would be in their best in-
terest.

Alex Beach

North Vancouver

It’s a good idea to
Strengthen Canadian
companies as free trade
comes in. Molsons and
Carling, for example, will
be stronger because of the
merger.

Sandy Tollefsen

North Vancouver

In some cases they are
good. But for the people
who will be laid off, it is
Not a good idea.

Greater Vancouver

Jiri Tyls

North Vancouver

If the mergers mean
higher prices for goods
and services then no, they
are not good news for
Canada.

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Ongoing Pre-Natal classes .
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$350 after the ‘e AB-year-old North North Vancouver provincal court North
Vancouver man pleaded guilty to
possessing a prohibited weapon in
connection with an Oct. 4, 1988
incident near Lillooet, B.C. in
which a sawed-off .22 calibre rifle
was seized.

North Vancouver provincial court
on Jan. 19:

Sherry Leanne Monette was fin-
ed $100 after the 33-year-old North
Vancouver woman pleaded guilty

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James Charles O'Friel received a
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placed on probation for six months
after the 18-year-old North Van-
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possessing marijuana in connection
with a July 30, 1988 incident near
Penticton, B.C.
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