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The majority on: council i in
North’, . Vancouver . District.
doesn't | ‘believe’: awe seed.
rapid -Hansit on. the -North.
Shore in-> the forseeable
future. On. duly 10, 1"sub-
mitted a “resolution to”
council * calling for the

“planning:2 jand: extension of
rapid.; transit . to the North
Shore” :and : ‘requesting that
our - representative on the
Greater .:) Vancouver .
Regional District, Alderman”
Reter Powell. “advocate and
pufsyé such a policy at the
GVRD evel, ”

™ Alderman Powel} termed
“my resolution “froth on’’a
glass of beer,” whatever that
. Means.

-The upshot of the’ debate__
was that my,-resolution was -

watered down,

by a:
motherhood

type of

‘paragraph which states that

“Council declares itself in
favour of participating in the
planning of a light rapid
trausit system to the North
Shoke,” which passed. I
voted: for it
" grounas that even a slice of
bread is better than no loaf
at ‘all.

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Dear Editor:
An article appeared in

Weekend magazine, June
27, headed “Parenting:
Public Affairs”, dealing with
the behaviour of small
children in public.

An example of “bad”

behaviour is given, the small
child running away from the
adult in charge of it. “The
fact that mother is chasing
her, encouraged Joanne to
keep on running.” The child
is said to be deliberately
annoying the parent.
Children are not adults but
humans in the process of
development. As soon as
they acquire the ability to
walk and run, they in-
tuitively desire to practise
this skill as much as possible
in order to grow up into
strong, healthy adults.

This urgent desire is
frustrated by their being
kept most of the time in

houses filled with furniture
and grounds enclosed by
fences. There ts nowhere to
run and run.

So confronted by a
marvellous space, little
children are impelled to take
advantage of this. They are
not doing it to annoy the

’ c:

giants, the adults who rule
their lives.

The tantrums referred to
in the article are a sign that
children feel they are in an
adult world, hostile to them.
Aren't they?

Freda Handford
West Vancouver

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the proposed rapid transit
system be extended to the
North Shore and | am quite
prepared to leave it up to the
experts to give us the various

-options. West Van Mayor

Hypmphrey’s suggestion of
the railway deserves serious
consideration.

Nd-one on District council
*presented any convincing
arguments why planning for
such an extension shouldn't
Start now. The need for it
grows aimost daily. Just
think what will happen when

. the new 60,000 seat stadium

is completed at B.C. Place
and the traffic jams that will
‘bring to the 2nd Narrows and
Lions Gate bridges! Let's not
forget that Seymour is
gradually being opened up
and developer pressure for
still more rapid development
is growing.

If past experience means
anything, then it should be
clear that it will take 5 to 10

years to even plan a light
rapid transit extension to the
North Shore and at least as
much time again to build it. -
The time to start planning
for North Shore rapid transit
is now. Also it is ludicrous to
work on a community plan
as we are doing without
knowing where the rapid
transit corridors will be.
Right now the GVRD has
no plans to extend rapid
transit to the North Shore
and is, in fact, opposed to it.
Ald. Powell, our
representative on the GVRD
should’ be a “mover and a
shaker.” He ‘should be
demanding that the GVRD
take up the issue—not sitting
back and waiting~-for the
GVRD (to initiate something.
The question arises: just
why is the majority on
District council so reluctant
io take any effective action
now on rapid transit? The
only conclusion I can reach

pre-season
fall values

is that the reasons. are

political. They are afraid or ..

unwilling to make any >
demands on the provincial ,
government. Either that, or
they are still pipe dreaming |

‘about a third crossing for

cars? It is a fact that the
GVRD cannot extend rapid
transit to the North Shore
without the agreement of the
provincial government,
which is not in favor of any
such extension. So our
council, rather than pressure
or embarrass or offend the
provincial government, sits

back and does nothing on

the issue.

Is this leadership, or is this”

“mee-too-ism?”
If we don’t fight for it,

we'll never get it. And let’s: *
start now, not 10 years from
now when we'll be facing a

real crisis in transportation.
Ernie Crist
North Vancouver
District Alderman

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