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Dear Editor:

When will municipal
affairs minister Bill Vander
Zalm quit shooting from the
lip, stop playing games and
get serious about rapid
transit?

Just look at the situation.

The Greater Vancouver
Regional District (GVRD)
spent $450,000 for a com-
prehensive study and plan
for a light rapid transit
system for the Lower
Mainland. It has been widely
discussed by municipal
councils and_ citizen
organizations, with
amendments made to meet
public demand. While it’s
not yet adequate (it entirely
neglects the North Shore, for
instance), it is a good basis
on which to start.

The GVRD plan,
however, for reasons never
explained, does not include
the crucial question of who
will pay for rapid transit.

The cost will cértainly be
close to one billion dollars.
Is it because GVRD officials
haven't the political courage
to come right out and say
that rapid transit can’t be
built without substantial help
from senior governments? Is
it because the GVRD
politicians are afraid to tell
the public the truth about
the costs of rapid transit?

Edmonton has built a good
light rapid transit system
that’s been in gperation for
two years and is doing well.
Calgary is building one right
now. But in the Greater
Vancouver area, where
traffic congestion is getting
worse every month, we're
still talking. Nothing definite
has yet been decided. And
this has been going on for
years.

Faced with this whole
situation, what is Bill Vander
Zalm doing?

He’s brushed aside the

whole GVRD plan for light
rapid transit.

He says he wants
something “new”, something
different, something “in-
novative”. So he and the
GYVRD people are scurrying
around the country, visiting
other Canadian and U:S.
cities, even European,
looking for some new and
different light rapid transit
gadgets. He’s acting like a
boy in a toy shop and leaning
on the GVRD to alter its
plans to suit his whims. And
these seem to change from
day to day — Vander Zaim
could never be accused of
thinking before he speaks.

Doesn't Bill Vander Zalm
understand that people are
getting fed up and frustrated
with the continual delay over
rapid transit? Doesn't he
realize that we're getting sick
and tired of his antics?

We don't need any more
studies. We need some
action!

SPCA animals not
available for research

Dear Editor:

Recently, there has been a
considerable amount of con-
troversy in respect to the use
of animals for experimental
purposes. Regrettably, with
every disputed issue, mis-
information is generated. In
this case, the public is in-
creasingly concerned with
the Vancouver Regional
Branch of the
B.C.S_.P.C.A.'s policy on this
matter.

The B.C.S.P.C.A.'s
bylaws clearly state mm Part
1, section 13, subsection (b)
that, “No animals in the
custody or under the control
of the Society shall be made
available by the Socicty or
any Branch for the purpose
of medical or = scienufic
research.”

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The Vancouver Regional
Branch strictly adheres to
this bylaw regardless of its
operation at the shelter or
pound levels. In the areas
where the Branch acts as the
official pound authority,
there are no and can never
be an agreement between
the regulating authority and
the various research
establishments.

Furthermore, should any
municipal council agree to
supply animals for research
purposes, where the Van-
couver Regional Branch is
acting as the pound
authority, then the Branch
will automatically terminate
the pounding contract with
that regulating authority.

I trust that this letter will
help alleviate the public's

justifiable distress on the
Branch’s policy regarding
this concern.

Ken Hemmerick
Administrative Assistant

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So stop playing games
with rapid transit, Mr.
Vander Zalm. Quit stalling.
Face up to the fact that we
must have rapid transit and
your government must help
pay for it. Don’t tell us that
you haven’t the money. If
your government can afford
to spend one billion dollars
to build a huge complex on
the north shore of False
Creek, for which there is no
public need or demand, you
can afford to help pay for
rapid transit.

And while you're at it,
include plans for a future
extension of rapid transit to
the North Shore.

We need light rapid transit
now, Mr. Vander Zalm.
Let’s get on with it!

Ernie Crist
North Vancouver

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Dear Editor

Two Saturday nights ago
the four hubcaps belonging
to my 1967 Mustang were
stolen from the car while it
was parked outside our
home.

I address this to the person
or persons responsible. |
shall be watching very
carefully all hubcaps on
Mustangs because mine have
marks on them that I would
recognize very easily.

I deplore this ripping off
of articles, and I hope that if
parents, for example, should
notice sudden acquisition by
their teenagers of such
unusual objects, they would
ask a few questions.

Please do not use my
address or name as heaven
knows what would disappear
next!

Name withheld
West Vancouver

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