Dear Editor:
Your paper printed, with a
heading implying § editorial
support, a misinformed letter
from Sue Cook attacking our
accuracy. Here is the
documentation for our
assertions:
@ Cut legal aid services
funding.

The provincial government
funding to the Legal Services
Society is down two million
at a time of increased de-
mand (Chairman D.A.
’ Silvesides’ letter to a Van-
couver daily, Aug. 8). As a
result, 13 Legal Services
Society staff had to be laid
off, and 5 offices were clo
(Vancouver daily, Aug. 31).
@ Abolish rent controls.

All rent control will be
abolished. Tenants may ‘‘ap-
peal’’ rent increases in.excess
of 15% only and if the rent is
below $500 per month, and
only until June 30, 1984.

e Eliminate post partum
counselling.

This seven-year old pro-
gram of MHR is to be ter-
minated October 31, 1983.
Four full-time two part-time
staff, 30 volunteers and the
present and future clients are
affected. "

@ Close the residential treat-
ment centre for sexually
abused children. |

Ninety percent of the 4-12
year olds in Mary Hill

residential treatment | ‘centre —

have been sexually abused.

The Centre is: "scheduled to,
close before ‘next’ April, ‘and --

the MHR has. told ‘the. staff.
that there aré no plans to
have the: centre. run by a
private group. (reported in'a
Vancouver r daily, by Shaffin

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@ Remove funding from
Vancouver Transition
House. .

The minister announced
Aug. 5 thai funding ends
March 31, 1984. She has ap-
parently expressed the hope
that a private group will con-
tinue the service (Vancouver

daily, Aug. 5).

e Volunteer co-ordinators.
Ms. Cook doesn’t unders-
tand that these are paid staff

who screen, train and assign ©

volunteers. They are
especially important when
staff are being cut and the
Ministry is hoping that
volunteers will take over
programs.

We understand why Ms.
Cook was filled with

» disbelief. We too were in-

credulous that our govern-
ment would bring down so
many anti-woman measures.

The North Shore Women’s
Centre is composed primarily
of hardworking volunteers
who are all very concerned
about the disastrous effects
that the proposed measures
will have on the lives of
women and children.

If Sue Cook is interested in
checking our clippings, or
just finding out more about
us, we invite her to drop in to
the Centre in the North
Building, Delbrook Centre,
open 9-4 Monday to Friday.

Bev. Schroeter, President
Melanie Calabriggo-Smith,
Editor

N. Shore Women’s Centre.

Fire Dept. help faster

Dear Editor:

Let us put this Fire Depart-
ment/E.H.S, controversy to
rest in West Vancouver.

Dr. D.E. Watson missed ©

the’ message in your article.
The message is simple. The
Fire Department has four fire

halls that.can dispatch:a basic.

life support crew within West
Van: E.H.S. has one am-
bulance, sincé the govt. took
the. service from the Fire

Department who__ used to
der a tinker’s damn if all the

opétate three. A person’ in

Gleneagles i is less than three.
' minutes from basic life sup-
. port provided by WVEFD No. *:

2. Hall ona 24 hr.‘ basis.. To”
wait for an ambulance in-
volves: a minimum of 9
minutes if the vehicle travels
the nine miles.. from
Ambleside to Gleneagles.
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the road, but they can also be
at LGH. * This being the case,
the wait is longer, due to
distance.

The Fire Department saves
lives as a function, they don’t
want Brownie points.

Let the’ fastest ‘service. get

- there first, if both services ar-

rive at the same time then
Serre is lost. If a person is

paramedic ‘units -in Van-
couver arrive. The real

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CPR. That was less than.foyr
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West Vancouver

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