A6 - Wednesday, January 2, 1985 - North Shore News

uch will be heard i in 1985 about free -:

trade withthe U.S. — an. issue of -

. special interest to British Columbians.

who’ suffer high prices for -many manufac:
_ tured goods, and for whom exports are vital.
The prospect has been. frequently raised in
he past, only. to ‘be ducked by successive:

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: HLL. 1985. be Year: One of: the ‘cashless
fe society? If's SO, how, many problems will it.

. keys.: But don’t. be ‘fooled
“ about the ultimate i intention,

- Presently, you ‘have to. use.

one’ of.“ your:own: bank's
-. machines"'to gét your green
stuff.. Not: for’ much longer,

however.
. Late last: year
Canada's. major

five. ‘of
banks

‘unveiled plans for’ combining .

several ° hundreds of. their
1,900 . automated:: teiler
machines. (ATMs, in .bank-
ese) into’ a country-wide
shared’ system. that. will, ac-
cept all five bank cards. No
more running around in. the

rain to find a branch of the -

Royal or the TD. :
The next logical step,- of
course, is to remove these

~. free-for-all cash dispensers
from:

-bank premises
altogether and put~ them
where -you're most likely to
need cash in a hurry---in
retail stores.

Among the pioneers
already moving on the idea
are a Quebec grocery chain
and the 7-11. convenience
store people. Hudson's Bay
Co. is ysparing for a ‘test
project. with ATMs in
Toronto. You can bet your
sweet little daily withdrawal
limit that a horde of other
merchandisers will quickly
jump on the ATM  band-
wagon to ensure thay don’t
lose customers for want of.

“at least.

-f embracing.

“ont the-spot cash.

The final---and- technically

S Gane ae is. for. in-store ,
-ATMsS.to switth° ‘from: spew- | £2

Fingers ever ‘being soiled’ by
: Paper. money. °°

Many-of : ‘today’s: com-

~ puterized'. cash . registers, . it,

seems, can be modified quite’

“easily to link up. with ATMs,.::
; eliminating | altogether ‘the:
time” wasted’” “extracting

-banknotes. from: “the ‘latter: ”

‘merely in: order, to pay :them |.

over to: the:store: cashier. In-
tead, your ‘card “is: "pushed
directly into. the cash register.
tself and’. bingo!-:-the price.

It’s likely to be happening
somewhere ‘in ;
Canada by next Christmas.

‘And once EFT (electronic
“funds transfer) catches .on,

the ‘implications ‘are

awesome.

"of your purchase ‘is instantly. “
. deducted from your. distant
bank | account. ~ oar on :

How do’you keep count of
invisibie. money? Sooner: or

later, untess you have an
open-ended” bank - overdraft,

the red-light on some cash.
‘register is bound to go.on
Then they'll take away. your--

LETTER OF THE DAY

Too many biases|

: for half tt month.”

Dear Editor: . a
“Multi- culturalism is. a
mess. Inevitably.
Backward looking and
divisive, it ignores the fact
that culture is high-.-
‘minded, sensitive,” all-
There is
“nothing ‘cultural about
racism or refigious bigotry
whatsoever. .

Why, therefore, are
politicians ._promoting’
multiculturalism? Simply
‘to buy votes. But they are
misguided. For any socie-
ty to be healthy its leader-

ship must stress what its
citizens have in‘;common -
theic hopes. their dreams,
their future.

As an individual | am
proud of my heritage, my
upbringing, my faith. -All
Canadians as citizens
should be. But govern-
ments must not ask us to

. pay taxes-to promote our
differences. There are

%

enough social, racial and .|°

religious biases in. Canada:
already!

Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A.
North Vancouver-
Seymour - :

‘economy.

growing, nce: World War.11.
ible

nickel in their. benk accounts

Bank managers don’t. like
that kind of creative debt- -
handling---und in the’ brave
new. world of -EFT,
friendly-or- -otherwise bank

: managers will -be. the “only

game jin ,town.: If. they .say
you can’t. buy it, that's ft, -.
pal. And if you'can’t buy it,
who's: going to: pay. ‘the ‘guys
who- ‘make: “and” sell it?

* Deliver ‘the helpless;
cashless society into. the ice-
cold-little. hands of the bank

- managers, « “and © -they.: ‘could

ruin the country in a year! .