6 - Friday, Nov. 6, 1992 - North Shore News 1983-84 # 206, 1044, 000,000. 1990-9 4433,932,000,000. (smmsncs cannon), at OH HTS NEWS VIEWPOINT Unpleasant pleasantness practised by B.C.’s NDP govern- ment are geiting increasingly un- pleasant. Their latest incarnation is Bill 84, the NDP’s new labor relations code. Bill 84, according to the NDP, is a pro- gressive move away from Bill 19, the {fa- dustrial Relations Act created by the previous Social Credit government. But it is reaily a regressive move towards unlonizing B.C., whether the people of the province warit to be ualonized or not. It outlaws replacement workers; it allows secondary picketing; and it automatically certifies trade unions within a company if 55% or more of that company’s workers have signed union cards, thereby removing T HE POLITICS of pleasantness as the basic demecratic right to a company- wide secret ballot. But removal of democratic details by the NDP should be of little surprise, because the NDP is not dedicated to the betterment of democracy. 2¢ is dedicated to the ex- pansion arg enirenchment of bureaucracy. The NDP travels with no inspired vision; instead, it drags with it an old steamer trunk stuffed with social planning schemes. It is infected with the myopia of those who think they know what is best for the world. : The politics of pleasantness are starting to run dmok in B.C. Things are about tc get extremely unpleasant for a lot of peo- ple. OF THE DAY Get something going for youth NOW Dear Editor: | Further to your editorial of Oct. 30, ‘Club clubbed,” the irony of the whoie situation is that 25 years ago, Halloween Eve 1967, the “largest teenage dance. in the Lower Mainland” was held in the North Vancouver Recreation Cen- tre, with five rock bands, AND NO PROBLEMS! The more I get involved within my area, the more [| realize that we had better get something going with the youth of this community NOW — something they want, not what the adults want. Jack Loucks is right, ‘‘the youth club was worth the gam- ble.”’ It was up to us citizens to see that it was safe and acceptable and fun. The best thing the North Shore News can do is to get behind a program to support youth organizations and dances, etc., with time and money. If you don’t know what to do, call me. There are youth services and counsellors ready to help — all they need is your support, your time, your money. Let’s get on with it — it’s get- ting late! Daniet M. Jarvis, MLA North Vancouver-Seymour Publisher . . Managing Editor... Timothy Renshaw Associate Editor... 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Rlegstralion Number 3885 Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year, Matling rates available on request Submissions are welcome but we cannot accept tesponsibility for unsolicited maternal including manuscripts and pictures which should be accompaniea by a Slamped, adcressed envelope V7M 2H4 Display Advertising Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-8222 SA VORCE SP MONET A101 WE SY eC WE 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. o Printed on 10% recycles Rewsorint Distribution 986-1337 Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax 985-3227 Administration 985-2131 MEMBER 980-0511 985-2131 seecoeues eae SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average cuculation, Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1992 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. U.S. votes to chance a giant leap of faith HOPE SPRINGS eternal, they say, and it sprang with unexpected vigor Tuesday in the U.S. tidal wave which swept Bill Clinton to four years in the White House. Not that his victory itself was any great surprise. But its size WAS — as also was the huge turnout of formerly apathetic U.S. voters. * Despite the pollsters (and hew happy they must'be!) there were signs to the very end of the cam- paign that many Americans re- mained still unsure whether they could really trust *‘Slick Willie.”’ But he promised them what they wanted most — lots of jobs again, a rebounding economy, ex- panded health care and an end to the 12 Reagan-Bush years that saw the rich grow richer and the poor poorer. All-round change for the detter in ordinary Americans’ lives was his vow — along with the revival of the withered American Dream. Many voters found no assurance of such change in George Bush's - record or Ross Perot’s maverick antics. So finally they put cynicism on hofd and chanced a giant leap of faith to the untested Arkansas governer. Whither, of course, he can deliver is tomorrow’s story. But hope — together with citizens ready to risk backing it — is the fuel of democratic societies. Tuesday was an impressive text- book example. What Clinton will do for — or to — Canada is equally unclear. He wants to amend the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Democrats are often stronger protectionists than Republicans. We could maybe lose some of whatever modest gains free trade has brought us. How Mulroney and Clinton would get on personally is unlikely BILL CLINTON... ballot boxes labelled hope. DERRICK HUMPHREYS... to- day's birthday salute. HITHER AND YON to matter much after our own up- coming election. The latter’s nearest thing to a Canadian soul-mate is probably Audrey McLaughlin. The upside for Canada is the strong boost both to our exports and to domestic consumer con- fidence that an end to cur biggest trading partner's deep, prolonged recession would bring. But for now, like America’s voters, we can only keep our fingers crossed. Just one thing seems certain about these two momentous weeks. . After Nov. 3, Oct. 26 and the Jays’ Lith inning in the World Series clincher North America is never going to look quite the same again. DATELINES: Yuletide bargain- hunters never had it so good as tomorrow, Saturday, with six dif- ferent treasure troves to expiore ... in North Van, try the North Sore Winter Club Christmas Craft Fair, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; the North Shore Chorus - Giant Garage Sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in St. Joha’s Church Hall, 13th and Chesterfield; and the Christmas Country Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate ... in Tid- dlycove, tour ‘“The Elegant Flea Market,’’ 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at West Van United Church; St. An- thony’s Thrift Sale, 10 a.m. to I p.m. at W/VSS, 1750 Mathers. ... Thea on Sunday ycu can do it all over again from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the famed St. Thomas Aquinas Christmas Craft Fair, 541 West Keith, North Van —- where 80 professional craftspeople offer everything from artwork, porcelain, jewelry and stained glass to toys, Yuletide baking and ethnic food. ... Meanwhile, “A ision For The Future”’ is on the menu at the 7:30 a.m. West Van Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Ambleside Inn — the chef for that course being MP guest speaker Mary Collins, associate defence and women’s minister. ... And many happy returns of today, Nov. 6, to West Van’s four-term (1978-86) former mayor, Derrick Humphreys. WRIGHT OR WRONG: Some folks always say what they think. Others have friends.