Al - Friday, September 28, 1984 - North Shore News EE mailbox >< Unilateral chicken rezoning OPEN LETTER TO N. VAN. DIST. COUNCIL Dear Editor: I am writing this letter in respect to the newspaper arti- cle in Friday’s North Shore News of September 21st, 1984. It is pleasing to read that the public hearing for .a bylaw that will allow the chickens to be kept on the District-owned Maplewood Farm has met with no op- Position which goes to prove that the public including myself, as I stated to the news media, favours the keeping of pet chickens in the District. District residences throughout, as you know, have shown their support in amending the bylaw to allow chickens as pets in the District. Do you think, for a moment, they, the citizens of the District, are going to turn around and oppose an amended bylaw which they already favour; namely the keeping of pet chickens in the District? Council has twisted this issue so much that it appears you are now aiming at abus- ing the privilege of governing District bylaws. Obviously, Council felt it had to protect itself and do something about keeping pet chickens at Maplewood Farm which lies in a residential area in the District. All you had to do was ‘“REZONE”’ the area to a farm, or a zoo or whatever. Does this mean any District resident can ‘‘REZONE”’ their property to keep pet chickens just like you did? In effect, the whole issue of the keeping of pet chickens in the District was and now proves, without a doubt, to be very discriminatory and infringes on District property rights within the Canadian Constitution. District is in the process now, according to the North Shore News article of Wednesday, September Sth, 1984, of backing proper- ty rights which include the right to the ‘“‘enjoyment of property’’ which would follow the right of ‘‘life, liberty and security of the person.’” Such a statement goes a very long way. Where does one draw the line? Rezoning an area does not enforce a bylaw. Therefore, the ‘‘so-called’’ amended bylaw made by Council does not change this standing issue. The District Council, ap- pears to favour making their bylaws to protect their own interests, forgetting that the elected District’s Council are to serve the District citizens not manipulate them. Ted Wouters North Vancouver Groups can conflict with freedoms Dear Editor: Joan Norrish, Chairperson of the North Shore Women’s Centre, is wrong when she says that ‘‘affirmative action is entrenched in the Canadian Constitution’’. (North Shore News, September 12, 1984). The Charter does state that its operation ‘‘does not preclude’’ such programs. That is hardly entrenchment! Individual rights and freedoms come first always. Our Constitution focuses on Canadians as individuals, not collectives, groups, conf- panies, unions, organizations of various kinds, shapes and sizes. We, individually, have the right to associate with others. But associatvion is not the same thing as organizing. Organizing for some pur- poses is good, others bad. It is qualified, not an absolute right as Ms. Norrish suggests. Affirmative action is a group idea. Men can organize to achieve male objectives. Women can organize to achieve female objectives. Native people can organize to obtain native lands Blacks can organize black power can organize to Asians preserve their Asian heritage. These group activities are permissible but they must not impact on the rights and freedoms of the person. We each and every one of us must be free from discrimina- tion be it based on sex, age, religion, race or political belief. Equal opportunities for all but group preferences regardless of individual ex- perience and ability, no way! Affirmative activists count noses. In City Hall, Van- couver, they say that one job in five must go to people of Asian extraction because 20 per cent of Vancouver’s population is now Asiatic. Forty-eight per cent of each job category must go to males because 48 per cent of Vancouver’s population is male, etc. Individual ratings are ignored when a person’s racial, sex or age quota is us- ed up. | am against this. Like our Canadian Constitution | oppose affirmative action whenever and wherever it conflicts with the rights and freedoms of individual Canadians. Hon. Jack Davis, M.L.A. North Vancouver-Seymour Mailbox story could spark further crime Dear Editor: . In regards to your feature article, N. Van Man Burned Up When Vandals Stop Mail (Sept. 15, 1984), we would like to voice our concerns over the graphic descriptions included in both the article and the accompanying photograph of the process in- volved in vandalizing the new mailboxes The fact that the placement 4 Road, Richmond of your photograph appears on Page Three makes it im- possible for anyone to miss when flipping through to Page Five’s ‘"Sunshine Girl.”’ Thrillseekers unable to con- ceive of the idea on their own are thus provided with ex- plicit details on how to com- mit a possible indictable of- fense We fear that the con- sequences of this kind of news coverage can only be In the market for a mortgage? f you're thinking of purchasing anew home or renewing your present Mortgage, come talk tous a The Bank of Nova Scotia We take the mystery out of the mortgage, both in our explana von of your options and by using plain language lcpal forms Through any of our branches, our mortgage subsidiary, Scoua Mortpape Corporation, offers you choices of terms and rates: We promise that well do everything, we can to make sure that you get the mortgage best suited to your needs For more information call oc vistlany of our branches of your ne aresc Scotrabatk Home Ccntre® 1. 56th Avenue and Clover Road Langicy 534 79LL. 2. 14th Avenue and Lonsdale Avenue North Vane ouver 987- S11L. 4.6300 No 273-4931. 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The right of Cana- dians to have or not have the right to own private property was hotly debated in the House of Commons. Parliament decided Cana- dians should not have pro- perty rights. The provincial premiers from outer Canada rode to Ottawa for a showdown. The head honcho of the B.C. Legislature ramrodded that particular roundup. He was one of the wild western premiers of the notorious gang of eight. The only Similarity between these tough hombres and the O.K. Corral was that once they were corraled they said O.K., drew out their pens and sign- ed the Constitution. Now, three years later, we get a week to think it over. Be careful, the right to the use and enjoyment of property is not the right to own it. Remember the gang of eight had the right to the use and enjoyment of the Ottawa cor- ral but soon found out who owned it, O.K.! Pat Paterson B.C. Committee for Elected Senate, Victoria. BMX RACING SUNDAYS, - N.V. REC. 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