A2 - Suriday News, January 11, 1981

foronto Doomsday

For those of you who are starved for the latest
word from Toronto, good news! I have just spent
. a week there and now I know everything that’s

going on.

For those who are worried
about the state of the
‘economy, you'll be. glad to
know that your worst fears
are perfectly justified.

Jack McLelland, the

publisher of McClelland & -

Stewart Ltd., told me that
interest rates will reach 20
per cent- within almost no
time at all, and when that
happens, “it’s the end.”
Describing himself as
being “more depressed than
ever : before,” “McClelland
confides his belief that there
is, in fact, a plot by a handful
of international financers to
destroy the world’s
economy, then buy

everything -up using’ their:

liquid assets.

He suspects that the base

of operations is London, not

New York. He is not certain -

whether ‘the big. guys are
Arabs or whether the Arabs

are mere dupes. .
But he predicts. that OPEC
will ruin the |. world’s

monetary system, and that
whatever is left of the West's

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eaten Nad atinccinentini
to accomplish the removal of
Hooker.

In the next few weeks
council hopes it will have
decided whether to adopt
the recommendations of the
report, have met with local
industries involved in the use
of hazardous materials and
to have moved ahead in
creating zoning changes
which would prohibit the
expansion of such industries.

Mayor Don Bell says
council's major objectives
will be threefold:

1. Deciding the proposed
restrictions to be placed on
industries;

2. Agree a policy over the
relocation of Hooker:

3. Ascertain whether there
are other industries which
should be considered for
relocation because of their
risk factor.

He anticipates that
tomorrow’ meeting: with the

wealth will fall into the
hands of these deep-back-
ground financial heavies.
Tao bad for the rest of us.

see

Hey, don’t shoot the
messenger! I’m just bringing
back The Word fromT.O. .

On the consfitutional
front, things seem to be
going from.bad to worse, no
matter which way you look
at it.

Robert Fulford, the editor.
of Saturday Night Magazine,
told me: “the best thing that
can happen to Canada is for
Trudeau to resign.” Keep in
mind he’s saying this in the
shadow of the.CN Tower —

- where great truths like this

haven't been obvious all
along.

Interestingly enough,
Fulford agrees. with my
suggestion that Canada can
only be. understood if you
think of it as an empire that
gained a footing on the St.
Lawrence’ 300 years’ ago,

then expanded with gun and
cross and BNA Act, and that

task force appointed by the
council will be held in
camera.

Bell stresses that this
would not be for reasons of
secrecy but because most of
the members of the task
force are private citizens
unaccustomed to speaking in
public who are less likely to
be inhibited in an informal
situation.

CHANGE OF PLAN

Council had _ originally
scheduled February 2 for the
public mecting to consider
zoning changes that would
prohibit further expansion of

any industries using
potentially hazardous
materials.

However, it ts unlikely

discussions with the task
force, which would include
the same subject, would be
completed by then. Council
does not want to risk having
the public mecting in-

its Rome is, ‘indeed,
Toronto.
He tells a_ story of

publishing an article by
Silver Donald Cameron,
which ed a union of the
Atlantic” provinces, in-
dependent of the mandarins
in, Ottawa. It was quite a
radical piece of writing in
which Cameron bitterly
denounced Confederation as
a failure, and a rip-off, and
called for a Maritime
breakaway.

The result? Even though
Saturday Night is distributed
across Canada, only one
letter to the editor arrived in
response. Fulford’s con-
clusion: “The general feeling
seems to be, if the Maritimes
separate, who cares?”

aoe.

Ah, but that feeling
definitely doesn't apply to
Alberta.

‘The Toronto papers are
full of stories about Western
separatism. Fulford’ adds:
“The, message has gotten
through to the man on the
street. Everybody knows
now’ that the West was
screwed. Is being screwed
again.”

I also talked to Patrick

validated by continuing
discussing afterwards, which
has happened in the past.

Council legally has 60 days
beyond any application for
industrial expansiomt to
resume the process of im-
plementing the zoning
changes. It has been agreed
that any such application to
store hazardous materials
would likely be the signal to
start this 60-day process.

Meanwhile, council hopes
to meet with representatives
of Vancouver Wharves and
Hooker Chemicals later this
month to discuss any
changes projected for the
two industries.

‘ILL-TIMED’

Bell has told the News he
is disappointed in Hooker's
announcement that it in-
tends to spend $14 million
modernizing and upgrading
its Maplewood plant at a
time when serious con-

._ relocate elsewhere.

‘investment to solidify their

Realtor

incorrectly

| identified —

In two recent North Shore
News articles concerning
real estate on the North
Shore (December 31 and
January 7), Terry Bennett
was incorrectly identified as
a sales agent with Block
Bros. Realty.

Mr. Bennett is actually the
West Vancouver branch
manager for A.E. LePage
Western Ltd.

re

Watson, the TV personality.
He was taking the whole
issue much more personally.
When he mentioned the

name of Doug Christie — the —

visible “ Western .
tist — Watson's voice
seethed with dislike.

most.

- He conceded “it's hard not “i
to feel threatened” in the ~

vital oil reserves in the hands —.

of Albertans and — soon —

the Newfies. I could see his :

point.
On the way home, I
noticed that the bilingual
sign on the Air Canada
washroom door said:
VACANT
LIBRE

Pardon my French, but ~
mean when .

does this
General de Gaulle gave his
famous battle-cry to the

he_ really saying “Vive la ©
Quebec vacant”?
This country. I dunno.

sideration is being given to a

encouraging the operation to °

He has called the amoun--

cement “ill-timed” and ‘says:
“It is clear it is a long-term

position here.”

ra

District staff have been -

asked to collect information
on the Hooker proposal and

to ascertain whether it can :

be prevented.

A man armed with ‘a a knife

robbed the parking lot booth
at the International Plaza
Hotel of $112 Wednesday
night. He also robbed the
attendant of his wallet,
containing $30.

A West Vancouver police
spokesman said the incident
occurred at about 10:15 p.m.
when a man leaned into the
window of the booth holding
a knife.

He pointed the knife at the
attendant and told him to

“give “me everythinig.”

“the
spokesman said.

The spokesman“ said. the
man then walked, away and
was last seen heading south
on Capilano Road.

The robber is described as
being a white male, 20-years-
old with sandy blond
shoulder length hair and q .
light beard. At the time of
the incident he was wearing
blue jeans, a dark colored t-
shirt. and a chequered ;
jumberman' sshirt,

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