Dear Editor:

The basis of the letter by
Mr. John Reynolds MLA
that appeared in the News on
August 17 is that the public
sector can be operated in the
same manner as the private
sector. It is however more
practical to add apples and
oranges than it is to compare
the public and private sec-
tors.

The purpose of the private
sector is. ta generate profits
for reinvestment. or for
distribution to shareholders.
This fact is indisputable.

The public sector was
never meant to be a profit

centre. Even the most con-

servative economists would

agree. Adam Smith pointed
out in “The Wealth of Na-
tions” the basic respon-
sibilities of government:
Defense: Justice “the duty of
the sovereign is to protect
every member of the society
from the injustice or oppres-
sion of every. other member
of it,” ; ,

Through social evolution
this responsibility has been
expanded to include those
programs (Human
Resources, Labour Relations
Board, Human Rights) that,

- although directly used by the

few, are available to all, and

-indeed benefit all through ©

the development of a hap-
pier, better adjusted and
consequently a more pro-

Right wing? Wrong!

Dear Editor:

I can’t believe what I read.
Our press, and especially our
Eastern press, keeps calling
the Bennett Gavernment
reactionary and “right
wing”. It is neither if we
judge its actions as opposed
to its words.

For instance: B.C.
Government spending is at
an all time high. It is up 14
per cent on welfare; up 7 per
cent on health and up 5 per
cent on education. (All in
real terms). As a percentage
of the total provincial in-
come, public and private, it
is higher than when the

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N.D.P. was in power!

No extra billing for doc-
tors. More hospital con-
struction. More tax dollars
for public transit and B.C.

- Rail. A new Human Rights

Act. Legal aid fully funded
and so on.

So what is all the fuss
about? It’s about a few hun-
dred civil servants losing
their jobs. A well heeled
vested interest is under at-
tack (or so it thinks) and the
media has rushed, pell mell,
to its defense.

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

ductive populace. It is clear
then that the output of the
public sector cannot be
measured in dollars and
cents.

Nukes and
young minds

Dear Editor:

The federal. government's
recent agreement to allow
the U.S. to test the Cruise
missile in Canada represents

.a frightening escalation of

the arms race. As psycholo-

‘gists we are extremely

alarmed by this sbift in Cana-
dian policy. -

Research on North
American children has
shown that feelings of fear,
anxiety and insecurity are
the common experience of
children and adolescents to-
day, who are forced to live
with the possibility of
nuclear annihilation.

We urge all parents and
other concerned individuals
to write to the Prime
Minister and to their
Member of Parliament, pro-
testing the planned Cruise
tests and insisting that
Canada’s influence instead
be used to encourage moves
toward mutual disarmament
and a more peaceful ‘and
secure world..

(Dr.) Olive Johnson
B.C. Psychologists
for Social Responsibility

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There are: major dif-
ferences in the nature of
private and public sectors; in
fact there are few bases of
comparison. Government
was never intended to be run
as a profit.making enter-
prise. Different management
techniques, objectives, and
viewpoints are necessary.
The sooner Mr... Reynolds

A7 - Wednesday, August 24, 1983 - North Shore News

realizes this the better, as we
may discover that he has
something other than _ his
tiresome and misplaced
restraint rhetoric to offer his
constituents.

Kevin J. Moore
West Vancouver

Bennett _

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necessary, legislation on the
public sector. As in other
jurisdictions, the total civil
service bill ends up in the
hands of taxpayers, and

we've been paying much too:
much, for much too long, for
a seemingly mediocre ser-
vice.

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