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~ the classes are stil mainly made up
of white kids, they are closely
followed in numbers by biacks,”
East Indians and Chinese in’
4 that order.
‘At the playschool our Saighter -)
gocs to, half a mile away, the kids
are mainly of African’ and ‘Asian
-.-extraction, followed by various
shades of European stock!—-)
British and Scottish among them.
Our daughier’ $ best friend at.’
_ school i is black.’ i
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in fact,our little girl has picked
Sup the habit of eyne “eaun't"
instead off ‘can't.
We finally pinned it down to. the
fact that most of her playschoo! |
teachers are Jamaican. f
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“British accent. :
Atmy daughter’
_we got a Polaroid
“two best friends. © |
Someone remarke

The city is divided into.a maze
interlickit ng, ghettos — a dozen
fairly large semi-autonomous
city-states On their own, cach with
its owr | well- defined boundaries.
There are lots of buffer zones,”
but thisi is what Toronto comes
down to: a peaceful ethnic ar-
‘chipclago, a loose United Na-
tions-style federation in its own

label “Metro.” . =

‘Toronto’? is never ‘mentioned
in ‘the, local news.

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“Metro.” ‘a!

They are pleasant; ‘civilized ghet- :
tos, these different. Metro sectors.

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ty of choices among restaurants,

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and who knows if this i is udniately '

human condi ion, and Ti oronto,: ]
“have to sa $ proof that it can be
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“and for hi jin the mass transits.

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downtown Vancouver.

‘family as renters,’ courtesy, ofa”:

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countered a single in instance ‘of.

racial conflict

in suburban North. York.’ Oa
‘We can’t have you ini a black.

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have to learn to live together’ or:
we'll perish together. yo

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‘done — by doing it! — is, nothing |
less.than'a. contribution to the sur-
vival of our species. './ ,

‘The racial homo; enity of our,

neighborhood, is broken only by

“the presence across the street of '
inthree’ Japangse Canadian. ladies. ;

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Victoria rejects sharing costs.

NORTH VANCOUVER District Council isn't happy that
‘the provincial/government rejected a cost. sharing scheme 19
upgrade a segtion of Fern Street and, a plans to make: its

"disapproval yh Victoria known.

“Wee ve bedn waiting years for

~ this,” Ald. “Mary Segal said recent-

ly. We stiould take our
moncy and ¢ 20 with it,’

Segal’s ffustration is aver are’
quest, by council that the’ B.C.
government, help ; pay for | the
ungrading

own

of: Fern Street fram
Highway/. 1 ‘to Mountain Highway
at a total cost’ of $300,000..

But he government rejected’ the

plea, /saying the street does’ not

.meet/with certain requirements or

/ provincial guidelines, —
Bat John Bremner,”

said the government is giving the
municipality an ‘excuse’

Bt district ‘
» ditector of enginecring “services, |

scr, and |
. {Hat it makesjno sense $0 add an

we'll be whistling in, the dark,""
They | are: not interested in this pro-
ject," said Dykeman..

Mayor Marilyn Baker said the
area will:become much more. con: !
gested with additional traffic 1b the /
Park and Tilford. site, and in the:
fall. with the students feturning to,
Capilano Colle :

gidditional east: -hound Jane.on the §.

Bremner.

Ald. Craig ‘Clark ‘said council

should go:back tothe province ©

“after mecting the requirements, a3

. $150,000 is a “tremendous: ‘amount ;

But JAM: Murray Dykeman said,°:
OTE, we wait for the provincial gov-”
ryiment : for money for. highways :

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