a immunities Ladediomenenannagamet From page 1 He added that among North Shore conneiflors there have been strong supporters and detractars of the commission. Others, he said, weren't sure if they supported the commission or not. “For those who weren't sure, it swung the scales against ts,” he said. “T think we were due to reappraise our mandate tout [think the economic development: commission would have been running today apart from that,” he said of Pyplaca’s actions, Meanwhile, White believes economic devel- opment on the North Shore will come back again in another form, “It’s a shame it. will probably be done inde- pendently by the three municipalities rather than jointly,” he said. White argues the North Shore is one eco- nomic area with artificial boundaries, It makes more sense to have one EDC rather than three separate entities which could be competitors, ; “It's bad enough the North Shore having to compete against Burnaby, but it makes it even worse if North Van City com- petes with North Van District in terms of the overall development of the North Shore,” he said. For years, Crist has urged his council shut off the funding tap to the commission, He said local taxpayers have nothing to show for their eight-year investment and has lam- basted the organization for not having any effi- ciency criteria in place. White said it’s always | been difficult to justify the commission’s —_achieve- ments to the three munic- ipalitics. . “The achievement they look for is how many jobs have you brought to the North Shore,” he said. “It’s almost impossible to evaluate that.” He said there’s a natur- al movement of jobs on and off the North Shore and to say exactly how many were specifically the result-of the commission is difficult. “The EDC offered a welcoming hand to people who wanted to do busi- ness on the North Shore, but that’s only part of it,” he said. Over the years, the commission released re- ports on — Caulfeild, Horseshoe Bay, and Edgemont Village — reports White called valu- able to the local merchants and planners in deciding business potential and how the area should be developed. A directory of small high-tech businesses on the North Shore and a web site were also commission achievements, he said. what NEWS photo Cindy Goodman Light of feet triathlete OVERALL winner Mark Bates puts distance between himself and second place during the 8th annual North Shore Spring Triathion on Victoria Day. Definition of hate to be left to B.C.’s human rights machinery From page 3 and the North Shore News, is one person, is politically parti- san, has its own axes to grind and is basically an arm of the government. Such are the machinations behind this whole free speech fight. The side of more media controls tried to argue that those controls were not really controls at all because the media, by and large, abided by a selt-imposed arm’s-length distance from issues that dis- turb people. But_ censorship is censor- ship. 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