When it comes to sport, we in this country have adopted the adage that if it’s Canadian, it can’t be good. And it’s paralleled with the ‘real’ political world. Now. before all the righteous wailing begins, just tell me why the Canadian World Cup soccer team, struggling to advance to the finals of the most prestigious sport event in the world, is receiving such pathetic and feeble coverage, while the made in America World Series, National Football League, along with the sadly feeble CFL and diluted NHL getall the marbles. This country seems always to be in the position of putting down anything Canadian in favor (see, even our spelling is now Impact in particular visual market. money. illustration or a PORTFOLIO 7" Media Other Call me at the NORTH SHORE Tim Francis Creative Director a 980-0511 advertising { energy and talent to create. I want to talk to you about how your business can benefit from professionally designed advertising. 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Tell me honestly why you watch and read American, and you'll say ‘because it’s better.’ We football sold out Canadian years ago to a watered down version of the 7 NFL, while we are doing our ~. best to make the National © Hockey League, the _ In- ternational Hockey League. We sit avidly in front of qur | TV sets drinking in the takes time, consistent . can make you design, coordinated sunday ne north shore news by Andy Fraser atmosphere from the baseball world series while trying to delude ourselves that there are two ‘Canadian’ teams in the League. Economically, we sold out to the U.S. many years ago and successive governments do their utmost to keep their foreign businessmen happy by draining the blood from the local Canuck yokel. While a bunch of Canadians are playing their hearts out down in Honduras trying to reach a pinnacle never before reached by this nation, having knocked off the United States and Dey hme OSS 5.9 9 14.6 3.9 MO 1325 Mexico to get there, the blessed live-off-the-Canadi- an-taxpayers C.B.C. doesn’t give any game coverage. But we are able to watch — live (and that’s a dubious term), the posturings and prattlings of a bunch of selfish politicians in Ottawa trying to convince the public that what is being done with the so-calfed constitution is being done for their benefit. All the while supporting movements to keep up soul destroying interest and mortgage payments in order so big businessmen will be happy. Our friends in the media are only going to feed you what they want. Not what you want, or what is major and important in the world. of sport (emphasis on world) but their own self-serving» interests... 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