PS mailbox ee Handicapped children used as pawns OPEN LETTER TO HEALTH MINISTER JAMES NIELSEN Now I am really angry! it is bad enough watching the news and reading the papers about the hardships thousands of British Columbians are suffering due to the unemployment but when ] saw on BCTV News recently the item about the cutbacks you and your government are forcing on the Variety's Treatment Centre for Children, red! How dare you use these handicapped children as pawns in your silly political games? Isn't it enough that these children are unable to enjoy the physical activity so many of us take for granted, that their parents are making sacrifices so many of us would never be able to cope with? Yet you take away the therapy that is so important I saw JAPAN'S EXAMPLE Hard work beats restraint Dear Editor: If it is true that in 1980 the Japanese auto industry surpassed the U.S. auto industry in total output for the first ime, and If it is true that automobile output per worker in Japan is S times that of the U.S. industry, and If it is true that unem- ployment in Japan averages less than 2% of the work force, but in North America the unemployment rate averages 10% of the work force, and If it is true that the prime lending rate in Japan is around 8% and heading lower, compared with 18% inthe U.S., and If it is true that at present Japan's rate of inflation is an unacceptable 7% and is expected to decline over the balance of 1982, and If it is true that the Japanese yen is the only foreign currency which is keeping pace with the U.S. dollar, and If it is true that real GNP growth in Japan is expected to reach 4.7% in fiscal 1982. while in North America a net gain of 1% would be an achievement, and If it is true that Japanese industrial output in certain key areas is expected to increase substantially as Quality in education? Dear Editor: I refer to the front page article by Bill Bell (March 28) in which he quotes school boar Chairman Margaret Jessup and School Superintendent Rod Wickstrom as saying that the RICK back to the North Shore 120 East 14th St “ Block off Lonsdaice «<2 Ser ..Proudly Welcomes _. province's new restraint program will reduce the quality of education Can they tell us what they mean and can they tell us how they measure quality? SG. Wickham North Vancouver Ue, HAIR DESIGN ‘ be ° ’” Spring is Here!”’... “drop in and let's talk a carefree style for you 987-5208 A7 - Wednesday, April 7, 1982 - North Shore News to their future well-being in the profits of northeast coal again. But can you sleep at the name of balancing your is flowing into foreign hands. night? damned budget! Ob yes! The Children’s You and your government And still you have the gall Treatment Centre will get) remind me _ of Dickens’ io carry on with your their money to give these “Christmas Carol”. “Are massive mega-projects. children what they need to there no prisons, are there senseless monuments help them function as no work-houses?” erected so that no one shall normally as_ possible. I forget the benevolence of guarantee that the people of You should remember the Social Credit govern- British Columbia will open their pocketbooks and their hearts to help because, Mr. Nielsen, we are our brother's this. There are almost 50% of British Columbians who will remember this one. ment. You have got to be kidding! You would stand by and watch the further suf- ‘antiquities thal is touring fering of these innocent’ keepers. And you will have Pauline Stone the United States and right children when so much of won your silly “mind game” North Vancouver pe y's in nee organized : @ tour te the exhibit inSan | Francisca, May 6-9, in which there are stil a few | Seats available tata cast of $496 including air fare, accommodation, transper- - tation dnd admission) but if : you are just interested in | Mayor gets bouquet from alderman Dear Editor: Since my election to Council, people have been very kind, many asking how ] am enjoying ut. First let me say I am impressed with the sincerity and dedication of shown below: Antiobiotics up 124%: Liquid Natural Gas up 75%: Video Tape Equipment up 55%. Industrial Robots up 50%: Laser Diodes up 43%, Photocopy Equipment up POSS a pre- oie oture. ASS | the N.S. Chambers of : Russell, Professor of | Commerce to bring Howard Jarvis and his proposition 13 message here. (No less a city than Montreal is presently having a Jarvis rally.) Mayor Humphreys pm and interested persons who are nat registered for successfully the trip may attend for a 40%: Computers up 33%: members of council. obtained an $800,000 across- fee of $5. Far more | Integrated Circuits up 20%. similarly the energy and the-board reduction in your | information on the fectura | Then, we, both the U.S. efficiency of staff members. but in particular Mayor Dernck Humphreys and his assessment, and as has just been announced, a further $489 per home tax reduc- | or the trip call 986-194 4, and Canada, better get with local 325. it and take heed! It seems the solution is more efficient “crusade” over West tion. It shows what can be production at less cost! Vancouver being assessed done when people adopt a RESTRAINT NEVER the highest school tax positive attitude. Oh yes, I'm MUSIC THERAPY | GETS NOBODY subsidy in the province. The = enjoying council very much. ‘WORKSHOPS NOWHERE — HARD_= Mayor was ably assisted in but I've sure had to run lke with well known therapists WORK DOES! getting his concern across to = scoot to keep up with the Caroli and Clive Robbins the people by UBC Prof. pack. Pvt Oe oe i Poul Hansen Paul Sykes who organized ,ajq Gordon Rowntree and Fobeon Bausre re cn New Westminster nine homeowner groups and : res . West Vancouver “Music Therapy for Special Needs Children”. call 986-191 1, local 324. VDIDEU CABIs PRESENTS THE LATEST MOVIES A DAY FOR SURVIVAL is a day of lectures. music | and discussion about the possibilities of nuclear war and what can be dane about it. Organized by the North Shore Coalition for Disarmament and the Student Union, the avent | will be taking place Saturday April 10 fram 10 am to 4 pm at the College. 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