Tunnel from Oz

Dear Editor:

Derrick Humphreys’ call for a tunnel should not be
ignored by the authorities, However, another approwch toa
North Shore connecting tunnel should not be ignored either,

Sydney, Australia, resolved an identical problem of an
overloaded 60-year-old harbor bridge to their North Shore
by means of a tunnel with a difference.

J understand it was prefabricated in sections at
Wollongong, 60 miles souh, then towed up the coast to
Sydney.

IDS column attacked

Dear Editor:

} have just read Doug
Collins’ recent editorial and
again [as sickened. Why do
you let this man continually
print his homaphubic racist
propaganda?

| have continually said J
must write the North Shore
News about, Doug Collins.

aforementioned — illnesses,
especially AIDS.

J will not segregate a sec-
tion oof the. population
because they suffer a partic-
ular ailment, and { feel
immense hurt at anyone liv-
ing in my society that would
doas Doug Collins does and
sepurate a society because of

their chosen lifestyle.

Doug Collins and his sup-
porters — and there would
appear to be a few, unfortu-
nately, need to be educated
in the basics of humanity.

That is tolerance and love

for your fellow human
being.

AIDS and any other dis-

cuse needs the whole coun-
try’s efforts to finally either
find a cure or eradicate and
pitiful writing by a bigoted.
so-called journalist is not
helping anyone but fueling
his festering bile that passes
for “weekly commenit.”

Lyn Rankin

North Vancouver

} since’ 1960,

The sections were than laid in place and the whole but

opened for traffic about two years ago.

i have no knowledge of the relative harbor depths and
bottom contours. Surely the authorities concerned could
as being less costly
than digging @ tunnel without the obstruction of a new

look into this option of constructicn

“island” in Burrard Inlet.

The earthquake is equal risk to both tunnel or bridge. A
“renewed” Lions Gate Bridge is insanity — “making a silk
unless of cours, vindictive
provincial politics should punish the North Shore voters.

____

purse out of a sow’'s ear”

Russet! Shelton
West Vancouver

G ted white, m.

never have. However,
fm totedy cevoltcd by his
last’ prece on the AIDS
Conference in
(July 7).

Why is he so against the
homosexual community?

I, like most other people,
fear disease, whether it be
cancer, heart
AIDS, but I simply refuse to
denigrate and grind into the

that succumb to any of the

advertorial, July 10/96

i HONOURABLE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?

‘On ‘May 29, 1996, at The House of
’ -Commons ‘in Ottawa, the Speaker of
The House, Hon Gilbert Parent,
_[Lhested -a function “to honour past
| parliamentarians ~— for their
contribution to Canada”. A number
: of former’ Members of Parliament,
: Anctuding Pierre Trudeau, Kim
‘Campbell, and John Turner, attended
the reception to witness. the
unveiling of plaques ilsting the
I'rames of the MPs of past and
present parliaments. The plaques
were, to my relief, paid for by private
“donation, but. | astili. made the
1 decision not to attend any part of the
|.ceremonies, including the evening
function: at the residence of the
‘Governor General.

My_main, reason for staying away
was centred around my disdain for
shoge ‘old line ‘politicians who were

esponsible for our $585 bitllon debt, our
; ‘arnwel $49 billion in interest payments
on that debt, a “justice” system which is
“f.Incapable . of protecting us, an
| immigration policy which has allowed
‘| thousands of criminals into Canada, a
political. agenda controlled by special
| interest groups, and a Charter of Rights
f and Freedoms which has allowed the
‘fights of criminals to take precedence
‘over the rights of victims. tn short,

: would ,have falt quite uncomfortable
: “honouring” the very peopie who
f created the problems which'| am now
J trying to fix. In addition, when | found
1 out how. many MPs have been charged
with, or convicted of, criminal offenses
| was -certain that | had
| made the right decision.
CRIMINAL CHARGES LAID
Not every MP who has been charged
f with a criminal offense in the past 35
‘years has been convicted, but MPs from
| Quebec lead the pack in both charges
and convictions. Of a totat of 44 MPs
charged, 25 or 57% were from Quebec,
and 15 of these were subsequently
convicted. in contrast, the second
largest group came from Ontario with 6
i charges and 3 convictions. Saskatoon
has had 3 MPs charged, Manitoba, the

| Northwest Territories, Newfoundiand
- Wand BC have all had 2 MPs charged.

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have
had just one, while Alberta and PEI

have been free of criminal MPs for the
past 35 years.

The two BC MPs, both of whom were
convicted, were Svend Robinson for
contempt of court in connection with a
logging protest, and Ray Skelly who
was fined $200 as a result of a charge
under the Air Regulations Act for failing
to provide a log book on the demand of
a peace officer. These were minor
offenses in comparison with those of
some of the MPs from other provinces.
FRAUD, TAX EVASION, ASSAULT

Roger Simmons, a Liberal MP from
Newfoundland was convicted of tax
evasion. Gilbert Rondeau, a Liberal
from Quebec was convicted of arson.
David Rooney, a Liberal from
Newfoundland was found guilty of
assault, and 2 charges of defrauding the
government. Maurice Tremblay, a PC
from Quebec was fined $12,000 for
fraud. Denis Pronovost, a PC from
Quebec was found guilty of sextal
assault. Peter Ittinaur, an NDP from the
Northwest Territories, was convicted on

‘cocaine charges. Michel Gravel, a PC

from Quebec pleaded guilty to 15
counts of influence peddling and
bribery. Richard Grise, a PC from
Quebec pleaded guilty to 13 counts of
fraud and influence peddling. Gordon
Gilchrist, a PC from Ontario was
convicted of tax evasion. Edouard
Allard, an SC from Quebec pleaded
guilty to fraudulent tax evasion, and
Raymond Bruneau, a Liberal from
Ontario, was convicted of offenses
related to the acceptance of money for
the use of influence in his capacity as
an MP.

Sometimes an MP will break the law
in order to stand up for a principle which
he or she feels is important. This was
certainly the case for Svend Robinson,
as it is for Reform MP John Cummins,
who was recently charged for placing a
net during fisheries designated by the
Minister of Fisheries to be “aboriginal
only fisheries”. John, who's case will be
heard in August, is challenging the

- legality of commercial fisheries based

on race.

“Ted White, M.P. » 4302-1200 Lyin. Valley Rd., North Vancouver, B.C. V7] 242, Tel.t 666-0585. Fax: 666-0509

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