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AT 8 P.M. LAST THURSDAY THE TUBE carried a trade? Tune to Shaw-TV Cable 4
two-hour preview of the Olympics. It may have had at 6:30 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 23, © wednesday world
! Capilano-Howe Sound’s Tory MP Mary Collins just a tad when B.C. Business Council boss y
worried Jim Matkin describes all the
, . . goodies in the deal on the Derrick
At that same hour some 650 of Trudeau-Mulroney official lan- Humphreys program ... North
: her constituents — who presum- guages policy (kill Bill C-72!); Shore Unitarian Church at 370 Bistro, Lonsdale Quay, with after BA for the first time in four
: ably included more than a few social programs tar, geted to the Mathers, West Van, celebrates the everything from the Beatles and years.
sports fans — were packing the needy; and the West's fair share of installation of Rev. Mary Frances —_ Elvis to Elton John ... And that
! theatre of West Van High, and jobs, secondary industry and fed- Rosen and Rev. Harold Rosen at 7 —_‘ British Airways hype about being sae
overflowing suicide, to hear eral spending. Reformers generally p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 25. “the world’s favorite airline’ IS
Reform Party leader Preston . support free trade, though seeking = Whether or not a member, you'll based on hard fact, says their local WRIGHT OR WRONG: Then
Manning explain how to get a fair improvements to the present pact, —_ be most welcome... "C_A.T." — PR, Jim MeKeachie of West Van. __ there was the realtor who told the
deal for the West. but firmly reject Meech Lake in its North Van's own singing duo, It comes from the annual survey of young couple: ‘Yes, we have some
The answer, Manning told them, current form. Carelyna and Thora — entertain Business Traveller Magazine $80,000 houses. How much are
, being the ‘Western List’” — the More significant, however, was evenings this Friday and Saturday, _ readers in over 50 countries, which —_ you willing to pay for one?” ©
basic RP plan for breaking the the practical how-to-do-it plan Sept. 23-24, at the Crossings dropped Swissair to second place cI ER PENSE
\ domination of the federal gov- outlined by Manning, based o-1 the
ernment by Ontario and Quebec — RP running in as many Western
which calls for a ‘‘Triple E”” ridings as possible at the upcoming
Senate with an equal number of election. it has nominated some 30
elected members from each pro- candidates to date and claims the
vince. Other parliamentary score is mounting weekly. The
reforms would include national immediate goal is to elect at least
referenda on major issues, enough MPs to hold the balance of
I freedom of MPs to obey their con- —_ power in a quite probable minority
stituents’ wishes (rather than being government situation — with the
compelled to vote the party line) “Western List" as the price of the
and the ‘‘recall'? of MPs who fail party’s support. Manning recalled
in that duty. Among specific de- how the Progressives, an earlier
mands by the RP are tough control Western party, successfully did the
of immigration; an end to the same 63 years ago, when their 25
MPs kept Mackenzie King in
power after his 1925 defeat.
Among goals they won that way
was Canada’s first Old Age Pen-
sion Act. :
Manning’s audience rewarded
him with two standing ovations
and 63 new signed-up members,
bringing the riding total to about
( 400. Nor was West Van the only
highlight of the RP leader’s
three-day B.C. tour. Earlier, he’d
drawn a crowd of 500 in (of all
places) Qualicum Beach and an
impressive 750 in Victoria.
Aside from that, any politician
who can rob Brian Williams in
Seoul of prime ume ratings during NEWS photo Mike Wakefield
this Olympics fortnight deserves to CANADA EXPERIENCE...Mayor Jack Loucks talks to German exchange students being hosted for thvee
be watched with at least a little months by Sutherland students — who'll then visit Germany for three months.
awe. Right, Mary?
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PRESTON MANNING WRAP UP: Want to hear why it's Ms
.--Olympics lost out. good for you to eat your free THs 15 GREAT JOIN. A FEW MORE PERSONAL.
ATTACKS, LIKE THIS AND YOU CAN GET INTO
THE PMS OFFICE ON THE SYMPATHY VOTE:
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HERE IS our charismatic leader when we
really need him?
Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s oddly-timed,
newly- minted strategy of shying away from the public
' limelight speaks volumes about how cynically the latest
B.C. Government Employees Union (BCGEU)
negotiations are being directed from above.
In 1986, Vander Zalm, hungry for ready political
points, jumped into the labor fray with maximum me-
} diatory gusto and was recognized by both sides as hav-
ing contributed to the resolution of that dispute.
This time around, with the divisive issue of union
. job security in the face of the government’s massive
i privatization program seemingly settled, talks collaps-
ed over the secondary issue of wages.
But the distance between the two sides on the wage _———_—
b issue (the BCGEU called for 25.6 per cent over three Publisher Peter Speck Display Advertising 980-0511
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characteristic silence, while perhaps a politically expe- ee a ead dndiiheted te cach noe or the Hann WIM 2H4
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