6 — Friday, June 27, 1997 — North Shore News NDP’s labor love-in is far from over. Those who naively thought that the socialists were satisfied with their payoff to Big Labor in the NDP’s 1992 Bill 84 labor code changes are in for another rude awak- ening. Bill 84 basically laid the ground- work for the unionization of B.C. by, among other things, removing secret ballot voting in union certification dri- ves and automatically certifying trade unions within a company if 55% or more of the company’s workers sign union cards, The latest changes to the B.C. Labor Code include hitting the province’s vital construction industry between the eyes with a legislative two-by-four by imposing master agreements for all unionized firms in a given industry sec- tor — thereby subverting the collective THE North Shore News Free Speech Fund has reached the halfway point. To press time Thursday, donations from over 1,300 News readers and free speech supporters to the fund stood at $100,201. Legal fees expended thus far by the News have Defence north shore news VIEWPOINT Labor love-in agreement process for workers and individual businesses. And, of course, driving up the price of said construction and the price of housing throughout the province. Just the thing to stimulate invest- ment in B.C. It will also encourage unionization in an industry where union influence has been steadily dropping because the master agreements will automatically apply to any company if its employees are unionized. Damn the marketplace, citizens, Big Labor needs a boost in the construc- tion industry. Quick! Get the NDP government on the line. The unionization of B.C. by the province’s socialist government is going ahead full steam, regardless of its impact on business and the economy. THE USN Cypress Bowl considerations A look of pain creases my other- wise youthful, unlined face as I weigh my thoughts on the Cypress Bow! issue. It and I are growing old together. And, considering that I regional staff jerked around a developer who had been granted a development per- mit. When the local bureaucrats, with Victoria’s ministry of municipal affairs either passively backing them or snoring through the issue, then refused to provide irrigation as promised, the developer preserved — for themselves and their ilk. They too will invade and disturb Nature with every footfall. They too will return after their pristine hiking experiences to homes that, to be built, had to push Nature around. Does the Friends’ vision of the “purity” of wilderness hiking have as much compassion for the disabled as Wayne Booth’s? successfully sued the pants off the local government — for 11 million bucks. And Naramata taxpayers enjoy frail health, such that a sharp winter might well carry me away, I suspect it will survive me. already hit approximately $178,000. The final bill will be much higher. All finds received will help defray the legal costs faced Py the News in its battle with the Human Rights tribunal over a complaint laid against the newspaper And this is droll. Katherine Steig, most. rominent Friends leader, docsn’t even vote in West Van elections. She can’t. She’s an and its columnist Doug Collins by the _ Jewish Congress. The hearing into the matter, which began on May 12, resumed June 23 with final argu- ments at the Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard St. More excerpts from the hundreds of respondents to the cause: O00 “Doug Collins is, by a country mile, the most gifted and guty writer around.” Wilfred Bhir 900 "I appreciated your (News publisher Peter Speck) Pitch prc 12 CBC AM Early Elion) about the nancial support you are receiving for the Free Spee Defence Fund - ine bi wilh all tbe proud 40 have en part in ce ¢ speech as North Shore residents defending a North Shore paper for a North Shore columnist, even though, as you pointed out, : whatever decision is made will affect all British Columbians, perhaps all Canadians.” Misi Scoretz. of West Vancouver GQ — : em "We snust not allow ‘special jrteres’ rons to stifle our free- itisand keep dom and right to say what we ssak. Say it hi fishing. Pega bo say the North Shore News Free Speech Defence Fund. — trenhaw@direct.ca | north shore — Susan and Bert Cowan of North Vancouver Donations to the fund can be sent to: 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. Cheques should be made out to Canadian This week's public hear- ing by West Vancouver council into whether our town (consign that damned precious planner’s word “municipality” to oblivion!) should allow the ski development to hook up with our sewer and water system is only Chapter XXXVII of the saga, not the end of it, of Surrey A couple of points. on the alert. This could cost. town hall curns down Cypress Bowl’s cation for the sewer hookup — which Town hall will have to tread extremely carefully. West Vancouver citizens shiould be Why? Because of the possible legal con- sequences. The law is for lawycrs, but the best bead I can get on the issue is that if Ii - would add 22,750 litres of sewage per day strate that it can’t handle it. or because it’s Think Naramata. ‘orth Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragragh 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is pubsished Fintay and Sunday by Norn Utd. aiid distrouted to every door ont the North ‘Store. Canada Post Canadan Pubécatons Maa Sales Product Agreement No. 0087238. Wailing rates avadable on request. Distribution Manager 986-1337 (124) 61,582 {average cireulabon, tach Wednesday, Shore Free Press Gee : Linda Sti Human Resources Manager Sales & Marketing Director 985-2131 (177) 980-0511 (319) Bail Torry Peters Photography Manager a2 905-2131 (160) Wednesday, Friday & Sunday) Creative Services 985-2131 Display Manager 980-0511 (163) Entire contents © 1997 North Shore Free Press Ltd. Alt rights reserved. to the system — it must be able to demon- Tt can’t turn dewn the application on whim — just out of small-town peevishness, | wonderful metaphor of Canada. I could tell litically casier to reject Cypress Bowl developer Wayne Booth than to take the political heat from the Friends of Cypress Bowl and other preservationists. Naramata is the small B.C. town where PETER SPECK Publisher GB5-2131 (101) 965-2131 (133) 985-2131 (116) woke up to find that cach of them was on the hook for up to $12,000. The principle is simple. if you, Jones, buy property in West Van, you are legal- ly entitled to its services — or town hall has to prove why you aren’t. Cypress already attracts more visitors than any other provincial park, even with poor amenities and outrageous toilet facili- tics. Clearly it serves a need for people who can snatch a few hours of fresh air and ski- ing at far lower cost than at tony Whistler. It has a staff of 600, West Van’s biggest pri- vate employer. Booth seems to be a good corporate cit- izen. He’s won praise from former council- lor Andy Danyliu for his sensitive efforts to accommodate disabled skiers. And he’s scaled back some of the least attractive aspects of his plan. Yes, my heart is with the wilderness, a you what my personal zeal for trees has cost me in dollars (thrice have they fallen on my cars) and neighborly relations. But the Friends aren’t saying: Turn the whole thing back to Nature, let no human foot tread there. They’re saying they want it American citizen. She made that choice even though she’s lived in Canada for more than 20 years. She was obviously flustered when I asked her about that. Of course she’s still entitled to say her piece. But, as Greenpeace’s world-wide pro- paganda campaign and the King Island protest have revealed, West Coast patience is dwindling with high-minded Europeans and Americans who can afford to come here to protest while blue-collar B.C. forest workers lose wages. ; O00 Oops. MLA Jeremy Dalton sli ona small banana peel this week sneha ee cized a civil servant on MLA stationery. But before going down he sent a sharp reaction to North Van District Coun. Trevor Carolan’s sneer at him quoted here last week. Dalton’s kindest remarks: Carolan “is a typical NDPer — hypocritical and one brick short of a load. ... I think you would be better off to cast [him] on the marginal wads et eer in of speech and the hae to be heard. The Washoe pub- lished in the News present differing points of view, but views are not necessarily those of the newspaper stself.. (HOWETOSRE sgt heh kD LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters must include your name, full address & telephone number. 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