NORTH VANCOUVER District Council is once again wrestling with the hydra-headed monster called Multicult. © — Last March it came out against setting up an “employment equi- ty” program that would have given preference to non-white job seckers. It also rejected the idea of committing funds to “promote multiculturalism.” + The liberal media thought that was terrible. Most local people { spoke. tothought it was great. But is coungil now haying second ‘thoughts? Coun. Ernie Crist says No. Nevertheless, council will partici- ‘pate in an “anti-racism workshop” sponsored by the Trojan Horse known as the North Shore Multiculturalism Society. Mayor Murray Dykeman’s message was a little mystic. “It-is time to sit down and talk ‘to people about what they want to talk about.” “°’ He was also quoted as saying ». that attending the workshop will help people te understand the problems of racism, Perhaps I can be of some assis- "tance? : The problern of “racism” is the ~ problem of our crazy immigration _ system. His Worship should be “saying so to Ottawa, rather than muinbling about it. : “can be of further help regard- ‘ing “what they want to talk about 2, "What they want to ‘talk about is getting taxpayers’ money for: multicult purposes, * _ affirmative action in. ‘the dob line, and ” - more grants for this = and that. :. " cee -The’ cost of the : national. multicult + .. prograin is already “over $25 million a year in grants’ ‘alone. . That’ snot much... 7 ‘ -) Sompared with the poy ; billions now being poured down ’ .. various drains. But it’s enough’ to make it too much.’ I doubt whether the peasants of. North ‘Van want their local politi- i cians to spend even an extra dime on that sort of stuff, which in “effect would be bribes to get ‘Rates on. Government. of Canada Bonds’ are up sub- stantially. Now is the time to take advantage of this oppor- tunity. Gov't Bonds have the following features: *100% Government Guarantee ° Flexible terms : © 100% RRSP eligible. * No fees or commissions * Higher rates than Term Deposits os s For Today's Best Rates Call: : JOHN NELSON Monday to Friday 7 am to 5 pm 661-7480 ; ‘ScotiaMcLeod , ON THE OTHER HAND immigrant votes. | I'd bet my best socks that peo- ple don’t even want North Van to spend the $8,000 that's going to something called the “outreach program.” ‘ Council is being pushed by the social planning department.: ft should push back. If immigrants say they don’t know English and can't follow council's business, tell them to learn English. Better still, tell them they should have thought of that before they came here. ~ Coun, Janice’ Harris says: “We have a problem in our local press. We need a frank appraisal.” The “problem” she refers to ‘must be little old me. But ! am all 66 Multiculturalism is now being - appraised, very frankly, right across ’ the country. And it’s getting the ~thumbs-down signal. 99 in favor of frank appraisals. Multiculturalism is now being appraised, very frankly, right across the country. And it’s get- ting the thumbs-down signal. People are sick and tired of it. Even some of the multicults are sick and tired of it. An East Indian ra if | i a IMPRESSIVE. 2. 21 « ‘ARAT EMERAL D Cur DIAMOND ENHANCED BY ROWS OF PAVEE + UNIQUE AND ONLY ONE ‘ ‘BY CAVELTI writer in Montreal made news recently by saying he was sick ‘and tired of it. Let me also'mention Michael Valpy of the Globe & Mail, and Ted Byfield, publisher of B.C. Report magazine. Valpy often bursts into tears at the sad fate of women, Indians, homosexuals, and other elements of the Great Downtrodden. In the past he has also been an immigration and multiculturalism booster. But now he appears to be growing up. He wrote recently that “not to question what is going on may result in us pushing what's left of Canadian culture off a bridge .... “The point is,” he continued, “we do not know where multicul- turalism is taking us, because no country in modern times has car- ried the idea as far as Canada has. This is the single most important issue on the national agenda.” Valpy’s turnabout inspired Byfield to write the following, under the headline “Who'd have guessed it, Doug Collins, Michael Valpy now agrees with you.” Stated Byfield, “How is it, you wonder, that Mr. Valpy did not foresee this danger when the wide-open immigration policy, and accompanying multicultural programs, were being considered? “Because, obviously, he failed to envision their effect. Besides, if anybody back then had written exactly what Mr. Valpy himself is writing today — and some people, like Doug Collins at the Vancouver Sun, did so — Mr. Valpy would have been the first to denounce him as a bigot and a racist. :In other words, Mr. Valpy is saying . today what Doug Collins was saying 20 - years ago. Valpy had heeded Mr. Collins then, we prob- ’ ably wouldn’t have : ‘this single most important issue on the national * political agenda’ today. But they. didn’t listen to Mr. Collins; they * just called him names.” Something to think about, council. Stick to your. guns. Death _ before dishonor. . ey ini egal Vy TON CAVELTLA MAKER AND DESIGNER OF FINE JEWELRY 565 WEST GEORGIA . B z “PHONE (0041 6H. S481 OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 9:50 - 540 VANCOUVER, B.C, VOB 1Z5 FAN (04) 6218-2577 “If people like Mr, Cail DEREK A. 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