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‘Crafty’ article ridicules subsidized day care

Dear Editor,

Must hand it to you. Shrewd,
crafty, almost sadistic reporting!
No way you are going to dredge
around in sob stories the pitiful
way the local daily media dumps
on us. ‘“‘Wimps’”’ they are, just like
Doug says.

No sir! You get a success story.
Fine healthy people, double in-
come, one kid. Pretty rough,
though, paying out $400 per
month for child care.

It just goes down the drain,
doesn’t it? Doesn't help anyone
else to have a job or contribute to

HOWE SOUND
Senior defends mill

Dear Editor:

No one would doubt the state-
ments (North Shore News, Sun-
day, May 17) by Dr. Sugar of
Horseshoe Bay regarding the tox-
icity of sulphur dioxide and other
air-borne emissions, nor would
there be much doubt about their
effect upon people exposed to
them at dangerous levels over a
period of time.

However, Dr. Sugar does not
seem to consider the source of
these pollutants in relation to his
office. Perhaps he could differen-
tiate the sulphur dioxide produced
by the Canfor pulp mill at Port
Mellon, some 20 miles distant and
usually downwind, from the com-
bined fumes from the automobiles,
buses, trucks, motorcycles, out-
board and inboard motors, B.C.
Ferries vessels and B.C. Rail
locomotives which are in the area,
not to mention a brewery prac-
tically in his backyard. The very
’ shape and position of the Bay area
make it a veritable pollution bowl
on a warm calm summer day.

Regarding the effects of sulphur
dioxide and other pollutants on the
elderly: I am an old-age pensioner
who has spent a lifetime of sum-
mers on West Howe Sound, one
third the distance from Port

Mellon that Horseshoe Bay is. I
also have an older sister who has
spent 42 years living literally in the
shadow of the plume from the
Port Mellon stacks.

For most of these years the
discharge levels at the mill were
neither monitored nor controlled.
As a field test of the side effects, if
any, we would ask the doctor to

the economy at all! That's right, |
forgot. A fundamental principle of
capitalism is to covet, not con-
tribute.

1 don’t suppose the Brassinatons
would dare claim day-care ex-
penses against their income tax?
They would want to turn back

2 a
accompany us on a day’s hike up
one of the local logging roads.
While he is checking our physical
well-being, we could be showing
him the beautiful scenery behind

the ridges.
Doctor, the ball is in your court.

James R. Thomson
West Vancouver

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everything they could to the feder-
al coffers — for day care, of
course! But in case they did claim
their day-care expenses, it
wouldn't be really costing quite
$400 a month, would it?

Why do | think you're so
shrewd? So crafty? Almost

sadistic? You printed that story
just to show us all how stupid and
ridiculous a federal day-care pro-
gram is. And you made your
point. Good going, News!

Brian G. Skelton
North Vancouver

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