“Most whale-lovers seem ‘dismayed that Canada
has pulled: out of the International Whaling
Commission.

Pm not entirely sure why.

As far as I can see, good
riddance to bad ruobbtsh.
Canada has consistently
voted along with the
Russians and Japanese in
favour of allowing whaling to

continue, cven though

Canada.was the only non-

whaling member of the IWC
todaso. >

From the point of view of

a whale, it it would have been
af

silent. No alderman com-
mented on the extremely
controversial bylaw which
had been under discussion
for almost a year.
Alderman Diana Hat-
chinson supported == the
downzoning, while

* opposed. Alderman
Finlay was absent.
Last December the

downzoning bylaw was
“defeated” with a 3-3 tie vote

when Humphries was ab.

sent. Morfitt supported the
bylaw then, but voted
agamst it Monday.

in explammngy his change of

mind Morfita tuld the News -

that he “is not convinced

(downzoning) is in the
general community ia-
terest.” He refused further
comment.

“Frankly I'm sorry that
further baghrises on = the
waterfront. haven't been
prevented,” Mayor
Humphreys told reposters.
Humphreys ts a strong critic
of more bighnse develop-
ment to the muarcipahty and
had personally sponsored
the proposed downzoning
bylaw.

The ampact of the
defeated bylaw will be felt
almost ammedisatcly

Three properties - 1819.
19°?) and 2203 Bellevue
Avenuc - have develop

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la seems to me that every
time Canada voted at the
FwC .it was an act of
cowardice anyway, since the
vote was always in op
position to any efforts to
achieve a moratorium on
whaling. - _

Last year, you,ll recall,
Canada cast the deciding
vote against a moratorium.
excuse that
Fisheries Minister -Romeo
LeBlanc could come up with
was that he was afraid Japan
and ‘Russia might walk away

+ from the IWC if if they dido’t

Both the 1819 and 2203
Bellevue Avenue sites are
identified im the Eikos
Report (a study on West
Vancouver development) as
potential highrise apart-
ments, while 1972 Bellevue
has consistently been
recommended for low rise
development.

These three properties are
now owned by devclopment
companies intending im-
mediate construction,
whereas the remaining 11
Sites zoned apartment, are
owned by individuals -with no

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stated plans for development

get their way.
The name of the game was

that its catch quotas for
whales are based on
scientific analysis.

What a crock! Canada
kissed the backsides of Japan
and Russia in the same way
that Chamberizin made a
pact with Hitler. with the
result that for another year

‘the world’s few

remaining
‘whales have had to suffer the
Ongoing biological

Buchenwald that passes for
“conservation” in the cyes of
the whaling industry.

If Canada’s vote last year
wasn't cowardly, what is? So
how can it be “cowardly” of
Canada to quit the IWC

at this time.

The zoning for the sites
would permit a maximum
height of 200 feet.

Senior, Planner Stephen
Nicholls said in his staff
report that if the bylaw was
rejected, “council could
expect early construction of
(these) three buildings.”

All of the remaining sites
are development permit
areas so council has a degree

Wat

a
ae

_ now?

In fact, the issue of

Canada's pro-whaling stance
at the IWC has become a.
source of | tremendous

_embarassment both at home

and abroad. The political
bosses in Ottawa don’t want
to:take the heat any longer.
They are unpopular cnongh
as it is.

To turn around and
reverse a long-standing
policy of voting along with
would be to admit that
Canada had been wrong all
along. Oh no, that's nog the
way it’s donc.

Instead, Canada flashes a
sickly littl grin at the
assembled nations .. which
have been fighting for years
to stop the process of ex-
tinction of the whales, and
says, “Weil, things are
getting too beavy, I think Fil:
just _waliz away from this
one.”

By slinking away from the
conference table ai the IWC,
Canada deftly avoids having
to'confess to having been in

en silent over lowrise by

landscape and traffic flow

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West Vancouver's official:

community plan will have to
be modified to delete the
Planning departments
recommendation that the

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horrible error, word. Or sleazy, Or creepy.
‘Some of us have known Or slimy. Or maybe _just
for a long timé tliat by voting plain pintel: er
along with Japan and Russia, “ oe
Canada has: been helping to.

everything is under rational
management.

We have also known that
the whaling nations manage
to avoid serious pressure to. ~
quit by hiding behind the

Canada, of course,
contributed mightily to both
these games. Why? Were we -
afraid Japan wouldn't buy up -
our resources in exhcange °
for pecket calculators if we.
voted against them at the -

anyway. it’s all academic
Canada has ducked
away irom facing up to any .

survival of ~the--world's —
‘whales; even though it's our “?

fault they're * still being ~
hunted today.
Cowardly? Nay. I think

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