6 - Sunday, August 25, 1985 - North Shore News Editorial Page Canada denuded BE ACH YEAR Canadian forests are ae 4 reduced by almost 2.5 million acres. - Canada now produces about 14 per cent of wee -_ the ‘world’s timber products but: our leader- het ship in the forestry industry seems doomed. noe - ' Every year the newsprint for the New vA York Times alone devours four million ‘- softwood trees. In a good year almost 250 million Canadian trees are cut to supply evervthing from houses to hairbrushes. A a serious, coast-to-coast shortage of mature, oT marketable timber has developed. 7 The possible liquidation of the dwindling stands of mature timber could destroy . 1 Canada’s $23-bilion forest industry and 1 create a wave of economic and social damage - across-the country. Experts say the shortage of. coramercial ‘timber is a direct. result of . : waste;’ mismanagement, and a: shortsighted attitude within the industry. One expert ' predicts: that in fifteen:ycars half of the mil- lion ‘Workers in the industry will have io find other jobs. "| “ ; Yet, according to the Science: ‘Conincil. of” Canada, between 1979-and 1984 the federal "government. spent.: only $80-million -'on- domestic. reforestation. Its reforestation aid ‘Much ofthe: blame ~ for’ this oe | mismanage -of our forests can. be .. - the. ‘Trudeau government, = Display Advertising Classified Advertiing 986-6222 Newsroom |. Circulation: «.- 988-1337" . : . Subscriptions - 986-1337 | 39 onadale Ave, North Vancouver, B. C. TM 2Ha . _ Publisher Peter. Speck General Manager Roger McAlee . Operation , Manager Berni Hilliard. eting Director: Advertising Director - Sales Bob Graham Linda Stewart Circulation Director ‘Advertising Director - Admin. ’.. Billi McGown » Mike Goodsell Production Director Chris Johnson jolography Manager Le Terry Peters. - Editor-In-Chief Noel Wright ; . Classified Manager - Val Stephenson :. North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule lil, Part ill, Paragraph Ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd, and distributed to every door on the North | Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885. Entire contents ‘” © 1985 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. : Subscriptions, North and West Vancouver, $25. per year. Mailing rates available on request. - No responsibility accepted for unsolicited material including manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a starnped, addressed envelope. Member of the B.C. Press Council ke 56,245 (average, Wednesday SOA OMSION Friday & Sunday) THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE ==| Fitness isn't just young” | EB Sat THE “TRIATHLETE °Pun- ‘tous sisters ‘to the : Henri - more.recently, hockey’s . Sutter brothers), it _ often appears that ex- ENCHANTED FOREST? HECK NO, THIS 15 A PRIVINCIAL FARK, AND THEY HAVE. THE MINING RIGHTS... ir Is DISCRIMINATION for Cariada: “Safeway to prohibit eniployees growing beards? Yes, said the Manitoba Human Rights Commission when it a bearded employee. _ “ But later’ the Supreme Court of . Canada ; reversed this position. ‘It ruled that ~ Safeway is within, its right to ~ compel: employees who: face “}-the public, so to’speak, to be ‘|: clean shaven.’ According to Safeway; spokesperson, Don Bell, the:code is not meant ,to be discriminatory but if a. “person. is not prepared to - abide . code, they /are. not consid- by «the. appearance ered for employment: ‘Well, what's going on? Is “the anti- «beard policy. . discriminatory or not?. The answer. is definitely yes and “no. No, in the sense that the : "employer is not reflecting a 980-0511: | legendary ‘hockey brothers Maurice and Richard (and, ceptional athletic achievement is the pro- . vince not of individuals : but entire families. The explanation seems ev- ident: if you have three brothers. who wrestle, you're. probably going to become. involved (often whether you - like it or not!) If. your Dad had the nick-name ‘Mr. Alpine’’, you're very likely going to try to schuss in his footsteps. And if you and a sibling train together, day after day, you may well reach high levelsof athletic achievement. “ordered the supermarket to reinstate Dennis Last, | By WALTER BLOCK | particular bias against beards. They could care less. ‘They're only concern is with their customers and in their best estimation, the custom- er. prefers the neat and clean look to the beard even if it is well trimmed. So, there is no question in’ that sense that the policy of no beards is discriminatory. It does single out a specific behavior on the part of employees and penalizes it. While it is. done by the employer, Safeway is only acting as an agent, as it ‘But I have to ask myself this question: ‘‘Is good physical condition somehow hereditary? Are we, from birth, predisposed to succeed or fail in physical activity?” Whether we like it or not, the answer .seems to be “Yes??, ‘In 1983, a research team from the Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory at Laval University undertook.a study involving six ‘“‘pairs’’ of fe- male twins, four ‘pairs’? of male twins, all about twenty years old. Almost every day for twenty weeks, these youngsters trained for forty minutes on ergonometric bicycles. After these twenty weeks, the researchers tested them - with NOEL WRIGHT on holiday were, for the: ‘customer: vf it were the case that customers ' really did want bearded clerks, then Safeway could adopt a beards-only — at least for male’ employees! But, does the general public have. the right. to discriminate. against: those’. with beards and, ‘by their patronage to cause ‘Safeway. - to do likewise? ‘Obviously, yes. Every Canadian“ has the.’ right to decide with whom they shall do business. If Canadians prefer’: to .deal clean-shaven then those employees: who wish to attract their business _ must employ clean-shaven clerks, The business. firms which correctly gauge the public mood on this as well as on other questions, stand to earn greater profits. The old for improvement in physical condition and found’ that although the improvements varied greatly from individ- ual to individual, ‘the im- provement differences within “- each. pair of twins were minimal... Thus, twins reacted almost identically to the training program. What is true of twins is almost certainly also the case with brothers and sisters, fathers and daugh- ters. " Conclusion: genetic fac- tors play an important role in athletic success. However, don’t be discouraged. These findings in no way suggest that your physical condition has been determined at birth for your complete lifetime! -clerks,. adage: “The custome ; always right’? isthe general “ tule in the ‘marketplace and). of course, is ‘the explanation as to why: Canadian: shop- "pers ..are: pampered ° and catered. to. Rather ‘than regarding . Safeway. as -a . heinous: employer: attempting ‘to“dictate how its ‘employees should . dress,’ we ought to’ ‘regard’. the’: employee : as-at-. ‘ tempting «to “force*’ himself. and his beard. on Safeway’ $ unwilling customers. The: ‘Supreme « Court. of Canada.. is’. to, be. con : gratulated~ ‘for: ‘maintaining’ consumer. sovereignty. ‘and. for. upholding : the; right of. the: public sto. discriminate against people with beards. (Dr.. “Block Economist. of the’ Fraser. In, stitute.) - ea ns , And they. by no. means in-- dicate that if your parents weren’t physically active, exercise won't do you. any. good, .- . On the contrary. Whether or not you derive from a .-family.. of master. athletes, , you can improve your physi- :* cal condition. From whatever feeble, wheezing starting point, ‘you ‘can. get: yourseif in excellent shape. You need desire _— - and” activity. re And remember: for every: trio of goal-scoring Stastnys,- there’s a single, special: Wayne Gretzky, a. single,. special Sylvie Bernier, a single, special Gaetan Boucher. : And there’s certainly a single, special person like you. (Russ Kisby is President of PARTICIPaction, the Ca- nadian movement for per- sonal fitness.)