May 22, 1979, you have been

made painfully aware of the .

economic. ; destruction of
Canada brought. “about by

Pierre Trudeau.in. pursuit of

his single goal of & ‘Brench-
speaking Canada.

Despite the fact that
many, if not most, of the
people who elected you are
vehemently opposed to
bilingualism in English-
speaking Canada, Pierre
Trudeau has been resur-
rected as Liberal leader for
the current election. And a
Trudeau win would put the

Dear Editor:

The report you published
under the above heading,
Jan. 13th, 1980, gives a
definitely erroneous  im-
pression of what actually
occurred.

I listened to the original
broadcast; the students were
inexcusably rude, and, had
Pierre Trudeau been treated
that way, he would have

t imely and
thoughtful letter on the
NDP and the unions was
received last week from a
reader who refrained,
possibly for good reasons
of his own, from giving
his name and address.

Would this reader
please let us have his
correct name and address
so that we may consider
publishing his letter over
a pen name. Although we
prefer to print actual
names, we are prepared
to withhold a_letter-
writer's identity if cir-
cumstances justify it —
ED.

RE ELECT

In my naive way, I had
always assumed that Canada

-was.a democratic country. ‘It
|. seemed logical’ ‘to me that if
~ Quebecers; at the suggestion.

of Mr. Trudeau, had the
right to determine that they
and all their _ minorities
would henceforth be
French-speaking, then the

rest of Canada should also

have the right to determine
what language or languages
it wants to speak and pay
for.

turned his back on them and
walked out without an
audible word, as he did from
a meeting that same day,
when he was heckled.

However, the Prime
Minister stood his ground,
and, instead of the one
sentence quoted in -your
account, he answered the
very rude young woman, by
politely recounting all the

NDP fun

Dear Editor:

Some 23 years ago I found
myself compelled to join the
newspaper guild to keep my
job, then at the Columbian. I
had understood that as a
department Manager I was
not required to join, but
such proved to be not the
case as my position was a
newly created one, not
covered “by contract ex-
clusions.

Despite a very flat wallet
and a very new baby, I
resigned. One factor in my
decision was the predilection
of such unions for voting
funds to the CCF/NDP, over
the objections of various
captive contributors.

CHUCK COOK
Your Working MP-

Progressive
Conservative

Avi

North Vancouver-Burnaby
North Van. 986-5225 Burnaby 294-8401

Authorized by Official Agent for Chuck Cook 12409 Rona Ad

ed by

: individual Canadians of each
’ Province,

by..way of a
national referendum, and
not left to the whims of one
man.

The economic future of

‘Canada, in my opinion, rests

on ‘the ‘Progressive Conser-
vative Party being re-
elected, holding a language
referendum and carrying out
massive cuts to the size and
spending... of the Federal

‘Government - that Trudeau

raised as follows in pursuit of
the Frenchification of
Canada:

promises the
kept, plus those they tried to
keep, but were prevented
from doing so, by the op-
position. He also listed the
promises that had to “be
curtailed, as Canada’s
financial position, as left by
the Liberals, was much

’ worse than the P.C.'s had

imagined.

ing by the «

“Last” month (December)
the NDP ran a series of ads
throughout . B.C. lecturing
the other parties about
morality in fund-raising and
stating ...“we depend on
your individual donation and
on donations that are demo-
cratically approved by
members of our affiliated
organizations”...

I would very much like to
hear, on a confidential basis
where required, from every

-

a

_
Lo

ngs

Dresses

P.C.’s’ had

(1968) to 345,000 (1977) — a
44% i increase.

Government spending:
$13 billion (1968/69) to $49
billion (1978/79) — a 277%
increase.

If you will promise
Canadians such a
referendum if elected, a

‘large P.C. majority would
almost certainly. be achieved
and a future for our country
assured. If you won't, there
can be nothing ahead but
chaos for us all.

J.V. Andrew (Lt.

Ret’d)
Perth, Ontario

fiers

Toward the end the Prime

Cdr.,

. Minister was greeted by

bursts of applause; perhaps
the word in your account
spelt “HEERED” should
have read “CHEERED.”

Yours,
reporting.

for accurate

O.M. Webb
North Vancouver

other. worker who opposes
the NDP but is compelled to

contribute dollars to them by

his or her union.

The NDP ads goes on
-“we're ‘confident you'll
agree that this is the way
parties should be funded”...

Tommyrat!

‘Alan D. Hassell
Vernon, B.C.

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The police, who we would
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