page 4, April 13, 1977 - North Shore News

COT UU HAUGAN

By Ellsworth Dickson

A million Canadians are
out of work. The average

working man still can’t buy a>

house. And now the federal
government is going to bail

out the dairy industry at the

taxpayers’ expense. And, to
top it off, the entire country.
is being run by deficit
financing. In other words,
Canada is being run on
money she hasn’t made yet.
It’s like being employed, but
living off your Chargex card.
This week the Inquiring
Reporter asks: Is capitalism
failing? Oo

Sylvia Cromack
North Vancouver

Yes, I think capitalism is
failing in some areas, but
what have we got for a
replacement?

Keith Laufenberg
North Vancouver
I think capitalism has been
failing for some time. [’'m
moving to Monteray, Cali-
fornia where I can buy a good
two-bedroom’house for about
$15,000. Right now, Canada.
needs some ® serious changes

imic system.

ten ato
in tie con

so many sectors of the

‘Dixie irvine
North Vancouver

_The government has so
many controls and quotas on

Frank Cullis .
Richmond

I think capitalism is in a
state of change. Right now
economy, that it is not a free
enterprise system anymore.
Consequently, the economy
is not functioning as it

more of the pie,
system will have to adjust to
this re-distribution of wealth.

the working class is getting
so the

HHEUUNTUONOONGNOGEOUUEUAUUUUUAL HIER

G. Aberdien
North Vancouver

Yes, I think capitalism: is
failing. Wage and price
controls should have been
brought in ten years ago to

avoid the. mess we are in.

In the eyes of Capilano MP Ron Huntington, the

federal government’s immigration bill C-24 is
inadequate, since it mentions nothing about ‘‘the
sickening abuses of our concepts of family life

through marriages of convenience for the purpose
of circumventing our immigration laws.’” =

In a recent speech in the
Commons Huntington claim-
ed that, by allowing sponsor-
ship of immigrants based on
marriages that are not bona
fide, the government is
allowing prostitutes and the
financially destitute to select
immigrants for the country’s
future.

He cited a document which
outlines 102 such marriages
in Toronto and stated that 70
of those cases. involved

women of questionable rep-

utations.

He urged the government
to give serious considation to
allowing immigration officers
to refuse to approve sponsor-
ships for questionable mar-
riages, and that if a bona fide
case is questionable the
person should be put on a
minister's permit for a period
of five years.

Also, he suggested that
sponsorships should be re-

fused if either party is of poor
character, has a criminal
record, or has made previous
sponsorships where the mar-

riage was not considered
bona fide.

Huntington further prop-
osed that if a confession to
such a marriage is made,
then the immigration officer
should be allowed to proceed
with enforcement immed-
iately, and that a list of
maiden names of wives who
sponsor should be kept at
every immigration centre.

‘*The first over all impres-
sion I get from this legisla-
tion,’’ he said, ‘‘is that the
manpower. requirements for
the evolving Canadian
community are now to
become secondary to the
principle of family reunion.’

“The refugee status and
intent of the act received
l4untington’s support but he
suggested that the possibility

of returning to the method of.

processing immigrants out- ~

side of the

country be
re-examined.

RON HUNTINGTON

He did, however, com-
mend Manpower and Immi-
gration Minister Bud Cullen
for removing the restrictions
on epileptics and retarded
people, commenting that the
move was much needed and
humanitarian.

Huntington concluded by
saying that parliament
should clean up its act so that
people will have respect for,
and not play games with, the
laws of our country.

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