A4 - Wednesday, March 16, 1983 - North Shore News the worid utsid e e@ @ 6 Gloves off in acid rain fight OTTAWA - Democratic Party MP parhamentary committee Derek Blackburn in on acid rain vowed announcing the Tuesday to play “hard resurrection of an 8 ball” with the U.S. member all-party government and seek a_ parliamentary sub-com- meeting with President Ronald Reagan when they lobby Washington in May in search of a treaty on trans-border pollution. “When we go down to Washington from now on we're going to have to play according to their rules and they are tough rules," said New mittee on acid rain. “We're not going to fool around any more, I'm not going to be a nice guy,” he said. “I'm going to be as tough as | can be to impress upon our Amenican Colleagues that the waiting game is over — this is a major critical environmental issue.” wo Quebecers want MONTREAL - More than 83 per cent of French- speaking Montrealers believe that Quebec should cooperate more fully with the federal government, said a pubhc opinion survey released Tuesday. The survey, conducted by Marketng Resources Ltd, for the Gazette of Montreal, indicated that 63 per cent of the 1,223 Francephones questioned between Feb. 9 and 21 opposed Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. However, 15.7 per cent “more or less agree” that Quebec would be “better off’ as an independent state. while 13 per cent said the province would definitely be better on its own. Some 70 per cent said Montreal’s economy had detenorated in the past five years and 55 per cent said a change of government in Quebec may improve the economic situation. About 35 per cent disagreed that a change was needed. China unhappy with U.S. ties PEKING Chinese Premer Zhao Ziyang says China is displeased with Sino-US. relations and he has no immediate plans to i Presidcat Reagan's iivitation to visit the United States this year. Zhao said Monday. howeyer, that he would visit Austraha next month to discuss the possible investment of China's foreign reseves im a joint venture for iron” ore mining His statements, made in a hour long interview wath Australian reperters, gave the first indication that Peking may invest in the West China has accumulated a large cache of foreign cachange in the ~~ past three years and ts con sidering ways to spend it Nuclear waste casks dangerous WASHINGTON Heavy duty casks that carry nucicar waste on trucks could release highly tradchoactive partiches “yust hke @ pressure cooker should a fire result from a highway accident. and environmental oo rescarch group charged Lucsday Releasing a study the Pcononns two year Council On Prioeittien argucs the shipping casks uscd to carty spent tucl from orcactorm are not designed to withstand igh speed collbstons and cannot hold up under intense heat) from fires that might follow such accidents “In oan wee dent tn volving oa Coblismonm and fire the heat of the fire could) overpressurize the cask ~ said Tr Marvin Resmbkolf, oa physi ast who authored the study “Just hke a cooker pressure steam = would escape through the valve. and radioactive par culates would be «armed Off wn the csc apie stcam As mum on teachers’ pay they are in support of the current minister is “Actually, we don't know By BILL BELL controversial Minister of speaking for them,’ what their stand is,” Jessup Education Bill Vander Smelovsky said. added. “ALL’S QUIET’ on the North Vancouver school front as trustees and teachers await the wage decision of the Compensation Stabili- zation. Commission. But some trustees feel uspee ‘ally From the tes said that the two MLAs have 7. : - not asked for any = in- sitting Social Credit formation on the current MLAs. situation. “They must be feeling that Zaim’s policies. “They have been very vocal on school issues in the past, but lately we haven't heard anything from them” Jessup said. “They should be in- terested in what ts happening with education.” Trustee Verna Smelovsky - Springis only days “ away! Now’s the time ‘to treat your Honda to a spring’ tune-up, Clutch job, or any major overhaul. “We don't know whether the MLAs are concerned over the present crisis or not,” said trustee Margaret Jessup. Both North Vancouver Seymour MLA Jack Davis and Seymour MLA Angus Ree have been keeping a very low profile over the school issues and this has some trustees wondernng if Weekly Shamrock Plants 69‘... 5/479 Tulips Daffodils 10/°69° Sorry - no delivery on these items ,. 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