Al0 - Friday, May 25, 1984 - North Shore News CROSS-FIRE By ELLSWORTH DICKSON HE AUTO industry is extremely impor- tant to Canada and although sales of domestic cars are on the upswing, the restrictions on the im- porting of Japanese cars continues. Today we pre- sent two North Shore auto dealers who discuss the problem. asically, 1 don’t think that limiting the number of Japanese cars into Canada has helped our domestic auto industry. Presently, 1§3,000 Japanese cars are allowed into Canada per year. That’s down 60,000 from the time of no restrictions. Right now we are negotiating for a new quota, which has been reduced by 17,779 cars since the ’82-’83 period. Mport restrictions on Japanese cars were imposed by the Cana- dian government because they were completely tak- ing over the domestic car sales. Many domestic car dealers found it impossi- ble to stay in business. All across Canada, dealers were going bankrupt and Canadians were tosing their jobs) at hath the IN_ W. VAN Petitions for peace WEST VANCOUVER’S peace group is ready to do its part for the Campaign. The West Vancouver Cit- izens for Peace will carry out both door-to-door and street and mall sessions to gather signatures for the petition, also being pushed by similar groups across Canada. The petition, addressed to local Members of Parliament and which will be presented to the House of Commons, calls on the federal gov ernment to withdraw = its approval of cruise missile testing and reject: research, production, testing and transport of nuclear wepons in Canada It also demands that Canada be declared a nuclear-weapons free zone and become = actively in volved in) working for the multilateral de-escalation of the arms race and that spending on nuclear weapons be diverted to fund human needs The petinon asks that the requests 1 contains be pul to the House of Commons fort ratification ina free vote A representayve of the Panasonic rernote zegna. NONn rermicite cu May clearance sale telephones 10%-50% offi Answenng moachuines 25° telephone cord reg S77, sale pneoe- S1.00] TELE CONVERTER CENTRE 917 Park Royal South West Vancouvel (Next to Shopper's Drug Mart) 925 1234 Peace Petition Caravan West Vancouver Citizens for Peace says the petition has assumed greater importance in the hght of the recent four continent peace initiative. Earlier this week, the leaders of India, Mexico, Sweden, Greece, Tanzamia and Argentina released a letter demanding that the US and the USSR begin to reduce nuclear arsenals. ‘“*‘While the prayers of the Pope have been offered for ws success, the plea has been spurned by the United States and approved only in part by Pierre Trudeau,’ says the group's representative Madelaine Willams ‘* This makes wo more vital than ever that Canadians (‘Sign for Peace’ Wihams said) people are urged to seek out the C tuzens for Peace petitioners, or to clip articles such as this one and send them with name, address. postal code and Signature, to the West Van Citizens for Peace Box 9IV34 West Vancouver Bo VIV ING $299.95 reg $34995 $199.95 reg S$25995 I think the trade restric- tions with Japan hurt the Canadian consumer. Why shouldn’t the consumer have freedom of choice to buy whatever car he wants? If there were no restric- tions On importing Japanese cars, I believe you would find an in- crease in the quality of domestic cars. Presently, domestic cars are going up in price anda recent survey showed that dealerships and on _ the auto assemby lines back East. | believe the trade restrictions have definitely helped the domestic auto makers recover and sales are improving. For the future, | would like to see the restrictions continue until our economy turns around. The Canadian govern- Park. opposing views on the issues of the day this is partially due to the shortage of Japanese cars. In other words, domestic auto makers are taking advantage of the Situation. It is a fact that demand for Japanese cars is in- creasing because of their price and high quality. Canadians are willing to wait up to three months for a Japanese car rather than buy a domestic one. I’m concerned about trade retaliation by the ment has not destroyed the importing of Japanese cars. Hundreds of thousands of Hondas, Toyotas, and Nissans are still being sold to Canadians. What upsets me at the presnt time is that there are no reStrictions on the importing of Japanese trucks. The market is be- ing flooded with these In the am ft you're thinking of purchasing anew home or ronewing your present mortgage, come talk to us at The Bank of Nova Scotia We take the mystery out of the mortgape, boon in our explana tion of your Options and by using, plain language legal forms Japanese. They are our se- cond biggest trading part- ner. Japan is especially important to B.C. with our sales of lumber, pulp, coal and other minerals. And the Japanese auto makers have not reacted favorably at all to the trade restrictions. It is unfair that the trade restrictions apply only to Japanese cars and not other foreign makes. | feel Honda is -being penalized for being successful. trucks and the dealers are virtually giving them away. 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