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North Vancouver MP claims article skewed facts

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in defining “culture,”

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“Dear Editor;

In the Sunday, May 8, issue of
the North Shore News your
inquiring Reporter, Robyn Brown,
implied that Herb Grubel, MP for
Capilano-Howe Sound and me, MP
for North Vancouver, asked for the
1996 International AIDS
Conference in Vaneouver to be can-
celled,

“This ts completely untrue, and 1
am disuppointed that Robyn Brown
did not tike the time to check her
fucts first,

Herb and [did not ask for the
conference to be cancelled, but we
did ask for cancellation of the $1
million taxpayer subsidy to bring

“the delegates here from Third
‘World countries, and we did ask
id the Minister of Immigration s

Dear Baliters mop

Rey Multicitturatisin, Sunday
News. we

Pfully’ agree. with Mr. Speck's

comments. aind-also with Mr. Co

‘Cugini's leer

E would add onty the’ ‘following
Culture is a
“dynamic that arises from, and

. develops through, special and spe--

cific interrelations of custom, time

:, More simply, it develops from

“actions. and reactions taking place

Sina specitic setting over a periad of -.
time. A culture can ‘exist-only in its
own setting when its acts ure
enacted on another setting, they are
no: longer’ cultural — they are

habits, customs ‘or traditions of

another culture. ‘Thus, “multi-cul-
is an 1 impossibility _ only

Dear Editor: es

‘t. Your, Sunshine Girl publica- .

tions; neluding: the kind of: ques-
tons ‘asked/answers given are
embarrassingly s-t-u- p-i- j-d} °°

-:: For the umpteenth time, you are,
herewith politely requested not to
support this-kind of brainless ‘gib-
berish any ‘longer, meaning: Please
stop it, or interview these young

vdadies on a higher level, asking

emore sophisticated questions —
expecting equally sophisticated

“answers! Is there any hope, or does

“my letter just leave that “editor
knows best” smile on your face?
: G; Fernandes .

North Vancouver

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going to give visas (in centraven-
tion of immigration laws) to 500
people who admit to having a com-
municable disease.

Our understanding is that these
delegates will have no medical
insurance, may end up being a bur
den on our medical system if their
disease worsens while they are in
Canada, and that they may be
tempted to claim refugee status.

Ata time when we are Strug-
gling to mitintain critical social ser-
vices. und medicare funding is ina
crisis, it is absohuely ridiculous to
throw away $1 million in tax dol-
jars asa subsidy for people from
other countries to attend a confer.
enice,

My statement, which was print
ed on the front page of your paper

one culture can exist in ane place at
one time.

ln Canada, it ik the Canadian
culture. Habits, customs and tradi-
lions are respected and accepted to
the extent that they accord with
Canadian culture and law, Certain

of them may, over time, be assimi-

. lated into the Canadian culture —

not because the immigrants demand
, but because Canadians as a

whole’ gravitate toward them and

adopt them as part of their living

experience,

. Repeating Cugini'’s comments, I

assume people emigrate to my

‘country. because they wish to.

assume and live in my culture, nat
to try to implant theirs on me.
Those who value and prefer
their culture should remain within it
and work to improve it, rather, than

was that the million dollars would
be better spent on AIDS research in
Canada (iP it has to be spent at all).

{do not often have a gripe with
the North Shore News but in this
sase 1 think an apology would be in
order.

If the Inquiring Renorter head-
line had been “Local MPs criticize
$1 million subsidy to bring loreign
delegates fo conferenee in
Vancouver” the survey results
would have been alot different

In the interests of sensational-
ism, Robyn Brown has lett readers
with the impression that Herb and f
know sathing about AIDS and are
reacting to the conference ina
knee-jerk munner.

‘fed White, MP
North Vancouver

ie Canadian culture

walking out on its difficulties: often
taking with them valuable intellec-
tual and financial capabilities that
are much needed in then own cul-

~ ture.

We don’t do these losing coun-
tries a favor by taking their scarce,
often subsidized, resources,

This factor, in itself, constitutes
i clashing of cultures —- Canada
was built, very consciously, by peo-
ple who came to develop a new and
different culture from the one they
left behind.

This was the driving force of |
both my grandfathers, ‘who came
into the wilderness of the Canadian
west al the turn of the century.
Grandchildren remember this — it
is part of the Canadian culture.
Elisabeth Preddie
West Vancouver

| | Housing regulations

stifling the

- Dear Editor:

Re: New proposed bylaw
regarding development in infill
lands.

As usual, everyone is missing
the most important point. The
rer’ issue here is not realtors’
commissions, but the. negative
economic repercussions this
bylaw will generate.

New housing and home
improvements generate many
jobs other than commissions.
Shall I list the trades?

Compared with other munici-
palities, there is only a handful of
new houses being built on the
North Shofe.

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The new bylaw will pit neigh: °
bor against neighbor. My wife
and I.have a hard time agreeing
on the new color for. the living
room — and you expect the |
neighbors to agree on the style
and type of new housing? :

1 think the pendulum is swing-
ing too far in the wrong direction.
Only when we. stop tree cutting,
stop fishing, go back te horses.
and carriages, and when every-
thing comes to a crashing crisis,
will. everyone wonder why there
are no jobs. Oh yes, the govern-
ment will create them!

Alfonso Pezzente
North Vancouver

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