Doug Collins

@ get this straight e

IN DAYS of yore you never had any trouble writing to

your MP, post-free.

But now inere’s no guarantee that

such mail will go through. More and more, Canada Post is
being inhabited by immigrant Chinese who, even though
they are very clever, do not seem to understand our quaint

Anglo-Saxon customs.

The outraged Mr. John Bell of
West Vancouver found out about
that, On August 19 he sent a letter
to Mary Collins, the people's
tribune for Capilano. It was
returned to him on September 3
with a large Canada Post sticker
on it telling him he had failed to
put 2 34-cent: stamp oon the
envelope.

Mr. Bell spoke to the West Van
post office supervisor about this
breach of his rights. He is Mr.Dan
Leong, a gent of Chinese extrac-
tion, as they say these days.

According to Mr. Bell's written
complaint to the big post office in
Vancouver, the supervisor in-
formed him, ‘tin almost
unintelligible English’:

‘You write member of parlia-
ment on envelope and put stamp.
No stamp no go. | do not know
what MP means. Means
nothing.”

Mr. Bell did not take kindly to
this reaction. ‘‘Such manifest ig-
norance is alarming,’’ he told the
Canada Post biggies. ‘‘Further,
the attitude of Mr. Leong
was.,.unhelpful."’ (The three dots
stand for other, somewhat
stronger words.)

Mr Bell reports that after
“some frustrating discussion,"
Leong agreed to hand-stamp the
letter to Collins. To make suve she

knew about tue incident, he hand-
delivered a comptaint to her, This
situation, he said, was appalling.

The West Van resident having
sent me copies of — the cor-
respondence in this imeresting at-
fair, | phoned Mr Leong myself.
Using my sweetest voice, f asked
him:

“May DT send a letter to my MP
without putting a stamp on it?"

No doubt someone had been
talking to him about such matters,
because in heavily-accented
English he said 1 didn't need a
stamp, bur that | should write out
the words “Member of Parlia-
ment’ behind the name. In full.
“That way, post office notice it.”

He added helpfully chat |
couldn’t send parcels to my MP
that way. Well, not to worry. My
MP won't get any pareels from
me, stamped or unstamped, Not
even at Xmas.

Mr. Bell has had no reply from
Collins (Mary) or the big post of-
fice in Vancouver. But he did get
an abusive phone call from so-
meone claiming to be a West Van
post office person.

P.S. Do f smell affirmative ac-
tion in action here?

wk ok ok
Mr. Bell's little contest shows
that not all Canadians have
capitulated to the ways of

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS

Fire departments |
heat up for
prevention week

PROMOTIONS for Fire Preven-
tion Week, Oct. 6-12, are beginn-
ing early on the North Shore.

North Vanccuver City Fire
Department is holding a public
demonstration at McDonald’s Res-
taurant on Lonsdale Avenue Sept.
27 and 28 and Oct. 4 and 5 from
noon to 2 p.m.

Firefighters will be on hand
passing out fire prevention materi-
al, and a pumper truck will be
there.

In West Vancouver at the
McDonald’s Restaurant on Marine
Drive, West Vancouver District
Fire Department will have its lad-
der truck and an antique fire truck
on display. The dates are Sept. 28

and Oct. 5 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Starting Sept. 26 the WYDFD
will be visiting West Vancouver
residences offering free home fire
safety inspections. Call 922-9311
for an appointment.

In’ North Vancouver District
representatives from the fire
department will be at McDonald’s
Restaurant at the corner of Marine
Drive and Pemberton Sept. 27
from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Oct.
4 from | to 2 p.m. A fire truck will
also be stationed there during
those times.

At all) public demonstrations,
crew will be handing out material
from the Plan to Get Out Alive
program.

Phone 984-4781

Wimpland. Another chap who
hast surrendered yet is a promi-
nent Toronto travel agent, James
McCready of Argosy Travel.

Mr. MeCready was the con-
spirator who placed that in-
teresting advertisement in the
Globe & Mail coucerming a ‘tact-
finding tour’? of South Africa.

When the ad appeared, Silly
Joe (Clark) threw a tantrum. Such
advertising contravened the
Tories’ ban on boosting travel to
that beleaguered land. he yelled.
The busy fellow then told the
South African Tourism Board
and South African Airways to
shut up shop, even though he had
no legal right to do se.

Last’ week, the travel agent
placed another ad in the Globe.
“Take a fact-finding tour in
South Africa,’ if read, just like
the first one. ‘See the situation
for yourself, ete...

Silly Joe must believe that
Canada is some kind of banana
republic replete with peasants
eager to touch their forelocks as
he rides by in his carriage, because
an External Affairs man called
John Groves got on the blower to
McCready, demanding that the
travel agent cease and desist.

“When Joe gets back to Ot-
tawa,"’ retorted McCready, ‘‘tell
him to call me and I'll tell him to
stick itin his ear. You can also tell
him Um stepping up my advertis-
ing campaign.’*

Attaboy, Jim! Give ‘em cold
steel! With a few more like you,
Wimpland may become Canada
again. [f the Chinese haven't
taken over the post office, that is.

9 - Wednesday, September 24, 1986 - North Shore News

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etc.

Coming —
Antique Auction
Thurs. Oct. 9
Consignments now
being accepted.

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