TEAM CANADA'S business
jaunt to China to pursue deals
and close contracts has led to
renewed calls by North
Vancouver District Coun.
Ernie Crist to twin North
Vancouver with one of China's
booming cities.

By lan Noble
News Reporter

Doing so, he argues, will enable
North Vancouver to cash in on
some of the opportunities now
being exploited by firms from other
industrialized countries,

Economic twinning will boost
the chances of North Vancouver
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Chinese market and lead to more
jobs and capital on the North Shore,
he said.

Previous attempts to get council
and the North Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce to attempt an eco-
nomic twinning relationship have
failed, said Crist.. However, with
the suceess of the tip by Prime
Minister Jean Chreiien and nine
Canadian premiers to China recent-
ly, Crist said the time has come to
look at the option again.

What is happening with trade
relations between China and
Canada is conformation of what
Crist said he has been saying for
years. “We've been too slow and
too stupid.

“The question now is: will we

See Twinning page 14

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Bustling Shanghai represents ‘opportunity, says District of
North Vancouver Coun. Ernie Crist.

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