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NEWS VIEWPOINT

OW THIS is a war worth, fighting:
Ottawa versus the tobacco mer-

~ % chants.
AS part of its latest offensive, the federal
” government is readying a $180 miilion anti-
smoking cantpaign to help cut the sales and
usage of tohacco across Canada. |.
‘The campaign will include a muiti- mii-
* lion-dollar. advertising. component: and an

‘estimated $57 million for. community pro-

"jects aimed at anti-smoking.
‘Whether the outlay of federal money will

have much of an-impact in the war against -

: smoking remains to be seen, but it.is worth
the’ ‘gamble, because the toll that continues
tobe exacted by smoking on. Canada’s
overall good health aad its healthcare sys-
tem is shocking.

Tobacco costs Canadians close to $10 bil-
jion annually in healthcare, premature

e signals

death and lost employment from smoking-
related illnesses. :

Because most long-term smokers-are :
indoctrinated in their impressionable youth

—. few people start smoking when they are:
over the age of 20 — tobacco companies

are, therefore, aiming their sales pitches

increasingly at young people, who might be
fooled into believing that sucking | toxic
fumes into their lungs and exhaling offen-
sive smoke is somehow attractive or rebel-
lious. a
But there is nothing attractive or rebel-

‘lious about the look, smell or costs of smok-

ing. It is merely a habit that is offensive and
destructive. i
Tobacco companies are merchants of ill
health and death.
They. are enemies of our quality. of life
and should be treated as such:

“LETTER OF THE DAY

~ Stanley Park needs a bridge break

Des ir Editor:,

* Twas taken aback to read thit
Bill Williams and the Squamish
Nation Council have been taker in
by SNC Lavalin and their double
vision of the future First Narrows.

' Despite statements to the con-
trary by the company, it is apparent
that the proposed double sparwould
cutan even wider swath through the
centre of Stanley Park,

father could probably recall a time -

not too Jong ago when Stunley Park
was a quict place, when there was
no Lions Gate Bridge and the
sounds of birds and wind in the trees
were nov niuffled by the incessant
roar of automobiles.

In trutli an idea! fuure vision of
. honoring the Salish:

the narrows
past, would be no bridge at all, no
causeway, no traffic:

Stanley Park is « repository of

Salish myth and history. Pm stunned
that the band wants to be party to
further degrading the park’s quality.

After 55 years of carbon monox-
ide the park deserves «a break, the
West End needs to become:a sane,
livable community, and the

Squamish Council needs to shoulder
some ecological responsibility with...
_ in the metropolis.

Graeme Foster

North Vancouver

“Bill Williams’ father and ny

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THE DEATH of the nation is
being discussed a lot these
days in the petitical science
world, And they’re not just
talking about Canada.

They're talking about the butte
of the nation as an historic unifying
institution against the DISUNIFY-
ING forces of technology and tni-
versal education — a battle that no
nation can ultimately win,

They see computers and the
emerging * ‘information supethigh- -
way" achieving bloadlessly what
centuries of war, violence and
tyranny failed to achieve: the
destruction of the hitherto all-pow-
erful nation-state as we buve known
it for the past 800 years.

Today, high-speed communica-
lions, the jet plane and free trade
make it easy to do business any-
where in the.world where condi-
tions are the most favorable, With
global-access banking the electronic
transfer of funds between countries
happens within seconds. And those
responsible for the funds can circle
half the globe in a day.

So Canadian industrialist Frank
Stronach moves the head office of
‘his huge Magna Inc. corporation to

Zurich, where it makes more sense.
And Magna is only one of dozens of
Canadian firms which in recent
years have switched their operations
wholly or partially to more tax-.
friendly and worker-friendly envi-
ronments outside Canada.

In this dramatically changed
business world the nation-state is -
fast losing its former control of eco-
nomic activity by its citizens. :

Moreover, national governments
are also suffering an erosion of their -

most vital source of power — taxa-
tion — because corporations can
now, like Magna, shop around the
alobe for the best tax deals.

At the same time, the traditional
nation-states of North America and”
Europe are everywhere threatened
by an unprecedented lack of public
respect for politicians and the over- .
all political process. The key symp-
toms — tax evasion, smuggling and
the underground economy — all
point to socicties on the way to
becoming ungovernable.

“Representative” democracy —
in which a predominantly ignorant
and uneducated public elects its bet-
ters to run ils affairs — is clearly in
its death throes. Today, the best
educated public in history, fed a tor-
rent of infornvation on every subject
24 hours a day, no longer regards

MARK SAGER ... leader of a
sovereign “Caplianoland?”.

; HITHER AND YON

MPs, MLAs and cabinet ministers
as its “betters.”

More and more, the electorate of -
the "90s is demanding “direct” |»
democracy -— the public control of .
government BETWEEN elections

-— with regular referendums, voter- ‘

initiated laws and recall of MPs and
MLAs who flout their constituents’
wishes,

A noble idea. But in an medueat-
ed, informed community of many ©
miltions of people — the historic
nation-state — it can never work, of :

. Course. ” if ky

Far tao many ‘opposing demands: :
would always be fighting to prevail,”
inevitably resulting in governmental ;
stalemate and chaos. - +

So there may finally be only one:
way to go, the political scienc
boffins muse. Switch all taxation, .
economic ‘and sdcial policy powers
to small, municipal-size ‘democra- ;
cies like Europe’s medieval and’.
Renaissance city-states —— maybe
Jeaving a tiny central government.
‘simply to run the courts, defence “:
and cultural heritage matters...

In short, recognize that technoto-
gy and universal education have »
created the Age of the Individual —
where nation-states with multi-mil- :
lion populations have become ‘polit-
ical dinosaurs and the only effecti
democracies come in-town hall-size ‘
packages. ma

Meaning. | guess, we may, one
day become citizens of the sover-:
eign mini-state of “Capilanoland,”
led by President Dykeman or Sager! :
WRAP-UP: B.C.'s Sir Winston
Churchill Society holds its 16th:
annual black-tie banquet honoring. :

Britain’s wartime. leader Friday; °*~

June 17, in the Law Courts Inn over.
towa — call 929-7846 or 926-6437 .
to reserve ($80. members, $90
guests) North Van and
Evergreen Kiwanis Clubs Team

up Saturday. June 1!, to provide. a

hamburger and hot dog lunches dur-: .
ing Highland Village’s “June Days”.
celebration ... “Moods And.
Mysticism Of Nature” exhibit and’
sale | by
Margaret Key at West Van
Memorial Library continues until
June 26... And North Van Canada
Day Committee needs volunteers -
for various Canada Day duties noun.
to 4 p.m. July ‘1 (refreshments sup-
plied) — if you can help, please call
the Chamber of Commerce, 987-
4488. ; ‘
WRIGHT OR WRONG: Lucky

the girl who weds an archeologist.
The older she gets, the more she
interests him.

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