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All sights reserved. 985-2131 (168). Linda Stewart - ge ABeV A Times Gee LISTEN UP GUYS! YoU GOTTA BE MORE VIGILANT. ALERT AND AUIABE, WHAT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL COULD VERY WELL’ HAVE HAPPENED . WHAT HAPPENED IN ISRAEL? Nows Ham: leraell Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assassinated by rightwing extromls?. news viewpoint E IT underground or above ground, , the solution to the First- Narrows com- muter bottieneck must do more than add vehicle lanes between the North Shore and Vancouver. It has got to provide a link with the future by promoting the use of light rail and other transit alternatives to the ‘single-occupant automobile. Transportation and Highways representa- tives are again visiting local councils and business groups to deliver the latest word on the most delayed decision since the Westview Interchange project turned 10 years old. The short-list of Lions Gate Bridge _ options, now almost a fabled Holy Grail, is. ., again somewhere on the near horizon, the North Shore is promised. _ No matter that it is two years overdue. The decision is an important one. It is also an rail ‘THERE’S MUCH moaning and hand-wringing these days over the shortage of leaders in public life. But the reason is perfectly simple. What the western world so often lacks at the moment is not leaders _ but CAUSES — vital, dramatic, inspiring challenges in the life‘of a society. Great causes automatically produce great leaders, as witness Moses, Christ, Napoleon, Lenin, Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela. In North ‘America and western Europe, however, the main challenge cause for extremely hot political potato. The solution with the current inside track,. according to recent reports, is a ‘tunnel beneath Stanley Park and the First Narrows to the North Shore’s Marine Drive. List price: $410 million. Real price: proba- bly double that estimate. And while a tunnel would channel unsight- ly traffic beneath the park, the result at both ends of the link will be more traffic funnelled onto local streets that are already near capa- city. The new link does not address the crucial issue of improving rapid transit to the point that commuting by rail or other means is more practical than by commuting private automobile. The North Shore is already linked to the rest of the Lower Mainiand by rail. / The political wiil to harness the’ existing track for light rail link must be established. ' “Our only hope is once more to try to placate Quebec, even though most of you don’t agree,” is the pathetic best that Chretien, “yester- day’s man,” can offer. He's dead wrong, of course. In this unity crisis there IS a cause behind which the 90% of non-sepa- ratist Canadians have every reason to rally in strength: THE SURVIVAL OF CANADA AFTER QUEBEC LEAVES. . If we move right away, the ROC hither has everything needed to continue and prosper as a strong federation and yon based on the values that have made Canada the envy of the world — regardless of what Quebec does. of the past 40 years has been merely how to consume more, pay less and postpone bankruptcy. Which is hard- ly the kind of “cause” to make the blood tingle, the heart beat faster and the emotions surge. A nation’s soul is, after all, much more than the total cars, dishwash- ers, CD players and computers its citizens amass, Yet those still seem to be the temns in which Canada is measured by its present business-as- usual, don't-rock-the-boat govern- ment. 7 rare = Van nt . fo eee Nah ew ee la an RRR RR He a Ee eb meee ee ee ke As the past month has clearly shown, Jean Chretien has no idea where — or how to — lead the country in face of its looming destruction by Quebec separatists. The latter benefit by having a firm, well-defined goal: Quebee as an independent nation, And, as always with a strong cause, a strong, charismatic leader able to achieve it “has emerged in Lucien Bouchard. Meanwhile, the Rest Of Canada (ROC), with no widely agreed goal to pursue, thrashes around in confusion. What are the essential steps in the immediate future? First and fore- most, a massive decentralization of Ottawa's powers, including taxation, to the provinces — leaving Ottawa responsible for defence, foreign affairs, justice, transportation, cus- toms and little else. Second, remaining internal trade barriers between ROC provinces, . must be removed fast. Third, Quebee must be clearly told we hope it will stay — but if it doesn’t, it must forget about con- estan hath re ab At Ghosts, gobiins and greed Dear Editor: . Halloween night, while filled with ghosts and goblins collecting candy, also‘revealed evidence of the real monster in - society: human greed. A six point buck, which is tarely seen so close to civiliza- lion, met its untimely death on Mount Seymour Parkway. Fireworks from the neigh- boring communities most like- ly frightened the deer and other animals from their natr- al habitats. Unfortunately then, accidents like these hap- pen, ; The whole experience of. | seeing the buck dead on_ the blacktop was heart-wrench- ' ing. People stood around dum- founded and saddened while . they waited for the SPCA to arrive. ° The -buck’s . death was merely; another reminder that we have taken far too much of ff - mountainous and forested § areas for ourselves. We have. recklessly left the animals to : fend for themselves. Further. development and expansion must be stopped. ° : : ‘The buck was only one of ‘ many animals endangered: by Jocal: development and | the - construction of the Northlands : { golf course. “ It’s only one more example of who the real victims of human greed are. I hope North Vancouver District Council » considers all factors, including ; wildlife: habitats, in’: future : plans. . _ ; Terry Roberge_ oe ‘North Vancouver .. ; - FARILBOX POLICY. - ‘Letters to the editor must be legible” (preferably typewrit- ~. ten) and include your name, - full” address and _telephone number. , . Canada. trol of the St. Lawrence and the Trans-Canada Highway, about its _ northern borders, Canadian pass-, ports, Canadian dollars and its dairy quotas. Leadership in this survival plan for Canada is already coming from Preston Manning's Reformers. It’s a cause — when backed by every loyal Canadian —- that will spawn ' other able leaders along the way. ~ We may love Quebec, but not enough to allow it to destroy’ Canada. This wonderful country’s future is far'too precious to leave to tired yesterday's men, trembling before a 10% bunch of separatist » fanatics. CRAFTS, MUSIC, home-bake, : dolls, books, jewelry, collectibles, fine china and linens | to 4 p.m, : Saturday, Nov. 18, at St. Martin’s Market, East Windsor at St.” George's ... And happy birthdays this week to Mount Seymour Lions John Hilton (Nov. 16) and Les Mynott (Nov. 18). WRIGHT OR WRONG: Backbone beats wishbone every . time.