9 - Sunday, January 17, 1988 - Man jailed for A 23-YEAR-OLD Vancouver man was sentenced Jan.7 in West Van- couver provincial court to 30 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property. North Shore News stolen property Peter Beaupre was originally charged in connection with a Sept. 18 seizure of a Government of Canada cheque. WHEN, IN the name of fairness and other sly shib- boleths, those plotters in Ottawa brought in offical bil- ingualism, you never imagined that English Canada be compelied to provide evidence on any matter as a result of per- forming his dutics.’* In short, his word would be law. would end up in the back of the bus. But it is so. In this Year of Our Lord 1988, Anglos are a minority in many federal institutions even though the Francos account for only 24 per cent of the population. Research done by the Alliance For The Preservation Of English In Canada (APEC) and others shows that 99 per cent of the Canada Lands Company is French, as is 82 per cent of the Chief Electoral Officer’s staff, 70. per cent of the CRTC, 69 per cent of the Federal Judicial Af- fairs Commission, 66 per cent of the staff of the House of Com- The bill was introduced last year but hasn’t made big news because most of the media are too busy sobbing over bad fish and most MPs ycarn to be kissed by Brian. It is a major atrocity, though, and I can tell you that a few Tory MPs are plotting to ex- pose it. (As far as 1 know, they do not include our North Shore beauties.) They have done an analysis of C-72 that would stun the na- don if the nation had not been stunned already by too many blows. Here is something of what it says, c A netos who fought bilingualism got the ‘racist’ tag around their necks. But there wasn’t much fuss when it was shown last year that Marcel Masse wanted Francos in his Energy Ministry, not just people who could speak both languages.’’ mons, 65 per cent of the Canada Labor Relations Board, and 59 per cent of the Public Service Commission. _ The list is almost as long as the Fraser River. Even the lowly National Parole Board i is 40 per cent French. : But that’s not the item. The item is that worse is on the way and that Brian Baloney is about to sell out English Canada even more: It.will be done with Bill C-72, which is designed to widen and deepen the use of French. The swine who manipulate our... affairs say the-idea is to ‘‘ensure - respect’ for: French and English. Fat if-you believe that you will“, believe Mackenzie King was my | Dad ©. the: ny of Canada’ S average annual i income. pile. Income: tax ‘figures © released : Wednesday ‘by. Revenue. Canada from the 1985 tax year, showed” - West Vancouver tax filers had a $32,760 average annual income, | which was over $4,000 higher than Markham, Ontario, the next ‘highest Canadian community, with ‘a $28,458 average annual income - for 1985.:*. “West Vancouver “Ald. :Mark : Sager; =the... municipality’s’ acting mayor, ‘said’ West Vancouver: re- mained ‘an. extremely.) :desirable - place to live and consequently at-. tracted people | in. upper income brackets, -:“‘but ‘it: is also a very diverse’ community. There is a lot more to .West Vancouver than just . money.’”: - North’. ‘Vancouver, which nee ‘though : the. area’s" ancenninl ncn NARS eR AMS Ammen ETE The power of the Commis- sioner of Official Languages will be vastly increased. He will be a Super Language Cop able to en- force bilingualism in any federal institution. He will be answerable to no one and will enjoy immunity from prosecu- tion.. Deputy ministers will kiss his feet. Or else. As hinted above, it is French - that gets the glad hand, not English. One need look no far- ther than the Language Commis- sioner's own department. Charg- ed with ensuring ‘equitable treatment” for both language . v>- groups, its staff are 85: per cent © French. '. The analysis ‘states: 0) ~ “The Commissioner would not $23,094 compared with $22,218 in 1984. North Vancouver City Mayor Jack Loucks said the area’s slip to 17th place reflected what he -helieved to be the overall economic ~ pounding taken by B.C.’s middle to upper-middle-class . income earners in 1985. “But they are only statistics,” Loucks said. ‘‘As long as you have a roof over your head and food on the table-you are far ahead of a : good part of the world.’’ “ Figures released last year culled _. from ‘the 1984 tax returns of 100 * selected Canadian. communities Vancouver . indicated West residents led the country with an average income of. $30,742,. up from the ‘municipality’ s average of. $29,554, which also topped -the country’s annual in- come that year.. - « Markham, Ontario was also se- cond: behind West Vancouver in 1984 with $26,273. _ In 1984, North Vancouver slip- ped to ninth place overall from fifth place the previous two years, with an average overall income of $103,096 1983 At the moment, bilingual ser- vices are provided ‘where numbers warrant:' C-72 would abolish such restriction, ‘‘Where numbers warrant” will be replac- ed by ‘where there is significant demand” and the cabinet will decide what that is. The politicians in Ottawa, led by a turkey who rivals Trudeau in sucking up to French Canada, could therefore declare any area to be ‘bilingual’’ provided some pressure group squawked for it. Anglos who fought bil- ingualism got the ‘‘racist’’ tag around their necks. But there wasn't much fuss when it was shown last year that Marcel Masse wanted Francos in his Energy Ministry, not just people who could speak both languages. C-72 will encourage that sort of thing. The federal work force is to ‘reflect the presence of both language communities."' Sounds harmless cnough, but it means that it will not always be enough to be bilingual. ‘One will also have to be French," states the analysis. If you ask me, all those hopefuls on the North Shore who are sending their kids to French immersion schools are victims of a pipedrearm. The courts? Under C-72 “the provinces will be forced within two years to provide justices who speak French,”’ and judges will in a few years have to be able to preside over trials in cither language ‘‘whether or not need is demonstrated." The feds, meanwhile, ‘will provide money to groups to press for trials and services in the French language."” We peasants in English Canada are facing a kind of new Norman Conquest. Will we take it lying down? More on Wednesday © North Vancouverites earned an average of $21,601 in 1983. © The. Revenue Canada figures ‘also showed that, by occupation, and with of self-employed doctors surgeons earned the most, average’ annual incomes NOTICE in our Bargain Blast cir- i f cular, Sale dated January H 20 to 23rd, the Black & Decker Automatic Shut-Off # ~ i Iron will not be available. We @- will be substituting an iron 7 of equal value, sorry. rain- 4 checks will. not be issued. f} We apologize for any in- fy convenience this may H cause you. - FINANCIAL PROBLEMS??? 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