NV Reform MP White hosts
Quebec sovereignty debate

By fan Noble
News Reporter

EXPECT a hot time in our
town Wednesday night.

Thar’s when Bioc Quebecois MP
and committed Quebee sovereign:
tist Pierre de Savoye will field ques-
tions from outspoken News colum-
nists Doug Collins and Trevor
Lautens.

The meeting is
scheduled to start at
7:30 p.m. at North
Vancouver's
Centennial Theatre,
where the majority of
the 750 free ‘seats
have already been
claimed.

De Savoye believes
Quebec will be a sov-
ereign state some
time around the turn
of the century,

“Probably more
after than before, but
it’s coming,” he said
from his office just
west of Quebec City,

Collins said he
expects an interesting

Chopper to
e shared
throughout

the region

By Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter

4A. North Vancouver
RCMP foray into
upper space has been
partially shot down.

Const. Catherine
Galliford said the detach-
ment will nor be using a
RCMP helicopter to help in
patrolling the area all night
long on selected weekends.

“The cons far outweigh
the pros. There is no way to
realistically justify using the
helicopter,” said Galliford,

Buc thar doesn’t mean
the cop chopper will nor be
hovering over North
Vancouver homes.

Galliford said a
plan is in the works
to use the chopper on
selected weekend
nights in several
combined — jurisdic:
tions such as Surrey,
Burnaby and North
Vancouver.

The News was
along for the ride on
Saturday, Oct. 5, for
30 minutes ar the
beginning of a shift.

Staff Sut. Paul
Smith lifted off trom
the sand flats at the
foot of Fell: Avenue
on oa clear, crisp
evening.

BLOC Quebecois
MP Pierre de Savoye
... hopes to inform.

and amusing discus:
ston. He intends to
ask De Savove ques-
Hons regarding the
“faverigsay” shown to
Quebee by the rederal
BOVETHIMENL,

“Edon’t know why
he wants to be a sepa-
ratist when the
French have been
running the country
for the
last 30
years,”
Collins said.

De Savoye told the
News he’s not a hard-
line separatist. That,
he said, is an outdated
term which describes
someone who would
support an indepen-
dent Quebee without
regard for the “inter:
national situation,”

Such people, he
said, believe Quebec
could exist without
doing business with
Ontario, the United
States, Japan and
Europe.

NEWS columnist
Trevor Lautens ... on
meeting nanel.

Instead, as a sover-
cizntist, he believes
Quebee should con-
tinue to have eco-
nomic and political
ties with Canada and
economic relations
with the rest of the
world.

For more informa:
tion on the vision of
sovercigntists, he said,
wait for Wednesday's
meeting.

Savoye has not
heard of the nwo
combative News
colum-
nists he
will face
on Wednesday.

“Pwill try to give
them honest and
respectful answers,”
said de Savoye.

The 33-year-old
MP represents
Portneuf, a rural and
urban riding located
just west of Quebce
City. The riding,
which stretches along
the banks of the Si.
Lawrence, includes a
suburb of the Quebee
capital, paper mills, an
aluminum plant, and
dairy farms.

NEWS coiumnist
Doug Collins ... sees
an amusing evening.

In the early 1960s,
de Savoye was a
Young Liberal who
tollowed the late Rene
Levesque out of the
federal party and onto
the separatist path.

“Many people fol-
lowed Rene Levesque
to his new vision of
what Quebee could be
and here fam,” he
said.

De Savove, a mem-
ber of numerous fed-
eral committees
inchiding the Cana-
dian
Heritage
Com-
Miltee,
added that he’s not
travelling to the West
Coast to try to con-
vince anyone to turn
to his point of view
on the sovereignty
issue, but to “convey
information” abuut
what Quebec sover-
signey is about.

When people
don’t understand a
situation well, it’s dis-
tressing, he said. “So
I'l trv to put several
pieces of the puzzle
into perspective,” he

NEWS photos Anna Marie 0’ Angelo

THE RCMP chopper shows off its searchlight in
near darkness (above) on Oct. 5. North Van RCMP
Const. Catherine Galliford (left) acted as spotter
during the police helicopter flight.

Infrared can help track a
fleeing suspect ina wooded

area,

Perhaps the best known
use for a police chopper is
following a suspect ina high

speed chase.

Said pilot Smith, “There
is No escaping the helicuprer
once you have an eve on

them.”

was observed going into
Lyan Canyon Park with a
“load of liquor.”

Smith headed for the
park. Const, Galltord: acted
as spotter,

The chopper thw over
the length of the park. more
than once.

When the News reporter
sold Smith he had flown over:

NV MP Ted White ...
sponsoring the
question and
answer session.

Six people were
aboard the Bell 206L4 chop-
per. The flight included =a
Forward) Looking Infrared
(FLIR) operator.

Inirared insaging equip:
qient can pick up heat
sources on the ground ana is
referred to as might vision:

The FLIER operator can

tell, for example, if a parked
car had tts engine running
recenuy,

Ifthe situation seems sus-
picious, officers in police cars
could be radioed to cheek
out the vehicle.

Smith explained chat
infrared imaging can detect

ag imprint. of a) previous
“how image on the ground
For example, the imprint of
acar that has already left an
area can show up with night
VISION,

That information is help-
ful for cruising police officers
in possible burglary calls,

Smith said’ that Calgary
crime statistics show a
decrease since a police heli-
copter was implemented to
assist patrols,

Within 15 minutes of the
flight on Oct. 5, a North
Vancouver dispatcher
annaunced over the police
radio that a group of youths

her Upper Lynn home ovice
in five minutes Smith
quipped, “Must be a high
crime area.”

The would-be park party:
ers were never spouted,

On Oct. 5, 25 calls were
received oar othe | North
Vancouver detachment con
cerning the chopper.

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added.

North Vancouver
MP Ted White is
sponsoring the ques-
tion and answer ses-
sion, which will
include questions
trom the tlaor.

He said demo-
graphics point to
eventual sovereignty
for Quebec,

In 1980, he said,
18- to 34-vear-olds in
Quebec voted solidly
for sovereignty. In
the 1995 referen-
dum, as members of
that group
approached 50 years
of age, they contin-
ued to vore yes while the new 18-
to 34-year-olds also voted yes.

“I feel demographics are work-
ing in favor of a separate Quebec,”
he told the News.

White believes Wednesday's
event is an opportunity for residents
to understand what separatists
believe and how they respond to
criticism.

A few ticsets for the event are
still available at the News offices,
1139 Lonsdale Ave., and at
Centennial Theatre, 2300 Lonsdale
Ave,

Rogers Cable will air the debate
ata later date.

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