en ee 6 ~ Friday, Anzust 18, 1989 — North Shore News ——————v is Mulroney's own head shoulders who wants Quebec to go,”’ declared Prime Minister Brian Mulroney the other week. He was commenting on ibe poli came to power, a mere 22 per cent showing that 36 per cent of British of Quebecers themselves were call- Columbians feel Quebec should ing for separation. Today plenty of leave Canada, compared to 34 per _— other storm signats are also flying. vent of Quebecers who favor The Meech Lake Accord, which separation. Nationally, a recent all 10 provixces must ratify by next Gallup poll found 28 per cent of June, now has five of them de- Canadians want Quebec to quit. manding amendments which National unity is definitely NOT | Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa flourishing under Brian Mulroney, and his servant Brian refuse to our second PM in a row from consider — understandabiy, since Quebec. In 1968 only I1 per cent the pact would enshrine Quebec’s of Canadians said “‘let Quedec right to do anything it wishes go.’ In 1977, just after Rese regardless of the rest of Canada. Levesque And as Quebec spokesmen and the Parti Quebecois ‘ of photogrephy. been Are Socreds green? HE feying of 12 pollution charges against the Wocdfibre pulp mill in Howe Sound is an en- coureging sign from the provincial goverament that it intends to improve its record on environmental enforcement, but it remains to be seen whether the move is anything more than an attempt to calm the immediate environmental concerns of area residents. After all, the Social Credit government’s track re- cord on enforcing provincial environment laws has ne SS Photo Dave Stsuart “WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS” ...giznt walk-in camera is part of Science World's exhibit marking the 150th anniversary of the invention . it has taken years of screaming from Howe Sound residents and a growing public outcry over pulp mill polintion to create enough political heat to force the province to lay charges against a pulp mill. And Woodfibre and iis owners appear thus far to have been singled ovt in provincial prosecution. _ still on his shoulders? “IN A CRUNCHG there’s no Canadian with a head on his Say NO to sign law BOYCOTT QUEBEC PRODUCTS APEC sticker in current campaign. threaten separation if Mcech is tinkered with, a B.C. poll shows 48 per cent telling Premier Vander Zalm to join the rebels — with on- ly 21 per cent in B.C. backing the accord. Throughout the west the new and anti-Meech Reform Party is growing at a speed which western Tory MPs can no longer ignore. Meanwhile, former federal minister Jack Davis, now B.C. energy minister and North Van MLA, is calling for a national plebiscite on Meech. Anglophone outrage over Bourassa’s infamous language law banning English on outdoor signs in Quebec is at the root of much of the anti-Quebec backlash among the other 75 per cent of Canadians. The Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada (APEC) has launched a sticker campaign to boycott Quebec products until the law is repealed. School boards in B.C. are turning cool to once trendy French immersion. At a re- - cent Victoria airshow the emcee was greeted with a loud, spon- taneous boving when he began to repeat his welcome speech in French. As they watch unilingual Quebec ban English from its streets, disillusioned anglophone Cana- dians — who once enrolled their kids in droves in French immersion classes to foster a united nation and their kids’ future in it — now have their heads quite firmly on their shouiders. So do those who believe Confederation means equal rights and obligations for 10 equal provincia} partners, with no “srecial status’ exemptions. If Brian Mulroney doesn’t real- ize how many of them today are giving up on Quebec — and the reasons why — ons has to wonder where HIS head sits. zee TAILPIECES: ‘‘A chemical and physical process which gives nature the ability to reproduce herself” was how Louis Dagperre described the invention he unveiled before the French Academies of Science and Fine Arts on Aug. 19, 1839. Celebrate it from tomorrow cn- ward with a visit to the fascinating Science World exhibit ‘‘Something Clicked! 150 Years of Photography’’... If you’re one of the more than 2,500 grads of UBC’s Urban Land Economics programs since 1959, call Wendy Bishop or Susan Seguire at the Faculty of Commerce Real Estate Division (224-8444) — they’re pianning a grand reunion in November to mark 30 years of real estate education at UBC... Jazz fans will gather at Z p.m. tomor- tow, Aug. 19, at Ambleside Land- ing, foot of i4th in West Van, for the concert by the What’s Blue ensemble... From the Better Late Dept., congratulations and good wishes to Evergreen House resident Tema Detart who iast Friday, Aug. 11, celebrated her 105th birthday.. Today, Aug. {8, wish happy bir- thday to North Van’s Clara Peters... Also today, 52nd anni- verszry greetings to West Van's Wired and Jessica Manton... Tomorrow, Aug. 19, a 90-candie salute to Inglewcod Lodge residem Dallas Mazy Suticn... And maoy happy returns of the same day to North Van’s Jesaifer Disher. wee WRIGHT OR WRONG: The problem about holding a man down is that you have to stay down with him. BIRTHDAY to remember ...North Van's Ivma Detant celebrates her I \. The Canfor mill at Port Mellon currently faces no provincial pollution charges even though pulp mill contamization of Howe Sound is sarely not the sole responsibility of one mill. Mesawhile in Victoria, Premier Bill Vander Zalm has been making ever loudes pro-environment noises, bat other members of his cabinet have managed to temporarily drowz ovt.these sounds with anti-en- vironmeat babbie of their own. Forest Minister Dave Parker, for example, has reportedly sxid some environmentalists are working to destabilize tie government and create economic chaos. Until there is concrete and consistent action taken against polloters in this province, new-found Socred enviroumenial couversions and the goverument’s real environmental agenda will continue to be greeted with skepticism. Publisher Peter Speck Managing Editor... . Barrett Fisher Associate Editor Noel Wright Advertising Director . Linda Stewart North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban per and qualiied under Schedule 111, Paragraph Ill of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Nosth Shore Free Press Lid. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Second Class Mail Registration Number 3885. Subscriptions North and West Vancouver, $25 per year. Mailing rates available cn request. Submissions are welcome but we cannol accept ‘esponsibility lor unsolicited material including Manusclots and pictures wich should be accompaned by a stamped, addressed envelope. Entire contents © 1989 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All rights reserved. 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