Aes ten / ‘notoriety, get this straight by Doug Collins Protecting Wimpland the residents of English Canada have become, { is a measure of how humble and brow-beaten that they have allowed themselves to be virtual- ly exclude! from .ccruitment into the RCMP. (My apologies for using the racist term “English Canada.’’ What | really mean is Wimpland). Buried on the inside pages ‘of. the local dailies is the news that in 1983/4, 51 per cent of recruits to the RCMP came from Quebec. This even though Quebec itself doesn’t use the RCMP. So French Canada (a non-racist term, as everyone knows) with only 25 per cent of the population, is now grabbing most of those well-paying, index-pensioned Which is why cop jobs. : there’s an influx of French- speaking police to heavily bi- lingual. cities like New Westminster and Burnaby. For that, we offer thanks to the Liberals of all parties ‘— especially to Brian Baloney, Brian Turner and Brian Broadbeni. Thanks to the media, too. I've been scanning the editorial pages of the Wimpland Press, for in- stance, for cries of rage and protest. Not a word. You “WHAT COULD be more fun than a walk across North . Mancouver’s Capilano _ Suspension Bridge? A race ‘would make the trip a bit more. exciting. And a race of professional waiters, each carrying a tray with an open ‘Waiter’s': Race to 6 ‘held ‘Wednesday; May'22.-: Up to 50 teams of waiters from. Greater. : Vancouver ‘sway -. across Jongest suspension... foot- ridge:in breathtaking com- "petition to see who will become the . fastest and highest waiters in the world. “Each team member will run , one length of the 450-foot- - Jong, 230-foot:- high Capilano ‘ Suspension Bridge, carrying .a wobbling tray of Perrier.. 2. Along with. fame. and contestants will compete. for a hydrofoil trip Far win SonFDECE rt ADVERTISE if YOU FIND IT ADVER FUND Fre DIFFERENCE HOME FURNISHINGS Warehouse/Showroom OPEN TO THE PUBLIC j {2 blks. behind the Avalon} at 1075 Roosevelt Cres.. N.Van. $253,985-8738 12-4 Sun. High speed Wwaiters___| North: Shore restaurants ‘will ‘the -world's ° to Seattle, helicopter sightseeing flights and a hotel weekend. Other prizes will be given for the funniest cheerleaders, the best dressed competitor and more. The North Shore. Waiter’s .. Race will be held from9to Il ‘bottle and glass full of water, © ‘will provide’ all the excite-.. : ‘ment any. heart. needs: during” ‘the. - premier. ‘North. _ Shore a.m. The competition is open to waiters and waitresses of North: Shore hotels. and ‘ restaurants only. Anyone is. - “welcome to. attend as -a/ ‘cheerleader or spectator and admission to the park is free. might as well look for your grandmother's hat needles. Meek submission is the order of the day. Trappist monks make more noise than those guys. If $1 per cent of RCMP recruits hail from Quebec, how fares the West? It gets a big 11 per cent. So although the West uses the RCMP and pays the lion’s share of keeping the force going, our kids are on the outs as far as those cop jobs are concerned, Apologists, turncoats and clowns say that’s not so bad. After all, the French have only 14 per cent in the force as a whole. So what? 1 don't see why it should be any fixed per cent. Not on a national basis. . AS already stated, Quebec doesn’t: use the RCMP. There are only 689 Mounties in that province and all are on federal assignment. (It would be nice to know how many Anglos there are in that number, but | am afraid to ask. “Racism”. is out of fashion, except when we are the ones who are being screwed.) - No matter how you cut it, we don’t need more than 700 French-speaking RCMP in the whole country. Which figure Dr. Collins arrives at as follows: 985.0844 BMY MUCH Gil LAMAN ty THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE me (ay Park Shore Motors Ltd. 108 Bowses Ava North Vancouver 8. 985-9344 | spri About 25 per cent of the population of Quebec Speaks English. So, proportionate- lv, there shouldn't be any more than §20 Fren- ch-speaking RCMP employed there by the feds, But we'll be generous and allow another 180 for use where French-speakers predominate. (J am nothing if not reasonable.) Right now, the RCMP has about 12,620 officers. 1f 14 per cent of them are French, that would come to about 1770. With more in the off- ing. That's well over 1,000 too many -—- jobs that haven't gone to Engtish-speakers. And this in a predominantly English-speaking country. Ottawa's policy is that by 1996, by which time I hope to be dead, 20 per cent of Mounties should be French. Which is why the well- qualified daughter of a friend of mine was told she stood no chance of being ac- cepted even though she had passed the preliminaries. Photo by Dame! Sihorshy: DON’T DELAY, CALL TODAY! NORTH VANCOUVER International Plaza: 9 - Wednesday, May 15, 1985 - North Shore News The Western provinces have discreetly complained about the discrimination against the citizens of the West. But if they want to get anywhere they'll have to bawl ‘foul’ from the roofs of the legislatures. Take it from Doctor Doug. | SPARERIBS | ON MEMBERSHIPS _ 1 YEAR AND UP. We'll fit a body for you! . _ With the finest facilities | for men and women. * Steam Room: © Swimming Pool J ¢ Dry Sauna ¢ Whirl Pool e Aerobics * Weight Training ¢ Sun Spa] 7 withy purshasé of .- one ‘Ih. MAPLE: LEAF’ "Ge ‘1.49 wp. X-Lean: Ground ROUND $1.99 wy. meer " Vantouver. 6) BLK EAST” ; f Venice. Bakery .