The provincial govern-
ment should let it all hang
out. It should expose ‘the
good and the bad aspects of
the northeast coal deal by
setting upa separate ‘Crown
corporation. Then we would
know. what was. going, on.
Also B.C. Rail would be free
to operate in a business-like
manner,

A new crown corporation
could finance the, controyer-
sial rail spur from Anzac,

It is difficult ’ to believe
that almost two years~after *
the’ issue has been resolved
and, hard on the‘heels of its
application to the municipal
councils for funding for a
public liquor lounge, the
North Vancouver’ Recrea-—
tion Commission would sud-' '

denly. object to having a

- gourthouse on the site of the
old North Vancouver High
School property.

Despite the wide publicity
given by the--North Shore

. News and the Citizen at the

time, January to June 1979,
to the objections. raised by
the nearby residents to hav-
ing a courthouse in such
close proximity to a residen- .
tial area, there wasn't a peep
out of the North Vancouver

to Tumbler Ridge: on the
Alberta side of the ‘Rocky
Mountains. It could. lease
this-.expensive. line to B.C.
Rail. for. $1 a.year2sAnd_ it
could obtain its income:by
away. of. “surcharges”: paid -by
coal; mining ; ‘companies ike
Teck and Dennison. .

The. new. companies’

capital -. -would, come: partly
from the B.C...Treasury.and
partly. from the sale of bonds

Recreation ‘Commission, n nor
were there any overtures
made -by. them then to ac-
quire this site in order to ex-
pand their facilities.

I can only commend
members of the North Van-
couver City council for
refusing to give credence to
the recent objections of the
Recreation Commission.
Many of the residents fought
very hard to have a buffer
zone established ‘between:
the proposed ‘site’ of the
courthouse and the residen-
tial area. At a public meeting.
held in June 1979, the Ci ity
Council promised. ‘to. exert.

their best efforts to ensure .

that the wishes of ‘the

residents were upheld. and in|

August of that year. City

council bought the school .

Fitness survey
a waste of money

Dear Editor:

In response to the six-
month survey that Sports
Minister Gerald Regan has
proposed on finding out how
fit we Canadians. are now,
compared to 10 years ago, I
would like to say: what right
‘does he have to spend $2.9
million on such a canvass.

Who the hell cares how fit
the other guy is. It's one’s
own personal business
whether he sits and watches
the boob tube or gets out and
exercises.

This $2.9 million would be
better spent on finding cures

for those that are suffering

from diseases that keep them
from being able to get out

and exercise. The govern- —

ment is once again spending
our tax dollars foolishly. Put

‘employs expert
BMW-trained person-
net and only genuine |

a stop to this survey before it

gets started.
(Mrs.) F.J. Baird
‘North Vancouver

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40 the: public: ‘Part, -in other

words, would be provided
out of. the annual estimates
tabled in the legislature by
the B. .C. Minister of
Finance. Part. would be in
the. form of debt guaranteed
by: the’ provincial govern-
ment.

This would give us, as tax-
payers, a shareholder in-
terest in the new corpora-
tion. The people who.bought
bonds would get their moncy

‘eynitieatont and the a
property consisting. the
‘tennis. courts and playing
field.

If the Recreation Commis- |
sion is now eyeing the, pro-
posed courthouse site for a
possible location for a public
liquor lounge, [for one
would like to go on record as
saying I fear very much the
degradation that such a
lounge might. bring and the
present. buffer::zone, con-
sisting of: -Zymnasium, tennis
courts and playing ‘field that
the residents fought So hard
of such a development, pro-
“ve » totally “ineffective in

the residential

jacent *

back on schedule. ‘B.C.
citizens, as shareholders,
would hopefully earn a profit
in the long run.

As more mines are opened
up, more coal will move over
the: Anzac. line. Greater

volumes will give us a:better

return on our equity. Mean-
while we will see from the
mew crown corporation’s an-
nual reports how things are
going.

The alternative, that of

Dear Editor:

There is.a point in the pre-
sent highrise situation in W.
- Van. which:does riot appear
to have received: any con!
sideration, and it is this:

A number of the sites in
the controversy have, for
many years, been assessed
for taxation at a much lower
rate than the level at which
present condominium dwell-
ings, whether high, or low
buildings, have been assess-
ed. ;

Many residents of present
condominium apartment
blocks have paid high prices

for their condominiums, .

and, in addition, very much
higher taxes.

The. present prospective
sellers of property, and: the
developers who to cry the

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West Vancouver