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Collins defends comments

To the Editor:

Mr. R.J. Hartman of North
Vancouver is upset about me and
my ‘‘drivel."” § ignore the truth,
he says in a Letter of the Day,
and did so in my ‘'Tales from the
loony bin’’ column of April 24, in
which t mentioned the decision by
the Supreme Court of Canadz to
release Wesley Evans, a ‘‘setf-
confessed double murderer."*

Evans, he says, was menially
retarded and was cajeled into
making a confession. How do !
account for not reporting that, he
wants to know? He also thinks 1
am a louse for not loving the
Charter of Rights, under the pro-
visions of which Evans was let go.

My answer is that the affair oc-
cupied cne paragraph in a column

Northlands

Dear Editor:

F would like to address some of
the misleading information being
presented in the last few months
regarding the proposed Nor-
thlands Golf Course.

It has been claimed that the cost
of the golf course to the taxpayers
would be over $40 million, based
on estimated foregone land sales.
1 could write paragraphs on why
this estimate is too high, but it
doesn’t matter whether the
amount is $20 million or $50 mil-
lion because the municipality
would retain ownership of the
land.

Not only would the land be ap-
preciating in value, but it would

Make way

Dear Editor:

I would like :o take time out of
this busy day to reply to Evan
Munro’s plea in his letter to the
editor to leave the trees alone on
the site of the new Cove Cliff
Schooi.

Evan, I truly feel bad that you
will lose your favorite playing
spot. I, too, used to play in this
area many years ago. Having
grown up in Deep Cove I miss the
trees and especially all the wildlife
that used to roam,

Yes, this is ali due to a lot of

Mailbox
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your full address and telephone
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Published letters may be edited
for drevity, clarity, accuracy, le-
gality and taste.

that noted a number of instances
of what } see as national madness.
1 was not analyzing the case as
such.

Had 1 been doing so, t weuld
certainly have given spice to the
Supreme Court's ressoning. |
would also have pointed out chat
Evans was first found guilty in a
trial by jury and that his mente!
capacities were not a paramount
issue. If they had been, he might
have been found rot guilty by
reason of insanity.

The case then went to the B.C.
Appeal Court and was lost,
Madame Justice Mary Southin
declaring: ‘‘There is nothing more
likely to bring the administration
of justice into disrepute than let-
ting a self-confessed killer en free

to kill again on the basis of the
type of (Charter) infringements in
this case. The framers of the
Charter can not have intended
that in the name of adjudicative
fairness the Charter should be ap-
plied so as to let an aecused go
free to kill again. Such a result
would not be the act of a civilized
society."*

As for the man’s having been
cajoled into making a confession,
1 refer Mr. Hartman to the com-
ment by Me. Fred Bodnaruk,
associate chairman of Citizens
United for Safety and Justice.
“Are our judges and juries here
(in B.C.) fools?””

Doug Collins
West Vancouver

will produce revenues

be generating significant revenue
(Fraserview earns $600,000 an-
nually for the Vancouver Parks
Board.) The opponents of the golf
course are saying this is a valuable
piece of land, so we should sell it.
We’re saying it’s a valuable piece
of land, so we should keep it, and
let’s get it to produce some reve-

hear anybody
screaming about lost land sales
when Lynn Canyon was turned
into park. We realized during that
discussion that the value of these
undeveloped lands is infinitely
more than the foregone land sales.
The real issue here is a good
community plan for North Van-

couver, one that provides for all
the needs of its citizens and makes
it a great place to live.

Municipal golf courses have the
highest usage per acre of any park
use, are environmentally friendly,
provide income to the municipali-
ty, create employment, provide a
positive pastime for young people,
leave green belt in developed
areas, provide badly needed recre-
ational facilities and increase the
value of surrounding lands. This
is not a difficult decision.

Bruce Hamersley, P. Eng.
President

North Shore Public Golf Course
Society

for Cove Cliff School

senseless building. They tel! me
this is progress.

But let’s not forget, Evan, that
this place was already partially
cleared and that there has been a
lot of very careful planning so
that very few trees will have to be
taken down.

Also, let’s not forget that this is
being done to pravide a new
school for children like yourself.
To give you all a safe, healthy
new environment in which to
learn, make friends and grow.

Perhaps you could explore Myr-

tle Park or take a buddy and
check out the trails in behind the
old park. You know, just up the
road off the corner of Rockcliff
and Reaburn. We used to call it
‘Sugar Mountain.”’

I truly hope you enjoy your new
school, Evan. Learn and grow.
See old friends and make new
friends. This schoo! has been a
long time in coming. A very long
time.

Lynne Mclvor
North Vancouver

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