Dear Editor:
“When Premier Bennett

. by-elections to fill the vacant

_ Seats in the two North Shore.

ridings, he said the date was
set far ‘enough ahead to let
the Liberals launch their new
. provincial leader. A favor to

a political opponent that was .
vt ‘@ ... condescension - “given

uncalled for.

_ Too bad his grand atiempt
vO into Political Maturity did

The free press ‘is held in
high regard by the citizens of
our country. It is quite often
held ‘as the champion, the
watchdog, of our freedoms.
. It serves the members of our

' society by providing them‘

with facts - facts which are
so vital in’ making good,
rational decisions.

’ OF late, however, I feel~

that our press has failed us.
It has become bogged down
with those who would rather
find fault with minor in-
cidents and events or what
would appear obvious rather
than question or investigate
the more serious matters
which trouble our society.

Look after

Dear Editor:

I have: just been reading
that all over the world
animals are being kidnapped
(especially dogs) and sold to
labs, by people without
conscience who want to
make a fast buck.

_ People who care for their
pets should walk them

Plant

Bennett's ‘snu ;

“not extend to inviting the
' new Liberal leader,

Jev.

Tothill, to the Gpening of the.
. announced the date for the | |

present legislative. session.

Many have had their fill of
the ignorance of Bennett,

Van der Zalm and company.
_ Let's ‘hope the by-elections ©
~ will show

‘them (that our
votes cannot be bought with

_ shares or any ‘Pork-barre|
- politics. °

. Disgruntled. Grit .
Name Supplied
North Vancouver :

Too ‘often journalists and
reporters, rather than

research an important issue,
hearsay and,

react to
misinform their public. I am
of course referring to Mr.
Speck’s article of Sunday,

‘January 21.

It is not my place to judge
why Mr. Speck wrote his
article. Quite possibly he felt
he was right in saying what
he did. But feeling is dif-
ferent from knowing.
Feeling he was right or not
he has let his readers down

and failed: as a good
newsman - to seek the truth.
Tony Rader
Teacher

your pets

themselves. And may I offer

just a little advice—to leave
them out in the yard or the
garden while you are out
shopping is another temp-
tation. Keep your pet inside
until you return.

Gaile V. Campbell
West Vancouver

PLANT

Woodward’s top quality plants &

- Trustee Ernie - “Sarsfield
has. used your: column to.

claim that the cost_ of_

educating 3 a child for a year-

-in- the - public “schools of ©

North. Vancouver. is’ higher

‘than that in what he terms “a_-

first class” private school.

. He. “Suggests. ‘that . the dif--

Based on half truths

“. Dear Editor:

ference. arises from the’
“weakness” of the . North
Vancouver School Board.

There are, of course, a.
number of reasons why costs

_in many private schools are

lower than in public schools,

_but the major one is that

private school teachers are
paid less than are their

‘public schoal counterparts:

Why?

Well, one reason is
because a large proportion
of teachers in private schools
are just not qualified to
teach in public schools and
are paid in accordance with |
their. qualifications, or lack
of them: Now I am certainly
not one to claim that a
teaching certificate
automatically makes one a
splendid teacher, but I do

ask your readers to consider -

just how much money we
might save if we were to take
our medical problems to
unqualified persons who
possess some natural skill in
setting broken bones, or how
much of our legal costs we
could save were we to hire
law students instead of
lawyers.

If public schools “could
save money by hiring
unqualified people to teach
our children, would we
really want them to do so?

There is a second reason
why salaries are lower in

‘weakened
_ power by the knowledge that

-civil

private schools, and that is |

because the teachers there’ ~

‘are’ not represented by a

union, and their salaries are
-not determined by means of

“a process: laid down ‘in the:

Public Schools Act; a
process which leaves the so-
called weak \‘trustees little .
room to.

the
teachers in private ‘schools
must bargain individually
and consequently have little
clout.
They . are further
in . bargaining

their employers can fire
them virtually at ‘will: for .
example, if they fail to
embrace with . sufficient
fervour the religion of their
employers:

Last year there occurred,
to my knowledge, the first

‘occasion when a_ teacher

employed by a private
school supported by public
funds was fired because of
his religious beliefs. While
the incident would seem to
be a direct contravention of
the B.C. Bill of Rights,
neigher the minister of
education nor the minister of
labour was prepared to do
anything about it. Given
such power in employers, no
wonder teachers in private
schools are prepared to
meekly accept low salaries.

Now is may be _ that
Sarsfield would be happy to
accept the hiring of
unqualified teachers, the
destruction of the teachers’
union and the loss of their
rights, if such
developments were to
contribute to the lowering of

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Lacking such a union and;
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- Dear Eéiter: oe et eg a
‘his tax. bill. Ls am not ‘at t all

sure. ‘the rést“of the citizens

of North’ Van would agree."
: meeting.
there was
another: quite fascinating bit .
of information in Sarsfield’s.

Incidentally,

letter. Is it really true that
you can purchase a first class
private school education for
girls in Vancouver for a-cool
$1,500;: but if you have been
unlucky enough to sire boys,

you will be ripped. off to the .
tune of $2, 000? How come?

» Are the governors (or |
whatever they may be) of —

private
somehow >

schools
than

boys
“weaker”

those of girls schools? Or can

girls be processed at a
cheaper rate than boys
because they are less

Saw Pea a chetiaie eh,

complicated or- valuable? I
wonder. I must ask.Ernie at
the next’: “school” board

Don Burbidge ,
School Trustee.
North. Vancouver

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