| Dear Editor: oe
‘The power. of displayed by”

ge 8, July 19 9, 1978- = North Shore eNews _

‘the: ‘American public during:— own political. impotence, the —

the California tax revolt: to
control © their government,
has caused a great deal of
- envy and frustration on this

| side of. the. border, .where_
Tight: to petition amounts to ©
little more than the right to"

‘grovel and whine. hae

_ For many of us, the revolt:
_ was a dramatic example of
_ the: contrasts between- the

‘two concepts of démocracy.
In the U.S. democracy was .
shown to be based on sound |

principles and a workable
structure, -whereas — the

Canadian form was shown to
be based on rhetoric and. the.

changing | winds, of political
convenience.

need - for. ‘constitutional _ =
‘reform is beginning to be |
appreciated. In comparison © -
. with . the. concerns .of the °
citizenry, Mr.

ideas ~ “of.

While -

$100.00. luncheon plates to

‘decide what: kinds of -con-
‘stitutional reforms might suit

them, it might be interesting ©
to propose a. few reforms of
our own.

One reform I would like to.

see is that any petition tha —
contains: the signatures: of. —
two thirds of the registered _

Dear Editor: -

Is it really true that such
misinformation could exist
in a country trying to keep”
itself together? I am
referring to the letter of
Maureen Johnson in your
July 12th issue. a

~ Surely the book “Bilingual

. Today, | French ‘Tomorrow”
is a reactionary best seller.
The author
willing. to twist any truth or

reason to suit his ends and to °

make a lot of money. He had
previously
‘Teputation as a defender of
“Anglophony”. against the

machinations of the evil

French underground. What

a pile of bull he leaves onhis _

pages.

If you look at the census
figures, you'll find about 35
percent of the peopie in the
Ottawa region (including
Hull) have French as their
mother tongue, not 90
‘percent as you mention.

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Iti is obvious some ¢ jobs in
the ‘civil service require

& either English or French.

However a. ‘unilingual

person may. apply and be
considered equally.
_ agrees ‘to undergo language —
- training at- public expense... —

Less than 20 percent of civil: © |.
servants have French as their |
= first language. 7

if he

job or go to. university in
B.C. because |

English ?

newspaper before, but I just’ |
wonder where your student _
idealism is. If your view is. ..
really that of the majority of —
-studenis ai your school we

might as well give up.

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North Vancouver

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“In ight of the - public’s
"growing ‘awareness of. their’:

- Trudeau’s.
constitutional -
reform. seem - effete and
:: inappropriate. os

_ Canadia, n
politicians meet. over. their

Dear Maureen, are. vou
Sincere in your belief that. _
you wiii not be able to get a»

you . can’t |
speak French? Do you really: |
' think Quebec is more totally ©
French than B. Cc. is totally

I-never have written to a -

~With- elections i in ‘the ‘offing, -
it would be interesting to see.
what a. petition asking for the '
power*: of _-petition would .
“produces. mie!

Given . the - "power | of
“petition,” “other. reform _
-- proposals could. ‘be put to the ©
: public. ‘for © their © Con--
- sideration, ‘such as the
- proposal that ‘Senators ‘and

_ Judges: be. elected. by. direct.” a :
. popular. vote - for a given

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