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C Ferries is considering buying

an Australian-built fast ferry for

passenger-only use on - the
Vancouver Island run.

That’s disturbing news on two

counts. ’

- When the fast ferry ‘program was
announced one of the major benefits
-- touted was the creation of a new indus-

try in B.C. based on the skills of large-
scale aluminum welding; Created right
hereon the North Shere would be a
“new breed) of ‘rivetless Rosies who
Swould help local industry compete for
internatio
- shipping) based on newfound skills.
‘What happened to all the ability. we

siipposed to achieve? Were lessons.

leatned in thie building of the kitty lit-
not? Is this 4 tacit admission that
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opposed to the unreal world of happy-
face MDP budgets?

The second, and possibly more seri-
ous, implication of this sad story is chat
the leaked document was part of a five-
year capital budget proposal bound for
the provincial treasury board in secrecy.

- Wouldn’t it make a refreshing |

change for this Crown corporation,
owned and paid for by the citizens of
this province, to let us in on its long-
range planning process. Political
appointees have proved they’re inca-
pable of steering its board on a course

that avoids the Red Sea of ink. Why.
not allow public debate on whether -
our money should be wasted locally or:
spent in Australia or on an Island |

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One fast thought, there is a long: /
range planning process in place that

looks beyond five years isn’t there? .

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SPANKENG GETS OVTAWED—

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To TONGUE CLASHING.

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* Canadian is eventually consummated, .
probably sometime in:
the first half of next,

Year
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