8 - Friday, January 11. 1991 - North Shore News

Dear Editor:

Let's face it, your newspaper
could use a diet. | understand the
need for advertising revenues, but
think of how much less advertis-
ing you would need to secure if
you didn’t have to employ Doug
Callins? By eliminating a ridicu-
lous column, you would substan-

One reason to.
distrust politicians

Dear Editor:

The reason for public distrust
of politicians is graphically il-
lustrated by the recent behavior of
B.C.'s former Minister of En-
vironment, John Reynolds, with
fespect to the Kemano 2 dam pro-
ject. His promise in Ottawa of
public scrutiny was shown to be
nothing more than a form of
words on his return to Victoria
with his reversal of that pledge.

Here we have a proposed de-
velopment that may have in-
calculable results for the whole
Fraser watershed with its valuable
fishery, yet the public has been
consistently denied the opportuni-
ty to question its proponents who
should be required, at least, to
explain how a scheme that may
alter the level of the Fraser by up
to three feet is not likely to have a
downstream effect.

The public search for reassur-
ance is unlikely to be satisfied
given Reynolds’ original
stonewalling, followed as that has
been by his recent word twisting.
Such behavior, rightly or wrongly,
is bound to give rise to suspicion
in people's minds.

David Macaree
West Vancouver

St. Pierre misses
mark on poverty

Dear Editor:

Paul St. Pierre’s story about
Ronda Lauzon in the Nov. 30
News is a complete non sequitor
to his opening paragraphs.

Does. Mr. St. Pierre ‘know peo-
ple in the U.K., as I do, who live
entirely on government support
and yet do not live in poverty?

Through what European coun-
tries has he recently travelled? 1f
he has been to Greece, for exam-
ple, would he maintain that the
Greeks had a higher standard of
living than the English?

Does he really suppose that the
English chose Mrs. Thatcher as
their leader three times because
they enjoy poverty?

Bad journalism, obsolete
phrases such as the ‘‘ruling
classes’? and assinine remarks do
little to promote Mr. St. Pierre's
left-wing cause.

Gerald F. Mason
North Vancouver

Editorial praised

Dear Editor:

I wish to compliment you on
your timely editorial, ‘‘Losing our
voice,’" on Dec. 12.

You express eloquently the con-
cerns of many Canadians, who
regard the CBC as the most im-
portant unifying factor in Cana-
dian life. | recall Pierre Berton's
comment to the effect that Peter
Gzowski was single-handedly
holding Canada together!

I have joined Friends of Public
Broadcasting in order to continue
opposition to the government’s
apparent policy of dismantling
“Canada’s few unifying institu-
tions.”

Thank you for your leadership
in this vital matter.

Sheilah D. Thompson
North Vancouver

MAILBOX

Newspaper could use a diet

tially reduce the amount of fodder
in the North Shore News.

You might become environmen-
tal role models through such a
change.

I think Doug could handle the

change as he says he is against
frivolous spending. Being the ide-
alist that Doug is, why doesn't he
volunteer to cut your expenses? |
don’t really think he represents
the devil's advocate point of view

anyway.

lt enjoy Bob Hunter's columns,
Michael Becker’s music scene, the
much needed classified service,
and the forum for dialogue that
your letters to the editor provide.

But why do J have to read white
supremacist trash by Doug Collins
and dumb social-climbing weekly
columns by the Valerie Gibson
clone?

It really is possible to produce
something we can be proud of.

Jay Symons
North Vancouver

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