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HAD A letter from Pierre Berton the other day, he ad- dressing me as ‘‘Dear Friend,’”’ which was flattering. But it turned out that he wanted something: support for The Friends of Public Broadcasting.

Iam a friend of public broad- casting, as it happens. I watch PBS’s Channel 9 a lot, also the Knowledge Network, partly because the programs are not lit- tered with ads fer toilet paper and ‘tampons. But what Pierre had in ‘mind was the CBC.

Let me be fair about this, I used to toil for that corporation and it treated me well. (I treated it well, too.) Still and all, 1am not now an avid supporter except for its fine music programs on radio.

be happy to sign any statement put out by the NDP.

Peter Herrndorf, for instance, a Red Tory who used to be a CBC vice-president and wouldn’t mind coming in from the wilderness to be president.

Paul Siren, formerly the presi- dent of ACTRA, the actoys’ union, whose members also sup at the CBC table.

Adrienne Clarkson, who did the CBC’s Take 30 for 30 years, it seemed, before getting a govern- ment plum i in Paris. She i is now a

“Pierre told me in his letter that unless we can stop CBC cutbacks, the end is nigh. I’m prepared to take the ris

Its left-wing public affairs pro- grams on subjects like South Africa are even more slanted than the Leaning Tower of Pisa and |

long ago got tired of throwing my

boot at the set. But back to Pierre, a parlor

pink who not only supports the CBC but is heavily supported by

it, what with National Dreams, Front Page Challenges, and so on. Could he be doing a little axe- grinding here?

His is the leading name on the

Friends’ committee. But every other name on it is as keen on gripping the public bosom as he is. Either that, or its owner would

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Walter Pitman, academic and former NDP leader in Ontario;

Peter Newman, an economic na-_

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Pierre told me in his letter that unless we can stop CBC cutbacks, the end is nigh.

I'm prepared to take the risk.

x kk The Jatest issue of the North

Vancouver District Superinten- dent’s Bulletin, slipped under my door by a prominent mole, con- tains cheering news for the local education industry.

The superintendent reports happily that student enrolment is holding. A year ago there were 15,201 students. This year there are 15,216, an increase of 15.

But that’s not the item. The item is that there are 22 more teacners employed this year than last.

Wonderful! Fifteen more students, 22 more teachers!

And the pupil-teacher ratio in the district is 17.04, the lowest in the Lower Mainland.

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Berton’s wasn’t the only com- munication in my mailbag. I also had one from Mr. Glenn Babb, who used to be South ‘Aftica’s ambassador to Canada.

Mr. Babb sent a news clipping in which he was quoted as saying that South Africa is now doing so much business with the rest of Africa that Johannesburg has become the New York of the continent.

“There is fascination for our successes,’ he stated. ‘‘Some 80,000 black businessmen came to our country last year...and it is believed that more than 45 of the continent’s 50 states have trade or aid relations with South Africa.”

So much for sanctions. Our sanctions, that is.

Mr. Babb is now deputy director-general in the South African foreign office.

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