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Strengthen Senate

Dear Editor:

The federals government's recent Senate reform pro- posals will yive Canadians the worst of both worlds: a neutered Senate which — re- mains aa appointed haven for patronage.

We warned six months ago in a position paper, by quoting former Prime Minister Lester Pearson, that “When he has an assured) majority in the Commons, the Canadian prime minister is the nearest thing to a dictator - if he wants to be one’’.

This government's pro- posal will abolish the Senate in all but name by limiting

its power to detaying bills by a month or six weeks. It ref: uses to consider the direct election of Senators, despite the recommendation of this by a Parliamentary study of Senate reform fist year. [ne stead, the Senators will be appointed half by the federal government and half by provincial governments.

This proposal will guaran: tee that Western and Eastern Canada, as the two least populous regions, will be at the mercy of the two central Canadian provinces in Parliament - the power base which gave us the National Energy Program and protec- tionist trade policies for

Central Canada,

This is a case of the politi: clans against the peaple: this government doesn't trust Canadians enough to give to them direct voting power to elect Senators.

Yet these same Canadians trusted PC candidates last fall enough to give them a massive mandate,

An independent: pall ef Ontario voters during che last. federal election cam- paign, commissioned by the National Citizens’ Coalition, showed that 76.5% of decided respondents favored an elected Senate with equal tepresentation from the pro- vinces. ;

Lobby for Park & Tilford

Dear Editor:

Subject: Park & Tilford Gardens

Those of us who have en- joyed the gardens in times past, who can see the gardens as part of our heritage that will have en- during value through the Expo perind and for years ahead should lobby Council not to let our gardens die.

At this time, serious decay has set in throughout the gardens, checked only by a low level cosmetic maintenance program. The developer is interested only in a shopping centre ap-

proach and Council has re- jected the idea.

I am fighting to have the gardens survive.

Altan Blair Candidate for Council

North Vancouver

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We urge the federal gov- ernment oto think again about Senate reforin.

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} The “dave yourself nl you drop’

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2 The “more uo hums the more it

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some good Real gams start long be fore you reach the pain barrier

If you want to get fit. you have ta get acive Doit but don teverdo u This ts the sensible approach to fiiness And HW OWOrKS

Can you get fir without struggle. without strain, without pain? AND HOW!

3 The ‘make up in an hour for what

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The plan fact is that exercise does not have to hurt before itis dama you

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