Is there a dominant issue for the

November municipal elections i in . bs

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government, or be wiped out bythe provincial. government. We warned that the appoint-

.mentof Bill Vander Zalm to the -

municipal: rene naprt heim

can deny that. the people of Van- couver want the ward system. They,

voted for it twice: once in areferen-_

give

poll book. If ever a scheme was de- vised to downplay the of civic government and civic dec- tions, this is it. The cabinet is say- ing: civic elections are not import- ant enough even to have a voters’ lis. Reducing elections to just en- (ering your name in a sctibbler not only emasculates the > but it also lends itself to all kinds of abuse

““*tricky”’ politicians. If the Socreds are allowed to de-

ible to their every day needs, de- mocracy asa whole in B.C. will suf- fer. We need the opposite, an Cx- tension of civic democracy.

What motivates this attack?

I chink there are [wo reasons. Onc is in reaction to the clection of progressives at the municipal level

provincial pa? base. a wants to end that by curtailing the power of civic gov- emnments to act on behalf of their citizens. It's part of the drive tocen- tralize power in the hands of the cabinet so that it can act freely on behalf of the establishment. Secondly, there is the economics of the issue. The Socreds want to subsidize their overall resource and economic policy by dumping the costs of social services on muni-

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example. No onsin ther righ mint ;

Paty ways worked to build such alli- anoes, (0 be a part of them and to faithfully carry out its part of any agreement entcrod into. Our role as a party in these alliances as every- where is to fight to advance the in- teresa of working people cspe-

elected in 1931, there have been many Communists docted to coun-

if such NDP groups were set up, in. _ solve’ many ‘problems. and to ad- fact has not- worked. .

lon Crist election i in N. Van.

News, November 15, 1981

‘dress the issues of economic power . it has largely remained on paper’. “are at the so-called higher levels of

Progressives hope to build

, im finish Or wt the top Of the pol, as he did in

In Nosth Vancouver City, where the entire council is up for election, the conservative major-

public debate North ty will face challenges from two over the rental chemical officers of the North Vancouver going over the heads of council Richard Biackbum and vice- -. and revealing to the public the ex. President Greg Richmond. = aiderman topped poll in 1878. of the inl Beal A key issuc in both the District be heid to discuss the distribution Report. and the City is taxation as both thatthe city switch to Option A. municipalities are on “Option city switch to Option A, imucn auto the ngentia and has at Oo”. the aie to im formula for homeowners. and other industrial propertics to aed hen afferdh -" ' oun The issuc has been brought toa = pay more. Blackburn and Rich-

head with the arrival of the ncw

industry and business if the

cipal taxpayers and then hevingthe = Yorke in Vancouver is one of the

ultimate power to damp down on most recent. We do not claim to be PACIFIC TRIBUNE —SEPT 18, 198) — Page 6

This full page reprint from the September 18, 1981 edition of the Pacific Tribune newspaper appears as a paid advertisement by a group of citizens who feel it may be of interest to voters in the November 21 Municipal elections.

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districa Chose Option A.