THE CURSE of multicult must now be apparent even to the dimmest wits. British Columbia, which should have its name changed, is well on its way to becoming an Asian province.

The process is applauded by the media, high-minded academics, and politicians who grovel for votes and give grants to ethnic pressure groups so that they can continue their nation-splitting work.

{ was reminded of all that by a minor matter involving the West Vancouver library. But let me emphasize that | am not knocking librarians. They are invariably polite and helpful. However, they bend before the demands of multi- cull.

My witnesses are me, and Mr. Ted Benson, the head of the library's reference services depart- ment.

1 wrote to ask him whether the library would take the Sunday Telegraph. He wrote back to say it couldn't. For one thing, it would cost $260 a year.

If that had been ail he had to tell me I wouldn’t be writing this column. Budgets are budgets. But he went on to say:

“My priority this last few years has been to beef up our selection of local AND ASIAN (my emphasis) papers and that will continue to be the case for the near fuiure.”

He should have said for the far

future, too.

It is correct, as he pointed out, that the library already takes three British papers, including the

’ Sunday Times, But there is obvi- ously a demand for other English- _ language publications because his letter was a form letter addressed to Dear Sir or Madam. ;

* I can afford to buy the Sunday Telegraph, and do. But more people should be exposed to the news and

Collins

on the 8 other hand

features it provides, It was the first to publicize the White House scan- dals, for instance.

We do, of course, have a grow- ing Asian population on the North Shore, thanks to Immigration Minister Marchi, his Liberal prede- cessors, and the rotten Tories.

Remember them in your prayers.

661 there were white immigrants in China, Japan or India, do you think their libraries would provide English-language papers at the expense of their own? 9G

Pray for their early decease.

My question is this: why should an as yet predominantly non-Asian population give a damn about the demands of the Asians?

Let me put it another way. If there were white immigrants in China, Japan or India, do you think their libraries would provide English-language papers at the expense of their own?

Like hell they would. In the first place they have more sense than to admit foreign devils. And even if they, didn’t they would tell them to buy their own papers or learn the language of their host country.

It’s getting to the point in our Nbrary where it is often difficult to

know whether one is in China,

Hong Kong, tran or Timbuctoo. Already, one section is devoted entirely to Persian literature.

If Marchi & Co. have their way we shal} soon have a Cantonese section, a Hindi Section, a Gujarati section, a Latin American section and a Pidgin English section. We are nothing if not obliging.

Twenty years ogo the immigra- tion word was “absorptive cupaci- ty.” by which was meant that the immigrants coming in should not change the prevailing culture. But that’s gone with the wind,

By the year 2050 the chief librarian will be Chinese, East indian or [ranian, and the English section will be housed in a little shed at the back. You think I'm stretching things? [ told you within a few days of Marchi's phoney immigration reforms that nothing much would happen. And nothing much has happened. The flood from the far corners of the Earth continues.

The process was exemplified by Sheila Finestone, our minis- ter for multicultural- ism, who recently gave veni lo this immortal utterance:

“Canada has no national culture.”

It did before Trudeau and brilliant people like Finestone got to work. Now we have a MULTICULTURE with more on the way.

The immigration figures for B.C. for the first nine months of: last year say a great deal.

With one- 10th of the population of Canada, we got 25% of all new arrivals. And the five top source areas are Hong Kong, India, . Taiwan, the Philippines and China.

Those five sources alone account for nearly 65% of all immigrants to B.C.

A couple of people from Euro; may have been admitted. But they: had to jump hurdles to get in.

The West Van library has a great future. The Standay Telegraph | o doesn’ t. Nor do you.

Second suite move blocked

on NORTH Vancouver District ~councillor’s attempt to legalize "secondary suites has been put on hold while the. municipality «uses a-Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) grant to research the controversial issue further.

Council received news Monday night that the district has been awarded $9,000 “to develop infor- mation relating to the costs, regula- tions and use of secondary suites.”

But on the same agenda Coun.

“NORTH VANCOUVER DISTRICT COUNCIL By Martin Millerchip

Ernie Crist moved to legalize sec-

_ ondary suites in’single-family resi- ‘dential zones subject to:

Bi off-street parking;

@ size limitations:

& owner residence requirement; B a limit of one suite to 4 house.

“Secondary suites are a fact of —

life.; The solution is not throwing people on the streets,” said Crist.

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Council has been hoping that the provincial government will deliver on a_promise to revise.sections of the B.C. building code that would accommodate minimum safety stan- dards for secondary suites.

But. Crist argued that the province is unlikely to face the con- tentious issue of secondary suites in what could be an election year.

Council has faced persistent lob- bying over the last two years from

residents like Larry Crosby who °

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