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Fast cat inquiry: at what price speed?

* Dear Editor: : Just the ‘facts, ma’am. Saturday, Aug. 14: at 3:45 p.m. TI boarded the . BC Ferries PacifiCat == at

Departure Bay, Nanaimo; at -

4:03 p.m. it left the dock. At 5:25° p.m. it: docked in Horseshoe Bay; at 5:35 p.m. T passed out the pedestrian gate to the road.

Elapsed time: . walk-on .. passenger passage: one hour 50 minutes; ferry travel time: -one hour, 22 minutes.

- Friday “Aug, 20: at 5:55

a. I boarded a regular

or” ferry at

Departure Bay, Nanaimo; at 6:10 p.m: it left the dock. Ar 7:45. p.m. it ‘docked: in ; Horseshoe Bay; at-7: 52 p.m. I passed our. thé. pedestrian:

> Aug. "27 News story Rider lodges bus beef) Last time? it was Mrs. Falls at West Van Transit whining : a tune “poor me ... rime «.. Ee they fred me “na?t rae ju just doiry my.‘job!” and) you bought it and milked it. Mow. it’s Danny. Hunt, a f qua legic crying discrimina- tion. for em ed service and you jumped | righton it ° hotographer et al. Does tt Seally belong on the front page? Is it not possible fora quad- iplegic to be unruly and rude?

whining the same tune fora *-

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gate to the road.

Elapsed time: watk on pas- senger passage: one hour, 57 minutes; ferry travel time: one hour, 35 minutes.

Conclusion: the PacifiCat ferry is faster; it made a dif- ference of seven minutes for me as a walk-on passenger

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_million the PacifiCat cost?

Could a new Lions Gate bridge/tunne! be built for this anount? What is the cost of “borrowing” this amount? What is the interest rate we are paying on this amounz?

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Democracy is not democratic

Dear Editor:

Canada’s slide into criminality and the loss of the rule of law has been a long, time coming.

It’s been facilitated by self- serving politicians, lawyers, judges, bureaucrats, and the whole social engineering industry.

Leo Knight’s description (Sept. 1 Crime and Punishment column) of the corruption at the Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong and the coverup at RCMP" high levels is another clear warning call sounded by Mr. Knight that we are nor just headed toward banana republic status — we have arrived.

How did we get here?

f grew up having the utmost respect for all police and Canadian law. ;

But now [ not only don’t feel safe from. criminals, I don’t feel safe from the police or the justice system: | know of too many personal storics of the police acting like tyrants toward innocent citi- zens.

Evil individuals have always existed and will always exist, but when the agency that society appoints to pro- tect it from evil, is evil itself, then no once is safe.

How can the police main-

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tain their dignity and. self- respeet when the courts make fools of them, when their hard, dangerous work is belit- thed and urdone by a deliber- ately convoluted, — unap- proachable cabal of judges, lawyers, immigration officials, politicians, and social engi- neers, all of whom benefit from the corruption, cither directly or indirectly?

Why stay honest when all about vou are dishonest and your honesty is pointless?

At bottom, the corruption lies with a democratic system that isn’t democratic because it rests on. individual personal- ity, and individuals are cor- ruptible

If Canada had a system of direct democracy, instead of eiected, amoral, self-serving, deal-cutting, ego-secking individuals, Canadians would soon rid themselves of the Charter — that pot of gold for lawyers, judges, and crimi- nals — would change the immigration rules, and would still generously look after the people in our society who truly do need looking after.

Until we rid ourselves of. - the party political system, we can expect to slide ever farther into chaos.

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