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‘Stresses and strains are , showing up as Canada attempts to absorb the outflow from many. other. countries. People of other races and cultures, who

come. to. Canada: to make. a . new life,

find |

- themselves easy: ‘targets for the hostility of bigots. ‘It is never so ‘clearly. seen as in the‘reaction of | school children” ‘to others with different. skin - colours or accents,, but bigotry. is by no. means. , confined to.school children. A great many, if not’ : most;.adult-‘Canadians seem to feel threatened by "the presence of large numbers of people from.

. love Polish jokes « soni

‘it’s hard for immigrants to

_ make it here in Canada, and.

of course we should be . understanding and spend our energies to make the imm- grant’s adaptation © to Canadian life ‘as. easy as possible. slowly, if at all.

"feel that I have .experienced it. When we moved to West Vancouver 1 in

1945 it was before the end of hostilities’ with Germany,

' and a small -boy ‘with a German sounding last.name

and a foreign accent. (French-

Canadian!) ‘was a natural My six to ten-year.

target. : old peers singled me out for a lot of. abuse, and: can

“remember | that. there: ° “were .

times I felt~ I--couldn’t _ possible ‘survive: the cruelty ’ shown to me by. children who ~ - had the’ fortune: to be. here .. The. North - ‘Shore was a ‘very bigoted "place then, let me. assure .

; you, in case you feel that .

- bigotry is a recent invention in these parts. a

‘Mi THE KING!**

_. 1 know now that what : happened to me at the age of. .

- six was a natural evolution,

. perhaps accented by the war. . . Children the ages my peers were at that time are great _ competers. They are defin- _ ing their.own personalities in “competitive terms. ‘‘I’m the

. king of the castle, and you’re

- the dirty rascal’’ is an. old,

But bigotry dies,

and it’s quite normai.

| other races here in Canada, and 1. must admit that j.

old rhyme. ° Five and six and : seven year . olds are doing what an insecure adult ‘dees -

in adulthood- establishing © ‘themselves .and . -proving themselves. -- .-. Dorothy ©

Millichamp, a Toronto prof- -essor of child. studies,. says that this is the time that. children: should be doing it, ‘**So_ you get building the self by differing; defining the self. by contrast, which means arguing, dar- ing, boasting, competing.

There is-the bettering of self | at the expense of others -

on. And if there is prejudice | around, it is going to be put into action.”’

I guess the bigot i in children is natural, but I think the bigot in adults is here to stay. What place -in the world is not bigoted to those who would ‘come'to stay? ‘I.can’t think of any part of the globe that. is any readier than Canada to accept the influx

of Ugandan refugees or the.

exodus of the affluent from Hong Kong. Relocation ‘anywhere in the world is not easy, and there is a price to pay. If we are to continue to accept people from other parts of the world perhaps we should spend less. time beating our breasts about | Canadian bigotry . and more

time: preparing the immi-.

grant to handle at. “NO WAY TO DISAPPEAR |

‘There is:no way for an

‘immigrant to disappear into

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_ from _Canadians. _immigrants . that .

‘the colour of one’s skin, -are - not changeable. It is difficult

familiar with new. customs,

- without.

Some stick to ethnic neigh-

-almost the same as at home

one-upmanship, . Some fortunate -

_ homes, .

teasing,: picking on, telling their-children but rather by

able: to talk to and. under- -~< stand the people that they -

- bigotry is a very fundamental

- come here that_.there is

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the fabric of our life until he or she is indistinguishable the - rest of | For "tnany is. very Some things, like ©

difficult.

to learn a new language, and . even more soto shed an old One. It is hard to become

and to make new. friends - ‘and for many: immigrants ‘it “must be made a great deal harder by the grief of doing ‘loved ones. and _ familiar surroundings.

Some immigrants. never — adapt to the new country:

The government recommends that all new homes should have ; an insulation. \ rating, in-the ceiling of R20. To bring old homes up to this standard requires an additional — 4’’ to 6’’ of insulation in, the attic. Additional insulation, in-the walls is helpful, too.

Blown Celufibre, 6" thick, has an insulation rating of R20. This product is. CHMC : and CSA approved. it is non- ‘irritating, vermin and. fire resistant.

bourhoods, “where the language and’ customs are

and friends are easier made... “IT have worked with Italian - pipe layers who have been in Canada for twenty-five years and who speak, no English: immigrants are not enough to be young, and many of the oldsters live almost — as _- prisoners in their children’s kept there not- by

not being able to read bus - schedules and by not being °

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-meet outside. of their four. walls.

- Today. many: ‘people of:

various races and national- -. Aties are expériencing.harass- ~ -ment and cruelty. “Chinese | - and East Indian. people have

a lot harder row to hoe than I . .did, and I’m very glad I don’t. have to do it all-over again. — But I can't help thinking that

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_ human reaction, and perhaps.

we would be’ better: off. . teaching» those who would ~

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The North Vancouver- Seymour NDP Association has expressed its opposition to ‘‘the alienation of any park . land in: North Vancouver at time, in particular — “portions ...of | ‘Bridgman ‘and -

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‘at. Queen: Mary School on _ Capri [75 # up)

Friday, October 14. The vote ~

was in’response to a request |." «$49. bade

by the.North Shore Winter — o i - Club to obtain portions.of the cae ve . parks to. permit expansion of © “Collision Service Contre ye a

club facilities. ¢ . Comptote Rec.’ ‘Vehicle verve sal Storage - Seymour New Democrats . §

1.C.B.C, | “also clecte da new executive, a. Bimonlzing & Shampooing Spoctatt to. be led by Deborah § § MeNevin. McNevin, who was the Association's organizer “in the. last executive, told | § | ‘thembers that their priorities | _ should be to help prepare for | § the next federt! election, and to encourage former NDP’ members. to. renew their | support for the. party, .

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