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January 20, 1988
40°

Vol. 51, No. 1

‘1 Protest slams
rf Sunshine Goas
ferry run cuts

Sunshine Coast resident Jim Dinn (inset) uses pun to make point at demonstration of some 150 at the Langdale ferry
terminal Jan. 18. British Columbians from Powell River south to Gibsons face increased costs and complications following
the decision of B.C. Ferries Corp. to cut the mid-morning sailing from the terminal. The cut, implemented Jan. 1, lasts until
April and means Sunshine Coast dwellers must plan for overnight trips to Greater Vancouver for services, including
necessary medical treatment. Representatives of labour (including Sunshine Coast Labour Council's Bill Peterson, above),
business and community groups, local government, and from all political stripes hit the cutback and pledged to pursue the
matter to Premier Bill Vander Zalm’s doorstep. Story on page 2.

Tories
sacrifice
Arctic

to U.S.

strategy
west

By MARK SYDNEY

It was another day of infamy for Canada
and the Tory government.

Without even a whimper of protest,
External Affairs Minister Joe Clark signed
away any claims to Canadian sovereignty
over Canadian waters. And along with that,
the Tory government moved a step closer to
total integration with U.S first strike mil-
itary strategy.

Clark’s seven-hour meeting with U.S.
Secretary of State George Shultz Jan. 11 in
Ottawa was capped with the signing of what
the two governments called “an agreement
on Arctic co-operation.”

Under the terms of the agreement, the
United States is prepared to recognize the
“uniqueness of ice-covered maritime areas”
(Canadian Arctic waters). Following from
this, the U.S. will apparently have to seek
and obtain Canadian consent on each occa-
sion before its icebreakers can travel
through the Northwest Passage.

see ARCTIC page 3

Firestone
closure:
just the

‘beginning

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