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“For anybody interested in what shape
and form the municipal election might
take this fall — look no more. Council is
' going to turn down any suggestion for a
referendum to expand the library.

This nicely clears the path for
council’s big wish — the construction of
a community hall and convention centre.
Such a building figures prominently in
council’s planning. It's devoted a sum of
money to study similar centres in other
cities. There’s even some solid reasoning
behind the proposal as conventions are
seen as a way of stimulating the local
economy.

One reason put forward for dumping
‘the library referendum plan until next
year is the lack of petitions and other
signs of support. Funny. There hasn’t
exactly been that kind of evidence in sup-
port of a convention and community

One - way to-take the measure of a
country. cis. to look, at_the common
denominators that ‘appeal to its citizens.
‘In Canada’ S case it’s hockey — the game
we call our own. As fractious as other
things become, hockey serves to unite
the country in a way nothing else can.

Sadly, one arm of the CBC is failing in
‘that regard. Radio Canada, the French-
language arm of the national network, is
only airing those games played by the
Montreal Canadiens. To watch Radio-
Canada is to assume there is only one
team of importance in this year’s Stanley
Cup. .

- Radio-Canada does admit that last
year it did show games other than those

Election hint

- Shut

centre.

What’s happening is a careful plan by
council members to promote what might
be the most attractive to voters and
ultimately, the most attractive to
themselves in their quest to return to of-
fice,

Some months ago it was suggested the
provincial government was casting
around for a large project to support.
The scheme would fit council’s election.
plans and those of the provincial govern-
ment, .

At that time, the project was said to be
a community centre or a new overpass.
Already, the province has promised a
study on a new overpass this year to be
considered in next year’s construction
plans. That’s a nifty little package to
present to voters — a convention centre
followed next year by an overpass... It
must be great to be a politician. :

in which the Montreal Canadiens played.’
It hasn’t come up with an explanation of *
why it isn t doing the same ‘this year. It's .
also a mystery because ‘one of ‘the | :
reasons the CBC was created was to act -
as a unifying force by spreading news,
information and lifestyles across the
whole country.

_ Of course, the lack of hockey on one
national TV network won’t cause the
country to crumble. But it is a sign there
are walls erected that then create cultural
ghettos. A hockey fan is a hockey fan

regardless of team allegiance or language ..

spoken. And a country is a country
regardless of regional allegiance or
Janguage spoken.

Word to the wise

If you've ever been interview-
ed for radio or TV, you know
the panic that disengages the

Through

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mouth from the brain, leaving
the tongue to its own devices, Bifocals
, a
that's why I envy media peo- ny Clqudette Sandeck

ple like Valerie Pringle or Vicki

Gabereau who can chat non-
stop without tangling their
words.

**flocks’? of hogs.
In the second case, a Kelowna

in time — is ‘“‘like’’, the word
which makes up half of a

oe

SRA

_ Carmanah decision

— does make sense

a ‘{CTORIA — Environmen- .
talists aren't exactly over-
 «whelmed and MacBlo isn’t

.. very impressed either, but with
“apologies to both, I’m quite:

«happy with the decision on the
. future of the Carmanah Valley
- and so,-I suspect, is she ma-.

‘jority of British Columbians: ”

The compromise decision
will result in the creation of a
new 3,600-hectare, class A
park, in the southern half of
the valley. The park will sur-
round and protect the groves
of giant, old-growth Sitka
spruce trees,

It is those magnificent trees

that sparked the controversy

over the Carmanah, a watersh-
ed valley on Vancouver Island.
The battle raged for more than
two years, as the combatants

- tried every trick in the book to

get public support for their
cause.

On the one side were the en-
vironmentalists who wanted
the entire valley preserved. On
the other side was MacMillan
Bloedel, which originally
wanted to set aside only a
puny 530-hectare ribbon con-
taining the giant spruce, and
log the rest. Loggers who
feared for their jobs sided with
the company.

Caught in the middle were
the politicians, Scoreds as well

. as New Democrats. The

government’s problem was that
there was no solution that
would satisfy everybody. A
classic compromise was clearly

Still, there are these who ut-
" ter-oddball sentiments through
inadvertent slips.

Onee,: while. watching a TV
World ‘Wrestling Federation
+ match, I heard the commen-
‘tator say, “Oh, ouch, he’s gota
temporarily broken nose,”
Temporary means “lasting fora
limited time'’,. Bet six weeks

reporter told how an over-sized
tire had broken free from the
flatbed truck on which it was
being transported. The tire
bounced down a hill away from
the highway, smashed through
several fences, and slammed in-
. to a cow after rolling across
a‘‘cow field”. Any prairie kid
of five knows fields are for

called for, and that’s what we
got.

The NDP faced a different
problem, one of image, On the
one hand, the NDP fanicies
‘itself the party most sensitive
- to environmental concerns; on
the other hand, it can ill-
afford to alienate loggers, '

teenager’s vocabulary. Like can
be hazardous in my occupation
where I do a lot of custom
work. ;
Imagine my difficulty deter-
mining how to deal with motar-
cycle seat when the customer
says, “Build the foam up,
like”, and flutters his hands like

a magician floating a scarf over

whom it considers amoiig its

? .
didn t feel ant metane air grains, pastures are for cows a box. Then he swoops one most ardent supporters.
uF ected: roboscis 6 and other large livestock. hand along the seat’s outer | And while the government
are when Broadens + News 1 expect professional . an- curve. “trim the foam, like’. has crossed the major hurdles,

from Toronto’ preceded - the
local CFTK Radio news to

-nenuncers to be. sufficiently at
ease {to concentrate on the
substance of what they’re say-

And with these nebulous | in-
structions he. expects ‘me to
mutilate his $200. Yamaha seat

as far as the Carmanah issue is
concerned, the NDP, isn’t out
of the. woods yet, 50 to Speak.

report on an early morning fire
in Montreal, ‘the newscaster
‘remarked on the seriousness of ;
the. blaze, but noted there had
- been no deaths.. All occupants

ing, rather than on what sort of
impression they're making on
‘their audience.

Sometimes I expect too

In a wonderfully Machiavellian
move, the Socreds will try to
nail the opposition’s collective

with a razor-sharp knife?
Give me the written word,
with the chance to revise it.

From the

Capltal
by Hubert Beyer

hide to the wall, .
Rather than simply declaring

the area a park, which it could

have easily done, the govern-

-ment decided to do it by way

of legislation. The difference is
that a cabinet order
establishing the park would
have been the final act, while
legislation is subject to debate
in the House. And that’s
where the Socreds hope to em-
barrass the NDP,

Forest minister Claude Rich-
mond says the issue is so im-
portant that every MLA
should have a chance to speak
to it. Sure, Claude. The deci-
sion to go the legislative route

. wouldn’t have anything to do

with the NDP’s dilemma of .
wanting to. be pro-environment
without getting some of their
biggest supporters mad at
them, would it? .

Watch for some fancy foot-
work, as the NDP will try to
steer through this nasty little
minefield. So far, the NDP
plans to oppose the bill that is
to create the new park, a posi-
tion that's not going to go
over too well,

Opposition leader Mike Har-
court kekeps tatking about his
proposed environment and jab
accord, according to which all
the players in the land-use
game should sit down and
work out solutions. In fact, he
uses the accord to avoid a
direct answer to the question
of what he would have done
with the Carmanah Valley,

Noble as the accord idea
sounds, it won’t fly, not here
in British Columbia. There's
simply no way our hard-nosed
environmentalists will ever be
able to come to an agreement
with Jack. Munro and his boys.
Both want all or nothing..

Meanwhile, MacBlo keeps

hammering the. government for
having caved in to the en- .-
vironmentalists, and maybe it

has. There’s a good chance

that no tree will ever be cut in.
the entire Carmanah Valley.; ;
Stan Coleman, manager of
land use for MacMillan.
Bloedel, says he fears that _
future conflicts wilt be solved
in a similar manner, taking:
more and more productive
forest land away from his .
company. a
The commitment to allow. an
logging the northern part ‘of.

the valley may be ultimately.“

meaningless because the .. '
government says no logging

will take place until further

studies are completed, Rich- -:".:
mond says logging will proceed »
only if no damage results to -: |
the park. And to make sure-
that there’s no damage, the:
Process will be monitored by a:
a public advisory group.

As for the public, the great
unwashed, the people who
have no direct stake in the--:
Carmanah or any other water-
shed, the government's solu- ©
tion was the only one that no
makes sense.

Inherent in any compromise;
a problem-solving mechanism:
in which Canadians are sup-.
posed to excel, is the disap-
pointment of those who have:
extreme positions. The majori-
ty, however, always benefits °
from a compromise, and this.
one is no exception. Sto

Canada’s biggest trees, the... ;
giant Sitka spruce, are safe, _ -

British Columbians get. anoaer .

beautiful. park, the cause of.
environmentalism has been .
somewhat advanced.and Mace .

_ Millan Bloedel will get com. -“’

pensation ‘for some of the land,
-it cannot log, You: couldn't...)
really ask for much more...

much, Following a taped seg-
ment dealing with rental hous-
ing in B, C., a local announcer .
noted prices of rental accom-
modation had been “plum-
meting up and down", .

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‘HAVE HEATED GARAGES ©
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been “‘rescuized’’ by firemen,
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id... announcements. ‘George and
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iing.a story on the financial dif-- announce the birth of their new
culties Saskatchewan hog pro-  baby..,”" Has any: Woman ever
ducers face since Free Trade given birth to a secondhand or
“tilted: their playing field old baby?
skyward, To curb their losses, The epitome of useless ex-
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