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A7 TIMES-COLONIST Saturday, April 4, 1 987 rms, Arctic on agenda THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SAANICH ZONING BY-LAWS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons who deem their interest in property affected by the following proposed by-laws will be afforded an opportunity to be heard on matters contained therein at a PUBLIC HEARING to be held in the Council Chambers, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, on TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1987, at 7:30 p.m. A) "ZONING BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5813" To rezone a portion of Lot 2, Plan 1 81 64; Lots 1 and 2, Plan 4045, all of Section 43, Lake District (756 and 760 HALIBURTON ROAD and 783 CLAREMONT AVENUE) from Zone District A-1 (rural 2 ha) to Zone District RS-12 (single family dwelling 930 m2). WAS- 3 By Juliet O'Neill The Canadian Press WASHINGTON U.S. concern that Canada is not spending enough money on defence will be raised during President Ronald Reagan's visit with Prime Minister Mulroney in Ottawa, a U.S.

administration official said Friday. The State Department official gave a preview of the Sunday-Monday meeting at a White House background briefing, saying no agreements or joint statements have been prepared and it will be a business-like "summit without drama." Reagan will not bow to Mulroney's request for an acid rain controls program, no breakthrough is expected on a stalemate in Arctic sovereignty talks and the leaders will not discuss sticking points in the freer-trade negotiations, she said. She said Reagan plans to stick by his position that it is too early and costly to impose an acid rain controls program on U.S. industry because of imprecise scientific evidence and a need for development of more cost-effective technology. At a separate daily news conference, White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said "it's not the kind of summit where you go to reach agreements or make sweeping announcements" but it's a chance for annual discussions of joint problems and opportunities.

Asked if Reagan's first trip outside the United States in six months is going to be a test of his stature, Fitzwater replied: "I don't believe the president needs any tests. His stature is well confirmed by six years of activity." On defence issues, the State De- on a Conservative election pledge to boost Canadian defence spending by six per cent a year after inflation. In last year's budget, Finance Minister Michael Wilson put a 2.75-percent cap on real defence spending increases for 1986-87 and a two-percent a year limit on subsequent outlays. In a background paper on summit issues, U.S. officials said Canada's defence budget is $10.2 billion, "lower than any other NATO member except for Luxembourg and Iceland, which has no armed forces." It said Canada's armed forces of about 80,000 "are stretched thin." The official said the president and the prime minister will "review the status" of the three top bilateral issues acid rain, Arctic sovereignty and trade negotiations and discuss such international issues as arms control, terrorism and global economics.

She said "I don't think anybody dismisses acid rain as a problem" but Reagan can go no further at this time than keeping his pledge to Canada to seek $2.5 billion US from Congress for a five-year clean-coal technology program aimed at finding ways to reduce acid rain. She described as "a tough issue" the dispute between Canada and the United States over the Northwest Passage. The United States considers it an international waterway while Canada claims sovereignty over it. She said the United States is concerned about setting a precedent in similar disputes in other parts of the world. She said Mulroney and Reagan are not expected to engage in any negotiation-styled discussions about freer-trade talks but "will look at it as a status report" on the 10-month-old talks.

She rejected a suggestion that a no-deals summit could disappoint Canadians and hurt Mulroney politically, saying a show of steady friendship between Canada and the United States is important and valuable. "If that's not sexy, it really should be in a troubled world," she added. 5 i -a I I MMl B) "ZONING I I't BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5819" To rezone Lot Section 14, Victoria District, Plan 18174 (3749 CASEY DRIVE) from Zone District RS-6 (single family dwelling) Zone District RD-1 (two family dwelling). I GIANT Ronald Reagan puppet flashes his small Brian Mulroney puppet in face of a larger Mulroney during Ottawa street show.

agreed levels," the official said, referring to a pledge by the 16-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization to increase defence spending by three-per-cent annually after inflation. U.S. officials have been sore at the Mulroney government for reneging Bard approved for Nancy, Mila C) "ZONING BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5820" To rezone Lot Pt. Pel.

of 1 8, Section 9, Lake District, Plan 7 (4536 VIEWMONT AVENUE) from Zone District RS-10 (single family dwelling 780 m2) to Zone District RS-6 (single family dwelling 560 m2). OTTAWA President Ronald Reagan's officials gave their stamp of approval Friday to a revised dramatic performance that the students of Brookfield High School plan to put on for Nancy Reagan on Monday. Reagan's advance organizers had objected to a series of humorous skits that the students had prepared. The skits were to have been performed for Mrs. Reagan and Mila Mulroney when the two women visit the school.

The visit will take place while Reagan visits Prime Minister Mulroney. I. D) 1 1 "ZONING Japan tells Canada not to make rules on content of cars BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5821" To rezone Lot NW Pt. 5, Section 8A, Lake District, Plan 2255 (4355 VIEWMONT AVENUE) from Zone District M-2 (industrial) to Zone District A-1 (rural).

partment briefer said Reagan will ask Mulroney for his opinion on arms control negotiations and wants to discuss Canadian defence spending levels which the U.S. administration considers too low. "We think it's below alliance- But officials from both governments objected when they saw earlier this week that the skits involved joking pokes at both political leaders and their wives. There were also questions about whether the students would be ready in time. It was decided instead that the students would put on an excerpt from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Two of Reagans officials, four officials from Mulroney's office and about 15 Mounties on security detail showed up at the school Friday, recent years, but Canada feels it is tilted too heavily in Japan's favor. Last year, Canada's trade deficit with Japan soared to $1.7 billion from $368 million in 1985. Canada has not had a trade surplus with Japan since 1982. Japan's response was wary. "They told us that great efforts have been made to open the Japanese market to imports and that Canadian firms should try harder," said the Canadian official.

Nevertheless, Canadian officials said they were confident Japan would start buying more Canadian imports and making more Canadian investments, partly because of the recent rise in the value of the yen and partly because of Japan's huge trade surplus. "They have all this money," said one Canadian official. "They have to do something with it." The officials said Canada wanted Japan to invest more money in Canada, especially in manufacturing. Japanese investors have huge investments, more than $20 billion, in Canadian securities. However, direct Japanese investment totals only about $1.8 billion.

Canadian officials said they also pressed the Japanese to lift a tariff on Canadian spruce, fir and pine. Japan recently cut the tariff to eight per cent from 10 per cent, but Canada says that's not enough to allow fair competition against American hemlock, which enters Japan duty-free and is grabbing an increasing share of the market. 7 Cjlsif E) "ZONING BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5822" To rezone Lot Pt. 15, Section 108, Lake District, Plan 5710 (541 NORMANDY ROAD) from Zone District A-1 (rural 2 ha) to Zone District RS-8 (single family dwelling 665 drama teacher Michael Wilson said.

"They gave it the seal of approval." School principal Glen Pettinger had earlier said Brookfield students would have an opportunity to view the original skits at a separate performance before Nancy and Mila arrived, but that turns out not to be the case. Bomb destroys car and driver in Montreal The Canadian Press MONTREAL A powerful bomb exploded in a car as it was travelling along a west-end street Friday, destroying the vehicle and killing its driver. The driver, an unidentified man believed in his 60s, was blown through the roof of the car by the blast at the intersection of Van Home Avenue and Legare Street in the Cote-des-Neiges district, said Const. Gerald McGregor. The car travelled 76 metres after the explosion, hitting a parked car before it stopped, said McGregor.

The blast blew a gaping hole in the roof of the car, shattered its windows, bent the doors and left pieces of glass and shards of metal strewn in a radius of 80 metres. No arrests have been made and detectives haven't established a motive for the killing, said McGregor. Turner's aide shuffled out The Canadian Press OTTAWA Liberal Leader John Turner's press secretary of the last six months is being shuffled out of his job as the first part of office realignments. Dean Dussault, a former reporter for the Radio-Canada public affairs program Ce Soir, was named to the post in October. Dussault's duties will be taken over temporarily by Scott Sheppard, Turner's legislative adviser and close confidant, said Doug Richardson, Turner's principal secretary.

Dussault is taking a vacation and will not return to Turner's office at the end of his holiday, another Turner aide said Friday. slower but more reliable mail delivery standards. It would also raise postal rates annually to offset inflation. Union president Robert McGarry alleged in court documents that the business plan violates Canada Post Corp. Act obligations requiring the post office to: Provide same standards of service in communities of the same size.

Consult postal workers when drafting new post office policies. Maintain the corporate identity of the post office nationally. Canada Post disputed a claim by McGarry that there was a connection between the case and the decision by Canada Post earlier this week to remove McGarry from the agency's board of directors. The Corporation of the District of Saanich 770 Vernon Avenue Victoria, British Columbia, V8X 2W7 (604) 386-2241 FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 6-APRIL10, 1987 COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, April 6, 1987, 7:30 p.m., Council Chambers Appeals: Anyone wishing to register an appeal with Council must contact the Office of the Municipal Clerk prior to the Meeting. By-laws: 5790 4884 Cordova Bay Road rezon-ing.

5803: Noise Suppression By-law Amendment Shelbourne Plaza. 5818: Annual Loan Authorization By-law Amendment. 581 7: Officers and Employees Indemnity By-law Amendment. 5813: 756 and 760 Haliburton Road and 783 Claremont Avenue re-zoning. 581 9: 3749 Casey Drive rezoning.

5820: 4536 Viewmont Avenue rezoning. 5821 4355 Viewmont Avenue rezoning. 5822: 541 Normandy Road rezoning. 5823: 4114 Delmar Avenue rezoning. Committee Recommendations: Committee Items: 862 Sevenoaks Road rezoning to RD-1 (duplex).

3480 Quadra Street Development Permit. 4648 Elk Lake Drive Agricultural Land Reserve appeal. 5400 Pat Bay Highway Temporary Commercial Permit. CadboroGyro Park restriction of vehicle parking. 4095 Beam Crescent boulevard reduction.

Zoning By-law Amendment M-1 and M-3 (industrial) zones. Esquimau Secondary School grant. Mrs. Eleanor Wu grant. Tender 687 rental of trucks and equipment.

Douglas Street Shell Selects beer garden application. Annual Banquet and Awards. 4353 West Saanich Road Saanich War Memorial Health Centre Building Arch removal. Council Policy re problems with tree roots in drains. Municipal Act Section 996 Relative Clause Subdivision.

3340 Rolson Crescent tree roots in drain. Dog Faeces Signs. 774 Lavender Avenue by-law violations. Cordova Bay Road Directly East of Blenkinsop Road road curvature. 1 994 Commonwealth Games.

Municipal Awareness Week May 11-17, 1987. Parachute jump St. Michael's University School. 4354 Wilkinson Road Agricultural Land Reserve Appeal. Oldfield Valley water supply.

SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE TUESDAY, April 7, 1987 9:30 a.m., Committee Room No. 1 SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING Tuesday, April 7, 1987, 7:30 p.m. Council Chambers 1988, 1998, 2000 AND 2000A FERNDALE ROAO PARKS BOUNDARY PLAN A Special Committee of the Whole Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 7, 1987 to consider the parks boundary plan. For further details please contact the Office of the Municipal Clerk. m2).

F) The Canadian Press OTTAWA Japan has sternly warned the Canadian government not to impose Canadian content requirements on Japanese automakers, federal government officials said Friday. The warning came during a two-day meeting between senior Canadian and Japanese government officials, the seventh since 1976. "They gave us some messages," a Canadian official told reporters. "One was that there would be a dark cloud over investment in the automotive sector if there was a mandated, legislated content requirement." Ottawa is reviewing its automotive industry policies and faces heavy pressure from industry and labor to force Japanese car-makers to meet the same Canadian content requirements as North American firms. Hiroshi Kitamura, Japan's deputy minister for foreign economic affairs and the leader of Japan's delegation, later told reporters his country hoped its investment in Canada's automotive sector would "continue to grow in the desirable atmosphere which we have had so far." "If the local content requirments changed drastically, I think it would be a blow to Japanese investment in the automobile sector, but we hope this will not occur," he said.

Canada urged Japanese officials to make their market more open to Canadian goods and boost investment in Canadian manufacturing. Canada-Japan trade has boomed in Group mail The Canadian Press OTTAWA The Supreme Court of Ontario has thrown out a union case that charged that Canada Post's cost-conscious new mail delivery plan violates the law that transformed the post office into a Crown corporation in 1981. The case was lodged in large part to challenge the legality of installing group boxes in place of home delivery in new urban subdivisions. Canada Post is hailing the decision as a major vindication of its five-year plan, which has been caught up in political controversy since it was approved by the cabinet In November. Peter Mclnenly, general counsel for Canada Post, said Friday that the court dismissed the case because no serious evidence was presented to substantiate it.

a "ZONING BY-LAW, 1984, AMENDMENT BY-LAW, 1987, No. 5823" To rezone Lot Block 2, Section 13, Lake District, Plan 1 752 (41 14 DELMAR AVENUE) from Zone District RS-6 (560 m2) to Zone District RS-4 (single family dwelling 460 ii I i i i box challenge fails stings 1 Zli- schools 3 Oj pl ki V-y t-81 But the Letter Carriers' Union of Canada, which filed the challenge in December, says it foundered on technicalities and should not be viewed as judgment of the plan itself. "Basically, the court said you'd have to wait until the plan was implemented before it could be challenged," said union lawyer Jim Shields. The plan, designed to wipe out post office operating deficits by March 31, 1988, would not only make urban group boxes a permanent feature of future mail delivery but also revamp numerous other operations. The proposed changes include elimination of 8,700 union jobs, privatization of most urban and retail post office counter services, closure of a yet-to-be-decided number of urban and rural offices and adoption of A copy of the proposed by-laws and relevant reports may be inspected or obtained from the Clerks Office, Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Avenue, between the hours of 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, except Statutory Holidays. T. R. Kirk, CMC Municipal Clerk.