News | TheReview Wednesday, July 3,1991 — A5 Meeting reminds Hunier of local issues Issues ranging from global warming to Asian youth gangs were taised at a public meeting held by Saanich-Gulf Island MP Lynn Hunter June 25 in Sidney. “The priorities in the Saanich- Gulf Islands are not the priorities in Ottawa. It’s always good to be reminded of that,” Hunter said after the meeting. Hunter just finished sitting on the Joint House Senate Committee on the amending formula for the constitution. She found many local residents see the constitution as a distant and irrelevant issue. “Tt isn’t irrelevant. It is how we live together,” she said. “The constitution is a lot more than Quebec, it is us and our relations.” Pressure from the Prime Minis- ter’s office led to many committee members rejecting the idea of a constituent assembly involving government members and ordinary Canadians, Hunter said. Instead, a committee of MPs and senators will tour the country col- lecting opinions on the constitu- tion, Hunter said. It is also essential for the gov- emment to listen to native people. “There’s a lot of anger out there,” Hunter said. Global warming is another urgent issue, Hunter said. “The news is so bad, you pre- tend it is not really happening.” Hunter sat on an all-party com- mittee on the environment which tabled a unanimous report on the issue in March. The committee recommended a 20 per cent reduction of CO2 emissions by the year 2050. Hunter has also proposed creat- ing a biosphere reserve on the Gulf Islands. The reserves are a Unesco concept to demonstrate sustainable development in selected areas. There are four such reserves worldwide, Hunter said. She criticized government claims that social programs are responsible for the increased costs of government. According to Sta- tistics Canada, the cost of social programs relative to the gross national product has not increased in the past 14 years. More financial woes are caused by high interest rates, the high Canadian dollar and tax breaks for corporations, Hunter said. “They’re not paying their fair share — you are,” she told the 40 people at the meeting in the Nell Horth room of the Sidney-North Saanich library. Hunter noted many Canadians no longer trust politicians. Residents asked about a possi- ble review of MP salaries and benefits, about a wharfinger at Swartz Bay and about immigration regulations affecting members of Asian youth gangs. Highway questions answered Referring a series of questions from the Curteis Point Community Association to the Ministry of Highways is the last official involvement of North Saanich council in the association’s efforts to change the interchange design at Lands End Road, Mayor Maurice Chazottes said Tuesday. “We submitted these technical questions, we got the answers back and we have passed them on to the property owners and that ends council’s direct involvement in SPCA find dogs in sheep kills Three dogs believed to be responsible for sheep mutilations in North Saanich were located and euthanized last week, SPCA inspector Rick West said. “No more sheep were killed but we tracked them down to where they came from,” West said Fn- day. “Three of the four dogs have now been dispatched.” A German shepherd/husky cross and a shepherd cross pup were turned over to the SPCA by the dog’s owners for euthanasia after the pair were tracked from Jack Burdge’s farm in the McTavish Road area, June 24. A third dog, a black retriever/ . collie cross, was put down by its owner June 25, West said. | Dieta | PAY TO A fourth dog, described as a tan terrier cross, is still on the loose but the SPCA have information as to its residency. “We have been assured co- operation by the owners,” West said. Almost a dozen sheep were either injured, killed, or had to be put down because of injuries, after dogs attacked them over a six- week period. SPCA officers were frustrated because the area the dogs roamed in is covered with dense vegetation and is difficult to patrol. Most of the attacks took place between McTavish Road and the south side of the Victoria Airport, west to West Saanich Road. this particular part of the ques- tion.” North Saanich council is still calling for a complete moratorium on the highway. Council also maintains that North Saanich municipal engineer Jack Parry should be involved in the design of the Lands End interchange. 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