The Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
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issued: 2024-02-22
issued: 1992-10-22
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note: — ^—— — : HowSu|pf Brian asked t-?*7***iWt^* MURRAYVILLE - Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be getting a letter from Langley. Council members here voted unanimoustyMhis week to write Mulroney and ask him a simple question: How much is the promotion of the 'yes-no' referendum question going to cost the Canadian taxpayer. It has already been disclosed that the making of the Charlottetown 'deal' will cost somewhere between $150- and $200-million, but councilors here, spurred on by Aubrey Searle, want to know how much the promotional campaign is going to cost. By the time they get their answer, it'll be all over. VOL.34 NO.42 THURSDAY. OCT.22.1992 Established 1957 3089-272nd Street Fax:856-5212 Phone:856-8303 Let's pull as one, local Grit urges By KURT LANGMANN ALDERGROVE - Local Liberal MLA Gary Farrell-Collins says Monday's constitutional referendum asks "the type of questions that won't bring us together. It's time we stopped being' hyphenated Canadians, time we worked together. If we're buying into this country we're equal to every other Canadian, we all have the same rights. I don't believe in dividing us on racial or ethnic lines." He spoke to the Aldergrove Chamber of Commerce meeting last week. While the provincial chamber board has endorsed the accord, the local chamber has not chosen to take a stand on the issue. Farrell-Collins brought his arguments for a No vote to a largely sympathetic audience. He MLA Gary Farrell-Collins says his "heart says yes, but his head says no." said westerners are "alienated" because "nobody (in Ottawa) hears what we have to say about monetary i policy and 'taxation" among other concerns. Since the largest population base is in Central Canada, "politicians pay close attention to what goes on in Ontario and Quebec." This resulted in higher interest rates for the benefit of Central Canada when their economies were overheating and inflation was rising, even though B.C. as an export-dependent economy, trying to recover from a recess…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Rudy Langmann, April 9, 2003.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
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