A\7 - Wednesday, December 19, 1984 - North Shore News a mailbox E< Collins wrong on Morgentaler jury Dear bditor Having had an opporlumits to read Dour Collins” latest mewlines ino vour December Sth issue To feel Compelled to respond Collins of Course is) not alone in musunderstandiny the fdture and funetion of the tury system) “fost lawvers and a predt many tudeves do not understand it either Chemical must be Dear Editor Two disastrous events in the past few weeks, the gas explosion in Mexico and the escape of deadly methyliso evanate pas in the city ot Bhopal in India have taken between them close to 3000 lives and ain the case ot Bhopal lett thousands with lives of untold misery ahead These two events should serve to jolt our Jocal govern ments into galvanic action to get the manutacture and storage of deadly substances out of our populated areas There is no place for them in our cities How many ex amples do we have to have to rid ourselves of this menace In Our midst? Small groups of concerned citizens such as the Chemical Hazards Alert Committee in North Vancouver have made ako I wall, tor the purposes of discussion only, take no issue with the tacts raised by Col- ans, although | am satustied that he has fallen into the ‘tap of accepting das fact cer- Tain Statements made in a pubhcation with a vers large axe to grind ino this matter and by that of course | mean ‘he Pro-lite Newspaper The Interim plants removed The efiminal justice system surely Pure tion oof OUT in fooentorce the lowest com mon denominator i public morality and the vury a the innerface between that system) and members of the public who are allezed to have violated that morality Honored to have served Dear Editor 1 wish to express sincere appreciation to all those members of the public who throughout the last two valiant efforts to thwart the years, when | was honoured manufacture and storage of to serve our beloved deadly chemicals in our Municipality as an Alder- midst In spite of the recom. man, gave me support and mendations of a Task Force encouragement on the manutacture and Ip particular, | would men- storage of hazardous /f6n the many Commis chemicals, that plants thay” sioners and Committee Manufacture such produc Members with whom I had be forced to move to isolated \ the pleasure to work. industrial parks, nothing hay \ The assistance of the ever been done to bring this \wanous Ratepaver Assoctia- about That was five vears tions was valuable | would ago In tact one such com. urge them to continue their pany overcame tworestrictive work for their fellow tax bylaws in court and are even in the process of increasing production and storage otf their products When is it our turn? [tas a safe bet that Umon Carbide will have to move that plant out of Bhopal What a price to pay to pet md of achemical plant C.F. Vage North Vancouver pavers and encourage them to take counsel together for imounity there is strength f would lke publicly to acknowledge the statt at Municipal Hall for ther un failing courtesy last, but not least. the Mavor and all I wish Aldermen the very best in 19S Doreen Blackburn West Vancouver Give the Gift of Fitness to yoursectt or. to a triend Great discounts & gitt centtth ates |. ltasthe jury that brings ro ttie Statute law that denominator ltas the only system in the world which can effet a change in the law in a specitic dnd given instance without general politigal Chanee whichis brought about emther bv ¢lection of by the force of anims General political brought about by election doves not necessarily result in laws being updated. upgrad ed or made more relevant to contempory societ) and of course having heard Doug Collins give evidence at the recent B.C. Press) Council Hearing he surely would not OCOMELOn change opt for a change ot law brought about by toree ot arms A jury 1s uniquely qualified and protected by law so that it may bring to the legal pro- cess the general mores of the community on the rather rare occasion when a jury is in volved between an accused and the full weight of the Crown It alsois uniquely Qualified tO protect an individual against constant legal har- rassments brought about by over-zealous politicans such as the Ontario Attorney General and his predecessor in Quebec Both of these gentlemen appealed and are appealing Henna or 720 Co Mango Ba anee (Dabs ( THE NATURAL CUT the hair and IS Cul exactly as ihe han talls 922-6161 vetdicts Moreentaler UTS acquitting bt Collins un fis article as aft VAP ChOUSEN TE OTITSES temtom that he talks about be- ing tried “Thy one’s peers” as @ situation which “used to be 4 fundamental part of Com mon law LOUTSE Yet he goes on fo port out that in the Quebeo acquittal all Ghureh vorne CGC atholhes, parents of large families, and people who had strong con vEetions were excluded trom the qurs Surely he i not expecting us tO belheve that these type of people are Morgentaler’s peers singe thev ate diametrically opposed in every respect to Morgentaler both tn education, background and behiet The definituon of peers as tound inp North America’s Leading Law Dictionary reads. in part as tollows as being each others equals, of of the same condiuion " Surely “Mero Collins. 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