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8 - Friday, March 8, 1985 - North Shore News

T he censorship test

ecently, 1 suggested that you write to your
R MP about two things: the banning of
political books by bureaucrats, and the at-
tack on freedom of speech as exemplified in the

Ernst Zuendel case.

(Zuendel was charged with
‘spreading false news’ with
regard to the Holocaust, and
has now been convicted.)

Eager to followe my own
advice, I wrote to Mary Col-
lins, the MP for Capilano,
and Chuck Cook of North
Vancouver-Burnaby.

As far as getting any ac-
tion was concerned, the ex-
ercise was a waste of time.
But it was instructive regar-
ding the ways of MP’s who
have no intention of rocking
parliamentary boats or
upsetting anyone who could
advance their careers.

. “Cook invited
| me to have a:

_ talk with -him.

| And: his answer

to. both questions.

"was No.”

fof provided | our gallant
‘tribunes. with copies of the

relevant columns, and posed,

‘t these queries:

| ‘twill you raise these. two

l issues’ in the House, and

; campaign to remove an ar-
bitrary authority from the
jurisdiction of bureaucrats
(with special reference to
book-banning). and cam-
paign also for the removal of
Section 177 from the Crimi-
nal: Code?’’ (Section 177 is
the law under which Zuendel
was charged.)

- Cook invited me to have a
talk with him. And_ his
answer to both questions
was No.

When my letter was writ-
ten, Mary Collins was swan-
ning around Japan or some
place with Joe Clark. Or she
may have reached Indonesia,
where she helped to waste
some foreign aid money. But

Derek Holton

Section 2
_ bargepole. The prospect of.
incurring the wrath of . the

‘victed

on her return, she gave me a
time-honored brush-off.

The Zuendel matter, she
said, was before the courts,
so she couldn't comment on
it. But it was good to hear
from me. (The book-bann-
ing thing she ignored entire-
ly.}

Her excuse was triple
tripe. | wasn’t asking her to
comment on the man’s guilt
or innocence, but on the
stupid law under which he
was charged. And ! was ask-
ing her to raise the issue in
parliament, which is where
the laws are made {in case
that hasn’t occurred (o her
yet).

(For her information, too,
she can raise any issue in
parliament, | because MP’s
have partiamentary immuni-
ty.) :

Perhaps 1 worry too
much. But what she really
means, I think, is that she
won’t touch Zuendel and
177 with a

Canadian Jewish Congress is
not one that appeals to her.
Nor, dogs she. want Brian
Baloney frowning
direction. Those ain't. the
ways to fame and fortune.

As already hinted, the talk
with Cook showed that he’s
not going to tilt at any
windmills, efther.

He would defend Section
{77, it being so good. And
he will not raise the censor-
ship issue because he believes
that the pornography thing
is more important. Couldn't
he raise both? No. He needs
more facts, (So do we all, so
do we all.)

What about Zuende!
and free speech? Well,
Zuendel couldn’t be con-
for knowingly
spreading false news because
he clearly believed what he
was saying about the
Holocaust. Couldn't,

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Chuck?) Well, shouldn't
And even if he were, he
could appeal. (Gee, I hadn't
thought of that, Chuck.)

Bu: in the censorship
issue, Chuck is with me.
Censorship of things politi-
cal is bad, That’s what the
man said. However, he
won't take thai up either
because there isn't much be-
ing prohibited at the mo-
ment. (How much is much,
Chuck?)

At this stage in our in-
terlocution, he had a bright
thought. He’s the party whip
and, traditionally, party
whips don’t raise controver-
sial issues.

There you have it. Even if
it isn’t properly cooked.

Meanwhile, Mary Collins
said she'd be reviewing the
issues I raised.

Let’s not hotd our breath.

‘in. her |

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