He whe fia) hts { ie ava, ayer! se oynes the cli se poker ngers to the rescue Other proposals ranged from. ereciing more fences to filling in the creek’s pools and outlawing the practice of cliff jumping in the canyen. Prohibitions defeat their original purpose of discourag- 1 HOUGH it is still early in the an- nual Lynn Canyon carmage season, A. the allocation of a summer park ranger squad to the park is helping to head off potential problems in the treach- erous wilderncss area. i As reported in the June 18 News, the three-member ranger ‘team, which was hired by North Vancouver District earlier this year, is helping to decrease the use of alcohol and drugs in the park. And substance abuse is one of the main contributing factors to injuries sustained by misguided thrill-seekers who underestimate the raw power of Lynn: Creek’s. swift currents and unpredictable ' whirlpools. The ranger solution is the most sensible of the many proposed to reduce death and injury in the park. and restrictions usually ing th: foolhardy from self-destructive acts. As the ranger squad is helping to prove, the most workable solution is to raise public awareness of the dangers presented by the wilderness area. Knowledge appeals to common sense and places the responsibility for personal safety on the shoulders of individuals rather than on those of the authorities, who are usually ill-equipped or unsuited to bear that responsibility. Rangers to the rescue. LETTER OF THE DAY Army acted as peacekeepers in Quebec Dear Editor: Your editorial of Friday, June 4 (News Viewpoint) refers to the Canadian army in the Oka situa- tion, “The small group of- (armed) Mohawks standing their ground’’ were-in a dispute with the QPP; Publisher . Managing Editor . Associate Editor Sales & Marketing Director. Comptroller... ... .Peter Speck _ Timothy Renshaw Noe}! Wright Linda Stewart .Doug Foot one man had been killed. The army. was called in by the Quebec government as ‘“‘aid to the civil power,’’ and never fired a shot. Far from being ‘‘heavy- handed,”’ they were peacekeepers. St. Pierre in the same paper refers to Britan’s ‘‘abandon- Display Advertising 980-0511 Reat Estate Advertising 985-6982 Newsroom 885-2131 Distribution Subscriptions 986-1337. Classified Advertising 986-6222 Fax Administration 985-2131 ment’? of Czechoslovakia in 1938. What would he have had them do? Britain was almost completely unarmed, Germany heavily and- completely armed. F.H. Howard North Vancouver oe 5d wD area This newspaper 985-3227 BAY contains ‘ recycled libre 986-1337 North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent! suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph il of the Excise Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday arid Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid. and distributed to every door on tne North Shore. Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Saies Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing cates available on request. Sudmissions are welcome but we Cannot accep! responsibility for unsolicited maternal inciuding manuscripts and pictures which should be accompanied by a stamped. addressed envelope. V7M 2H4 fe wee on wert ano whet vanecouven 1139 Lonsaale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. MEMBER SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average circulation, Wednesday. Friday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1993 North Shore Free Press Lid. Alt. rights reserved. ONE FAVORITE ploy of a majority government intent on ramming 2 contentious bill through Parliament or the Legislature is to delay introducing it until shortly before an expected adjournment, The theory being that Opposi- tion members — just as keen to start their break as their govern- ‘ment foes — will not hold up debate and passage of the bill beyond the date planned for end- ing the session. A recent example — now being challenged in the courts by the National Citizens Coalition — was the federal government’s ban on election advertising costing more than $1,000 by anyone except a recognized political party. This gag law had finally been sneaked through Parliament in minutes on the day before the Easter recess. An even worse example now threatens in B.C. with the Har- court government’s infamous Bill 33, the Human Rights Amend. ment Act. Under the guise of ‘fighting racism) and sexism’? the bill in ef- fect robs B.C. citizens of freedom of expression, especially in the media. It removes the recognition in the existing Human Rights Act of free expression of opinion. And it forbids the publication of any statement that indicates discrimination or is likely to ex- pose a person, group or class of persons to hatred — thus clearly empowering government- appointed human rights tribunals to police B.C. media. The chances of successfully challenging the bill in the courts as a violation of the Charter of Rights would appear excellent. | But why should any citizen, publication or broadcasting sta-' tion be put to the considerable expense in money and time of a iegal appeal in order to defend a right already guaranteed federally? For our Politically Correct NDP thinkers the answer, of course, is that Bill 33 could at least make the exercise of that right too cost- ly a hassle for the faint-hearted. This B.C. gag law is now Leing hustled towards its final passage before the Legislature adjourns for the summer in early July — which places a heavy onus on Liberal and Socred Opposition members. They can't ultimately defeat it. But if they’re ready to sacrifice their summer break, they CAN keep the House sitting and do much te delay it, especially during the all-important committee ex- amination. And they can also inflict well- deserved damage on the govern- HITHER AND YON ment by forcing it to invoke closure at various stages, thus highlighting for all of Canada a blatantly anti-democratic measure which would-be dictator Mike Harcourt and gang hoped to slip through almost unnoticed. This is a litmus test for you, Gorden Wilson, David Mitchell and Jack Weisgerber. Forget the beuch, boat or cottage — stay on the job! WRAP-UP: Registration (boys and girls 6-16) for fall season flag and contact football with GS Football Assn. takes place Satur- day, June 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Park Roya! North. ... Also in Park Royal Sunday and Monday, _ June 27-28, Capiiano Flower Ar-: ranging Club holds its Floral Art Show. ... Salute Cap College’s Nico Berg and Silvana Burtini, winners of Scholar-Athlete All Canadian Awards for top athletes with very high course grades — . only 20 are conferred annually on students chosen from 9! colleges across Canada. ... Happy birthday today, June 25, to West Van Kiwanians David Morgans and Ron Sidaway, and to Mt. ‘ Seymour Lion David Mynott And many happy returns of” tomorrow, June 26, to yet another West Van Kiwanian, Ken MciIn- tosh. WRIGHT OR WRONG: If we listened to ourselves oftener, most of us s would talk ¢ a whole lot less.