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Bob Mackin
News Reporter

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tures.

That's what West
Vancouver-Sunskine — Cuast
Reform MP John Reynolds
thinks it could take to reopen
Parliament this sssmmier for an
emergency sitting to act against
child pornography.

Reynolds is petitioning the
Liberal government to return
to Ottawa and invoke section
33 of the Charter of Rights and
Freedoms ~ the notwithstand-
ing clause --to overtum a
June 30 B.C, Court of Appeal
ruling against. the — child
pornography possession law.

GVRB

FREE bus tours of the
Capilano and Coquitlam
watersheds are being
offered to the public until
Sept. 12.

The Greater Vancouver
Regiunal District (GVRD)
drinking water sources are
generally closed to the public
but the regions! government
has been allowing organized

sipna-

The BC. Court of Appeal
upheld the acquittal of John
Robin Sharpe on wo counts of
possessing child pornography.

Sharpe was charged with
pwo counts of importation, sale
or possession of child pornogra-
phy for pwposes of sale or dis-
tribution and two counts of
simple possession. Sharpe lost
the challenge on the former two
counts and has yet to be mied.
But he succeeded in convincing
a B.C. Supreme Court judge in
January that his freedom of
thought, belief and expression
was violated when the porno-
graphic material was seized by
police.

The Ministry of Attorney
General launched an appeal
Thursday in the Supreme Court

watershed tours during the
last couple of years.

The tours, which this year
started last month, begin at 8
a.m. and 12:30 p.m. each day.
They are approximately four
hours long.

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key poinis, make up the tour
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of Canada, but Reynolds said a
decision may not come for wo
years, That's too long to wait,
he said.

“When (Supreme Court
justices) rule, we'll have ro
draft new Sevistation. In the
meantime, we shonld make
sure we've got a good law on
the books,” said Reynolds,
the opposition justice critic.
“We've waited six months for
{the B.C. Court of Appeal)
ruling and trials are being
delayed because the Crown
obviously doesn’t want to go
to court with people under
these kind of rulings.

“We believe we should
have the notwithstanding
clause and say this is the rule
of Parliament that this law

vation and components of che
water system.

Also offered this year are a
limited number of free special-
ty watershed tours which
involve walks of one to two
hours.

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Capilano — along with the
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should stand until we hear
from the Supreme Court.”

Parliament, he said. has
been revalled before to deal
with back-to-work legislation
for striking, workers, “ T think
the protection of our chil-
dren is as important 2s that,”
he said.

Earlier this year, 63
Liberal MPs petitioned Prime
Minister Jean Chretien to use
the noovithstanding clause.
Chretien and justice minister
Anne McLellan didn’t act
because they felt the lower
court’s ruling wouldn't be
upheld by higher courts.

Reynolds said he hopes to
launch the petition early next
week at his constituency
office in West Vancouver. He

fering free tours of watersheds

million Greater Vancouver
residents.

The tours run rain or
shine. Appropriate hiking
boots and clothes are ¢ssen-
tial. Participants should also
bring cameras and snacks.

To register, or to get more
information, call 432-6430
between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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across the nation.

Petition forms will be seat
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