62 “Wednesday, ‘January 8, 1986 = North Shore News.

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Whose rights?

. ncouraged by the Charter, everyone to-

day is loudly insisting on his or her
“rights”, though paying scant attention
to the other side of the same coin — his or her

: responsibilities.

_ More and more often this seems likely to lead

_to-a question which the Charter DOESN’T

_ answer: when two rights are in conflict, whose
takes priority?

: For example, the owner of rental accom-
- modation has the right to decide he doesn’t
want tenants ‘with young children. But tnat’s

_ also discrimination on grounds of age against

: the rights of children. Whose rights should,

~ prevail?

’ The Charter guarantees everyone the right
of freedom of expression. Yet an employer
advertising for a filing clerk is forbidden — on
grounds of both age and sexual discrimination
— to state.in plain. English that it’s a junior

‘position fora’ girl just starting out. Whose"

5 rights: are: being ;violeted?::

A dentist rejects. a@ patient he thinks s may have .
the: AIDS: virus. That’s: discrimination -on |.”

grounds of an unproven disability if the, patient

matter: of natural:
ffectively.

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“SHE'S RELIGIOUS but she. doesn’t t seem like’ it.
at all: She’s awfully nice,’ said our teenage Visitor,

talking. admiringly about her, friend’s ‘mother.

I remembered a cosy. chat, : i hey: wonder, do we:
last fall‘about life in general ©

with my son-in-law. You're”.

quite religious,'aren’t you?’’

he asked at one point. His ©
‘voice was sympathetic, imply- -
"ing. that. he-didn’t personally

hold it-against.me.
There’s something a bit odd

“here ina country where weil-;:
ver 90 per cent of the popula-.*

., tion‘claimed ;SOME religion

“on their’ 1981. census-forms.

Among. the’ "24, 083, 500
heads ‘counted ‘at’ that . ‘time,

21,678;750: ‘or 90:per “cent) Z
themselves: Sass.
*. ‘adherents ‘of one or other of:

Canada’s.35. different” ‘Chris.
tian denominations and sects,

. _ Of the.other 2,404,750, one °:
"Jin ‘four was | Jewish” ora:
“follower” of. some. Eastern ©
religion, leaving only: seven: :
‘and-a-half per cent.as the of- :
ficial. unbelievers:” ‘
2. It‘doesn’t take. 20- 20 -
. ‘eyésight to‘note:that the vast |:
“majority of Canadian Chris-

tians make a sharp distinction

: between recording their faith
on census forms. and practis-

ing-it formally. Like my teen
friend and my son-in-law, they
tend to regard. today's chur-

chgoing minority as slightly -
suspect oddballs. ‘

“LETTER OF THE DAY.

Dear Editor: -- .
Now,’.for the. first time,

when I cast my: vote provin-

cially and municipally, 1 will

.be happy. —. knowing that

everyone voting will. be. a
Canadian citizen like myself.

Lest a milestone, a signifi-
cant point in the development
of the province of British Col-
umbia go unheralded, let me

“wish all Canadian citizens, and

: on Sunday almost as ezr-

sonally, 1 go.to church twice

* amonth or s because r LIKE ;

like the people - _ warm,

interesting folk of: all: VAges, -

types and occupations, many
of: whom . would’ surprise
teenager and son-in-law even
more than.I do. i value them
as friends. .

I like the practical help and
comfort they constantly bring,
especially when ie’ s needed

all those: who. want: to be
Canadian. -citizens, peace,
goodwill and. prosperity ‘for
1986 and always.

To my great happiness and

relief, the Social.’ Credit.
government finally - passed: .
legislation requiring that all. -
voters in Vancouver City (and.
every municipality in British’.
Columbia) be “a Canadian --

citizen to‘ vote.

vote in . the’

most; tos so. ‘many | aeighbours

both: inside: and. outside. the.

church.
I tike the’ tinhurried dignity

form. and. ritual of the,
~ Anglican service — a'soothi
ly asthe’ ares to boaters and “

: PPI
oo elsewhere. - They. add -cotor,:

meaning and direction to.]

‘courts,’ at weddings and. an-""
‘niversaries, on: Canada Day-
‘and Remembrance Day - not

to mention Burns Night and
Grey Cup!

». L-have no trouble with ‘the g
‘education...

Bible. I accept it primarily as
a history book, recording —
albeit in lyrical and allegorical
language — the events of a an-

‘This long overdue legisla-
tion follows the earlier legisla-
tion requiring that all votevs in

the province of British Colum--

bia be Canadian citizens to
provincial
elections. '

Now, all: voters in. B.C.
must be Canadian citizens to
vote federally, provincially,
and municipally.

Having actively worked for

cient. times: as’ the writers of: :

~ those days saw them. I believe:
pod

society ‘and. value: ‘system ‘for .

‘2,000 years. To.grow. up ig-
_Norant of its story and ritual . :
a.

“ins any: youngster's ;

~~ But then; as my son-in-law
will tell you, Pn an eccentric,
1 80. to church. Sony

this legistation over the past 10°.
years — submitting briefs to:
Royal Commissions,’ letters
and resolutions to the provin-
cial government, lectures and
literature to all who. would’.
listen’ -—- I-can happily, close
this file. aa
Happy New. Year British.

- Columbia! .

Eleanor L. Hadley
Vancouver