4+ Friday, July 18, 1997 - North Shore News

Free speech motion deferred

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By Jolanda Waskito

Contributing Writer

NORTH Vancouver City council
on Monday deferred a motion to
condemn the “restriction on free
specch contained in the amend-
ment to the Human Rights Act”
for the second time,

‘Two months ago, council postponed
voting on the mation sail more informa:
tion about changes to the Human Rights
Act was received,

At Monday's inceting, counell sald it
now wanted more Information about the
Civil Rights Protection Act before “con:
demning” the provinelal government's
amendinents to the Human Rights Act,

A majority of councillors had previous:
ly been unsupportive of urging the provin-
cial government to drop charges against
Doug Collins and the North Shore News

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for a column entided Swindler's Last,
dubbed by some as anthSemide hate liter:
ature,

The case is being decided by a B.C.
Huntin Rights Council tribunal,

Coun, fohn Rraithwaite sald he talked
10-0 legal advisor who supgened he know
what fk contained in the Civil Rights
Protection Act before “condemning: the
restriction on free speech" in the amend:
ment to the Human Rts Act,

He then motioned fora deferment on a
decision while couneil seeks further intor-
mation Gn the Civil Mghts Protection Act.

Couneil voted 4-3 in
Braithwalte’s motion, Councillors Stella fo
Dean, Harbara Perrault and Bob Fearnley
opposed the mation,

“fodon't see what avoiding It will
achieve,” Fearnley said, “No one wants (o
be stuck in the position of defending Doug
Collins... but he's probably led some dis-
cussions in the kitchen about human

rights, We should be talking about this.”

favor af

Couns Barbara Perrault, like Fearnley,
had already made a decision and sald new
information would not change her mind,

“The issue is simple and very clear to
me: You can't have a Hide bie of democra-
cy,” Perrault said. “Our system has many
warts butt dome think we'd have it any
ather way. T think ies important dissident
voices are heard 4. they do havea dght to
be wrong.”

Coun. Barbara Sharp wanted to deter
the motion siace the issue, although a
“serious tople," is not Hime sensitive,

“It's not a matter of avold or delay,”
Sharp said, “{t's not something that has to
happen tomorrow, Free speech is going to
be there for a long, long time.

“Ifwe were to deal with it this evening,
T wouldn't support it because there's noth:
ing here that saye it inhibits free speech.”

Coun, Darrell Mussatta, also wanting a
deferment, said council needed to “balance
fee speech and one's right against open
discrimination.”

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