4 — Wednesday, November 26, 1997 — North Shore News Collins brings speech fight to NV cii Coalition’s presentation countered Jolanda Waskito Contributing Writer NORTH Vancouver City council may have allowed ex-North Shore News columnist Doug Collins to speak at Monday’s council meeting but it had nothing to say to him afterwards. Council had no questions or comments for Collins after RETIRED News colum- nist Doug Coliins ... B.C. Human Rights Act is the “most dangerous threat to the freedom of the . press...” . he addressed comments made at a Sept. 22 council meeting by B.C: Human _ Rights Coalition. president Susan O’Donnell (O’Donnell had urged council to recorisider its July 28 motion tc ccoidernn ‘How much will changes to B.C.’s Human Rights Act). There wasn’t much reac- dion from the crowd either. Only 16 people who attended the meeting heard Collins’ 10-minute speech, and not all were there to hear him but were waiting for dis- cussions of other agenda mat- ters, In his address to council, Collins congratulated it for “not backing down on your resolution to condemn the B.C. Human Rights Act — which is the most dangerous threat to the freedom of the press and freedom of expres- sion since the Alberta Press Act went down to defeat at the hands of the courts in 1938.” He called Lionel Kenner _ who introduced O'Donnell to council and wrote what Collins described as 2 10-page “libellous letter about me” to council — “Dr. Venom.” Of Kenner he said that “his arrogance is monumenial .« he told council it was not their’ business to defend democracy. He claims to hate hatred but is a hatemonger himself.” In addressing O’Donnell’s comments, Collins said her use of the word hate was fre- quent “but no one can define what hate is, so we are left with knowing hate when we see it. Just tike the fellow who couldn’t say what good music was but knew it when he heard it. It comes down to a . matter of opinion. Some hatreds are permitted; some are not. ... “Half a century after the war it still seems to be OK to hate Germans,” he said. “judging by what we sce com- ing out of Hollywood, It’s also OK to hate the right wing but not OK to hate the left.” Collins also pointed out that, for defendants, there is a huge legal liability associated with being hauled before a B.C. Human Rights tribunal and no possibility of recover- ing those legal costs, “which is what happened in the case of the News.” He added that com- * plainants, on the other hand, are eligible for Legal Aid and thereby face no similar finan- AAMCO Centres have certified technicians with state-of-the-art diagnostic tools. Len Demers, new owner & operator is happy to = announce that Aamco is snow open Saturdayst Unlock their academic potential Average doesn’t cut ic § 7 anvmore. 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