Collins’ columns attacked by prof . AN ATTENTIVE audience jam- “ming. a Vancouver: hotel room ‘Monday heard controversial North Shore News columnist * Doug. Collins hotly: dispute “charges he knowingly misleads readers. By fan Noble News Reporter Lionel Kenner, a former. philoso- _ phy” professor “who brought the . charges. before the. B.C. Press Council, .said five ‘Collins articles concerning the. Holocaust.. were designed to mislead. That, he said, contravenes the first. : B.C. Press Council Code of Practice: which states “newspapers must guard against deliberate or careless publica- _— tion of inaccuracies or statements “ing The Hoax of the Twentieth Century, which is banned in Canada. . * Still, he believes ‘miny died “at Auschwitz and other Nazi concentra- tion camps. “T have no doubt about the horrors of Auschwitz. Collins said. “frm not: in any way sympathetic to the Nazi regime. ; However, the six-million figure i is used to deny people freedom of speech. Collins said. ” Collins added the same figure i is: profimble to some. people. saying Germany has had to make huge repa- rations to Israel. we “We'll never get at the truth with- ° out discussion, Collins/said, adding he. challenges .all: Kenner's con- tentions on the. basis of, the right to dissent. Barbs between, Kenner, and even the audience. were. often sharp. : * They reached. a “crescendo when . ° Kenner quoted “from an, April: 5 Collins column ‘ “There are lotsiof bad guys in the world, But ‘muzzling.: them. only Collins and lesigned to mislead.” ‘ Collins, who. readily agrees’ he dispu es the often-repeated concen-.. tration camp death toll of six, million’ *« Jews, countered he -believes he has “recorded everything honestly. |, “T’ have not ever consciously ss "makes. them worse. The Weimar republic tried to muzzle Hitler and failed. tt “even sent him to jail. But that only gave him the opportunity to write Mein Kampf and |: convert ~ all the 7 guards to. National: : Socialism ‘ . NEWS photos lan Noble ‘NEWS COLUMNIST Doug Collins (above left) defends his - controversial views during a press council hearing prompted by complaints from North Vancouver resident . Lionel’ Kenner (inset). Seated beside Collins .is News . managing editor Timothy Renshaw.: ; selected something i in order to distort -. the’ story,” Collins said. Kenner charged: that’ News publisher P Peter Speck and editor’. Timothy. Renshaw have cither’carelessly published or colluded: . ith Collins in publishing misleading statements. - But for Renshaw, the case boils down to bres freedoms. Renshaw i in a submission 10 B c. Press Council executive scere- - tary Gerry Porter. Renshaw invited Kenner to express his opinion to the paper. ~The referee-in this’ mud- slinging match is: the. British «- Columbia Press Council. a self-regulating body for newspaper the "Chairman: Robert Yanow said the te member council will “hand down its decision in 10 days. _oYanow expressed confidence the council can make a decision, ‘even though he acknowledges: council members are not experts ~ on the Holocaust. “We have five professional newspaper members on ‘the coun- ing ‘two bikini resolved,” said "Munroe. While council ‘adopted the negotiating principles - unanimously, Coun. Ernie ‘Crist wondered out loud whether the GVRD' s involvement would help'or hinder the treaty process. ©. Crist described the GVRD ‘as “an uninvited guest” at the treaty, table. with “a desire to be seen as the good guys.” Coun. Don Bell revealed that district council has been invited by Chief. ; Len George to meet with the Tsl¢il-waututh Nation (Burrard Band) “gov- to discuss a number of items including develop- o£ & Crist described the GVRD as: ‘any y uninvited guest’ at the “treaty table with, ‘a. desire to be seen as the - Booed guys.’ I : gics: News ‘does not have t to provide: Collins Bristman “The Nazis eniled up by. burning books. Today, Democratic Germany, conti seates ” books.” Kenner read.. “Hthat is nct a bovst for Hitler, 1 din’ te know what is.”said Kenner, 00. Collins: e led Kenner’ s remark ipposed tobe a professor of phi fous $ sake." said Collins. () “that estimates 300,000 were ; s Submitted the Tepon to the “But he.added the hat pulpit for’ ‘what Hed racist an ant: istorical columns, S : Bell a ked whether rasa matter srof pratocol coun cit should defer a decision on the GYRD treaty prin He A ended acceptance, of the GVRD p posal’ as a “motherhood sta ement” Which he’ inte _ preted us.a commitment to. “nege ue in good faith . in a’gentleperson way.” ; ; The Lower Mainland’ treaty ‘iegot t ~ ples adopted state: & thal the GVRD will panicipate in the n process in a spirit of fair-minded cooperation; &. that the GVRD réspect the. right ‘of aboriginal Jclaims in the context of their historical tights identi- ‘fied in the Canadian Constitution; including ‘the . “Charter. of Rights, the ‘case Jaw enunciated by the: Supreme Court of Canada and existing treaties’ in - » B.C, and other regions of Canadas. “BB that the GVRD is committéd to: resolving is issues of mutual concern and interest:to’ member cities, . _ municipalities. and electoral areas_ and aboriginal ", groups in a spirit of dialogue; negotiation, coopera- tien and mutual understanding: ; , . 8 that the GVRD will be fair and open- -minded’ with" "respect to the question‘of abcriginal modeis of self: governance within the geographicai: boundaries of ° the GVRD based on the principles of jurisdictional . - certainty and. the applicability.of provincial and regional environmental protection standards con- cerning air and water quality, solid and liquid waste, : action and disposal; ; ; * Bi that the GVRD and member municipalities will oe cooperate ‘with ‘aboriginal | groups. in? the, develop- ment. of aboriginal’ lands: within: the context. of GVRD policies on regional growth management, transportation man- agement, green zone management and economic ‘development strate- @ that the GVRD. respects the right of aboriginal g groups to use land with in their jurisdiction to further reasonable residential, commercial, indus- trial; recreational, ceremonial and other interest tation with the GVRD member municipaliti s and’ relevant provin-. cial/federal interests. . 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