WHIT this country
needs is more human
rights.

And more human rights

* commissions.
Aad more human rights

. tribunals.

And more government
“meddlers telling you how to
~ act and what to say and how

to say it.
. Ye being such an oatish
_ ignorant Jot, according to
government deep thinkers.
’ On the national front, for
‘example, a recent report
- from a four-member
Canadian Human Rights Act
:, Review Panel presents 165
‘recommendations on how to
expand human rights and
Ncrease government intru-
sion into social conduct.

The 180-page Promoting
- Equality: A New Vision has

nearthed, among other

hings, “systemic discrimina-
tion.”

- The specific stuff having
“been largely removed we’re
down to regarding the

entire Canadian system as _-
inherently discriminatory.
<-There are far too many
recommendations from the
report to discuss in this’:

ort

yarns

space. Suffice it to sav that
each would add more fuel to
the human rights fire and
require more hands-on
intrusion from your friendly
human rights commissioners
and more painful and expen-
sive adjudication from .
human rights tribunals. This
even though those tribunals
have been found to be
hopelessly biased and unjust.

If adopted the recom-
mendations will, of coursz,
require more of your tax
dollars to institute and
maintain.

They would also increase
the Canadian Human Rights
Commission’s power and
expand its market.

As Recommendation 6
advocates, the commission
should push for “.... the
broadest interpretation of
(its) powers and thar any

decision-maker resolve any
doubt about the scape of

these powers in favour of

the Commission.”

And those powers would,
according to
Recommendation 73, no
longer be tettered with any
limits “on the amount of
compensation that (human
rights tribunals) can award
for what we would wish to
see referred to as injury to
“dignity, feclings and self-
respect.”

Indeed, why burden your
ever-loving government-
appointed tribunal with any
limits at all?

On the complaints front,
the review panel advocates
proactive prospecting for the
modern human rights indus-
try: mobilizing community
partnerships and advocacy
organizations to help drum
up complaints; organizing
company committees to
monitor human rights; set-
ting up a “clinic” to help
with the processing of
claims.

The commission ‘would
continue to initiate claims
without the bother of hav-

- ing to have a complainant,

and, even better, according

lic’ Hearings are scheduled for 7:00
2M,, TUESDAY, JULY I 1, 2000 in the
“Council. Chamber: of the ‘Municipal Hall,
355 West Queens Road, North Vancouver,

provide an opportunity for Council

to hear. from ‘those who believe their inter-
est in property may be affected by changes
é: Bylaws as outlined below. »

on ‘Rise Reader
ree Development’.

femen a uses. This bylaw i is primar-
tended to allow for seniors’ in Lynn
Valley to continue to make use’of these
lities,and permit a cafeteria and catering

$: tO. ‘operate out ‘of the oree

-2.To amend the Central

BYLAWS 7153, 71 7154, T155 -

-CAPILANO COLLEGE PARKING
LOT _

Ap plicant: _—_
Capilano College

. Subject Land: .
Capilano College Parking Lot (DL 612: & |

620, Lot 9, Plan 15038 - part of south park-
ing lot and adjacent steep bank as shown

~ on map)

BYLAW 7984,

yer oe (CENTRAL INTER-RIVER OCP)

CORSTRECT OCP)
! From Resicennel

oF Proposed Amendments: *- |
1.To

amend ‘the District Official:
Community Plan by changing the subject
jands — FROM. ."Residential”
"Institutional" and "Parks, Recreation and
Wilderness areas"; o
Inter-River
Official Community Plan by changing the
“ subject lands FROM “Residential” RD"
TO "Institutional" and "Parks, Recreation
and Wilderness -. Open Space”;and

TO..

Sunday, July 2, 2000 - North Shore News - 7

revs Up human rights

hitac discrimination based
on social condition.
Or how about

to the review panel's
Recommendation 105, “no
requirement for identifiable
victims” co launch a claim.

All this on the under-
standing that “government
provide sufficient resources
to ensure that all claimants
receive Jegal assistance at
public expense.”

But how about product?

To keep the wheels of the
complaint industry spinning,
we'll need a wider scope of
complaints eligible for tri-
bunal adjudication.

Not to worry: the review
panel’s all over that one.

Consider
Recommendation 124, for
example, which would pro-

Frame it.

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3. To amend the Zoning Bylaw by changing
“the subject lands FROM “Single Family
» Residential One Acre Zone (RS!)"_ TO

“Public Assembly (PA)". and "Park,
Recreation and Open Space (PRO)”.

Purpose: . _

To change the Official Community Plan and
zoning designations for the site to match
the existing use of the fand as a parking fot

- above the bank and retain the steep bank.
- aS anatural area. ~ “ CD ys

BYLAWS 7170, 717i, 7172 -

CANADIAN TIRE DEVELOPMENT - -

MAIN STREET! ©

7 HARBOUR AVENUE,
"Applicant: — wee

’ Kasian Kennedy Architecture, Interior
‘Design’.and Planning inc., on behalf. of:

Canadian Tire Real Estate Inc. _

_ Subject Lands: wo

1350-94 Main Street (lot 11, Block E .

- District Lot 204, Plan 21149 and Lots 3,4, |
and A, Block F. District Lot. 204, Plan in 13638). .

and -
251/259 Harbour Avenue Gen 5, Block F.

L. District Lot 204, Plan 13638): oy
Proposed Amendments: ~ n

“in the District of North Vancouver's Clerk's 2

|.To amend. the . District . Official

Community Plan land use designation for -

the subject lands FROM © "Commercial"
» and "Industrial" TO “Mixed Use";

 2.To add “Mixed Use" as a land use cate-.

_ gory in ‘the Lower Lynn | Offi cial
* Community Plan, ‘and amend the Plan's
- land use designation for the subject lands”

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Industrial” TO "Mixed Use"; and

3. To rezone the subject lands FROM “Light
Industrial : (13)" TO.“Comprehensive ~
Development Zone 27 (CD27)" which °.:

allows for a range of land uses, establish- pee

es building envelopes ‘and siting. regula.
tions, sets out maximum floor areas for.

“each building, and includes: parking regu-
"lations based ¢ on gross floor area,

To allow for the lands to be redeveloped as :
a mixed use project consisting of commer-..

= cfal’ and ‘industrial_uses including Canadian
Tire,
. through: restaurants, one restaurant and. a
"Fetal building we : ;

nc office supply, store, ‘thred, drive-:

hese Public: Hearings a are: + held ‘lindes
thie | provisions | of the Municipal Act. All
persons who believe their interest in prop-

erty may be affected by the above propos
“als. will be afforded an’ opportunity. to
“heard in person and/or by written subr

sion. Written submissions will be: accepte
up to the conclusion of the Public Hearings F

“on Tuesday, July H 2000. -

Cvres f the Bylaws; resolutions,
porting s staff reports ‘and any, relevan

aterial.-are _availabl
review from Juné-28, 2000 to July 11; 2000

Office ‘or Community Planning Division ‘at

“the Municipal Hall. The Municipal: ‘Halt ‘is

focated at 355 West Queens Road. and is
open. .Monday. through: Friday, ' -except

* Statutory Holidays, between the hours of
8: 30 am, and & 30 p.m. ws

| sai S. Hilsen, Mun

See Review page 9

2/2000