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LOCAL REFORM: MP Herb
Grubel is touting his. decision
_ to opt out of a “gold-plated”
pension plan as‘a cost-cutting.
move for Canadian taxpayers.

By lan Noble. Me,

News Reporter:

He said the decision by all 52
Reform MPs to reject a revised feder-
al pension planwill ° Save taxpayers :
$38 million.

= However. one’ Reform MP. John.
Cummins of Delta. has decided not to
opt out of the plan.

A’ federal Liberal representative
pointed. to the ‘former.’ teacher.

:, Cummins when he said asking MPs to
opt out of a reasonable plan will con-
-fine politics to the rich. ts

. Cupilano-Howe Sound MP Grubel
said Monday was the last day for MPs
to opt out of the pension plan. :
_| Grubel said the current MPs’ pen-
sion plan is too generous and should

_ be brought in line with the private s sec-..

tor.

“We are not saying MPs should not
get a pension, but what we are saying
is that this plan was too generous: and
smacks of hypocrisy.) .

“The rest of Canadians’ are suffer-,
ing economically and these MPs feel
they should get a better pension than
ordinary Canadians,” he said.

“Liberals take care > of their own,”

‘ property in the central Lonsdale area of North Vancouver City. See story on page 8. . '

‘THE FAMILY: of a North Vancouver.
man shot to death by a mentally dis-
turbed man three years ago is ‘suing the
RCMP for negligence.

By Brent Mudry

“Contributing Writer. -

David and Patti Flather- claini. North
Vaticouver RCMP, police ‘officers indirectly
caused or contributed to the fatal shooting of uheir

“father, Dr. Verne Flather, outside his practice on
April 22, 1992.

The suit also names Peter Farell: and Daryl

~ Duns, wo former ‘officers’ with the North
:. Vancouver detachment of the RCMP, Farnell has

_ Since transferred: tothe. force’s E, Division in
Vancouver, its uperational’ “hed idquarters for the”

iB. c. region. Dunn i is now with uhe speci

oan

“not criminally ‘responsible for: Flather's

tigations unit of ICBC.

An endorsed writ of summons filed Tuesday”

in B.C. Supreme Court claims the RCMP and the

officers ‘were negligent. The suit also’ claims:

breach of the police’s fiduciary duty to Verne
Flather, as a member of the public. A full state-
ment of claim has yet to be filed.

David Flather, who lives in Vancouver, and his

~ sister Patti, who now lives in Whitehorse, could *

not be reached for comment to press time. Their
lawyer, Henry Wood, also could not be reached.

David, Henderson “used a handgun to Kill

Flather.

Henderson . was found insane und “therefore
death.
Psychiatric evidence at the murder trial indicated
Henderson suffers from paranoid schizophrenia
with a strong persecution: complex.

*. [n}989, Farnell wis a corporal in charge of’
reviewing Fircarms Aciuisition Certificate (FAC)

.Flather’s

See Liberals page 3

applications and permitting registration of hand-

guns at the North Vancouver RCMP. detachment.

When a firearms clerk rana check: of. °
Henderson as he applied for a FAC, the following *
message cropped up on the computer: “Caution :
armed and dangerous. Caution violence. Violent
high-risk police check.” '

The following'day Farnell told the clerk 10
issue the approval: for registering the handgun,
testified the clerk ata ‘coroner's inquest into’
's death in November [994, _

The caution’ was placed by a police’ officer:
‘who had interviewed Hetiderson-after a Surrey

man said Henderson | pointed a gun at him.

“Atthe inquest, Farnell said the caution was.
“overkill.” No shots were fired, Henderson only,

“s, pointed-the gun and Henderson didn’t havea
‘criminal record, he said. Farnell said he discussed .

the situation with his Supervisor Sal. D: uy! Dunn,
who removed the warming.