THE FOLLOWING people
appeared in North and West
Vancouver courts recently to face
various charges:

Before Judge Bill Rodgers in
North Vancouver provincial
court on Fet. 21:

Sy Cuong Nguyen, 32, of
Vancouver, was fined $600 after he
pleaded guilty to trafficking
cocaine on June 23, 1993 in
Vancouver.

Police officers from the North
Shore were involved in the arrest
that led to the charge.

A‘ Vietnamese interpreter was

’ required for court proceedings.

Before Judge Jerome Paradis in
North Vancouver provincial
court on Feis. 16:

Michael Richard Scholermann,
25, of Vancouver, was fined $150
after he pleaded guilty to breaching
probation by failing to complete 30
hours of community work service
by Sept. 1, 1993.

Before Judge Bill Rodgers in
North Vancouver provincial
court on Feb, 9:

Conrad Carl Heynan, 29, of
North Vancouver, was fined $500
‘after he pleaded guilty to possess
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Cody Morrison, 18, of West
Vancouver, received six months’
probation after he pleaded guilty to
possessing marijuana on April 25,
1993 in North Vancouver City.

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John Gordon Arnold, 45, of
North Vancouver, received 24
months’ probation after he pleaded
not guilty to aggravated assault, but
instead pleaded guilty to the lesser
or included offence of assault.

The original charge stemmed
from an Aug. & 1993 incident in
North Vancouver City involving a
female.

Arnold is not to possess
firearms, ammunition or explosives
for 10 years in connection with the
charge.

Charles Douglas Robinson, 23,
of North Vancouver, was fined $50
and received six months’ probation
after he pleaded guilty to mischief
by wilfully breaking a window at
Adults Only Video on Dec, 12,
1993 in North Vancouver City.

Robinson was required to pay
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Ltd. by March 31.

Before Judge Doug Moss in
North Vancouver provincial

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court on Feb. 9:

Alvena 8. McEachern, 18, of
North Vancouver, received {2
months’ probation after she pleaded
guilty to possessing a stolen cheque
on June 15, 1993 in North
Vancouver City.

McEachern was required to per-
form 15 hours of community work
service by May 9, 1994,

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Ernest Clifford Dyrland, 25, of
North Vancouver, received three
months’ probation after he pleaded

guilty to mischief by wilfully
breaking a window at Tu Casa
Restaurant on June 26, 1993 in
North Vancouver City,

Before Judge Jerome Paradis in
North Vancouver provincial
court on Feb, 9:

Michael Barry MacKenzie, 33,
of North Vancouver, was fined
$400 after he pleaded guilty to dri-
ving while prohibited on East Sth
Street on May 15, 1993 in North
Vancouver City.

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P, PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES

| received a letter recently asking
questions about procedures In the
House of Commons. As | read the let:
ter | realized that many of the things |
already take for granted are still quite
mysterious to most of you. Here Is an
explanation of some of what happens
behind the scenes in praparing the
daily activitias of Parliament.

DEBATES

The subject material for most
dabates is ccntrolled by the
Government and notiffed to us in
advance. Each Party has a House
Leader, ours is Elwin Hermanson,
who negotiates with the Govermmant
for time allocation and number of
speakers,

The next step within the Reform
Caucus is to ask for volunteers to
speak » we are completely free to
determine our degree of involvement,
House rules provide up to 20 minutes
per speaker followed by 10 minutes
of questions, but we soutinely split our
time because a 10 minute speech
with a5 minute question period per-
mits twice as many speakers.

Not all debates end with a vote,
Sometimes there is general agree-
ment on a motion by all parties so a
vote is not necessary.

There are a few days each ses-
sion when the opposition parties get
to choose the topics for debate. On
our Reform day two weeks ago we
debated changes to parliamentary
procedure which would permit free
and open discussion of major peti-
tions, something which does not hap-
pen at the present time. Unfortunately
the government would not support
our motion but we had a whole day in
which to talk about our parliamentary
reforms policy. ,

Unfortunately the “party” system
of voting means that even if we man-
age to convince some governnien!
mambers that we have a good idea,
they still vote against us as a block,
We need free votes in the House as
soon as possible.

QUESTION PERIOD

This Is probably the most intorest-
ing time for you to tune in and we tind
It very interesting too. It is the only
tits. when we truly have the upper
hand because the Government has
no idea what we are going to ask,

We have a dally strategy meeting
where | can lobby for one of the
Reform spots on Question Period.
Many of the questions | ask are
based on topics brought up in con-
stituent calls to my North Vancouver
office. | usually ask questions on
Mondays which is my “duty day”
although | occasionally get spots on
other days of the week.

If you see me or any other mam-
ber get stopped by the Speaker in
mid question it usually means we
have broken some rule such as men-
tioning a Riding name in connection
with an undesirable incident, or ask-
ing about something over which the
government has no control, However,
this is all part of bringing important
issues to the attention of the media
and does not mean that we are in
trouble. “Inappropriate” questions are
often the ones you see on the nightly
news.

IS THERE MORE?

This topic is far too big to cover in
just one column so | will revisit the
subject at a future date.

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Theatre Department's new
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Search and Destroy, a wicked
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For show times and reserva-
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Pick up a brush and join Kiff
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and t3. Next, you can develop
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in Watercolor Plus, an inten-
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shop starting March 21. For
information and registration,
call Extension Programs at

984-4901.

Classical Concert

Join the Capilano College
Community Choir and the
Cecilia Ensemble in concert
Sunday, March 13. The program’
includes works by Brahams,
Mozart, Barber, Bernstein and
Vaughan-Williams. The concert
starts at 3 p.m. at St. Catherine's
Anglican Church, 1058
Ridgewood Ave, Admission ts $5
or $3 for students, seniors and
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toom 105 of the Capilano
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available for the fall. ;

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Find out how co get started in the
creative field of media produc-
tion. The Media Resources
Program will hold an
Information Meeting on
Monday, March 21, at 7 p.m. in
room 145 of the Capilano
College “B” Building.

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