BY NOW, everyone should be aware that this country is putting on the biggest pot- latch the civilized world has ever known. t’s called the refugee program _ and for proof of its potlatch propen- sities look to that Immigration Minister Sergio Marchi, who pre- sides over a system that says “Hi there!” to anyone who comes knocking at our door, Marchi isn't actually brain-dam- aged, of course. He’s calculating. He calculates that the more phoney tefugees he can pack into Canada the more votes the Liberals will get come the next election. His latest move is to recycle through the refugee process 10,000 refugee claimants who have been refused status here because they failed to be classed as refugees. And God knows our regulations. ‘were looser than a drunk’s lip any- Way, Unbelievable, no? To see the story in perspective you have to know that of the tens of thousands of so-called refugees who arrive on these shores (25,000 ’ Jast year) about 90% are phoneys who wouldn’t get in anywhere else and that we accept far more per ~ capita than any, other Western coun- try. Not surprising, teally, seeing that our refugee regulations are even dafter than those laid down by the United Nations. ! Anything to keep the ethnic - pressure groups happy. The‘ recycling of the 10,000 was "..to be expected, of course. “. - Marchi is a professional immi- - gration booster and recently appointed two members of the ,. ,fefugee industry to bring in recom- ‘mendations that would stretch the . -. rules even further. : “The two in question, as reported in this space a few weeks ago — _are Susan Davis, executive director of the Jewish Immigration ‘Aid ‘ _ Services, and Lorne Waldman, Toronto immigration lawyer. .*. “Dear Susan and Lorne,” as Marchi called them in the brief he ON THE OTHER HAND gave them. All inthe family, see. The new ways of letting in “refugees” will include “violations of human rights,” not just alleged risks to life or security. I say “alleged” because for years now any story. would do, Claimants can't even be cross-examined. Their fairy tales must be believed “unless there is sound reason not to” believe them, And in our system sound reasons come cheap. I thought Ottawa couldn’t go any further in making a fool of itself and suckers out of us unless it put up notices at foreign airports saying “Canada welcomes liars, crooks, pimps, killers and homos.” Already, women from Iran and other Islamic countries are being ‘accepted simply because their home: culture is different from ours. Any female who can get ona plane from Iran, etc., is automati- cally a refugee. That’s bad enough. But horror “stories abound. We see, for instance, that 242 “refugees” who appealed their deportation orders had those orders overturned. And, most had criminal records. In Montreal, refugee status was granted to an Iranian convicted of having raped an 18-year-old girl. In Nanaimo, the pre-teen off- spring of Vietnamese “refugees” 7 TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND DISTRICT OF NORTH VANCOUVER “ AND THE DISTRICT OF WEST VANCOUVER “1994 SPRINKLING REGULATIONS In support ‘of the Greater Vancouver. Water. Response District's Water Plan, Shortage the following sprinkling regulations are in effect as of May 28th, 1994 until September 30, 1994. EVEN numbered addresses may use sprinklers: Saturday and Wednesday between :00am and 9:00am and between 7:00pm and 10:00pm ODD numbered addresses may use . sprinklers: Sunday and Thursday between 4:00am and 9:00am © ‘and between 7:00pm and 10:00pm Special permits for new landscaping are available at your Municipal Hall to allow sprinkling outside the restricted times. C.M. Gale, P. Eng. 2. City of | North Vancouver Ew. BremnenP. Eng. District of North Vancouver Barry Lambert, P. Eng. District of West Vancouver are into the narcoties trade. Which nicans the parents must be, too. In many cases criminals canaot be sent back home because their former countries won't have then, Or because we won't even try lo send thent for fear they might be executed, So a continuing supply is guaranteed., Another little Marchi manocuvre isa deal signed between Ottawa and the Ismailis, Marchi called it “on innova ive, joint resettlement agreement.” It's innovative, all right, because Mr. Aziz Bhaloo of the Ismaili Council for Canada will in effect decide who will come here. And most of Bhaloo’s clients are in Pakistan. But isn’t that “racist”? Wouldn't a lot of our do-gooders say it was if a white Christian leader asked fora large bunch of white Christians to be admitted? Fifieen hundred tsmuailis are due to arrive, but we'll probably end up with 15,000, Or 50,000, It will be all the same to Marchi. “Funding for this initiative,” stated the oily release, “to an annual inaximum of $1.1 million, was pro- vided for in the 1994 budget.” You bet: One sometimes thinks the whole world has gone mad. But that isn’t quite so. Here’s an immigration story that will never happen in Canada. “Swiss to deport refugees.” - “Switzerland plans to deport about 11,000 Sri Lankan asylum- seekers, despite opposition from Swiss human rights groups.” Good for you, Switzerland. But KEN BAXTER LAWYER 24 Years Experience tell those people they have nothing to worry about, All they have to do is weile 10 Marchi. LONSDALE QUAY NORTH VANCOUVER $s6-650) "gusto BEDSPREADS, TRACKS AND VALANCES Labour $8.50 per panel unlined, $9.50 lined. 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