’§ business as usual fe PPPS reer SE OOeeCeTeeeererrertircatyy 4 on the “4 Ho other hand IF ever there was something that would have! 'becn played big in the local dailies if a right wing group had been involved, it is the candal of the wrong- ful funding of an “anti-racist” mob run aa b; dedicated leftists. “Tm referring to how gov- ernment money has been Ging to Alan Dutton and Ris legally non-existent Canadian Anti-Racism Education and Research Society (CAERS). IT have been away on Spud Hisland.:But there scems to - have been no mention of it in the Sun or Province oron t made n news in the i Toronto Sun, though, was. vered'in this column on W July 24 and 28, has been fea- Btured in B.C. Report maga- zinc, and dealt with in two nsive, well-researched Sei in the Georgia 4 White, the’ Reform fabout the situation to aFedcral Heritage Minister icila ‘Copps, whose depart- $a generous donor to ‘as ‘dissolved oo the B.C. @Registrar.of Companies, Jolin Powell, in September, 41994; ‘Being unincorporated, . ie society was not entitled ive money from the. rovincial government. | anization was ; struck otf becatise ir had’ iled'to file annual reports. Chis after. Mr. Powell had awartied Dutton b registered etter that.it faced dissolution f it‘did ‘not comply. - ‘AERS also acted as offi- ial trustee.in funding btained from Toronto etro Council for a confer- Fiice held. by the violence- sroiie; street-fighting Anti-. Racist Action. In doing so, “atten falsely. declared that corporated as a ic He Pas claimed that that a technical error. But it is ear that when he made the pplication for the ARA fading he knew that : RS was not incorporated could not act as trustee. Thad reported how the oup received over . 100,000 from the provincial overnmient in the 1994/95 ncial year alone, plus Be from the feds. trai it reporter Charlie ‘has shown that my fig-- were far 100 low. From 993 to1995 total reccipts- AERS {rom all sources ounted to over $742,000. york if you can get Seraight Shows that i CAERS’ salaries in 1995 amounted to over $81,000. “Anti-cacism” pays. Wa right wing group applied for help of any kind it would be laughed at. That's where government stands these days. The CAERS gang has even had access to casino funds, As far as the NDP is concerned, nothing is foo good for “anti-racis But even some of its own “ What bilge! If anyone faces violence it is the so-called ‘racists.’ people aren*t happy. Charan ‘Gill was an NDP candidate in Surrey in the last election and was either pushed off the CAERS board or resigned in disgust. He was quoted in the peg elt / CoUpOE * Real Estate Conveyancing * Wills and affidavits * Mortgages * Liens * Power of attorney _ Stratghr as saying the board was “totally dysfunctional,” that Dutton wouldn't share information with him, and that even though he was the group's secretary treasurer he wasn't allowed to see the s cancelled cheques. re been denouncing the funding of these leftists for years. But they have nothing to worry about. Their friends are in power. That’s why Gus Kroll leaked his stuff to the Toronto Sun instead of giving it to the attorney general’s office. The lawyer says he has no faith in the B.C. depart- ment's willingness to investi- gate the possibility of traud in this matter, The Straight also reported that Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh’s former constituen- cy office help, Dominic Fung, monitors CAERS’ contracts with the govern- ment. And CAERS president Roger Nadarajan works for the attorney general, too. The multiculters are rally- ing around the flag. CAERS is doing a great job, they say. Of course. One keen sup- porter is David Lethbridge, the communist academic ty Or0Ousm + $0 eet Now located in ‘Lynn ‘Valley Centre who runs another “anti- racist” fot in Salmon Arm, According to him, Dutton risks death daily in perform- ing his noble work. What bilge! If anyone faces violence it is the so- called “racists.” Remember the mysterious “Anti- Fascist Militia” that was sending bombs around last year? PLEXWOOD — CUSTOM SLERP SYSTEM i Our systems will give ; | you the best sleep of x A your life, S Queen from "740 complete a King from '950 complete DEREK / A. CAVE li - anti-racist gang Pin not holding my breath. —- The North Shore News believes strongly in freedom of speech and the right of all sides in a debate to by heard. The columnists published in the News present differing points of view, but those views are not necessa rily those of the newspa- per itself. You would think Gurdon Campbell and his Liberals would leap on this stuff. 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