Government crime siories |

CRIME comes in many
different forms.

Certainly, in my 20-0dd
Years as a police officer, pri-
tate investigator and a jour-
Nalist, I have seen so much
criminal behavior I have been
lett somewhat cynical.

Bur, as I lazily prowled
through the weekend papers,
I was left shaking my head at
2 particularly insidious crime.
Not perpetrated by a street
junkie or gun- wielding mad-
man, but a crime against all
of us committed by no less a
person than the premier of
the province.

The government placed
three separate advertisements
in the weekend papers. Ore
was an announcement of a
gun amnesty by the attorney
general. The second was by
the conunission of inquiry
into the NCHS charity
ripoffs, announcing the times
the sittings will occur.

No problem. } see no dif-
ficulty whatsoever with the
eapenditure of public funds
on these types of advertising.
But it was the third, and by
far the largest and most costly
of the three ads which raised
the ire of yours truly.

The advertisement carried
on page A8 of the Werkend
Sun was a full quarter of a
page. “Location” blared the
neadline. On the right side of
the ad, running the full
length, was a photo of our
very own boy premier, Glen
Ciark.

The sub-head said, “Glen

Clark has a great idea for

’ your next film.” Tt was all
abour a new tax credit for
film-makers. ;

~~ Considering the tax credit
has already been flogged to
the small number of people
who actually make films here
in Hollywood North, [ fail to
sec haw the NDP spending
tax dollars on an ad of that
size in the Sun is anything —
more than self-aggrandize-
ment for Clark and hig moral-
ly challenged band.

crime and
3} punishment

They can’t find money for
northern doctors. The
queues for so-called clective
surgery is growing beyond
the ability tor che naked eve
to see, The government lied
dircetly in their budget by
saving the deficit is only $95
million when the auditor
general is pegging it at over

“We've already got
more pieces
of legislation
specifically
protecting the
rights of gay and
lesbian persons
than Carter has
little liver pills.”

one billion dollars. ‘That's bil-
lion with a capital B.

And this premier is spend-
ing our money on 4 self-serv-
ing piece of crap like that ad
in the Sun. Now that’s a
crime.

300Q

Then there’s Attorney
General Ujja! Dosanjh.
Here’s a man I think is per-
haps the most competent and
moral of the provincial cabi-

“net. I realize that’s akin to

saying something like Dopey
is the tallest of the Seven
Dwarfs.

Buc there he was last week
saying B.C. citizens have
been asking him to lobby the
federal government for
changes in the hate provi-
sicas of the Criminal Code ro

include gays.

Yeah, I'l bet that’s para-

niount on the minds of most

people as they ciean up after
the latest time their house
was broken into or as they
continually call the police
reporting line to get yer
another case number for their
car windows smashed into by
the scumbags who just won't
live by the rule of hw.

FH bet his phone has been
ringing off the hook with all
those British Columbians who
think that’s an important
issue for the attorney general.

I'm really getting sick of
the “gav agenda,” which is ail
this latest bit of tripe is. They
represent approximately 3% of
the populace nationwide, vet
get more attention than any
other single group. Bar none.

We've already got more
piece? of legislation specitical-
ly protecting the rights of gav
and lesbian persons than
Carter has fittle liver pills.
Including the over-the-top
Human Rights Code with its
kangaroo court provisions.

They, as a group, have
permeated our government
and education system.

There is an organization
called the Gay & Lesbian

-Educators. We have “same

sex couples” rights in govern-
ment pensions and disability
insurance. All this despite the
overtly promiscuous nature
of homosexuality which, in
itself, scems to argue against
the provision of these types
of benefits.

Our children are being
spoon-fed words and theories
like “homophobia” and “het-
erosexism.” Any attempt to
define those terms with any
degree of rational logic is
ridiculous in the extreme.
Sorry, teachers, bur that’s
reality.

Yeah, I can see the letters
of compiaint now.

No, I’m not suggesting
we shouldn't have tolerance
of this oz any other group.
We ail share this planct equal-
ly. But there’s the operative

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word: equally.

This attorney general f has
much more pressing prob-
lems than this issuc. Frankly,
on the list of priorities, wet-
ting 2 gay element added vo
tederal hate crimes Jegislation
has to rank somewhere
behind housing code
improvements for igloos.

Unfortunately, F belive
the AG carries no weight at
the cabinet table. Despite his
personal credibility, he
appears to be nothing more
than a toady for Glea Clark
and the power brokers
behind this absurd little man.
A disproportionate number, |
might add, are gay. It is from
that office, Pd wager, this
push is coming from. Not, as
the AG would have us
believe, trom ordinary British
Columbians calling his office.

Gays and lesbians are enti-
tled to every protection the
law provides. Every bit'as
much as me and thee.

The AG should be con-
centrating on the lack of
resources for the justice sys-
tem to deal with the chronic
criminal offenders. Not to
mention the myriad of other
problems associated with the
perpetual lack of justice so
prevalent in our little corner
of the world.

The tederal and provincial
human rights acts are more
than sufficient to cope with
victims of hatred or preju-
dice, fom whatever group
they belong. Not to mention
the already existing hate
crime sections of che
Criminal Code.

The AG had best focus on
the more urgent and imper-
tant issues on his already full
place. The sooner the better.

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