i. i 1 or a | THOUGHT WERE THYING TD Wns YOVASELF Fron YOUR ELST 1 “NEWS VIEWPOINT YOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY is threatening to undermine Nee in Canada. A ‘number. of electronic bulletin boiurds in the Toronto area sre carrying “banned for release by the judge of a sensa- # tional abduction and murder trial. . -“While the media have honored the ban Som: the Teale case, computer users have been privy to facts about the crimes — details teat were intended | to be kept from. the’ public’ until the main ‘suspect has" had , his day in court... ~ These leaks from the underground inedin , “may, seem like.good clever fun to computer _ hackers, but their implications test the’ : foundation of our judicial process. judicial... process of OF the information eration The public outcry over the initial media -ban was more.a knee-jerk reaction to the sinister nature of the crimes rather than a display of legal ignorance. The majority of Canadians understand that the ban is in- tended to guarantee the fair trial of the next defendant. But the information available to anyone with a computer and modem could result in problems in the prosecution of the case. With the breakneck speed at which new technologies spread across our society, it is ' difficalt for legislators to keep up. But the appearance (of networks offering Bernardo Billboards is ali the proof needed to dem- onstrate that some bulletin board control mechanism should be set in place. LETTER OF THE DAY Dear | Editor: : “Just “before old " goveraments * “that have been-in power for too long wear out and die, they in- variably . come up with a new leader who promises re-birth and renewal. The new leader talks boldly of ° embarking on a new course, while the retiring leader is permitted to cram the. ship of state with last- minute patronage appointments. Turner did it with Trudeau, as Campbell just did with Mulroney. Luckily, voters’ aren’t fooled ’ when this happens. Turner got the boot,-as is likely with Campbell. But. who do we turn to for a Publisher... . Managing Editor Associate Editor Sales & Marketing Director Comptroller .. Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noel Wright Linda Stewart Doug Foot ‘new government, a new direction? Back to the Liberals again? Back to another Trudeau-style’ autocracy? ' Usually a political party waits until it’s elected before doling out patronage plums. ; But the crafty Chretien, drool- ing in anticipation of a fall elec- tion victory over Campbell’s Tory re-treads, has already begun to reward his friends. Candidates who were duly elected by rank-and-file - Liberals are having their nominations cancelled, and are replaced by Chretien’ 8 hand-picked ap- pointees. So much for democracy in the Display Advertising 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising 986-6222 Newsroom . 985-2131 Distridutior. Subscriptions 986-1337 Fax Administ ation 985-2131 : Voters will be seeking new direction Liberal party. Apparently, the Liberals haven't learned anything in their nine-year exile from office. Canadians tised of alternating between Liberal and Conservative corruption haven’t had a lot to choose from until now, Mel Hurtig’s National Party of Canada is a new party; with new people who have new ideas, new principles, and the new policies , voters are asking for. Call their toll-free number, 1- . 800-561-2302, and find out for yourself. You'll be glad you did. Gordon Robert Dumont New Westminster LA 5 UD This newspaper contains tecycled fore North Snore managed 986-1337 be 985-3227 OH DEAR, dear, what a knot politicians tie themselves in when they pretend to please everybody (so as to win votes) instead of simply doing their duty by everybody, which is something quite different. Take poor Premier Bob Rae in Ontario and his ‘‘social contract, finally ratified last weekend, which chops the payroll for nearly a million public sector employees by almost $2 billion. in just about three years Bob’s money-no-object NDP govern- ment — moving in lockstep with the recession — has reduced the province that ranked as the in- dustrial! powerhouse of Canada to an economic basket case facing a . current year deficit of $17 billion. Last March Bob at last saw the light — a glaring red one. The shortfall must be cut to some $9 billion to ensure continued loans from nervy foreigners who don’t understand noble NDP policies. By making public sector employees the first victims of the cuts, he’s alienated one of the most important NDP constitu- encies. He’s also drawing heavy - flak from organized labor as a whole. ‘‘Betrayal’’ is the word being heard today from all the unions, once the party’s biggest supporters: So by eventually doing what had to be done for everybody’s sake, Bob could al- ready be toast. Meanwhile, back here in Lotusland, Premier Mike Har- court figured he’d done his duty ty everybody in allowing restricted cutting —- with quite a few con- servation safeguards — in Clayo- quot Sound’s old-growth forest on Vancouver Island. But the tree-huggers and In- dians demanding a complete ban on all Clayoquot logging are put- ting up unexpectedly tough resistance, with high unemploy- ment providing a steady supply of injunction-defiers happy to be hauled off each day in RCMP paddy wagons, The Mounties have had to set up an extra detachment to handle the protesters asrested daily at the barricades against the logging ; trucks, Over 160 are already awaiting trial before a special assize court being organized to deal with the ever-growing total. Meanwhile, the demonstrations took to the streets of Vancouver on Monday and the Indians are threatening a boycott of the Commonwealth Games in Victoria next year. But Mikey’s biggest headache yet may be Robert Ken- nedy Jr. who toured the Clayo- quot area last week. He’s the American en- HITHER AND YON. vironmental lawyer who scuppered the planned $12.5 billion Hydro Quebec power deal with New. © ; York City because it ravaged the//. Cree Indians’ ancestrai lands. . « ; That’s the last kind of thing L Mikey — down at 23% inthe _/- polls — needs for the embattled - B.C. forest industry and its unionized workers... Who'd ever have dreamed the y environmentalists who backed the. "” NDP so solidly in 1991 could turn this nasty over a few old trees? / WRAP-UP: “The Family eA Definition To Be Defended!’ is the, subject Tuesday, Aug. 10, when" Kathleen Toth, leader of the Fam- ily Coalition Party of B. Cc} ad-. dresses the 12:15 to 1 p.m. B.C: Conservative Forum in the Hotel. _ Georgia over town— all welcome. ... Waterfront Park wilfecho to’! the pipes and swirl to Highland ° dancing again Sunday; Aug. 8, when North Van’s ever popular : “Day in Scotland’? returns from li;a.m. to 5 p.m, :.; Help for rele atives and friends of people with.” drug probleins is offered by Nar-. Avon Family Groups which meet : Sundays at 7 p.m. at 176 Bast 2nd’ — call 986-6453 for details... And many happy returns of. tomorrow, Aug..7; to West Van.) Kiwanian Hank McAdams. WRIGHT OR WRONG — Mur- phy’s 14th Law: The other’ Hine ' . always n moves faster. | : Yet wow UF NORTH Ang wt St vaANCOUYER North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an MEMBER ——— independent suburban newspaper and qualified under Schedule 111, Paragraph Ill of the Excise eat * Tax Act, is published each Wednesday, Friday and e a Sunday by North Shore Free Press Ltd. and } C . distributed to every ccoar on the North Shore. Sana ch . Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Safes. . ad : / o Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing rates 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, ‘ available on request. Subm.ssions are welcome but North Vancouver, B.C V7M 2}14 we cannot accept responsibility for unsolicited Entire contents © 1993 North Shore Free Press Ltd, All tights reserved. SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average errculation, Wednesday. 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