“The CJC is not only fighting to
silence one of its critics, it is fighting
rode its own sights to free expression.”

Barted News Managing Editor Timothy Renshaw

aa The Press Council sees the
B Tribunal's proceedings as an intolera-

# violation of free speech rights guaranteed

section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of
mits and Freedoms and, more specifically,

speech restrictions contained in the B.C.
man Rights Code are an affront and insult

very resident of this province.”

B.C. Press Council

ive Canadians are now losing courage
saeeuae and losing freedom, year by year, law
wu law, as they try to invent punishments for
litical incorrectnass.”
Columnist Paul St Pierre .

im “Let's just say that they can’t stand it
when someone has the guts to point
that the emperor has no clothes. They
n all kiss my butt. And they can quote me.”

Columnist Doug Collins

“Speech can, and does, cause
harm to individuals and groups.”

The Canadian Jewish Congress

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wamemthat Ms. lyer is a radical feminist
ves, hired for the job precisely because
faa her bias in favor of far-left “rights’
patiatives.”
B.C. Reporter editor in chief Terry O'Neill
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Peaee it is more than sad that an overly
jameeunctuous NDP — the party that
eactically ‘invented’ human rights in this
ntry —has on its books such an
aimed attempt at correctness.”
- Columnist Allan Fotheringham

By Timothy Renskaw

Managing Editor
trenshaw@direct.ca

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vide some perspective to
what in many ways has
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media circus.

For those who can
think beyond their
personal feelings
@ about Doug Collins
" and are not driven
entirely by political
boosterism and the prevail-
ing political fashion of the
moment, the issue remains
an extremely serious one:
should government be the
dominant player in the arena
of open public debate?

Should it be empowered to
limit discussion based upon
the prevailing political fash-
ions of the day?

This newspaper is dedicated
to keeping government con-
trol out of that all-important

THIS supplement compiles various components of the
issues surrounding the human rights battle waged by the
North Shore News against the Canadian Jewish Congress
and the NDP government's human rights amendments.

arena, because government
has no place in it.

Democracy can’t survive
state-controlled intrusion —
no matter what the self-
appointed media pundits or
political gasbags tell you.

B.C. is currently governed
by a band of chronic
meddiers. They know best
and are bent on rubbing
your face it it whether you
like it or not.

Your right to be exposed to a
diversity of opinion, your
right to hear all sides in a
given debate, your right to
publish your own views, your
right to think for yourself —
all have been undermined

by Victoria.

The applause for such
gov. mment action has
beer despairingly loud
frorn a disturbingly wide
¢ of residents around
¢ province.

If it’s not right to them
not right for anyone.

Bur no matter how clichéd it
may sound, the right to be

wrong, the right to dispute
the view held by the
majority, is as important to
the well-being of democracy
as is the right to agree with
your neighbor and the

right to nod with the rest
of the crowd.

What was right last year is
not always what is right
this year; what was wrong
today might not be what is
wrong tomorrow.

Without a dynamic collision
of diverse ideas there is no
progress, no energy, no
light, no democracy.

Real free speech is by nature
not a pretty thing. It is
seldom agreeable.

It is not about agreement
and maypole dancing.

It is about getting to the
truth of an issue. The
route to that truth is never
straightforward. It is
never casy. It is never
without casualties.

This supplement contains an
overview of what is at stake
for all British Columbians.