6 ~ Sunday, July 13, 1997 - North Shore News ‘ OW does it feel, Glen? Do you like having your ideas stifled? Do you think that the people of Washington should hear your ; tough- talking views on what the state’s fishermen and’ government are doing to salmon stocks? Difficult to get the word out when radio stations ban your: paid advertisements, isn’t it? Doesn’t do much for your faith in America’s: respect for freedom of —speech,.ch? Well;‘Glen, you and. your NDP“ * government have been: in the busi- ness of stifling free specch: on this ~side’of the border for years now. For some, getting their ideas out to others has become fraught with peril, - Look: to 0 Bit 33, » which your gov- north shore news VIEWPOINT Role reversal ernment has used to haul News coluninist Doug Collins in front of a “human rights” tribunal, And Bill 28, another of your attacks on free speech, It limits the amount groups can spend on advertising to make polit- ical statements during campaigns — precisely when groups want to make their views heard. Your rights to be heard have been squashed by sensitive radio stations. But for you, that’s where it ends. No human rights tribunal. No prosecutors knocking on your door for exceeding advertising expenses. No fines or jail terms. 4 ' In B.C., the victims of anti-free- specch legislation aren’t so lucky. They’re looking over their shoul- ders or contacting their lawyers, winew ! THAT WAS Close! <<, “ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT OUT OF THE HARBOUR. GREENPEACES 4 Time short for treaty challeng : THE North Shore News Free Speech Deferice Fund is j just over. the halfway. peint.°% - To press time Tuesday, donations from over 1,300, News readers anid free: speech supporters’ to: the: fund stood. at’ ‘$102,176. Legal fees expended thus far by the News have" ¥ yalveady' hit approximately $178,000, The final. bill will! be. . “much higher, All finds received, will help defray the Ie al costs faced by the. News in its battle with ¢ Human ‘Rights Tribunal over’ a complaint. laid “9 against, the newspaper and its: columnist Doug” tlins by the Canadian Jewish Congress. The hear- ““ing-into’ the tnatter, which began on May ‘12, wrapped up on June 27 following t thé submission of arguments, The decision from Nitya lyer, the. sitet of one’ hearing the complaint, will be ren- dered later this year. , i “\More e excerpts f ‘from the hundreds of re spondents to the cause: ST am enclosing a second cheque for tee Free Speech Defence Fund..As 1 said before, I might not always. agvee with what Dcug Collins, and particularly David Mitchell, says, but.T would defend their righi to ” 'say'it? ~~ Patricia Tomlinson, West Vancouver TT can’t tell you how much I admire and appreciate | <3 Dong Collins. I only wish my cheque were danger. i ” Bless Dong. He’s a courageous soul and I wish him the best of health and good luck always,” — Frances Garcia "Tam happy ta make a small contribution towards the ‘cause of free peech, It is only a drop inthe bucket, but, hope- * filly. there will be enough of us to show that we care. The North * Shore News is a great community ‘newspaper. It keeps me informed and makes me think. »— Brigitte Yogelsang, _ North Vancouver Donations - “to the North ‘Shore News Free Speech - Defence Fund can be sent to the News office,-1139 Lonsdale Ave:, North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. Cheques should be made out to the North Shore News Free Speech Defence Fund. . oo, _ srenshaw@direct. ca Werth Sher: thews, founded in 1969 as art independent suburban newspaper and quaified . Wider Schedule 111, Paragrach 111 of the Excise Tax Act, is published sach Wednesday, : CITIZENS Group democracy is B.C.’s political flavor of the - month following the victory of the Coalition Against No-fault — Insurance. But an even tougher “citi-” : zen” fight now looms, : Tt emerged | last week" with full-page newspaper ads attacking the Nisga’a Treaty by a group ‘cal ed, The Citizens’ Voice on Native Clainis, The treaty is now rapidly 2. nearing its final stage— _ satification by the NDP majority in the Legislature whic hwill, “set it in stone” for all time in the con- “stitution. Just in case you've fad more pressing matters on your mind during the past 18 months, the draft treaty carly in 1996 gave the some 3,000 reserve Nisga’a of northwest B.C. a government-style juris- - diction over about 2,000 square kilome- “tres north of Terrace, hunting and fish- ing rights over a further 7,000 square kilometres, an estimated $190 million cash and, reportedly, a commercial fish- ery on the Nass River. Given the remoteness and emptiness of the area in question (four native ‘vil- lages and only about 250 non-native res- -idents whose property rights are said to be protected), the draft treaty sounded- hirly reasonable. What is far from rea- sonable, however — and at the root of "the demands by The Citizens’ Voice on Native Claims — is the government’s Friday and Sunday by North Shore Free Press, Ud. and distributed to every door on the North Shore. Canaés Fost Canadsan Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement No, 0067238. Han estos Nerae Sos & Mag Die Maing rates avaiable on request. ‘pate Marae! 908-1337 124) 61,582 {average cezulation, Wednesday Friday & Sunday} Jonathan Belt rate Stes Manager PETER SPECK Publisher : forever i in the constitution. “Wii ‘to use the Nispa'a Treaty asa lueprint for some 60 other native land. "ft Claims waiting to be negotiated all over 7a the province, : ” rig It might work with some interior. “claims, though numer- ous rural native bands have so far shown scant ‘enthusiasm for it. But to attempt to apply the. formula to the Lower. Mainland i is patent: 6 lunacy, © Virtually, the exitire , Metro area, heme. to more than half the B.C. population, is the- oretically’ included in the initial land claims of its four main Indian bands —~ the * Squamish, Burrard, Musquéam and. Tsawwassen with a ‘combined population ee of some 4,000 oF about 0. 2% of the’ Metro total: ‘Meanwhile, almost all." Metro land except public parks is already ” privately owned,’ So, short of expropria- tion, how can any land be “handed over” to Metro natives over and above their ~:, Present reserves? — Back to The Voice’ and its board of ::. directors = a group of reputable B.C. : business leaders plus a couple of former .. Tory MPs,a top ullicial of the B.C.4; - Beam Trawlers Association and executive director Martyn Brown, former’ principal adviser to former B.C. Reform leader'” Jack Weisgerber, High’ among their criti- -cisms of the Nisga’a Treaty is its “third order of government” with provincial- : like powers no other local governments ° enjoy, and which would be ‘enshrined to Soaberacetecesesenvorens Noe! Wright rol hither and yon cre _ ble, a : And * for all than whether you can sue'for a Sore:neck after a Fear-ende ‘ East Ist Kiwanis .Giub 10th, birthday... birthday: gr How far, th oe mula, if applied | elsewh ¢inB equately protect non-native pr hts, existing jobs and workers’ right can we afford, in all the trea come, the scale of land. a ’ fers indicated, iby th ‘Thus, thei Voice’s campaign are; first; a le referendum ¢ on the “Niiga’ a“blueprint”. be lered through ‘the, : perpetuity; and sec -: the forni.of : . It won't be easy, Native lea predictaLly outraged by. ify adum, Aboriginal, John Cashore rejects _ With a working majo * ernment —- =, as certain - Voice people reckon noth: iB Especially when the long te: titish Colismbians are fa please to that good: rth’, Van’ very “happ reetings: this: same® Wedn oe « Bay's Brian Hanna : should’ be. done with’ ' without. ® ; LETTERS TU THE i EnITOR | » Letters must include your name, full addiess & telephone VIA Intemet: trenshaw @ COMPUTER BBS - -Conpuoler * Managing Editor SERN (ITT) SONS (TH 905-21 31 (101) sop-2is1 (a9 | Senn a Peter Kearns: Photography Display Manager 31 (127) 008-2131 (lem) 000-2611 (163) Entire contents © 1997 North Shore Free Press Lid. All rights reserved. Classified Manager 906-4222 (282) 905-2131 (218) 90-21: ietornet- bttp-//erew.nenews.com number. direct.ca 980-8027 ID:mai . 926-2131 (114 31 (18) Andrew Mefrasie MEIN HM) |