Al2 - Sunday, November 7, 1982 - North Shore News Province-wide investigation laun FROM PAGE A1 left to make a test case out of the issue Victoria should decide the standards and make aruling. It appears now that Williams, the subject of repeated complaints of inaction by his own con- stituents who say their at- tempts to communicate with him on the porn issue have largely been ignored, agrees. Regional Crown Counsel in New Westminster Barry Sullivan says he has been instructed to coordinate an investigation on a province- wide basis. “What we are going to do in any one area has to have consistency to it. We are going on the basis of a province-widé investigation nography) from tep_ to bottom, including the whole question of who is behind it.” Another reason the in- vestigation is all embracing, according to Sullivan, is that Red Hot Video is not the. only distributor of the of- fending material. “I want to know a great , deal of information about a great number of locations and distributors before I make a decision about prosecution,” he says. Sullivan adds: “The provisions in the act dealing with pornography are fairly non-defined. We = are working on preparing some legal precedent.” Attorney General Williams came_ under pressure in the legislature from fellow North Shore Social Credit .MLA . Angus Ree, of North Van-Capilano, . to disclose what he intended doing about pornography. Willaims announced October 4 that if a store was found to have available which was degally |, . pornographic « under provincial. guidelines that store’s entire stock could be confiscated while a decision over charges was being considered Members of the North Shore Women’s Centre and other local opponents became anxious for this to happen to the local Red Hot Video store, insisting that tapes it stocks depicting rapes would qualify under the guidelines. October 15 they met with Williams and turned over u directory of porno movies. Opponents calling = them- selves the Concerned Citizens of the North Shore. said they had found the directory Adam Film World Guide X Rated Movie Handbook — on the counter at Red Hot Video and for sale there at $3.75. The complainants protested to Wilhams that Red Hot Video maintains it does tts best to screen out violent scenes but m reality directs customers {0 rape and gang bang movies that They pointed out using the X-Rated Movie Handbook, which has special classifications for rape, sadism and masochism, bondage and discipline, incest and gang- bangs, it was possible to ascertain which video tapes at Red Hot Video contain these scenes by cross- referencing with the store's own catalogue material’ : * -the oe then. They also complained that in spite of the store being ordered to remove video tapes titled Expensive Taste. Never A Dull Moment and Young and Abused from its shelves these titles were still advertised as being available in Red Hot'’s latest catalogue dated October 9. Manager of the North Van store Ted Emery says this was an error at the printing stage and fhat the titles are definitely not available. He points out that the words which are the subject of offence in the X-rated movie handbook have been Po eee We'v ve @ brought back the 8 slice, $3.99. pepperoni pizza, a million- seller many times over at Mother's. From now through November 14th, you can enjoy a crisp crust, our own special tomato sauce, an deleted from each copy in the store, adding that the store was under no obligation to do so as it was a book which had _ been cleared by Canada Customs. However, the handbook is itself a clear example of just how contradictory legislation is ‘relating to explicit sex material and underlines how what may be pornography to one person can be acceptable to another. Contacted by the NEWS about the handbook, Canada Customs Regional Director Jack Pedlar said the x-rated NORTH SHORE 303 MARINE DR. N. VAN. 980-5754 movie directory was a prohibited publication for importation. as far as his office was concerned. The handbook seems to be working itself down through each level of the legal system. Attorney General Williams turned it over to Vancouver Regional Crown Counsel Sean Madigan, who in turn handed it over to Sullivan. From Sullivan ‘the book made its way to the police and Sullivan says: “We have, in turn, caused an investigation against Red + RICHMOND 8440 BRIDGEPORT AD. z70-084 Hot Video and anybody who is in the. business of distributing. material. which may be — and I say may be — obscene.” Latest development in the saga of the well-travelled book occured last week when local Customs head Pedlar was overruled by his superiors in Ottawa. They confirmed that the handbook had been legally- -imported at Oakville, in Ontario, by Master Media and Pedlar says of Ontario Customs’ attitude to the magazine: “They had no problem with it.” extra handful of cheese plus plenty of spicy pepperoni, all for just $3.99 at any Mother's in Vancouver. This offer | applies to diningroom as well as pick-up orders only. FULLY LICENCED _ COQUITLAM 2575 BARNET HWY. 461-2233 Meanwhile, the matter of the handbook is still not - completely- settled. Sullivan says that though Customs may have decided to ap- prove it that does not affect the question of whether he might end up bringing any charges over it. “They (Customs) may not be operating under the same guidelines - of the Criminal Code - that we have ac- cepted.” Sullivan's investigation has already started and he says he will give no details of how it is being approached or when it may be concluded.