THE RESPONSE to our first Your Call question was overwhelm.
ing, with more than 200 readers expressing their views. Of those,
the vast majority (over 95%) were opposed to Bill 33. Many ex-
pressed concerns that the provincial government is taking » page
out of George Orwell's novel 1984.

Does gov’ts new anti-hate
law threaten free speech?

Ruth Skinner
West Vancouver

Yes, | think Bill 33 does threaten
free speech. Not only do | support
write
whatever he wants to, 1 usually,
but not always, agree with what

Doug Collins’ right to

he says.

Cindy Hanson

North Vancouver

No, | don’t feel the amendment
threatens free speech. Anytime
you target specific groups or per-
sons you are turning the clock
back to the discrimination and
prejudice of World War II.

duae Hunter

West Vancouver

Yes. At the moment. we are all
scared to speak out about views
we feel strongly about, even to
neighbors or friends. Another law
is ridiculous, because you cannot
legislate people’s thoughts.

Marlo Fitzgerald

North Vancouver

My answer to the question is
every time we make a new law to
protect us from individuals we all
lose a portion of our freedom.

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AEL!

Motion concerned non-council awards

Dear Editor:

In Stephen Wisenthal’s col-
umn,'*'News columnist roasted at
NVC. meeting’*(North Shore
News, June 9), Wisenthal writes
that [ .asked that ‘‘council
dissociate itself from the three
awards given to members’'{ie, to
members of council). This is quite
incorrect.

I asked council to dissociate
themselves from (he awards given
to Doug Collins, Noel Wright and
Peter Speck, not from the awards
given to the three council
members. ‘

The two motions. which I asked *

North
Vancouver
Federal FCs
Candidate
Nomination
Meeting
June 24th

council to endorse, and which |
read out at the meeting of June 7
were:

(1) Although council members
were present at the ceremony of
Jan. 20 when 125th anniversary
medals (Outstanding People in
North Vancouver) were, in the
name of the Governor General of
Canada, awarded to Doug Col-
lins, to his former editor, Noel
Wright, and to his publisher,
Peter Speck, it does not follow
from this that council approves of
those three awards and, therefore,
council now formally wishes it to
be known that it dissociates itself

24 yis. of involvement
& commitment

from those three awards:

(2) The Governor General be
advised of the above motion and
also of the fact that on a previous
occasion council passed a motion
deptoring Collins’ activities.

Lionel Kenner
North Vancouver

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