_mailbox oug foments fear _Dear Editor: “Doug Collins has done it again. On the one hand he sets himself up asa champion of honor and of tradi- “tion, but he is consistently only a Fear-monger and a gossip. Inthe great sacred tradition of ‘three religions, Hebrew, Christian and’ Moslem the Ten Command- :Ments are seen as a basis for a com- “munity way of life. Some have even suggested that oe “this Decalogue is universal. One of ~ these commandments invites. “Thou :- Shalt not bear false witness against yl your Neighbor”, : In his Nov, -15 column, Collins speaks about the graffiti on the syn- agogue construction wall and’ says “the chances of the incident being a =! eax are far Breater than its having : been genuine.” This’ is: malicious gossip and breaks one of the fundamental rules The Jewish community has been accused of hoaxes. before. They have béen ‘charged with. inventing The . Holocaust, desecrating their’ own ‘graveyard and perpetuating all manner of evil for their-own Bain. Collins ‘only adds his own voice to these accusers: °°. Martin Luther, i in explaining the m aning. of. the commandments, : ‘voices with. a. said that “we should fear and love God so that we do not belie, betray, backbite or slander our neighbor, ~ but speak well of them and put the most charitable construction on all they do.” Collins only backbites and stan- ders, In doing this he creates fear and hatred. Martin Luther did not always speak words of wisdom. His writ- ings against the Jews in his latter life were horrible. ‘His writings were used by the Nazis to promote hatred aguinst the Jews, Lutherans in Canada have ree- ognized this publicly and renounced this part of Martin Luther’ 8 writings as being evil. His simple: writings “about the commandments are good. He warns that those who persistently break them will bring destruction on themselves and the community, _ Many people have tried to stop Doug Collins in the past. Many have seen the dangers of his vitriolic writings. 1 can only join their many. warning to Doug Collins. and to the: North Shore News that these writings only ‘per- .petuate fear and : hatred and are — against the will of God. Donald W. Johnson. . North Nancouyer eo Don't agree with fleur-de- lis ‘Shame “on North: Vancouver's ve nayor. for raising the. flcur-de-lis to. placate Quebec. A Quebec yes vote? ‘What bliss — no more of the French superiority complex that touts “spe- cial” over any and all people. Bye to’ the’ distinet, or. rather “de-stinked,” ” Hairst ye long hair extra) ‘society ‘and ‘their - big language expense. No more would politicians ‘appease Quebec, by dropping extra economic sugar plumbs in their. lap - vat..Canada's “expense. || No™ Canada “with Quebec js worth the troubles. 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During the November 29 to December 20 construction period, your patience and attention to traffic controls would be appreciated: To avoid ° delays, alternate routes should be used. For further information, please contact | the Engineering Department. g, at 986-9141. ted white, m. P. kas TWO YEARS OF INDECISION | almost two years alter it-was intro-. duced; ‘and noone: knows at this” point how ‘much taxpayers ‘will and, in my January 11, 1995 adver-, ‘torial, 1 wrote about. my. meeting _with the Hon, David Lange, the Labour Prime Minister who was In. “power when New Zealand expori- anced it's 1984 debt crisis. At that time, Mr. Lange described the ¥ Canadian Liberal Governmant as, :- -“4.. & maintenance style of gov- ernment... used, to juet kesping things. “running “during . good * tines,” He algo sald that Canada really needed a “reform minded” . style of government to cape with ; the chatlenges that lay ahead. .” The passage’ of time seems. to “have conti med Mr, Lange's analysis. “Of the situation. Two. years down-.: Stream from the federal election, itis . hard ¢ to identify” ‘any. significant ‘achievements of the prasent admin- istration: We have watched an Inde- = clsive, “maintenance”. style’ of :gov- amment amble it's way along without : : ‘any’ clearly: defined : plan: for.-the - future; ultimately brirging us to with- “tn a hair's breadth of the break up of. an THE: RECORD “Globe and Mail columnist, Jeffrey - Simpson," recently: wrote «that: the: : Federal Liberals ‘have placed them: =: “Selves, and the country, above a trap oor, a. trap: ‘door: which opened when) Mr Quabecers changes in the Canadian ederation if. they - voted “NO.: Mr. : Simpson's ‘aditoriz! prompted me to. hink back over the record of the pre- “sent: administration, and “how the. Prime... Minister's’ “Don’t worry,’ be _ happy" approach to goveming ended Up positioning us over that trap door. ‘During’ the'1993 electioncam-. , paign, the. Liberals .promised, “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs,’ an’ end ' to. the «GST, ‘renegotiation of NAFTA, and cancel- lation of the Pearson ‘Airport’ deat. The Deputy Prime Minister, Sheila. Copps, even promised to resign if.’ the ast had not gone within a year. , Well, Sheila is still here, and sois - the GST. And despite the $6 billion’ {Infrastructure Program which added to the burden of debt for our children and. grandchildren, the unemploy- Inent rate remains stalled between - 9.5% and 10.5%.’ Reform has ‘con- sistently maintained that ‘govern- - ment deficit spending does not cre- ate meaningful, long term jobs and we have been proven correct.-The “path to meaningful, long term jobs ‘comes from CUTS to government spending, which lead to a budget urplus; reduced taxes, more money sin the pockets of Canadians, and a etter business’ climate’ for’ private ector job. creation. « NAFTA; PEARSON & ‘MORE Another,” Red. Book’ promise which turned to fluff within waeks of “the election was the ‘renegotiation of NAFTA. However, the: Bill cenceling .: Chretien =" promised» ‘advertorial Nov. 29/95 up paying In compensation costs. . Meanwhile, public demands’ for. “changes to the Young’ Offenders Act; ~ and attention to. other justice Issues.’ have been ignored, the Minister: of--f: Immigration has. failed to ‘deal. with. 4" “. abusas in the system, we continue to” overspend by $100 million per day (with the result that more than $80 ¢ billion has. been added to our debt load since October 1993), patronage ‘ >and questionable grants programs are. still ir: place, and the'self-serv-- ing, golc-plated MP pension ‘trough remains filled with your tax dollars. - This administration is just like the - one before it - an “old tine” party, out ‘of touch with the people, that really d 7 does not care what you think. —: ONE GOOD THING | co One. piece | of legislation which .. f = was : introduced: by *'the- Justice” | - Minister.does stand out as a worth- “while achievement:of “tha: Liberal -, “Government. However,’ even: that: _ happened only after Reforrn'’s Myron Thompson maneuvered the Minister. into a-commitment. during Question ~ Period on June 20 of this year.’ “ Myron asked why legislation had not been introduced to provide for DNA ‘testing in’ the Criminal .Code -. “and demanded to know if the Justice -: Minister... would. accept “personal: § “responsibility. for allowing the mur-: ““derer of Tara Manning to go free as’ @ result. During: his’ response,’ the Minister agreed to discuss the issue, ]-- = with. Myron ‘after: Question Period. ~ that day. woe ea) everyone's amazement, a Bil had been drawn up, introduced, and passed within one day, giving police sthe tools to solve a number of crimes . which had been waiting for DNA avi- dence. Passage of the Bili would not have been. possible without Liberal. j support, but Myron Thompson was the catalyst and deserves a jot of the credit. (The first successful convic- 7 . tion in B.C. using the provisions of the new Bill: took. place in late October in the case of Jason Scott ~ Good.): : Sadly, DNA Bill C-104 was the” exception, and Parliament, at a cost “of around $25,000 per hour, is cur- rently debating “important” subjects like addition of manganese to fuel. |.{ We remain susperided above the “open trap door, waiting in limbo for: §. the Prime Minister and his cabinet to ° | ‘come up with a plan for Canada’s - future, and although «miracles, do. happen, I'm‘ not very © optimistic.” Yesterday's , ineffective policies: are , ‘still being promoted as the answer to’ * today's Information Age’ problems.” ithe ‘Pearson Airport privatizi.tion is. 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