Pro-life cover applause Dear Editor: ~ Tam _ writing simply to commend. your newspaper for even bothering to cover the recent. Pro-Life meeting in North Vancouver and to con- ogratulate: you on_ reporting . the event in a seemingly unbi- ased way. I was not at the aforemen- tioned meeting but just the fact that you‘ covered it and did nor make the people par- . ticipating appear like a‘ group ~ of fanatics was heartening to * see, / oy The: Vancouver newspa- : pers can only seem to report » on events from their biased : ‘perspective: requently; the North Shore News seems to be able * 10° ‘report. from the" partici- pant’s . perspective. Good to. |’ “ séet Mazio Tan edi North Vancouver . Sunday, April 5, 1998 - North Shore News ~ 9 north shore news MAIL Box Oliver illustrates value of internet Dear Editor: North Shore News readers deserve a follow-up on the events at Oliver, it being quite certain that they will get nothing of any value from the establishment press. The arranged free specch mecting was cancelled by the mayor — ilegal- lv in my opinion — and the mini meeting at which J spoke on the steps of the city hall got scandalously biased media treatment, replete with swastikas and other devil signs. As J stated there, a lot of the stuff being transmitted on the Internet is not my cup of ‘tea. Bur no one is obliged to see it and Interner servers like’ Mr. Bernard Klatt of Oliver are not there to act as censors, any more than MacMiilan & Bloedel are there to. check“what appears on the newsprint they sell. It. is: precisely because of censor- ship in the well-controlled, politically correce media that the Internet has become so important. Any thinking ‘person. should: know by now that Attorney General, Ujjal Dosanjh, the Sol Littmans, the Alan Duttons and the rest of the Left want to control - cyberspace, Let no onc. imagine ‘that the loony . tunes of, the. nwo- member American _ bilge. Nazi Party are the nub of the issue. Whar Dosanjh & Co. want is an Internet Heresy Act similar to their Human Rights Code. Ac the same time, they want iree- dom for themselves. ft was Littman who described Oliver as “the hate capital of Canada” — which itself was a hate statement, and he back-tracked only when the mayor of Oliver talked about a libel suiz. Littman is the propaganda minis- ter for what the press calls the “Nazi- hunting” Simon Wiesenthal Centre. In 1984 he told Brian Mulroney that the notorious Josef Mengele of Auschwitz had applied to come into Canada as an immigrant and that there was “a frightening possibility” he might already ! be in Canada. There was not a word of truth in it but his scare story led to the setting up of the Deschenes Roval Commission on war criminals, which cost us a bundle. He has out out barrelfuls of such The purpose of his Oliver tirade ‘was to feed the media with sensation- alism and they lapped it up. Dosanjh jumped into the brew by calling: for more censorship laws and purred with satisfaction when rhe scheduled meeting we: cancelled. His buddy, Marxist Alan Dutton, wants the Oliver Internet server’s equipment seized, no tess, and Hedy Fry the Multicult Minister has stated that the existing “hate laws” are not adequate because “some people are clever enough to put out their mes- sages in a way that doesn’t sound like hate.” (We know what they really mean, 3¢e?) The media follow along, demoniz- ing dissent and carrying any lie the Left jikes to peddle. Thus the head- line in the Suu: “Town of Oliver awaits the hate.” RCMP Sgr. Rick McKenna of Dosanjh’s “hate squad” heard me speak. I shook his hand and asked him how much hate he had noted. | He laughed and shook his head. The pretext for cancelling the mecting was the alleged threat of vio- lence. But the threat came from the Left and the mayor should have told the RCMP keep the peace. All it now cakes to stop a meeting is some organized claque. So there goes freedom of assembly, supposedly guaranteed by the Charter. B. C. -scts the pace, just as it has done with its” Heresy Act.’ The mini-meeting was held o on the . 1 steps of the city hall even though it was clear that most of our supporters thought the whole thing was off: Truc to form, the opposition sent a girl over to interrupt the proceedings, screaming something about racism and blacks.TV being what it is, she got most of the attention. If anything proves the value of the Internet, it was this, because you have seen virtually nothing of what I said in the Vancouver Sun, the Provinee, the Globe, or on TV. However, the speech is being car- tied on the net night across North — America and for that matter the world. . . Doug Collins West Vancouver MAILBOX. POLICY: LETTERS to the editor ‘must be legible (preferably typewritten).and include your name, full address and ° telephone number. ‘Due “to” s constraints the: North Shore News cannot publish all letters. Published: letters: may be-edited for. brevity, ATTENTION N "7 DISTRICT RESIDENTS! i ‘Heritage Fund Alert — Ernie ie Crist and Pat Munroe, North Van District Councillors nothing to induce a junkie to change his habits, so the District's reliance on the sale of land has done nothing: to enhance its cperational and fiscal posture. . Instead of paying fr, playing fields,a library, the Parkgate Community Centre, etc from interest generated by the Heritage. Fund, as is the case in other Municipalities, the District had to «- berrow 2.6 million dollars v. ia referendum to my for such badly needed facilities,” - Fiscal misuse of the District's Heritage Fi “und is ‘also one of the: reasons why the City of Neth Vancouver : * is reluctanit to amalgamate with the District. Such an done. not. orily. to- pay for cupital “ amalgamation’ would’ save ‘both City and Disteice nditures but for: “operating {consumable} residents a great deai of money. The City, with only.a fraction of the District's land : benk, has a far larger Heritage Fund. Unlike the ° District, it uses only the generated interest and ory for genuine capital projects. At the same time, taxes . inthe City based on real assessment are lower than in ithe District.. " : o "RAIDING. THE HER RITAGE FUND FOR 4: SHORT-TERM GAINS WILL HAVE SFRIOUS “LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES FOR “DISTRICT TAXPAYERS. Instead of paying forthe “renewal of an aging infrastructure with interest generated by the Heritage Fund, such expenses will ° have to be paid for by raising taxes, and/or by “redicing and even eliminating importan! services - i and social programs altogether, |” Councillor Crist made repeated attempts to stop this ; practice, But all his motions to that effect were either voted down by Mayor end Council.or.in violation of . democratic procedure, ignored: altogether. Only : “Councillors Muri and Muntoe voted with bim, The only way our for the District will be pani driven land selling ptegram in the near future, This, in turn, will result in more development and greater .. _ pressure on our North Shore environment. THERE | “VILL BE MORE. SCARS ON. "MOUNTAINSIDE. What is being dotie is net shortsighted b bat ako ite businesslike. nd Sales; was set® entually. pay for all Fature. Enjoy Instore Fresh Flower Specials : _ and — .. “shortsighted “policy, : ‘Such as road maintenance were called tion, thus’ inferring that they’ were jects when, in reality, they, were toad ‘patching by another name. Senelalt NST ERDORGROWING. and HERITAGE FUND IS Br ING [e) ‘THE CONTRARY. IT HAS RESULTED IN WASTEFULNESS AND INEFFICIENCY. In a tional survey ot’ business efficiency, the District ” found to beat the bottom of all Municipalities in’ stern Canada. ” ‘ : : like-having estoa bank a account will do OPEN ; GOOD FRIDAY oe 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.” STEPS WILL BE TAKEN. | : : Distt of North Vancouver. 1988.08.0