Y i "s th THERE ARE bombs, letter bombs and letters that are as good as bombs. One such has heen sent to Immigration Minister Sergio Marchi by North Shore Reform Party MP Ted White. it made my day. White takes his job seriously. He gives the feds hell on many issues, but especially on the way we are treating immigrant criminals “who in any sane society would be taken by the scruff of the neck to . the nearest airport and catapulted “back to their own distinct societies. One such is Vu Van Le, late of ‘Vietnam. ; A North Shore News story that appeared in July under the headline “NV MP to push for deportation order”, read as follows: “Vu Van Le, 31, was convicted of a Calgary home invasion in 1990 ‘and ordered deported six months after being released from jail. He was sentenced to 3% years for unlawful confinement and assault with ‘a weapon. “The sentence was reduced to two years less a day after appeal. “The deportation order was “stayed Feb, 15, 1994, by the Immigration Appeal Board Appeal : Division. “A three-member appeal panel * stated they were satisfied that Le's ‘risk of re- offending was “very min- "imal." _. Minimal? Six months later the | North Vancouver RCMP drug | squad members arrested Le in East Vancouver, with a quantity of hero- 7 inon him. “Mr. Le,'as the mainstream. media would call him, then got six months in North Van provincial _ court for trafficking. «. Enter Ted White, who has writ- “ten many letters'to Marchi asking owhy we allow Le. and others like: drinking oy ‘dvivers # “THE FOLLOWING people recent.’ “ly appeared in North Shore courts in connection with drinking and dri- ving related offences: i Ame. Thor Juvik, 45. of North _ Vancouver, was jailed four nionths, ; received 12: months’ ‘probation and . had‘his ‘driver's licence. suspended ° for 24 -months after. le: pleaded oug Collims on the giner hand him to ream the tocal tandscape | instead of deporting them.. One of Marchi’s replics was the most convoluted, screwed-up sereeds it has ever been my misfor- - tune to read. It was addressed to “Dear Ted.” although Marchi must love Ted the way drunks love booze-banners. It wandered over the Chiiter of Rights and Freedoms, the United Nations, Canada’s “humanitarian traditions.” and Marchi's claim that he was doing a great job in getting tid of crooks. ; MP White's “letter bomb” was a thing of beauty and a joy forever. | It began this way: “Lam in receipt of your letter of Oct 16, 1995, which is full of the gobbledygook and rhetoric that I would have expected to be’sent out as a part of some mass mailing campaign. “You continue (o 0 exhibit a lack of willingness to address the gen- : uine concerns of Canadians, and lance te you, there is no doubt that the majority of ay.constituents consider-you lo- be a disgrace to your-kigh office. | ‘You have’ ‘consistently FAILED |. 10, show the shig ziitest interest in pro- ” vi level greater than ,08. Jjail sentence was- recom: ved ‘by electronic moni-.. eazie, 45, of C,, wis his driver's for 42 months “Tilley, Endurables Free, to col mplement your Tilley. 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