Page. 16,5 June. 13, 1979. “North Shore News |

R — suspects’ rights.

Dear Editor:.

In regards to" your front
page article “NEWSman’s.
film seized by Mounties”, I
would like'to add my support
_ tothe RCMP!

Not only. were
protecting “the

they
suspect's

As one who grew up in a
free country and came to
this country by choice,
expecting: it similarly to be
free, I feel I must comment.
‘on some of the points made
‘in the article by Miguel
-Moya~in-—-your- “Law Falk”.
item of: June 6th, 1979.
Unfortunately the points that
I want-to comment on were
already. known to me and so
they:come as no surprise but
_ it is somewhat surprising, if
one is to believe Mr. Moya,
that so many Canadians are

apparently uninformed.

The: dilemma which Mr.
Moya outlines is, to me at

‘privacy,

fundamental. rights of
stopped unfair publicity of
their (the suspects) pictures
in the “News” before their
day in court.

To be judged by a 1 public

ignorant of the facts is -

least, typical of so many

apsects of Canadian life in-

that it involves ‘areas where
there is no legal obligation
on a citizen to comply but

‘practise has established that

unless: you comply you are
going to cause yourself a lot
of tre trouble. oo

\

It is this very attitude that
I have deplored for a long
time and which, in my own
little way, I have tried for
many years to fight and will

continue to fight in the time
‘that I remain here: The

whole point of the letter
however is to ask, and
hopefully to prod some

‘Canadians into asking, when

is this situation going to be

Concerned Citizens
have no PR budget

. Dear Editor:

It appears that the
chairman of the North
Vancouver School Board
does not appreciate the drop
sheet. from Concerned
Citizens Association. This
factual sheet explained why
our school taxes are going
down.

One can only speculate as

to how the school board .

would have presented this

information.

This “glossy and ex-
pensive” drop sheet was paid
for by individuals and

‘parents. who feel our schools

must be improved. Unlike
the school board, Concerned
Citizens Association does
not have a public relations
budget in excess of $37,000.

Dr. and Mrs. W. Bell
North Vancouver

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‘they possibly

' completely wrong. You must
not let, freedom of the press
overule all other basic
human rights. ©

May I also suggest to Mr.

Smith that his time would be

corrected? The kind of
situation Iam speaking
about is very well described
by Mr. Moya in
following passages:

_ “Also, unless you have
been arrested, you are not
required to give your name
to the police, produce
identification or explain
what you are doing.

(Mr. Moya points out the
exception is the ‘driver of a
motor vehicle.) .

“However, the best policy
is to cooperate with the
police.

Dear Editor:

Thank you to all the
people who gave so much of
their time and energy, to
make this year’s West

Vancouver Community Day
such as success. I would
particularly like to thank the
committee

Mr. John

the

better spent photographing .

automobiles and rush hour
traffic and leave law. en-
forcement to the police. In
doing this he might leave the
front page of your fine
newspaper for some hard
news and-save your readers

“Slow transformation toa police state?

“In practice, you will be
arrested if you don’t give

. minimum cooperation to the

police.”

The question I ask, and
which I wish every Canadian

‘ would ask, of himself and of

those he appoints to for-
mulate laws on his behalf
and to run the country on his
behalf, is why if the law does

not require one to identify

oneself .should one be
arrested for not identifying

oneself? If this practice does
_not bear the hallmark of a

police state, at least in its
incipient stages, then I don’t
know what does.

Community Day thanks

Peirson, Mr. Tony Petersen,

Mrs. Linda Hampson, Mrs.

Roberta) Hemmings, Mr.
Graham Chambers, Mr.

Rusty Pierce and Mr. Frank’

Kurucz.

As well, sincere thanks
goes to everyone who
participated or came to

from enduring another of
Mr. Ian Smith's publicity
stunts. ;

Sly Lyle

Paterson, B.C.

When are the Canadian
people going to wake up and

. realize exactly the extent to

which their basic freedom is
being encroached upon, and
when are they going to stand
up and fight this en-
croachment as so many
brave Canadians stood some
35 years ago against the
armies of a nation which
allowed itself, just as Canada

is now-allowing itself, to be

slowly but very surely
transformed into a police
state?

_ J.B.P. Sawyer,
P.Eng.
North Vancouver

enjoy the day. It is very
encouraging to see such

great. community par-
ticipation.

Mark W. Sager

School Trustee

Chairman Community Day

Committee

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