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ith’ friends like B.C. Attorney
General Brian Smith, Canada’s
justice system has no need of

enemies. His intervention in the case of Nor-
man. Fox, jailed for zight years after being
wrongly convicted of rape, leaves a feeling of
profound distaste, 7
We hold no special brief for Fox, who had
served a jail tern: on a previous rape convic-
/ tion, But under our concepts of natural justice
che was clearly entitled to compensation for be-
‘ ing robbed of eight years of his life by the se-
| cond and wrong conviction.
The original sum was set at $275,000, part
“of which Fox volunteered to share with his
earlier rape victim. But there was disagree-
ment about the amount, so Mr. Smith ap-
: pointed .a retired Appeal Court judge to

*. $35,000
The. "Attorney General rejected his

~ Stead, his own figure of $100,000. |

Mr. Smith is not a judge. He is merely
_ B.C.’s chief law’ enforcement officer — and
: the Canadian tradition ¢ails for a clear separa-

tion. between jaw enforcement and the
. judiciary. By throwing out retired Justice
. Meredith McFarlane’s decision (even though
’ not handed down in a formal.court) he in.ef-
-fect snubbed the justice system.

-Mr. Smith also: inflicted an extra-legal
= penalty on a man who has already paid the
 gourt-imposed penalty for his earlier crime.
- And: the:award to the earlier rape victim is
¢ How four: times greater than the maximum

_ $25,000 to which she is entitled under the B.C.
} Criminal Injuries.Compensation Act.
pa (| shori, Mr. Smith chose to play the role of
both prosecutor and judge, thus damaging the
Credibility. of the justice system itself. His ar-
* rogance will hardly help the Socreds in their
* efforts to build a benign pre-election i image.

No parallel”

od to see that’ Canada’ 's External AE

all; to do somewhat better than most
of our European allies in support of President

or may not work, but the right thing is at least
to. try them. And please don’t let us get con-
” fused about parallels with South Africa. The
‘| big difference is that South Africa does not
> EXPORT ‘terrorism.

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. Mediate. The judge set. the victim’ S share at '

mediator’ Ss recommendation and imposed, in-'

THE YOUNG GIRL’ S HEART that. beat strong-

ly Sunday: night in Daniel Izzard’s chest. will be
put to good use if its new owner: has any say in

: fairs’ Department ‘has decided, after ~

Reagan’s sanctions against Libya. They may —

the matter.

Widely rated as Canada’ s.
leading impressionist paint-
er, the 62-year-old West Van
resident had been given only
two months to live without;
the ‘successful transplant’
Operation made pessible/

. earlier that day. at the Uni-!

versity Hospital, London,
Ont.
He’s Canada’s oldest

transplant patient. A year or

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~

two ago you couldn’t even ok ‘

qualify over the age of 50.
But. those of us who know,:

‘| Daniel. well. have’ a ‘strong’
_ hunch: he'll make it with fly

ing colors,

His whole life since’ ‘anriv- :
ing in this country 34 years :
ago has been ‘spent seeking
out new adventures in pur- |

‘ suit of his art. And once a.

fresh goal beckons, he never
takes ‘‘no’’ for an answer.

Born in London, England,
he spent eight~ years as ay
naval officer, for a time as a.
combined operations: com-.
‘mando, and accompanied:
the Royal Family's! 1947 tour-
of South Africa’ on HMS
Vanguard.

Always drawing and.
painting in every free mo-

ment.

The: 1952 * “immigrant to.

Toronto quickly fell in love
with the. wilderness grandeur
of: his” new. homeland. - For
the next 13 years he took his
brushes ‘and: easel
throughout northern Ontario

and other: remote areas. of .

Canada —: many still ac-

cessible ..only. . by“: canoe, -

which he. used extensively.

In 1965 he moved:to B.C.
and his’ present - Horseshoe
_ Bay home; ‘from’ which
adventures - farther . afield
began: = ;
‘On the: fil rst of. hig major
tours abroad he painted the
people - and scenes of Mex-
ico. The result: a sell-out
exhibition. opened by

Lieut-Gov. Crore: Pearkes :

LETTER OF THE DAY

and the Mexican Consul.
Then; in 1971, he took off
for Europe with wife Denese
and tiny daughter Jemila.

- him under. :

50-foot. “yawl

they lived in ‘Spain. In 1974.
they. made their way back: to

Venezuela Colombia, . Peru,

Ecuador,’ Panama, .

and the,U.S,-..*
‘Today,.- like” his

canvas harvest of those three

years grace public, corporate’:
‘and private collections ‘on
‘two continents. Since® then’

his time has been divided be-

_tween. capturing the’ scenic

majesty of B.C. and further

“annual painting . safaris to

distant places — the Middle
East, the Arctic and, last
summer, India.

Thanks NE ws for
gift to the community

Dear Mr. Speck:

Christmas has always been
a time we have chosen in

.- order to tell children they’re
- good. In fact, Old St. Nick
‘ has not been above a few

veiled threats in the area of
naughty or nice.

However, this letter is ad-
dressed to you, and the adult
members of your staff you
chose to assist the North

. Vancouver. Christmas

Bureau, this year on behalf
of the children. We just
want to tell you that you too
are good.

How good? Well, we in-
creased our. cash donations
by nine thousand dollars to
approximately thirty-four
thousand. We were able to
assist one thousand and thir-
ty-eight. families this. year.
We received at least ten
thousand doliars worth of
good food and the donations

of toys outdid anything we
have ever received in the
past.

What a gift to the com-
munity ‘of time, money and
talent. Noel Wright’s happy
support for the North Van-
couver’ Beer. Drinkers &
Small Change Society,
Janice Silver’s enthusiastic
organization and promises
for the future, Dave Jen-
neson’s liasion and display,
Ross Meek’s stories, Val

‘beckons.:..So.: muc

For two years they. sailed a.
At ~~ paint and‘live for:

northern Europe. ‘For a time -

other
works, : much of the | rich:

of the painter —

“was “during: the
November exhibition. of his
India’ paintings at a West |
Van: galiery ‘that. he had ‘to

enter’ LGH: for “emergency -'

treatment of ‘the’ fatal . heart.

‘condition — now believed to

have been silently building :
for years as a result of-cons-

tant exposure’ to jead paint, .

and solvents in’ his studio. -
Sunday brought. Daniel his.

, ~ biggest: “adventure “ever. It”
was typical of. the. man: that: ,
. he jubilantly phone e:

Now,..

to fight for. —

DANIEL IZZARD...much
‘to fight for. °

Xmas

Stephenson’s ad promotion, :
lan Smith and Mike
Wakefield's photos, Marty
Empey in dispatch and Geo.
Hail, mentor. .

Remember when you were
young and at- Christmas
Time you all tried so hard to
be good?

Well you sure are. .

L. Ida Paddock

- Chairperson .
North. Van Christmas
Bureau —