sa sevsaes SRS E eS ae slation does not ero Dear Editor: Le The North Shore News has nun the identical column on the’ editorial ” page since July 23. The period for “.an election in B.C. is 28 days which means that) an election could be ‘called and be over in less time than | the: period covered to ‘date by the North Shore News campaign. Part Of the criticism raised by the News is -about the new Election. Act. Bill 28. It should be noted that the alter- fative offered ‘by ‘the “opposition, M208. (1993),! is -actually “more Testrictive with respect to campaign ‘advertising as it: would ‘count every. “penny spent on election advertising by an individual as‘a donation to be subtracied . from spending : limits imilar to those in the government “bill’.Mr.:Dalton, who. sponsored « - M208, failed ‘to‘mention that little. . ‘inconsistency. By contrast, an. indi- _Vidual could pay for, the type of col- mn. the News’ has - been running “Without running afoul of the govern ment’s Bill 28. “At least half the popula prob- bly.’ remembers -the..days under WAC. Benneti. when. any form:of © olling “during: election * ampaigns was illegal. “All Bill 28° does is require. that the. Question, the. f.people: who responded and the error factor bé reported: If a equirement to report these facts isa . limitation :‘on ' free: speech’ in’. the . opinion of; the North Shore News, ’: ‘proudly supported . by,“ the” News ppears to extend to the knowledge: ds. ‘Bill 33° ie our freedo ‘Bill 32, also criticized by the News, implemented recommenda- tions of Professor Bill Black from UBC that divided the Human Rights Commission into two sections — one to hear cases and one to do edu- cational work. Opposition critic, Rev. Val. Anderson, stated during debate that the. Bill is really just a reorganization and is’ not substan- tively new. While the. Cantpbell Liberals“voted in favor of Bill 32, the Provincial Reform Party took a ‘different. position. Ns leader, Jack Weisgerber, came right out and said he opposed the. legislation. While he. : ‘said he opposes discrimination, he’, also said he doesn’t believe in legis- lating. protection ‘against it, 1. dis- » agree with that position but at feast. “he is clear.and folks have a choice! ‘The News editorial went back to; aguin’attack Bill 33 from the 1993 _ - legislative session. That is the short ‘bill which gave the Human Rights Commission the. power to -investi- gate and levy penalties in cases of - the promotion of hatred, At the time passed,’ Doug’ Collins labeled it the “kill Collins Bill” and :vowed that he would run ‘against me in the next provincial election as a. ‘Reformer if they’ would -have him, and’ as’an independent otherwise. I” ~ still believe that Doug will’ wimp out, but apart from that, we've now had. two years to see ‘that. no‘ dire consequences have flowed from the - : © legislation. - : supports. holocaust denier Doug'.Collins.’ The ‘sense ‘of “free” Freedom of speech i is guaranteed in the Charter: of Rights of our ‘Constitution. The moderate and rea- ‘sonable legislation introduced in the ., ast four years ¢ does not erode that freedom. In areas such as freedom of information and in the require- tent for newspapers to publish the details of polls during elections, our free speech and right to know are expanded, David D. Schreck, MEA North Vancouver Lonsdale Foiling the lobbyists . Dear Editor: : Your article “NDP's Gig Law Challenged” (page, 3. July .21), uses, the incendiary terny “Gag law” to provide cover for corporate lobbyists billing themselves as “Canada's foremost. organization for. defence ‘of our political and .. economic freedoms.” . ‘Such ‘lobbyists,. fronting for: their deep-pocket\ corporate men- tors, swamp the election process with unlimited media spending in ~ support of candidates complaisant _to the corporate agenda. and rout- “ing grassroot ‘candidates support-: ing the interests of the general pop- : culation. ny ‘The Election: Act is ‘the NDP's initiative to foil these: bogus” . defences of “freedoms,” «::: “R.M. Anderson’ / Vancouver vi: From time to time constituents ; ask me about’ proposals they. have . seen for eliminating Canada’s $560 ’ billion federal debt. Some of tha:. * Ideas ‘could be called ; otmagic’ bul. lets”. because «they ” appear to. be: quick and easy solutions to our fis- |, eal problems... A NATIONAL ‘MORTGAGE’ i. A common suggestion is'to. convert. Canada's debt into a mortgage: with a’ » set payout plan. The first problem with this: Suggestion: is that as long as we “keap running a deficit the mortgage: Principle. would continue to get farger ‘every year. We would have to balance" the budget and begin tunning a surplus :pefore.we could consider ¢ a national ‘mortgage. Secondly, it would cost us more to service a mortgage because the inter- "est rate on a national mortgage would . be higher than the. favourable rates “presently paid on treasury bills and '. bonds..« 7! ; “Thirdly, unless the mortgage was “open” with an even higher interest. "rate, we could not pay it down as funds. became available. it would be cheaper, and more practical, once we began run- : ning a surplus, to pay off the existing . ~ debt Instruments as they became due ‘instead of establishing a national mort gage. . /ZERO INTEREST: FOR, GOVERNMENT “Another common proposal would, require the Bank of Canada to extend. ’ credit to the federal government at zero’ - ‘ per cent interest. Mr. C.: Freedman, Deputy « Governor. of the. Bank ° of » Canada, says this would create serious problems for the economy because: _ (a) The Bank of Canada would have .. io: “create” or ‘print money, which in tum “| would result in incredible rates of infla-” “tion and devaluation of the currency as made evident in countries which have ‘}>-triad such an approach. ; (b) - The’. alternative ; to ‘printing money would.be to reqitre financiat institutions to. hold: the cradit as. reserves. al zero’ percent interest. Unfortunately, because ‘this money . for your I WINDOWS & HOME 9 22-4668 fi 2413 Marine Drive, West Van EXPIRES AUG. 312° VERTICALS &” A MINI BLINDS 4 KIDS FOLLOW THE ‘WATER SAFETY RULES: DO YOU? . en The Canadian Red Cross Socity “advertorial “1. _ Aug. 23/95 ° | °° would not be earning interest, “banks would have to'racovar their lost income. through increases ;in consumer, loan: interest rates and/or lower interest pay-:; ments on consumer deposits. in’ other words, there is no free funch.:: |” CANCEL IT. ~ Occasionally someone suggests: that we just cancel our debt obligations” “Unfortunately this’ would eliminate the -Income ‘and assets ofa great number of © pensioners’ and ‘pension’. funds : ins Canada, and would ensure ‘the'end to’Y - international trade and financial trans-’ -.actions. . Other : countries would. Stop 2} °: ‘accepting our. travellers’ credit cards - ‘and importers would have great difficul-:".| --- ty. obtaining foreign .currency:.to: buy]! overseas products, Our standard of liv-, : Ing would also plunge dramatically. * ‘DEBT BONDS”*: Special debt bonds have been sug gested as a way of transferring the debt out of foreign hands and into the hands ®: .of Canadians. This idea turns out to be impractical because Canadians do not, “save enough each year to contridute © ; any significant amount to the purchase of debt bonds. In other words, the eifect of a debt bond program would be very “small indeed. we ; REALITY “1. The reality is that just like your house- -: hold credit card balance, if Canada does not -: gat its spending under contrat we will soon reach the end of our credit timit and expert-. ; ‘ence a fiscal crisis. 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