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“Bill 28,

: Investigation ..
against a newspaper: without “rea- -

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YOUR «RIGHTS © of: free

‘speech and free expression are’
~ under attack by the provincial
‘NDP government. .

-. That’ attack: comes under the’

guise of: ..

Act,. which restricts the’ publica-

“stion or open discussion of materi-
“al that.“indicates discrimination”

_-oris “likely to expose a person or
‘=: group of persons to hatred or con-
“tempt.” The vaguely worded legis-
lation’ is policed ‘by ‘an ‘unelected:
‘Human’ Rights . Council .empow-

“ ered to apply hefty. penalties upon

those ‘ruled’ to -have. violated the :
| gislation; ‘

. Bill 32,’ the new ‘Human Rights.
- Amendment Act, which empowers
‘an odious».
-. Commission to harass. the: press

Human - . Rights
_and::other - media . by. seeking out
alleged Human Rights violations or
complaints':about: discrimination,

° be they real or perceived, without a
complainant. ae 5 oo
* Investigations can be launched
‘Commissioner — ‘of:

by the
and. Mediation
sonable and probable cause” and
news > media can be required t to turn

the Election Act, which’
restricts the amount of money indi-.
- viduals or: groups ‘can spend on®,
; supporting or opposing candidates :
© during, ‘provincial elections . and
“ restricts the ability of news ‘mediii
_ to publish opinion poll results. .
 @ Bifl 33, the 1993 Human Rights.

eroding your.
‘rights of free speech

over all documents relating to any
investigation: launched by. the
unelected commissioner,’

The bill ‘provides for no trial by
impartial judge or jury. All three
members’ of the Human Rights
Commission wiil be partisan polit-

ical appointments by the provincial :

Cabinet:
The ‘list goes on. Democracy

and freedom: of expression won't’:
“unless public ‘demand to overturn.
such anti-democratic legislation is |.

registered loud and clear.

- Write or phone your local MLA :
“nowl ol:
¢ -North : - Vancouver-Lonsdale o

NDP MLA David Schreck

140B Lonsdale Ave,
“North Vancouver, B. Cc.
“V7M 2—E8°:
“ Phone: 986-2254: Fax: 775-1034.
Vancouver-Seymour ’

* North °
Liberal MLA Daniel Jarvis
4-1501 Lynn Valley Rd. >.

‘ North Vancouver, B.C.

V7J 2B1" c

’ Phone: 984-2692; Fax: 775-1061.
‘e West Vancouver-Capilano Lib- ©
“eral MLA Jeremy Dalton

306-1497 Marine Dr. |

~-West Vancouver, B.C.
V7T 1B8

Phone: 925-1611: Fax: 925-9658,

* West Vanconver-Garibaidi ii

dependent MLA David Mitchell
219-2438 Marine Dr. :
West Vancouver, B.C.

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Phone: 922- 7430: Fax: 715- 1449,

news viewpoint:

‘blocks around B.C.

POON RULER RARER A Por beni ES MEER NR

B ron NATIVES and non-
natives alike are victims of
government bungling in
Victoria and Ottawa that.

- verges on criminal lunacy.

[has reduced Premier

Wareourt’s Indian land claims pro-

gram fo tatters and helped ensure
the NDP’s defeat at next year’ Se
election.

Until this: spring, a big reservoir,
‘of goodwill toward B.C. natives ,
“existed among. the non- native popu-

‘lation, The widespread opinion was

that, to the maximum extent practi-

“cal, Indians should be compensated
i for the wretched deal imposed on
them a century-and-a-half ago.

. But latterly two developments
threaten — unless guickly correct-
ed — 10 drain away, much of that ”
goodwill." ‘

First, the’43' overlapping Indian
claims for ownership of more thar,
the total land area of the province,

-or compensation in lieu! Second,

the illegal and unpunished road-
by native radi-
cals, ed f

B.C. is the only province never

10 have signed treaties with most of

its Indian bands. Three years ago -

. Victoria and Ottawa opened talks

with those bands and invited their

‘claims. When the'claims from only
“one-third of the bands totalled .,
110% of B.C:, Harcourt panick ed

and announced that 5% of B.C.

. land was the limit. Up went the -
” barricades.

’ White British ‘Columbians sel-

ling Up such roadblocks would have
«, been arrested within hours.: ‘Instead, a
* Victoria shrank from enforcing the ~:

law. This not only encouraged more.
"roadblocks but also suggested that» :

B.C. now hada “two-tier’ * justice *:
system based on race." i?

Meanwhile, after two'decades of _
talk, Victoria and Ottawa could not

even agree on who finally pays’

how much for the landmark Nis'ga «;

claim in northwest B.C. So that, .

‘ .to0, is now “suddenly i in limbo.

Thus native frustration is under-’°

standable. It could have been large- ,
ly avoided if Harcourt and the fed- -

eral-provincial B.C. Treaty

. Commission had made crystal clear
“in 1992 ‘at least two basic ground
rules for claims: one law for all;
‘and total native jurisdiction over

B.C. land to be roughly proportion-
ate to B.C.’s native population.
: Instead they implied the native *

CN

*34% coutd have whatever they. want.

-ed — then reneged on the offer. a“
‘And they alienated the non-native |
: 97% by ‘shutting them out of the!
alk s and réjecting local. referen=
duis. S

’ Nevertheless in a June’ ‘Angus
Reid poll of B. Cc non-natives, 70%
still backed native ownership of
fesources on traditional, lands and
‘over 60% favored other forms of .
compensation, ‘But 95% insisted
that everyone must obey Canadian
law and have‘access to public’
roads, And 89% said all agreements

“That, you might think, isa pret
ty reasonable, common-sense man-

: «gflate from 97% of British:,’

Columbians to. governments. .:
‘charged with redressing on their
: behalf ane

: : of present-day realities: -

‘So for ‘the mess the land claim
“protess i is in today, blame neither
‘its native’ nor non-native victims
Point the finger squarely at Mike:
Harcourt; Indian Affairs Ministe
Ron Irwin and their ‘bungling aides.

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; SPCA’ WATCHERS ¥ with ‘any.
biogiaphical material or pictures of:
past SPCA presidents —— including”
the'late Mrs. S.C. Sweeny —" ~-
please contact Marie Moscovitch

+ 926-2557... And a'99-candle salute
“Tuesday, Aug. 15, tohate North
Van shopper, cook and hockey fan

- ennle May Calrns.: :

WRIGHT OR WRONG: |
_ When someone else blows your “.°
trumpet, the’sound carries twice as...

(HE WATERSHED forest is at risk

iz of - blowdown, not by. natural”

forces, but rather'by the force of
public relations wind generated by the.

: Greater: Vancouver Regional District

(GVRD).. .- ms
Environmentalists would like greater

ipublie access to the watersheds so that ~
| people might visit sites the. GYRD ) would

rather remain unseen.

“The campaign to end ‘the’ ‘logging of .
7 giant fi first-growth trees is on.in earnest. .

The GVRD has responded proactive--
ly with an annual program of: bus tours

“into the Capilano Watershed, :

- gist, emphasizes. fire hazard reduction
“and protection, forest thinning, silvicul-

ture, streambank protection and erosion

control, yy

“Along the way tour participants are.

‘directed to historical points of interest
and picturesque vistas. ,

Last Sunday: the agenda of one of
these’ tours . was: hijacked: and several
activists made a point of witnessing. the
recent handiwork of loggers. ©:

The’ clearcut cutblocks visited were’
dotted ‘with the remains. of stumps that

were once the foundations of. huge trees,

“Unless: you’ >ve' actually. stood in ‘the:
Presence of such giants, and the water. :

. ‘shed “woods “are ‘full’ of ‘some of. the

biggest in the’ world, the value of these

trees can only remain ‘an abstract, con-

cept. 5 ie
Such trees are the stuff of shared her-

‘itage and legacy, no less significant on a

global ‘scale of cultural. artifact as Ja
pyramid. is in Egypt ora gothic cathe-

. drai is in Frances :

The GVRD would ‘do. well to open’ “
public access, now restricted , to limited
tours. presenting a GVRD. perspective,
to other points of.view. Let us all marvel’:
at the remaining giants and puzzle over.

a watershed management: policy: tha:
: : allows the destruction of these tr trees