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air debate ’

is ‘act. of censorship’

Dear Editor:
As a participant in North Van-
couver’s Great Debate: on f!m-

_ Migration, | too wish to express:

‘my concern that Shaw Cable failed
to air the public participation scg-
ment of the program, along with
', the final submissions and failed to
make the tape available to other
outlets. .. re
This was an unusual occasion. A
cabinet minister and his
parliamentary secretary engaged in
an open discussion with the public
on an’ issue about. which the public
is deeply concerned.. The observa:

tions of that. public. were signifi.

cant to the’ ‘discussion. It was a

seldom Provided opportunity to |

‘dirty smut’

Dear Editor, fe ‘|
‘ Doug Collins takes the cake!
He. thinks he runs the North.

Shore News and now he wants to J

' run Shaw Cable. What a nerve, ‘

One would think he ' was the only, ;.

one with brains. «’

‘We-don't want need his. ugly“ f

jdirty smut on TV.

Spare us —- the
/ paper is. ‘enough, k
/ June M. Vos :

West Vancouver

“In. view of the: recent immigra-
., Hon debate: staged and organized
“by Chuck Cook and the resulting.
radio time devoted on. the local
_ talk shows ‘onthe subject, it ap-.
"pears the persistent and/continuing |
_ influx of large-scale immigration is

beginning ‘ to. rub’ ‘one too many,

: -, Canadians the, wrong way... *:

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. North: Vancouver:
(SeabUs Terminal)

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ernors and. to make judgments
about the manner in whicti we are
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being governed. -
The minister in rebuttal (it was a

debate) refused to respond to the
arguments of his’ adversaries,
choosing instead to read a second
prepared statement.
parliamentary secretary not. only
failed to discuss immigration poli-
cy but acknowledged his contempt
for the audience with the admis-
sion he had come unprepared.

This was, an important meeting.
The audience was sold out in ad-

vance and hundreds were turned’

away. Regrettably the metropoli-
tan media reports were either in-

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Spare reader

THE 65 +
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complete, inaccurate or, incompe-
tent, thus denying the principle
that the public is‘entitled to know.
That, for whatever treason, Shaw
Cable failed to air the full program
and refused to make the tape
available for wider distribution is

Hi ,an unacceptable act of censorship.
Lis!

All of this is more important than
the in)migration issuc itself.
Charles Campbell ©

West Vancouver

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