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City stands fir
on rights opini

By Jolanda Waskito
Contributing Writer.
NORTH Vancouver
City council quashed
a request by the B.C.
Human Rights
Coalition to change

‘its decision of con-

demning amend- .

“ments to the Human

Rights Act.
“I assure you that J am noc

here representing the inter-
ests of the: North Shore

. News, Mr. (Doug) Collins,

the Canadian Jewish
Congress, or the current gov-
ernment: of the day,” B.C.
Human Rights. Coalition
executive. director Susan
O'Donnell told council on

Monday.

“fam here to try and per-
suade you: to take a second

look at our human sights leg

islation ‘through

_ the prism of our
‘international

human °
obligations.”
O’Donncll

- asked council to reconsider its

July 28 motion to condemn
changes to the Human Rights.

» Act.

Council. had reviously
debated the issuc dee times
before coming to a 5-2. deci-

Councillors John
and Darrell

first, council was reluc-
tant to condemn the act since,
doing... so meant’ defendin

Collins, who along. wi
- employer: the .North Shore

News, have: been accitsed by
the... 'Canadizea
ress of spreading. ‘anti- :

Congress,
&, Semitic literature through his ©
“column,

But council decided that

’ defending freedom of specch.
_was the main reason why. it

should condemn the changes -
to the act... -

Collins has since retired
from the; North Shore

Jewish

Doug Collins.
issue festers
at NV council!

News.’ :

A decision by the B.C.
Heman Rights Council ti-
bunal is still pending. :

“Section 7b Po of the Human

Rights Code as it is now, has:

emerged in the evoiution of
human rights as part of
Canada’s. most recent com-
mitnent to international
human rights law,”
O'Donnell told council.

decided by Nitya
‘ee oun § Stila yo). D
us that “it’s my.)

read Collins,” vemnee oo
tinnes. -

~ “Who says’ so’
legislation | banning the - fii
ther. publication - of: Collins
hate-mongeriug -: i
would mean: that Dean
longer had thé. right: to
his: hate literature, at least
published : form, but- legisla
Fon prohibiting : the: pu

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tion of military sccrets;,
secrets, child: |
that

mais

“It places a limit on free-* ei

dom of speech and written |”

expression, if that speech. is
found to constitute hate. «
“Tt attempts. to balarice
competing rights, speech
with the nght to be free from

hate. This balanced view: of.

fon throu foie the world.”
’ When Coun. Bob Fearnley
asked O'Donnell: hy . she

ict C5) es

“ident: Lionel. Keaner,. who

introduced. O'Donnell to

In. any ‘case, most
are heard by. one judge
Collins’s ., case