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October 4 Nurnber of medical aid calls: 2 Number of false alarms: 5 Public service calls: 0 3400-blk, Church St, Dumpster/container fire. 3900-bik Indian River Dr. Miscellaneous fire. October 5 Number of medical aid calls: 8 Number of false alarms: 0 Number of public service calls:

3600-blk. Fromme Rd. Rubbish fire.

October 6 Number of medical aid calls: 2 Number of false alarms: 1 Public service calls: 0 3300-blk. Redfern Pl. P Single-family residential

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EY NORTH.VA Jl FIRE DEPT October 4 Number of medical aid calls: 4 Number of fire calls: 7 Number of MVAs: 0 Number of other calls: 0 on -blk. vena St. artment, rise fire. 100- bik. East ee St. Commercial /industrial fire. 100-blk. East 19th St. Car/truck fire. 200-blk. Mahon Ave. Apar' tment /highr highrise fire.

_ Number of medical id calls: 4 Number of fire calls: 0 Number of MVAs: 1 Number of other calls: 0 West 16th St. & Hamilton ve. Car/truck fire.

October 6 Number of medical aid calls: 1 Number of fire calls: 1 Number .of MVAs: 0.

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Number of other calls: 1 1900-blk. Cedar Village Cres, Garden apartment. fire. 100-btk. East 13th St. Ring removal. October 7

‘Number of medical aid calls: 2 * Number of fire calls: 1

Number of MVAs: 0 Number of other calls: 0

400-bik. West 3rd St.

Police dog Chase located a male in a residence after an assault. 1800-blk. Lonsdale Ave.

Police dog Bobbi located drugs during a vehicle check. 2900-bik. Thorncliff

Police dog Rude tracked and located a male suspect in a mischief complaint.

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” STRATEGIC MOVES

My report this week deals with two sep- arate Issues which, at first glance, appear to be unrelated — the Government choice of appointments to the various committees of Parliament, and the handling of Private Members’ Bills. An interesting strategic move by Reform MPs, however, has had the effect of finking these two Issues in a

way which could significantly alter some

aspects of the Private Members’ Sill Process.

In case you have not come across the term betore, a Private Member's Bill is a piece of legislation prepared by an individual MP, usu- ally to bring public attention to an issue which the Government has chosen to ignore, or to try to correct real or perceived problems with

i existing legislation. Approximately every six

weeks or so, a random draw takes place in order to select some Private Members’ Bills

§ for debate, but selection for debate does not | automatically mean that a PMB will go to a

vote, This is because a Government dominat-

{ ed committee, meeting behind closed doors,

and keeping no minutes, has the power to

| decide which Private Members’ Bills will be

made votable. Ending up with a non-votable Bill has always been a major source of irrita- tion for MPs, but even those Bills which are made votable, and which eventually pass in the House, usually get shuffled off to a com-

} mittee somewhere, and never become law.

Increasing frustration with the process finally came to a head during the first week of the new session, when Reform MPs discovered a way to force a revision of Private Members’ Bill procedures.

HOW WE DID IT

It is customary, within a few days of the resumption of Parliament, for the recognized parties to give the Government Whip their lists of nominees for membership of the various

} committees of Parliament. The Government

then tables the lists in the House, along with its own, and asks for unanimous approval of the names on those lists. It is normal for the opposition parties to give that unanimous

f approval, so that the committees can be

quickly re-established and resume their delib-

erations.

In the week beginning September 16, 1996 however, when the Government planned to table the lists of committee nominations, we Reform MPs indicated that we would be refus-

I ing to give unanimous approval. This put the

Government side in an awkward position, because some committees, in anticipation of the usual approval, had made travel plans, and had booked witnesses at various public meetings towards the end of that week. In fact,

f one committee had already departed for

Quebec, and was faced with the embarrassing prospect of having to close down the public

} meetings and return to Ottawa.

After urgent discussions between the party

whips, Reform MPs agreed to approve the

lists in return for the Government agreeing to set up a special committee to find ways to

make all, or at the very least, more, Private Members’ Bills votable. That }

committee has now been struck, and while it

will probably try to avoid making ALL PMEs | votable, we are confident that, in future, many j more will go to a vote, and that the stalling of §

those Bills in committee will be greatly

reduced, or even eliminated altogether. | will |

keep you posted on progress.

BILL C-333

In last week's report | mentioned that | had introduced a Private Member's Sill of my own J]

which, if passed, would give Provincial Judges the power to deport criminal refugees and criminal landed immi-

grants, in lieu of sentence. Those affect- |

ed would not be eligible for bail, and could not re-apply for entry to Canada for at least three

years. Those provisions would not only avoid |

the cost of incarceration, but would also avoid the problems associated with having the

offender out on parole as part of the sentence. §

The way our laws stand at present, parcle is

‘considered to be part of the sentence, so

immigration officials are unable to act on deportation orders during periods. of parole,

even if the offender nas a long list of prior

offences.

As luck would have it, although | only intro- duced the Bill to Parliament on October 4, 1996, my name was drawn in the PMB ballot on October 8, 1996. This means that Bill C- 333 will now go ta the “closed door” committee to determine whether it will be made votable. | am keeping my fingers crossed that my chances have been improved by the delibera- tions now going on with regard to making more PMBs votable, but it will be a few waeks before | know for sure. Again, | will keep you

posted, and will advise the day of debate so }

that you can, if you wish, watch it on the Parliamentary Channel.

The idea behind C-333 was tirst brought §

to me by a Nerth Vancouver lawyer more than a year ago, and was based on his

actual court experience handiing criminal | refugee cases. Preparation of the Bill was |

interrupted by the prorogation | of Partlament late last year, and was further delayed by the legal process of preparing and translating the Bill, but it now looks as if it is finally going to recelve some public attenVon. | have sent a copy of the Bill to the Immigration Minister to ask for her input, and | am hoping that she will recog- nize it as practical and workable legisiation which she can support. If you would like to give her some encouragement in this regard, please write to Hon. Lucienne Robillard, Minister of Immigration, House of Coramons, Ottawa, Cntarlo, K1A 0A6. Please ask her to suppert Bill C-333, in the interests of public safety, cost savings,and

to achleve greater efficiency and certainty |

for immigration officiais who have to carry out the deportation process.

"fed White MP. 4302-1200 Lynn Valley Rd, North Vancouver, B.C. V2) 242, Tel: 666-0585 Fax! 666-0509 "|

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