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ag law violates freedom of speech

Dear Editor:

BC voter Bob Foret began a constitutional
challenge July 17 in the province's Supreme
Court to have the NDP government's elec-
passed only days carlier

tion gag law -
struck down.

The gag law threatens citizens with fines
or jail if they spend more than $5,000, indi-
vidually or as a grolp, to support or oppose
political parties or candidates during provin-
cial elections. Similar restrictions apply to
party leadership contests and initiative and

recall votes.

The arrogance of Premier Harcourt's govern-

memt is really quite breathtaking, B.¢
entrusted him and his party with power

Harcourt and his ilk then used that power to
threaten citizens with jai) if they effectively exer
cised their freedom of speech during elections!

Foret believes that this gag law violates the
constitutionally guaranteed freedoms of
speech and association and the right to an T
informed vote, So do we and that's why we
have opposed this law from the beginning and
are paying Foret’s court costs.

It’s not the first time we've fought to

voters

defend Canadians’ fundamental freedoms. In

1984 we succeeded in having the courts strike

($)

down an election gag law passed by Pierre
Trudeau's Liberal government and in 1993 did
the same with a gag law passed by Brian Mul
roney's Tories

Both Trudeau and Mulroney needed the
courts to teach them about the importance of
free speech,
ks to Mr. Foret, we believe that Pre
mier Harcourt and his government will soon
be given the same lesson

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vehicle may easily, be driven
away, can be charged under this
section of the Act

Second, the Ministry of Social
Services is empowered under the
Child Protection Act to intervene
any time a child appears to be.
receiving less than adequate care
This certainly would apply when
a young child has been left alone
in a house or a vehicle

A venicle is clearly not a safe
place to leave a child, even when
it's locked, even when the motor
is shut off, even when it's in a

private driveway i}

I would suggest, therefore, that
the Ministry of Social Services.
be contacted whenever an inci
dent of this kind is witnessed so
that, at the very least, the parents
may be given a strong warming

I would also suggest that
everyone concerned about this
problem contact his or her MLA
requesting stronger legislation

There should be no h tion
or difficulty in laying a charge
when an offence of this nature
roccurs.
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Gouk opts out

Submitted

Kootenay West-Revelstoke
MP, Jim Gouk, has officially
opted out of the so-called modi-
fied MP’s pension plan.

Some time ago, Gouk advised
that he did not object to the idea
of an MP pension provided that it
was fair to the taxpayers who are
themselves being asked to deal
with government cutbacks and
reduction of services.

The new Liberal legislation
reduces pension benefit accrual
by one per cent but also reduces
the cost to MPs by two per cent.

This-still leaves MPs with a
plan that/costs the taxpayer $4
for every dollar contributed by
the MP.

The Reform Party attempted to
amend the legislation to reduce
the benefit to an even dollar for

dollar match which is compatible
with most private sector pen-
sions. The government turned
this down.

The government also made
provisions to ensure that anyone
elected prior to 1993 will contin-
ue to get all the provisions of the
old pension plan for their pre-
1993 time.

“T stated that if I had to choose
between an overly generous pen-
sion during a time of restraint or
no pension at all, I would go
without a pension.

The legislation allows a one
time opportunity for current MPs
to opt out of the plan if they do
not like it,” said Gouk.

“I have notified the govern-
ment that I am saying no thanks
to their generosity with the tax-
payer's money. If they had a con-
science, they would do the same
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‘The contract for an electric
generator system at Castlegar’s
sewage lift station at 10th St.
has been awarded to Martech
Electrical Systems of Castlegar.

lech, the only bidder for
the contract, bid $44,612,
which city administrator Jim
Gustafson said is “close to
budget"

An engineer's check,to assure
that Martech was a qualified bid-
der, and an official nod from city
council has taken place.

Gustafson said the generator

for lift station

will insure that waste water
continues moving through
sewer pipes to the city's
sewage lagoons in Brilliant,
should any unexpected power
failures occur.

“If the power is out for
much more than an hour, the
{lift station's} sewage process-
ing chamber begins to fill.”

That, explained Gustafson.
could result in the chamber
overflowing — a most unappe-
tizing scenario.

The chamber is located
downhill, north of the lift sta-
tion, near Castlegar Foods on
Columbia Ave.

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