October 19, 1986 Cc légar N PM' FFICE RAPPED FOR "RUDENESS' By GORDON GRANT Canadian Press OTTAWA The prime minister's office and the media have not been on friendly terms for some time, but it seems the PMO problems are not restricted to re porters ' The Metropolitan Toronto Progressive Conservative caucus subcommittee on special concerns has trouble dealing with the PMO, it seems. In a report not widely circulated, the subcommittee said communications problems with some ministers’ offices and the PMO were reported “and party people frequently encounter frustration when attempting to get relatively simple requests dealt with.” Capital Notebook “Some incidents of rudeness, curtness and arrogance were reported. The report said all PMO and ministers’ staff who deal with the public should attend a mandatory course in public relations. In a section headed Media, the report said cabinet ministers should hold regular press receptions “where they may cultivate friendly reporters.” The subcommittee said it is important to keep negative news off the front pages. It said the Sinclair Stevens conflict-of-interest affair was cited as a recent example of failure to neutralize potential damage by the press. One of the committee's recommendations was that a list of “favorable reporters in the mainstream media should be compiled and positive news packages provided accordingly.” TECHNICAL NOTES? When are explanatory notes not explanatory notes’ When they are issued by the Department of Finance, it seems. The department put out what it said were technical notes to Bill C-11, which amends the Income Tax Act. The department said the notes “are intended to assist members of parliament, taxpayers and their professional advisers” in understanding the changes. Then the department said: “They are intended for information purposes only and should not be construed as an official interpretation of the provisions they describe.” SOME TITLE Everyone knows Jeanne Sauve is Governor Gen eral, but according to Hansard, the official record of parliamentary debates, r full title is: Her Excellency the Right Honorable Jeanne Sauve, a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada, Chan cellor and Commander of the Order of Military Mer. it, upon whom has been conferred the Canadian Forces Decoration, Gover nor General and Comman der-in-Chief of Canada. BIGGER CAR With power — or seats in the Commons — goes privilege and for those who might not agree, the commissioners of internal economy of the Commons have put it in writing The committee directed that the Commons buy two cars, and pay their operating costs, for Liberal Leader John Turner and NDP Leader Ed Broadbent A total of $17,443 would be spent on Turner's car and $14,550 on Broadbent's, no doubt reflecting the fact the Liberals have more seats than the NDP. Each leader is also provided with a driver with a maximum salary of $24,758 NOW A COLUMNIST Don Jamieson, who held several cabinet posts in the JEANNE SAUVE long title government of Pierre Trudeau and was Canadian high commissioner to Britain, is writing a book. 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In the November issue of Saturday Night magazine, Jack Granatstein writes that he uncovered evidence in the U.S. National Archives that in 1941 the Americans had decoded secret military and diplomatic messages from the Japanese government to its Washington embassy and Vancouver consulate. Those messages, he says, contained orders that could have provided Ottawa with “a justification far the evacu ation of the Japanese-Canad ians from the coast.” In an interview, Granat stein said he doesn't think “the Canadian government knew the Americans had broken the code. “Had they known, those who wanted to intern Jap anese-Canadians during the war would have had a stronger hand.” Canada’s response to the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was to invoke the War Measures Act to relocate more than 21,000 British Columbians of Japanese ori gin from the West Coast to internment camps in the in. terior of British Columbia, Alberta and Northern On tario. 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Last Week's Winner Bill Warcimaga Nelson Watch This Space for Weekly Winners INSANITY: New rules proposed By SHAWN McCARTHY Canadian Press TORONTO — For Canadians acquitted because of insanity and now languishing in maximum-security mental hospitals, a recently announced federal proposal to increase their rights was like a beam of light penetrating the gloomy corridors. Their crimes are often horrendous — grisly murders or rapes that shock their communities. Judged unfit to stand trial or found not guilty by reason of insanity, they are confined indefinitely on special court orders known as lieutenant-governor’s warrants. Many remain in custody — at times, highly controlled, prison-like settings — far longer than if they had been convicted. Earlier this summer, John Crosbie, then justice minister, announced proposed changes to the Criminal Code that would give additional rights to people placed on lieutenant-governor'’s warrants. For all offences except murder, the maximum time they could be held on the warrants would be 10 years — although they could still be held beyond that under provincial mental- health laws. (There would still be no time limit for those detained because of murder.) APPEAL DECISION And for the first time, they would be able to appeal decisions of the provincial boards that decide their fate and regularly review their status. Under current Criminal Code provisions, they may be held until provincial authorities are satisfied they are no longer dangerous and their release is in the public interest. In Ontario, 20 per cent of people held on warrants spend more than 10 years in hospital, while about the same number are¢nfined for less than one year, says Dr. Michael Phillips, a psychiatrist and deputy director of the Metropolitan Toronto Forensic Service, part of a provincial mental-health centre. Ray Hnatyshyn, the current justice minister, said in a recent telephone interview that he hoped to introduce the “pragmatic and modern” legislation this fall. Some doctors and lawyers worry that the proposed 10-year limit and other changes will tie the hands of psychiatrists in treating dangerous patients and keeping them locked up RAPED FRIEND John, a patient-inmate at the Oak Ridge maximum- security facility in Penetanguishene, Ont., was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the rape and attempted murder of his wife's friend 12 years ago. Now in his early 30s, John was diagnosed as having a personality disorder — meaning he exhibited a long history of seriously anti-social behavior. John has been in institutions on a lieutenant-governor's warrant since his trial. Had he been found guilty, he would likely have been walking the streets — at least on parole — several years ago. In an interview in the hospital's visitors’ centre, John, who talked on the condition his name not be used, summed up his reaction to the proposed reforms: “When that (news) came out I almost took a second breath of air in my life. I could see some . John's hope may be premature. Under the proposed Criminal Code changes, he could still be committed to hospital and held indefinitely under civil laws. However, some people believe there will be less chance of that happening and that, at the least, the changes will bring a check on the authority of the provincial boards. BOARD ADVISES Under current Criminal Code provisions, the provinces may set up quasi-judicial boards to advise the lieutenant governor on cases of those held on warrants. All provinces have done so except British Columbia, which has a less formal committee. In effect, the groups generally make the final decisions. ‘The changes will bring a check on the authority of the provincial boards’ However, the federal law is silent about procedures and each province has its own system, meaning those confined face different standards in different parts of the country Currently about 1,050 people in Canada are on warrants. Ninety per cent are male and about 80 per cent committed violent crimes. Most were sent first to maximum-security facilities. They can then work their way through less-secure hospitals until they are released to the community on a parole-like arrangement. About one-fifth of the 1,050 are now living in communities and still undergoing treatment. But under a , so-called “yo-yo clause” — much criticized by patients and their advocates — they can be yanked back to hospital on the word of their psychiatrists. Roughly 10 per cent of people found not guilty because of insanity commit further offences after being released, and usually the offences are not serious, says Phillips. In Ontario, which has about half of all warrant cases in the country, individuals have been on warrants an average of about six years and 80 per cent are in hospital. In Quebec, the average time is 3'2 years and only 57 per cent are in hospital, while in Saskatchewan the average. The proposed Criminal Code changes would require Provinces to set up boards, would establish rules of procedure and permit appeals to the courts. It would also change the definition of mental disorder and replace the verdict “not guilty by reason of insanity” with a statement saying the accused committed the act but is “not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.” Hnatyshyn said the new verdict would make it clear the accused committed the act, thus preventing him from arguing during treatment that he was “innocent.” Gilbert Sharpe, a lawyer with the Ontario Health Ministry who helped draft the federal legislation, says the proposals have been “very well received” by lawyers and psychiatrists. But some critics are concerned about the fate of psychopaths — those who are aware of what they are doing but said to be uninhibited by conscience. In recent years, courts have generally ruled psycho paths are not insane and have sent them to penitentiaries. Though he applauds-‘much of the proposed legislation, Toronto lawyer Paul French worries that changes in the definition of mental disorder could bring the psychopaths and others with personality disorders back into the mental- health system, which is ill-equipped to deal with them. NO EXCUSE He said the legislation should make it “abundantly clear those individuals suffering from ity disorders are Baby, it’s Time Anniversary Sale Thurs., Fri. & Sat. Clothing Sizes 0-10 & Accessories not to be excused on account of mental disorder.” Sharpe replies that only those judged “incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the act” will be found not criminally responsible and that people with personality disorders do not fall into that category. He admitted, however, the verdict “often depends on the expert testimony” of the psychiatrists. French and others such as Dr. John Bradford, head of the Royal Ottawa Hospital's forensic unit, are also critical of the 10-year limit. French said the indefinite warrant allows hospitals to keep those judged by doctors to be dangerous, and monitor in the community those thought to be capable of becoming ill again The proposal “ignores the issue of dangerousness,” French said. “Mental illness doesn't know time limits; it’s a disease that you can treat and control in some cases more quickly than others and in some cases, never.” Admitting there are “five or six” patients in Oak Ridge whom he would hesitate to release, Sharpe said that people judged by a psychiatrist to be dangerous after the 10 years can be committed to a hospital under civil law. But he noted the civil laws might be challenged under the Charter of Rights. French argues — and Sharpe disputes — that some provincial mental-health acts, including Ontario's, are too liberal to be adequate safeguards. Hnatyshyn said he would not proclaim the new limits until he is satisfied that dangerous patients can be committed under provincial laws. Denis McCullough is a patient at Ontario's North Bay d and Many More Surprise Anniversary Specials! ! Psychiatrie Hospital who Ited with a knife two hitchhikers while he was in a psychotic state in 1979. McCullough, who founded a patients’ rights group during his recent stay in Oak Ridge, said he understands society's fears about violent, mentally ill people. But, in a telephone interview, he pleaded for fairness and some understanding. “No patient likes to be ill, psychotie, (or) non-functional and we work hard to be cured . . .You have to ask, if we were not mentally ill, would we have committed the crime.” MOTH e. “Scoose® Childrens Clothing & Accessories Waneta Plaza, Trail © 368-6626 The realities of B.C. hard truths. Severe overseas com- petition, as well as competition from other provinces has taken its toll. Still, the geological climate in B.C. is unparalleled for the discovery of new mineral and coal deposits. 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