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Editor’ 1s Note: Thank you for bringing this matter to our . attention, We hope you will find ie puzzle is naw solved. _To the fiditor, . : Fearing a tum towards . toialitarianism, Point ‘Grey Liberals urged British Columbians who are concerned . about human rights fo demonstrate‘in whatever manner possible against the Bennett government's proposed human rights legislation: The proposed legislation, which . dismatles the old Human Rights Code, denies human rights protections to all Bridsh Columbians.: The naw ‘Act entirely omits any reference or protection for senior citizens, youth, political or phifosophical . belief(s), height, welght pregnancy, or, sexual orientation. " Highly inadequate protection is suggested for race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, marital status, and physical or mental disability... he eu riamian Blab Coun ca Kez pcreater by the-Act;“Has'né* __ able'to recommend a settlement to thetwo parties intel In asocjety where human beings are already becoming of . secondary importance, this Act will only serve to submerge ~~ the importance of the individual further. . . vee Greg Wilson To the editor, , B.C. Premier Bill Bennett is to be complimented on his political courage in introducing Bill 27 to eliminate the Human Rights Branch and ‘the British. Columbla Human Rights: Commission. Not only is he saving the taxpayers money, | he is directly contributing to freedom, In our analysis, ironically, human . rights commissions, ‘both provincial and federal, constitute - one of the major threats to free speech and the freedom to - manage one’s own property. Inthe name of human rights’ . the federal-Human Rights Commission has hounded ari -: nest, eccentricold man, John Taylor, to jailfor making telephone : messages that were offensive to certain minority groups.- . The B.C. Human Rights Commission was instrumental in costing Bill Konyk over $300,000 to defend his right to use the name “hunky Bill” for his restaurant and: perogie products. a In both cases, human rights commissions have been used _ as tools by airident minorities intent on using the ~ government to make. themselves immuné ‘from ‘public. . , criticism. Human rights commissions are the sheok troops of. a new puritanism that replaces free speech “with ° censorship. The elimination of the British Columbia Human Rights - Commission is a victory | both for fiscal prudence and tree speech. | ot ; _ Sincerely yours, : Daryl Reside vice-president "Canadian Associaton for! Free expreasion Inc: ‘Owners squabble - GREAT FALLS, Mont, (AP) —-Something of an_in- ternational squabble has developed between Canadian aid - U.S. horse owners bringing their animals to Great Falls to race during the State Fair, ' The practice of allowing the Canadian horses use of fairground stalls over some Montana horses,is‘intended to _ Rive bettors more of the kind of horses they ate demanding | on the track, says Bill Chiesa, fair manager: . Some horse owners don’t agree, saying Montafia ’ horses should get a Prefetence for stalls over horses from other ‘ states or countries, Lucile Biegler of Fortine, who with her gon 3 races nine horses, says. they have. been refused stalls at the fairgrounds for their animals on several occasions. “They'll give-you all kinds of excuses,” ahe said, “but there’s no excuse for having 100 stalls for" Canadian horses, and turning the rest of us: Montanans away.) rte ie. Chiesa said of the 600 stalls at the fairgrounds at least 600° are filled by- Montana horses. He: sald. an ‘additional “ipo | portable stalls were moved ja lo accommodate quarter horses for the. fair. . Chiesa said many of the Montana horses that were asked’ - to leave after spring racing or that have been refused stalls were Shetlands, Appaloosas, ponies and.“broke down nore and enol nose horaes that don’t run. ~ADCAN'T RAN." Chiesaegidte got a call trom Gov. Ted Schwinden’a office Thursday after calls were made there complaining about thé State Fair stall situation. He said the Governor has no authority to charige the arrangements,- He also said. thre has been no intenilonal: effort to turn down in-state horses to give atalls to Canadian races... a Page 2, The Herald, Friday, July 22 1983 >: | a| . government “ ghts legislation ‘will expedite dlsputes, p "*._protection for the physically and menthlls eliminate | : ‘diectin the Lab. ay bimet rights’ tbr 3 ane pi ha velvil. Mees "miveeate, human, je herd Masa whorl! lived flurty br Heketion HOH", » Not aware.that the brave hen was sitting on her eggs only a " VANCOUVER (cP) — lum hi rights law was born along witha restr t-driegted budget. -.. and right -wing legislation that. hacks vaya variety: of | “Labor ‘Minister Bob ‘McCiellind: anya the ie i frivolous complaints, me | determination to: reverne the tights com: *“tnlssions in: Alberta;. Quebec and New. Bruriawick,.ldbor "groups: ‘and-advocates for the handicapped.‘ ~The bill, still to be debated in a legislasture dominated by _Socreds- since the’ Oay ‘election, eradicates the Human . Rights-Commission and branch and Teplaces. beth with | .-flvetmember council appointed hy cabinet: - we Gordon Fairweather, chairman of the Canadian Human “ Rights Commission, says some of the branch's decisions .. “upset: advisers or the government taelt. and thee ve ” decided to change direction. " ; SEES: ATTACK: : Atid Charles Paris, who headed the now-defunct B. Cc. __ commission, sald since the'cost of operating the educational -: ~ hody was only $79,000. last:year, the new. act was not a testralnt measure but. a: philosophical attack: on. human ‘ Tights in the provinee.- =<: In. announcing the cltanges, ‘MeCieMand’ said. some complaints should not get beyond the initial stages of. ini. - veatigation. Human rights, he maintained, “mean much ©! more. than who gets to- play golf when, or ‘what somebody ’ decides to call his restaurant." oe Under the new act, the minister will have ‘the ultimatg ‘power to decide whether a complaint should go to aboard of. - inquiry or be discontinued in cases where parties to the. dispute fail to reach'an agreement.’ ~ The restaurant cage. cited by McClelland was. ane. of the. ‘ ‘most high-profile handled by the human rights’ branch and, in some eyes, the most bizarre.. It’ revolved; wrote one editorialist, around whether it was a.case of hurt feelings that should be settled in the marketplace rather than true discrimination under the law. Vancouver businessman Bill Konyk aroused the ire ofthe | * Ukrainian’ Canadian. Professional’ and Businessmen’s . Association over his use of the. trade name ‘Hunky Bill for’ his restaurant chain. - @ Human Rights Branch agreed with the’ lassociation - that ame Was a discriminatory slur on people: of Slavic Origin - and ‘the matter went. to a. one-man inquiry for _tesolution.. “CASE DISMISSED - _—. ‘Commissioner _Dermod Owen-Flood found j in.a lengthy . and headline-grabbing hearing there was no evidence to indicate discrimination and put the term hunky t in the same category ag chink, wop or mick. ; Konyk said it cost him $2,200 in legal fees. ‘fo fight the branch, and claimed he lost $300,000 to $00,000 because-he — was unable to sell frabchises while the dispute was ainder In another highly-publicizad decision’ ‘the branch per- suaded a couple of public golf courses to change their policy © of having time slots reserved for only. men or women, 7 arid - golfers and golf clubs but the controversy soon died down.” That dne, said McClelland, was a- waste of taxpayers’ / money... But the branch has taken airong measures in cases that nobody could call frivolous. oo Lo. “Pam Whitaker’s. Skeena. Skeena Sketches ce Fascinating Wildlife: The sound. of -rackling brush and » power saws was coming closer and’ closer to the grouses’ EBAP : workers, among them Orville Batke of Terrace, were clearing brush i in'the usual way. They were few feet away. . Then, after one sweep with the saw, tail feathers flew-into. . ‘the air and the grouse fluttered away. The kindly workers: left that little patch of brush where her age were, and the “mother Soon returned. . : a ot ‘The Kitagoo Rear: ‘According to ohn ‘MacDonald of the - department of fisheries at Kitimat an old black bear comes back to Kitasoo ‘Bay year after year at the time the herring .” are spawning. - “Occasionally those working, at the cannery _ nearby givehima i bucket ofnae toeat. Then one year the latge bear brought a companion with . him—an:old wolf. The: ole was dark: in: color as most coastal. wolves. are, 7a "The oddcouple’” ‘hel each other, seroinge and share _tood. Bear; being: er, would turn a heavy rock ” avers that ond Wal cold a ea crab or other sea | creature . from beneath: it;to eat,’ The ‘wolt was more evasive of : humans: than the bear. ° * Anumber of: years they frequented the bay aten together, "sharing food in. varlous ways. This past year, however, the "old bear;came alone: | : Kitaseo’ Bay is on the north side of Swindle Island off. ; Laredo Sound. Boy Itisnot unuaual tohave to escort’ dnimals. and even flocks of birds froin runway areas at Tetrace-Kitimat Airport as they are a hazard toalr traffic, Moose, bear, coyote and fox. . have been hurried on their way from time to time as they attempted to croas thoe designated stretches.’ This summer as Ernie Whitaker was mowlpg grass for the ininistry Of transport on runway approaches something * a little out of the ordinary oceurred. He noticed all sorts of __ little balls fur. springing out of the grass in front af the blade, It must be a prolific year in the cycle of the rabbit as * they were , tiny bahy bunnies tripping - and falling over _" therigelves to" get out of the way. Occasionally he had: to Stop! the tractor to. allow onetime to flee, mn ate were very.small and couldn't run very fast,” he ete, A coyote joined him, following closely ‘behind the: - tragtor,” taking ° advantage of the confusion of the “situation .-~-And thus continued the balance of nature, - Whitaker found that if he stopped the tractor the coyote : Would hastily disappear, butas long as he continued to mow “graiis, ‘the. coyote, confidently followed closely behind or "beside hig, “Items of interest. to the general’ public and birth - announcements are welcomed for this column. Phone 635- 6179 or submit to Box 399 TerraceB.C, Mustbe received the Monday prion to Friday’ 6 publication. . tordered a B:C. fish lan £ ta pay a woman $800in back ~~ wages for ‘n mistaken b bof performing | a more demanding but better-paying job. cancelled ‘by: the’ ‘Insurance | Corp. Of. B.C. alter. ‘he: Convicted of : ‘trafficking | In tharijuana,. Los ‘The branch paid the costs of the. lengthy: court ‘a : “favor, | disedges have falled because of apathy and ignorance, anya” “an official of the. Canadian Publle: “Health Assoclatlon.~ “Now Is the tlme'for action," Dr. ‘Barbara. Romanowski. if Edmonton: writes: in an editorial in the Canadian Journal of Public Health... “Itmy already be too late to avoidor prevent many of the. “long-term consequences, but better late than never.” dians proven_to. be tntentional.. cevary eat, ap many aa 1 Sanillon Cans hea wien Falrweather says it will be impouslble for a five-member’ : _ council to-handle the workload of the: branch and com: mission. The branch received more than 1,000 complaints a . * year,-Bert, Hick, ‘execiitive: director of labor relations, . < tims at sexually transinitted diseases, including génorrhea, - ' - syphilis, herpes and 25 other infections moat of them little known by the public: at large. ° - Romanowshi, chairman of the. association’ ‘8 ‘lvision of: ” sexually. transmitted diseases, says only an aggressive new : “approach involving governments,’ health-care personnel | and the general public will’ stem the epidemic, .To back up her call for action, she cites four, sobering ‘vealities that have contributed to, the past fallures: , — Doctors ‘In private practice’are often: ill-prepared to. - diagnose and treat sexually. iransmitted diseases; A: recent’. (Survey of medical schools showed an average of only lx hours is devoted to: the problem and nurses probably get even less. training. es yo Special publicly: funded’ clinics. ‘don't operate in’ all arta of the. country, Of those in: ‘operation, some.are open plement of personnel and laboratory services. — Less than 0.3 per cent-of medical research funds | are related to the study of sexually transmitted diseases. In 1991-1982, . Spending on Buch research amounted to only, . $650,000, — Provinces, with the: ‘constitutional responsibility for " delivering health-care services, appear togive low priority. _ to the problem, Sexually transmitted diseases are rarely fatal, but they - _ are a serious health problem and often lead to other’ com- i plications, especially.in women.” ‘_ The most ‘common complication occurs when. the. in- fection spreads and develops into pelvic: inflammatory — disease, which can cause’ pain, infertility. and ectopic: pregnancy — when a fertilized eae lodgestin a fallopian tube _ instead of the uterus. 7. Federal statistics show 20 women and 22, B40 fetuses died ‘from ectopic pregnancies between .1971 and 1978. - # Romanowski. saya hospital admissions for pelvic in- flammatory disease rose 60 per cent between 1964 and 1977.. Treating the disease naw costs about $23 million a year with“ _another $5 million lost.for the: time patients are-off work. " “This totals well over $1 million every two weeks — - spent - Not on prevention or-.early. diagnosis and treatment, but on qxthe complications. ‘of these diseases." ./betimites of ‘the number of Canadians. with ‘sexually transmitted ‘diseases ‘have’ long been ‘open to question. _ Federal law requires reporting of only. five of the 26 types _ but even those: reports ard far from complete. Dr. Gordon Jessamine of the federal Laboratory Centre “far Disease: ‘Controt in Ottawa says 56,000 cases of - gonorrhea, for example,. were reported In 1981---. "That's the largest number of cases in any year since the record-keeping began in 1927 but Jessamine says the actual’ - figure was. probably closer to-125,000 cases... + “Jessamine s says one bright spot has been the. control of: syphilis, which is harder ‘to transmit than other ‘diseases, - takes longer’ | to ‘incubate and is relatively’ easy to diagnose and. treat.’ While other Aypes of: sexually transmitted diseased have. " soared in number, the latest statistics on syphilis | were the lowest in ten. years.” ‘Samantha returns MONTRE L- (CP) '— : ‘American schoolgirl Samantha "Stith flew out of Moitreal today on the last leg of her. journey ‘home from: a two-week. tour of the Soviet Union. dowittown.. -hotel after: ‘arriving at Mirabel: International _ Airport "Thursday following a 10-hour flight ‘from Moscow, tor ‘Boston, scheduled: to. arrive at 11:45 a. m. EDT, From: ’ Me." Before ieaving Montreal, Samantha was asked to appear on &. clive feed to ABC’s early morning news.and talk show,’ ; = - Good Morning America, but her father turned: down the request, saying both Samantha and himself were too ‘exhausted.. . Obviously. ‘tired’ but always amiling, Samantha told . ‘reporters at Mirabel on Thursday: “(The Soviet Union’s)'a. nice place to visit, but I'd rather livein my home’ country. ", Squinting against the relentless glare of television. spotlights, Samantha proclaimed Soviet people have no intention of instigating a third world war. _. “People in the Soviet Union are really 80 much. lke us," * she sald. _ “There’s no chance they want. war at all . they. wont x no” harm to the world, just like we don’t." - . Samantha and her parents, Arthur and Jane Smith, were |: invited to visit the Soviet Union by President Yuri Andropov ; after. she wrote him expressing her. concern about world : peace. - : LEADER: TOO BUSY - . The ailing Soviet leader, however, was too busy to grt Samantha in person during her two-week visit, which in- writer and do not-reflect the opinion of the board of ‘eho! | cluded tours of the Moscow Cirewa, the Black Sea Young Pioneer. Camp, the Moscow ‘ ‘Puppet Theatre and the... Piskarevékoye Cemetery where Leningrad’s 470,000 Second Ls World War dead are. buried. a , “They’ré not really.curious,” ‘Saimantha sald in reply toa question about whether Soviet Brion children are curious about Aniérica. “The, .e pretty much like I am.’ a But Santantha’ 8 reflections were cut short by her father's request. to reporters to limit ‘thelr » Smith, an English professor at the University of Maine,’ sald the ' family wad exhausted. Their 10-hour flight arrived an hour - later than echeduled because of a storm over the Atlantic, The Smiths were whisked away from the airport in a Soviet corisulate limousine to an undisclosed downtown: , hotel, where they spent the night. They brought with them 17 pieces of luggage — including such gifts as a Soviet samovar (an. elaborate tea kettle) fromi Andropov, a pair of ballet slippers from Soviet prima, ballérina Alla/Cizova and a Soviet translation of Alice’ in. Wonderland. from a group of school children. te : _And It supported a Saanich man whose fire insuran was” a ara "which ent with. the Supreme Os Court of Canada a ruling in’ ha : OTTAWA (CPy— ! -‘Bitorts to control sexually teanamitted’ - ef she was physically incapable - die na copied air pagal ; - Among those Urging: "Mecielland to o reconsider tha bill é-. SKECRETARY OF. State Serge Joyal, External Affairs. - "Minister Allan MacEtachen, ‘Mines ‘Minister sudy Es Ena and a the mentally and pliyaically disabled: © a Under the new act; a complainant must prove thé intent - .“to.discriminate. The coalition says a public. facility. without, - aramp, for instance, need not build one aince the'resulting ~ ‘discrimination against wheslchair users: could. nat he i hee employment standardé: and human-rights, says there ‘are about 400 active caseswhich will be turned over to the yet ~ to: -be-formed human rights counell.: . - “Under the previous. legislation, either party could appeal ~ a board of inquiry decision fo the courts, but the. new law does not provide any access to the legal system. * Claudette Sandecki’ 4 | -only a few. houra a week and some dén’t-have a‘ full com- Schools Slant ' Decisions made by groups are best when the group members represent different points of view and: different " degrees of expertise, writes Margaret Fenn in Making It In - Management: “Research has shown that decisions requiring a judgment or a pooling of knowledge result in better decisions if a consensus process is used in reaching the choice.’ The abrasive actions of opposing views polish, - the final’ product.” Too often, however, groups are made up,of people who. think alike before they even join the group. In the case of elected bodies, thinking ‘alike is often a criterion for being elected to the group, Once they become part of the group, they look at things from the group point of view: They tend to identify with the group... ‘To stay in the group’s good ’ “graces, they stifle any reservations or doubts they ‘might’ - have about the group's proposed decisions | or actions. ‘ Groupthink-thus takes hold.” : * ‘Groupthink’ is a paradoxical phenomenon of group - "psychology which occurs. when bright and shrewd people are working together on a ‘decision—the- stronger. their - ’ feeling of. solidarity, ‘the: greater the likelihood: that _ independent critical thinking will be replaced by a tendency _ " toconcur to preserve the Lnity of the group,” write Wheeler ._ The symptoms of groupthink; according to Fenn quoting .. - Von Bergen and Kirk from the March 1978 Management : - Review, are: “1, Illusion of unanimity regarding the viewpoint held by- ; " the majority in the group and an emphasis on team play. ‘2. A View of the “opposition” as generally inept, . incompetent, and incapable of countering effectively any’. - action by the group, no-matter. how risky the decision or how high the odds are ‘against the plan of action succeeding, KB Self-censorship of group members in which overt’. disagreements are avoided, facts that might, reduce support for the emerging majority view are suppressed, - . faulty assumptions are not questioned, and personal doubts _ aré suppressed in the form of group harmony. 4.. Collective rationalization to comfort one another in . order’ to discount warnings that the agreed: upon plan; is . either unworkable or highly unlikely to succeed. ue Rationalization may take the form of exaggerating advantages, minimizing drawbacks, denying bad " consequences, exaggerating remoteness. fsuch as fly now, | pay later), minimizing social consequences, or avoiding * personal responsibility (We have to do It to survive the - financial crisis), The’ i1-year-old girl and her parents spent the night ina © 5. “Selt-appointed mindguards within the group that - function ta prevent anyone from undermining its apparent . unanimity and to protect’ its mémbers from unwelcome: The family. Jeft from Dorval airport on Delta flight 1005" ideas and adverse . information that may threaten -. consensus. there they werd, to make their way. home to Manchester, — - 6 Reinforcement of consensus and direct pressure on . any dissenting group member iwho expresses strong “reservations or challenges, or argues against the apparent — unanimity of the group, . An ‘expression of self: ‘righteousness that’ Jeads . members to believe their actions are ‘moral ‘and ethical, thus inclining them to disregard any ethical or moral objections to their behavior, ' _ 4 A shared feeling of unassailability marked by a high, degree of esprit de ¢orps, by implicit falth in the wisdom of the group, and by an inordinate optimism that disposes * members to take excessive risks. . .“Itis apparent that each of these symptoms af groupthink damages realistic thinking and effective decisions. A ' combination of several or all of these can be devastating to 7 ' group effectiveness,” Fenn notes. The-Terrace school board has suffered from groupthink - for years, And several of Bennett's 26 pieces of proposed ~ legislation can only be the product of gtoupthink. Unless, as the Readers Digest says, ‘Sometimes a_ : sco" simply. means, that all the fools are on the s same . £ : : The opinions expreseed in this column are those Py the trustees of Bebool District 88, - Letters, Welcome The ‘Herald welcomes. ‘its. reader. _ Comments. . All letters jto-the editor of - general public interest will. be printed. They should be submitted 48 hours in -advance of desired publication date. We do,-however, retain the right to refuse to -print letters on grounds of possible: libel’ _ Or bad taste. We may also edit letters for “- ‘Style and length. All: letters ta be. - Considered for" publication . ‘must be - | Seite Si Shona att - w ours ~ tublication date. of Sealed: ‘The natlonal Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the.” ’ Handicapped says thé néw. law is'a travesty of the intention’ - vof the Canadian constitution, which. extends equal rights’ to . ‘and Janis in A Practical Guide For Making Decision ?ici 11144 - ‘be ‘imine to. "i ‘rinitive’ damages nigh: ey cans. os