Ad - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, May 14, 2003 TERRACE STANDARD ESTABLISHED APRIL 27, 1988 PUBLISHER: ROD LINK ADDRESS: 3210 Clinton Street Terrace, B.C. * V8G 5R2 TELEPHONE: (250) 638-7283 » FAX: (250) 638-8432 WEB: www.terracestandard.com EMAIL: newsroom@terracestandard.com DANGED DECENT OF THE YANKEES, CONSIDERING THE IRAQ THING, To PROVIDE US WITH THESE INTERIM / PROTECTIVE DEVICES WHILE WE'RE DITHERING ABOuT JOINING THE U.S. MISSILE DEFENCE SHIELD. Skeena blues EVEN IF the IWA and New Skeena can reach an agreement on a labour contract that would remove one of the barriers to re-opening the company’s sawmill here, so many more issues remain unresolved. One of the most complicated issues is the thorny question of meeting a court-ordered re- quirement of accommodation and consultation when it comes to native land interests and the transferring over of forest licence ownership. New Skeena may have purchased the company but it still doesn’t have full control of some of its forest licences. That’s more or less in abey- ance until the provincial government and New War criminals are Canada’s shame fanfare, he moved to the Land risk than the benighted Zundel. Skeena provide enough evidence to the courts that it has had extensive and productive contact with affected native groups. The challenge is that while the courts want accommodation and consultation, there seems to be no standard or definition set out. It’s as if New Skeena and the province have to decide by itself whether they have done what the courts want to do and then hope the courts agree. Given all that’s facing New Skeena, the lack of a definition or standard isn’t good news. The idea of resolving issues over native land inter- ests is to provide certainty, finality and fairness. Lofty goals — and ones that would be helped along if there was a road map in place. - Bring it on NEWSPAPERS ARE often criticized as being than we easéwhen the numbeis involve less ome. news, The unemployment rate goes up — that’s a number. House prices fall — that’s also a number, a dollar figure. Schools are closing because students are leaving — hey, those students make up another number. But here are some more. pleasing numbers. Terrace was the warmest place to be in in northern B.C. in April. The average tempera- ture here for that month was 6.8C — that’s 0.6C above normal. The warmest day of the month fell on April 30 when the temperature soared to 21.4C, Only 49.5 mm of precipitation fell last month most of which was rain — only 1.2 cm of snow fell. Gardeners will be happy to know the last spring frost also came early this year on April 22 — that’s a full 18 days early than the average last spring frost of the year. A new record daily maximum temperature record was set April 13 when the mercury hit 16.8C breaking the old record of 14.4C for the day set in 1992. We can use more numbers like this. If this is spring, we can’t wait for summer. Bring it on. en Ta A a PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Rod Link ADVERTISING MANAGER: Brian Lindenbach PRODUCTION MANAGER: Edouard Credgeur N NEWSPAPERS 2002 WINNER C NEWS: Jeff Nagel NEWS /SPORTS Sarah A. Zimmerman NEWS/COMMUNITY: Jennifer Lang A BETTER FRONT OFFICE: Darlene Keeping & Carol McKay CIRCULATION SUPERVISOR: Terr: Gordon COMPETITION ADVERTISING CONSULTANTS: Bert Husband & Stacy Gyger TELEMARKETER: Stacy Gyger COMPOSING: Susan Credgeur _ AD ASSISTANT: Sandra Stefanik SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL: VICTORIA - Several things I fail to understand caught my attention these past few days. One: Canadian soldiers in Kabul have no guns and need to be protected by German soldiers with guns. Two: According to a report by Ottawa on its efforts to ap- prehend war criminals, some 91 modern-day war criminals are missing, as in can’t be found to be deported. Three: Ernst Zundel, the in- famous Holocaust denier is to be deported to his native Ger- many because he’s a security tisk to the true North strong and free. OK, I will give you Cana- dian soldiers with no guns in the Afghan hotbed of Kabul. Stranger things have hap- pened to Canada’s (un)- Armed Forces at the hands of our political leaders. It’s number two and three that I find difficult to compre- hend. The 91 war criminals Otta- wa can’t find are believed to be mostly from countries such as Rwanda and Somalia, whose recent wars have resul- ted in unimaginable atrocities and many of these whe com- mitted the atrocities seeking refuge elsewhere, including Canada. I say believed to be from these countries because the report sheds no light on their origin. What is clear, however, is that they al! have been FROM-THE CAPITAL HUBERT BEYER through the screening and ap- peals process and found to be rightly accused of war crimes and ordered deported. The problem is when the time came for their deporta- tion, they didn’t show up. You don’t say. Over.to Ernst Zundel, who's been a thorn in Canada’s side for decades. Zundel is an anti-Semite and Holocaust denier of the worst sort. On a. web site, ‘maintained by ‘his-wife.in the» ULS."he“refers to, thé Holo- caust as the “Six Million Swindle.” For years, he published and distributed anti- semitic pamphlets. - Zundel’s views are as vi- triolic and despicable as they come. Some years back, his bid for Canadian citizenship was rejected because of his views and activities. Then, to much of his own of the Free and Home of the Brave, saying he couldn't stand it in Canada .anymore. Most Canadians said: Good riddance Alas, like all things that sound too good to be true, this one was as well. Last year, the Americans booted Zundel across the border back to Ca- nada. Faced with the prospect of being tied up in knots for years by Zundel in efforts to avoid deportation, Canada’s federal immigration minister Denis Coderre promised to get rid-of Zundel in short order. “Just watch me,” he said when asked how he would accomp- lish this task. Well, he kept his promise. This week, William Reid, an officer with Citizenship and Immigration. Canada, presen- ted Douglas Christie, Mr. Zun- del’s lawyer, with a copy of the signed national security certificate, ending the refugee : Zundel's swift deportation: to. his native Germany. . ; I have no problem with get- ting tid of Zundel once and for © all. What I have a problem with is the method by which we get rid of him. Zundel a national security risk? It’s laughable. Liberal MPs calling our southern neighbours “bastards” are probably more of a security By using the inappropriate tool of declaring Zundel a na- tional security risk, the govern- ment admits that it lacks: pro- per grounds to get rid of some- one who bothers us. Using the wrong and perhaps even illegal method to achieve a desired end is dangerous. If existing laws were insuffi- cient to get a deportation order, a law with more teeth should have been passed and tested against the Constitution. And if such a law was found unconsti- tutional, so be it. : Better to be stuck with Zun- del than resort to questionable means to get rid of him. Once used, the national-security-risk scheme can and will be used again, and probably in - less pressing cases than Zundel’s. Aside from a handful of sup- porters, as nuts as Zundel, no- body wili lament his: deporta- tion to Germany, where his probable fate is a prison sen- tence of at least five. years await him. under that country's strict hate laws... 0. gree oe ron: Meanwhile,.91 known war criminals, many of whom have committed genuine atrocities, remain on the lam. ~ Canada got its hands dirty in achieving the goal of getting tid of Zundel. The end never justifies the means. Beyer can be reached at: E-mail: hubert@coolcom.com. Or you can phone him at (250) 381-6900. Videotapes orevent bullying. ALL PARENTS worry about their kids being bullied, and lured through peer pressure into sexual activily. Yet neither our school dis- trict nor our parents groups are making use of excellent vi- deotapes available at nominal cost from both Oprah and Dr. Phil’s TV programs. We know kids listen closer to peers than to parents. These videotapes showing real teens speaking openly of their ex- periences and regrets, could help steer our kids away from similar heartache. Both Oprah and Dr. Phil began with an introductory show on each subject, fol- lowed a couple of months later by a follow-up to evaluate how situations had changed in schools, homes, and the perso- nal lives of the youngsters who participated in the first pro- grams. In all cases, the kids mod- ified their behaviour, some drastically, all for the better. So did‘ viewers, based on the tearful tales they witnessed on the show. For her first program on bullying, Oprah invited the Saas THROUGH BIFOCALS CLAUDETTE SANDECKI Mission, B.C. mother whose 14-year-old daughter hanged herself in her bedroom after receiving threatening cell- phone calis from three school- mates. Several girls, intent on joining a clique, had to shun their friends, including pals from kindergarten. One girl ad- mitted she didn’t even like the clique. Discussing this on the show, she woke up to the shal- lowness of her behaviour. On the show, the girl real- ized how much she had hurt her good friend and sold her- self out at the same time. She abandoned the clique, as did the other clique members after seeing the show. Dr, Phil’s 20-year-old son Jayson talked with bullies, and kids who were bullied. One bully admitted he had never considered how his targets felt. He was amazed to learn how much anguish bullying can cause, to the point of suicide. He vowed to mend his ways, and has. In turn, a small 12-year-old girl, who was bullied for wear- ing glasses and having a gap between her front teeth, hallt- ingly spoke of how bullying made her feel helpless and in- significant. - Following Jay’s visit to a middle school in Houston, Texas, the 400 students signed. a contract pledging to stamp out bullying in their school. 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