Photo Contest for Peace
. SPONSORED BY THE B.C. PEACE COUNCIL

Theme of Peace: rallies, marches,
camps, signs, graffiti, art, speakers

Two Categories: black/white & color
Size: 5”’x7”’ or 8’’x10”’ prints only.

NO ENTRY FEE

B.C. Peace Council would welcome the gift of your prints with the
right to publish them (please indicate). Prints will be returned if re-
quested upon entry and accompanied by a self-addressed postage
paid envelope.
Prizes will be awarded to the three winners in each category. Winners
will be announced by Jan. 13. Selected photographs will be on dis-
play at Britannia Community Library from Ja. 14 to 21.
Send entries with name, address, phone number, and identification
of photo subject on the back of each photograph to: B.C. Peace
Council, 712—207 W. Hastings St., Vancouver V6B 1H7 or drop off
} at Banyon Books, 2685 W. Broadway, Vancouver.

Entries must be received by Friday, Dec. 9th.
Sponsors will not be responsible for damage or loss of prints.

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Colin Gabelmann, NDP MLA
North Island, writes: Labor
minister Bob McClelland’s recent
decision to appoint boards of in-
quiry to hear a number of long-
standing human rights complaints
has resulted in considerable media
attention and some confusion.

Some background information
might be helpful in clarifying the
issues.

First, while it is commendable
that the minister has taken actionin
these cases, your readers should
know that many of these cases had
been sitting on the minister’s desk
for months. In 1982, there were 51
unresolved cases referred to the
minister for action. Some of these
are only now being referred to a
board of inquiry.

My second concern is that the
impression has been created that
these referrals are due to the new
human rights legislation. Nothing
could be further from the truth.
The recently-appointed boards are
mandated under the existing
legislation. The Human Rights
Branch and the Commission have
been eliminated but unless and un-
til the proposed Human Rights Act
(Bill 27) is approved by the
Legislature, the present legislation
is still the law.

In fact there are now nearly 500
human rights cases sitting in limbo
because the human rights officers

. Who. had. been dealing with. these

Implications of Oct.

5 editorial

Drew Howard, Victoria, writes:
I would like to object to the im-
plications of the Oct. 5 editorial
‘Reagan offers are false’ and in
particular, the following phrase:
“The concern of the Reaganites,
their soul brothers the Canadian
Tories, or their opportunist
backers among Liberals and New
Democrats is not for people’s rights
which start with the right to live a
world free of nuclear war. Their
sole concern is the preservation of
imperialism in command of the
whole world.”’

You might call the NDP, as
Mackenzie King did, “‘Liberals ina
hurry,” and as a left New
Democrat I’d agree with you. But
what you stated is a slur against
“the labor, peace and democratic
movements in Canada.”’

And, if what you stated is true,
why is the party that is known for
backing you always proposing a
united front, permanent or tem-
porary? Are they opportunist like
the Italian party? I’m for left coali-

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Rights disregarded
even before change

complaints were locked out of their
offices and fired. These are cases
that were in various stages of com-
pletion when the new legislation
was introduced. This does not in-
clude the new complaints that
would ordinarily come into the
Human Rights Branch offices if
they were fully staffed. Since the
branch received more than 10,000
inquiries about possible human
rights violations in 1982, we must
assume that there are now many
alleged violations going
unreported.

Finally, there is the very real
threat of deterioration of human
rights protection in B.C. once the
new legislation is passed.

I do not believe that a five-
person politically-appointed coun-
cil will even begin to fill the gap left
by the now-disbanded Human
Rights Commission and Branch.

What is required is the en-
shrinment of human rights, totally
free from political interference in
the same way that the Auditor-
General and the Ombudsman are
protected from political pressure.
We need to ensure that those charg-
ed with enforcing and advancing
human rights report directly to the
Legislature, not a cabinet minister.
Only then will the problems of ine-
quality and discrimination begin to
be addressed without interference
from the government of the day.

criticized
tions such as COPE but if you con-
tinue the NDP slur, I may have se-
cond thoughts.

Something worthy of note is
New Democratic Party activity in
both the peace movement and Cen-
tral America. The (Apr. 23) End
the Arms Race march was a sea of
orange. The NDP definitely had

the majority in numbers and.

maybe in proportion of member-
ship also. MP Pauline Jewett is
known to be active in the ‘‘Tools
for Peace’? campaign. Where are
the imperialists?

The editorial Howard refers to
originated with the Canadian
Tribune in Toronto. The editorial
page is one of several we pick up
from that paper each week and
reprint along with our own pages.
Nonetheless, although we might
take issue with some of Howard’s
other contentions, his point about
the implications of the phrase he
quotes is well taken and we certain-
ly accept his criticism on that
point.—Ed.

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