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GIANT PIPES being installed in the Little
island infiltration gallery will tap Skeena River

Guest comment a
Too much regulation?

to augment the local water supply, Two tracks.
are handling the pipe in picture above, .

Do you feel that the law is
breathing down your neck, that
government is an all-seeing eye
constantly watching to make sure
you don’t step out of line?

Take heart.

In Ontario recommendations’

have been made which would give
greater rights to the individual
and protect him from undue ex-
ercise of legal or political author-

In an age when the tendency
seems to be more and more to

‘regulate human life, the propo.

sals of the royal commission
on civil rights will be welcomed,

James C, McRuer, former
chief justice of Ontario, was
the one-man commissioner who
put forward the recommendations
after four years of work,

He called for more control of

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police powers; compensation for.
citizens hurt while helping police
and for those wrongfully impris-
oned; a fall review of expropria-
tion procedures; a more efficlent
court system. and fairer use of
control of powers contained in
provincial government statutes,

The 559 recommendation inthe
1,331-page report also included
these: Discretionary powers (by
police} to stop and detain should
be abolished, except in cases in-
valving public safety or health;
power to search the person not
to be conferrred under provin-

_| cial law; arbitrary powers of
‘| investigation not to be conferred

in any statute.

Premier Robarts said.the re-
port “established what might well
be considered as the guidelines
for our approach to all legislation
coming before this house,”

Paople facing. expropriation in
Ontario will be encouraged by
the commissioner’s attitude, He
said expropriation is such an
infringement of civil rights that
it must not be used carelessly,

In another field of legislation, |

Mr. MecRuer said the power to
arrest under the Highway Traffic
Act or the Liquor Control Act
should ke Itmited, . Warrants
should not be issued under pro-
vincial statutes unless the
accused was in hiding or could
not be found,

One case that might have
aroused Mr, McRuer’s Indigna-
tion was that of a 23.year-old
woman held in jail for eight
days as a material witness In a
‘robhery case, on order of a
‘Toronto ‘magistrate. | Ancther'
magistrate ordered her released,

The commissioner's stout des
fenca: of.:the rights of the indl.
vidual against the powers of the
state and the law will receive
a warm response from all whe
believe in civil liberty,

ae NESTERDAY, NIGH :
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By

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TODAY, BILLY?

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by
FRANK HOWARD, MP

Two events took place recently
which make one. wonder about the
questions of respect for minority
rights, individual feelings and 9°
person’s conscience ~ and
convictions,

One of these events involved
the Honourable J, J. Greene,
Minister of Agriculture and
candidate for the Leadership of
the Liberal Party, Mr, Greene.
spoke in Saskatchewan recently
and used as his theme the need
to reform Parllament and make
the individual back-bencher a
more potent foree in Parliament,

Mr, Greene, in talking about
Parllamentary reform, made
quite a few references to the
Commiitee system andthe needto
reform it. In fact while I was
reading Mr. Greene’s speech I
was reminded rather forcibly of
the similarity that speech had to
the ones which Mr,
Fisher used to make when he
was an M,P, mo

Doug Fisher, who was aC,C,F,
and New Democratic member of
Parliament, developed quite
strongly the idea of reformation
of the Committee system of
Parliament. .Others .of.us who
worked with Doug at‘ that time
made this a strong point in our
election platforms.

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I’m not saying that Mr, Greene
is copying anything that the New
Democratic Party developed, but
merely. pointing ont the
similarity. HH nothing else it
‘Means that more people in
Parliament are comingto realize
that all M, P,’s have a role to
play and not just those in the
Cabinet.

We ai] iknow that government
back-benchers are looked upon
a8 voting machines and merely,
in many instances, required to
be present to vote yes or no as

Chamber
banquet |

A banquet and danee, with live
entertainment, culminated Fri.

west 3B. C. Chambers of
Commerce and Alaska Affillates
convention here at the weekend.

The Community Centre, decor-
ated for the, occasion, was get
up cabaret-fashion, and a smor.
gashord supper was served by
Chef Angie eeraert of Terrace
Hotel, .

Head. tabla guests were
escorted to their places by Piper
Keith Tutt. Terrace Chamber
prealdent, Frank Skidmore, pre.
aided over the affair. nt
During the cocktail hour, prior
to dinner, the Skeena Secondary
| School band supplied livaly back-
ground music, .

Hawallan Revue, a stage pro.
duction by Mra. Frankie Bates,

termlgsion,
’ Ron Paulson blew thé conch.
shell, bringing all to the Luau,,

both attired in Hawalian costume,

houettes’ provided. the Hawaiian.
beat for tho dancers ~Margo
Bates doing the huluand the go-go;
Sherry Coulter of Kitimat fn a
Tahitian dance and young Rhonda.
Leigh Paulson as the “Little
Brown Gal”, Jim Banting sup~

for the dancers and also sang
the Hawailan Wedding song,

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A voice for the back-bencher

the government requires. Infact
Mr, Greene also mentions this
saying that a back-bench member
complained that his bottom was
of more valuv than’ his head,
In other words he felt exploited
and used simply as a reinforce.
ment for the government and not
as a representative of . the
yeople,
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All this talk about the need to
put the government back-bencher
on a more meaningful footing so
that his thoughts and conscience
would have some value to
Parliament looked pretty shallow
.and sere when stacked up against
the fact that the Liberal Party
just voted to expel one of its
members because he tried to
express his thoughts and speak as
his conscience dictated,

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Ralph Cowan, M, P, for York.
Humber, was noted as 4so~alled

Douglas | maverick in the Liberal Party,

When he disagreed with
something that the Cabinet didhe
said so in Parliament. He feels
that an M, P. should be more
than simply a ‘trained seal’ to
jump when the whip is cracked.
Ralph Cowan, whether we agree
with the substance ofhis remarks
or not, has an independence of
mind that is- refreshing in
government Party circles, If

Ralph Cowan thought that his own

Liberal government was wrong
he said so. If he thought they
were right he said so, .

This sort of free expression
of opinion was something which
the Liberal Party couldn't stand,
It felt that it was being
embarrassed when one of its
own members criticized it.

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Tha Liberal Party only feels
this way because the Liberal
Party does not believe in freedom
of expression within the Liberal
Party ranks in Parllament, If
an M, P.‘is-not in agreement
with what the Party is doing he
is only afforded a few brief
moments once a week, behind
closed and guarded doors, to
express his disagreement, He
can say ‘no’ in the secrecy of
the weekly caucus meeting, but
he must say .*yes’ In public,

Because Ralph Cowan was not
a Party ‘yes*manthe Party didn’t
want him —so he. was expelled,

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I wonder how the Honourable
J. J, Greene, Minister of
Agriculture and candidate for
Leader of the Liberal :Party,
voted on that motion to expel
Mr.. Cowan... For. that. matter.
wonder how the other leadership |
candidates voted, Wenever know
for such goings on take place in
the insulated secrecy of the

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