From: owner-cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca on behalf of Cdn-Firearms Digest [owner-cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca] Sent: Thursday, 03 May, 2001 21:25 To: cdn-firearms-digest@broadway.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V3 #752 Cdn-Firearms Digest Thursday, May 3 2001 Volume 03 : Number 752 In this issue: Interim law enforcement plan for National Parks Swords into sculpture Suspect in series of stun-gun bank robberies nabbed Robbery suspects arrested Letter: Guns, not games, kill people POLICE HUNT FOR THREE BANDITS Letter: Armed wardens don't fit image Government: Wrong to alarm park visitors Perpetuating a myth BRIETKREUZ BILL C-341 - "CABINET CONFIDENCES" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:53:40 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Interim law enforcement plan for National Parks PUBLICATION: The Guardian (Charlottetown) DATE: 2001.05.03 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: The Islander PAGE: A4 BYLINE: Mike Gauthier SOURCE: The Guardian (Charlottetown) - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Interim law enforcement plan for National Parks to be in place this month: Interim plan would allow National Park wardens to resume most law enforcement duties under the Canada National Parks Act. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- An interim law enforcement program for Canada's National Park system this year should be in place before Victoria Day weekend, a spokesperson for the federal agency says. ``That is what we are aiming for because that is when most of the parks open for the high season,'' Laurie McIntyre, senior communicators adviser for Parks Canada, said Wednesday. Developing the interim program is in response to a recent Canada Labour Code direction that at least temporarily strips law enforcement duties from park wardens. Responding to a complaint from a Parks Canada employee in Banff National Park, a CLC ruling in February told Parks Canada to immediately discontinue law enforcement duties by park wardens. The agency was also told, within six months, to either alter wardens' duties or provide them with additional protection. The interim plan would allow National Park wardens to resume all law enforcement duties under the Canada National Parks Act, except highway traffic enforcement duties, supported by measures to ensure their safety. The measures include better communications, more access to long and two-person patrols. ``In developing this interim program, our first priority was to ensure the safety of the public and our employees and to protect the National Parks of Canada,'' said Tom Lee, the federal agency's executive director. The CLC ruling involves issuing sidearms to park wardens engaged in law enforcement activities. Parks Canada has appealed the directive although it may take several months before the appeal is heard and a final decision can be made, agency officials say. ``Our appeal is because fundamentally, we don't accept the underlying premise of the direction that the only way to ensure the safety of wardens is to give them all sidearms,'' Bruce Amos, director general of National Parks for Parks Canada, told The Guardian in a recent interview. The wardens are still responsible for resource management and public safety. Parks Canada wardens already have access to a range of protective equipment. Rifles and shotguns are available to wardens for specific resource conservation functions. A spokesperson for a well-known Island conservation organization said conservation within the park system could suffer as a result of the CLC directive. ``If there is an area closed because of piping plover nesting areas, (wardens) can't enforce that,'' says Kate MacQuarrie, executive director of the Island Nature Trust. ``If you are in there disturbing the birds, the wardens can ask you to leave but they can't lay any charges, all they can do is call the RCMP and hope that the RCMP has the time to respond and that you are still there when the RCMP get there,'' MacQuarrie said. Amos said that the interim plan will address MacQuarrie's concerns. ``We want to find a way which will be consistent with the Canadian Labour Code direction that we're operating under and which will have park wardens enforcing the National Park Act and regulations,'' Amos said. The plan, once approved, would also see the RCMP take the lead enforcing the Criminal Code, as well as increased RCMP support for wardens when they are engaged in serious law enforcement activities. MacQuarrie said realistically speaking, she can't see the RCMP having the time to worry about the conservation aspect of the park system. ``I mean, these guys aren't sitting around twiddling their thumbs all summer especially,'' she said. ``They are probably going to be willing to enforce things like speeding or alcohol infractions within the park. I suspect that they are not going to be willing to enforce the conservation regulations.'' MacQuarrie said the whole situation could have extremely serious ramifications on conservation efforts in the park. Last year, the Canadian Nature Federation released its report on the state of the National Parks in Canada, listing P.E.I. National Park as the most endangered park in Canada. ``They are saying that we don't have good enough conservation regulations in place and now what we are learning is that they are not even going to be able to enforce the regulations that are in place,'' MacQuarrie said. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:48:59 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Swords into sculpture PUBLICATION GLOBE AND MAIL DATE: THU MAY.03,2001 PAGE: R8 (ILLUS) BYLINE: STEPHEN THORNE CLASS: The Globe Review SOURCE: CP EDITION: Metro DATELINE: Ottawa ON - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Swords into sculpture - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- STEPHEN THORNE Canadian Press OTTAWA Sandra Bromley and Wallis Kendal wanted to create a sculpture that will work in the future at overcoming the past. So the two Edmonton artists launched an epic campaign, soliciting weapons from police and military organizations around the world. To their surprise, most were more than willing to co-operate. The weapons started trickling in; the trickle soon became a flood -- 8,000 pieces from places like Bosnia, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, South Africa. There were AK-47s and a submachine from Russia, handguns and sawed-off shotguns from North America, antitank and antipersonnel mines. There were mortars, brass knuckles, a machine-pistol, prison-manufactured zip guns, helmets and hundreds of rounds of ammunition of all sizes and descriptions. The pieces represented all forms of violence -- war, crime, torture, terrorism. Even countries where laws prohibited export of live or deactivated weapons sent letters of support. A supportive student group in Brazil collected an arsenal of weapons and held a crushing ceremony with tanks before the military hierarchy stepped in and prevented export of the donations. The two artists designed a square block, resembling a tomb or a prison cell, then set to work revealing a history of violence and bloodshed. They welded the pieces to form the outer sides and roof of the cubicle with a small hole in the middle allowing a beam of soft light to illuminate the interior. Inside, past a door framed with pistols, revolvers and two artillery pieces, the walls are lined with fence wire, like a cage. The stone-like floor is embedded with flattened .38 specials. The project took them five years. Bromley and Kendal called their five-tonne, 3 1/2-by-2 1/2-by-3-metre sculpture The Art of Peacemaking -- The Sculpture ,and they took it to Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany, then to South Korea. Now it's at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa until June 24, when it goes to the United Nations in New York. They combined it with a large mural showing 114 victims and survivors of a horrific chronicle of violence -- drive-by-shooting victims from the United States; assassination victims from Northern Ireland and Central America; land mine victims from Sudan, Cambodia and Afghanistan. There are death-camp prisoners from all over Europe, imprisoned and killed by Nazi Germany; and Korean "comfort women," enslaved by the Japanese during the Second World War. There are child and women soldiers, refugees and victims of child abuse, elder abuse and spousal abuse. On another wall is a large blackboard and an invitation for viewers to comment. More than 100,000 comments have been recorded from all over the world. "It gives me hope that amidst destruction, beauty can be found and lead to peace," said one. And there are testaments to victims. "In memory of Sylvain Leduc," wrote the mother of a 17-year-old victim of gang violence in Ottawa. "In memory of Joshua Baillie," said another. "I love you. Mommy. XXX." For more information: www.ihuman.org ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:49:05 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Suspect in series of stun-gun bank robberies nabbed PUBLICATION: The Hamilton Spectator DATE: 2001.05.03 SECTION: News PAGE: A03 SOURCE: The Hamilton Spectator BYLINE: John Burman - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Suspect in series of stun-gun bank robberies nabbed - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- A man wanted in connection with a series of stun- bank robberies got a shock when he walked into a police stakeout in the lobby of an east-Hamilton hotel. The man was arrested in the lobby of the Holiday Inn Express on Keefer Court Tuesday afternoon. A search of his room revealed a silver handgun, a stun and a quantity of cash. Police said the man was wanted for robberies at the Scotia Bank on Barton Street East April 23 and the Toronto Dominion Bank on King Street East April 30. Witnesses in both robberies said the bandit held what appeared to be a stun just beneath the counter. Videotape of the second robbery provided the east end detective office and members of the BEAR (Break, Enter, Auto and Robbery) unit with a lead on the suspect's identity. On Tuesday, east-end division youth officers Dave McConnell and Ross McCullough spotted a friend of the suspect driving her car on Centennial Parkway and followed her to the hotel. The suspect was arrested on an outstanding warrant when he walked into the lobby wearing a scanner capable of monitoring police. The man is charged with six counts of robbery, use of an imitation firearm, use of a prohibited weapon and wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence. You can contact John Burman by e-mail at < jburman@hamiltonspectator.com< or by telephone at 905-526-2469. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:56:18 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Robbery suspects arrested PUBLICATION: The Hamilton Spectator DATE: 2001.05.03 SECTION: News PAGE: A12 SOURCE: The Hamilton Spectator - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Briefly - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Robbery suspects arrested BRANTFORD -- Brant OPP have seized a loaded and charged two men in connection with an armed robbery at a Highway 2 bar late Monday. Police said a man had stepped outside Nikki's Roadhouse just after 11 p.m. when someone came up behind him, grabbed him by the arm and held what he believed to be a gun to his head. The bandit took a small amount of cash and fled. Police said the man, who was not injured, went home to call police. A 31-year-old Simcoe man has been charged with robbery, using a firearm while committing an offence, possession of a firearm while prohibited, uttering threats and breach of a recognizance. A 29-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with obstructing police and possession of a firearm. Bandits put employee in cooler Two armed bandits shut a pizza shop employee in a refrigerator while they robbed the cash register early yesterday. Hamilton police said a small was used in the robbery. It took the clerk 10 minutes to get out of the cooler at the Pizza Pizza outlet on Garth Street. Police spokesman Detective Gary Ostofi said the pair entered through the back door just before 1 a.m. Both wore black hats, bandannas over their faces and are believed to have fled in a late model, silver Chrysler four-door sedan. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:53:52 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Letter: Guns, not games, kill people PUBLICATION: Calgary Herald DATE: 2001.05.03 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: Opinion PAGE: A20 BYLINE: Andrea D. Marantz SOURCE: Calgary Herald - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Guns, not games, kill people - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Re: ``Films, video games help teach kids to be killers,'' Joe Woodard, Opinion, April 28. It seems to me Joe Woodard overlooked one obvious point. Woodard, quoting American psychologist David Grossman, says that teenage mass murderer Michael Carneal had never shot a pistol before killing his classmates and that his skills as a marksman were honed on video games. The obvious point is that if Carneal only had access to video games, his classmates would still be alive. It is the fact that he had access to an instrument of real destruction that allowed him to kill those other children. I share Woodard's disgust and horror at the level of violence in some video games and films. But surely we are missing the point to argue that eliminating these things will solve the problem. I'd love to see some of those violent games off the shelves and out of the arcades. But I think the real challenge is to come up with programs to identify, support and treat children at risk, and to keep instruments of destruction out of their hands. Andrea D. Marantz Bragg Creek ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:55:10 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: POLICE HUNT FOR THREE BANDITS PUBLICATION: The Edmonton Sun DATE: 2001.05.03 SECTION: News PAGE: 8 KEYWORDS: Bank; Robbery; Weapon; Edmonton - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- POLICE HUNT FOR THREE BANDITS - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- City cops are looking for three men after two banks and a convenience store were robbed. Yesterday at 2:40 a.m., a whispering robber stole some cash from two clerks at a 7-Eleven near 67 Street and 118 Avenue. A man approached the first clerk and was talking so quietly that the employee asked the other clerk to come and see what the man wanted. Eventually, the man demanded money and left the store. He is white, in his late 30s or early 40s, about six feet and 175 pounds with a moustache and brown eyes. At 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, a man with a robbed a teller at a Bank of Nova Scotia near 100 Street and Jasper Avenue. The robber walked in, waited in line, then handed the teller a note that said he had a gun and wanted money. The bandit, who had a tucked into his waistband, grabbed some cash and the note before leaving. He is five-foot-nine, skinny and had shoulder-length black hair. At 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, a man robbed a teller at Capital City Savings near 170 Street and 90 Avenue, then said "thank you" before he left. The robber handed the teller a note demanding money and indicated he was armed, although no weapon was seen. The bandit, who had bushy brown hair and a thick black, greying moustache, weighed about 135 pounds and is between five-foot-five and five-foot-seven. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:53:46 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Letter: Armed wardens don't fit image PUBLICATION: The Guardian (Charlottetown) DATE: 2001.05.03 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: Opinion PAGE: A7 BYLINE: Dan MacInnis SOURCE: The Guardian (Charlottetown) DATELINE: BRAMPTON, Ont. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Armed wardens don't fit image - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Editor: It is a contradiction to attempt to portray the Island as a quiet, peaceful place to visit and get away from it all, only to have tourists exposed to armed guards in the parks (`Arming park wardens is a matter of safety and security', The Guardian, April 23, 2001). Secondly, just imagine the damage to the image when an unfortunate accident or incident occurs and the press covers a death on P.E.I. due to an armed warden. People from `away', especially those from the U.S., are exposed to armed guards daily. Why would they visit P.E.I. to be exposed to the same thing? I suggest the madness should be headed off at the pass and if there is a problem, address it with more trained staff, numbers, not . Dan MacInnis, Brampton, Ont. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:57:53 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Government: Wrong to alarm park visitors PUBLICATION: Edmonton Journal DATE: 2001.05.03 EDITION: FINAL SECTION: Letters PAGE: A13 BYLINE: Tom Lee ILLUSTRATION: Photo: File Photo / A park warden gets a wet greeting during a checkstop in Jasper National Park. Wardens want the right to carry sidearms while performing their duties. - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- Wrong to alarm park visitors - -------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------- - ---- I am responding to the April 29 letter to the editor by Ed Cashman, president of the National Component of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, as it contains misleading statements about the issue of warden safety in Canada's national parks. (``Copps puts visitors to national parks at risk.'') Let me make several things clear. Cashman's statement that Parks Canada has refused to implement the Canada Labour Code (CLC) direction from the health and safety officer is just plain wrong. On the contrary, we immediately complied by temporarily discontinuing the law-enforcement duties of wardens. Cashman alleges that our actions have created a law enforcement vacuum in the national parks. This is not true. Immediate steps were taken to seek the assistance of the police forces in each jurisdiction, including the RCMP, to ensure continued enforcement in our national parks. Park wardens are mandated to deal with the Canada National Parks Act, and do not have primary responsibility for theft, carjacking, drug traffickers and muggers. These illegal acts, which do not occur with any regularity in national parks, have always been, and will continue to be, the primary responsibility of the police. Parks Canada has been working diligently with our partners on a proposed interim law enforcement program for the 2001 operating season. This plan would ensure the safety of park visitors, our wardens, and protect our park resources, while complying with the CLC direction. One of our primary objectives in preparing this proposed plan was to get our park wardens back into law enforcement focused on the Canada National Parks Act. This plan would do this. Specifically, measures would include a strengthened communications capacity and two-person patrols. Wardens have access to long and will continue to do so. In addition, the plan would provide increased access to these weapons for personal protection. It would also see the RCMP with lead responsibility for Criminal Code enforcement, as well as increased RCMP support for wardens when they are engaged in serious law enforcement activities. Finally, I wish to register my concern at the Public Service Alliance of Canada's repeated attempts to heighten public concern over dangerous conditions in the national parks. These confusing allegations are not based on evidence. Since the issuance of the CLC direction, there has been no significant change in incidents occurring in Canada's national parks. I assure your readers that a combined effort by park wardens and the RCMP will ensure that the heritage resources of our national parks are protected and that the public can continue to safely enjoy these parks. Tom Lee, Chief Executive Officer, Parks Canada ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 10:21:35 -0600 From: Barry Glasgow Subject: Perpetuating a myth Looks like all the efforts by recreational firearms groups to inform the media about how the feds are pulling the wool over their eyes has been for naught. Sender: owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Reply-To: cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca A Moncton Times article dated April 24th - which features various Miramachi union stooges whining about how their jobs (which shouldn't have been created in the first place) are being phased out - contains the following; "All of Canada's more than one million gun owners had to be in possession of a licence by last Jan. 1,..." Not bad... the Justice Department conservatively estimated us at 6,000,000 around 10 years ago, then they tell us it's 3, then 2.2. Now we're seeing papers pegging it at "more than one million". Maybe if they tell the story often enough there won't be ANY gun owners at all and there won't be a need for the Firearms Centre. Barry Glasgow Woodlawn, Ontario ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 21:24:03 -0600 From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: BRIETKREUZ BILL C-341 - "CABINET CONFIDENCES" http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/private/C-341 /C-341_1 /C-341_cover-E.html NOTE: Long URLs sometimes split into two parts after the e-mail is sent. Please reconnect the URL into one continuous stream to make the link. First Session, Thirty-seventh Parliament, 49-50 Elizabeth II, 2001 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-341 - An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (Cabinet confidences) First reading, May 2, 2001 SUMMARY The purpose of this enactment is to make certain amendments to the Access to Information Act as recommended by the Information Commissioner. It makes Cabinet confidences mandatory exemptions as opposed to exclusions. This results in the withholding being subject to independent review under the Act, rather than the entire Act being inapplicable to them. It excludes from the exemption documents that refer to, but do not reveal the substance of Cabinet confidences and certain other documents such as the summaries prepared to promulgate or facilitate the execution of policies, that relate to public health or safety or environmental damage or that in the clear public interest should be disclosed. It shortens the exemption period for Cabinet confidences from twenty to fifteen years. Review of Cabinet confidences will be handled only by the Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner or officer who have received the appropriate security clearance. In Federal Court the special procedures existing for other sensitive matters such as defence will be followed when Cabinet confidences are being dealt with. ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V3 #752 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:acardin33@home.com List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v03.n198 end (198 is the digest issue number and 03 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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