PARLIAMENT SHOULD GET ITS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT

I READ Maria McClintock's Jan. 6 story, "Brazen fraudsters mail guns, drugs
to Canada" with interest. In particular, I was looking for expressions of
outrage from our parliamentarians and juicy quotes from the U.S. "drug
czar," John Walters. After all, the importation of heroin, cocaine and
firearms from the U.S. into Canada poses significant dangers to the
Canadian public. However, no such quotes appeared. I find it ironic that
potential marijuana law reform efforts in Canada draw instant, loud
criticism from high-placed U.S. officials like czar Walters, and from
certain members of our own Parliament (like Randy White), but the much more
serious and dangerous importation of guns and hard drugs from the U.S.
occurs without so much as a whisper of condemnation? Isn't it time that
Parliament got its priorities straight and the U.S. took responsibility for
the criminal actions of its citizens instead of meddling in internal
Canadian politics?

Kirk Tousaw, policy director

B.C. Civil Liberties Association

(Missing notable quotables.)