The record, 8 mars 1991, Supplément 1

TOWNSHIPS WEEK arts and entertainment magazine MARCH H.1991 kl ( OKIHiKANI SIMI.ON • An International Women’s Day salute to Ann Hayes Fowlis of St-Elie, a humble achiever 2-TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY.MARCH 8.1991 Timid Ottawa thwarts espionage plans Henry Kissinger understood the importance of spying."For secrets are edged tools And must be kept from children and from fools." Dry den It was close for a while — nip and tuck, touch and go.neck and neck — but good old Pete Cadieux came through in the pinch last week and managed to keep it all pretty hush-hush besides.Problem was.see.they had this big.all-party Commons committee snooping into CSIS business for over a year.They heard all these witnesses, took all this testimony, studied all these reports, spent all this time and money and.five months ago.came up with 117 recommendations.Who’s Who By Tadeusz Letarte Last week.Solicitor General Pierre Cadieux tabled a 79-page report rejecting almost every one of them.They wanted to chain us up, you see.Wanted to make us obey the law.respect people's privacy, freedom of speech and all that garbage.It was nothing less than a blatant attempt to keep us from spying on innocent people.i We ll keep an eye on those inter-fering old nannies in future — and on all those who voted them into office, i One of their recommendations would have set up a permanent committee to watch over our spending and operations — spying on the spies, if you can believe such a thing.How would you like someone looking over your shoulder9 And once you start something like that.where will it end?Who watches the watcher watching you?Our budget — now up to something more than $190 million a year — is secret and it's none of the taxpayer's business how we spend their money.If they don’t like it.they can write letters to the editor.We keep an eye on those, too.A second recommendation was for an oversight committee on our sister agencies: the RCMP's Security Intelligence Directorate and the super-secret Communications Security Establishment which eavesdrops on telecommunications.That.too.was rejected in the interests of national security while the reasons for that rejection were kept secret in the interests of national security.Isn't the spy game great?Another recommendation was that Canada consider setting up a new agency for spying abroad.Rejected.We have all the subversion we need right here at home.Another was that CSIS be forbidden to spy on peace groups, labor unions and crackpot political factions who pose no real threat to national security.Rejected! Another proposed tightening the legal definition of espionage, sabotage and terrorism.Rejected! They wanted to draw a line between legal and illegal ways of changing political policies, see.and prevent CSIS agents from stepping over that line.Rejected! Best of all.ure don’t have to worry about such another Parliamentary snooping session until 1998.?Woodrow Wilson once declared that spies have no place in a democracy.What did he know?Somebody should have reminded Mr.Woodrow X.Wilson that Moses was the first big-time spy-master and got his instructions directly from God.He was told to send a dozen secret agents — Israel's first Mossad — to "spy out the land of Canaan.and the prople that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many: And what the land is that they dwell in.whether it be good or bad; and what cities there be that they dwell in.whether in tents, or in strongholds: And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein or not.” And so they did and brought hack reports of a land of milk and honey which, as everybody knows, began 2500 years of peace and prosperity in the region.Spying is God’s work.see.Henry Kissinger understood that.When the CIA was criticized for trying to overthrow the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende.he grumbled; ”1 don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people." Exactly.You can’t trust ordinary.everyday people to run a democracy either.They need a little secret guidance by those of us who know exactly how a country should be run.We can’t say much, of course, in the interests of national security.But it should come as no surprise to most people that there are forces at work to tear apart this great country of ours.Sleep soundly, however.in the assurance we’ll be closely watching Slippery Bob's convention tomorrow — and you may be next.Moral: Don't.LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING: I RESTAURANT & PU B Fireside Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m.to 11:30 p.m.DAILY BLUE PLATE SPECIALS LUNCH s395 DINNER s795 Lake St.Newport 334-6278 OPEN DAILY 11 30 TIL CLOSING CLOSED TUESDAYS SUNDAY BRUNCH 11 00 A M - 2 00 P M.Mcernv Early Bird Bonu yiisV!uy Save up to !8 000, THE FIXES ! 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And he never did.My most vivid and poignant memory from this war is of the troop trains coming up from the States, always at night.« They were held up at our R.R.station for a while, and that was the signal for my lather and mother to rush frantically about the house and pantry, filling baskets with homemade bread and butter, pies, cakes, doughnuts, anything eatable.Then a dash to the train.the long, dark cars, wide open windows.with dozens of eager, wai- See ANECDOTE, page 5 TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, MARCH 8.1!)91—3 Students perform Romeo and Juliet at Centennial The cast poses for a group shot on the Centennial Theatre set.mim>\ii< nui som Lessons I taught my daughter Mi King W.downtown Sherbrooke: • Hamlet.English version of the Shakespearean tragedy with French subtitles, stars Mel Gibson in the title role and Glenn Close as his mother.Nightly 9; weekend matinees 3 • Le Silence des agneaux, the French version of Silence of the Lambs a thriller starring Jodie Foster.Nightly 7:05 and 9:25; weekend matinées 1:05 and 3:25.• Alice, the French version of Woody Allen’s latest comedy set in New Y'ork The all-star cast includes Mia Farrow.Joe Mantegna.Alec Baldwin and William Hurt Nightly 7: weekend matinées 1.• II danse avec les loups, the French version of Dances with Wolves, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.Nightly 8:00: weekend matinées 2:30.• Edouard aux mains d'argent, the French version of Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp.Nightly 7:10 and 9:20: weekend matinées 1:1