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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1994

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GOVERNOR: I AM NOT SURE THAT IT NECESSARILY MAKES PEOPLE FEEL BETTER TO PASS A LAW. EACH OF THESE ISSUES, EACH OF THE ONES YOU TOUCH FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, HOW YOU'D LIKE TO DESCRIBE IT, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS AND SO ON, EACH OF THOSE THINGS INVOLVES MATTERS OF JUDGMENT IN WHICH ONE IS TRYING TO SECURE THE POSITION NOT JUST FOR THE SHORT TERM BUT FOR THE LONGER TERM AND WE HAVE TO WAIT, WE HAVE TO ARRIVE AT THOSE JUDGMENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS. I HOPE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SO IN A WAY WHICH COMMANDS MAJORITY CONSENT IN THE COMMUNITY. I CERTAINLY WILL BE TRYING TO EXPLAIN AND JUSTIFY WHATEVER DECISIONS WE COME TO. ONE MORE, LAST ONE.

QUESTION: THIS IDEA ABOUT A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION BE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS...

GOVERNOR: THAT IS NOT MY ARGUMENT.

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QUESTION:

THERE IS AN INDICATION THAT PERHAPS, SOME ARE CITED AS SAYING THAT YOU HAVE CORRUPTION LARGE ENOUGH.

THE ICAC AND YOU HAVE SECURITY BRANCH. YOU DON'T NEED SFC. WHY NOT HAVE TWO TOGETHER, OF COURSE,

OUT THAT

GOVERNOR: YOU COULD HAVE THE TWO TOGETHER. I JUST POINTED NOT MANY PEOPLE DO AND I POINTED OUT THAT WHILE CANADA DID WORK SUCCESSFULLY, I COULDN'T THINK OF MANY OTHER EXAMPLES. WHICH OTHER EXAMPLES CAN YOU THINK OF? (REMARKS BY REPORTERS INAUDIBLE) I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS AN EXCLUSIVE ARGUMENT BUT I POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS OF INTEREST THAT I CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE EXAMPLE WHERE THE TWO CO- EXIST AND YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER.

QUESTION: IF YOU'RE LOOKING LONG TERM, GOVERNOR, AND YOU WANT TO THINGS LONG TERM RATHER THAN SHORT TERM. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE OF RELYING ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES THAT CAN CHANGE BY...

GOVERNOR: WE ARE TOTALLY RELYING ON ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES THINK YOU'D BETTER WAIT AND HEAR WHAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO SAY MONTH OR SO.

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QUESTION: ARE YOU GOING TO REVERSE YOURSELF ON WHAT YOU'VE SAID BEFORE AND PREFERRING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES?

GOVERNOR: I AM GOING TO MAKE THE POSITION CLEAR BEFORE THE END OF JUNE. THANKS.

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