Guest Speaker Murrary Mollard

This week our speaker was Murray Mollard from the BC Civil Liberties Association. He started by thanking our club for our $3000 donation towards the costs of reprinting The Citizens Handbook - which explains the rights and responsibilities of Candian Citizenship. Over 10,000 copies have been given out to not just new Canadians. The BC Civil Liberties Assoc. is a 45 year old non-profit society. Murray said they have a reputation for being anti-police, but in fact they are pro-police. Rule of law is fundamental to any democracy and police are on the front lines for protecting civil liberties. He recognized that police have a very difficult job and they have tremendous power to do their jobs - guns, force etc. They need systems of accountability to the people that have given them this power - the public. Municipal police investigate themselves - do people feel confident coming forward with a complaint? The most important thing would be for the public to have confidence in the process.