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Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, January 20; 1993 ~ Page 9" Parliament Hill report Haat Sa Nae eve is Shy OWN Garth Turner MP Halton-Peel “We of the Ku Klux Klan are unapologetically committed to the interests, ideas and cultural values of the White majority.” So, tHese seven guys stood there on the street corners, first in Acton, then later last Saturday morning in Georgetown, with their white robes, pointed hats and hoods over their faces. ne Klansman held a sign saying the group hailed out of Brampton and the others gave out leaflets which, among other things, con- tained the statement above. The incidents were short, but they rattled people. In Georgetown, the Klan members beat a hasty Tetreat after a woman de-hooded one of them. Saturday shoppers retreated in horror into the stores along Main Street and then huddled by the win- dows looking out at a scene which is only supposed to take place in Alabama, or maybe Missouri. A string of calls rang through at the Halton Region police station, and officers responded. The Klansmen were questioned, but they weren’t stopped by police - it’s still a free as omenerd it was the revulsion i people on the street that aaa caused them to go. Of course, the Toronto media were intensely interested in what had gone on. The KKK showing up in two quiet towns in Halton was almost unthinkable. But it hap- pened. Now we have to deal with that fact. What was the Klan’s message? “There are hundreds of organiza- tions working for the interest of the blacks,” their literature said. “How many groups stand up for the cul- tural values and ideals of the White majority. Not many; as a result we are faced with reverse discrimina- tion in jobs, promotions, and schol- arships - busing or forced integra- tion - high taxes for the minority welfare - a high rate of brutal crime - gun control - anti-whites movies and TV programs - in short, a soci- ety oriented to the wishes of minorities. This may not be hate literature, but it’s a dangerous message being spelled out in code. And the KKK extremists are not alone in saying things like that. Statements close to that are in’my mail far too often. They are expressed at public meetings, as people discuss immigration policy, multiculturalism, bilingualism, law and order and crime. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that, because no policy can be above scrutiny. But the code words tell us that intolerance is okay sometimes, if it has the goal of preserving Canadian society the way it is now - the way Acton and Georgetown are - most- ly white, English-speaking and middle class. So it made me proud to see the reaction of those people the Klan intruders thought would be most ere ont sympathetic to their message of Families white power. Instead of agreeing with the at the racists, Georgetown turfed them out. 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