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3e As far as the public is concerned, the justice system has failed to protect their interâ€" ests. While defense lawyers and homosexual rights activists may cheer Judge Latimer‘s decision, we see nothing to rejoice about. The public has the right to expect protection from this type of activity in a public washroom. yet rather than ensuring this protection is possible, the court system has once again all_owed_tpe accused to escape prosecution on a legal technicality. All of these are reasonable expectations, yet on the surface it would appear the courts are more concemned with protecting the rights of the accused then of the general public. No one can deny illegal and offensive acts were being conducted in the Shell Park washroom. No one can deny it had become such a nuisance that parents were afraid to have their children in the park. In his decision, Judge Latimer ruled people using the washroom had a "reasonable expectation of privacy." However, should that "reasonable expectation" of privacy also not pertain to other nonâ€"homosexual users of the washrooms. Should we have the "reaâ€" sonable expectation" to use the washrooms without being propositioned to perform a sexual act the majority of the public finds distasteful. Should parents not have the "reaâ€" sonable expectation" to send their children into a public washroom without fearing they will be exposed to something which could detrimentally affect them for the rest of their lives. Taxpayers should have the "reasonable expectation" to be able to use a public park their taxes have paid for. In a nutshell, when the police installed the cameras, they did not require a search warrant from a judge. However, changes to the Criminal Code, which would have required them to do so, had already been passed by parliament, but had not yet come into effect. Latimer ruled the police should have been aware of the pending changes when they installed the cameras. â€" to a layman, Judge Douglas Latimer‘s recent ruling regarding the use of video cameras to monitor homosexual activity in the Shell Park washroom doesn‘t make much sense. Charges of indecent acts against five men arrested a year ago were stayed by the judge after he determined the cameras were an invasion of privacy and had infringed Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. His decision appears to centre around the timing of legislation regarding the use of video tape surveillance cameras by the police and the actual installation of the cameras by the police. 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Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Advertising is aczepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize and reject advertising. In the event of typographical error, advertising goods j or services at the wrong price, goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and m withdrawn Reasonable expectations 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 ES esmm â€"â€"â€" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR It is obvious that not only does he not have the support of the people of Ward 6, he can‘t even convince his fellow councilors. Good job Bill! I know for a fact that councilor Smith and IRRA are very concerned about the issue and are quietly working to resolve the matter and knowing them â€" they will â€" but not at the It was councilor Logan who did not represent the majority vote on this issue, who put it forâ€" ward and lost. Yes, councillor Smith spoke against it, but so did the rest of our council. Mr. Logan got one other vote with his, we have 12 councilors and a mayor. I was present at all the meetings in regards to this plaza, and to blame Jim Smith, our local councilor, for this mess is so wrong. It was not Jim Smith who put this motion forward that lost...it was Bill Logan. Can‘t the users (nonâ€"Catholics) pay their own way? Dear Sir: In response to a letter you ran recently entiâ€" tled "People lose in politics game", I would like to set the record straight. Q The right to a separate school system was written into the Constitution some 130 or 40 years ago. Your article makes it sound as if the provincial treasury is footing the bill. The money comes from taxpayers. Business that is owned by Catholics still must pay tax to the public system. Why? On what grounds do you think that the Catholic taxpayer should support the public system. Q Canada‘s first school system was began by the Catholic Nuns in Quebec. Councillor Logan should not return to office Q A third of the children in Ontario are educatâ€" ed in the Catholic School System. Q We pay taxes to the Catholic system and have no children. UQ More than a third of the taxpayers in Ontario are Catholic. Q There are a lot more values taught in the Catholic Schools. Dear Sir: Subject: Some updated information pertaining to your editorial ‘Who‘s Responsible‘ in the July 10th edition of the Oakville Beaver.â€" Catholic taxpayers support public system KNOW HoW To FLY THIS HINGZ 1 22% N And, yes, these actions against councilor Logan are necessary. Don‘t forget he is an employee of ours, the town, we pay him, and he can‘t be allowed to be reinstated to this position through our lack of knowledge of his behavior. If he was an employee of mine, he would have been terminated long ago. We need leadership at the Region; we already bhave it at council with councilor Smith and I‘d like to thank councilor Smith for listening to the majority of the people on this issue. The important issue is not that of the Grand Blvd. plaza, it is that of bad representation through attendance and actions, so please don‘t try to cloud the issue by dwelling on the plaza issue. I dare you to print this letter. It might help the other groups get an answer to their question. Q Christopher Columbus was Catholic also. I really can‘t understand how the Catholics allowed the Canadian government to setâ€"up a nonâ€" Catholic school system. If this is an example of his worth, then let‘s find someone else who has the support of counâ€" cil. expense of us the people. If this is the only issue councilor Logan can speak to, it doesn‘t say much for his abilities. Are we getting our money‘s worth from Logan? Q To put all of those children back into the public system would cost an additional three to four billion maybe even more. That is the differâ€" ence between what the public system gets per pupil. They are saving money, not costing it. U You, mister editor, have your head on backâ€" wards. I would think an editor would do a little more research. UQ Why doesn‘t the province release all of the money that the Catholics pay into the school sysâ€" tem? Give them equal funding, instead of taking the Catholics money, and using it for the public schools. Q The staggering $14â€"billion plus is coming from the Catholics, not the nonâ€"Catholics. Q Every child that is educated in the Catholic system is one less that the public system has to support. Dan Cooper John Vick