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      BY
      SARAH
      GALASHAN
     
    
   
   
    
     
      VANCOUVER
      (CUP)
      --
      A
     
     
      aw
      student
      who
      was
      arrested
     
     
      t
      last
      year’s
      APEC
      summit
     
     
      as
      launched
      a
      class
      -action
     
     
      uit
      against
      Prime
      Minister
     
     
      ean
      Chretien,
      Finance
      Minis-
     
     
      t
      Lloyd
      Axworthy
      and
      former
     
     
      mbassador
      to
      Indonesia
      Gary
     
     
      mith.
     
    

    
     
      The
      suit,
      which
      was
     
     
      nnounced
      by
      University
      of
     
     
      ritish
      Columbia
      student
      Craig
     
     
      ones
      last
      Tuesday,
      alleges
      the
     
     
      hree
      officials
      conspired
      to
      limit
     
     
      e
      constitutional
      rights
      of
      pro-
     
     
      sters
      during
      the
      meeting
      of
     
     
      8
      Pacific
      Rim
      leaders.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Y
      ANGELA
      PACIENZA
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ORONTO
      (CUP)
      _
      “Pepsi
     
     
      wns
      York.”
      That’s
      the
      mes-
     
     
      ge
      acouple
      of
      York
      Univer-
     
     
      ty
      students
      wanted
      that
      get
     
     
      Toss
      to
      football
      fans
      at
      the
     
     
      hool’s
      homecoming
      game
     
     
      st
      week.
     
    

    
     
      But
      the
      banner
      proclaim-
     
     
      g
      that
      statement,
      which
      the
     
     
      udents
      had
      hung
      on
      the
      fence
     
     
      rounding
      York’s
      stadium,
     
     
      as
      taken
      down
      by
      school
      of-
     
     
      ials
      just
      40
      minutes
      after
     
     
      ckoff.
     
     
      _
      “We
      aren’t
      doing
      any-
     
     
      ing
      that
      Pepsi
      isn’t
      already
     
     
      ing,”
      said
      Yves
      Zhender,
      a
     
     
      urth-year
      environmental
     
     
      dies
      student
      who
      helped
      put
     
     
      the
      sign
      to
      protest
      York’s
     
     
      ent
      10-yearexclusivity
      con-
     
     
      ct
      with
      Pepsi.
     
    

    
     
      Zhender
      and
      Diane
     
     
      on,
      the
      other
      student
      be-
     
     
      d
      the
      sign,
      say
      they
      had
      the
     
    

    
     
      tto
      express
      their
      opinion
      at
     
     
      stadium
      because
      it
      belongs
     
     
      all
      students,
      not
      just
      paid
     
     
      nsors.
     
     
      “This
      (stadium)
      is
      mine
     
    
   
   
    
     
      According
      to
      Jones’
     
     
      statement
      of
      claim,
      any
      other
     
     
      interested
      parties
      who
      choose
     
     
      to
      join
      the
      class-action
      lawsuit
     
     
      may
      do
      so.
      “What
      it
      allows
      us
     
     
      todoreally
      isto
      roll
      upa
      whole
     
     
      bunch
      of
      different
      actions
      that
     
     
      otherwise
      wouldn’t
      be
      able
      to
     
     
      proceed
      on
      their
      own,”
      Jones
     
     
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Jones
      was
      arrested
      for
     
     
      refusing
      to
      remove
      a
      protest
     
     
      sign
      during
      the
      Asia
      Pacific
     
     
      Economic
      Co-operation
      con-
     
     
      ference
      held
      at
      the
      University
     
     
      of
      British
      Columbia
      last
      No-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      told
      to
     
     
      remove
     
     
      Pepsi
      banner
     
    
   
   
    
     
      as
      much
      as
      anyone
      else’s,”
     
     
      said
      Simon.
     
    

    
     
      Zhender
      added
      the
      inci-
     
     
      dent
      represented
      an
      informa-
     
     
      tion
      war
      between
      Pepsi
      and
     
     
      students
      about
      who
      gets
      to
     
     
      inform
      the
      public.
     
    

    
     
      Butan
      official
      from
      the
     
     
      university’s
      athletics
      depart-
     
     
      ment,
      who
      asked
      the
      students
     
     
      to
      remove
      the
      banner,
      says
      he
     
     
      was
      simply
      enforcing
      York’s
     
     
      regulations
      about
      signsat
      sport-
     
     
      ing
      events.
     
    

    
     
      The
      incidenthas
      caused
     
     
      some
      York
      students
      to
      won-
     
     
      der
      about
      their
      ability
      to
      pub-
     
     
      licly
      protest
      York’s
      contract
     
     
      with
      Pepsi.
     
    

    
     
      But
      the
      university
      main-
     
     
      tains
      students
      can
      protest
      the
     
     
      deal
      provided
      they
      comply
      with
     
     
      the
      rules
      of
      the
      institution.
     
    

    
     
      Under
      the
      $7.5
     
     
      million
      agreement
      between
     
     
      York
      University
      and
      Pepsi,
      the
     
     
      money
      is
      to
      be
      divided
      among
     
     
      various
      student
      organizations,
     
     
      including
      $250,000
      a
      year
      to-
     
     
      ward
      stadium
      upgrades.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      National
      News
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      vember.
      The
      RCMP
      arrested
     
     
      49
      people
      at
      the
      meeting.
     
    

    
     
      He
      says
      he
      decided
      to
     
     
      launch
      the
      suit
      after
      documents
     
     
      surfaced
      that
      suggest
      Ottawa
     
     
      ordered
      the
      RCMP
      to
      limit
      pro-
     
     
      tests
      at
      the
      summit
      to
      avoid
     
     
      embarrassment
      to
      then-Indo-
     
     
      nesian
      President
      Suharto.
     
    

    
     
      Although
      it
      may
      take
     
     
      years
      before
      the
      lawsuit
      is
     
     
      heard,
      Jones
      says
      it
      was
      nec-
     
     
      essary
      to
      pursue
      it
      because
      the
     
     
      RCMP
      complaints
      commis-
     
     
      sion,
      which
      is
      investigating
      se-
     
     
      curity
      measures
      at
      the
      summit,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      has
      no
      legal
      jurisdiction.
     
     
      “There’s
      no
      robust
     
     
      means
      of
      redress
      in
      this
      hear-
     
     
      ing.
      They
      can
      make
      recom-
     
     
      mendations
      to
      the
      police
      com-
     
     
      missioner
      and
      that’s
      it.
      What
     
     
      good
      is
      that
      going
      to
      do
      against
     
     
      the
      PM
      or
      Axworthy
      or
      any
      of
     
     
      the
      rest?”
      Jones
      said.
     
     
      Portions
      of
      a
      recently-
     
     
      released
      e-mail
      from
      Robert
     
     
      Vanderloo,
      executive
      director
     
     
      of
      the
      APEC
      co-ordinating
     
     
      office,
      implicate
      the
      Prime
     
     
      Minister’s
      Office
      in
      the
      han-
     
     
      dling
      of
      student
      protesters
      at
     
    
   
   
    
     
      APEC
      protestors
      name
      Chretien
      and
     
     
      others
      in
      class-action
      suit
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      summit.
     
    

    
     
      “PMO
      has
      expressed
     
     
      concerns
      about
      the
      security
     
     
      perimeter
      at
      UBC,
      notsomuch
     
     
      from
      a
      security
      point
      of
      view,
     
     
      but
      to
      avoid
      embarrassment
      to
     
     
      APEC
      leaders,”
      the
      Septem-
     
     
      ber
      1997
      e-mail
      reads.
     
    

    
     
      “We
      have
      to
      find
      a
      bal-
     
     
      ance
      that
      meets
      both
      concerns
     
     
      (we
      do
      not
      wish
      student
      dem-
     
     
      onstrations
      and
      efforts
      by
      the
     
     
      government
      to
      suppress
      the
     
     
      freedom
      of
      expression
      to
      be-
     
     
      come
      a
      major
      media
      story),”
     
     
      the
      e-mail
      states.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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