Wendell Fulton
Commentary
Published Thursday February 1st, 2007
Appeared on page A5
As someone who quite often visits the Legislative Library, the friendliest one in Canada, and as someone who has been visiting it for 61 years, I am absolutely astounded with the disproportionate security arrangements that were placed in effect in the Legislature this week.
Until about three years ago, one could enter the Legislature and walk down hall to the Library. At that time, a new security system was put in place. Just inside the front door of the Legislature, there was a desk for a commissionaire and you signed in, giving your name, where you were from, and your telephone number. This was intrusive but basically acceptable and seemed to work quite well from a security perspective.
But now a system approved by the secretive Legislative Administrative Committee (LAC) last year has been put into effect that would do justice to an international airport. To call this a disproportionate approach is an understatement.
Now, visitors (public servants have a pass system) have to empty their pockets and put the contents in a tray and go through a metal detector. A commissionaire then types your name and phone number, and gives you an entry pass with a computer generated bar code.
All of this is so over the top one does not know how to react. On the positive side, there will be a system in place to deal with school children who visit the Legislature. I almost feel violated by the new security system now in place. We're dealing with a Legislature, not a terrorist zone.
6 comments:
those rules are made because of people like you get a job goof
I am very glad Mr. Fulton is upset about the security at the Leg, maby this will limit the amount foolishness that flows out of his mouth in the local paper.
I thought you were going to stop posting the postings of idiot malcontents Charles. Do you really think any of us want to read the comments of such retards? If they don't have anything positive to comment, stop posting them! No other blogs or media will post such insults, it's bad enough you have to read them, but don't force them on the rest of us. They make the human race look bad.
This is positive.
Get a job and quit being a freeloader. I like the people that are posting telling you what people think of you and yor blog.
Personally, I don't see any problem with extra security measures. We're now in a different era than Mr. Fulton comes from.
It seems like you have a large following of people who with thier small mindedness think freedom of speech and thought are terrible . Imagine if we didnt have this?
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