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Call: 788-0700 REUNION-ALL YEARS APRIL 4, 1992 44 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1991 Your Old Fur Can Be Styled Into A Zip In And Out All Weather Poplin Coat Hobert %lam 6 141.4 Highway Northwestern er 352-7112 Toronto (JTA) — Malcolm Ross of Moncton, New Brunswick, an exemplary teacher with 23 years of ex- perience, was permanently barred from the classroom last week by a provincial human rights panel because of anti-Semitic views he has expounded in books about a so-called Jewish conspiracy to govern the world and destroy Christianity. Proceedings against the 45-year-old Mr. Ross were initiated in 1988 when David Attis, a father of one of Mr. Ross' students, filed a complaint with the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission saying that Mr. Ross' school district condon- ed his views by employing him. Yona Attis attended Magnetic Hill Collegiate, where Mr. Ross taught. In response to the com- plaint, the commission ap- pointed Brian Bruce, a Fredericton, New Brunswick, law professor to investigate the complaint. Mr. Ross' lawyer, Doug Christie, known for defen- ding Holocaust deniers, neo- Nazis and accused ex-Nazis who found refuge in Canada, challenged the commission's jurisdiction to hear the case. But last year, Canada's Supreme Court dismissed the legal challenge, and Mr. Bruce was allowed to pro- ceed. Yona Attis and two of her classmates were among those to testify against Mr. Ross. While Mr. Ross did not teach his views in the classroom, his ideas were well known through his four books, including Specter of Hate and Web of Deceit. Mr. Ross is believed to be the first Canadian teacher to lose his job because of views expressed outside the classroom. Former high school teacher Jim Keegstra of Eckville, Alberta, lost his job after expounding anti- Semitic views to his students. The New Brunswick Teachers Federa- tion came out in support of Mr. Ross' right to freedom of expression. But Mr. Bruce, never- theless, ordered the school board Aug. 29 to immedi- ately suspend Mr. Ross without pay for an 18-month "leave of absence" and either find him a non- teaching job or dismiss him. Mr. Bruce issued a gag order forbidding Ross to publicly express his opinions about Jews. Violation of the gag order would result in termination either of Mr. Ross' leave or of his job. Mr. Bruce's decision was sharply critical of the school board, saying it had allowed a "poisoned environment" to develop which led to discrim- ination against Jewish students. Ironically, the ruling could mean a promotion for Mr.Ross to an ad- ministrative position with higher pay and more prestige. Previously, the board had refused to fire or suspend Mr. Ross but had ordered him to keep his opinions to himself. Mr. Christie, in a tele- phone conversation from his office in Victoria, British Columbia, called the ruling unfair, saying his client is "being punished for what he believes to be the truth on a religious subject." The Canadian Jewish Congress hailed the ruling. "Teachers must not be perceived by children or parents as racist or hate- filled if they are properly to fulfill their function as a positive influence and role model in the classroom," said CJC spokesman Joseph Wilder. B'nai Brith Canada has asked the New Brunswick attorney general to press charges against Ross under Canada's anti-hate monger- ing law. In 1978 and 1985, Dr. Julius Israeli, a retired chemistry teacher and Or- thodox Jew living in New Brunswick, filed complaints against Ross with the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police, asking that Mr. Ross be charged under Section 81 of the Criminal Code. Israeli said the attorney general told him in 1978 that the statutory terms "wilful" and "hatred" were too nebulous to allow for a strong enough case. In 1985, following Mr. Keegstra's conviction under the same statute, police launched a 13-month in- vestigation of Mr. Ross. But the New Brunswick attorney general ultimately decided not to prosecute, saying that Mr. Ross' books were not generally available. Journalists reported that public libraries were stocked with his books and that they enjoyed healthy circulation.