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We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers. LEGAL HELP CENTRE Making the Law Work for Everyone www. legalhelpcentre. ca 311 Balmoral St. Drop In: Tuesday & Friday 1- 5pm MP backs porn blocker TORONTO - A Conservative MP is supporting a British plan to put blocks around pornographic websites, saying the intrusion is a reasonable price to pay to better protect children online. On Monday, British Prime Minister David Cameron called on Internet service providers to implement an opt- in system to access online pornography. Customers would have to tell their ISP they want access to the adult content, otherwise it would automatically be blocked. Joy Smith, MP for the Manitoba riding of Kildonan- St. Paul, called the plan a " common sense approach" to making pornography more difficult to access for kids. " Surely, unchecking a box cannot be too much of a price to pay when it comes to protecting and nurturing our children," Smith said in a statement. " However, since expressing my support for Britain's plan, I have been astounded at the immediate, uninformed accusations of censorship, anti- freedom, government surveillance made by people who have not taken time to actually understand the issues being addressed and the solutions being proposed." A search for tweets sent to Smith's Twitter handle @ MPJoySmith shows a number of users taking issue with her position. A push for a Canadian plan similar to what's being proposed in Britain would likely face opposition from ISPs, which have argued that parents can install software on their own computers and mobile devices to block adult content. Tom Copeland, chairman of the Canadian Association of Internet Providers, said on Monday the idea of instituting blocks for porn websites has been bandied about for years but never got any major traction. Seatbelt ticket tossed SASKATOON - A seatbelt ticket given to a Saskatchewan driver with no arms has been tossed out of court. Brent Little, a lawyer representing Steve Simonar, says the Saskatoon prosecutor's office withdrew the $ 175 ticket after the province granted Simonar an exemption that allows him to drive without a belt. Simonar, a 55- year- old business man, has been driving modified vehicles using his feet since he lost both of his arms in 1985. He was pulling a boat off Big Shell Lake when its mast hit a power line. His friend died in the accident. Simonar has said surprised officers who pulled him over in the past usually let him off with " have a nice day." " Nobody ever gave me a seatbelt ticket because, you know, I can't wear one. I can't put it on," he said. He was hurt and angry when a city constable handed him his first ticket during a traffic blitz in April. Simonar said the officer was abrupt and told him if he couldn't wear a seatbelt, he shouldn't be driving. At the time, police spokeswoman Alyson Edwards said the officer had no choice - Simonar didn't have a medical exemption, so he had to get a ticket. Simonar said he used to carry a doctor's note and didn't know the rules had changed requiring him to apply to Saskatchewan Government Insurance for a written exemption. He applied for one soon after he got the ticket. - The Canadian Press T ORONTO - When Canada's premiers sit down Thursday for their semi- annual summit, they'll be making history by changing the face of provincial and territorial leadership. For the first time, there will be six women at the meeting in Niagara- onthe- Lake, Ont., representing about 85 per cent of the country's population. And at the head of the table will be Kathleen Wynne, who was sworn in as Ontario's first woman premier just six months ago. It's more than a photo op for the history books, she said. " I was just talking to a grandmother who was saying her granddaughter wants to be the prime minister," Wynne said in an interview. " The fact is that it's very important that people see themselves represented and that 50 per cent of the population is sitting at the table, better represented. It's a very good thing." It matters because it signals to the public that women are capable of holding high public office on equal footing with men, said Jane Arscott, a professor at Athabasca University who writes about women in politics. " We haven't seen that before," she said. " It will shift in our minds our sensibility about who can lead and how they will do it." But the appearance of gender equality can be deceiving, experts say. Even though six provinces and territories are led by women, female representation hasn't improved in the legislatures, said Christine de Clercy, a politics professor at the University of Western Ontario. In fact, studies suggest the gains made over the last 30 years have pretty much stopped, she said. The number of women in legislatures across Canada has reached a glass ceiling, she said. " This might be a little bit of a historical hiccup we have: an unusual set of circumstances where we have lots of women premiers, but this is not some new harbinger of a better, more equal political environment," she said. " In fact, it's just a quirk, and it might lead people to overestimate representation of women which... in Canada, compared to many other countries, is still relatively poor." For Alberta Premier Alison Redford, it's more about the new faces than the female ones. " I'm pretty excited about the Council of the Federation, not because we have so many new women leaders, but because we have so many new leaders," she said. Some, like British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, have been given a new mandate to govern by winning a general election, Redford said. " I think there's going to be incredible dynamism because we have passionate leaders around the table that have exciting visions for the future," she said. It's difficult to say whether the new wave of female premiers will shift the tone of the talks, said Arscott. " I would expect the discussion to be a little bit different in how the meeting is conducted, just because there may be more pauses for people to be able to express their opinions," she said. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Kathy Dunderdale said the dynamics have changed since her first meeting several years ago, when she and Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak were the only women in attendance. - The Canadian Press AROUND Canada Six women to take seats at premiers' conference But studies suggest numbers have hit a glass ceiling By Maria Babbage MP Joy Smith NATHAN DENETTE / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said high number of women ' a very good thing.' 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