M~AILBox Doug Collins’ way is not [venture \ Dear Editor: democracy,’’ ‘‘ask the people,” \ . Regarding Mr. Collins’ unseem- ‘“‘allegiance to the constituents as oh. ; ly rantings about his supposed well as to the Queen’? — all refer a triumph over Preston Manning at to elected members of Parliament : . the Capilano-Howe Sound Reform and not to aspiring candidates for . , Party annual meeting — & supreme the party. Mr. Collins was never \o> delusion on his part, 1 would say. an elected member. He never had er Mr. Manning responded with any constituents. . . pointed, calm dignity to Mr. Col- Most Reformers firmly believe lins’ overblown posturing, his that the party leadership, for the overlong usurping of a general good of the party as a whole, question period and his rudeness to should have the final say as to who the executive of the riding who in- shall represent the party as a can- vited him, purely as a courtesy didate. That’s why we elected an f because he had been a potential executive council, that’s why we a . candidate, to address his grievance elected a leader ... to make those ae . ‘ directly and publicly to Mr. Mann- decisions, to lead the party. ing. In the light of Mr. Collins’ ex- This whole matter of the rejec- treme and unstatesman-like con- tion of Doug Collins’ by the duct of the past six months, it cer- ; Reform Party is obviously much tainly appears that the right deci- ‘ on Doug Collins’ mind. He claims sion was made. he didn’t care if he was not the Mr. Collins’ column is riddled candidate anyway, that the larger with inaccuracies and faulty logic. , : issue here is the rejection by the He most certainly did not have the * . leader of the majority wishes of a ‘‘unanimous”’ support of the ex- cular constituency. He claims ecutive, especially after the exhib- “wimpishness’” and ‘‘thick-wit- ition at the nomination meeting. tedness’’ on the part of the Reform He puts great stock in_ his Party and in particular Preston assessment that the wishes of the - -