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SECURITY guards clear a path through protesters during Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s departure from Capilano College on Tuesday.

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Students tangle with Chretien during campaign visit to Capilano College

By fan Noble

News Reporter
jJan@nsncws.com

SCORES of secondary students
received a lesson in spin doctoring
during Prime Minister Jean
Chretien’s campaign visit to
Capilano College on Tuesday.

Ar the same event, only two days after the
Liberals launched the election, animosity benvee
North Vancouver Reform MP Ted White and

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Liberal challenger Warten Kinsella flared anew.

ter Chretien spoke to graduates
the college's much Jauded Asia P’. Management
Cooperative Program, White rebuffed a Kinsella

attempt to shake hands.

“T think shaking someone's hand is a sign of

respect and unfortunately at dhs point dort have
much respect tor my opponent,” White sai

When asked why, White told the News: “I think
that’s personal.”

Kinsella said he was floored that White refused to
shake his hand.

“1 just hope it’s not going to turn into that kind
of campaign.” he said, “It should be about issues,
Not personaliti

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and alumni of

Friday: Sun and cloud
High 15°C, low oC,

It's nat the first time the nwo have been antago-
nistic towards each other. But based on recent com-
ments, White and Kinsella had seemed ready to
bury the hatchet anu concentrate on the issues.

With weeks of campaigning before the June 2
vote, the North Vancouver campaign could be one
to watch.

Meanwhile, Chretien used his speech at
Capilano to make a pitch for the opportunities pre-
sented by Pacific Rim wade and ro laud his ‘Team
Canada trade missions to Asian countries,

While college students outside castigated the

rime minister for reductions to post-secondary

See Students pane 3

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Saturday: Periods of rain
High 15°C low oC,

North Van shop
ssembles fast ferries

Ferry future
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WHILE the June 2 federal elec-
tion called by Prime Minister
Jean Chretien on Sunday marks
the shortest official campaign
season in Canada’s history at
just 36 days, don’t expect the
North Shore News to short-
change voters on

information.

Beginning
with today’s
coverage of
the PAI"s visit
to Capilano
College, cach
News edition
leading up to the
election will prov
readers with a comprehensive
overview of the issues and politi-
cians involved in the two North
Shore ridings.

Page 3 of cach Sunday edition
of the News will be devoted to
election coverage, and will include
stories, an analysis column, and a
feature looking back at former
North Shore Members of
Parliament and where they
now,

Also, to keep voters up to date
on all-candidate meetings an
other election events, News

s will compile a calendar of

tion called Polit

Agenda. And to give readers a
taste of some of the more interest-
ing tidbits found along the cam-
paign trail, the News’ political
reporters will file regular contribu-
tions to our Reporter’s Notebook.

The newspaper's informative
clection grids — featuring the con-
tenders and their opinions on the
issues that matter to vou — will be
published in the week leading up
to the Monday, June 2, election.

Phe North Vancouver riding grid
will appear in the Sunday, May 25
issue; West Vancouver-Sunshine

Coast will run on Wednesday May
2

a0,

As always, your views and opin-
ions are what macuer most to us.

Reach us via phone: 985-2131:
e-mail: trenshaw@nsnews.com.; or
: 985-2104.

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