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North Van MP says direct
democracy will be his focus

Jan-Christian Sorensen
Contributing Writer
NORTH Vancouver MP
Ted White is lacing up
his track shoes for.

another run at parlia-
ment.

The Canadian Mtiance MP
announced Monday that he
will again seek office when the
nest federal election is called.

This comes despite the fact
that White pledged at the
beginning of his first term in
1993 that he would only serve
amaximum of wo terms as rid-
ing MIP.

In a Monday interview with
the News at his Lynn Valley
constituency — headquarters,
White said ‘that he has more
work to do in the House before
he folds his cards.

“When I ran in 1993 I said
T would only run for two terms
and [I guess at that time a
decade seemed like a long time.
At the time it was a very defi-
nite decision,” said White.

However, after former
Alberta treasurer Stockwell Day
was elected as the new party
leader Jast month over former
Reform party leader Preston
Manning, White decided to
rethink his retirement plans.

“Obviously, the playing
field cha anged,” said White.
“Everything changed dramati-
cally.”

Earlier this month Day
awarded White the democratic
and parliamentary reform port-

‘folio. He also promoted
White’s —calleague, West

Vancouver Garibaldi MP John
Revie dds, to app. STL wlup.
Revnolds had supported
Manning's run for the keader
ship.

White cited Dav’s embrace
of direct. democracy ~- in the
form of citizen-initiated refer
endums ~— as the major factor
that spurred him) to consider
running again,

“Stockwell is our best
chance to get into the seats on
the government side. [need to
be there to make sure this leg-
isation goes through.”

fy cording to a July 28
Anges Reid Group poll, if an
election were held today, the

Liberals would receive 45% of

the vote with the Canadian
Alliance posting a 24% show-
ing. The NDP, PC and Bloc
partes would finish at 11%,
10% and 10%, respectively.

The poll also shows Prime
Minister Jean Chretien with
the highest approval rating
among the federal party leaders
with 57%. Day comes in at sec-
ond with 45%,

“We'll do one more term,
make sure we get this legista-
tion through and ther that’s it,
definitely,” said White.

White realizes that his
detractors are about to get a lit-
de more fuel for their fire after
his about-face, but said he's not
fazed. “I'm sure there were
quite a few people looking for-
ward to my retirement,” mused
White. “To those people I
would say you'll just have to go
home, have a stiff drink and get
on with life, because I'm com-
ing back.”

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NEWS photo Julie iverson

NORTH Vancouver Canadian Alliance MP Ted White
announced Monday he will seek another term.

The New Zealand native
garnered 40% of the vote in
1993 and improved upon that
showing with a 49% mandate in
the 1997 election.

White and his wite Sue had
planned to once again jump-
start their North Vancouver
leasing and financing company
when White called it quits, but

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that plan is now on hold.

“We've struggled really
hard with this, because we were
committed to going back to
the private sector . . . but at this
point I feel E would be letting
the party down as well as my
constituents if f opted out,”
White said.

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