iiterests, to bear in Ottawa, » we “The NDP bring. the - perspective : “allel * Hight: wing opponents. for from ‘their traditional strongholds of ‘aplitting their share, of the votes’ so Saskatchewan and Manitoba... ,, ” eeiienty across the country, It’s asstretch to say ‘any. party is’ The Liberals did'not deserve a secs “truly national in scope, ond majority government,’ fhe. notion of federal centraliza- 7 cle: was ‘a cynical, move for. them to -tlon will-be further tested. ae call” this” carly lection in ‘the first |» The’ issue of Quebec: sovereignty, ee ‘will be fast-tracked with Reform: eA minority ‘goveriiment. would - “ pushing the debate, b have, been the just reward, 0004": ‘Separatists in Quebec, must be /Regardless, the® outcome is ‘most’, -secretly’ happy: with |.the arrival “of. : ‘fascinating, Canada j is Clearly a nation ; vyReform as offical opposition, rn " divided; : », We in the West are‘empowered too. We ‘ire defined regionally. by “The West now :hasia.voice at the: raphy, ccofiomy ‘and ‘on the p able that can’t be ignored... i fi fe Although. the ‘Liberals . ‘earned a majority, at: 155: seats,, it’s’ a tenuous, T's going. to be’ hot on the bil. ‘Jean Chretien should be thanking... COP: Beak They. are.no longer comfortable, Let the games begin, ‘SMARTEN up fast : ¢ or else. . was. the message to: Jean Chretien uh ‘Monday from two-thirds of alt Canadians:\Only. Ontario To" press time Tuesday, donati \ wer 1,300 News .; remained solidly readers andl free speech! supporters to the fund, which was ini- » loyal to, the tiated on: March: 26; stood at'$91,737.: ‘Legal fees expended 5. «Liberals. ° thus far by the News are’ now over $120,000, ! I funds received will help defray'the legal Asa result, the Grits i; News {inn its : ‘battle With the. ‘Hurian Rights’ | will now. govern with an’ \ igainst the newspaper "uncomfortably thin. oitg ‘Collins’ by the Canadian’ <" majority, having lost lewish Cony cs8. she hearing itita the matter, which ©. more than 20 seats from y 12 at. the Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 their 1993 landslide of | ‘ll continue at the Police Commissto 177. A whole new ball OZ) B15! Hornby” “Sty » Bame is about to begin Vancouver, on Monday, June 9, eeu! in Ottawa” More‘ excerpts { fromthe, hundred “ak? Reform, Witlt its <5. tovigh love” approach to’ both’ ‘Quebec a. nd the economy, has decisively ousted he traitorous Bloc Quiebecols as'Her® + Majesty's Loyal'O) ppe ition (congrats, : te, North and West fl 1 doing your bit!), witnes'a local si oe na he to take'up, th “costly fight to defind freedom of speech and expression before a” ‘Human, Rights’ tribunal, solutely Both New, Deniocr s and Tories, ban- spicable that pressure groups have the gree: ished to the. wilderness in 1993, have ictate’ that: we. must now defend our rights, gained bounced back with well over ‘the mini: h bard work and sacrifices by past generations 2 seats needed for offi cial party. d no problem realizing that without free speech democracy itself is doomed.” : hat ‘happens ¢ next A ied Knud Jesperscn of North Vancouver. - ' 4Firse, Reform =~ despite its pile to “break out of the four western provinces— ‘ill now have:sdme real clout to influ.” “ence government economic policies, espe: ~idially as regards deficit and £ cbt reduc: _itlon, and eventual tax relief. > © Ttowill also speak with a voice that can ~ no longer be ignored on the need to “cease appeasement of Quebec separatists cand Work for national unity on the basis "of 10 equal provinces, each with greater Powers delegated toit by. the f federal gov | Q00 * ‘As a 35-year-old born and raised ‘Canadian ho is self ‘employed, I applaud your effor: to seck the truth of bistory, what ever obstacles and obstructions materialize.” S of Vancouver. orth Shore Nevis Frce $ ech Defence ‘Fund ¢an:be' sent ‘tothe: News offices, 1139,Lonsdale Ave., North, Vancouver, V7M 2H4: Cheques should be made out, o'the North Shore’ News Free Spe h Defence Fund, frenshaw direct 2° Weihy $h0ne Weert founded in 1969.28 an, 7 independent suburan newspaper and quid under Schedule 111, Paragraph 11 ofthis: s, Excise Tax Act, is pubkshed 2378 Wedoesday, , Freday and Sunday by Novth Shote Free Press : Ad, and distntased fo every doot on the Novth _ Shove, Canad Pos Caradon Pubeabas Had » ~ PETER SPECK ~ (NUEN FOR His TAST-MINUTE: (! ENDORSEMENT /: “efit, : ‘On economic isiues (though' certainly. not on. Quebec!) Reform may.also find an * aceasional ally in the Progressive." ” Conservatives, On national unity issues, of course, the Jatter vil : ‘inevitably bed down ~ with the Grits.o ‘Perhaps the biggest surpriseiwas the res 2" “emergence, of the NDP, “ a phiyer once"? nore on the national : . stages. 6%, ‘Its outdated tax- cand ” spend platforny is ©": ai opposed ‘by all the other three national “*. parties,’ Nevertheless, frony Tonuny Douglas and medicare’ onward, NDP ide- alism and compassion have consistently acted as the conscience of governinent —, “with eventual results treasured by all... « Canadians; McDonough and her MIs are Gilles Duceppe’ s weakened Bloc : ey: “Quebecois ono longer, think heaven “© the official opposition — will likely 4: become more and inoré of an anomaly i in’ ~ the parliament of the nation it secks to... destroy, In the last House “of Commons i it was. ’ . outnumbered by! the combined opposi- tion parties of the! ‘Rest OF Canada”, (ROC) by a mere nine'seats. This time the combined ROC opposition will out: sumber it by arcund 55 seats, national parties Even the Lit ith thelr minima ‘representation | in’ the. avest and their. do: ~jnation of Ontario, can no longer really ‘claim that tide: ‘Essentially’ ithey’ve become an ‘Onitario party, just a y Reform is:a western party, while-‘Tories’ and New'Demucrats also draw their © trength from specific, regions; An a country as vast as: Cariada maybe: nat’s nota bad way to'go.' Five’ ‘thousand. : kilometres of infinite! varied, geography, climate, resources and ‘development are mpossible for.any, single party to repre- sent with fairness and balance to all wh live theres Certainly, Grits and Tori never didi. 1 So welcome this spring t ‘federalism’ in Ottawa, Provided oy cerned remember that the whole: greater than the:sum of j its parts, who “national | - now poised to keep that worthy tradition YW ~ returns of Thursday, June §; to Van’ 5 Edna’ Morse. 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