The. removal of faults or abuses,

recognition: what a

long strange vote it’s been

especially of a moral or political
or social kind — definition of
reform, Oxford dictionary.

WAKING YUESDAY morning,
the sheets pulled tightly over my
head, I strained to hear the grey
jays singing in the tree outside my
window.

By A.P. McCredie
News Reporter

A mere four hours earlier I had
biearily watched a CNN newscast
reporting on the results of
Canada's federa! election.

A. talking head described the
‘day’s events as, ‘'An election that.
has forever changed the. political
and social fabric. of the country
“beyond recognition.”

- Beyond recognition, Those
“words: weighed heavily as I tried to
‘erase the events of the past. 12
hours from my mind. -

- But those jays were singing.
. And the sun peeked over that

, Tidge in the east,

‘: Despite the fact that my fabric
had forever .been altered, the
world seemed to be unchanged.
Well, almost.
The .North Shore was now a

Reform party. stronghold, with
- Herb Grubel

(Capilano-Howe

x “Sound) ° ‘and .Ted . White. (North

sand -B.C..

“. Vancouver) ‘probably:.. already
= packed and ready to leave. for
_ their Ottawa odyssey. .

‘In retrospect, it’s not. really sur- .
prising — given the - conservative
voting history: of North Shore
residents. mo,

; Earlier the ‘night’ before, I stood
in ‘Ted White’s party headquarters

~ and watched. the ' party-that- could

’ faithfully ‘revel in their moment.
“It?s” very: fitting that, Alberta
‘should save :Canada,””
ene: gentleman. puffed ta: another
as, ‘they strained to see the election
‘count onatelevision; °
‘The’ crowd . periodically broke

into: thunderous applause — Kim

Carmpbell’s defeat. in her own
riding;.the possibility of an offical
opposition position for Reform. — .”

- Ironically, .a turbaned | Sikh
served as the hired security guard
“for White’ ssoiree,

“A™-number .of Reform party
“candidates. had spoken out during:

— a0
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. Richard
‘coffee-house-to-be,

NEWS photo Brad Ledwldge

A NEWSPAPER photographer takes pictures of happy Reform
party supporters in North Vancouver Monday night as the crowd

watches the returns come in.

the election about the RCMP’s
decision. allowing Sikhs to wear
turbans as part of their official
uniform.

Meanwhile, over at the Coach
House, Mobina Jaffer’s election
night party was a bittersweet one
for North Vancouver Liberals.

While happy to be the elected

. majority government of the coun-

try, many of those gathered
around the cash bar were
disturbed at the way the North
Shore vote went.

“Pm a little disappointed that
so many people voted: Reforin,”
said one man, a five-year North
Shore resident, “The intolerance
of Reform really does scare me.””

Jaffer was gracious: as ever,
counting her months spent on the
campaign trail’as a valuable expe-
rience, But the sting of defeat was
palpable in the rank and file of

- Jaffer supporters.

I had seen enough.

Reeling. from the night’s events,
I found myself ‘at the doorway of
“The Troll’? Schaller's
‘hoping to
step inside and warm myself by
the ‘inspired wisdom and wit of the
political-fringe.. junkies that I
knew would be filtering in.

Sure enough, Schaller and a
compadre had taken a break from
renovating Schaller’s new 3rd and
Lonsdale establishment and were

importers of Gomstones « Manufacturers of Fine Jewellery

., Capilano Mall, North Vancouver 984-2040

fered. a recent arrival.

‘planted in front of a small color

TV perched on a stool.

The local Rhino candidate had
kept a low profile during the fed-
eral election, choosing instead to
concentrate his ‘efforts and energy
on a run ata council seat in- the’
upcoming mun cipal election.

Asked if election night repre-
sented a wake for the Rhinos,
Schaller’s French-Canadian friend
said, “If we ‘ave to disappear,
you know, we must fade away.”

Schaller agreed, but. said he
would pursue the idea of offering
his services as a.candidate for a
new party, the Bloke Quebecois.

“The problem is that it is get-
ting easier and easier to get rid of
something you don't like,” of-
“And by

the same token, it’s becoming

‘almost impossible to be able to

find something you do like.”

Watching a live feed from Ted
White’s campaign headquarters
around midnight, another friend
of Schaller’s who had earlier trip-
ped in the door, remarked, ‘‘Look
at them, they look like they think
they’ve won something.”

“They’ve won the moment,
that’s all,’’ Schaller matter-of-
factly said, Tomorrow’ s another
day. We

As the grey jays sang, and the
dollar dropped,
another day unfolded.

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