Bioc Quebecois MP defends
province’s bid for sovereignty

By Andrew McCredie
Community Editor

DESPITE a raucous
beginning — an elderly
gentleman stood and
screamed to no one in
particular “Enough of
this multicultural
bull....!” —
Wednesday’s sovereign-
ty showdown between
a Bloc Quebecois MP
and North Shore News
columnists Doug
Collins and Trevor
Lautens failed to live
up to the heavyweight
prize-fight billing.

By the end of the three-
hour debate at North
Vancouver's Centennial
Theatre, it seemed the grey-
ing crowd had come to praise
Pierre de Savoye, rather than
bury him.

The evening was orga-
nized and hosted by North
Vancouver Reform MP Ted
White.

White told the crowd he
. had received a few complaints

prior to the debate for invit-
ing a separatist to speak at
the forum.
‘To test the spirit of the
. audience, White distributed
two slips of paper — a green
one with the word Yes on it,
and a red one labeled No.
White asked those gath-
ered if they thought the

debate was a good idea. His _

We know you've been

query was answered witha
sea of green,

Over the course of the
evening a few punches were
landed by both camps, how-
ever it became apparent 30
minutes into the debate that
the majority of the three-
quarter capacity audience
were in whole-hearted agree-
ment with the MP from
Sainte-Catherine-de-la- Jacque
Cartier. The question?
Should we stay or should we
go. The answer: Go.

A sprinkling of federalist
sympathizers in atrendance
no doubt felt contrary to
such a statement, but on this
particular night they were in
the minority.

One of that minority,
North Vancouver resident
Warren Kinsella, stood up

during the audience question
period to denounce White’s
support of the debate. He
was shouted down by the

waiting...

Only

White interceded, but
instead of letting Kinsella
continue with his line of

NEWS photos Faul McGrath

THE AYES HAVE IT — Members of a Centennial Theatre audience: (above). -
show their support for a Quebec sovereignty debate hosted by North
Vancouver Reform MP Ted White. (Left photo) North Shore News colum-. :
nists Doug Collins (left} and Trevor Lautens posed questions during the ©
Wednesday night debate to Bloc Quebecois MP Pierre de Savoye.

questioning, he asked

the crowd to vote if

Kinsella should be

allowed to continue.

Red cards dominated.
Kinsella took the message
and sar down.

His question was the only

one of the night that con-

fronted White's motives. It
Was also the only ane for
which White asked the audi-
ence for guidance as to
whether the questioner
should continue.

In a letter Kinsella distrib-

uted to. members of the
media and addressed to

Reform leader Preston
Manning, he states: “Mr;
Manning, you have said you:
want your party to promote a
united, tolerant Canada; I
remain puzzled, however, as
to why your North of»

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