@ - Sunday, August 3, 1997 - ONSULTATION — between _ family members and friends is a wonderful thing, But when it comes to public deci- sions, everybody wants a part of that touchy-feely process — and that’s the problem. ~The North Shore’ Health Region ' has embarked‘on an extensive consul- _ tation effort’ aimed at determining what ‘makes. you healthy and: what would make ‘the North Shore a‘ "healthier place.to live, >. » We ali know better. dict, more exer- :: cise-and fewer .s sats would go a long ‘North Shore,’ need a-medical a massive consultation North Shore News north shore news VIEWPOINT Health hooey Sports team, seniors’ group and busi- ness group to meet and discuss health issues, The goal of all this talking and writing is a community health plan, which will doubtless be as boring and gather‘as much: dust as most public: Sector publications, The major problem, though, is that the process is expensive. Consultants must be hired and meet’. with ‘the myriad of groups they’ve promised to talk to.. All talk, no action is expensive and time-consuming, And it’s “unneces- ‘sary. The health. region ‘also wants. to. know what things you would like to cat a ~ ” OF A MERGER ectween TMG FEDERAL TORIES” AND REFORM.) ER WHAT THEY'LL: INES? + see changed. Another no-brainer: _ ‘spend less moncy on consultation and bureaucrats and use itto shortesi “ vy ‘surgery waiting lists i in hospitals: : | invitation to ’ individual, ” CAN thei ‘man | Who’ § Not There an Reform, BC. bi shave Kp rortedly , become B.C.’s political savior? some preliniindiy talks to exploré.the..” possibility, in due ¢ course, of some ‘form o co- operative, eledtion |! Strategy or “There” is the month! ‘Jong Refornt” : _ mergers} Bs RC leadership campaign to pick a succes: sor to'retiring Jack . Weisgerber, As noted in “my tailpiece, it will be; « Jaunched ‘Tuesday‘at an oper: all-candidates's -* _ -Mecting in North Van's Coach House-Ina, e,: °*. Fronterunner to date - among the three present * contenders is Adrian. J S.Wade, a federal Reform: candidate in the June election who lost to Liberal Raymond Chan’ in'Richimond: This time his two, ‘oppo-. nents are Burnaby lawyer John Motiek and the Koatenays’ Wilf Hanni:’ ‘Worthy _ citizens all, but hardly names to conjure, “with for'the’ top job in what is. vow B.C.’s ~- most popular party, hs Moreover, if the Man Who's Not “There lives up to his current billing, the ‘eventual. winner in the end-of-August bal- ., lot might ét gee to wear his | crown for too long. "The Man Who' s Not There, ‘of. coursd being former Liberal leader Gordon Wilson — latterly founder, leadesand - total one-man caucus of the: Progressive "« Democratic Alliance (PDA). Moreover - the polls now show him as:B.C.* s “most trusted political leader. 2 “Recently, as you've doubtless read, the, idea of an eventual marriage betiveen: the": : province's most trusted politician ‘and its most popular’ party has been intriguing i both of them —~ to the extent that Gord 300 News. porters to/the find: stood at xpended, thus. far by the-News have’. $200,000. ‘The ‘final bit} will be much - nds received will help defriy. the le(gal Costs faced « y. the ttle with’ the Human Rights aid against the newspa Collins'by ’ the” Canadian Jewish Congress, The hearing into the matter, which cluded on : ue. 27 with final ° athe idea ofe a snnited *, party called Reéiorny Alliance: BC. All; ‘of “which must, be music R “litte off key’ at. the. a a [Messrs Wade, Motiuk! and -Hanni,.. yo. 8 Not that they: need - worry immediately. There's no’ could be n leadership within the CT Next, foi. weeks. The process, if Successful, . » at all, could take months or more."And in any. cast,:there’s. a much bigaer hurdle to, n Nitya Iyer, the tribiinal Gf one saan is expected some time later. xcerpts front’ the hundréds of respondents to the, cause: - ; QO , find it hard to believe iat we are still fina for's:, The ultimate objective is to: replace! ; the itinbling, ‘stumbling Liéerals — and; their leader-on-the-skids, Gorden “i Campbell "with an effective of position », that might even bring down'theN : _ Soo nment before its term cipires ‘20 Me sintple human right to freedom of specch. I thought that. i days of | Bh de and aware dl words were: left to fill the pages of histor’. ..; Although I do not. cessarily agree with everything Dong Callins writes, lo believe that every citizen has the right to express . hs ane opinions. It seems ie that anyone sit this: liberty.” , : uire, at the very mini?! ‘mun ‘not only'a firm Reform:PDA ° merger "under Wilson, but also the ability of she new party to attract a maximum’, number of Ie aderless Liberals, once the: hapless Gordon Campbell. falls — as many now expect to happen sooner rather than: later — on his own sword: ; Giveti all the imponderables, it’s a sc nario worthy'of's ollywoad “Law And... Order” scriptwriter. For starters, the cuir” rent popularity contest winners — ach ot Wade, a tiuk and: Wilf, : "Everyone welcom a 90-candle birthda O00: ”) columns and look forward. to read- North Shore ‘News would be the poorer without: a J&K Poucher of Chinivnck nations to >the find can be sent to: 1139 Lonsdale ‘Ave, ~ North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. 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