6- Wednesday, June 16, 1993 ~ North 1 Shore News HAT A difference a day makes. Overnight we are a nation with a woman in charge with a firm grasp upon the nation’s levers of power. Hardline feminists will say Kim Camp- bell does not represent the correct expres- sion of enlightened womanhood! She is simply a politician who happens — .to be female who has proved herself adept at ‘playing by the rules and ‘conventions defined by men. i Less rigid minds are cautiously hopeful and believe a female prime minister will bring a greater degree of compassionate insight to the role. There is’ promise in al politician. PIECE OF CAKE and? regardless the philosophical underpinnings, who thinks fast on the feet, is unafraid to upset special-interest groups and can at- tract the energy and commitment of young people. But there are problems. Past interviews show her (o be an elitist. : And then there is the not-so-small mat- ter of her tight connection to Brian Mulroney, a.man much reviled throughout the land. Campbell’s performance will be watched closely between now and election time. She must show us commitment to an at- tainable, realistic and fair-minded vision of our national future. | "LETTER OF OF THE DAY Kim changes ‘quicker than chameleon’ ‘Deas Rditor: Surely the Progressive Conser- political vatives underestimate the in- pensions telligence of women voters. touched? ,-Do the party big-wigs believe | that we will vote for Kim Camp- _bell just because she is female, ‘and forget the. disastrous Tory policies of the past nine years? ‘Will we forget the ballooning debt, the Charlottetown Accord, NAFTA, unemployment, and i i Publisher... Managing Editor Associate Editor Sales & Marketing Director Comptroller .Doug Foot North Shore News, founded in 1969 as an independent suburban newspaper and qualilied under Schedule 111, Paragraph Wil of the Excise Tax Act, ts published each Wednesday, Friday and Peter Speck Timothy Renshaw Noei Wright .Linda Stewart Newsroom - ‘program cuts for citizens, while salaries, remain basically Will we forget not only the im- plementation of the GST, but the Tory failure to use the billions of dollars collected debt, as promised? ( Will we forget that Campbell seems to change political colors quicker than a chameleon, if it Display Advertising Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising tet wonc 09 wom aan WE ancy furthers her own personal ambi- tions? Most importantly, will we forget that promises ‘‘without substance’ made during election campaigns will be forgotten and that what you get is party policy and party loyalty? I think not. and un- benefits to reduce the L. Rauh Mission & This newspaper Distribution 986-1337 Fou Subscriptions 986-1337 j 986-6222 Fax 985-3227 § contains 985-2131 Administration 985-2131 PA) recycled fire * North Shore managed MEMBER 980-0511 ONE UNSOLVED MYSTERY of Sunday’s voting in the Tory leadership race is why Jean Charest trailed Kim Campbell by nearly 300 votes (almost 10%) on the first Noel ballot. é It wasn’t the candidates’ closing _ speeches Saturday -— in both cases a loosely strung litany of plati- tudes with Charest at least as ef- fective as Campbell, if not some- what more so. It wasn’t lack of momentum by the fermer — he’d had it all for several weeks as his front-running rival stumbled from one apparent gaffe to another. ft certainly wasn’t the eve-of- voting Gallup poll which showed Charest as the only one of the pair capable of beating Jean Chretien’s Liberals. So was it the Quebec label that hurt him? Or superior organizing and convention razzmatazz by Campbell's handlers? Or — despite her verbal prat- falls — had her promise of a ‘different’? type of politics got across to delegates after all? Dare one even wonder whether the famous bare shoulders added seasoning to the final victory mix? Could reverse sexism have played a part? Did almost half the first-ballot voting delegates decide that the novelty of creating Canada’s first woman prime minister was worth the risk of waiting until later to find cut where Kim Campbell was really coming from? Whatever the answer — and despite the second-ballot formal- ity — it was actually a first-ballot victory for the lady. Her 1,664 votes to Charest’s 1,369 meant the latter needed a minimum 366 (84%) of the three other candidates’ combined 436 votes simply to draw even the se- cond time round. Jim Edwards, who received 307 first-ballot votes, knew there was . no way that could happen. Originally believed to be leaning towards Charest, he crossed in- stead to Campbell — thereby assuring himself of a senior post ia a Campbell cabinet and leaving the nice boy from Quebec to swing in the wind. The fat lady, of course, hasn’t yet sung. As both front-runners repeatedly stressed, their real enemy is Jean Chretien and his Grits in the election battle that’s at most four months away, maybe less. Since, for the first time, it will be a five-party battle that no par- ty is likely to win outright — with a hung parliament as a result — Tories won't be the only ones anxious to find what really makes Kim tick. That being the conven- HITHER AND YON tion’s second still unsoived mystery. With the prospect of Italian- style government for a period, based on unhappy and shifting al- liances, solving the Kim mystery becomes important not just to the party faithful but to ever:’,Cana- dian. TAILPIECES: Welcome again the 10 days (June 17-26) of North Van’s annual Folkfest chaired by City Coun. Stella Jo Dean, kick- ~ . ing off tomorrow with its ever- popular Craft Fair every day ex- cept Sunday at Civic Centre Plaza, 14th and Lonsdale ... Saturday through Monday (June 19-21) bring free dance and song performances by two dozen dif- ferent ethnic groups at 8 p.m. nightly in the Centennial Theatre .. Sunday, June 20, there’s the 1-3 p.m. Silver Harbour Centre Mini Fest and the 2 p.m. Heritage Walk starting from North Van... Museum, 333 Chesterfield ... Fi- nally, the grand Lions Parade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 26, from 13th and Grand Boulevard to Mahon Park ... Meanwhile, many happy returns of today, June 16, to Horseshoe Bay’s Brian . Hauna ... And a 61-candle birth- day salute tomorrow, June 17, to: District Mayor Murray Dykeman: ° WRIGHT OR WRONG: An in- tellectual is someone who can bore you and make you feel guilty about it Sunday by North Shore Free Press Lid. and distnbuted io every door on the North Shore. Canada Post Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement No. 0087238. Mailing rates avaiable on request, Submissions are welcome bul we cannot accept responsibility for unsahcited Matenal inctucing manuscripts and pictures which Should be accompanied Oy a stamped, addressed envelope Photo submitted GARDEN OF Assallam Dancers ~- one of 24 Folkfest entertain- ‘ment groups —. perform Sunday, June 20, at 1 p.m. at Silver Harbour Centre and at 8 p.m. in the Centennial Theatre. Admis- sion is free. SUNDAY « WEDNESDAY + FIGAY - 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 2H4 SDA DIVISION 61,582 (average circulation, Wednesday, Fiday & Sunday) Entire contents © 1993 North Shore Free Press Ltd. All tights reserved.