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SOLIDARITY SESSION A
-KEY SECOND EFFORT

NDP biggest issue
during questioning

VANCOUVER MAYOR Mike Harcourt addressed
a subdued crowd of just under 100 last Friday even-
ing as the North Shore’s Operation Solidarity coali-
tion held its second of a series of meetings.

October 12, 1983 Newsroom 985-2131

the NDP

Sponsored by
constituency associations of

Capilano and North
Vancouver-Seymour at Car-
son Graham Secondary
School, Harcourt was joined
on the dais by defeated NDP
candidates Olga Kempo
(Capilano) and David
Schreck (North Vancouver-
Seymour). The two can-
didates preceded Harcourt
with speeches dealing with
some of the specifics of the
Social Credit’ government’s
budget legislation

Harcourt refused to mince
words throughout his
harangue against the Bull
Bennett government, terming
the Socreds the “‘new right
wing zealots He stated the
NDP reahves the current
depression has been artificial
ly created by the Socred’s
Practice of “macho
economics.” adding the

MIKE HARCOURT
... maybe he'll run

Restraint Act, which, among
other things, eliminates job
security for civil servants and
allows tor widespread cuts in
government services

government did not receive a
mandate to bring down the
present budget

‘* They hed to the people of
BC 0’ sand Harcourt) ‘* The
budget is) a mean spirited,
venal, punitive punch
The real issue is recovery,
and what's more tmportant ts
how we treat peopic

During his speech which he
entitled, “A Tale of Two
Cones.) Harcourt: Compared
the coonomics of Vancouvel

and Victoria cortthased the

peovinnial  woxernment for

chiminating regional planning

functions (C'Plan is now a
four letter word in BC ('),
and for abolishing the

Human Rights Branch, and
bemoancd the fact that legal
aid services: would soon be
contracted out

He addcd be has advised
Vancouver City Council to
opt out of Bill 3, the con

troversial Publm Sector

The question period
following the speeches was in
direct contrast to the North
Shore's earlier Solidarity
meeting which was con-
siderably more lively
Although a few people cx
pressed concern with increas
ed municipal taxcs and the
closing oof the  Tranquille
tacihty for the mentally han
dicapped, the crowd seemed
tinore geared towards discus
sion on the state of the New
Party on B¢
btarcourt wall be

Derr tating
and whether
running for the party's peo
vincial leadership

[he mayor stated although
he has not yet made a dec
ston, he feels confident he
could lead the party and the
provinac¢

‘LT want to censure we don't
destroy what's been built up
in the city of Vancouver if |
make a decision to run,”’ he
said