Wednesday, November 1, 2000 - North Shore News - 3 th CEO awarded Settlement decided to fire the entire 12-member board and replaced it-sith public administrator Len Kelses, a former Liens Gate Hospital board chairman. He terminated Schamborzki in March 1998. The health region offered her 2 16-month fenition as research director for the Continuing Care Review, with the same salary ($160, 724) and benefits she had received as CEO. She declined the job offer, and the judgement noted that the position was “markedly inferior” to her career attainment. Ina written statement. Schamborzki attrib- uted her difficulty finding a job to the fact that senior executives in the health sector are a close- knit group and also work closely with staifof the Ministry of Health. “It would obviously ve desirable that any CEO or senior executive emploved within this scetor be one who is con- sidered to have a good working relationship with the provincial government and the senior members of the Ministry of Health,” she had noted. The actual value of the settlement has yet to be negotiated. Ex-heal 8.C. Supreme Court judgement issued tors was made public when doctors refused to participate in meetings with her, During that sear, she spent $3,000 on three Hratian leather chairs tor her office where nectings were held. She was also criti- cized for her expense account, which totalled $24,964.53 in the last year of her employ- ment, travelling often to con- ferences in. cities including San Francisco, Orlando. and Melbourne, Australia. The health region board, however, supported Schamborzki_ and offered her a three-year con- tract in January, 1997, A consultant hired by Health Minister Joy MacPhail report- ed widespread discontent among hospital work- ers with the health region board and Schamborzki. In February 1998, MacPhail Marcie Good News Reporter mgood@nsnews.com A former CEO of the North Shore Health Region who sued her employ- er for damages after she was fired has won an additional four months of salary. Inge Schamborzki was fired in March 1998 trom her “Position after a contentious 26-month period of employment. After her termination the West Vancouver resident had received $180,800, or the equiva: lent of 14 months of salary including, medical and pension benefits from: the health region. Her lawsuit was asking for an additional 10 months. [ Tate Last week, Justice Ronald | Holmes determined that | ¢ Schamborski was entitled to 18 j months of notice. He besed bis | decision on the high level of skill her job required, and the diffi- culty in finding a comparable position ina limited job market. Schamborzki, who was 46 at the time she left the health region, is still looking for work, according to the court document. The judgement abe acknowledged the “rather pub- hic background of the piaintit?’s termination” that would make finding a similar job difficutr. Soon after Schamborzki took the health region's top post in January 1996, acrimony berween her and the Lions Gate Hospital doe- Former North Shore Health Region CEO Inge Schamborzki “. nomination Friday in a. second-ballot In a B.C. Supreme Court decision released Catherine Crichton Azim Azimi and Cookie Piotr Zerbe care matiers Katharine Hamer News Reporter khamer@nsnews.com IMPROVING health care is the primary concern of local would-be voters. The News hit Lonsdale Avenue Monday to test political waters on the street. Voter apathy was still apparent: only about one in 10 people we approached held firm opinions about election issues. Over and above the taxation levels touted as a key battleground by party leaders, it was the state of our hospitals and efficiency of our health-care system that voters wanted to see addressed first and foremost. Here’s a sample of comments we heard: @ Catherine Crichton, North Vancouver: “Oh, the hospitals. The doctors and the hospi- tals. We need health care, don't we?” Asked what she thought of current hospital conditions, Crichton replied, “terrible.” : B Azim Azimi, North Vancouver: “Economies. [ think ~ we're doing very well because the U.S. economy is progressing so well. I ‘d _like to know, if the States wasn’t doing so well, how would that affect us?” Liberal cho 7 Jan McKay targets Canadian Alliance Veteran politician ~ Michael Becker Newsroom Editor ‘ mbecker@nsnews.com IAN McKay is the chosen Liberal ‘candidate i in West -Yancouver-Sunshine Coast. McKay, who was up against Pat Camozzi and Phil Boname, won the : : Liberal lan McKay in Wv- vote. He beat out: Boname by just 10 Sunshine Coast votes. Boname represented the party in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast riding during the 1997 federal election. Elections Canada results for the 1997 federal election show John Rey ynolds, Reform Party of Canada (now Canadian Alliance) earned 20, ‘092 votes (40.05%); Liberal Phil Boname took 17,318 (34.52%) "McKay, 37, lives in Vancouver. He worked i in the financial markets overseas for about 12 years in _Tokyo and in London, He was with EuroBrokers, a money market deriv- atives brokerage. McKay, who speaks Japanese, started an office for the company in Tokyo. @ Piotr Zerbe, North Vancouver: “Taxes is one thing. And crime laws — 1 think they should be tougher. And health care — those are key to a bet- ter Canada.” @ [rene Johnson, North Vancouver: “1 just got back trom Ottawa, and | think We've got a pretty good government compared to other countries. Health care is one thing that should be addressed. Every government spends taxes differ- ently. Everyone likes lower taxes, but what programs are you going to cut? Taxes are like paying rent to five in Canada.” @ Rhonda Kunz, North Vancouver: “For me, what will affect my vote is taxes. I think they should be lower.” NEWS photos Terry Peters Rhonda Kunz and daughter Nicola Boris and Irene Johnson As a young man, Mckay left his home- town of Penticton and went to high school in Shimonoseki for a year through a Rotary scholarship when he was 17, He went on to study Japanese and political science ar UBC. in 1986, McKay managed the Via Rail pavilion at Expo 86. This is the first time he’s running for . political office. Said McKay, “It's always been something I’ve known [ve want- ed to do. To be honest people tell me ~ all the time that we need a new genera- tion of political leaders in’ British Columbia and across Canada. I belong in that forum.” He chose the Liberals because “the political landscape in Canada has changed. “The Tory party is in decline. The Np party is looking directionless — the Alliance or the Liberals, there was no choice in my mind. I strong- ly believe in a national government. The Liberal party is the big-tent arty, the party of the many and not of the few. It represents what I lieve in,” McKay said. John Reynolds with Canadian Alliance And what of the challenge of taking on a politically seasoned candi- . date such as John Reynolds? “Being a career politician perhaps you're not as inclined to work as hard as someone who is younger and more ambi- tious and willing to learn aggressively along the way,” McKay said. ELECTION NOTEBOOK More candidates join race for fed election 2000 THE status of the players in the North Shore federal ridings to press time Tuesday: ’ Canadian Alliance: John Reynolds, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. . B Ted White, North Vancouver. Liberal Party of Canada: @ lan McKay beat Phil Boname and Pat Camozzi to win the nomination Friday as can- didate for the West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast riding. B Bill Bell, North Vancouver. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada: @ Kate Manvell, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. § Laurence Putnam, North Vancouver. The North Vancouver resident was unan- imously chosen as the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the riding at a nomination meeting held on Sunday. New Democratic Party: @ Sam Schechter, North Vancouver @ Telis Sawvaidis, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast New Democrats held. their nomination meeting Sunday. Canadian Action Party: @ Diana Jewell, North Vancouver. B® Mare Bombois, West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. : Green Party of Canada: : @ Two Sunshine Coast residents.— Wilson Creek physician Dr. Jane Bishop and Sechelt teacher and. school: administrator Roger Lagasst, are. seeking nontination in’ West . Vancouver-Sunshine Coast. A nomination . meeting is to be held in Gibsons today. Independent: ; % Dallas Collis, North Vancouver. ‘Top issue: supporting Canadian ownership and. control in the Canadian economy. @ Rusty Corben, North Vancouver, Corben is a teacher at Keith Lynn Alternate school pre senting a teaching unit on Canada for students’ in grades eight to 10. His exposure as a candi-. date will be an educational experience. 9200 : Nomination papers of those seeking to compete in the two North Shore federal “rid- - ings must be submitted to the riding returning " officer by 2 p.m., Now. 6. The returning officer for North Vancouver Electoral District. No. 59015 is Geoff Thorpe at Esplanade Centre, 101-260 West Esplanade St. in North Vancouver. The returning office number is 981-1775, fax, 981-1798. Hours: : Monday | to Friday, 9 am. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday: noon to 4pm. o00 . The returning officer for West Vancouver- Sunshine Coast Electoral District No. £9034 is Joanna North at 113-100 Park Royal South in“ °. West Vancouver. The returning office number.) is 981-1750, fax, 981-1771. Hours: Monday © to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday: 9am to 6 p.m., Sunday: noon to 4 pm, — Michael Becker”: to 9 p.m.j |