42 ~— Wednesday, September 2, 1992 - North Shore News

INQUIRING REPORTER

LAST WEEK federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis an-
nounced that the money and property seized from.drug
trafficking in. federally prosecuted drug cases will be
shared with municipaiities. The money — more than $60
million since 1989 — has traditionally gone into the
federal general revenue fund. Though the exact details

forces.

of the distribution of the seized proceeds of crime to the

municipal agencies still have to be worked out, some‘
people on the North Shore have said that the money
should be distributed to agencies that are on the front
lines of social problems, such as drug rehabilitetion and
youth support programs, rather than the local police

What should be done with the money: and property seized in drug busts?

Claude Laborie

North Vancouver

I suspect a good way of
spending that moncy
would be to give it to
police for drug enforce-

Rob Walter

North Vancouver

The money ‘should go
back into trying to find
ways of preventing drug
trafficking.

Anita Jonts

Cuajone, Peru

I think the money should
go towards the treatment
of people with drug
problems and addictions.

ment, so we can get rid
of the problem.

Liberals select
software company
head to run in WV
federal riding

WEST VANCOUVER: Liberals recently selected the owner,

of a computer software development company to lead
‘them into the next federal election.

Audrey Sojonky, 53, ‘won on
the first ballot, beating out lawyer
“Bill Ferguson and economist Phil
- :Boname. for the federal Liberal
candidacy in the Canilano-Howe
Sound riding on Monday night.

, The riding has traditionally
-peen a Liberal stronghold but has
‘been Conservative since the 1984
federal election.

The pasi-president of the Nerth
Shore Women’s Liberal Commis-
sion told party members her 25
‘years in business experience and
management would help. her in
Ottawa.

“Pve built successful organiza-
tions from the bottom to the top,

and I know what it means to meet
‘a payroll," Sojonky told sup-
porters, -*-

Prominent party members in at-
tendance at the candidate selection

AUDREY SOJONKY selected
by Liberale to run in

Capileno-Howe Sound federal.

riding.
meeting included federai. Liberai
. party president Donald Johnston,
vice-president Bill McEwen, and
_ North Shore resident Anita Dad-
son, president of the B.C.

Women’s Libera! Commission.

Sojonky’s piatforin centred on
the. development of humana

By Layne Christensen
Contributing Writer .

resources with an emphasis on. §

education and job training, the
removal of barriers to the ad-
vancement of women and increas-
ed opportunities for young people.

“We need to allow people to
train and to retrain,” she said.
-“‘Life-long learning is the only
way that Canada’s workforce will
be capable of being competitive in
a highly technological society."'

Ferguson focused on his skills
as a problem-solver — gained
through his career as a litigator —
and talked about the need for
*“‘bold, exciting, innovative
policies” to give Canadians a
much-needed ‘‘psychological
boost.”

Boname drew on his experience
as an economics consultant,
stressing the need for economic
growth strategies, a reduction in
government overhead, and a part-
nership with the private sector to
initiate research and development
programs.

Guest speaker Johnston criti-
cized the Conservative government
for opening up a. ‘“‘Pandora’s

Box’? with the Meech Lake Ac-

cord in 1987.

““The public must never be
allowed to forget during this crit-
ical period who the author of our
problems has been,’’ said the Lib-
eral party president. ‘“‘The Tories
have created the national unity
crisis.’’

Johnston said the biggest task
right now for the Liberal party is

to win back public trust by con- -

vincing Canadians “that we've
learned lessons from: our own er-
rors,”*

“We've got to give them
reasons to cast their ballots in
favor of the Liberal party.””

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Mr. S. Belair

North Vancouver
The.money should be us-
ed to help the lower in-
come people, . better
housing and other ser-
vices that will help those
people mest likely to use
drugs. ~

Michelle Weiss

North Vancouver

I think the money should~
go towards ‘the:
rehabilitation” of ‘people:
who use dzugs,’ ‘and... to
the education of children
on the dangers of drugs.

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