MEME federal election ELECTION PROFILES Three more chasing orth Van votes THE EXCITEMENT of this federal election, combined with a preception that there is growing disenchant- ment with the policies of Canada’s major po- litical parties, has at- tracted a full field of candidates in North Vancouver-Burnaby. By MARK HAMILTON That field grew this week with the closing of nomina- tions for candidates and the emergence of three more can- didates — independent Albert Ritchie, Heintz Beyer of the Confederation of Regions, yet another politi- cal party started by Elmer Knudsen, and Libertarian candidate John Clarke. Ritchie and Beyer are pro- filed here today in the latest installment of our in-depth look at the North Van- couver-Burnaby candidates. Candidate Clarke could not be contacted in time for this issue of the News and will be profiled separately in a future issue. “*1"M NOT kidding myself,’’ says Heintz Beyer as he sets out in his first-ever election campaign. ‘‘Being the new guy on the block, it is going to be very difficult for our party. But I cannot see how any thinking Canadian could possibly vote for the existing ies. 99 The Confederation of Regions, the brain-child of Elmer Knudsen (formerly involved with Western Canada Concept, West Fed and a number of other small, short-lived political parties), is the answer to both that and to better rep- resentation for Western Ca- nadian, Beyer says. ‘““We have very many polticial parties now, all try- ing to have a little say for the West,’’ says Beyer. ‘**Face it, any vote for one of the existing parties is a vote for Quebec and Ontario. They are the dominating fac- tors. Hopefully, in time, we can elect enough of our par- ty members to hold the balance of power and give the West a say.”’ Beyer, 59, has been a resi- dent of Canada since 1951. He lives just outside the riding boundary — ‘‘I don’t have to be parachuted in, I just have to walk across the road’’ — and sells real estate although he has worked as a miner and iron-worker. Beyer cites his major con- cern as unemployment and talks of three unique methods of dealing with the problem — putting control over the Manpower depart- ment in regional hands to better answer regional con- cerns, cutting all foreign aid and grants to corporations and pouring that money into job-creating programs and putting the federal civil ser- vice ‘‘right up to the Prime Minister’s office’? on a work-sharing program where bureaucrats would work fewer hours and be paid less, with the savings again pumped into job creation. In the riding, Beyer wants tighter controls on — and evetitual elimination of — hazard goods production and storage in the riding and is promoting the construc- tion of a major highway along the Port Moody foreshore to lessen the traf- fic burden in North Bur- naby. ‘*There is no question that it will be very difficult this time around,’’ says Beyer. “‘But we can’t continue to elect the people who have made this country morally and financially bankrupt.’’ 15-40% OFF All sizes in stock - over 30 models SIMMONS Regular Size Reg *890™ +699” y Dope bt6 bd 1469 Marine Or. 922-8114 FOR ALBERT Ritchie, the issues are the issue in this federal election. *‘It was a combination of factors,’’ says Ritchie, 50, of his decision to campaign as an independent candidate. **Some friends asked me to run but basically it was because I was dissatisfied with the policies of the other parties.”’ Ritchie is answering that with a detailed four-page platform, headed ‘‘Awake, Canada, Awake’’ and ad- dressed to ‘‘Friends of freedom’’ in the North Van- couver-Burnaby riding. In it, Ritchie calls for a reform of the monetary system with a debt moratorium and refinancing of international, governm- ent, farm, business and home debt at low interest rates; working toward disarmament after ending the Soviet system and cultivating the Third World; elimination of most federal taxes; reduction of federal The big ...difference... about us is what we don’t carry. We take the care. You buy the toys. BUY GOOD TOYS WITH -—No gimmicks —No hype ~—MNo batteries No wind-ups ~No push buttons Mon. -Sat. 10-6 (Pri. 80) 9) 1065 Marine Dr North Van. 966-4111 Parking In reas B.C. PLAYTHINGS spending and the selling of Crown corporations to employees and citizens; and replacing debt capitalism with equity capitalism with programs to encourage employee and citizen equity ownership. Other planks include cre- ation of debt-free governm- ent funds for productive and social infrastructure uses; economic and political union with the United States; an end to abortion, prostitution and pornography and strict drug enforcement; an end to immigration until Canada reaches full employment; return of capital punish- ment; and energy self-suffi- ciency. Ritchie has been a North Vancouver resident since 1971 and owns a local prop- erty maintenance firm. A native of Hannah, Alta., he graduated from the Universi- ty of Alberta with a degree in chemical engineering. He says he developed his platform in response to his own frustrations after in- volvement with a number of political parties — including the Conservatives, the Social Credit, the NDP and Western Canada Concept — and what he says is a lack of answers to the. pressing pro- blems of the country. **It would be nice to win,”’ Ritchgie says, ‘‘but I’m a re- alist. 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