GLEN ASH
GREEN PARTY

* Personal: 39 years old. Ash, who
lived in North Vancouver for 30
years, now lives in Vancouver and
works as a teacher.

© On Free Trade: The Green Party
is opposed to the deal. Ash said his
Party favors greater protectionism
and focusing on local economies.
Becoming more self-reliant would
create = multiplicity of jobs and a
healthier ‘local economy. An
escalating world price for fossil
fuels will result in a decline in in-
ternational trade. Before the in-
dustrial revolution, all regions met
their ow: needs.

© Ga En“sonment: Enviros. nent is
the issu. of this election. The
planet is ‘iterally dying. Every day
there is le:s biomass on the planet.
It has bve.1 estimated that between
a quarter and a third of al] remain-
ing species will become extinct in
the next 20 years. Because of the
increasing greenhouse effect Ash
and his party discourage fossil fuel
megaprojects. Ozone depletion and
acid rain are other key concerns.

* Issue of choice: We don’t have to
go in the direction of doom and
gloom. We could produce a
healthy society ani environment.
Ideally, there would be no produc-
tion of toxic waste materials,
especially the non-biodegradable
chlorine compounds in the future.
A healthy society would see the
regional production of organic
foods and a move away from
short-term profit motivation.

TUNYA AUDAIN
LIBERTARIAN PARTY

© Personal: 51 years old. A mother
of two grown daughters. Holds a
degree in psychology and one in
education. Audain has been an
education activist for over 20
years. The last 10 have been
devoted to promoting home educa-
tion as a viable alternative to gov-
ernment schools. She is a founding
member of the B.C. Civil Liberties
Association. She is currently
enrolled as a full-time student in
the Medical Assistant Program at
Capilano College.

© On Free Trade: Libertarians by
definition endorse free trade. The
party would like to see unilateral
free trade with ali nations. The
party is opposed to subsidies and
tariffs and favors minimal gov-
ernment. Consumers are the prime
people the government should be
interested in — not vested
interests.

* On Environment: Rather than
the government cleaning up the
mess and billing the taxpayer, the
polluter should pay. If the gov-
ernment was restricted to its pro-
per role of protection of people
and property, it would have more
time and resources to pursue the
criminals who are degrading the
environment.

¢ Issue of choice: The obscenity of
government itself — big gov-
ermment, bad government and
wrong government, Government is
the problem and not the solution.
It is wrong for it to take on the
role of the leveller and equalizer of
people by confiscating and taxing
the fruits of labor. The bottom line
is reducing government and taxes.

CHUCK COOK
CONSERVATIVE INCUMBENT

© Personal: 62 years old. Married
and has raised two sons and a
daughter. Holds a law degree and
a masters degree in business ad-
ministration. Initially won the
North Vancouver-Burnaby riding
for the Conservatives in 1979; re-
elected in 1980 and 1984. Cook has
been chief government whip and
parliamentary secretary to both the
secretary of state for external af-
fairs and the president of the
treasury board.

© On Free Trade: Believes the Free
Trade Agreement offers immense
opportunities, expansion and more
jobs for hundreds of high-tech
firms and small businesses in
North Vancouver. The relaxation
of regulations on consultants
means for the 3,000 who live here,
a better chance to compete, better
incomes, and more jobs. North
Vancouver will be more pro-
sperous with free trade.

« On Environment: The environ-

. ment in North Vancouver is one of

the country’s best. Cook supports
the preservation of Dollarton
mudflats as a preserve — Van-
couver Posts Corp must go
elsewhere. The district, working
with federal fisheries and en-
vironment ministries, must clean
up Deep Cove by spring. The safe-
ty record locally on hazardous
cargo is excellent and will stay that
way.

e Issue of choice: Completion of
the Lonsdale overpass: Now thet
the city and province have agreed
on the Cassiar Connector both it
and the Lonsdale overpass must be
completed. Federal funding should
be made available now. Pledges to

continue to work to that end.
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RON GAMBLE
REFORM PARTY

e Personal: 50 years old. A
‘‘small’’ businessman who owns
and operates three food and bev-
erage companies in Vancouver and
one in Seattle, Washington. Gam-
ble is a member of the North Van-
couver Chamber of Commerce, the
Canadian Confederatiun of In-
dependent Business and the Van-
couver Board of Trade. Holds a
degree in business administration
from Vancouver College.
© On Free Trade: Gamble said his
party supports free trade, but says
the enabling legislation will have to
make for fair trade, giving equal
weight for the West and Quebec.
Free trade has to be honest trade
-- the barriers have to be removed
on both sides. Get governments
out of it. We have too much gov-
ernment interference on the Cana-
dian side.
© On Environment: We have to
clean up our backyard. We have a
‘cesspool’? in Deep Cove. So far
there has been an inability or lack
of initiative to act. The party
wants to concentrate on business
providing new technologies to pro-
tect the environment. Environmen-
tal challenges provide one of the
best opportunities for young peo-
ple to develop new industry. Socie-
ty has to take an active approach.
© [Issue of choice: Honest repre-
sentation in Ottawa. A vote for
any of the three traditional parties
is a vote for the east. The Reform
Party is the only party for the
west. There should be no amnesty
for the 60,000 illegal immigrants in
the country. They should not have
the same rights as Canadians or
fegal immigrants. The Charter of
Rights should be amended to in-
clude a ‘‘notwithstanding clause’’
to deal with illega! immigrants.

BETTY GRIFFIN
COMMUNIST PARTY

© Personal: 65 years old. Griffin
has 26 years experience as an
educator and classrcom teacher.
Past president of the Burnaby
Teachers’ Association and award-
ed honorary life membership in the
B.C. Teachers’ Federation for her
outstanding contribution to the
federation and education.

© On Free Trade: The party is
against free trade — a sell out of
Canada. Says Article 409, dealing
with all goods, and Article 904,
dealing with energy, state that once
you start selling your goods and
energy, you have to continue sell-
ing in the same proportion and at
the same pricé as domestically.
Says Article 1902 states that each
country can continue charging
countervailing duties, so the walls
are stil] up.

© On Environment: The poliuter
should pay. The party agrees with
the recommendations of the
Brundtland Report. Economic ac-
tivity has to be linked with en-
vironmental considerations. Inter-
nationally, we have :o clean up our
act.

* Jssue of choice: Sociai justice:
Settlement of Native land claims;
addressing the piight of the
homeless, handicapped, poverty-
stricken; education and issues such
as pay equity for women and child
care.

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JAMES HATTON

LIBERAL PARTY

© Personal: 28 years old. Hatton is
a UBC graduate with degrees in
commerce and law. Married. A
life-long North Vancouver resi-
dent. Practises law in Vancouver.
Active with the North Vancouver
Chamber of Commerce, Lions
Gate Hospital Society and Pres-
entation House Cultural Society.

e On Free Trade: Says he is not
against free trade, but against the
Mulroney-Reagan trade agree-
ment. Believes the FTA is a sell-
out of western interests by eastern
Canada and hurts B.C.’s fishing
and forest industries. According to
Hatton, the deal also threatens
Canadian sovereignty and social
programs, including UIC and
medicare.

¢ On Environment: Believes the
Conservative government has at-
tacked the environment with ir-
responsible cuts to important en-
vironmental programs. Those who
abuse the environment should be
liable to pay for the clean-up. Now
is the time to reverse the Conser-
vative attitude of ‘open season on
the environment."

© Issue of choice: Taxation: In the
past four years, Canadians have
been hit with an average 62 per
cent tax increase. Under tax
reform, only those with incomes
over $117,000 pay less tax than in
1984. Says after the election, the
Conservatives plan to burden us
with regressive, comprehensive
sales tax that will punish Cana-
dians. The taxation system must
serve all Canadians, not just the
wealthy. The Conservatives have
adopted a ‘‘trust us’’ strategy on
free trade and taxation. They will
let us know what will happen after
the election, but the flaw is that
Canadians won’t trust them on
these fundamental issues.

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RICHARD
SCHALLER
RHINOCEROS PARTY

“THE TROLL"’

e Personal: 45 years old, single
(but locking for a date for the
winter).

© On Free Trade: It's okay for the
Rhinos as long as money does not
change hands. Rhinos would trade
Brian Mulroney, John Turner and
Ed Broadbent for some peace and
quiet for a change. Maintains
everything in North America
would be okay if he were allowed
to run it.

* On Environment: The Rhinos
would like to abolish the environ-
ment — it takes up too much room

and it’s too hard to keep clean.

© Issue of choice: Day care: The
Rhinos would build all of the na-
tion’s day-care centres above the
Arctic circle, so we would only
have to pay to run them one day
per year and we'd get rid of the lit-
tle monsters for six months.

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DONNA STEWART

NEW DEMOCRATS

© Personal: 59 years old. Married
for 33 years. Has five children and
four grandchildren. Stewart has a
B.A. with honcrs in English from
the University of Toronto and an
M.A. in English from the Univer-
sity of Manitoba. Coordinator of
the Women’s Skill Development
Society; has worked as an instruc-
tor, coordinator and counsellor
with the North Shore Women’s
Centre.

®@ On Free Trade: NDP supports
freer trade, but it does not support
the FTA. Benefits cf the deal have
been exaggerated and the dangers
minimized. The American
multinationals stand to gain; small
businesses, the job creators, will
Jose. New Democrats believe the
deal poses a real threat to the na-
tion’s social programs.

@ On Environment: The New
Democrats are believable when
they talk about environmental pol-
icy because the issue has been an
ongoing concern of the party for a
long time. Party believes in making
the polluter pay and in putting new
teeth in the Environmental! Protec-
tion Act. Environment is of critical
concern locally considering the
potential for massive damage from
a dangerous goods spill; the im-
pending development of the
Maplewood mudflats; water pollu-
tion at Deep Cove beaches.

e Issue of choice: Job training:
Conservatives have been withdraw-
ing money from job-training pro-
grams. The post-secondary educa-
tion funding split was 50 per cent
federal and 50 per cent provincial,
but is now 40 per cent federal and
60 per cent provincial, with no
conditions attached to the federal
contribution to ensure that the
money is spent on education.
Wants to see accountability for the
funding, a restoration of the 50/50
formula, and more money put
towards apprenticeship and job-
training programs.

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