FRIDAY March 1, 1996 B& Test drive the ‘968 Eagle Vision: 23 @ Signals ciears up the 4-way stor: ® Buibs - get ready for spring: 13 Wi Weekly real Estate section: 32—64 @ Bright Lighte...............10 @ Crossword 29 @ Home & Garden.........13 @ inquiring Reporter....8 8 Neighbore.........................12 GN. Shore Alert...........4 ‘@ Sports 18 @ Talking Personals....28 NEWS photo Terry Feters New addition Weather Saturday: Mainly sunny High 6°C, tow -3°C. No Cabinet spot for David Schreck PREMIER GLEN Clark appoint- ed long-time assistant North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA David Schreck as his parliamentary sec- retary Wednesday. By lan Noble News Reporter Before the Hydro scandal broke, pun- dits predicted Schreck would snag a high- er-profile Cabinet position. But Schreck, as a director of B.C. Hydro, became a lightening rod for opposition criticism of the Hydro scandal. On Feb. 27, the B.C. Liberals issued a press release saying Schreck should be struck from the list of Cabinet contenders. Now, West Vancouver-Capilano MLA Jeremy Dalton is saying Schreck’s parlia- mentary secretary position has been fabri- cated for him. Said Dalton: “As predicted, and war- ranted due to his asleep-at-the-switch role as a Hydro director, Schreck was excluded from Cabinet.” Dalton added: “His buddy Glen Clark had to hand him some carrot and created this first-time-ever parliamentary-secre- tary role. It's a shell game.” But Schreck told the News he likely didn’t get a Cabinet position because of his government's commitment to down- sizing. Wednesday's Cabinet shuffle knocked the number of posts down three to 16. CONST. CHRIS Hughes, the most recent addition to ths North Vancouver RCMP deg squad, is joined by two-year-old police service dog Rude. Hughes is only the second female dog handler in the RCMP, _] See Parliamentary pag: Schreck’s role as Clark's assistant goes TV Listingge......................20 On the news front: North Van District spruces up Official Community Plan xed Hydro head to sue JOHN SHEEHAN, fired last week as president and chief executive officer of B.C. Hydro by Premier Glen Clark, said he is pursuing legal action. By fan Noble News Reporter Shechan, one of two senior Hydro execu- tives fired in the wake of the B.C. Hydro scan- dal, said his dismissal has created tremendous strain on his family. “T must emphasize that there is no incentive big enough for me to jeopardize my personal reputation” said the 19-year Hydro veteran, Ina statement released Thursday, the West Vancouver resident said he was not a member of B.C. Hydro’s board of directors and the Hydro Act only restricts investments in power projects by members of the board. But North Vancouver-Lonsdale MLA David Schreck said Thursday Sheehan was a director of Hydro subsidiary B.C. Hydro International Lid.. which is covered by the Hydro Act. Sheehan fell to Clark’s axe because members of Sheehan's family bad invested in International Power Corp., which partnered with an arm of B.C. Hydro in a Cayman Eslands-incorporated joint venture to build a power plant in Pakistan, IPC Investors were expected to reap a 24% return on their investment, said Clark. Sheehan said Clark knew all major aspects of Hlydro’s investment strategies and opportuni- ties. “Indeed, Mr. Clark had direct representa- tion at Hydro board mectings in the presence of MLA David Schreck ...” B.C. Liberals criticized the investment opportunity as a private offering for NDP friends and insiders. But Sheehan said all Hydro employees knew of the investment and a “number of underwriters and bankers were pro- vided with pertinent data about the opportuni- ty.” IPC did not yo through a public share offer- ing because that would have required a lengthy and expensive process of filing a prospectus, said Sheehan. He calied for correspondence between Clark's office and B.C. Hydro related to B.C. Hydro International Lid, and IPC to be made public.