DAVID SCHRECK shakes hands with supporters after the North Vancouver-Burnaby wing
of the party made him their official candidate Wednesday night.

NEWS photo Chris Cameron

Robinson assists
chreck campaign

DAVID SCHRECK was named the NDP can-
didate for North Vancouver-Burnaby by acclama-
tion Wednesday to the enthusiastic approval of

over 150 supporters.

And he wasted no time in-
forming the crowd that he
intends to carry out the par-
ty’s obligation of telling the

people of Canada ‘‘what we
stand for.’’
“IT want Chuck (Cook)

and lona (Campagnolo) to
know there will be a fight in
this riding and we expect to
win,’’ said Schreck. ‘‘The
NDP could be part of a mi-
nority government ‘and hold
a balance of power role.”’

He focussed on. three
issues during his acceptance
speech — Medicare, interest
rates and abortion.

He said he worries that
with Health Minister Mom
que Begin leaving her post
that the new Canada Health
Act and Medicare ‘‘may go
down the tubes °"’

As for high interest rates,
Schreck said, ‘“‘There ois
nothing that prevents
Canada from having an in-
dependent interest rate from
the United States At to-
day's rate of inflation, peo-
ple shouldn't have to pay
more than a nine per cent tn-
terest rate.”’

But tt was on the abortion
issue that Schreck spoke
most passionately Although
he said he did not believe the
subject would be a major
issuc in the summer cam-
paign, he said if was impor-
tant that voters realize that
the NDP clearly supports a
woman's right to choose

He said B.C. currently has
the highest abortion rate in
North America, primarily
because there is no choice
for women He said with
women being the ‘‘victims of
aggression ranging from wife
abuse to pornography ,”" that

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changes as equal pay for
equal work and full access to
daycare, to occur.

‘‘The cards are stacked in
favor of abortion,’’ said
Schreck. ‘*Right now there is
no choice between poverty
and abortion.”’

In an interview following
the meeting, Schreck told the
News he is in favor of the
right to choose a therapeutic
abortion because of the lack
of economic justice that cur-
rently exists for women.

**People don’t go out and
just decide to have an abor
tion,’’ said Schreck ‘‘What
we have to do ts everything
in our power to help women
from having to choose abor
tion "’

Keynote speaker, Burnaby
MP Svend Robinson told the
crowd Schreck will be carry
ing forward the great legacy
of Tommy Douglas, a
former MP in the riding,
saying the party could not
have found a stronger can.
didate than Schreck ‘‘He’s
been a national spokesman
on both social and economic
issues and his record speaks

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for itself .’’

Robinson assailed the
Liberal and Conservative
parties for their failure to
provide varying points of
view to Canadians and for
their similarities in style, ad-
ding, ‘‘Progressive Liberals
are only Tories in disguise.’’

Citing the 1979 election
battle in which NDP can-
didate Jim Fulton dumped
then Liberal MP Iona Cam-
pagnolo in Skeena, Robin-
son called on Schreck, the
underdog, to do the same to
the Liberal Party President
in the coming election

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have 50 candidates and the
rest will flow from there.”’

The Green Party, while on-
ly a couple of candidates
away from their goal of 20 in
B.C., must have 50 nation-
wide to become a registered
federal party and appear on
the ballot form in September.

According to Thomas, the
B.C. party had about 1,500
members during the provin-
cial election last year, and
though their numbers drop-
ped to 650 afterwards, they
had climbed by abou. 100 by
Wednesday evening.

In February of 1983 the
firs’ Green Party in North
American was formed in

Vancouver. Since then the
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Party spokesman Ted
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want to do is based on what
the Earth can sustain.’’

Organizer Stephen Sell
who added that the Party is
‘‘small but tough’’ pointed
out that the Green Party is
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‘‘We’re neither right nor
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in front.’’

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