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“Watos NOW
Rapid DEMOYMENT
~ Fate:

: TELEVISION'S SCARY.
contribution to political — ~
image-building defies rational

perserder quate deey

definition. You simply know it .

when you see it. Period. '

..'_ Diefenbaker had it during his

- brief prime. Lester Pearson never.
Arrogant Trudeau had it in spades, .
but it bypassed Joe Clark. Brian

z:.Mulroney had it for five years

. - before crashing. In'the oddest of
“ways Jean Chretien has it — the

- image of a modest, likeable guy just :

"like us, who does nothing to upset

‘anyone by simply doing nothing.

ss it’s called ‘charisma, In the. -
absence of solid policies it can still
_win vlections, But its own absence

“can lose elections even for parties

“with the soundest of platfornis.-*!
*. Which brings us.to tlie Reform
party = = one of the most remark-
ble achievements i in Canadian poli- .
ics. Only eight years after its birth’
tis temporarily “the de facto alter-
‘native government of Canada. .

“Yet you'd never know it from
»the.latest poll, which puts Reform
_ third at-11% behind the Liberals’

2 58%. Second, at 13%, come the.
. “Tories, left with just two seats to...
“ Reform’s 52 in the 1993 election.

‘° In B.C. — where an election .
‘ looms within 10 months — the ._
# Hine poll figures tell a basically ”

-, Similar tale. Reform is supported by.

“28% of decided voters to the.
Liberals’ 45%, with the NDP trail,
Ing’at:23%...
‘But on the ““who'd-make-best-
: Premier question Reform leader’ -

hither

and y yon

"Jack Weisgerber came bottom at
11%, beaten by Liberal Gordon
~Campbell at 4% and NDPer Mike

Harcourt at 19%. Ditto when a
respondents were asked to forecast
the election result — Liberals 51%,
“NDP 11%, Reform 10%,

* Meanwhile; the conservative

“revolution now rolling across

Canada sees more and more.
Reform policies being stolen by the
competition.”

Tory. Premiers Ralph Klein in
« Alberta and Mike Harris in Ontario
are prime examples -—— though iron-
_. ically Saskatchewan NDP Premier
* Roy Romanow led the fiscal
restraint parade this year by being
first to produce a balanced budget.

And in B.C. even Campbell’s cack- ”
*“a-hoop right-leaning Liberals fre-.

quently talk more liké Reformers.

«What it all'says is that Reform’s ,.
agenda is considerably, more popu: ;

dar than i its leadership and caucus

Pe BERR SL Ne ELEY

“p RAVO TO the B.C. Press Council. It is
set to face down the multi-headed
B socialist hydra of Human Rights being
unleashed from the soft-headed: centre of
enforced pleasantness in Victoria.

The council, the self-regulating body for 17
B.C, daily and 106 community newspapers,
rightly sees much of the NDP’s Human Rights
falderal as thinly disguised assaults on free-
dom of expression. .

The NDP’s-notorions 1993 Bill 33 Human

* Rights Act, for example, prohibits the pubii-

cation of material that “indicates” discrimi-

nation or “is likely to” expose a person or ”’

group to hatred or contempt.

The vagueness of such words as “indicates” .
‘and “is likely to” fits right in with the NDP’s

warm and fuzzy. approach to life, but it leaves
the adjudication of matters falling under the
amendments wide open (o any interpretation

. i
FCAT REL EE RNIORETIN

!

from government-appointed henchmen.

New Human Rights amendments give gov-
ernment the right to pursue complaints of
alleged’ discrimination without’ a com. «
plainant. Complaints against media will not
even have to focus on specific articles. .

And the quasi-judicial ..government.

‘appointed Star Chamber known as the ”

Human Rights. Commission will have: the
power to launch investigations .without rea. -
sonable and probable cause, rule whole areas

of public interest -off-limits to publication,
invade news rooms in search of evidence of.
perceived violations. likely to cause distress

and opinions that could indicate unpleasant.
ness, 7

This is far more than a fight for the press,” :
itis a fight for everyone who believes that free
expression means just that: the | right - to

express: ideas and opinions freely.

charge.

—— despite 4 marked improvement
in the latter's Commons perfor-
mance recently. Nevertheless, the
momentun) of Reforim’s 1993 ¢lec-

--tion success — much of it duc to’

public disgust.with the Mulroney
Tories — has slowed, At the same
time the Tories are now riding high
in Alberta, moving up again in,
Ontario (home of 37% of all
Canadians) and recovering ground
in Adantic Canada and the Prairies, -
Only one party can eventually
speak for right-wing Canada. ;
Thanks to Reform the solid, widely
accepted policies are already there.
But with due'respect to all other °
sterling qualities of Preston |
Manning, B.C.'s Jack Weisgerber’
and Tory leader Jean Charest, the

~ election-winning charisma — that

vital tool of politics — is still miss-
ing. ‘
Until it emerges under whatever

banner, Jean Chretien’s Grits -—

' who know power lies in politics, - /

not policies — will continue in

MANY HAPPY RETURNS of
today, July 16, to Horseshoe Bay's
Brian Hanna ... Happy 97th birth
day tomorrow, July 17, to West .

‘Van's legendary cinematographer
_ Osmond Borradaile ... And again.
» many happy retums Tuesday, July» .;”
"18, to former West Van “first lady”./

Z

Margaret Humphreys.

“WRIGHT OR WRONG: Getting
into hot water can at least keep } vou
: clean. Le, Cos

way

quotes of the week

“H you compare it to driving
up there (to Squamish).”

Eddie Fischer, of North
Vancouver's The Edge Climbing
Centre, vouching for the safety of
climbing rockfaces in Squamish
compared with driving Highway 99
to get there. (From a duly 14 News
story.) |

“It's our Statue of Liberty.”

West Vancouver-Garibaldi MLA
David’ Mitchell, on the value of the
Lions Gate Bridge as a local land-
mark. (From: a July Leé News story. 4)

“y find it distasteful that we.
have ta set our own salaries ...
it’s not a very comfortable posi-

‘tion’. -/

North Vancouver City Coun. Bill
Bell, grappling with the decision. {o
vote city councillors 24-11% raise.
(From a July 12 News.story.)

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“There should be no commer- |
cial operations at all in a provin-
cial park.”

Hollybum Mountain cabin,
owner Amy Newton-McCann, ‘
opposing plans by Cypress Bowl:
Recreations Ltd. to expand its
recreation facilities in Cypress“ -
Provincial Park, (From ¢ 4. 4 duly, 12

_ News story) ;

“T think anything whose focus
is to keep down speeds is proba-
bly a positive thing. From our’

’ perspective it’s not a cash grab.’
Although I certainly appreciate
that a lot of people have that;
concern. Ef it’s used just to keep

he speeds down, it’ ‘sa ord 3
thing.”

"North Van RCMP Cpl, Brad
Marks, on the use of photo radar.
(From a July 12 News, Story.)

Cheers for News rugby feature

Dear Editor:

Just when: you ‘were. doing so

vwell, that fella McCredie’ (commu: -
nity editor Andrew. McCredie) had
! to insist you top it all off. 74:

“Thank you for the Rugby All...
Stars (June 28). I'm sure the lads, ‘

are pleased that their efforts were”

rewarded with'a two-page spread

— and in color, yet. -; ‘
-L agree with some of the letters

* what has happened to ‘applause?
“You' receive, once in a while,

letter saying tl that some systems’are

working. You: print: both.’ side

*~ Applause, applause to you'all.::

~; Who else? The ‘youth’ that you

continue to feature: and ‘not:in iso

lated Pages - but: Sight, up “fron

you receive criticizing “what goes.

on today”; however,’1 must ask,

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