Schreck lodges electoral complaint Claims Socreds have been enumerating N. Van voters THE POLITICAL | gloves have come off in North Vancouver-Lonsdale with charges of ‘‘dirty tricks’? and ‘‘mud-slinging’’ being thrown by the riding’s New Democratic Party and Socred candidates. By Surj Rattan News Reporter And the provincial election race between the NDP’s David Schreck and the Socred’s Marilyn Baker has now involved B.C.’s_ chief electoral officer. Schreck has todged a formal complaint with B.C. Chief Elec- toral Officer Robert Patterson, claiming Baker and her campaign workers have been enumerating the riding’s voters, a charge denied by Baker. Only Elections B.C. has the power to enumerate voters. But Schreck said he and_ his campaign canvassers have been told by some riding voters that Baker and her campaign workers have offered to put their names on the province’s voters’ list. He called for Patterson to launch an investigation. ‘Some voters in North Van- couver have told me and my can- vassers that they were enumerated in the past few weeks. We have determined that my Social Credit opponent and her canvassers have been telling voters that they would get them on the voters’ list,’’ Schreck wrote to Patterson. Schreck added that his cam- paign workers were told by Baker’s office that they had been collecting names to send them in (to the Registrar of Voters) with a request that a registration card be mailed to the potential voter. ‘*There are vote7s out there who think they have been enumerated when in fact they haven’t. In the worst case it’s tantamount to fraudulent representation on the part of my opponent. **In the most generous case, it is that they don’t know what they are doing. It seems to be a bag full of dirty tricks,’’ said Schreck. But Baker denied that her cam- paign workers have done anything wrong. She said her campaign workers have always identified themselves while canvassing in the riding and that her office has always used the canvassers sheet provided by Elec- tions B.C. Baker added that the telephone number of the Registrar of Voters has also been left with potential voters and that all the information collected by het campaign workers was regularly faxed to Elections B.C. and that Elections B.C. has checked with her office on any in- formation that was unclear. “*] confirmed with Mr. Schreck’s representatives that we were aware of the requirements and were advising voters to go di- rectly to the registration booths in the community,’”’ said Baker in a letter to Patterson. In a letter sent from Patterson See Schreck’s page § ~~ uy NEWS photo Neil Lucente FIRST-PRIZE winner Pat Patrick sits beside murals created by seniors on the boards surrounding the new building site at the Kiwanis Lodge in West Vancouver. The lodge held a contest that was judged by well-known West Van artist Irene Poskett. Survey raises immigration concerns Strong N. Shore support for abortion on demand A RECENTLY-conducted survey of North Shore opinion on a series of topical issues shows that North Shore resi- dents do not support the immigration of Asians or for- eigners with AIDS HIV-positive symptoms into Canada. The survey was conducted dur- ing July and August by Neil Car- roll and Associates, a West Van- couver-based market research company. The undertaking covered environmental, health, transportation, social, educa- tional, immigration, native and political issues. The local population sample selected was randomly chosen from the telephone directory. Ac- cording to Neil Carroll, a statistical sample of 162 respon- dents was taken. Carroll called the broad-based ‘‘taking of temperature.”’ Added Carroil, ‘‘With the elec- tion coming up, how do people feel about ‘hese issues?’ He said the survey results ob- tained a 95% ‘confidence inter- val.”* He added that if a similar study were conducted 20 times, the average opinion posted would fall within the range identified in the survey at least 19 times out of survey a the Said Carroll of the finding that those surveyed believe that for- eigners should not be allowed into Canada if they exhibit HIV- positive symptoms, ‘‘] was sur- prised with the results regarding foreign entry into the country. I had assumed that prior to the survey that people had accepted that. Regulations were changed some time ago. |] expected that it would have been quite neutral. | was surprised at the negative response.’’ Respondents registered the strongest opinions on_ native, abortion, AIDS, and immigration issues. The survey found that on a By Michael Becker News Reporter scale where one is the lowest value possible and five the highest, the survey respondents ascribe 1.6 to the desirability of more Asian immigrants. Statistics Canada figures show that in 1988 Canada touk in about 160,000 immigrants. B.C. took approximately one-seventh of the total figure, or 23,000. About 4,000 originated from Europe, 15,000 from Asia and 2,000 from the Americas. Meanwhile more than 60% of respondents strongly agree with the concept of compulsory AIDS testing for medical professionals. Over 40% strongly disagree with the notion that problems fac- ing natives are best dealt with by giving them ownership of the land they claim and paying rent to them. More than 50% of respondents strongly agree with the availability of abortion on demand. Male and female respondents equally sup- ported the availability of abortion on demand. Said Carroll, ‘it was a surprise to see how the male and female response to the abortion issue seems to have come much closer together. J had a feeling they might have still been apart as they were five years ago.”’ Other survey findings show that survey respondents believe: © Despite the pace of development on the North Shore, over- development is not 2 strong con- cern. *As a means of reaching the south shore, bus travel is better than commuting by car. * Local seniors are provided with sufficient services, * The government is not giving education sufficient priority. © There is a significant gap be- tween what the public deems justice and what the courts are ac- tually dispensing. ¢ Government has been too soft with natives with regard to bar- ricades that sprung up throughout the country. *° Free trade has been of little benefit to Canada. © Quebec is treated much better than B.C. ® Quebec should not be given powers of a distinct society, equal to the other provinces combined. ABORTION Available on Demand? | ATV Ss Or Percentage Response MORE THAN 50% of the respondents in the North Shore survey strongly agree with the availability of abortion on demand. GO RIGHT, young man. Go right to page 22 and behold the new expanded ZAP! youth section. ZAP! has moved from Wed- nesday to Friday so it can get loose and provide News youth readers with more features, in- formation and entertainment. The ZAP! pages will also pro- vide a larger forum for the issues facing today’s North Shore young people, but they need your input to thrive. You’re already familiar with columnist Rod Solar, and Irwin Oostindie and Karl Schmitt from the North Shore Youth Council, but there’s room for more readers to tell their stories. If you'd like to submit an arti- cle, story or poem (we don’t have unlimited space, so keep it to 350 words, OK?) or a photo or draw- ing, send it to ZAP!, North Shore News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver, V7M 2H4. 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