S YOU know, most of last week’s column made no
sense whatsoever. I'm told the problem was tech-
nological — for a full explanation, call Murray at

Typos R Us.

A few months ago, Lele
Mathisen, Diane Norton and
Lesley Bentley decided to orga-
nize a fundraiser for Kim Camp-

_ bell — they thought 300 guests
would do. .

Then word got out and ticket
requests flooded in.

The result was 2,020 packed into
the Trade and Convention Centre
{next to the midwives’ conven-
tion).

Most people said they were
there out of curiosity about Kim,
making it clear that they were not
committed.

(Four lawyers and a film pro-
ducer asked me notto mention
that they were there.)

The only left-wing touch was
two pipers from the SFU Pipe
Ban

_ The rest of the crowd consisted
of lawyers, political ladies, law-
yers, political strategists, lawyers,
political junkies, lawyers, bankers
and developers.

Ran into my ex-neighbor,

‘Hollyburn Lumber co-owner Doug

Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS

Cross, but there were Northshore-
ites from other walks of life ~
writer Janet Buxton, ex-Canuck
Tiger Williams, British Pacific
Properties VP Philip Langridge,
Molson Breweries VP Robin
Milward, ad man Steve Vriak,
there with his wife Valerie, and
political strategist/partner Lorne
Valensky — oh yeah, and MP
Mary Collins.

(oe Clark was also at the hotel
— on other business. He didn’t at-
tend the dinner and we don’t
know if he met with Kim.)

Tories are an odd lot. |

TIGER WILLIAMS (teft) and West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager.

Clarke, there with wife Jennifer.
- Clarke, who'd taken a break
from Douglas, Symes & Brissenden
to work at Hollyburn, has gone
back to law but he’s started his
own firm.
Other North Shore lawyers in-
' cluded West Van mayor Mark
. Sager and Ladner Downs’ Sid

overheard this: “My husband on-
ly wants me in the garden.” (222!)
And the way some women
dressed — from the shabby-gen-
tility affectation of sensible shoes
and floral frocks, to the I’m-ter-
rified-of-aging black mini over
hot-pink tights, to an I'm-newly-
single get-up of satin and tulle.

(Mila aside, some Tory ladies ev-
idently feel they have to display
bad taste — look at Barbara
McDougall. Mary Collins is much
improved, thanks to Margareta
and that shop's designer, former
North Van resident Sandy Elliott.)

Anyway, once we were seated,
Kim did a hand-shaking
walkabout.

Then we watched a most
patronizing video — a montage of
Canadian scenes, complete with
rainbow, and that goofy rah-rah
music heard at all political events.

After guests had chowed down
on salad and salmon, George
Campbell spoke -—- about how he
always thought Kim would go into
show biz and about how he'd like
to be the 24 Sussex doorman.
Then he introduced his daughter.

Kim’s 60-minute speech was
interesting.

She talked about the pride she'll
feel if she becomes the first Pacific
Coast PM, and about the pressure
of everyone's scrutiny and expec-
tations, admitting she was un-
prepared for the Toronto debate,
and saying ‘‘you'd fee! ill at ease
too if you stood two hours in heels
without a bathroom break."

Then she reverted to political-
philosophy-teacher mode, going
on about how Canada is greater
than the sum of its parts (duh),
how much Canada matters to the
rest of the world, how respected
we are, how we lack confidence.

Campbell alluded to some of her
plans.

If elected, she'll reduce gov-
ernment overhead. She said we're
overtaxed but we must show the
world that we're getting our fiscal
house in order, so we need a na-
tional plan to cover all levels of
debt.

She said she’s committed to
social programs but will see to it
that they're humane and in-
telligent, and that, in the area of
foreign affairs, Canada needs to
redefine its identity.

During the Cold War, we were a
middle power. In the New World
disorder, we're a major power and
our policies should reflect that.

Campbell went on to Say that
she’s pro-NAFTA but protec-
tionistic when it comes to culture
{a lame position since all matters
of commerce affect all matters of
culture).

And she said that if Canada
doesn’t help developing countries,

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our borders won't withstand the
pressure of the growing popula-
tions of those countries.

| wish | could have asked people
what they thought of the speech.
But when Campbell was finished,
there was a mad stampede for the
door.

Presumably, everyone heard
what they wanted to hear and
Kim’s machine picked up a tidy

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