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dvertorial

Ted White, M.P.

January 11/95

‘et was. In New Zealand visiting rel-
Zatives over. ‘ine. Christmas break and .
was fortunate eriough to have a fasci-
snating one and a half hour meeting
iwith the Rt. Hon. David Lange,. who

“was Prime Minister at the time of the
“New Zealand debt crisis in 1984. |
would: have laughed - ‘at anyone who
told.rae.a decade ago that | would

a LABOUR politician, but :.
Mr’ Lange certainly = earned: my
respect. He has done battle with the

“debt monster’ and the experience ..

has tumed him into a politician of

“POLITICAL CHANGE

During the meeting | acquired a
fot of Valuable information about the
handling of the NZ dabt crisis, but Mr.
Lange also talked about the changing
shape ‘of politics. in the Information

Age:He said that the traditional “left” .

‘and right” labels used to describe
“governments in the past are no
‘longer valid, and that we should be
‘using new labels - “maintenance gov-
ernments’ and “reform governments”.
j ¢ This’ new | sat of labels put into
words ‘concept | have been grap-
pling’ with’ for. some time —{ even
wrote! ‘about it in one of my reports

“last year When J pointed out that the
Reform Party is neither eft nor right in
the traditional sense. | used ‘the
example of the’ 1992: referendum .
when ‘all’ three: traditional ‘parties .
(NDP, ‘Liberal ‘and PC) came out in:
“support: of tha YES side, while

‘Reform took the NO side, making us
neither feft nor right. ©.

; Applying Mr. Lange's theory to this
situation would put the NDP, Liberals -
and PCs together on the “mainte-:

-nance" side ot the issue, avoiding

‘real reform, and ready only to tinkera
‘tittle with tha existing system. .

‘ REFORM AND MAINTENANCE .

: "When. Mr. Lange's : “left. wing”
Labour: Government took power just

before. the 1984’ debt. crisis, it-was
“quickly: forced to become'a “reform”.

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“style of government, and “reform”

governments continued in power in

NZ until 1993. During this period, the

National and Labour parties alternat-
ed in control, but both, according to
Lange, were “reform” style govern-
ments, and were committed to mas-

: sive economic re-structuring,

Today New Zealand has a “main-

“tenance” government, the National

Party, which has just projected a $2.5
billion surplus for 1994/95, and
whose purpose is to maintain stability
with no significant new initiatives. Mr.
Lange predicts that New Zealand will
now have a “maintenance” style of °
government for at least the next
decade.

‘The Canadian Liberal party isa
‘maintenance’; style’ of government,"
said Mr. Lange. “They are used to just
keeping things running during good
times.” He doubts that our
Government will significantly cut gov-
ernment spending, and he predicted
that in the absence of a crisis, the fis-
cal situation will be allowed to get
even worse. “It will take a ‘reform’

‘minded government to do what is

really necessary, he said.

- And what does Mr. Lange think of
the Reform Party of Canada? “If your
Party Is truly reform-minded,” he told
me, “the Canadian people should put
you in power to do what has to be
done.” However, he also tofd me that
once the job is done, Reform could
have difficulty becoming a “mainte-
nance" government because “reform”
and “maintenance” governments can-
not do one another's jobs. Reform
might lose power and possibly even
disappear.

, Mr, Lange's words are worth not-
ing. He was once the Prime Minister
of New Zealand, and Leader of a
“reform” style of government. Today
he is simply the MP for Mangere
Bridge, a working class suburb of
Auckland. He is perhaps a reformer
whose job, at feast for the moment. is

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