All - Wednesday, July 18, 1984 - North Shore News

WE federal election EE

THIRD IN A SERIES

Federal gain from
provincial efforts?

THE NDP candidate for North Vancouver-Bur-
naby is predicting his party has a good chance of
not only holding their own vote in the September
election; but picking up a few extra seats, as well.

By JOANNE MacDONALD

David Schreck says recent
polis which show support for
the NDP is dropping do not
state that the party holds no
pretense of forming a federal
government.

‘““‘When you break those
figures down, instead of
looking at national percent-
ages, look at how the NDP
does in the seats that it holds
and the seats where we stand
a chance of winning — you
get much different results,’’
says Schreck. ‘We'll pick up
seats because we're going
against two right wing par-
ties.”’

Schreck says he views the
NDP as the party which will
play ‘‘a balance of power
role.’’

‘“*Why vote NDP? I think
the answer comes out of the
recent B.C. election and a
lot of past elections. In the
provincial campaign, not
once were any of the pro-
grams that have been im-
plemented in the past year
mentioned. It was a cam-
paign on generalities and
personalities, then they mov-

d in and radically changed
irectron. I seriously believe
that whichever party forms
the government...they’re go-
ing to take it as a mandate to
do whatever they want to
do,’’ says Schreck.

“If we have a major shift
to the right and the insen-
sitivity to the public, some-
one has to be there to force
them back on track and
make them more account.
able. So by having capable
NDP spokespeople, we
might prevent the election of
a dictatorship and instead
adhere to some sort of dem
ocratic tradition "’

Although new to the fed
etal scene, Schreck ts no po
htrcal neophyte At 37 he isa
veteran candidate of both
municipal and provincial
politics.

Since January, 1979,
Schreck has been manager of
CU and © Health Services, a
non-profit health society
which provides group dental
insurance and other benefits
to over 600,000 British © ol
umbians

In his) postition. Schreck
handles $90 million per year
and a staff of 130

Prion expenence iunctudes
work on the Foulkes report
on health cconomiis (done
while working for his thesis
tor his Ph DP oun cconorins)

what they are _ responsible
for, in particular, that they
don’t seem to try to strive
for excellence in public sec-
tor administration,’’ he says.

When he finally decided to
Jump into politics it was due
to the NDP’S commitment
to economic and social equi-
ly.

DAVID SCHRECK
... holding votes

““The NDP clearly stands
for the interest of the major-
ity of Canadians. They are
not fronting for the banks,
or for the oil companies, or
some other interest group.
What they’re after is an
overall increase in well-be-
ing,’ he says.

Schreck says the most 1m-
portant issues in the current
campaign are jobs, small
business and home owner-
ship

“But what ties them all

together and what the policy
tool is is a Canadian-made
interest policy. That, com-
bined with the needed role of
the NDP as an advocate and
a balancer of power, | think
are the two principle
themes,’’ he says.

i% When you talk to people
and you ask them point
blank, ‘What are the local
issues that are of concern to
you,’ the number one thing
that comes up are high inter-
est rates. People are worried
about losing their homes.
it’s high interest rates that
are killing off jobs and
destroying small business.
And if you’re running a
small business and having to
carry your inventory and the
bank rate suddenly goes up
to 20 per cent, it’s just like
being laid off.’’

‘‘What I think the NDP is
going to do is capture the
small ‘‘Y’ Liberal vote. |
think a lot of people feel
that liberalism, in the philo-
sophical sense, has been sold
out by the appointment of
Turner as Prime
Minister...He seems to be
trying to out-conservative
the Conservatives.”’

‘“*| work hard,’’ = says
Schreck of what he can offer
as MP. ‘‘I’d do a good job
representing them. I’d be a
full-time MP, whereas lona
has already stated she'd be a
part-time MP, that she'd be
a part-time leader of the
Liberal Party and part-time

MP. I think it’s a full-time

job. I think constituency

representation is particularly
important. In terms of capa-
bility, 1 think my resume

speaks for itself — that I
have the talents that are nec-
essary to the jyob."’

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