AS THIS was being written, ‘the news that Bill Vander Zalm had joined the Reform " “party had not hit the media. J got it from a tip-off and it ' ‘turned out to be correct. I , Wish him luck. As premier, he did’some dumb things. The image of a first minis- ter stuffing bucks into his pocket at’. a Meeting with some “entrepre- - neur’’ from Taiwan is not one that brings happiness to the peasant heart, But the fact is that he did - nothing illegal, I like the man. He spoke my kind of language — almost. If he was against abortion, you knew it. - If he had doubts about immigration ; you knew it. As minister of educa- tion, if he didn't like what the teachers were doing he faced them - down ata public meeting. “:» Some thought he had too much to say. I remember talking to a chap at the convention up in » Whistler when The % Slam. as I used to call him, was elected leader of the Social Credit party. 0° « T think we'll do afl right if we can stop Bill putting his foot in his outh,” he said. 4” Alas for such eee ‘But for a while he : swept all before him :. = and had so many friends che didn't know what to ‘do with theme: : . He should have dropped half of. “them. Grace McCarthy, for “instances © 2° She was of course'a Socred ‘icon. Single-handedly she saved. . * the sinking Socreds after Dave ‘Barrett dished them ‘in 1972. But ~'she was a poor loser and couldn't «stand taking second place. She worked against him and created so many leaks it was a wonder hi ‘ -boat floated at all.’ eee ‘The rumor now is that she has gone Liberal. If she has, it” wouldn't surprise ime.That’s her’ °° natural bent. 08 KEN BAXTER _ “LAWYER: “94 Years ": “Experience Doug Collins other hand ‘T don’t think these old enemies will be squaring off against each other come the next election, Not as candidates, anyway. Vander Zalm told me he has no intention of taking any prominent role in Reform. He just thinks it will do ‘better things than any other party. “He shouldn't be out of tune with: Reformers. He was going that way: whien B, C. Reform wats just a spot 66 Certainly, he deserved a few. kicks, but the media dealt the guy ‘cruel and unusual ‘punishment ‘and are | unlikely to be generous 1 now. 99, “on the horizon. It was he who first * * accepted the idea of referendums and recall, for instance. But he Zot the boot before he could bring it in,/ it will be fascinating to see the’ editorial reaction to this news. My bet is that it will be jaundiced. / | - -Certainly, he deserved a few. kicks, “but the media dealt the guy cruel - and unusual punishment and are unlikely to be gencrous now. For over a year he,was. rarely off the front page. [t was the climate ' they ‘created that persuaded the *: prosecutors they had better lay criminal charges Aagainst‘him.: "The charges were sq flimsy, wa ue Po Mion, oe . LONSDALE QUAY NORTH VANCOUVER _988- 6321 Defieux-$ Saxelby “Insurance ‘Services Inc. “105-200 West Esplande, North Vancouver (Located beneath famous Players Theatre: though, that defence counsel Peter Buller never even offered a defence. After all the arguments had been heard he said there was” ; nathing to defend, By that time, of course, Vander Zalm was out of office with the permanent title of “the disgraced ex-premier.” In the last provincial election the San and Province set out to elect the NDP. Packed with liberats and left-wingers as they are; Harcourt & Co. looked to them like manna from heaven, Both papers formally endorsed the darlings. Today, their baby is dying from _ acase of political smallpox. There are Commonwealth scandals, Sihota scandals, advertising scan- dals, and scandals as big as your head. : It was ever thus in Media Land. All we like sheep have gone astray. * So when the dog barks, the flock “starts running. Will Vander Zaim turn people, off the Reform party? ! don't think so. 1 believe. that if he chose to runout in - Surrey he would be elected. / As for the Liberals, (don’t trust them. How can,you trust a guy like Gordon Campbell, who bends like grass before a.small breeze, as he id; in the Kemano co + aa? “ Not only that. They 7 have too much mysteri- “ous money behind them. At Abbotsford they must have spent at least a quarter of a million dollars: So they won. But only by 297 voles. : Nice to hear you are still breath-. ing, Bill. 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