INURED THOUGH [ am to the strange ways of politi- ‘cians I could hardly believe it when Preston Manning dumped Art Hanger as the

/ Reform party's immigration

_critic.

'- No MP has ever done a better job of skewering our ruling elites on the immigration. mess. And that, I suspect, is why Hanger had to go. He was too successful. Too “abra- sive.” So Manning got nervous.

Hanger made Lmmigration Minister Sergio Marchi’s life a mis- ery. As one well-informed guy said when I mentioned this switch, “You can bet Marchi went home and had

“a couple of drinks when he got, THAT news.

Val Meredith of White Rock:

“Surrey replaces Hanger. But we needn't look for any fireworks from her. A local Reformer tells me she

“was inthe real estate business and once asked him how sales could be made if we didn't tet all those

: immigrants in.

‘That reminded me of a recent

drinking: drive

= ‘THE FOL LOWING people _tecently appeared in North Shore

“courts in connection with’ drink-

“ing and driving related offences:

Edward ‘Wittiam Ethier, ‘North Vancouver, was fined $500 and ~ had his driver's licence suspended tor /Y2..months after: being convicted ‘of oY with, blocd- alcohol level over 0

“Jat ‘Novo ny, 35, of West Vancolaven was jailed 45 days and had. his‘driver's licence suspended for 12

nths ; after’ he pleaded aly to impaired driving. ;

“33, of

on the other hand

front-page headline in the July 5 Vancouver Sun. There has been a marginal drop in immigration from Hong Kong. ute., and the headline read:

“B.C. losing immigrant momen- tum.”

One would think that flooding the country with unassimilable newcomers was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Some people can't get rid of this. nation fast

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Gary Clifford Kammerer, 39, ‘of White Rock, was fined $300 after he pleaded guilty to having a blood-alco- hol level over .08.

Thomas Arthur Jones, 19, of North

"Vancouver, was’ fined’ $500 and had

his driver's licence suspended for

“three months after he pleaded guilty to

impaired driving.- we eee

_ Jack Andrew Powers, 32, of North Vancouver, was fined $],500 and had his driver's licence suspended for 18 .

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Do the Japanese rely on immi- gration for their prosperity? Not likely, Are they brighter than we are? No doubt about it.

As for Meredith, she listened to ethnic pressures and played a part in the campaign to get rid of litle | old me as a Reform candidate in the 1988 election, Not, | assure you, that L have a chip on my shoulder over that. [f 1 had gone to Ottawa [ would have been in my box now from sheer frustration.

Manning's reasons for geuing rid of Hanger hold no water. Ina letter to the Stat he talked out of both sides of his mouth at once,

“With 24 Reform MPs from B.C. I feel a great obligation to do everything possible to raise the pro- file of key B.C. issues such as. immigration ..

“We know that demand for immigration reform is highest in cities like Toronto and Vancouver

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so tasked Lower Mainland MP Val Meredith to become our chief immigration critic.”

Let's take a look at that.

Firstly, itis not essential to have immigration critics from cities like Vancouver and Toronte. Certainly, they are bursting with Asians, Africans and all the rest. But those same people are in a position to harass an MP who doesn’t fit their agenda 1,

‘There are thousands of East Indians in Surrey only too ready to camp on Meredith's doorstep. So is she going to bash our idiotic “fani- ly reunification” system in the way Hanger did? J doubt it.

If she ever raises her voice in the House against such things, being accused of “racisin” would be the least she could expect.

It is of course possible that an MP in a heavily immigrant area would have the spine to defy the ethnics and the media, but in. Meredith's case I'm not holding |

my breath,

Secondly, why fire the general who was winning the war? ©

The word F get is that many B.C. Reform MPs are not pleased, ». Hence Manning's explunatory let- ter, On this and other issues there is a good deal of dissatisfaction.

He has opposed forming provin- cial parties, for instance, and has given no support to the B.C.

Reform Party. Quite the opposite, » > In byelections’ he has even taken

out ads distancing himself from local candidates.

He would not allow a provincial party to be formed in Ontario. The result was that Tory Mike Harris won on a largely Reform platform. Dropping Herb Grubel as finance critic because he isn’t bilingual also makes no sense.

Manning is always. looking for

“respectability.” meaning pats on the back from the politically correct

‘press. He doesn't understand that

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‘the Ant Hangers, the Ted Whites

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