C6 THE FREE PRESS CHOICES 2001 MAY 13, 2001 GORDON CAMPBELL AND THE Have you been brow-beaten and hood-winked into thinking Campbell’s Liberals are conservatives? ... Or that they are different from Jean Chretien’s Federal Liberals? Are they the same? Please examine and reflect on the following: 1) Historically the BC Liberals have always had ties to the Feds. And up until near the end of 2000 Jean Chretien's Federal Liberal web site had a fixed link connection to Gordon Campbell’s BC Liberal web site. 2) Gordon Campbell and his BC Liberal party had more than seven years to change the historic BC Liberal name to a more conservative one. This would have proved they wanted to avoid public confusion between federal and provincial parties. Why didn't they even make a slight name change? 3. The Federal Liberal web site still points to the existence of its Gordon Campbell BC Liberal party and it states (for most provinces) that Provincial Liberal Parties are to “carry out programs and policies which will advance the cause and electoral position of both Federal and Provincial Liberals". http://www. liberal.ca/lpc/regions.asp?language=en g&content!D=179&pageview=LIST%5FPTAs 4) David Anderson, former leader of the BC Liberals (currently a Jean Chretien Liberal Cabinet Minister) must be just smiling from ear-to-ear at the current provincial situation 5) The majority (if not all) of the fundraisers and supporters of the Federal Liberals are backing Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals. This fact begs the question: “Who's pocket is Gordon Campbell really in?" 6) If you were a Federal Liberal Strategist looking to make headway into BC (a Canadian Alliance Stronghold Province) wouldn't it make sense to pretend you have severed the Provincial Liberal Party from the Feds and then without changing the name you go on to brow beat the public and Canadian Alliance supporters for five years until they are hood-winked into believing that the BC Liberal Party is a conservative party. 7) If a Provincial Liberal government is elected: with a bit of wisdom and foresight we can already envision Jean Chretien saying in the next Federal Election, "See, dem people in B.C.. dev love us Liberals" as he shakes hands with Gordon Campbell on the 11:00 news. 8) The Chretien Liberals know they will capitalize on the public's inability to distinguish between Federal and Provincial Parties. If there is a Liberal sweep in the BC Legislature, it's not hard to imagine BC Liberal MLA's running as Liberal MP's in the next Federal election. This will be the demise of the Canadian Alliance Stronghold Support in B.C. You have the ability to stop Jean Chretien's Federal Liberals from executing their hidden agenda: Wed, May 16th "" vote "An Alliance of reformers, conservatives and former Socreds " Authorized by Marcel Perron, Financial Agent 56T-532! For more Information: The Unity Party of British Columbia 5659 176th Street Cloverdale. BC V3S 4C5 Ph: 1 866-4131222 (604) 575-1023 Fan: (604) 575-1046 PG Campaign Office 805 Victoria St Ph: (250) 563 5321 Fan: (250) 563 5331 www.unityparty.bc.ca AM ERA prime a:iiRiSii\T riirsii\ On May 16th, help me and the BC Liberal Team bring a New Era of Hope and Prosperity, to Prince George-Mount Robson, one that provides personal income tax cuts, economic prosperity and health care where you live and when you need it! ?:!liberals www.bcliberals.com Prince George North Shirley Bond Prince George-Mount Robson 1935 Victoria St., Prince George, BC, V2L 2L6 Phone: 563-2315 shirley.bond@bcliberals.com Aulhorized by Maik Dickie. I manual Agenl lor Shirley Bond, (250) 563 2.315 The field of candidates is very crowded in Prince George North. There are the two independents, Fred McLeod and Leif Jensen. There are three running for fledgling parties, Lisa Maskell of Western Reform, David Low of B.C. Unity and Robert Grim-srud of the B.C. Marijuana Party. Then there is Hilary Crowley, running for a Green Party that has a much higher profile than in the past. And then there are the two mainline parties, which are represented by Bryan Llewellyn of the NDP and Pat Bel! of the Liberals. The riding has been prime NDP territory in the past, as Paul Ramsey has represented the area since 1991 and Lois Boone represented a large part of the riding in 1986 before redistribution changed the riding’s boundaries. But this gathering is not the setting for a lot of partisan attacks, as the feeling in the room is collegial. No one is willing to concede the election, but most of the debate centres around what the Liberals might do in government. And with two hospital employees seeking election (Mr. McLeod and Mr. Llewellyn), it's not surprising the talk turns to the nursing crisis, with the NDP absorbing the majority of blows. “The hospital problem we have right now is far beyond what we pay the nurses,” says David Low. “We agree that you have to pay nurses what they are worth, but what about their working con ditions.” Mr. Low argues the problems the hospital faces have been created by the provincial government, referring to the decision to cut back on the number of nursing students. As well, he says, the problems at PGRH have a lot to do with management. “There is a mismanagement and there is no accountability of how they spend the money,” says Mr. Low. Hilary ferowley of the Greens says free collective bargaining is important and that nurses are worth more money. But she adds “the NDP government should have already assisted this to prevent this situation from developing.” “The Green Party would, to alleviate a health care crisis like this, Continued on Next Page "If it kills jobs under an NDP government, it will kiH jobs under a Liberal government. You can't have it both ways." Bryan Llewellyn, (®P Can You Tell The Difference Between These Two Liberals?