» AMIDST-A Sea of red and white at the Lib-

“al, a small brightly coloured poo! of green

talking to delegates when another leadership

. His supporters nearly mobbed Martindale.
- .» “When Kennedy went over (to, Dion), |
- was standing there in the Kennedy group asa

~ leader Stephane Dion. will benefit northwestern B.C. '
_ Dion has:a proven record of intergovernmental affairs
_ success, has. listened to the West’s concerns and is: focused:
_ on taking care of the environment, said Martindale.

Ai2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Local Liberal loves leader
choice made in Montreal

and says Dion will do well

‘By MARGARET SPEIRS
eral Party leadership convention in Montre- —

‘began to grow. _ : oe,
’ When the voting tide. started-to turn to-
ward eventual winner Stephane Dion, who
‘showed up with attention-getting bright
green signs, buttons, hats and scarves for
supporters, one local delegate nearly es-
caped with just the shirt on his back.
. . Bruce Martindale, president of the Skee-.
na-Bulkley. Valley federal Liberal riding as-" J
sociation, and a strong Dion supporter, was |

contender, Gerard Kennedy, was eliminated.

Dion delegate talking to Kennedy delegates —

and they started grabbing green stuff off me and wanted to
be identified as Dion-only {supporters],” he said.
Martindale, who was wearing a green Dion supporter hat,
scarf and T-shirt turned around and someone asked for his
hat; someone else took his scarf and he gave away a whole

only souvenir fromthe convention. ==

handful of buttons, leaving him with just his Dion shirt, his -

~.. Martindale, who travelled to Montreal for the leadership
‘convention with seven other members of the riding associa- _

tion from Prince Rupert and Hazelton, believes new party

"Martindale met.Dion in Prince Rupert in September when

| he toured the northwest looking for supporters and liked »

whathe saw. _
“He’s an impressive man to meet, a good listener and

“consensus builder for sure,” said Martindale.

"What struck Martindale about Dion was how he saw the
environment as a main issue.

- Bruce Martindale .

" gate,” said Martindale.

“When you talk about the environment

‘said the environment is the most important
issue in the next century.

Dion set’the groundwork for the Paul

. Martin Liberal government’s Kelowna Ac-

Dryden penned, Martindale said.

“(Both of those have. essentially been

abandoned by the new Conservative govern-
ment.) . nok

'. “He’s got the experience. He’s very de-

termined,” said Martindale of Dion. a

“His determination is something that ev-

* eryone talks about.”

Dion wrote the Clarity Act —

- which says
.<.. asked in any future Quebec separation refer-
endum and that a clear question must be on the ballot form —

after taking ideas from all across Canada, said Martindale.
_ Westerners asked for clarification on any future Quebec
referendum question so Dion’s already shown he can listen
to us, Martindale said.” ee
- Dion even mapped a way for Canada to get back into the:

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_ Kyoto Accord and fulfill its commitment, although he didn’t
have a chance to put it through before the federal election that -

placed Stephen Harper in office, said Martindale added. .
_. The association president is also talking about a concerted

-. " Liberal effort in the northwest in the next federal election.

- becoming important to everybody in soci- |
ety, it’s not a fringe issue anymore and he.
' recognized that,” he. said, adding that Dion ~ |

cord and for a child care agreement that Ken .

there have to be limitations on what can be

"a

The main thing is to start campaigning early to be better 7

prepared than was the case. in this past January’s election
where the Liberal campaign here was “very slow out of the

» “Everyone talks about the power of Nathan Cullen, Ihave

a lot of respect for Nathan Cullen but he’d better watch out —
_ because we’re ready to come back,” said Martindale.

“This is a different party and a different way’ to.
approach this. We’re not living in the past but looking to the

future.”

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