Alliance
to vote
by phone

THE CANADIAN Alliance
is getting into the 1-900
telephone business.

It’s not to sell or buy
anything, but to conduct
the new political party’s
leadership vote next
month.

Unlike other political
parties where local mem-
bers choose delegates who
then vole at a leadership
convention, the phone-in
ballot process is more de-
mocratic, says Lore Sex-
ton, the president of the
Skeena Alliance consti-
tuency association.

“There was no way in
ridings the size such as
ours that we could set up
polling stations in every
community,” he said.

“What each member
will get is a PIN number
and with the 1-900 num-
ber, the results will be col-
lected at the [June 24}
convention.” .

Sexton’s expecting at
least 100,000 members to
take part in the phone-in
vote,

And should there not be
a first-ballot winner, there
will be second round of
voting on July 8.

Sexton is still hoping
one or alt of the leadership
candidates will visit here
early next month for the
constituency association’s
founding meeting to offici-
ally create the Alliance
party in the northwest
since the Reform party de-
cided to take on a new
face and a new name.

Sexton, who supports
former Reform leader
Preston Manning in his bid
to lead the new party, be-
lieves Manning has the
support of the majority of
Skeena Alliance members,

Other contenders in-
clude Alberta government
treasurer Stockwell, Day,
former Tory organizer Tom

Long of Ontario and Keith...
Martin, a B.C. Alliance::: -°:

MP.

People wishing to join
the Alliance in time to
vote have a deadline of
June 17.

The Reform party,
which is strong in the
west, transformed itself
into the Alliance in a bid
to establish itself in cen-
tral and eastern Canada.
It didn’t perform all that
well during a federal by-
election in Newfoundland,
running behind established
parties. The federai Progr-
ess Conservatives retained
the seat.

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Political party gearing up
for upcoming federal election

ONE POLITICAL party in the northwest is already mak-
ing plans for the next federal election.

More than 200 members of the Christian Heritage
Party (CHP) met in Smithers recently for the annual
general meeting of its Skeena constituency association
and to put in motion its election plans.

The CHP ran 54 candidates across Canada in the last
federal election in 1997, 14 of whom were in B,C., says
Bulkley Valley resident Warren Vandenberg who is the
president of the Skeena constituency association.

“We have two people interested here in running and |
know there’ll be a strong showing across B.C.,” he said
during a trip to Terrace last week.

Accompanying him was Fraser Valley resident Rod-
ger Brown, a provincial organizer and candidate trainer
for the CHP and a candidate himself for the next federal
election,

Brown warned against thinking that the CHP, regar-
ded as right-wing Christian evangelical party, has an
election platform similar to that of the Canadian Al-
Hance (the former Reform party) on social and econo-
mic issues.

“The CHP’s agenda provides a clear voice for tradi-
tional values in Canada, In a democracy, the govern-
ment should reflect those values rather than oppose
these values,” he said.

“We've fairly well stake out our turf.”

The main difference between the Canadian Alliance
and the CHP is that the farm as accepted the idea thal

unless it forms a government, it is irrelevant,” Brown
added.

“As a consequence it has moved to the left to the
point it doesn’t represent that values of the average Ca-
nadian.”

“Our objective is not io dominate Canada, bui to
have a voice for those traditional values,” said Brown.

He painted to the Parliamentary vote recently on sa-
meé-sex spousal benefits as an example of how the Cana-
dian Alliance has positioned itself to be more attractive
to voters.

The vote took place before the Reform party changed
its name and when Preston Manning was the leader.

Instead of voting, Brown said Manning chose to ab-
sent from Parliament.

“He couldn’t vate ‘no’ and he couldn't vote ‘yes’ so
he decided not be there,” said Brown.

“So it’s clear they were willing to sell off traditional
values in order to gain power at election time.”

The CHP also believes land claims can be only set-
tted when there is a reconciliation between natives and
the rest of Canada.

“We have to raise up and develop communities so
they can once again be free and proud people,” said
Brown, ,

“The solution is not to throw money at a problem.”

The CHP in Skeena has run candidates in the federal
elections of 1988, 1993 and 1997,

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