separatist” but:
because. it. ‘stents 1 for. free. .
‘ ay. induatey.

an pre Al .
- pairty. openly. ‘for -fear-of .
retaliation by the Alberta of -

companies Buch as federally ;
owned Petro-Canada Ltd.
and the Alberta Energy Co. .
Ltd,, half-owned by the’
Alberta government, =
Oil. ) axecutlves ‘are
reluctant totalk even off the ©
: record about their feelings
on Western . Canada Con-'
. cept, But “many are. at-
_tracted ° by’. ita platform, .
‘which - includes decon- |
trolling oll-and-gas ° prices
..... 4nd “lesa régulatory in-.
‘lerference iit operations,
_. So. far,. this attraction *
‘doesn't. seem, to have
’ translated. into cor: .
poratefinancial- donations —
. but individuals in. the ofl-
- and-gas industry are adding
“tothe party's coffers.
Somesay ‘when Concept is
‘more firmly: established, —
‘with — greater. - public
:eredibility, open corporate
‘support will be < offered,
’ jespecially if there Isa
‘General election in Alberta, |
| “Historically, separatist
‘movements in’ Western
‘Canada have gained sup-
:Dort from some segments of ,
‘the oil business. = —
; “Research on the West's
economic. position’ - within
‘Canada’ was conducted by ©
‘economist: ‘Warren Black-
‘man ‘of University . of
“Calgary.. The study later
was wsed by. the West-Fed~
Association, a separatist
. group which sprang up. in
1980 but has since withered.
~+ Most of the $40,000 raised
‘té finance the study came
from the oil industry, says a
‘former: association. mem- .

4

from reprisala'from either
: level of government. .
-. One of the: ‘West-Fed's:
. high points Was a Calgary
rally where more than 600 «
_ persona, mostly from the oll
business, packed a Calgary.
’ hotel ballroom to hear ~
former MP Carl Nickle.
--, denounce ‘federal policies.
’ They cheered when Nickle -
suggested the West might.
“have to go it alone to get a
just economic deal.
> But West-Fed faltered
- after insisting. it would not .
: , * become involved in party.
politics. General support
dried up and, with it, oil-
industry interest.
“They (oilmen)’ didn’t
“help us at all,” says former
West-Fed leader Elmer
Knutson of, Edmonton..
; “They told me point blank
. — and that was several. of”.
them —‘that we've got to
_ wait until. we see where the.
“power | ‘ends up, whether It
ends” up“ in- Alberta or
whether It ends. up in
‘Ottawa. or whether
‘something’ else rears. its
head, ‘and until that time
we're not going fo do
anything Me

Like: ‘Weat-Fed,
“-Canada Concept-began as
-" political -Movement undef
‘Victoria-separatist ‘Dou
- + Christie. However, last year
“J cit beeamea political party__
“and decided to field can-,
didates., in provincial
“elections. ~ . .
of “Gordon Kestler, a rodeo:
‘competitor. and oil seout, |
co posted © its first, success,

winning. the’ provincial
’, byelection in’ the. Alberta
- riding of” Olds “Didsbury . In
February. | fe
“Fors some ollie who’

Wester

atural-gas’ prices, crevision |”
the'Sept. 1, 1961, Alberta- -
lawa.-e energy - agreement,
op Re abolilion."of the’ national -
- . chergy: program and. con-
ma flferation | “ata system
to that in, Texas

snfelterctl “oil
 sabet|tute for inemme: Lax,
: the Western Canada

owner - of gne:
seryi i

oo f

calls fof decontral of ail and ."s

y royalties. from an
industry”.

"pel

Sit
peand-supply "

-that: support - remains | in-
dividual, nat corporate. —

“federal governments oF bY" Livie” have ‘no. rhajor’

funding, from any ail
company, none at all," said

party leader Al Maygard af
_ Calgary.’ “‘I belleve strong

support will develop as time
goes along. They’re a little
neryous right now, about
openly supporting.’ us,
: financially and otherwise,”

Business traditionally has
been coy about Its political
affiliations -:
compantes donate to more
than one’ party. However,

ollmen fear they would pay —
‘more than the usual penalty 7

if they. admitted support for
a separatist-oriented group.

Retaliation could come in.
the form of a blacklist by

Crown corpordtions | or

haragsment by federal or
provincial
bodies, they Bay.

So far, there is no
evidence either approach
has been taken or con-
sidered. Jim Gray, senior
_ vice-president” of Canadian
Hunter Exploration Ltd,
said he doubts the Alberta
government would redort to
such tactics, but he un-
derstands: the . fear,

Bue for’ the: ‘time: being,”

and many.

regulatory ~

~ Some-~--executives--
reluctant to, speak for their
employees’ by - making a
‘company ‘donation, and

‘lesa than the limit where the
contributor’s name must be
‘published -.under.. the
Election Expenses Act,
draw less attention.
"Tf E was going to support

them, it wouldn’t be through

a corporate donation,” said
one oilman. “‘It ‘would be.
through a
donation.”

support for Concept will
Brow if it, plays down its
separatist views. 7

. However, the party could
be pre-empted if Premier

Peter Lougheed’s Con-

servative - “government
tables new policies to
’ bolster the industry.

- A new-federalist, free-.

enterprise party, built
* around the remnants of the
Alberta Social Credit party,
‘also could bleed away
. Support. Many ollmen
remain staunch nationalists
and others do not accept the
ideological baggage that
‘comes with. the Concept's
free-enterprise views.

Socred sees a
WCC opposition

* VICTORIA: (cP) —
separatist Western Canada
“Oppor party will form the

_ ber. However,” individual
ounces URI rarer IF alae Seek pense
"— phielded to protect-them'/.\. ext tla uM
election, Tiel “the.

executive director of the.

British. Columbia - Social :
—- BC” because there is a’
strong polarization between -

Credit party.

. However, Hugh Harris —
does not see the impetus

. carrying over into-B.C.
Both Premier Bill Bennett
and. Opposition “ Leader
Dave Barrett expect little
competition ‘from the néw
movement.

"I think the people of |

B.C:,; if they want strong

’ sepresentation, yvoteSoc-

ted," bays Bennett.
Says Barrett: ‘‘The
separatist movement in
western Canada j|s really
out of. touch with the
mainstream of public
thinking. It's-a free sociely
and they have a right to run,
but I put them on. the fringe *
of reality and I have no

reason: to change my

opinion about that.” . >
_On the other hand Doug

Christie, the new party's:

founder’ and B.C. leader,
. believes the Concept will
hold the balance of power in
2B.C,.- after the next
provincial election.

He says the party will be .
‘running 30 candidates ° in
+, Shat: election.

~. “Most people now.sée the
" _ valueof independence and a
~ lot more people. are working -

, to: bring it about tha, ever |
before.”.. .

Christie says the people of -

B.C. and Alberta are very
similar in their ‘outlook,
“although I know that's: “not -
’ the currently held’ orthodox
_ view.”

Harris ‘said: he - knew

shortly after he arrived in | ..-

the southern Alberta riding
‘of

‘second’ in, ‘ihe. Feb.
yelection: ee

strony market: With Social
“Crediters:in Alberta.”

- Phe:
vatirs a, chanee ta: ‘send a
de *rime Minister

“However — I do
-bolieve that thé, Western
Canada Conc apt itty ‘will

Olds-~ Didsbury” that:

. Concept candidale Gord’ .
Kesler would . win: or place ce
NG.

Ky verybody aughed, atid “
frida. bungh of money-on Coy
;dhat‘one.”? ” wo a
He! believes - the: “victory _
showed a real irend, and-it. |".
certainly: indiealed:: that ;
‘Western Concepl” has a.

byelection gave.

be the ‘Opposition party. in
the next election in Alberta.

“| have no it one
thal at all.” .

‘Harris doubts the party :

‘will have. any suecess in

NDP and Social Credit,
‘Standing in the 57-seat

legislature is Sopial Credit EE

al, NDP_26.

“There are lots of people fis.

who voted for NDP in-1979
who would have been much

- more comfortable voting .
‘Liberal provinclally. but.

there was no place for them
to go, and there are all kinds

_of people who would bé™

more comfortable voting
_ Conservative or: Western

Concept in B.C. but, are too
opposed, to~ What would
happen if they put their vote .

- there.” ©

Christie, said ‘the B.C.
Concept party has no
organizations or funds but

‘believes. ‘they will
’ materialize, Te
“There’s “no — in-

frastructure of the multi-:

‘million-dollar kind that the
NDP: or the ‘Socreds
‘represent,"" the Victoria
_Jawyer. said."“‘However, |
“havea certain naive faith i in

. the people:

“At cértain slages Lhey

‘have ‘tremendous power .

' when, they get motivated
*. and * they’re- . getting
-motivated. 1 think * that’s
what happened in Alberta

_and that “is happening.

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