A16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, December 10, 1997 Premier believes MLA safe from recall group PREMIER Glen Clark says he stands behind his 1994 slatements in support of recall legislation. Clark at that time said politicans must have faith that volers will make. the right decision when faced. with choices such as the recall of their MLA. “No Jonger in British Columbia can any politician of any party simply say: ‘Too bad! We’re here for four or five years, we'll do whatever we want and you can defeat us four years from now.’,’’ he said in the legislaure during the debate. Clark now says he con- tinues to have ‘‘complete faith’’ in the wisdom of the people, despite the recall threat lo Skecna MLA Hel- mut Giesbrecht and Prince George North MLA Paul Ramsey. ‘I'm so confident that the people will reject this,’’ Clark said in an interview Friday with The Terrace Standard, ‘‘People who play politics with recall will fail.” He said those pushing recall in the two northern tidings are focused solely on bringing down the govern- ment, Clark called Giesbrecht an ‘outstanding MLA’? and said more government as- sistance and effort has been concentrated in this con- Stituency than most other parts of the province. ‘We've secured a huge expansion of the Alcan Reform exec leaves party REFORM B.C, constituency . | association president Chris Lindseth has resigned. The last active member of the association’s executive quit because of the pos- sibility of a byelection resulting from the recall campaign in progress against Helmut Giesbrecht. *T didn’t want to be part of having another split vote,” said Lindseth, who also registered Friday as a canvasser in the campaign to recall Giesbrecht. He was referring to the 1995 provincial election in which the number of Reform and Liberal votes combined far surpassed Giesbrecht’s total. Lindseth said he and many others want to see only one right-wing candidate oppose Gicsbrecht the next time lo- cals go to the polls. But be said there have been no formal talks be- tween the Liberal and Reform constituency associ- ations to field a joint candi- date. He predicted most fellow Reformers will support a Liberal campaign this time rather than see the NDP returned, “T know some people would have a problem voting Liberal,’’ be said. “But I find the name isn’t as important as the platform and policies.’” Lindseth sald he hasn’t entiiely abandoned hope of a Reform B,C. resurgence. But he admitted the Liber- als are undispulably stronger right now in the wake of the resignation of the = party’s_ > remaining MLAs, some of whom have harshly . criticized — party leader Wilf Hanni. Lindseth said he expects to see the Reform com- slitucncy association go dormant until such time as the party’s provincial pros- pects improve. Ron Tows, who won the party’s nomination in 1995 before stepping aside after a heart attack, said the party has -‘‘imploded’’ since Hauni took over the leader- ship from Jack Weisgerber. “'There’s just nothing left,’ he said. aluminum smelter. And we've just saved Skeena Cellulose from certain destruction,”? Clark said. ‘Clark said claims that the government is now spend- ing money in the north to save the MLAs facing recall is ‘‘tolally ridiculous.” "He - said ® the : government has made clear its plans to negotiate a settlement with ’ Alcan years ago. Ard. its effort to save Skeena Cellulose was in line with earlier intervention on behalf of Evans Forest Pro- ducts near Golden. “TI make no apology for standing up for resource communities — throughout B.C.,”” he said. Clark also denied accusa- tions that his plan for some kind of northem agency is also geared to placate the structured, but says some people are using it for partisan purposes. “Tam = worried about abuse,’ he said. “I am woried about money com- ing in from outside. [ am worried about the involve- ment of the Canadian Tax- payers - Federation and other outside groups”? Asked if it never occurred {o him that people might use recall for partisan purposes, he said ‘absolutely nol”’ He also denied sugges- tions that he or the NDP would be tempted to use recall against a Liberal government if the tables were tumed, “Absolutely not, To use ihis to try to refight the provincial election campaign is wrong,”’ Clark said. “”’m so confident that the people will re- ject this,"’ Clark said in an interview Fri- day. “People who play politics with recall will fall.” north. “Tl said we were going to pay more attention to the north before I ran for the leadership of the NDP, be- fore I became premier,”’ he said. He added that similar regional efforts will also happen elsewhere in the province, starting with the Kootenays. Clark said he does nol regret the way recall was ‘“[ think the average people do not want per- petual elections in the pro- vince,’” he said. Clark said that ‘‘religious groups’? are among the spe- cial interest groups that are seeking to use recall in the north. Pressed to clarify, Clark said the Prince George ef- fort involves church groups, although he admitted he Glen Clark didn’t know the makeup of the recall forces in Skeena, “Clearly these are fringe right-wing people trying to play politics with the people of Skecna and it will be re- jected because of that”? Active Living Exercise Youur Options CAHADIAN | ASSOCIATION DIABETES CANADIENNE ASSOCIATION | DU DIABETE Heart disease and stroke cause. HILART ANO STROKE 7 FOUNDATION 37% of Canadian deaths-¢ each ee ; 1888:HSF INFO Finally, the cell phone for people who don’t want to be seen with a cell phone. 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