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Socred Mel Couvelier says the
wildcard entry of the Reform Party
of B.C. into the local electoral race
will likely hurt his re-election bid.

“To the extent that they are
successful in attracting votes, I
believe they will harm my candi-
dacy more than the NDP,” Couvel-
ier Said Friday.

He was responding to the
RPBC’s decision last week to
form its first constituency associa-
tion in the province in the Saanich
North and The Islands riding, with
the goal of fielding a candidate.

Couvelier noted in his bid for
the Social Credit leadership, “‘I
have the same objectives that the
provincial Reform Party is advo-
cating.”

He added the RPBC platform is
vague where his is specific. He
also contends his goes further in
several areas, including freedom of
information, limiting campaign
expenditures and disclosure of
election contnibutions.

Couvelier said he has fought for
some time to implement things
like freer votes in the legislature,
recall of MLAs by their consti-
tuents and fixed election dates
within cabinet. These are key ele-
ments of the provincial Reform
platform.

“As long as I was in cabinet, I
had to keep these views confiden-
tial because of the structure of the
Parliamentary system,” he said.

“No one would know I pro-
posed these things over a long
period of time.”

He said people may think he is
being opportunistic holding
reform-oriented policies, but he
can’t worry about or change peo-
ple’s perceptions.

“I’m not running on the Reform
Party platform. These initiatives
are long overdue.”

NDP candidate Elsie
McMurphy said her campaign
won’t be influenced by a Reform
entry, and she would not comment
directly on the effect it might have
on her chances.

She said people have grown
weary of the “dithering” and
internal squabbling in the Reform
camp.

“People in B.C. and on the
Peninsula feel it is time for a
change ... Weve put forward a
solid platform of proposed legisla-
tion to the public that is striking a
chord with the voters.”

Clive Tanner, the Liberal candi-
date, said people who believe in
what the Reform Party stands for
should cast their votes in that
direction, even though that might
hinder his chances.

“TJ would prefer if they voted
with a longer-term point of view,”
he said, adding he believes the
Liberal Party of B.C. provides a
more realistic alternative for those
seeking change.

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He said the federal Reform Party
is opportunistic, and “I suspect the
provincial Reform Party won’t be
around for the long term and
probably is more created out of
frustration with the system and
with disenchantment with all poli-
ticians.””

Independent candidate Bob
Bowcott said he didn’t think a
local RPBC bid would have any
impact on the outcome.

He said the Reform Party of
Canada, of which he is a member,
includes people who support a
number of provincial parties. He
said it is likely they will maintain
that allegiance rather than jump to
the RPBC.

The provincial Reform Party has
no base of support in the riding
and limited resources to fight a
campaign, he said.

by Girard Hengen
The Review

The Reform Party of B.C. has set
up its first constituency associa-
tion in the province in Saanich
North and The Islands as it pre-
pares to do battle in the coming
provincial election.

Formed May 28 at a private

. meeting of about 30 people, the

association plans to go public in
the next few weeks when a riding
executive and candidate is picked.

Although there is no formal
connection between the RPBC and
the Reform Party of Canada, many
Saanich North RPBC supporters
are members of the federal party,
admitted Don Hutchings, past-
president of the federal Saanich-
Gulf Islands Reform Party const-
tuency association.

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New party will hurt — Couvelier Reform ready on provincial scene >

“Reform doesn’t necessary have
to happen only in Ottawa,” said
Hutchings.

The group is dissatisfied with
the Social Credit government, and
has decided the Saanich North
riding 1s ripe for electing an RPBC
candidate, he said.

The move has been taken with
the full knowledge that the federal
party has stated it will not enter
provincial politics, Hutchings said.

In fact, the Reform Party of
Canada executive is debating
whether to force members who sit
on the RPBC executive to surren-
der their national memberships.

Hutchings said that smacks of
discrimination, since many federal
Reform Party supporters belong to
other provincial parties.

“Tf they pull my pee ee

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they should pull everybody’s,

said.
He said himself, former Socred

- Cabinet minister Bill Ritchie,

Roger Rocan, former president of
the Victoma federal constituency
association and Bill Rumley, presi-
dent of the Esquimalt-Juan de
Fuca federal Reform Party riding
association, spearheaded the for-
mation of the Saanich North
organization.

Ron Gamble, the North, Van-
couver-based president of the
RPBC, said the party hopes to run
between two to 12 candidates.

The ultimate goal of the party,
which does not have a leader, is to
hold the balance of power

The decision to take an active
role in the election came when the
Social Credit government failed to
address five patty principles in its

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