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THE CAMPAIGN OF Liberal candidate Roger Harris gets —

a financial boost this weekend when finance minister Colin Hansen comes to town. Hansen, named to the top money post last year -after

‘serving as the health services minister, will speak at a May

7 Panauct A table for eight costs $600 or $75 per person.

For those keeping track, NDPer Robin Austin’s campaign charged $50 a head for an April 28 banquet featuring former NDP premier Dave Barrett. Those who wanted to pay $100 sat at Barrett’ s- table.

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A GOOD portion of one wall of Robin Austin’ s campaign

office is covered with historical photos of past NDP MLAs

and MPs. There are photos of Jim Fulton, the federal NDP MP for

Skeena between - 1980 and 1993, Frank Howard who was

both an MP and an MLA and Helmut Giesbrecht. But the face of one person in several photographs has

_ been covered up with strategically placed sticky notes. .

., Step forward Ujjal Dosanjh, the NDP premier who took the ‘party into the 2001 election which saw the party reduced to two seats and which featured Dosanjh losing his own

riding.

Dosanjh’s new occupation — health minister in Liberal Prime

Minister Paul Martin’s cabinet.

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NOT ONLY is federal Skeena-Bulkley NDP MP Nathan ~ Cullen helping out the provincial NDP candidates, one of his

key people has taken a leave to run one of their campaigns. Jerry Toews, an Cullen Ottawa staffer, is in Smithers

“running the campaign of Doug Donaldson who is up against. . Liberal’ Dennis McKay in the Bulkley Valley-Stikine riding. Other Cullen staffers are also pitching i on various ©

campaigns, but are doing so‘on their own time. Not to be outdone when it comes to bringing in help, Phil

-Rygg is now in town. He’s a staffer in Roger Harris’ Victoria .

office, but has taken a leave:to do election work.

So why would his face be covered? Best bet would be .

REGARDED AS the elder statesman of the NDP, former premier Dave Barrett was in.

town April 28 as the guest at a banquet to raise money for candidate Robin Austin.

That’ 's Austin with Barrett.

-MALCOLM BAXTER PHOTO

Former premier drops in

FORMER NDP. Premier Dave Barrett, 75, made the rounds in the Skeena riding last week in support of NDP candidate Robin Austin.

fundraiser April 28. About 100 people paid

and relaxing > surroundings

He was the featured ‘speaker at an NDP.

$50 a plate to attend the dinner featuring an

aboriginal fine dining menu .at Northwest

* Community College. The next day the 75-year-old made a trip to the Kitimat NDP campaign’ office for a:

meet and greet with constituents there.

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Have a Hart

ONE OF two Skeena voters to sit on the citizens assembly _ recommending a new way to vote speaks on the proposal here this week.

Sandra Hart’s talk on the single transferrable vote (STV) takes place May 5 at the University of Northern British Co- lumbia campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. at 4741 Park, beside the provincial liquor store.

If adopted in a referendum being held May 17, the same

“day as the provincial election, the number of provincial con-

situtencies will be reduced by the ridings will become larger.

|. Voters will then be able to elect at least two people to the

provincial assembly in rural areas and more in urban ones. STV backers say voters will have more choices, allowing

" them to elect people they feel will best represent their areas’ 4 and. break the current winner-take all system of choosing’

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- Sign carnage

ELECTION signs have been ripped down and destroyed in,

both Terrace and Kitimat.

- .e Two dozen large signs belonging to Liberal Roger Harris.

have been knocked down and destroyed in Kitimat. First 12: signs were destroyed and volunteers replaced. them only to»

. have them ripped down again the next day. Numerous signs.

along Hwy 37, the Sande Overpass’and Lanfear hill i in Ter-* race have also been tagetted.

“It makes me sick,” says Harris campaign manager Mona’ Nester. “Mostly because I never even thought that would

: happen.”

The NDP campaign has sufi fered the same type vandalism:

. to some of its signs including ones near the Terrace Aquatic;

Centre.” ‘Meanwhile, Green Patrick Hayes loves the idea of his supporters making their own election campaign signs. That would save money on signs and also be more en-

vironmentally” friendly by reusing cardboard and paper, he’

said. . “It’s not something I’ve asked my supporters to do but if’ they want to do that by golly, go ahead,” Hayes said.

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