Wednesday, September 21, 1983

THE REVIEW

One of the most. amazing results of. the: last
provincial election is the complete reshuffling of the
Social Credit caucus, in terms of where individual
members stand.

Prior to the election, Omenica’ s Jack Kempf was
on the far right of his caucus. His views often made
him-a maverick. More than once, he Jambasted his
own party for being too far to the left.

with his political philosophy, cabinet was Liberal at
best, which was in no small -measure the result of the
influence. wielded ‘by the former Liberals — Allan
Williams, Pat McGeer and Garde Gardom.

These three had a greater effect on Socred policy
than Premier. Bennett dared to admit. And because
of the relatively slim margin by which the Socreds
i dominated the legislature at the time, there wasn’t
much Bennett could do about it. He had to be
conciliatory to the moderates in his caucus.

; The election changed all that. Williams is gone and
McGeer and Gardom have lost their base because of
4 the large majority. with which the government was
: returned to power.
° Along with all the other cabinet ministers, McGeer
and Gardom were stripped of any power. The
premier’s rule is now absolute.

: _ By
. “ - Hubert Beyer

Soon or later, however, others would inevitably try
to establish power bases and it was certain that they
wouldn’t be the moderate members of the caucus.

Well, the jockeying for positions to. fill the
vacuum, just in case the premier should decide to
relax his firm grip on caucus, has begun.
~ And Jack Kempf is not among those who stand in
line to get a little authority for themselves, be in on
cabinet or just in caucus. :

Anyone who knows the man and what takes ‘him

; the brass’ ring. Why? Because he’s got principles.
| He’s the only Socred member who hasn’t changed his

position one iota, despite his party’ S interpretation of.

te the last election results.
he suddenly finds himself on the left wing ‘of caucus.

-.. formerly moderate course.

He says it feels different. And that’s all he will say.

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Recently, it was. the Labor Relations Board. In an
“MLA Report from the Legislature,’’ Reynolds took
off his gloves and let fly at the board.

The reason for Reynold’s wrath was the LRB’s
recent ruling that allowed public sector workers to
attend Operation Solidarity rallies.

‘“‘Now. public and private sector unions that are
prepared to argue politics, are free to walk out,”’
Reynolds says.

Calling for a change to the legislation that governs
the LRB, Reynolds says he’s not against political
rallies, only against ‘‘unreasonable work stoppages.’

This isn’t the first time Reynolds has elbowed his
way to the front lines of his caucus members. Earlier,
he called: for the dismantling of a number of Crown
corporations.

Reynolds wants a cabinet post so badly, he can
taste it. And he obviously: believes that he comes

closer to his dream by going on the offensive, by.

being even a step ahead of the premier. Very am-
bitious man; Reynolds is.

But. 1 wonder. if he’s doing himself a favor. |
wonder if the premier wants such an ambitious man
standing so close to him.

Reynolds may make it into cabinet at the next

- shuffle, but one gets you 10 that he won’t get a very
‘important portfolio. Not now, and not: down the
road.

When Reynolds first ‘started egging .the premier
and cabinet.on to bigger and better restraint
measures, some observers believed that he was doing
sO under instructions from the premier. He was to fly
the kites, they said.

But it doesn’t look like. that. anymore. It’s
becoming clear that Reynolds:is going out on the
limb all by himself, second-guessing ‘the premier,
actually embarrassing him at times, because even the
‘premier is moderate by comparison with Reynolds.

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Unfortunately. for Reynolds, the premier doesn’t
like to be embarrassed..He doesn’t: like someone
constantly running ahead of him, yelling at him what
to do next. That goes beyond loyalty. I’m sure the
premier can smell a rival when he is near one. And a
stab at the premier’s job, sooner or later, is without a
doubt foremost on Reynolds’s mind.

And now you know why poor old Jack Kempf has
suddenly become the dove of the Socred caucus. He
refuses to budge from the position he believes is
right. And he doesn’t give a hoot where that puts him
in comparison with his colleagues.

Some of his NDP detractors. have charged that
Kempf only spoke out against the abolition of the
Crown Corporations Reporting Committee because
he usedto be chairman and made.an extra. few
dollars.

Don't you believe it. When Kempf believes that
something. is wrong, speaking out isa knee-jerk

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