Peninsula News “Review

More than 400 people
commandeered tables, lawn
chairs, sat on the floor and
stood against the walls to
hear the seven contenders
for the Saanich Gulf Islands
riding speak at the all candi-
dates meeting, held at San-
scha Hall on Monday night.

Green Party candidate
Wi ally Du Temple began his
opening remarks by com-
paring the choice of candi-
dates to choosing a cook-
book: the red (Liberal)
cookbook, where most of

~ the recipes fail due to lack
of ingredients; the orange
(NDP) cookbook, or ‘how to
cook the books’; the blue
(Alliance) cookbook — how
to make jelly out of the
Charter of Rights and Free-
doms.

-- Du Temple’s laughs: How

ever, were the last ones of
_ the evening as the jousting
began in« earnest. Liberal

_candidate Karen. Knott took -

swipes at what she termed

. the Alliance Party's : flip
flops ¢ on n their , plato, and.

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Wally Du Temple, Green
Karen Knott, Liberal
Pat 0’Neill, NDP

Don Page, PC

Dan Moreau, Christian
Heritage

Kathleen Lapeyrouse,
Natural Law

Alliance candidate Gary
Lunn [incumbent]. jabbed
back, with remarks on Lib-
eral spending and account-
ability problems.
Progressive Conserva-
tive candidate Don Page
took a few shots at both the
Liberal and Alliance candi-
dates, while the NDP’s Pat
O'Neill and candidates from
the Natural Law and Christ-
ian Heritage Parties chose
‘to stay mainly above the
fray, voicing their party's
policies rather than lashing
out against the competition.
Don: Moreau, -Christian

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“viding, buts sees the race as
a chance to put forward
some alternative viewpoints
and shine the spotlight on
issues that aren't getting na-
tional coverage.

Health care, taxes and
debt reduction topped the
list of voters questions — as

they did at the first all-can--”

didate meeting held by the
Sidney Ratepayers Associa-
tion at Silver Threads Cen-
tre last week — along with
fresh concerns about the
.64 Canadian dollar.

On the health care issue
Natural Law Party candi-,
date Kathleen Lapeyrouse
recommended the large
scale use of Transcendental
Meditation to reduce the
need for health care.

Meanwhile, Dan Moreau

-and the Christian Heritage
Party would charge a small
($10) user fee and eliminate
unnecessary health care

- costs such as abortion and

sex change operations.
-This was the last major
-all-candidate meeting to be

held on the Saanich Penin-
sula prior to next Monday s

election.

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