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Wednesday, November 15, 2000

Laura Lavin

Peninsula News Review

Active in business for
most of her adult life, Lib-
eral candidate Karen Knott
said it is that experience
that will make the differ-
ence in her campaign.

Her extensive business
knowledge is garnered
from owning a commercial
fishing company based in
Steveston, BC and aprivate
utility company. in Ocean
Falls that sells power to BC
Hydro. Knott is an educated
woman, who earneda BA in
Psychology and. English
from Simon Fraser Univer-
sity, a Post Graduate teach-
ing degree, and a certificate
in the education ofthe deaf
“from the . University. of
British Columbia in. the
early 1970s.

After spending a few
years as a teacher of the

deaf and multi handicapped __

at Jericho Hill. School in
Vancouver, and in other
parts of the province, she

~~ also worked as a consultant,.

- conducting hearing testing
for children with ‘hearing -
- impairments, and
-~ teacher of sign language in.
“community colleges.» -

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Later -in life, Knott de-
cided. to further challenge
herself by extending her ed-
ucation and earned her Law
Degree from the University

“of Victoria in 1988..Since

then, Knott has clerked for
the county court, supreme
court, and court of appeals,
and has practiced law with a
local firm.

Knott began. working as-

an Arbitrator in 1992: She
said work in arbitration: has
given her the skills to listen

to all sides of a dispute and
come up with a fair resolu-
tion. “I’m used to conduct-_
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gives me great qualifica-
tions for serving as'a mem-
ber of parliament, because

I'm able to weigh all the is- -

sues in a fair manner and
make a fair decision.”

Married for 25 years, and
the mother: of two grown
children, Knott said that an
involvement in politics, to a
lesser extent, is nothing
new.

“Y’ve always been in-
volved in local community

-- issues. I’ve never run for

elected office before, but
I've been on several. com-
missions; I’ve been on.a
planning commission — in
Port Hardy, and a Recre-
ation. commission in. Ter-
race, in Victoria I was the
Vice President of the West-
ern Institute for the Deaf I
was also on the board of the
New Bastion Theatre.”

Knott was instrumental in.
“starting North West Women .

in Crisis, a crisis line to as-

’ sist families and women:in

crises, and a rape relief line,

in Terrace in the late 1970s.

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Knott said; “I believe in a 4 system;

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She would like to see the
Saanich Gulf Islands riding
have more growth in the
high tech industry because,
she said, “it is environmen-
tally friendly and employs a
lot. of people. The wealth
generated through high
tech is proportionally much
greater than wealth gener-
ated through any other in-
dustry.”

Knott said, “because of
my. background | under-
stand the problems of a
very diverse set of people.
I've lived and worked with
fishermen, loggers, busi-
ness people, lawyers, arbi-
trators and educators. I un-
derstand the problems of a
wide.variety of people.”

Knott has lived in the rid-
ing for 16 years and is a
member of. the Central
Saanich West Voters Associ- {
ation. She is a marathon. |

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