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Wedne esday, November 29, 1989 — Bal

VICTORIA —- By and large,”
politics the world over is progress-
ing towards enlightenment, but it
seems that B.C. is determined to
keep a monopoly on witlessness
and absurdity.

A case in point is Highways
Minister Rita Johnston’s perform-
“ance last week ata Socred mecting
in Oak Bay-Gordon Head which
installed’ Susan Brice as the
party’s candidate for the Dec. 13
byelection in that riding.

Rita couldn’t be accused of
being a moderate and rational
politician at the best of times, but
the anti-NDP tirade she unleashed
on that occasion can only be
described as the illiterate ranting
of a small mind.

How else can one. interpret. the
atiempt by a B.C. cabinet minister
to connect the momentous events
in Eastern Europe with the politics
of British Columbia? What can
one say about a person who tries to
equate the NDP with the brand of
communism that is being routed
groom power after decades of ruth-
less oppression?
~ Socialism, said Johnston, has
failed despite 70 years. of trying
with the full power of a dictatorial
state.

“Even tanks and machine guns =

couldn’t: make socialism work.

The dark night of socialism, dicta-
lorship and despair is. ‘retreating. .
“= only an uneducated person Is cap-
“British. ‘Columbia, Johnston * :
-Said,: was in danger of bucking the.
“world trend: away. from commun-.””
ism by: flirting with’ the: New

around the world,” .she said.

Democratic Party.
~ How does one. respond to. such

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uller garbage. other than with
incredulity? Has the woman ever
read anything other than Home
and Garden? Has she had even the
shehtest brush with education?

She's ignored the contributions
the NDP has made to Canadian
society, despite the fact that the
party never held power federally
and only a few times in three
provinces.

Without Tommy Douglas pio-

populated civilian areas, killing
thousands of its awn cilizens to
drive Outinsurgents? Same thing.

Mike Harcourt. was correct
whea he pointed out that the
Social Democrats were the. fest
ones to be rounded up and killed
by both the communist dictator-
ships in eastern, Europe and Nazi
Germany. IVs obvious that John-
ston’s knowledge of history is
rather scant,

‘Harcourt was correct when he pointed out
that the Social Democrats were the first ones
to be rounded up and killed by both the
communist dictatorships in eastern Europe
and Nazi Germany. It’s obvious that Johnston’s

| knowledge of history is rather scant.’

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neering Mcdicare in Saskat-
chewan, the country would have
had to wait a whole lot longer to
get proper health care. a

Benefits such as unemployment
insurance and family allowance
were implemented before their
time because the NDP pushed for
them.

To mention outstanding Canadi-
ans like Tommy Douglas, David

Lewis, .and Ed Broadbent in the”
same breath - with Eastern Euro- |

pean dictators is an insultof which

able.

_or

‘How would the. lady. feel if her:
government. were compared with’.
the morally-bankrupt right-wing
- gang that rules: El Salvador, ‘a:

: government that ‘bombs heavily.

Getting back to the occasion at

which Johnston gave such startling .

testimony to her inanc. political

‘views, I should stress that the
‘candidate didn’t pick up on the

cabinet minister’s theme of com-

. mic-bashing, which was not Sur

prising.

Brice is an imteltigent person.

~ She has been serving her munici-
pality’ well as mayor. and: would. -

undoubtedly make «a good MLA.

So, for the record, would eee

Cull} the NDP candidate.

“Meanwhile, we must resign our- .
‘selves: to the: galling fact that they.
‘laugh: about-us inthe rest. of
Canada;-and: justifiably. so. Inno.
other province can-so few: cause so: :
‘much. embarrassment la so. many.

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