national C i t i z e n Tuesday, April 5, 1983 — 5
DIRTY TRICKS ALLEGED Tories fight each other
by Canadian Press up delegate support for gates in question should And Portage-Mar- Brian Mulroney, Pro- the June convention. Be declared illegal. quette riding members ;ressive Conservative Crombie, MP for the Later, four staunch in Manitoba selected two feadership candidate, well-to-do Toronto riding supporters of the former youth and three adult won at least 20 more of Rosedale, accused his Toronto mayor were delegates committed to supporters in delegate- opponents of abusing the elected as the Rosedale the former Tory leader. selection meetings in democratic system by delegates to the conven Quebec and Saskatche stuffing delegate selec tion. However, none of the wan on Monday, but Joe tion meetings with new In the affluent Toronto four adults and two youths chosen to repre Clark’s camp is lodging ly-signed Conservatives. riding of Etobicoke-Cen- an official protest over tre, six supporters of sent the southwestern Although he did not Ontario riding of Wind- alleged dirty tricks at candidate Michael Wil name names, Crombie sor-Walkerville would one meeting. son were chosen to go to said there are two main commit themselves to Michel Cote, a Clark the convention. Wilson is culprits — “and those any of the candidates campaign spokesman, the riding’s MP. doing it are hurting the ana the lone declared said in an interview Three Clark support party.” Clark supporter was de Monday tactics used in ers were elected as con feated. the working-class Mont He called for an inves vention delegates by the v real riding of Papineau tigation by the party’s PC campus club at a Similarly, six dele by the Conservative rid national executive into community college in gates chosen in Ontario ing president prevented the allegations, saying Chicoutimi, 200 kilomeriding near Oshawa also many Clark supporters that if they prove true, tres north of Quebec declined to commit from getting into the the election of the dele City. themselves. meeting. He charged riding ★ president Roger Domin // guez changed the loca W INS DELEGATES tion of the meeting, arbi trarily rejected party members at the door and then held the meet ing behind locked doors. Pocklington surprises “The dirty tricks are I starting to resemble EDMONTON (CP) - Joe Clark’s his personal reputation. Geddes those used by (former organizers were jolted in one claimed Clark’s support at the meet American president) Ri Donald W right points to the spot where a drill bit entered his skull Edmonton riding but beat off a chal ing was “soft." chard Nixon,” Cote said. when he fell off a step-ladder about six weeks ago. The Toronto lenge from Peter Pocklington in an Meanwhile, six Mulro Hancock and another Clark sup man spent eight days in hospital and amazed doctors with his other Monday night as Alberta Pro Remarkable recovery ney supporters — four porter were named the Edmonton gressive Conservatives began select speedy recovery. H air is now growing over the wound and w ill soonadult and two youth de South youth delegates at a meeting ing delegates to the party’s June cover the scar. legates — were elected of about 20 people in a University of leadership convention in Ottawa. in Beauhamois-Salaber- Alberta fraternity house last week. ry, southwest of Montre Pro-Pocklington forces led by Bill The party requires two of the six al. Campbell, the Edmonton financier’s SEEKS LO AN FROM WORKERS But Jean Loiselle, a delegates from each riding be youth former director of corporate plan Clark supporter, said members. The sixth delegate from ning, swept three available delegate that result will be chal Edmonton South, as in most ridings, positions in the federal riding of lenged on the grounds of will be the president of the riding Edmonton Strathcona. Le D evoir facing difficulties insufficient notice of the association. meeting. They overcame a Clark organiza MONTREAL (CP) - Le Devoir, Mont salary cut which may be reimbursed third deficit in as many years,” Roy In a third meeting, tion which had rounded up votes, David Kilgour, Conservative MP held in the east-end real’s smallest but perhaps most influen within the next three years. says. but little apparent enthusiasm. The for Edmonton Strathcona, said he Montreal riding of Ho- tial daily newspaper, is running into its “Le Devoir is obviously not immune to “We have arrived at a crossroads.” Clark leaders couldn’t even muster doesn’t want any repeat of the kind chelega-Maisonneuve, of youth meeting that took place in worst financial problems since the 1950s, current (economic) problems,” Roy Beyond the 10-per-cent wage cut the four Mulroney support loud applause to counter boisterous when it survived on the proceeds of wrote last week in a long article on the paper is asking the employees unions to Pocklington supporters in the crowd Edmonton South: “It smells to high ers were unanimously heavens.” bean-dinner benefits attended by loyal newspaper’s problems. accept, most freelance correspondents chosen. Local organizers of about 700. readers. “And it simply cannot sustain a major have been let go and $20 weekly research said Clark supporters The sweep guaranteed Pocklington deficit this year.” premiums for reporters dropped. Jour might have conceded to While the paper’s circulation has re only about 0.1 per cent of the dele The cuts would be worth about nalists will no longer be paid extra for Mulroney out of respect gate strength in Ottawa but will trig mained steady at about 42,000 copies dai$400,000, including the $180,000 “loan,”their contributions to the paper’s “spe for the riding association ger a groundswell, Campbell said af ly, last year it suffered a 16Vj-per-cent which would only be reimbursed to em cial supplements” — a regular feature of president, a Mulroney Bill D a v is ter the vote in an east Edmonton shortfall in advertising revenues, a ployees if Le Devoir is making a profit Le Devoir since Roy succeeded Claude supporter who died Sat high-school gymnasium. threefold increase in bad debts and ris again three years from now. Ryan, who left the paper in 1978 to lead urday. “ I think a shot went off,” he said. staying out ing staff-benefits costs. After an emer The paper, owned by a large number the Quebec Liberal party. Mulroney also picked gency cost-cutting program, Le Devoir “This is a sign it can be done. This TORONTO (CP) - Ontario Pre of small shareholders including the Ro Le Devoir’s reputation for influence is up six Saskatchewan supporters who were se is a victory for the common people mier William Davis has ruled him ended the year with a record deficit of man Catholic Church and the Confedera derived from the importance of its lected as delegates for of Canada.” self out as a candidate for the about $450,000. tion of National Trade Unions, also lost readership, which includes most of the the riding of Assiniboia. But in another high school in leadership of the federal Progres The current year is promising perhaps money in 1981 as a result of a six-week province’s judges, lawyers, politicians Supporters of entre Edmonton South, party members sive Conservative party, says televi worse, but this week publisher Jean- strike. business and labor leaders, as well as preneur Peter Pockling- picked two delegates who said they sion station CFTO-TV. Louis Roy is taking the extraordinary Le Devoir — with a reserve fund re French-speaking politicians and officials ton swept three avail will go into the convention support The Toronto station said Monday step of asking the paper’s 60 employees ported to be about $800,000 — "simplyin Ottawa. It is often called the national able delegate positions ing Clark, and one, Eric Geddes, night it had learned Davis will for “a loan” — a one-year, 10 per-cent does not have the means to survive a newspaper of French Canada. in the federal riding of who is working on Pocklington’s announce his decision not to run in Edmonton-Strathcona. campaign. the next few days. It also said the And in Edmonton- South, one pro-Pockling- David Hancock, a Clark organizer, premier will not support any candi Pole treks ton and two pro-Clark said later that Pocklington had no date in the race, including Joe D insdale's seat contested delegates were selected. reason to be confident after emerg Clark, former party leader. At a news conference ing with a split in what were expect Denis Massicotte, a spokesman for co n tin u e in Toronto, candidate ed to be two of his strongest ridings. Davis, declined comment on the re BRANDON, Man. the Tories and New Lee Clark, a Brandon this riding. Why would I David Crombie lashed Hancock said Geddes, a finance port. YELLOWKNIFE, (CP) — The battle has Democratic Party plan University professor. step aside for someone out at his .rivals again official in the provincial Conserva Massicotte says he has heard N.W.T. (CP) - British begun for a southwes to contest the seat. “My initial reaction from Quebec to run in for what he called “poli tive organization, narrowly won a nothing from the premier in the last adventurer David Hem- tern Manitoba seat that Meanwhile, three al- would be to simply keep my home town?” tical banditry” in lining delegate’s position on the strength of few days on the leadership issue. pleman-Adams, 26, and the popular Walter Dins- ready-announced candi on doing what I’m doing. Italian journalist Ambro- dale held for 32 years dates for the local Tory None said they would Lenore Dinsdale, cam gio Fogar, 41, are mak for the Progressive Con nomination appear un step aside if Mulroney paigning on her hus ing progress in their servative party. concerned about the does seek the nomina band’s reputation and separate solo expeditions Dinsdale’s widow, Le- spectre of Mulroney tion. her own involvement in to be the first person to nore, is one of the poten entering the race. “Not a chance,” said federal politics, said she walk to the North Pole. tial candidates for the “I haven’t given it any candidate Jim Thombor- doesn’t see Mulroney as The two men are fol Brandon-Souris seat in a serious thought," said ough. “ He’s not from a serious contender. lowing different courses May 24 federal byelec about 48 kilometres tion. apart. 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