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Bernard Rowe, Riding President

Well, what a range of feelings in twelve months.  Last year we had the excitement of a Leadership Race, the euphoria of welcoming hundreds of new members to the Canadian Alliance Quadra Constituency Association, followed by a challenging election campaign.  Then the last six months brought the disappointments and division over the question of the Leadership.

In July your Board voted that we write to the party’s National Council urging that Mr. Day resign immediately in order to start the healing process.  Later in the month we joined with representatives from Vancouver Kingsway in a meeting with the Leader.  The CA has been damaged, but let’s look at some hard facts:

·    The Reform/Canadian Alliance vote in Quadra has increased in each of the last 3 elections.  In 2000 our vote was so strong that only a small increase would have won the seat for us.

·    There are no prizes in politics for 2^nd place, but the campaign taught us some valuable lessons & demonstrated that Kerry-Lynne Findlay was a great candidate.  Kerry is now a valued member of the riding Board, and was recently recognized with the 2001 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for Management, the  Professions & Trades.

·    The Liberals are discussing plans for $3.5 Billion of additional  spending, at a time when a slowing economy might well wipe out the present surplus.

·    The modest financial restraint that the Liberals did exercise was a direct result of CA pressure in Parliament – see Herb Grubel’s excellent book “A Professor in Politics”.

·    Jean Chretien’s legendary arrogance, (& McLellan’s & Rock’s) is provoking even normally ‘led by the nose’ Liberal MPs.

·    The CA is the only party dedicated to enhancing the country we love with its policies of Financial & Social Responsibility, Government Reform & Grass Roots Democracy.

·    Three of the “dissident” MPs have returned to the CA caucus.  The stock market may not be recovering, but the CA certainly is.

Your Quadra Board is committed to strengthening the constituency and communicating with our members. Our first Breakfast Information Meeting will be with Senator Gerry St. Germain.  Join us!

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!  
RENEW THE CANADIAN ALLIANCE PARTY!

Time to renew your membership!  There is never a more important time to renew than when a leadership vote is coming up! The CA Leader is chosen by the voting tally of each and every participating member.  As you are probably aware by now, there will be a national vote for the Party Leader in March, 2002.  Several candidates have already come forward, and we will all be hearing much more from them in the coming months.  Membership is $10 per year.  If you don’t renew, you can’t vote.  Be part of the CA future!  Re-join the team.  Contact Thelma Gayton at 604.266.6715!

WEBSITE

We are pleased to let you know that our website has been revamped and anyone with a computer can take a look at it.  Thanks to Kevin Garvey we have an excellent site, which we can be proud of. We plan to keep it current with information on what is happening in Vancouver Quadra.  If you want to put something on the website please contact Ray Leitch at 604.321.7385.  The website can be found at www.oocities.org/quadra_alliance/     

VANCOUVER QUADRA AGM MAY 23^RD

Our Annual General Meeting was held on May 23^rd at the Point Grey Golf Club with approximately 100 members in attendance.  With out-going President Joshua Hauser in the Chair, the meeting reviewed the past year, the election campaign results, successful fundraising, and leadership issues.  Kerry-Lynne Findlay took the opportunity to thank the riding members and executive for their great effort and support in the election campaign. The guest speaker was rookie M.P. Joe Peschisilido, Richmond, who discussed the CA parliamentary agenda to date, and called for unity and moderation within the party.  His remarks were most informative and well-received.

Among the reports, there was a vote on your new riding Board for the coming year.  The results:  President:  Bernard Rowe  Vice-Presidents:  Doug Gayton, Heather Brown, Kerry-Lynne Findlay Treasurer:  Marilyn Brown  Secretary:  Jim Risk assisted by Mark Deacon  Executive Officers: 

Joshua Hauser, Ray Leitch, Bill Haberl, Lily Eng, Barb Wilson, Lillian Scott, Geza Vereczki, Paul Yong, Gerry Thompson, Jesse Cove, Lillian McCabe, Owen Owens, Ian Davidson, Fred Cavanaugh, Fred Cotten, Douglas Doubleday, Doug Gayton, Russ Hiebert, Caroline Loughran, Alfonso Salas, Bill Stuckey, & Jim Timms.

Parliament- Fall 2001 Session

Excerpt from Stockwell Day’s September 2001 letter to his Okanagan-Coquihalla constituents: “..Behind the smokescreen of our unnecessary public bickering, the federal Liberals continue to spend us toward a deficit, weakening the dollar and imperilling our health care system…The federal Liberal government’s mismanagement of the Softwood Lumber issue, their inaction on the problems facing our farmers, and the failure of this federal government to table a budget in almost two years, will be one of our [CA caucus] top priorities…” 

CA/PC POLICY CONFERENCE

Neither political party is sponsoring this conference.  The organizers are conservative thinking people from both the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties.  Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Barb Wilson and Ray Leitch will  represent our Quadra riding association. Conference discussions will focus on issues of interest and concern to conservatives in B.C. in the task of identifying areas of convergence. 

EDITOR’S QUOTE TO QUOTE

“Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it’s what they bring to the world that really counts.”  Anne of Green Gables 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR?   Editor:  Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay -- Delighted to hear from you at chapfin@ axion.net or by fax 604.263.4577.