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DECEMBER 1,2000 . . Ireel. Vancouver LIBBY DAVIES M.P. 2412 MAIN SiT., VANCOUVER. BC. V5T 3E2 TEL: (604) 775-,5800 FAX: (604) 775.-5811
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IT'S Libby!!! "Hundrcds of supportcrs scrcamcd in an explosion ofjoy whcn Libby Davics was dcclarcd thc winncr." This is really decent. Libby Davies is the best Member of Parliament in the country. She tights for social justice and improving the lives of all people. It spcaks wcll of Edna Brass for sceing thc nccds of this arca and asking hcr supportcrs to votc for Libby instcad. Edna and Libby wcrc both at thc "National Day of Action" rally on housing, and the consistent lack of selfishness on the part of both women helped Edna make her decision. Thcrc wcrc 10 candidates in this riding, and it was a wondcr that just Edna had thc clarity and wisdom to put thc grcatcr good of rcsidcnts ahead of what can only bc dcscribcd as thc 'nccd for attention' of several other candidates. As described in the Stm, the "well-oiled and well-hded political machine" of Mason Loh, the Shaughnessy lawyer brought in
by thc Libcrals to parrot thc rant of thc so-callcd Community Alliancc, ran into thc grassroots of thc rcal community. People here ask tough questions, talk about real-life situations and ofien don't have options. It was so sad when Loh was asked about life-and-death issues, to say what hc would do, whcrc hc stood on conccms, and hc7dgivc thc party linclwhat's good for busincss is good for cvcrybody, oflcn just trying to h d a prcparcd answcr in thc Libcral Red Book. What may have been obvious to many is the fiaudulent nature of the whole Liberal gameplan. Charles Lee, the head of the Chinatown Merchants Association, had alrcady bcen cxposcd as bciry: in thc pockct of rich and influential businessmen, and scvcral timcs complctcly rcvcrscd his position on community direction when such people objected. The Liberals seemed to feel he was too obviously on a stmg to win, so they parachuted in scores of people to 'do7 the campaign! clcction. It workcd in 1993 whcn Anna Tcrrana ousted Margarct Mitchcll with thc tidc of Mulroncyhatrcd that hasn't cvcn bcgun to go away back cast. Shc was sccn oncc in ovcr 3 ycars at a community meeting in Carnegie. People told harrowing stories of street safety and police actions (this was when the drug scene was heating up and overdose deaths were skyrockcting); thc 'mcmbcr of parliament' wantcd to givc hcr 15-minutc spccch on thc GST!?? It was prcciscly this kind of disintcrcst in thc rcalitics of life in the Downtown Eastside and Vancouver East that made Terrana a one-term wonder.