by
      Andrew
      MacPherson
     
     
      IT’S
      VOTING
      TIME
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      would
      appear
      that
      the
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
     
     
      will
      have
      some
      competition
      in
      the
      area
      of
      elec-
     
     
      tions
      this
      month.
      On
      Monday
      night
      Premier
     
     
      Catherine
      Callbeck
      did
      what
      almost
      everyone
     
     
      was
      expecting
      she
      would
      do
      and
      called
      a
      provin-
     
     
      cial
      election.
      What
      people
      didn’t
      expect
      was
     
     
      the
      manner
      in
      which
      she
      did
      it.
      The
      announce-
     
     
      ment
      came
      at
      the
      Liberal
      nomination
      meeting
     
     
      for
      the
      district
      of
      5th
      Queens.
      Those
      who
      chose
     
     
      to
      venture
      out
      on
      this
      stormy
      night
      witnessed
     
     
      this
      announcement
      which
      surprised
      even
      the
     
     
      members
      of
      Ms.
      Callbeck’s
     
     
      caucus.’
      There
      was
      some
      out-
     
     
      cry
      on
      the
      method
      of
      the
      an-
      }
     
     
      nouncement
      from
      the
      CBC,
      §
     
     
      who
      aren’t
      used
      to
      being
      so
     
     
      completely
      ignored,
      and
      from
     
     
      Tory
      leader
      Pat
      Mella.
      It
      is
     
     
      interesting
      to
      see
      such
      a
      dis-
     
     
      play
      of
      self-assertion
      from
      a
      @
     
     
      premier
      who
      has
      thus
      far
     
     
      seemed
      to
      be
      little
      more
      than
      a
     
     
      puppet
      controlled
      by
      the
      Lib-
     
     
      eral
      party.
      In
      any
      event,
      with
      fag
     
     
      Callbeckand
      Mellaleadingthe
      eames
     
     
      two
      major
      parties,
      Islanders
     
     
      will
      almost
      surely
      make
      his-
      §
     
     
      tory
      on
      March
      29
      by
      being
      the
     
     
      first
      province
      in
      Canada
      to
      elect
     
     
      a
      female
      premier.
      Larry
     
     
      Duchesne
      and
      the
      rest
      of
      the
     
     
      NDP
      candidates
      will
      be
      look-
     
     
      ing
      for
      a
      breakthrough
      having
     
     
      never
      received
      more
      than
      four
     
     
      percent
      of
      the
      popular
      vote
      in
     
     
      Pat.
     
    

    
     
      With
      the
      Conserva-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tives
      sporting
      a
      new
      leader
      and
      a
      slate
      of
      fresh
     
     
      candidates
      they
      obviously
      represent
      change
     
     
      while
      the
      Liberals
      have
      simply
      changed
      the
     
     
      quarterback
      of
      an
      already
      successful
      team.
      De-
     
     
      spite
      the
      fact
      that
      the
      campaign
      will
      take
      place
     
     
      in
      the
      month
      of
      March
      the
      campaign
      should
      be
     
     
      eventful
      and
      interesting
      as
      is
      always
      the
      case
     
     
      with
      politics
      on
      Prince
      Edward
      Island.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      HE’S
      REALLY
      GONE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      After
      weeks
      of
      speculation
      Prime
      Minister
      Brian
     
     
      Mulroney
      threw
      in
      the
      towel.
      His
      nine
      year
     
     
      reign
      has
      produced
      many
      fundamental
      changes
     
     
      to
      Canada.
      Some
      of
      these
      changes
      will
      be
     
     
      viewed
      as
      positive
      and
      others
      negative
      depend-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ing
      on
      your
      viewpoint.
      Mr.
      Mulroney
      has
      blessed
     
     
      us
      with
      free
      trade,
      the
      GST,
      constitutional
      strife,
     
     
      and
      the
      deepest
      recession
      since
      the
      great
      de-
     
     
      pression.
      He
      leaves
      politics
      as
      perhaps
      the
      most
     
     
      loathed
      man
      in
      Canadian
      history.
      We
      have
      been
     
     
      told
      by
      friends
      of
      Mulroney
      that
      he
      is
      a
      much
     
     
      different
      person
      in
      private
      than
      in
      public.
      Per-
     
     
      haps
      if
      we
      had
      seen
      more
      of
      his
      true
      personality
     
     
      it
      would
      have
      been
      easier
      for
      us
      to
      accept
      the
      bad
     
     
      medicine
      that
      he
      has
      deemed
      necessary
      over
      the
     
     
      past
      decade.
     
    

    
     
      While
      the
      country
      celebrates
      Mr.
     
     
      Mulroney's
      departure
      there
      are
      people
      who
      do
     
     
      regret
      seeing
      him
      go.
      These
      are
      among
      the
     
     
      partisans
      of
      Canada’s
      major
      political
      parties.
     
     
      Progressive
      Conservative
      MPs
      from
      the
      prov-
     
     
      ince
      of
      Quebec
      will
      miss
      Mulroney
      because
      he
     
    
   
   
    
     
      i
      was
      still
      quite
      popular
      there
      due
      to
      his
      strong
     
     
      |
      efforts
      in
      the
      area
      of
      constitutional
      reconcilia-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tion.
      Another
      very
      different
      group
      will
      miss
     
     
      Mulroney
      for
      a
      very
      different
      reason.
      Jean
     
    
   
   
    
     
      E
      Chretien,
      Audrey
      McLaughlin,
      and
      Preston
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Manning
      have
      lost
      their
      largest
      source
      of
      am-
     
     
      munition
      for
      the
      upcoming
      federal
      election.
     
     
      This
      is
      in
      our
      best
      interest
      because
      we
      can
      now
     
     
      hope
      that
      this
      election
      will
      be
      fought
      on
      issues,
     
     
      not
      on
      personality
      as
      it
      would
      have
      if
      Mr.
     
     
      Mulroney
      had
      contested
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THEY’RE
      OFF
      AND
      PACING
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      obvious
      question
      raised
      by
      the
      Prime
      Min-
     
     
      ister’s
      resignation
      is,
      who
      will
      succeed
      him?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      f
      There
      does
      not
      seem
      to
      be
      a
      shortage
      of
      inter-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ested
      candidates,
      young
      or
      old,
      male
      or
      female,
     
     
      and
      French
      or
      English.
      Here
      is
      a
      brief
      rundow”
     
     
      on
      the
      most
      likely
      contestants
      and
      an
      early
     
     
      rating
      on
      their
      chances
      of
      winning
      the
      Jun¢
     
     
      convention.
     
    

    
     
      PERRIN
      BEATTY
      -
      This
      guy
      is
      wha!
     
     
      you
      could
      call
      a
      lifetime
      politician,
      he
      was
      first