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Protest in Surrey over George Bush visit
NDP candidate Jinny Sims waits for election results for Newton-North Delta during the federal election on Monday night. After a see-saw battle, Sims finally took the riding from Liberal incumbent Sukh Dhaliwal by 903 votes.
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NDP ‘Orange Crush’ hits Surrey, North Delta Tories lose seat in Surrey-North; Liberals defeated in Newton-North Delta by Kevin Diakiw and Jeff Nagel MORE THAN 400 people sat in near silence at the Grand Taj Banquet Hall on 128 Street and 84 Avenue Monday night as Liberal supporters watched the unthinkable displayed on television screens.
Just before 8 p.m. local time, broadcast networks declared a Conservative party majority. There was not so much as a groan from the huge crowd as the numbers rolled in. Sukh Dhaliwal, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Newton-North Delta, walked between tables, shaking hands
and offering hugs. Gone was the trademark kilowatt smile of Dhaliwal, a stiff upper-lip grin taking its place. Dhaliwal declined to offer public comment until he’d thanked his supporters. See VOTER TURNOUT / Page 3
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DONNING MASKS of George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condaleezza Rice, about a dozen people descended on Surrey city hall Monday chanting “enforce the law” and “keep George Bush out.” The group is critical of Mayor Dianne Watts for inviting the former U.S. president to Surrey’s Regional Economic Summit this October. Bush is scheduled to speak at the fall event with former U.S. presi- John Boncore dent Bill Clinton. Bush should be arrested for war crimes, the group insists. The handful of protestors were outnumbered by RCMP members, mostly plain-clothed, who were there to make sure the protest remained peaceful. The main speaker was John Boncore, known as Splitting the Sky (his Mohawk name), who had a role in the Gustafsen Lake stand-off in 1995. See BUSH / Page 3
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