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ACTION CU-04
INFO OCT-01 EUR-12 ISO-00 USIA-15 /032 W
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R 071545Z SEP 76
FM AMCONSUL WINNIPEG
TO AMEMBASSY OTTAWA
INFO SECSTATE WASHDC 1702
AMCONSUL TORONTO
UNCLAS WINNIPEG 379
E.O. 11652: N/A
TAGS: OEXC, CA
SUBJECT: PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS
REF: YAKI - HUTSON TELCON
1. AS SUGGESTED BY EMBASSY, POST HAS BEEN STUDYING POSSIBILITY OF
PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS FROM THIS
CONSULAR DISTRICT FOR TRAVEL TO THE U.S. IN EARLY 1977 FOR
CONTACTS WITH U.S. COUNTERPARTS. IF THIS TAKES PLACE, IT MAY
HOPEFULLY LEAD TO AN INVITATION FROM THE CANADIAN SIDE FOR A
GROUP OF YOUNG U.S. POLITICIANS FOR A RETURN VISIT.
2. SUGGEST VISIT LAST 3 - 4 WEEKS (DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY OF
FUNDS), STARTING IN WASHINGTON, FOLLOWED BY VISITS TO MID-WEST
NORTH CENTRAL AND BORDER STATES WITH COMMON INTERESTS (AGRICULTURE,
MINING, GARRISON DIVERSION AND POPLAR RIVER PROJECTS, LAND USE,
ETC.). IDEALLY, U.S. PROGRAM SHOULD BE ARRANGED BY AMERICAN COUNCIL
OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS OR AN EQUIVALENT ORGANIZATION, BUT COULD
ALSO BE HANDLED EFFECTIVELY BY VISITOR PROGRAM SERVICE OR INSTITUTE
OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION.
3. FUNDS PERMITTING, AND CONSIDERING OPTIMUM SIZE FOR PROGRAMMING,
GROUP SHOULD NOT EXCEED FIVE, (TWO FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND MANIOTBA
AND ONE FROM NORTHWEST ONTARIO), AND SHOULD REPRESENT SPECTRUM
OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE PRAIRIES,E.G. ONE FROM NEW DEMOCRATIC
PARTY (NDP) AND ONE LIBERAL FROM SASKATCHEWAN, ONE PROGRESSIVE-
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CONSERVATIVE (P.C.) AND ONE NDP FROM MANITOBA, AND A LIBERAL OR
NDP FROM NW ONTARIO).
4. NOMINEES MIGHT INCLUDE SUCH PEOPLE AS :
SASKATCHEWAN:
-- BILL KNIGHT, PROVINCIAL NDP SECRETARY, FORMER MP AT AGE OF 24,
WITH LONG EXPERIENCE (DESPITE HIS YOUTH) AND A PROMISING FUTURE IN
SASKATCHEWAN POLITICS.
-- LINDA CLIFFORD, 26, LIBERAL, PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN NORTH
BATTLEFORD WHO WAS ELECTED TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY IN 1975, IN 1976
INITIATED AND ARRANGED FIRST CONFERENCE OF ALL LIBERAL LEADERS IN
CANADA SINCE CONFEDERATION.
--RON LARSON, 26, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO DICK COLLVER, LEADER OF
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF SASKATCHEWAN, WORKING FROM TIME
TO TIME AS ADVANCE MAN FOR P-C NATIONAL LEADER JOE CLARK.
MANITOBA:
-- CAMPBELL O. BOWER, AGE 26, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MANITOBA P-C
PEADER STERLING LYON. SERVED AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO ROBERT
STANFIELD AND ACTED AS ADVANCE MAN DURING FEDERAL GENERAL ELECTION.
WAA RENE CHARTIER, AGE LATE 30 S, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MANITOBA
PREMIER ED SCHREYER (NDP)N, FOR PAST 6 YEARS, AS WELL AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF PARAMEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE PROVINCE WHERE HE WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR MANITOBA S DRUG SUBSTITUTION LEGISLATION AND PUT
TOGETHER MANITOBA'S 'PHARMACARE' PROGRAM WHICH PAYS 80 PERCENT
OF COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (AFTER DOLS 50 DEDUCTIBLE PER FAMILY).
-- RON MAZOR, AGE APPROX 28N SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO LIBERAL LEADER
CHARLES HUBAND.
NORTHWEST ONTARIO:
CUUSE OF LIMITED CONTACTS THERE, AND ONLY A BRIEF VISIT IN
RECENT YEARS, DO NOT NOW HAVE ANY POTENTIAL NOMINEES. HOPE SOME WILL
ARISE FROM PLANNED TRIP IN LATE DECEMBER. IN MEANTIME, WOULD
APPRECIATE ANY LEADS FRO EMBASSY OR CONGEN TORONTO.
5. LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING EMBASSY'S GUIDANCE. TO PROMOTE COST
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SHARING WE MAY WANT TO SUGGEST THAT EVENTUAL NOMINEES OR THEIR
PARTIES PICK UP COST OF AIRFARE TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND RETURN TO
CANADA FROM LAST POINT ON U.S. ITINERARY.
HUTSON
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