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vv lonomistsunjtribuhe federalaffairs saturday july 8 2000 irizo ip c r u rx if you believe in something you fight for it if you go in a closet how do you know if anybody agrees with you jones defends proposal to run for two parties i as ahstic- bymikeadler staff writer markham mp jim jones expelled from the tory caucus last week for announcing he will seek the ridings canadian alliance nomination says he was only doing what most of his con stituents wanted in a letter sent exclusively to history supporters and readers of this newspaper he defended his plan to run for both the alliance and tory nominations in markham as a realistic and workable proposal most people he met told him haying a single conservative candidate in markham r and other closely fought ridings was the only way to break- the liberals grip on canada jories said in the letter the over- whelming majority of you have expressed concern that the ciu rent votesplitting situation must be addressed- cant play for 2 teams if you believe in something you fight forit jones addedin an interview if you go inaclos- et how do you knowif anybody agrees with youi r tory leader joe clark has fought with jones and other tories who favour cooperation with the alliance of running shared candidates in the next election clark quicklyexpelledjones his partys industry critic from the caucus after he announced- his plans wednesday you cant play for two teams at the same time clark told reporters late wednesday after noon v he knew the consequences hes going to have to live with the consequences yesterday jones who expressed surprise at the expul sion said he still believes he can run in markham under the tory banner and still had hopes of returning to the caucus if i had jim jones expelled mp says he was doing what most of his constituents wanted him to by attempting to pre vent conservative vote split been given the opportunity to explain i think it wouldnt have happened he said the rookie mp said he decid ed- openly what to do about a problem several tory riding associations are struggling with in private he didnt deny he had recent ly worked with former tory lead ership contender brian pallister on common ground a commit tee that solicited tory associa tions to promote a- joint conservativealliance candidate selection in their ridings clark and tory party officials had warned pallister and jories to stop but jones continued his support were hoping to change the mindset of a k party jones explained markham conservative rid ing president rod stableforth said the mps actions this week were premature hes trying to carve a path here and i wish he waited a little longer before he tried to carve it he said there are still tories in markham who are firmly against working with the alliance and jones faces a tidal wave of flak from conservatives hioving to- unseat him at nomination time stableforth warned thursday i knowthere are people who are actively searching now who werent searching before jones said he decided to endorse alliance leadership can didate stockwell day this week because he wanted to discour age people from voting for days rival prfeston manning who jones said is less likely to workfor a compromise among conserya- tiyes- local organizers for day said the campaign had no discus sions or any other contact with jones but welcomed his endorsement its no niystery to anybody that hes had his troubles with mr clark added kirk sutherland days york region campaign chief and a former tory vicepresident in markham who like jones supports run ning a single conservative candi date to end votesplitting bold leadership day issued a news release saying jones has demonstrated bold leadership with actions that are in the best interests of all canadians who want a change of government i am committed to doing whatever i can to assist him in his efforts tostop votesplitting in ontario day said line maheux a day spokesperson said if jones wins markhams alliance nomination day would try to work with the progressive conservatives to see that there wouldnt be opposing tory and alliance candidates an ibm executive and certi- fied general accountant jones was serving a third term as a markham councillor when he was elected in 1997 the incumbent in that elec tion was jag bhaduria who was sitting as an after being ousted by the liberals our individualized learning program will help your child learn to think focus and rediscover motivation at school uearnjnggentres unionville wwwbxfordlearningcom highway 7 near kennedy askaboutoursummercamps 5138186 learning for school learning for life reading writing spelling french math study skills little readers breast hem evitft womans right everyones responsibility i i canadian i sootlt cancer i canaimbae society du cancer take responsi bility for your own breast heaithbecome more knowl edgeable and less fearful about breast cancer were here to offer support with trained breast health speakers and- timely information call us were the canadian 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