LIBERALS PIN DOWN IGALI?

Daniel Igali won a gold medal in wrestling at the 2000 Olympics. Now he wants to be the BC Liberals' candidate in Surrey-Newton.

Up to this point, Igali was O.K., what with the dancing around the Canadian flag and planting a kiss on it after his victory in Sydney. Igali came to Canada as a refugee from Nigeria in 1994, and because of this country's tradition of understanding and giving people a chance, became a champion athlete and a respected figure in the community. Why join a political party that thrives on refusing to understand and hoarding opportunity for its rich and powerful friends?

Is Igali the next Lorne Mayencourt? Mayencourt won a medal, in his case the Governor General's Award of Merit for his work with AIDS patients. After a few years with the Liberal cabal, he signed off on the "Fair" Pharmacare program, which led to many of those same AIDS patients not being able to afford their medication. For all we know, some of them may have been charged under Mayencourt's Safe Streets Act if they took to panhandling to try and pay for their meds.

There's no way to tell what Igali is thinking in seeking a Liberal nomination. He might have throught of a career in pro wrestling, but maybe he has too much integrity to be involved in the fakery peddled by the likes of Vince McMahon. Sadly, nobody warned Igali about the fakery peddled by Gordon Campbell for the past four years.