What the BC NDP said

The questions:

1. In the last year, what non-fiction book have you read that most stands out for you?

2. What periodicals (aside from newspapers) have you been regularly reading this year?

3. What work of art (movie, novel, play, visual art, etc.) moved you the most in the last year?

4. What non-Canadian political leader would you most like to have over for dinner?

5. What nation's plight (excluding Canada's) concerns you the most?

Dale Jackaman, Richmond

1. Wellington (a history of Lord Wellington, England's most famous general)
2. CIO Magazine, Windows, Net Magazine, Canadian Business, Canadian Security, Radio Amateurs of Canada
3. Lord of the Rings, a film
4. Valdimir Putin, president of Russia
5. Iraq

Starleigh Grass, Kelowna

1. The Edible Woman, by Margret Atwood,
2. Modern Language Review, The Democrat, The Left Review, Geist
3. 21 Grams, a film
4. Sonja Ghandi
5. Iraq

Pummy Kaur, South Surrey - White Rock - Cloverdale

1. Rogue States, by Noam Chomsky
2. The New Internationalist, CCPA Monitor, Georgia Straight, Council of Canadians Newsletter, Amnesty International Reports, Peace and Global Education Journal
3. My daughter's self-portrait
4. Aung San Sui Kyi
5. Africa, Tibet, First Peoples of the Planet, North

Libby Davies, Vancouver East

1. Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy by Hilary Wainwright, 2003
2. Herizonsm Gourmet Magazine
3. Triplets of Belleville, an animated film
4. Condolezza Rice
5. Africa

Scott Fraser, Nanaimo – Alberni

1. Stupid White Men, by Michael Moore
2. The Walrus
3. Paintings by local artist Mark Hobson
4. Dalai Lama
5. USA

Steve McClurg, New Westminster – Coquiitlam

1. Fortunate Son, by J H Hatfield
2. West Coast Environmental Law, The Democrat, The Como Watershed, Trade Talk
3. Bowling for Columbine, a documentary film
4. Fidel Castro
5. Iraq

Jennifer Burgis, Saanich—Gulf Islands

1. Imagine Democracy, by Judy Rebick
2. Maclean's
3. Mother Nature
4. Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
5. Sub-Saharan Africa.

Randall Garrison, Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca

1. Shake Hands with the Devil, by Romeo Dallaire
2. Far Eastern Economic Review, Le Monde Hebdomadaire, Gay Times
3. A small abstract painting by Victoria Artist Phyllis Serota
4. Dalai Lama
5. Sub-Saharan Africa

Charley King, Port Moody – Westwood – Port Coquitlam

1. Kicking Ass in Canadian Politics, by Warren Kinsella
2. Road and Track, Cigar Aficionado, Campaigns and Elections
3. Nearly Neil and Solitary Band (especially moved by spirited performance of Brother Love)
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Haiti

Ian Waddell, Vancouver Kingsway

1. Juggernaut, by Susan Delacourt
2. The Economist
3. Equis, a play
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Zimbabwe

David Turner, Victoria

1. The Story of Stanley Knowles
2. Monday Magazine, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Photo Life, Maclean's
3. The Corporation, and Lost in Translation, films
4. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Spanish Prime Minister
5. Sudan, Chad

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