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That is what I was coming to myself - the way we sell this to the Conservat=
ives is by saying that we would do the same for them - what is key is build= ing bipartisan support - the Conservatives should welcome this because it p= rotects them from Liberal attack re: a) the market opening policy initiativ= e, and b) ties (via contributions, fundraising, etc) to big energy. But I a= lso know that some one like Wilson can be particularly vindictive and may = not respond well. Will review with today with Sasha, who sits on the Torie= s' fundraising committee.=20 -----Original Message----- From: =09Steffes, James D. =20 Sent:=09Wednesday, September 19, 2001 8:55 AM To:=09Dadson, Aleck; Shapiro, Richard Subject:=09RE: Liberal Party Sounds good to me. Any thoughts to have Milnthorp support the Conservative= s and Devries (or someone else) do the Liberals? Jim -----Original Message----- From: =09Dadson, Aleck =20 Sent:=09Wednesday, September 19, 2001 7:19 AM To:=09Shapiro, Richard; Steffes, James D. Subject:=09RE: Liberal Party Yes I think we can through Sasha J. - and will do so -=20 -----Original Message----- From: =09Shapiro, Richard =20 Sent:=09Tuesday, September 18, 2001 7:00 PM To:=09Dadson, Aleck; Steffes, James D. Subject:=09RE: Liberal Party Key is Conservative party reaction since they are the governing party..can = you gauge this ? -----Original Message----- From: =09Dadson, Aleck =20 Sent:=09Tuesday, September 18, 2001 5:21 PM To:=09Shapiro, Richard; Steffes, James D. Subject:=09Liberal Party As you know, one of our key efforts in Ontario is to build bipartisan suppo= rt for opening the market in early 2002. That largely involves firming up t= he position of the Liberal Party (currently in opposition but in a strong p= osition to win in the next election) in support of moving forward with comp= etition. The Liberal Party has asked me whether Enron (really someone like = Rob Milnthorp or Paul Devries) might consider being the co-chair of a fund = raising event for the party in November 2001. The event would be timed for = the Independent Power Producers Society of Ontario conference (the largest = annual energy conference in Canada) and would be targeted at people in the = Ontario energy sector. Dalton McGuinty, the leader, would speak at the even= t. I didn't dismiss the idea out of hand because it may have merit if : a)= through such an event, we can secure true bipartisan support for moving f= orward. (In other words, if we were to do this, the material would have to= state that Rob or Paul is acting as co-chair in recognition of the biparti= san support for the deregulation initiative and how such bipartisan support= is good for the Province etc); and b) we were satisfied that doing so woul= d not alienate the governing Conservatives. (The Conservatives have always = encouraged us to do what we can to keep the Liberals on side and I think th= ey would be sophisticated enough to appreciate that efforts would involve p= articipation in such fund raising events - particularly if the material use= d did not endorse the Liberals and merely recognized their support for movi= ng forward). Let me know what you think. Aleck (having said all this I sho= uld admit to being a Liberal)
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