time worked as a teacher. He ran for the Natural Law Party in two federal elections and one provincial election. He was forty-two years old in the 1993 campaign, lived in Ottawa, and was a project manager for the Heaven on Earth Development Corporation, the centre of the transcendental meditation movement in Canada. He called for an all-party system of government and said that centralization and inefficient social programs had caused the national deficit. Sudbury: Roy Hankonen Roy Hankonen described himself as a supervisor. He received 247 votes (0.62%), finishing sixth against Liberal incumbent Diane Marleau. Manitoba Larry Decter (Winnipeg South) Decter was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba, and also attended Maharishi European Research University (MERU) in Switzerland. He worked as a researcher and teacher with the transcendental meditation movement. Decter campaigned for the Natural Law Party in the 1993 and 1997 Canadian elections. He resided in Huntsville, Ontario during the 1993 campaign, and contested Windsor West in the same province. During this campaign, he has quoted as asserting, "There is no unemployment in nature; there are no unnecessary atoms in the universe. Everything has a place and a purpose. Yet we human beings, the most highly evolved species on the planet, have somehow lost touch with the unlimited intelligence and organizing power of natural law." (Windsor Star, 22 October 1993) He received 138 votes, finishing sixth against longtime Liberal incumbent Herb Gray. He received 153 votes (0.40%) in 1997, finishing sixth against Liberal Reg Alcock. Decter is likely related to Ron Decter, a prominent figure for the Natural Law Party in Manitoba. Saskatchewan Patrick James Coulterman (Wanuskewin) Coulterman was a maintenance supervisor at Saskatoon's Community Clinic during the 1990s (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 17 May 1997). He wrote against genetically modified foods shortly before the 1997 election, arguing that they were a danger to the health of Canadians and criticizing the provincial government for funding Ag-West Biotech (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, 6 March 1997). Others criticized the accuracy of his arguments, noting they were drawn largely from NLP-related sources (20 March 1997). He advocated transcendental meditation to resolve tensions in Kosovo in 1999, claiming that president Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique has successfully used the technique to end twenty years of civil war in his country (14 April 1999). Alberta Frank Haika (Calgary West) Haika was 48 years old during the 1997 election.