Canadian candidates vow to keep clothes on

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) -- One candidate bared all in the interests of the homeless in Canada's federal election, but her rivals vowed not to expose their own naked truth.

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The issue arose over the weekend when it emerged that the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in a Vancouver suburb had appeared topless in a fund-raising calendar for a women's crisis center.

NDP candidate Lorrie Williams' opponents are all middle-aged men, and they quickly assured voters they had no intention of following suit.

"I best not appear in the nude if I want to succeed," Liberal Party candidate Lee Rankin, 47, told the Vancouver Sun newspaper. "Nobody would ever want to see me nude."

A smiling Williams, 60, is photographed in the "Dames Do It For The Homeless 2001" calendar driving a red convertible car wearing nothing but sunglasses and jewelry.

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