Clinton News-Record, 1967-10-12, Page 3Respond to invitation
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^MORGAN SMITH
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. .Now , is..the,. time for all of
us^ty Hcqnsider ^.carefully what
is happening;to pur Provincial
Government, It\ is becoming
more’‘and more remote from the
people, j a;nd as it grows older
in.office'-more and more die.
taTorfai^j . '' \
The high-handed" tumblings of
the Conservatives are causing
even staunch supporters to have
urieasy, qualms. Ask any farmer
or businessman of the multiple
restrictions that are closing in
on his operations,. and demand
ing more ’and more of his time
in making’reports and returns,
all at his own expense.
You have observed the cover,
up methods used by the Con.
servatives - public enquiries
and Commissions, most of which
appear at election time. These Jodies of course do not report
pntil after the , election, when
people have forgotten the cir.
pumstances. The Conservatives
are masters at the art of cover.
|ip, and who re,members the
highway scandals that were
buried in a previous election?
| They have whittled away at
local, autonomy, because strong iocal government frustrates
their dictatorial actions. They
have reduced municipalities to
serfdoms by their control of
finance, and dictations' from the
Department of Municipal' Af.
fairs and the Ontario Municipal
Board. Now they have proposed
to do away with county councils,
Without first strengthening the
hands of municipalities, and
without consultation. The axe is
Raised, and will only drop after
the election, | This-^Conservative govern--’-
jient has been the most pro.
Had. They are forced to buy
their way out of troubles. They
bribe the voter into acquies-
pence.‘With the biggest deficit
in Ontario’s . history, with a
soaring public debt, and with
inflation kindled by government
waste, they compound matters
by handing out election goodies.
We have seen how they raised
taxes in the past four years,
and this trend is only held
up temporarily until after the
election. They have plucked the
plums from the Smith report,
and did not read further — and
they hope the public did not read
further — about the sharp rise
in all taxes that will be needed
to pay for their irresponsibility.
?• We are aware of the bunglihg
methods in which they have
Handled education since the war.
They have allowed Ontario’s
standard?,to slip behind that of
the four western provinces.
They have perpetuated the in.
equality of rural and urban
education, and have failed to
provide advice and leadership
for school boards. We have
followed their fumblings in re.
Vitalizing Centralia. Afraid of
ah empty ghost-town, they
started an Agricultural and
Home Economics School. After
their failure to gain industry
following a year of effort, they
use our tax money to open a
branch of a community college,
When the college itself should
have been located in Huron.
This cannot attract staff nor
students, and can only be main,
tained at great, expense until a
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE ■
LIBERAL NOW .
After • twenty-four years, .the
. Conservatives have grpwn tired
in office. They have entrenched
themselves in positions of
power, which comes only from
a complacency that allows them
to disregard public criticism.
They have wasted •government
money to bolster their position,
and have built up . an eippire
• of civil • servants whose first
duty is to the Conservative
hierarchy. Their government
contracts have been pointed at
gaining Conservative support
rather' than economy and effi.
ciency.
To make a democracy work
properly, a balance must be
maintained in the two parties.
Only the controls and checks
imposed by an alert electorate
can ensure good government,
and when,the voter is apathetic
about changes and improve,
ment, he gets the kind of govern,
meat he deserves.
Mr. Nixon and his team of
liberals are ready to take over
the Government now, ready with
fresh policies to • revitalize
leadership in Ontario. He will
restore the functions-of. parlia
ment, and open the parliament,
ary committee system to
receive advice from Ontario
citizens. He intends to make
great savings from correcting
the waste of tax money by the
entrenched Conservative hier
archy.
Starting with the twenty-four
man cabinet, he will reduce
this number to fifteen. He will
then proceed to examine the
organization and efficiency of
each department.
Budgeting Has been poorly
handled." We have the spectacle
of a Government that brings
down its budget in the spring
with the greatest deficit ever,
and keeps on adding to the
debt by monthly and weekly
additions of further handouts to
the voter.I <
An Auditor.General will be
appointed with powers that are
independent of the government,
powers such as this position
has in Ottawa to critize govern,
ment waste of inefficiency. The
civil service will be revitalized’
and its orientation to serve the’,
PUbHo ratherjihap- .theiC.onser-1
vative brass.
Ontario Agriculture is at the
crossroads., In this time of
radical change, it is necessary
to have long term planning,
to be worked out by the govern,
ment and our farm organiza.
tions. We can no longer tolerate
patchwork solutions, arbitrar
ily imposed to correct a situ,
ation that has already happened.
We must have an Agricultural
Industry Act that covers the
whole industry, with a com mis.
sion to supervise the growth
and changes, a commission em
bracing the various segments
of agriculture and government,
to plan the future.
decent interval
election. - •
The new Liberal government
will put a tight reign on govern,
ment spending, keeping it within
the growth of our province. This
will be
and by
of the
ments.
toward
taxpayer by reducing the educa.
tional burden, by now over half
our county expenditures. He is
not offering a bribe that he
knows cannot be filled tomor.
row, but will space this over
a period of five years, as our
revenues increase with growth,
and when the savings in Con.
servative government waste are
mobilized.
done by rigid economy,
establishing priorities
most needed require.
Mr. Nixon will work
assistance of the local
Mr. Nixon is ready now with
a responsible and trustworthy
team to take over the Ontario
Government*
c..s, m^Haughton
i. . • ■ ■ -•.. i » '
Most people, it seems, are
saying ’ there are no serious
issues in this election. I couldp’t
disagree more. ■ <'
The basic question in this
campaign--- and all of us must
face it squarely — is the
management of Ontario’s finan.
cial resources and its effect
on this .province’s future. ‘
I know' it isn’t' a popular
theme - and that’s probably
why it hasn’t hit the headlines.
But it’s .by; far the most im
portant aspect of this election.
The'hard fact is that Ontario,
its'municipalities, and our Fed-
eral Government collectively
have reached the limit in the
spending of public funds and
in taxation.
The total tax burden on the
people of our Province is high
enough in terms of our present
economic level.
The. time has come to put
the brakes on spending and to
hold the line on taxes.
I’m sorry if I’m repeating my
self here — because this is the
same message I’ve given to se-
veral Huron Riding audiences
and indeed to audiences all ac
ross this province in the past
four weeks.
But .1 can’t apologize for em
phasizing as often as I can
what I am firmly convinced is
the real issue of this election.
You must have noticed in the
newspapers recently that the
Government at Ottawa has now
realized this point too. ■ They
have undertaken* major cuts in
spending in an effort to avoid
higher taxes.
I welcome this move because
it recognizes the position' that
«Pr erffter -JOhn^R obartS “ahd -TJ
'ft^veutakVh 6nfbhhaif of Glifariti-’'
at all of our recent federal,
provincial financial confer,
ences.
All governments — and all ci-
tizens - of this country must
realize that Canada just can’t
undertake all the projects and
all the programs wanted by all
the people all at once.
We must control our govern,
ment activities - at all levels -
to keep our taxes in tune with
our progress. We must concen.
trate our spending on the pro*
grams that will give us the
best returns for our invest
ment. And we must insist on
cutting costs, wherever pos-
sible.
The opposition parties are
proposing that Ontario should
undertake a great number of
new programs - and some of
their ideas are good ones which
we can all support.
But, as responsible citizens,
all of us must look at the
price tag associated with them.
The Liberal Party lias pro
posed many well-intentioned
changes but it’s fair to warn -
you that they are costly. To
assume 80% of the cost of
education, as they advocate,
would cost $350 million. Their
northern development program
has a price tag of $100 million;
universal ’medicare, another
$100 million; other projects,
well over'$150 million. That’s
a total of $700 million - and
we just can’t afford it!
The NDP asks you to sup
port compulsory ' auto in
surance, guaranteed annual in.
come and many Other programs
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present their platforms
that would involve the es-
tablisibpiejit of. 41 pew depart
ments, boards or commissions
of government, given though
some of these suggestions, may
seem attractive to some people,
I submit this important ques
tion: Who is going to pay for
them and how?
The answer is« obviops-: the
cost mqst come out of the
pocketbooks of you and I,
Governments, I assure you,
have no magic way of produo
ing money. The best they can
do is invest their tax revenues
in programs that will spur our
economic progress.
This priority of investment —
this wise use of public funds ~r
forms the basis of the sound
Government you have received
from the Robarts adminis-
tr ation.
Take our own Centralia In
dustrial Park as an example,
Here we are building, out of
what might have been an aban.
doned or dispersed community,
a new base of opportunity -for
Huron — one that I’m convinc-
ed will not cost the taxpayers
one nickel over the years and
at the same time return sub
stantial benefits to Huron’s eco-
nomy.
On top of "the industlres which
have already been announced
for Centralia, the Park has
provided facilities for a new
school of agriculture and home
economics — a valuable addit
ion to our farm education pro
gram in this province and one
whose justification is already
apparent by a full enrolment
in the first year.
Take our new schools in ,
Huron as another example. Can
there be any better investment
than in a modern education for
our young people who are grow
ing into a rapidly changing
world? And surely it’s signifi-
cant that we are providing equal
facilities in our rural areas
to those which the cities offer.
The new roads in Huron, the.
Point farm Provincial Park and
the proposed satellite site for
Conestoga College are further
examples of what I believe are
sound investments.
At the same time, we are
keeping pace with our basic
social needs, with new hospital
beds and new facilities for our
senior citizens.
I believe our agriculture pro
grams are sound too, because
they are providing farmers with
the tools to help them adjust'td’.
changing.conditions. Wha't could. ’
ph mqr.e sepsjhle, 'for/exampl e,,
than’ to provide 'capital aid
grants to assist with physical
improvements that will net
greater returns for our
farmers?
On the farm income problem,
what could be more logical than
to undertake a comprehensive
study of present and future
conditions, in co-operation with
our Federation and our
Farmers’ Union? This is a part
nership approach -toward the
solving ofa recognized concern.
I note some criticism in our
local newspapers that I haven’t
been-seen in the riding during
this campaign as often as people
might wish. That’s an under
standable complaint because I
am, first and foremost, your
representative.
I hope, however, that most of
you will understand that my
position in Government imposes
responsibilities which I -can-
not ignore. At the same time,
JOHN BOYNE
MEDICARE - OMSIP.is a
truncated misguided attempt to
Keep the doctors and insurance
companies happy, It is a costly
silly alternative to the Saskat
chewan plan which fulfills all
the recommendations of the Hall
Commission. On this score the
federal liberals appear to be
reneging again on their promise
in this area so perhaps the
provincial conservatives will
stay in step with them after
all - but not with us.
CAR INSURANCE - Over 200
companies in the field in On
tario pay out only 67 percent
of the premium dollar on
claims. The Saskatchewan plan
over many years has paid out
86 percent of every premium
dollar on claims because pf
simplified procedures find
lower overhead costs,
COSTS OF EDUCATION—The
property fax base for education
further strains the resources
of the farmer, the labourer and
the person on fixed income, It
is an unprogressive tax — we
propose to shift the burden of
education to where It belongs
to those with the ability to
pay - with higher incomes.
HOUSING — Both levels of
government have neglected
housing until the problem has
reached crisis proportions in
many areas. The best the Con
servative government has done
is introduce the HOME plan
which Dr. Morton Shulman has
defined sis Home Ownership
Made Expensive. The best the
Liberal federal government has
done is to raise the mortgage
rate to a fantastically expensi ve
eight and a quarter percent
thus making it even more ex.
pensive to buy a home. Surely
the housing problem requires
the insights and planning and
policies of people who have not
totally Jost touch with reality,
I believe these problems dei
mand the policies and planning
of the NDP. Therefore in this
election you have the opport
unity to vote for a reasonable
meaningful change by voting
John Boyne, New Democrat in
Huron. Signed (John C. Boyne)
FARM INCOME - The ■
Robarts government cannot
boast about progress in the
vital matter of farm income.
Ten percent of our people work
on farms in Ontario and they
get five percent of the income.
Net farm income is lower in
Ontario than it is in Canada
as a whole. Sixty percent of On-
tar io farmers have a family
income of less than $3,750. per
year which has been defined
by ARDA as the poverty line.
The Robarts government in
this area as in others has
taken the old laissez-faire line
better defined as do nothing until
the crisis is so acute you have
to react - therefore Vineland,
the Hedlin-Menzies Report and
the Farm Income Study group -
all not part of a long-range
planning programme but a be.
lated, too little, too late reac-
tion to the farm income pro.
blem.
Surely after 24 years of a
lack of co-ordinated planning it
is time to elect a group of
people who believe in economic
planning in agriculture as in
other areas.
LABOUR INCOME - Our pre.
sent member went on public
record at a party picnic as.
opposing wage demands which
amounted to ten percent a year
over three years. This was
after years of rising profits
and dividend payments which
had in fact outstripped labour
income. However, I heard no-
thing from him about the threat
to die economy from a 25 per-
cent increase in doctor’s fees'
in On'e -year.'-h submit that the
wirk’er'.Tn ’Huroh-County- is not
threatening our economy. I
therefore wholeheartedly sup
port the organized attempts of
workers to obtain a living wage
and a fair share of the total
wealth. Here too it is time
labour asked serious questions
about its present representation
in the house.
I can assure you that I have
always recognized the import,
ance of my home riding and I
trust the results of my efforts,
on behalf of our communities
and individual citizens, are tan-
gible evidence of the manner in
which I have discharged my res
ponsibilities to Huron.
May I conclude by expressing
my appreciation for the opport,
unity of serving you these past
nine years and to ask for your
support again on October 17 -
your date with responsible pro.
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