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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-06-27, Page 22Where's Everybody? Gone to enjoy some FINE FOOD at THE THE Derby Dip Chuckwagon EXETER SOUTH EXETER NORTH Phone 235-2541 Phone 235-0383 5 Year Guaranteed Investment Certificates Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation The senior Trust Company de voted entirely to serving the people of Ontario, VICTORIA and GREY TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Kurt Bowman, Manager b, A. Wettlaufer, Accountant Mtth St., EXeter 236-0530 Your credit-rating is priceless. This is what Ontario is doing to help you protect it. Ontario has passed a new Consumer Reporting Act, one of the most im- portant pieces of consumer legis- lation in the province's history. It deals with the reporting, ex- change and gathering of both credit and personal information related to your life-style and character. It goes into effect July 2, 1974. After that date you'll have the right to know what is being reported about you and to whom. 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Write to: Consumer Reporting Registrar Ontario 20 Queen's Park TorontO, Ontario M4Y 1Y1 Ministry of Consumer end Commercial Relations John Clement, Minister Government of OntariO wiliiam Davis, Pr6rtiler ,7-7.7rtzwzr6 Page 22 Times-.Advoecite, June 27; 1974. What your candidates say about the election issues 111 keeping with the policy of the Times-Advocate in past elections We have asked each of the three Candidates in Huron-Middlesex to comment on a series of Statements concerning govern- ment policies and issues raised in connection with the up-coming election. The statements made were not designed to be a statement of fact. They are also not a reflection, of how the editorial staff at the T-A thinks or feels. However, the questions should draw a negative response from some of the candidates and a positive response from others. All three candidates were given a copy of the statements and were asked to comment on them for the benefit of the electorate. Unfortunately, John Lyndon, the Liberal candidate felt that he had insufficient time, because of a busy schedule, to complete the comments for this issue. The comments following are from Shirley Weary, NDP and Robert McKinley, Progressive Conservative. The answers to the next set of Now! statements will be published next week. 1. Farmers in Huron-Middlesex never had it so good. WEARY: For many farmers 1973 was a good year. Many were able to start paying off the debts they had accumulated during the depressed years of the sixties and early seventies—those, that is, who were able to stick it out. The farmer's cost of production keeps going up--by some 20 last year, But no guarantee exists that the farmer will receive a decent wage and an adequate return on investment, In the interests of both farmers and consumers, the New Democratic Party is committed to a policy of income security for farmers with guaranteed prices related to the cost of production--for grains, beef, pork, poultry, milk and other major agricultural products. Any policy designed to achieve agricultural stability must rest upon the orderly marketing of farm products, We support the concept of producer- controlled national marketing boards for major agricultural products. Stability of supply and price cannot be achieve through a speculative market structure. McKINLEY: As a result of several years of severely depressed prices before 1973 farmers were discontinuing to produce food and, in fact, were being paid by the Government in some areas not to grow grain on their land, This brought about a shortage of feed grain and as a result certain livestock products were in short supply during periods of 1973. Consequently the farmer enjoyed higher prices. In 1974 the prices have declined and for most commodities while the farmers input costs have risen sharply and if something is not done soon about these costs the farmer is headed for a worse financial squeeze than was ex- perienced before 1973. In realizing that a prosperous agricultural industry in Huron- Middlesex benefits all of our residents, it has always been my desire to see built and maintained a prosperous agricultural community. 2. Priee and wage controls will bolt the inflationary spiral, WEARY: The majority of Canadians know that a wage and price freeze has been tried in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries and has everywhere failed. In Britain, a policy of wage and price controls created social and industrial unrest which brought the economy to its knees and toppled the Con- servative government which imposed them, Despite the controls, the increase in the cost of living was higher in Britain last year than it was in Canada. In the United States, M years of phases and freezes, controls and relaxations caused economic dislocations from which North America is still reeling. American economists are vir- tually unanimous that the U.S. control program has been inef- fective. Do the Tories propose to freeze interest rates? Do they propose to freeze stock prices? Will it apply to dividend payments? to interest income? to rental income? to professional fees? Or is it just another way to place the burden of inflation even more heavily on the wage and- salary earners? McKINLEY: Incomes a ndprices controls would allow for the leveling out of the economy without a severe recession.As happened before,the Government tried to fight in- flation by tight money and high interest rates and brought on a recession with over 7 % unem- ployment that cost the taxpayers of Canada 2 Billion dollars a year for unemployed perSons. Unless something is done in a concrete fashion we are headed for 'a recession much more severe than was experience before the 1972 election, + + + 3. The voters of Huron-Middlesex are disinterested in this election because there are no local issues. WEARY: If the voters in Huron-Middlesex are disinterested in this election it is because they are frustrated by the inaction of the Liberal federal government to the problems they and all Canadians face. And, they are equally frustrated by the Con- servatives' program to solve the problems--a program that has been shown to be a • failure elsewhere. They have become cynical about government and its non-response so clearly ;illustrated by the:Ad:line parties. They are hesitant to believe the changes that can and have been made by New Democrat governments in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. They must remember that both old parties have had ample opportunities to show what they can do --and that what they do best is make promises which they are unable to keep because they owe their allegiance to the corporate sector of this country not to the people. They must remember that New Democrats say and mean "People Matter More." McKINLEY: The local issues in this election are much the same as the national issues'. The main- tenance of adequate income to enjoy a reasonable standard of living in the face of greatly in- creased costs of living. The protection of the family farm as a way of life. The increased bur- dens , placed upon the, small businessman by the rising costs of operation. + + + 4. Federal grants like OFY and LIP are a waste of money. WEARY: Federal grants like OFY and LIP are a patchwork, piecemeal effort to provide employment rather than developing a sound overall employment policy. We must reduce income taxes for most Canadian families so they have more money to buy goods and services provided by Canadian workers. We must get federal and provincial govern- ments more actively involved in planning economic development by direct investment and resources to meet social needs FREE BUS SERVICE to the London BINGO Games Every Mon., Wed, & Sot, BUS DEPARTS AS FOLLOWS bcehwood —,,„ ,,,, 6:15 p.m. Exeter ,..„,,.„ 6:30 p.m. Huron Pork .. . 6:40 p.m. Centralia 6:45 p.m, tucoo — ,,,,,,6:65 p.m, Phone 235,0450 like housing, pollution control, and elimination of regional disparities. We must aim man- power and regional expansion policies at long-term develop- ment rather than use them as statistical "band-aid" to cover up the failures of the economic policy by getting people tern- porarily off the welfare roles without giving them real jobs. We must stimulate the labour- intensive manufacturing in- dustries and ensure more processing of our natural resources in Canada. McKINLEY: These grants are paid in the form of mainly wages to Canadians from the public treasury. It is undesirable that our people should become dependant on this form of income. It would be better to use this money to create long term employment that would maintain itself after an initial start.These programs are deemed unnecessary when there are adequate employment op- portunities from conventional sources, + + 5, The increase in federal bureaucracy is the primary cause of inflation. WEARY: I think the primary cause of inflation is a badly mismanaged economy. The corporate powers contribute to the inflationary spiral by raising their prices without the slightest twinge of conscience or without the negotiations required for workers to gain a raise. The power which huge corporations wield over our lives is immense. If corporate power is not reigned in, Canadians cannot hope to regain their economic sovereignty. Nor will we be able to build a viable economy in all regions of our country, or restrain the upward rush in the cost of living. Last winter's energy crisis proved to all Canadians that the development of our vital oil and gas resources have been dictated by corporate profit rather than public need. We have seen tax policies that are generous to the corporate sector, at the expense of the individual taxpayer. We have witnessed windfall profits go to corporations by virtue of their freedom to raise prices and profits almost at will, We have watched as unfair advertising, selling and pricing practices continue to exploit the consumer. The NDP believes that by ending corporate handouts and imposing a tax on excess profits, the government can regain funds that can be more usefully em- ployed in the economy for the social and economic betterment of the Canadian people. McKINLEY: The. increase in the federal bureaucracy since Mr. Trudeau took office has been a prime contributor to Canada's inflation, During these years the federal civil service has increased from 220,000 to over 320,000. This in- crease alone represents many more than the total personel of Canada's armed forces. The increase in federal spending has risen 25 % in the last year. I'm sure every Canadian would like to have had the opportunity of a 25% greater income to spend as they see fit, if they had privilege of demanding from the people what they wanted to spend. + + + 6. Commercial, industrial and resort development should not be allowed on Huron's prime agricultural land. WEARY: Definitely not. Our farm land resources are now depleted at a disastrous rate. It is not practical to eliminate' agricultural con-, siderations from land use policy for residential and industrial development. Neither the in- terest of the farmer or the urban dweller nor the need for planned utilization of farm land is served by speculators. In British Columbia the New Democratic government has worked energetically on behalf of far- mers and rural areas. Its Land Commission Act protects good potential farmland from com- mercial or housing use. Federally, we would establish a Land Bank Commission to purchase land offered voluntarily on the market at competitive prices, and lease this land, guaranteeing tenure, on the basis of need, with the option to buy, to potential farmers. This would ensure that agricultural land remained available for agricultural production. • McKINLEY: It is important that sufficient development be allowed and encouraged so that our human resources are able to secure productive employment. It is also important that the satisfying way of life enjoyed by the people of Huron-Middlesex be maintained. It has always been of prime Concern to me that the costs of educating our young people should in later years. be returned. as a benefit, Sufficient em- ployment opportunities in all areas of endeavour would ensure this, 7. Pregnant women should get unemployment insurance benefits. WEARY: In order to .create the social conditions fora genuine pert-. nership between men and women in' the work world, we must give women maternity leave with pay and with the right to return to the job with no loss of pay or seniority. Until this becomes reality, pregnant women in the work force should get unem- ployment insurance benefits. 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