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Mr. McQuail pointed out the national debt under the Liberal government has climbed from $11 million in 1068 to $11 billion in 1978. The , question of, Jahour control in the party was explained and Mr. McQuail pointed out that three quarters• of the delegates are from riding associations and individual Canadians cootribute five times as many, dollars to the party as do unions. The NDP candidate stressed his party has sound policies on energy, agriculture and small business. The Conservative candidate told voters- that the Conservative energy policy would ensure Canada a self-sufficient future. No matter who is elected, Mr. Cardiff said, the • price 'of fuel will in- crease., There is no alternative but to increase the well price if the excise tax is not implemented. • Mr. Cardiff told the voters that the increase would amount to one cent per mile or 90 cents per acre. "If we keep the machinery in good working order and not work the soil tdo much like the experts tell us, then we , can probably save that money," Mr. Cardiff said. Other benefits from the. Conservative party he outlined were the home insu- lation program, funds available to help Convert oil to gas heating, and Mr. Cardiff said he` would like to see farm fuels exempt from taxes. In the budget that was defeated, Mr. Cardiff praised the mortgage deduct- ability scheme which would help people purchaSe homes or build homes which he said in turn would create more construct-. • ion work; a tax deduction for firemen of $500 up from $300; as well as a small business development bond and- acCom- modations for a farm tax credit for pay- ments for spouses who work on the farm. The Conservatives would also increase personnel in the armed forces. The candidates had all done likeir homework and were able to answer the questions put to them by the audience. PROFITS IN AGRICULTURE To the question of how each party would help keep agriculture a profitable industry despite the high interest rates which threaten farmers now, Mr. Cardiff suggested 'a better job' .of marketing. The NDPp candidate said his party would low- er the interest rates by 2 per cent immediately and proposed that lower int- erest loans be .made available to farmers. The Liberal candidate said that interest rates should be established in Canada net in the U.S. HO couldn't justify the increase as .high as it is now. Closer to home one local person want- ed to know what increase the • Huron County. Board of Education would be expected to pay -for fuel. The answers varied widely from 5.5c increase per litre (Liberals); a Pike -freeze until a report • made (NDP); and a plea to conserve until Canada is self-sufficient by 1990 (Conservative). . One irate man waved a glossy public- ation and wanted to know what the parties were -going -to do' about wasting money on ' publishing "this . garbage." The issue was from the National Dairy program and all members were in agree- ment that the first way of reducing waste is to let the right people know and work and get it changed. Another question involved obscenity and eventually brought up the issue of books in the school system. Although' all members agreed that obscene material and profanity should not be allowed they said it was hard to enforce. . Mr. Cardiff was called upon to defend the 'Conservative idea of giving 'shares 'of Petrocan back to the taxpayers. He pointed out that the selling of shares would generate $500 million back into Petrocan and the money would be used to 'help develop resources and new ener- gy alternatives. Mr. McQuail said that distribution of Petrocan shares would be too costly and that Petrocan should be the sole 'import- er of oil. Mr. Craig said the Liberals would .,keep, strengthen and expand , Petro,can as well as provide alternatives that could save or cut down on the oil consumption. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT Both Mr. Cardiff and Mr. Craig were 'in favour of the return' of capital- punish: ment but Mr. McQuail proposed havine maximum sentences enforced. The date for this year's Brussels. Santa Claus 'paradewas, set at December at .1:00 when a meeting was held at the Brussels Inn on Thursday night. four interested citizens attended and it was also deCided that floats 'must be at Balconies go /.(Continued`from Page 1) and owned automobile insurance from $200,000 to $300,000. They also in- creased the coverage on the 1977 grader from $69,368 to $90,000 and increased the 'Contents floater on the buildings from $15,400 to $20,000. In other business, council members had a discussibn' regarding the purchase of FM radios for the graders and they received a letter from the province recommending as, guideline that tile drainage loans be a maximum of $200 per acre, a policy. that has been in effect in Grey township for two years. All the applicants that Grey Township has at the present time are being asked to resubmit" their applications for 1980. People have Council to check out stop signs At the recent Brussels council meeting, Malcolm Jacobs recommended that there should be stop signs on both sides of Thomas Street )which caused a discussion on other streets in town where there should be, stop signs. Council will make a tour to. find out just where stop signs are needed. Council also discussed some questionable bills put in by the . roadmen and decided that the men should submit inventory sheets of tools in the PUC sheds; that the'y should hand in purchase orders of equipment and that they ' should, discuss some of the things they were going to do with either the *chairman of the roads committee or the chairman of ' the property committee, or the reeve if they're not around. the CIL yard Eby 12;09 'in 'order te be judged. The next Santa Claus parade meeting will be held on October 15 at the Brus-sels Inn at 8 o'clock, op in Geey to have a tile drainage on 50 acres before° they can receive $10,000 and they can't have loans of an . amount in excess ( of, $40,000 cumulative, no matter how many municipalities they own property in. Also, council decided to hire someone to repair' the Ethel library, a building permit was issued for Gerald Ryan of Walton for the construction of four silos, the road superintendent is, to advertise for gravel tenders and they bought a van' 'body to be used at, the Walton waste - site for the attendant to sit in Bill Smiley .. (Continued from, Page 2) ,to write an X, shake our heads, start to write an X in 'another place, shake our heads, and wind up feeling as though we'd like to kick the sides out of the booth, and go off and get drunk. And that's about the way the vote will go, regardless of polls. We might vote for the local candidate, if he/she seems a good person, regardless of our party affiliations. We might cast a neg- ative vote, against one party . rather than for the other. Personally, I hope the Liberals lose, for several reasons. They are in com- plete disarray. They did little to 'attack inflation, except steal Bob Stanfield's prices and wage controls. They let the national debt become infamous. They showed, little political conscience, in forcing an election. The Tories were on the right track,' with their tough budget. But they went too far on their so-called energy policy, in a - land of long distances, and , eight months of cold weather. Canadians will give up their mistresses before they'll give up their oil and gas. Prediction? Another minority govern- ment, worse than' the last one.