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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-01-20, Page 5fE.ature Sem110811 Widaemilay, jemmy 2.012 -tiffs 5 Discuss JVDPprospects with leadership hope and counsellor atTrent. University, Peterbor Oogh.. He said the poor showing by the NDP in the Inst election reflects its "severe discos- nection" from many of the people of Ontario and goes hack to the 1970s, when theparty chose to rely on the image of its leader, Stephen Lewis, rather than build the party structure at the grass roots. level.. The party also got too deeply involved, during the periods of minority government, •'with pressuring the Tories to pass progres- legislation; and it missed several golden opportunities: to force elections • on issues it could have used to good advantage, he said. The party's • apparent lack of appeal to voters stems directly from its failure to gest. involved at the Local level with local issues, he added. Unlike the Tories and Liberals, there are few New Democrats involved in municipal governments, boards or farm organizations. ` "One of the major failures is that there is no connection with the farm community. The party never concentrated on goingout and getting the rural vote, either in organiza- tional terms or in terms of the type ofIleader it elected. It thought. of itself as 'an urban. party." He originally came from the Fergus -Elora area, and doesn't buy the . idea the . NDP cannot appeal to rural voters, he said. Like Foulds, Johnston called for interest rate and mortgage assistance for farmers B�ivihig: scores Youth .Bowling January 7th Senior high single; Bruce. Elliott 191; senior high triple, Bruce Elliott 477. Junior high single, Tim Becker ' 225; junior high triple, Tim Becker 605 Bantam high . single, Luke Cranston 204 ° bantam high triple, ' Luke Cranston 490. Team points: Corvets . 8, ,.121%; Cadillacs 12, . 127; Laniberginis 6, 126; Fire - birds 15, 132%; Z28's 6,.:64; Ferraris 16, 104. January, 14 Senior high single; .Duayne Allan 194; ' senior high triple, Leslie Livingston 423. Junior high single; Brad , Priestap. ,179;,. junior high triple, Brad Priestap 428. Bantam high single, David Elliott 1206 bantam high triple; David Elliott 503. Team pointsvFirebirds 14, 146'/%; •:Cadillacs 10, 137; Corvets.151, 1361/2; Lamber- gins• 8, 134;' Funds (3, 112; Z28's 8, 72. Lucknow-Dungannon Marg . Hackett had high single and triple with 279 single : and 559 triple. Ladies• over 200: Marg Hackett 279, Susan I. Steven- son 216. Men's high single, Gerald Rhody 247. Men's. high' triple, Gerald Rhody 605. Men . over 225: Gerald Rhody ' 247. ' Team standings:. Chip- munks 40, Tigers 49, Goph- ers 39, Squirrels 56, Wol- verines 37, Kangaroos 52. and home owners, as well as other policies leading toward self-sufficiency for *grind- hire- The 'party also needs: to talk to; farmers. and find out what they want, he said. It has contacts with the Ontario Federation of Agriculiure, but never reached -out to the "'secondary leadership" at the. Local level. He suggested the NDP should paint the Tories as op ' `_tits of the family farm, since, despite rhe ' ►•.,"their policies are systematically ' s New Face Weal De lk Johnston said he has no illusions that bringing. _ the NDP to respectability and' developing voter confidence in its ability to win elections will be an overnight thing. It will not be a miraculous 'transformation -= "a new face as leader won't do it" - but it is necessary toget out and start talking to voters. A basic reorganization is needed to break the Liberal hold as the alternative party. and then the NDP can go to work on replacing the Tories in government, he said. "A lot of young farmers are very angry and looking for answers." The NDP needs to harness that anger and propose answers. Coalition of interests. k•. Probably the highest profile leadership candidate is. Bob Rae, whose post as finance. critic has ensured high media visibility., At age 33, he has held the Broadview -Green- wood • seat , in Toronto since reaching the Legislature in, a 1978 by-election. Before entering politics, Rae, a lawyer, Team standings: Oldsmo- biles 5, 66; . Fords 2,' •"43; Mustangs 5, 47; Dodges 2, 42; Pontiacs'5, 55; .Buicks.2, 62. Ladies . 6:30 p.m. Betty Stanley bowled the high single with a 234 and also the high triple with 622. - Games 200 and over: Betty Stanley 202,, 234, Barb Ross 229, Fern 'MacDonald ; 204, 222, Jennie McPherson 222, Sue Mengers 231, Bernice Kemp 204, 201, Bertha Olson 209,. Grace ' Elliott 201, Kay. Crawford 208. Team points and stand- ings; . Pumpkins 2, 70' Carrots. 7, 76%; Beets 5, 72; Beans 7, 59; Tomatoes0, 38; Peppers 0, X61. ' Ladies 9 O'clock High single, Marg Wilson 272; high triple,' Marg Wil- son 583. Games over 200: ' Marie Scott . 203, Barb Tyler, . 219, Marg Wilson 272, , Dianne Carter 229. Team points: Crocus 4, Hyacinths 0, Tulips 3, Daffo- dils 0; Iris 7, Snowdrops 7. Team • standings: Crgcus 48, Hyacinths 32, Tulips 42, Daffodils' 58, Iris' 47, Snow. drops 46. Men's. Bowling High single, Ron Stanley 321. High triple, Gerry Ross 708.. Games over 225: Ron Stan- ley 321, Gerry Ross 261, 229, Allan Stanley 250, Bob Greer 249, Jim Lavis 241, . Jim Springer 230, Clarence Greer 226. 1i 04' W4.TEYARY hAlL a worked with the United Steel Workers Union. and taught labour relations at trade union. schools and the University of Toronto. • • He said the challenge facing the New Democrats is toshow themselves as i party whichwelcomes new members, understands problems and speaks for many different kinds of people. He called for building a new coalition of interests with farmers and people in small towns, ,people who don't vote . NDP or who didn't vote before. He said the party should build in its populist rootsand traditions, and promised to everything �he can to build a network of interest and support Asfinance critic, he' met with farmers and farm groups to talk about the really serious problems of interest rates, land ownership and protecting the rural way of Life, he reported, singling out the high prices of land and money as 'the key issue in agriculture. He said he senses more interest in the 'party now than . before, and promised" if elected leader to spend time outside , the Legislature meeting with groups to establish personal contact with people 'who are frustrated with both the Liberals and Tories. In the past .the NDP has been too ,preoccupied with urban ridings ' and has tended to ignore rural Ontario, he comment- ed, and it has suffered the consequences. Now it must expand its base. ' The labour Movement will remain part of the coalition of interest, but the NDP, also must bring in other . groups "whose interests are not servedby big business oriented. goIrern meet". What must the party .do to win.° an election? Rae suggested that first the voters. of Ontario must want to see a. change in' government, and the NDP must replace the Liberals as a credible alternative: • The Liberals are ha ``ng problems with credib- ility, he claimed, they have not made the "urban breakthrough" and are more 'and. more a version of the Conservative party. Bade Inver Jabs Like Johnston, Rae called for establishing networks of communication with farm and rural organizations so the party could speak out more clearly on a number of issues.. A basic issue is jobs, he said: The NDP has .some credibility in., the economic. field and must build on that. Also, it must 'push the quality of life, health and education, which "are going to come under incredible attacf" in the days to come. . "We must show ourselves as progressive but more rooted inthe diversity ' of Ontario d than in the past." He also commented that the partybadly needs to buy)1 membership, "which would enable it to resolve its chronic financial difficulties without selling out :to the corpora- tions. It will not happen overnight, he said, ' but he is confident that it can ' happen. Ontario New Democrats will meet at the Harbour'CastleHilton in Toronto February 4 - -7 to . choose their new leader. ::. ?eI..Xent2Hire... The ; IflE. iwasiimow SENTINEL FIED&.Phone 528.2822 II