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Bruce ca [n. Welkirtot Thumday' (FOP), Term-Nillillti (PC) old 1.1b1Orat7 Iocum- .
night, Aug. 23. Stet. the tW0410ar t sting, bit Murray Osten, (Maloney phot)
the candidate. alletted with elleitELECT” Age:
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' er,he : said Ontario will need � vi o neat, among them, recycling
ty, hs Lih� tetritpry. Hc►wev Ontaa`ia. ant,
said. many of the people vote • to be strongio the face of issues app bike ,fridges end Stoves,
.Liberal because your father voted • ikee the failed Meech. Lake Accord. The three male candidates seemed
.Liberal, • ' and the proposed GST. to bein agreement when it came to
' "Well,1'11 tellyou sonhething, mY"We :can't, afford to be tied up iabortion Though both Halpin: and
father wase Liberal,' he said• when the political future of Canada said. :they were
Halpin who is a lawyer Tit• is at stake. We have' to be rsonall
• Hathover':said his father' died in tag; p�� against aborti�n�.thery saipersonally
they felt
and morin die Short-term.' it should be up to the • individual
. early 70s'and he believes the party '+f think it's 'a matter of. spending: wamati
•he -loved is also .tdead,' , the money this year or'next year, "Men and the courts -have been
I dunk if my father were alive And any time ' ou go to. the 'People ,m isions for women for far
today he would vote fox :Mike Har with,.a plan ,for die future it's not a too Jones", said Ho
ris. Your alive --who are you �gomg 'Waite of atnone «". ''
to vote fpr?" � � �Italpm "sa<$ he would like to see
Though • Halpin's. was ; an He'said the•average te�rnm between . a law, that protects the unborn.
elections of. a::provincial .:leader in , Elston received ` a; spontaneous
emotional closing statement,:E1sion 'the (9oos=has 3.4 years.
received: the •most applause'. at the a f e
inti o applause from th
end •'4f ;his ,reinarks,apl ,The . Though ,'taxes seem: to be audience where be said abortion
fig: dorm ng,:tole campaigns of the should l,e neatething between a
'knows -*ha' the people m ; this tparty leaders in Ontario, it woman and her doctor.
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riding need. wasn't dwelled on at theWalkerton.own perso views
have"my 'o ' nal
I have experience, commitment meeting
and dedication. T will :continue to Ha1Rin crittciied Peterson's art
offer, only my ib sstforthepeople of , cement 'last week :that if the
Bruce County. f ederai - GST was brought in he
Earlier in the meeting,; Elston said 'would lower Ontario sales tax by
• the people at • Queen's Park were one ' per' cent, saying it was just a
due'
more aware of Bruce County thane tax on a tax. , •
• they ever were, partly to his Hesaid if PC leader 14 ,ike Harris
presence in the legislature. is elected , he 'Will put a freeze on
Freiburger, representing the°baby, taxes.
of Ontario political: parties, said the "We don't need any more taxes.
'Family Coalition Party has come a Enoughis enough." '
way since -its beginnings in ' ` • Though Elston said Bee. ; Liberal meat than they have in the past.
long• Though it may have started `government olid' raise taxes during " Halpin said their land claims are
outas a one -issue party concerned, the last .term, it ,also expanded ser- valid and that the natives have been
about preserving life, she said the vices. He -pointed out that for the treated unfairly.
policies it has .instituted since then . last two years::Ontariohas a ton; who was involved with
on the.enviionment•at d education, balancedbud et f the fiest time in'. se g Elie Manitoulin land claire
show the party cares about .a lot 24' years At.the the sowtime,.. the • in July,' said' steps are being taken
more than prig -life. Li,'beerals ,.paid :"bout 8400 million.to settle claims'from Cape Croker
ilia.,scared. up. here, scared. I'm against the deficit, "``a ,first in this and ,. Saugeen reserves in Bruce
doing itscaied. I want.your vete on ''nation."" ' ' ' . ,? COW1Iy
September 6, but, not.; just because Concern. about the. environment • "It's much too late to say sorry,
yyouy but mo-' ere for
rinother was equally shared by the can-, we have to act."
dilates. A member of the audience 'Restructuring was a hot item at
the Family Coalition Patty." . addressed each candidate and 'naked', g. Halpin, who has made
• the meetin p
Hope, toe, said he realized Bnlce them, if elected; what would be.the it clear he is strongly against county
County was traditionally Liberal, first piece of legislation.they would- restructuring, said a vote for Elston
• but he said it doesn't have dei stay bring through' or teteenvironment: is a vote for restructuring. He
that way. Freiburger and Elston were the only quoted from a report by John
"I hope when you vote you keep candidates who answered "the goes- Sweeney, minister of Municipal
an opera -mind ,to other issues" and bort directly, Affairs, that . said restructuring
vote for the New Democrats who Elston said he would .like to pass would be good for the province.
will "build a fair, prosperous On- straightforward legislatioai for plan- "It will'be good for them. It will
. tario." Hing. save them money. The bigger the
The Walkerton meeting MIS the • 'Anything that would snake it Municipality the less the province
a. second All Candidates' meeting in easier for ,people- to bring fprward will give in grants."
,Brace. The for was to a standing- their ideas... then everything else Elston remained firm in his stance
room only crowd at the Teeswater concerning the environment could that if thepeople of Bruce County
Town Hall last Tuesday night. be looked at." didn't want restructuring, they
It was a smaller crowd in Walker- Freiburger said she would like to wouldn't get' it. He said the county
ton, but equally concerned about implement something t,p preserve will be making the final decision,
issues like the environment, county people. itot Toronto.
restructuring and 'taxes. The first "People are our most precious • Preiburger 'said ' she didn't think
question from the ifloor was why an resource. We can use them, reuse .Brace County was ready for
election Was called at all. therm, recycle them. ° If we protect restructuring, but she wondered why
Ed Schumacher of Walkerton said them, they will protect the environ- it is even being considered.
the $40 million being spent on the meat." "I don't understand' why it is
election seems to be unnecessary Halpin said it was too complex to being shoved and shouted about
and a waste of money. pick any one thing he would do when there seems to be so much
Elston said Premier David. Peter- conservation has with Elston that objection to it."
first. But he agreed
son's decision to call an election to start "in your All Candidates' meetings were
three years into his term was a wise backyard. You can't rely on the held Monday night at the Saugeen
one and not that unusual. government to do everything." Indian Reserve and Tuesday night
He said the Liberals want to be Hope listed several things that in Port Elgin. There will be another
fully prepared • for ` the future of could be done to protect • the en- one tonight (Wednesday) in Paisley.
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but I'm not prepared to enforce my
views on to their (women's)
views."
Freiburger, who is a director and
Past president for Right To Life,
said '*keit everybody talks about
abortion being between the woman
and the doctor, they are forgetting
the baby,
"The baby -didn't have a say."
The candidates :also agreed that
native people deserve better treat-
p-
reat