The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-05-21, Page 9'dV
Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 21, 1997 -- Page 9
Power should be returned 1.0: fi'ir.aiI3.,c.h:urd:
by Trish Wilkinson
Dave Joslin may' be
new to the political scene,
but his campaign plat-
forms are based on
philosophies thousands of
years old.
The Christian Heritage
Party (CHP) candidate
believes that many of
Canada's current problems
stem from an over active.
government and .wants
much of this power to be
returned to the family and
the church, while down-
sizing governments.
"In tie Bible thestate
exists to punish wrong
doing and uphold right-
eousness," he said. "We
. believe that health, educa-
• tion and welfare ultimately
would be handled by the
•
private sector, either by
families, churches or pri-
vate charity organizations.
They have always demon-
strated that they are°far
more accountable than the
government,"
Joslin noted that the
CHP wants to . return the
state to its "biblical man-
date".
"We have 'to ask our-
selves,is, there anything
that. the government does
well? The Canadian pen-
sion plan is
bankrupt...education is a
mess...unemployment is
still stubbornly high,"
Joslin said. "Whenever the
state exceeds its mandate,
it-doesn'tdo what it's sup-
posed to do well...it .actu-
ally becomesa curse to the
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nation instead
ing,"
Joslin, who.
mer Reform
Party support-
er but
switched his
loyalty after
questioning,
both the eco-
nomic . and
of a bless-
was a for -
provinces should be equal
and given. the same recog-
nition,
. moral philoso- EY ers. I mean,
phies of the `, just imagine
group, said ' if you had a
that the CHP family and
has a five h , one child was
point platform given special
on which they _ privileges
are basing Dave Joslin and attentions
their' cam- Christian Heritage the other chil-
paign. dren were not
Dealing. with the first, " given. You wouldn't have
national identity, Joslin . a happy household," Joslin.
said they believe that all said. "There's gotto be an
"Using a
family analo-
gy, youcan't
treat .one.
member of
the family
differently
front the oth-
understanding that no
region in. Canada can be
treated as if it has a. lock
on privilege and favor; we
all stand equal as members
of confederation,"
Economic security,
which is the second point,
includes changes like
reducing business•and per-
sonal.taxes by downsizing
the government. .
"If we get ,the govern-
ment out of health, educa-
tion and welfare, ,there's
no longer any need for the
tax burden that Canadians
and Canadian businesses
are now carrying, which
means with the downsiz-
ing of thegovernment, we
can. give _Canadians _huge
tax cuts, he said. "If
we're to get our economy
back into shape, we've got
to get thegovernment out
of the areas it doesn't
belong." .
Also, Joslin said that
since the CHP understands
the financial need for both
parents, to work, if elected
his party. would give one
parent, either mother or.
father, a tax credit of
$1,.000 .a month to stay •
home and look after their
school age or younger •
children... •
"The. plan Would be
purely .volunteering, and it
actually provides a greater
financial benefit to partici-
' pating families than the
average net income," he
noted, .adding they would
fund this by downsizing
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