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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-05-09, Page 5Candidates 'sup •from page 1 He said experts "tell: us CANDU reagtors. are safer than what happened in Pennsyl- vania." . The candidate's meeting opened with seven minute speeches by each of the candidates; followed by questions directed to candidates from the floor. Bob McKinley told the. audience his party believes agriculture is one of the most vital components of society and must House of n person taking a gun in for repair be given a more important and central role , and then needing an aquisitions permit in in society. ; order to reclaim it. Mr. McKinley said the The PC candidate said his party is Solicitor .General introduced an amend - convinced greater export sales opportun- ment to the act following his question. , flies exist for agricultural products and Mr• McKinley said the gun control law would put agricultural salespersons in "still has to be straightened out so it will Canada's embassies to promote the sale of not affect the average person." Canadian agricultural goods around the Mr. Craig said, "If you're going to shoot world. someone, then it won't make a..difference Mr. McKinley said his party would also that you have to go. out and purchase a attempt tobring producers and consumers certificate first." He told the audience he is closer together : and to promote better hopeful legislation can , be brought in • understanding between the two groups, making On control, .less of a burden ons Moira Couper said agriculture is import- hunters. - ant since it is: the social fabric of the. local Moira Couper said she felt there should community,; and without it, the community be more training available on how to use breaks up. She said her party favors the . guns properly . and carefully. Shesaid creation of land banks in which . the . • personally she felt the government needed government purchases farmland and then to work to improve conditions in society so leases or sells it to farmers at a reasonablepeople wouldn't be shooting :inanger.: rate. . Candidates were asked for their views on She also advocated using : Canada's the abortion question by audience member resources to create more secondary Dirk van. der Werf.. industry, at the same time providing . Both Graeme Crai'g,'and Bob McKinley employment for more "Canadians. said they did not agree with abortion on She said the NDP party plans to demanid.' Mrs. Couper said she believed establish a Fair Prices.. Commission to abortion' was a matter between a woman :investigate items which are priced ques- andher doctor. tionably high and to "investigate the costs ' In response to requests for candidates' between the farmto and the consumer.." opinions on capital punishment from Biue- ,Graeme Craig toldga the audtenee while vale area farmer Bev Brown, Graeme Craig - , Canada's inflation rate has been attacked, replied heunderstood capital punishment last week itwas only nine per cent in was enforced Oily in the murder of a prison Canada compared to a 13 per cent inflation guard or police. officer. Saying, "I wouldn't rate in the: U.S, •.want to be the :person to pull the plug. on He said while campaigning he hadn't someone," The candidate called . for had as"" many questions': about Prime harsher sentences rather than the death, Minister Pierre-Trudeau as'he•had received: Penalty about the .competency of the leaderof the , • Bob: McKinley said it wasn't true about Progressive Conservatives to be . prime capital punishment being enforced in the minister of, the country: of.guards and.. told the audience that '� caseg . • He said the Agricultural Export Council both times•the vote on :capital punishment announced by the prime minister, in April, ",— came u'p in the, House, he had voted, for the will .be working with marketing boards and • retention of the death penalty and •would do provincial -governments in the future to ' so again. negotiate better access to foreign markets . — ' .Mrs: Couper said the NDP. party voted for. Canadian agricultural products. against capital punishment• and said she Mr.• Craig told.. the audience .he would believes ``we must:do something aboutthe eventually like to see lower interest rates for both the beginning farmer and for, small businessmen. • In response to .a question from the. audience which criticized. Prime Minister Trudeau for promising he would .cut back on the civil service in 1968 and.tliien having 110,000 more civil servants today. •. Graeme Craig jokingly replied, "that's job creation! The Liberal candidate said while government,spendinghas increased.. ort in the past decade, individual salaries have also ,gone up to the same degree. Another audience member asked each candidate to give their views on the gun control laws now in existence. Bob McKinley said the PC's were opposed to the current law, since they felt it was too restrictive for gun collectors, hunters and farmers protecting livestock. He said '.he had raised the issue in the A rrse on dru Four Goderichmen were among 17 persons arrested on charges of drug trafficking following a three: month under- cover investigation . conducted by the RCMP, Stratford detachment. The arrests were made on May 2 by members of the RCMP, OPP Kincardine, Wiri ha'm Police department and.God rich, police depart- ment and Stra'l�ord Police Fd'rce. Warrants re ain ,7outstanding for six additional per nson..trafficking charges. Those arreSfeii have been released to appear in provincial court at Goderich and Stratford. Drugs involved include marihuana, hash, LSD, tsilocybin (mushrooms), PCP (angel dust), and diethylprpion (pep pills). condition of our society...that's' where we must start." Tony McQuail asked candidates whether they would. recommend that incentives be provided to encourage energy conservation on the farm. . . Graeme Craig said $250 million had already been allotted to solar,heating: research in:Canada and that he had noticed in his door-to-door campaigning that people are'°becoming more energy consci- ous in regard to home heating. He said he doesn't know how .to. encourage energy conservation on the faun. Bob McKinley a; reed educational pro- grams are needed o energy conservation and said the province ad had a program to encourage "farmers tr to experiment with alternate energy so e said, "we must stand by the triedand true methods until . a lot more work is done." Moira Couper. said the . NDP party recommends an increase in the energy research budget. Tony McQuail said he didn't feel any of the candidates had answered his question: fully."As, a farmer I feel somewhat concerned' that the agricultural industry may be being neglected...withoutincentiv- es" and encouragement we will never see the development of alternatives we can turn to." Another member of the audience referred to the gun control issue again. He said a rabid coyote had been sighted near Londesboro Thursday morning and al- though the ministry had been notified of the sighting immediately, no one showed up to look into the situation until evening. He said, "I feel we (farmers) have got to have a gun around." Bev Brown, second vice-president of the federation, said she was pleased when an Agricultural Expert Council was .formed by the federal government bat said she was disappointed in its advisory role. "What r• a Lueknow .Sentinel, Wednesday, May 9, 1979 ---Page 5 dear study';.•• we need is money spent on salespeople overseas marketing our superior Canadian farm products,." she told the candidates. Graeme Craig said pians for the committee still aren't completely formulat- ed, but he pointed out the majority of directors on the committee are farmers. He said hopefully the committee will have the same results marketing other farm prod- ucts as the Canadian Wheat Board had in marketing -grain oir. rseas. Bob McKinley criticized the fact the committee would function only In an advisory capacity. He told the audience, "We (the PCs) believe embassies and trade missions already in place can play a major part in selling agricultural prod- ucts." he called the new committee "a public relations operation by the govern- ment." r.::• .•.. ..v.......v...,r".... .••"..rte...,... „^..• .•.v. ...'1.. .. ..'.,.••....•••..v.-S........"•,',....a......,.. , t• ti ya ry other loves We have a selection of slippers and sandals for all Mothers • LUCKNOW S. HOES. ... PHONE. 5284011 • : ( . Why have so man ministers left the cabntt?. � , ..; � .This .has; to tette us . soimethin Anl:effective voice.for Ontario no longer h. olds its•proper place in federal government decisions under.the present administration • -.A Progressive Censer -votive team would restore Ontario's proper influence in decisions that affect all of us. -,A Progressive Conservative government would also ensure Parliamentary .control over government spending which hos not been the case since the present Prime;: Minister changed the rules in the House' of Commons in 1969 by the closure method. VOTE Progressive Conservative �� On May 22 RE-ELECT McKINLEY, Robert E. Campaign Headquarters, Zurich • 236-4351 Committee Rooms • Goderich'• 524.2149, Clinton • 482.9494, Seaforth •'527.0979, Exeter • 235.0133, Wingham • 357.2305 Published by the Huron•eruto ht Association Progressive Conservative *1 • 4. . •a.