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yes ons ble spending is an iovesment tin help recovery'.
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back in this country we haves to have some
long term planning and responsible spend-
ing, We have to generate that confidence'
from the ggyernment level to allow the small
business sector., agriculture, all aspects of
the economy, to• have confidenbe to' invest
againin this country and in the industries of
this country. We need investment, and to
have that investment we have to have
confidence, and that takes. long range
planning fora the future.
Women's Issues
Certainly look ' at equal pay for work ''of
equal value -- yes. I still believe in the merit
system, whether it be_forman or woman; I
still see .a system that will allow merit to be
rewarded in some way. If you have the
ambition, that will be recognized and you
can advance. That cpmes right back to' the
person again,, not the man or the woman.
I still feel that it's the choice of the woman
or the man, if he or she wants to be in the
workplace, that is still their choice, If they
want a position, they will compete 'the same
as a man or the man will compete the same
as a womanfor that position.
Local Issues
The high cost of money has been an on -g6 -
Mg problem, that goes beyond the borders of
Huron -Bruce, but it is a concern here. Farm
financing, small' business financing, jobs,
ate certainly a concern. Many of'those things
go hand in hand; because. of the high cost of
money we don't see construction, we don't
see as many developments taking place. We
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need those things to create ,jobs: High
interest rates have really been the basis of
most of the problems. Those high interest
rates cause many of our farmers and busi-
nesses to go into voluntary receivership or
forced receivership. By voluntary I mean
those that just closed theirbusiness or their
farm in the best way they could without
saying -anything, I've worked With an awful
lot of our farmers and businessmen in trying
to find ways of ,getting them through this
crisis,
Agriculture as well as small businesses
are looking for interest rates that will allow
them to become viable or get through the
crisis that we've had in the last few years
Agriculture just cannotsupport with any
amount of debt at all the present cost of
money, and it's very difficult to encourage
anyone to expand a business with the cost of
money in itspresent form, and not knowing
what the future is going 'to hold: I believe
that if interest rates were reduced signif
icantly, we would see expansion, again in
most areas. •
Soil Conservation
Especially in this riding with the shoreline
of Lake Huron, and sitting in Southwestern
Ontario in the watershed that we're in, we
need to have programs, or initiatives taken
to -preserve our soils and our water. We are
farming, in southwestern Ontario very often
on a layer of topsoil eight inches thick,
sometimes less than that, and we have to
preserve that. When we talk of soil
preservation, the economy has forced agri
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culture tQ try to get as many bushels per, acre
out of that crop that we're growing because
of the high cost of inputs. Sometimes our
preservation methods have not been the best
in those cases.
We are fortunate in this area to have some
very devoted individuals in agriculture and
urban areas who recognize the value of
preserving our shorelines, our watersheds
and our .soils, and have taken action to
initiate some programs on their own part and
encourage others do as well, . I commend
them and encourage them to keep doing
that.
- We have to encourage our farmers, to
properly care and tend to their soils; many of
them do. It has to be their decision and they
usually, know best how to _rotate. and tend
their land.
The that flows over to tourism, because
we're blessed with a shoreline the full length
of the riding, which is very 'beneficialto
tourism. That is a very good industry as well,
taken the employment and job creation in
that area, very often bringing foreign dollars
to our businesses not only along the shore-
line but it certainly generates much .further
inland.
.What Can I bring To This Riding as MP
I brought experience to Parliament when I
was first elected as a farmer and with a very
committed interest in trade because I was
farming before I was elected. I was also
chairman of Ontario's White Bean Produc-
er's Marketing Board, involved in market-
ing, and ontwo trade delegations before I
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was elected. I had an interest and sortie
experience in trade. Since serving in the
Houseg of Commons. I' was immediately
appointed to the Finance, Trade and
Economics committee. Also, I sat perman-
ently on the Agriculture committee; and
when I was first elected I was appointed to a
task force by the . federal government to,
t study .trade problems within Canada and
• how we could better compete in the world
with Canadian products.
I've'travelled to other parts of the world: as
a representative of Canada, in a diplomatic
position or public 'relations area. I also
participated in a trade delegation to 'south-
east Asia with 41 of Canada's businessmen,
and that. was a very successful trade
mission-- we.generated at least $200 million
worth of sales when we were there. Not very
long ago the U.S. government asked me to
come to the States and meet my counterparts
there. I spent bye weeks in the U.S. talking
about agriculture, trade, and Canada -U.S.
relations.
Those are things I have been doing; I think
that brings some experience to the House of
Commons. •
Earlier this year I was appointed as
Deputy Critic for Finance in the House of
Commons which deals with all money bills
coming before the House of Commons. After
that I was appointed the Deputy Critic for
Agriculture with particular responsibility for
eastern Canada , and presently . hold that
position.
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