HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1999-02-17, Page 15McQuail acclaimed as NDP
candidate for Huron -Bruce
The NDP have their man.
Lucknow area farmer Tony
McQuail was acclaimed
Friday as the NDP candidate
for the riding of Huron -
Bruce in the upcoming
provincial election.
McQuail's acceptance
speech to the 100 people
who gathered at the MacKay
Hall for the acclamation
celebration echoed the ideals
and sentiments he has
repeate as a candidate in past
provincial and federal
campaigns.
His goal remains the same -
- to work for a socially just
and ecologically sustainable
Huron -Bruce.
"We are badly out of
balance. There is a huge and
growing inequity in our
society between the rich and
powerful and the rest of us,"
said McQuail.
"We live in an abundant
environment and society, yet
we are being told we can't
afford to maintain our
schools, our health care and
the values of caring and
sharing that have defined our
society."
McQuail farms near
Lucknow with his wife Fran
and their two daughters,
Rachel and Katrina.
Together, they live in a
passive solar home and run a
community garden which
supplies 35 families with
fresh organic vegetables.
"He is someone who lives by
his principals," said Lynda
Rotteau when she stood at
the meeting to nominate
McQuail.
No stranger
Whenever the Harris
government decides to call
the next election, the
hustings will not be
unfamiliar ground for
McQuail.
The product of
Pennsylvania Quaker
Tony McQuail
upbringing, McQuail moved
to Canada in 1971 and has
farmed near Lucknow-since
1973. In 1976. he received
his Honours Bachelor degree
in Environmental Studies
from the University of
Waterloo, and in 1980 in
joined the New Democratic
Party.
He was an NDP candidate
in the federal elections of
1980. 1988 and 1993, and in
the provincial election of
1981
He has. also been the
president of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture, served three
terms on the Huron County
School Board, and is the
current secretary for the
.Ecological Farmers
Association of Ontario. And
during the Rae government
in the early 1990's, he served
two years as the executive
assistant to Elmer Buchanan.
Minister of Agriculture and
Food.
Manure spreader
When he announced his hid
to seek the nomination in
November, McQuail said,
"Money is like manure, it
does the most good when it
is spread around." That
remained his theme Friday.
He said the provincial
government needs to ensure
a more equitable distribution
of wealth rather than
preaching frugality.
He said our society is
stricken with "affluenza," a
disease of greed in high
places.
To illustrate his point,
McQuail used a 100 foot
tape measure to compare:the
meagre wages of the
working masses to the
gluttonous earnings of the
corporate giants.
Using a scale of one half
inch for every $10,000, he
said the vast majority of
people earn between one and
five inches (or $20,00.0 and
$100,000) each year.
He showed the audience the
first five inches of the tape,
and then started unwinding
the tape with sweeping arm -
length pulls to show the
earnings ofsome the
country's corporate leaders.
The presidents of some
major Canadian banks, for
example, had earnings of
about 10 feet on the scale,
and media mogul Conrad
Black had reported earning
of more than 76 feet.
"This huge a disparity in
income is destructive to real
economic health and the
preservation of our
community." said McQuail.
To restore power to the
majority and take it away
from a few rich individuals,
he said people need to
exercise their democratic
rights and struggle against
private sector attacks on
public resources such as
schools, the healthcare
system, pensions and
unemployment insurance.
"We all have the same
weight in the ballot booth,"
he said. "Those of us under
$100,000, no matter what
our occupation, have a whole
lot more in common than we
do with our corporate
giants."
Centenaires have hard work ahead
las they enter playoffsagainstMitchell
BY ANDY BADER
Whoever wins the Morenz
division will win the OHA
playoffs, says Seaforth
Centenaires coach Jason
Dapple.
But, he's not feeling too
optimistic about Seaforth's
chances.
"Last 1 ridgy was our
worst game of the year and
we haven't beaten Mitchell
yet but maybe that will make
the guys bear down and work
hard against Mitchell," he
says. "Mitchell is a tough,
disciplined team. We were
hoping to play Lucn the first
game."
The Mitchell Hawks arc
primed. healthy and ready to
make some noisc in the OHA
Junior Development post -
season.
The Hawks finished
second in the five -team
•Morenz Division standings
with a 24-15-1 and three -OT
loss record, good enough for
52 -points. five behind first -
place Lucan.
Council gives
provincial opuuon
The lack of a clear
direction on where the
province is heading is a
major concern for Scaforth
council.
It was asked by the
Association of
Municipalities of Ontario to
list its top three critical and
strategic needs for the next
four years to be used for
advice to the next provincial
government to be elected
later this year.
It did the same before the
last provincial election
submitting a document
called, "Better
Government/Lower Cost -
The Municipal Mandate."
"They don't seem to have
a clear direction on where
they're going," said Coun.
Michael Hak. With the
restructuring of schools and
hospitals and daily changes
to how communities operate,
it needs to have a better
focus.
He said it backtracks and
changes its mind when it
should have a better focus of
where it wants to be in five
years.
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The locals knew after last
Wednesday's 4-1 Lucan win
over North Middlesex they
couldn't catch the Irish, so
now their focus is on the
rival Seaforth, Centenaires
(15-23-2. and one -OT loss)
and 33 -points, 19 behind the
Hawks in the first round of
what could be a trend-setter
of a series.
Seaforth has proven to he
the upstarts in the playoffs
the past few seasons,
knocking off Lucan three
straight years, and only
falling to eventual league
runners-up Exeter in seven
games despite a fourth -place
finish last season. This year,
they finished third and failed
to defeat Mitchell even once,
having been outscored 28-9
in the process.
But the Hawks aren't
taking anything for granted.
"We've handled them all
right all year, but they've
good some good veteran
players and good
goaltending," said Hawks'
head coach Trevor Jutzi.
"They're a playoff team.
They've proven that. I hope
out young kids realize what's
going on in the next few
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Mitchell defeated Seaforth
5-1, 9-4 and 4-1 on home ice
this season, and in Seaforth,
defeated the Cents 5-2 and 5-
1. Of their 28 -goals scored,
13 have been with the man
advantage, and that's a trend
Jutzi hopes continues.
"All year we • took
advantage of our
opportunities when they've
been there," he said.
"If we can play them even
on five -on -five, when they
take penalties we've got to
capitalize.
"It's a big rivalry, which
seems to help our guys more
than theirs," Jutzi said. "We
have more homegrown
players what know what this
is about.
"But it's a whole new
season. It doesn't matter if
we had 10 or 15 more wins
than thcy did, we all start
with zero and the first to four
will win the series."
Game 1 in the best -of -
seven series takes place this
Friday in Mitchell at 8:30
p.m.. with Game 2 in
Scaforth Sunday at 8:30 p.m.
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, February 17, 1999-15
Members of the Seaforth Figure Skating Club competed at an interclub competition in
Stratford Jan. 31. They are; (Front, left) Kristie Moran (5th), Caitlin Dorssers (9th); Shawn
Brooker (1st -with partner Laura Noakes); Krista Forde (7th); (Back, left) Jennifer Dick
(1st, 2nd) Stacey Dayman (3rd); Pamela Miller (4th); Shaely, i Ward (6th); Patricia Moran
(5th).
HILGENDORFF PHOTO
Window smashed
in pick up truck
The rear window of a 1987
Chevy S10 pick-up truck
parked on Victoria Street in
Seaforth was smashed in the
early morning hours on
Sunday. Feb. 7. says the
Huron OPP-
'Iwwo young men were seen
running from the truck after a
c.rash was heard from the
house. A Targe rock was
found at the scene. The
culprits were not found.
Anyone with information is
asked to notify the Huron
OPP or to • call
Crimestoppers. -
Impaired driver
A 32 -year-old Tuckersmith
Township man was charged
with driving with over 80
mg. of alcohol Sunday; Feb.
7. Huron OPP stopped x-
1992 blue Chevy pick-up
truck on Highway 8 just east
of Goderich and the driver
failed a alcotest. He will
appear -in court March 15 in
Goderich.
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