Huron Expositor, 2007-09-26, Page 31Serda wants cost
of food to be real
From Page 7
Bringing more educational opportunities to the
region is also on her agenda. Serda, who sits on the
Lake Huron Learning Collaborative board, which is
trying to bring more option to their area, says bring-
ing more educational options to Huron -Bruce will
allow young people to be educated in the area, and,
ultimately, to build their lives here as development
would be sure to follow.
A different way of handling taxes is on the Green
Party's broader agenda. Serda believes it makes
sense to begin shifting income taxes away from peo-
ple and toward companies and organizations that
are creating waste and pollution.
Serda, an Owen Sound native, lives in Port Elgin
with her husband, Jamie, and her 11 -year -daughter,
Corrina, who she home schools.
Serda is also a climate -change speaker for the for-
mer U.S. vice-president Al Gore's Climate Project.
Serda possesses an independent -studies degree from
the University of Waterloo. She is a graduate of
OSCVI in Owen Sound.
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Joslin says declining birthrate
leading to 'cash crunch'
From Page 8
other forms of art will fund
them privately.
Joslin says he's concerned
that with the birth rate in
Canada "well below replace-
ment level" and a decreasing
number of taxpayers to pay
into public programs, the
province is heading for a
"cash crunch."
He says the FCP's idea of
beginning a medical savings
account for each citizen will
help encourage people to
more wisely use the public
health care system.
With a medical savings
account, those who don't use
all the money in that account
would be given what's left
over in the form of an RRSP.
The FCP also supports the
provision of private health
services for those who choose
to use them, says Joslin.
Education vouchers, that
would allow parents to send
their tax dollars to whichever
school their children attend,
are also supported by the
FCP.
"Marketplace competition is
the only way to sharpen up
the public education system.
With education vouchers, par-
ents have the right to vote
with their feet and leave a
school without an excellent
academic program. Those
schools will go under and so
they should," he says.
Joslin says the FCP is in
favour of the risk manage-
ment program for farmers
and wants to see more money
spent on infrastructure like
bridges and roads.
He says he also wants to
see Ontario become a more
competitive environment for
business by cutting any regu-
lations - except those involv-
ing health and safety - that
"hurt" business.
For example, Joslin says
corporate taxes and minimum
wage legislation should be
scrapped because they reduce
Ontario's ability to compete
in a global economy.
"I want us to be the country
with the most economic free-
dom," he says.
Joslin is married with four
grown children, has complet-
ed Grade 12 and trade school
and works as a welder in
Stratford.
Stephens says real issues being lost
as political parties spew `garbage'
•• •
From Page 8 "social conscience." He has respect for the
Green Party, but not its policies.
Stephens said many of the promises and
issues being discussed, like faith -based fund-
ing, are non -issues when looking at all 13 -mil-
lion
people in Ontario. He said people often
get confused as to where the priorities are,
when so much information is thrown at them.
"People are so busy that when these parties
spew out this garbage, people start believing
it and the real issues fall to the side," he said.
"It's `children at work'. If you care about your
province, you'll stop this."
Providing truth and honesty to constituents
is the basis for his campaign.
If elected, he would promote the establish-
ment of small manufacturing plants in the
region to provide an employment alternative
to Bruce Power, as well as meat/pro-
If you are unemployed or on EI duce processig plants to provide
local farmers with a option to sell
their products locally.
The doctor shortage also concerns
him, as does allowing wind turbines
to be erected along the shoreline
areas.
He's married to Ardis Nicholson.
recognize each other's efforts.
"You have to take politics and put it in the
hands of the people," Stephens said. "Every
building has four walls - education, agricul-
ture, the electrical system and healthcare. If
any of them are failing, we're in trouble... and
they're all failing."
He's a contractor, a former reporter and is
preparing to release a magazine. Stephens
believes many of the key political issues are
"so easy to fix" if elected officials take guid-
ance from their constituents.
He said many people are upset with the cur-
rent Liberal representation, he's "disgusted"
with the Progressive Conservative policies
and feels the New Democratic Party is just a
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