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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1991-11-06, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, November 6, 1991 CQMM1 IWIT The St. Paul's Cathedral Choir were in Exeter Sunday afternoon, performing to an audience in Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church. The choir presented a selection of devotional music under the direction of Thomas Gonder (left). Liberals meet in Clinton By Teresa Amy CLINTON - After losing the 1990 provincial election, the Onta- rio Liberal Party is gearing up to win the next provincial election with a new leader. Huron County residents got a chance to meet the five candidates running for the Ontario Liberal Par- ty leadership at a meeting in the Clinton Legion on November 3. Charles Beer of York North, Steve Mahoney of Mississauga West, Lyn McLeod of Fort Wil- liam, David Ramsay of Timiskam- ing, and Greg Sorbara of York Cen- tre are travelling across Ontario as part of a dress rehearsal of their campaigns. The party will be hold- ing debates across Ontario, follow- ing an announcement of a conven- tion to elect a new leader All candidates believed there are some fundamental changes needed in Ontario but they differed on what was most needed. "Bob Rae believes the way to protect a job is to legislate that job protected," said Steve Mahoney, Official Opposition Critic for Mu- nicipal Affairs. "The only way you can protect jobs is to ensure that businesses can open and make prof- it. I say we can build this province together and give men and women proper raises and keep companies in business. "We need to get government pro- ductivity down and put the word free back into free enterprise." Social Service Critic Lyn McLe- od said the new leader of the party will have to have the ability, which she believes she has, to turn around the people's cynicism and doubt in their politicians and political pro- cess. "Government has to get away from Queens Park and reach out to the communities and realize what works in one part of the province won't necessarily work in another," she said. Government structures need to be streamlined said David Ramsay, Natural Resource Critic. "Government is becoming a smothering and suffocating blanket to progress when it should be a pil- lar of support. We have to rethink everything we do in government. We need free trade in Canada. We have to become an innovative and creative province to be competi- tive," he said. Opposition for the Attorney General Greg Sorbra said the elec- tion of the NDP has led to a state of affairs that has dispirited people in the province in such a way "that hasn't been seen since the depres- sion." "We have to prepare ourselves to recapture the leadership by fighting for a stronger economy, better health care - because there are threats to the one we have now," he said. "We must chose a leader willing to fight, struggle and demand a better Ontario, and I believe I can do that." Critic for Education Charles Beer said the major challenge for the new leader is economic. "We have to bring spending un- der control, provide jobs for our young people and find jobs for those who are losing theirs. It is important for young people to be able to get a good education so they are highly skilled. We need to focus on education, apprentice- ships and skills programs so they are able to become highly skilled," he said. "We need excellent educa- tion and skills training, a first rate transportation system, and excel- lent communications in the prov- ince, and those are the three things I want to be judged on to build the province back to prosperity." One area in which the candi- dates all agreed needed change was health care. "We spend 16 billion - one third of the provincial budget - on health care and in some respects the health care budget is making other government activities un- healthy," said Sorbara. "We need to bring discipline to the health care jewel in the Canadian crown or we will lose it. We also have to learn how to take care of our eld- erly - if we can not take care of our parents in the same way they took care of us - we have failed. We have got to learn more com- passionate care of elderly." "The NDP have rekindled the dream of long-term care but have not done anything about it," said Beer. "We have to beef up com- munity based services so people can stay in the homes and apart- ments for as long as they are able and want to." "We have to educate the public that healthcare is not free," said Mahoney. "We have to change atti- tudes because health care is being abused from the user and provider ends." "Because of escalation of costs of institutions we should be looking at community health care and long term care. We will always need in- stitutions but we have to look at the inefficiencies in those institutions," said McLeod. "We have to educate the public in the cost of the system," said Ramsay. "We innocently abuse the system because we believe we are entitled to it. We also have to look at empowering out health care fa- cilities." In their closing remarks the can- didates reflected the determination of the Liberals to become trium- phant in the 1994 provincial elec- tion. "We need to use common sense to the problems we face, not gran- diose schemes," Ramsay said. "We have to involve people in defining goals and objectives and minimize the role of government to where it is really needed." "We need to offer an irresistible alternative to the voters to rid the province of a socialist government no one wants, to bring about -rdi forms and changes the province needs," said Sorbara. "We r. ed balar Ind common sense in „overnmc said McLe- od. "A strong leadership is needed We have to bring people together to solve tough problems." "Over 52 percent of the country is governed by socialists - it is our fault that Bob Rae is the premier, and we have to be prepared to take him on," said Mahoney. "The biggest choice in deciding who will be the next leader will be win abili- ty -who can take him on." "We need to bring people into politics by taking the time to come to the ridings an finding out what is going on," said Ramsay. "We have to work on a vision for the prov- ince to make it prosper and make sure our children have the skills and innovation to be competitive." Klopp speaks in house TORONTO - In the Provincial Legislature on October 31 MPP Huron Paul Klopp asked a question of the Minister of Municipal Af- fairs. The question referred to the government's commitment to disen- tanglement which had been raised at the August meeting of the Asso- ciation of Municipalities of Onta- rio. He said that municipal politi- cians in Huron welcomed the commitment to disentanglement. He said, "that as a past councillor we talked with previous govern- ments to try to recognize that now there are over 100 programs that the province and kcal Municipali- ties dcal with. This has to be cleaned up in order to save some dollars. Could he tell me now what Elect Bob Broadfoot for Deputy Reeve TUCKERSMITH' • Lifelong Resident of Township • A Good Listener • 5 Years as Councillor • 3 Years as Deputy Reeve Your support would be greatly appreciated For further information call 522-1498 further commitments there arc and what are we doing at this time?" The Honourable Dave Cooke re- sponded, "I think one of the most important initatives of this govern- ment is the whole issue of disent- maglement. The people in this province want to know which level of government is responsible for what and who pays for what so that they can hold us all accountable and understand the process of gov- ernment..." Orchestra London presents Requiem; LONDON - Former Principal Conductor of Orchestra London, Maestro Alexis Hauser returns to London for two performances of Mozart's choral masterpiece, The Requiem, leading the combined forces of Orchestra London, the U.W.O. Faculty of Music choral Ensembles, and London Pro Musi- ca. Soloists include London's own soprano Elizabeth Neufeld and alto Victoria Meredith, along with famed Canadian tenor Glyn Evans and bass Paul Rowe. Mozart's Requiem was his final work, which he struggled to com- plete in the weeks before his tragic premature death at age 35. Even on Foodgrains sets 1992 goals DUBLIN - The Perth -Huron Foodgrains Bank committee has set the goals for its February 1992 Drive. In the 12991 Drive, almost 500 individuals donated $34,000 through 14 churches in Huron and Perth counties. For 1992, despite the Recession, the Committee hopes to raise $35,000, which will be matched 4 to 1 by the federal government's C.I.D.A. program. There is also a new way for farmers to get involved this year. Area Elevators that belong to the Grain and Feed Dealers' Associa- tion will accept corn or other grain commodities immediately that will be credited to the Canadian Food - grains Bank. Besides helping fight hunger in Africa and Central Amercia there has been a benefit for local churches. Congregations involved in the annual Foodgrains drive have generally found increased in- terest and support for their own denominational missing programs. Any churches in Huron or Perth counties wanting to get on board for the 1992 Drive may contact Perth -Huron Foodgrains Bank Co- ordinator, Don McKercher, R.R. 1, Dublin, 527-1837. Dairy Dudes hold fourth meeting in Osborne USBORNE - On Monday, The Dairy Dudes held their fourth meeting at Laureen Bott's house. Becky Case called the meeting to order. After saying the pledge the members answered the roll call which was to name a milk product that they ate at least once week. Jackie Morgan handed out the title pages for the cover of their books. The discussion portion of the meeting began with a taste panel of cultured milk products which con- sisted of cottage cheese, butter- milk, sour coram, plain yogurt and fruit yogurt. Next they had a taste test to sec which one was butter and which margarine. Most poeple picked number one to be the butter when it was number two. AICINVESTMENTS 524-2713 ood.61-B00.265•S503 Beef Side of Beef $169 Hindquarter $1.99 Front quarter 149 lb. Side of Pork 891b. Alt these include processing Loin Pork Chops $11 79 1b. Approx. 12 lbs. Pork Schnitzel $17a° 61b. box Approx. 25 portions Spare Ribs $�49 Ib. Retail Hours: Tues. 1 - 5, Set,. O -1, Fall and winter hours: K1II day first and Third Tuesday of each month 1/2 mils south of Deshwood's main intersection the eve of his death, December 4, 1791, Mozart was dictating instruc- tions for the completion of the Re- quiem to his assistant Sussmayr. With the Requiem, Orchestra Lon- don concludes its year --long com- memorations of Mozart's genius during the bicentennial year of his death. Two of London's most highly re- garded choral organizations are also featured in the Requiem. London Pro Musica is a chamber choir of about 35 singers, founded in 1970. It performs a wide variety of works from all periods of music, and since 1988 has been under the direction A New Spirit of Giving A national program to en curage goy mg and columeenng of Kenneth Fleet. The U.W.O. Choral ensembles in- clude the Faculty of Music Singers, led by Gerald Neufeld, and the Fa- culty of Music Chorale, led by Qar- ryl Edwards. Both groups have per- formed to national acclaim at competitions across Canada. The Faculty of Music Singers were the recipients of the Hungarian Radio Trophy at the CBC's International Competition. VOTE BOB SPEARS for Exeter Council Authorized by the C.F.O. for Bob Spears The Spirit of Christmas "Words, sentences, books: So much more than sim- ple pleasure, so much the very heart of life itself. I am intoxicated with the light, the air, the comforting mustiness that rises from the pages." Nell Bissondath, Choose a Book Choose another This Christmas, give the gift of a lifetime; an adventure, a soul mate. That special book will be cherished forever Let us help you with your Christmas List. Call Saga Bound Book- store 238-2508 • BOOKS • STAiIONARY •-CARDS • (OIlE(TABIES • 21 Main St., Grand Bend 238-2508 1991 DIVIDEND RATE CO/ has been declared on share (Savings) Accounts ass . 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