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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-05-26, Page 3Wednesday, May 26, 1999 Tures—Advocate Inttie All-candidates meeting Continued from front page McQuail: He c : Y ,. ure into agriculture research out what `PC's 's, for and have expanded upon any more, although"pure farmer safety nets. The chaos" rings a bell. He PCs have also eliminated said "you an't compare :.. retail sales tax for farm the books"through the buildings and some farm combination of download - products. ing and forced municipal Will you guarantee the mergers. He pointed out continuation of the 20 municipalities are "plun- per cent top up in the dering" their reserves to education funding for- come down with zero per mula to ensure schools cent increase budgets. He won't close? added the next govern- Freiburger: No .guaran- ment must address the tees. problem quickly. McQuall: The NDP will Freiburger: She said we change the formula to are lucky to live in a place reflect the true costs of that offers us so much. rural education. The "As far as I'm concerned, ,. _,party would also slash we haven't paid enough. college/university tuition How would your party fees by 10 per cent. make sure enough hospl- Lamont: The Liberals' tals, doctors and nurses are committed to not clos- are on ha lel 'to provide y . ing rural schools. The the needed services and Liberals choose to give will there be user fees? schools proper funding, Freiburger: Her party based upon local solu- would eliminate the doc- tions, not .a Toronthi- for . fee cap, encourage nurses as well as stop funding abortions and sex change operations. • Lamont: He said this is the foundation of the Liberal platform: The party would put $1.1 bil- lion back into the health care system, help medical students offset tuition in return to going to under - ven one. Johns: The:Tories will continue the 20 per cent top up, adding every child .in the province deserves to. have . the same amount of education money. What programs would be put in place to part- ner with farmers to pro- tect the environment? Freiburger: She feels ,, serviced areas after grad - farmers should. police ,uation ,.and increase ,- themselves : with manure t:.r,ecrauitment in medical,. ; r • ; in .s schools by -15 per cent. gills. � ;.-, Ott ., • . Johnesi Thoi`.PCs 4iawel ..,-.Johns:; . Sher said, the/ Tories have spent money on patients, not buildings and added- there.. were 6,000 empty hospital beds four years ago when the PCs took ovur, - She said the new hospital partner- ship in, Huron -Perth is working well and is pro- viding more services. The health care crisis started with past governments who limited the number of doctors going through medical school, Johns said. The Tories would also take the fee cap away from doctors relo- cating to rural areas. McQuail: He shared a joke he heard about PC health care policies: donee a great deal to part- ner with groups, like the Federation of Agriculture and .Ontario. Soil and Crop.."F think it;sijvery important we work together to 4 find ways .0 protect the environment," she said. Lamont: The Liberals - would partner with farm- ers armers through the Rural Ground Water Strategy. The party would also sup- port farmers developing their own -nutrient man- agement plans. McGuinty would also.:. . create a Premier's Council on Agriculture to work on environmental issues. McQuail: He's con- cerned with the size of mega hog operations and added nutrient manage- ment plans -are -voluntary and hard to enforce. He said the NDP would put $50 million back into the Ministry of Environment budget to help solve this and other problems. What is your position on tax implications as a result of downloading on 'municipalities? Johns: "It was an equi- table transfer.". 'Lamont: "I've yet to find someone who feels they have received an equi- table return (with down- loading)," he said. The Liberals would "upload" ambulance service. Lamont also expressed concern that municipali- ties won't be able to keep up maintenance on roads downloaded to them from the province. "Three years of cuts fol- lowed by one year of advertising." The NDP stands for non-profit, non -Americanized health care. "Our health care system is being privatized one cut at a time." The NDP would spend 1375 million to hire back nurs- es and other health care professionals and. actually spend money to get doc- tors to go to rural Ontario. What are your ideas on developing affordable and available farm child care so farrc. s can avoid taking their kids to work? McQuall: He said a flexi- ble day care system is needed to keep children safe and to have them socialize with other chil- dren their own age. Lamont: The Liberals support not for profit day cuses on agricultural issues • Wrapping it up. Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate Ross Lamont, left, NDP candidate Tony McQuail, Family Coalition candidate Linda Freiburger, Huron County Federation of Agriculture president Pat Downs and Huron MPP (PC) Helen Johns get ready to leave the table after last week's all -candidates meeting at Huron Centennial School south of Brucefield. care and would make sure farmers - . make enough to pay for day care. Johns: Parents should be able to take their chil- dren with family and friends, Johns said, but added day care is impor- tant though it doesn't have to mean not fo r profit subsidized pro- grams. She added most school boards either have junior kindergarten pro- grams or are developing them. Freiburger: She doesn't believe in government funded day care. 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