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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-02-14, Page 3man BY JEFF SEDDON ,Murray, ;Cardiff says his style is to be Murray - Cardiff and "let people take me, as I am,' . t ''That' s the way 45 Y'ear old Bt ussel's area cash, crop fanner has treated his -effort to win a Pro B.ressiv.e Con- servative seat for Huron - Bruce in uron-Bruce:in the February18 ' federal election. He's -run. low key He's �1�. campaign, befitting his 'character. He . shuns 'much of the hoopla • that. some political cam i p campaigns 8ns ,make use of to attract attention, Re • prefers: to look . voters in the eye when he's seeking their support. C a • - ent Cardiff was born ansa simply ` = o , "pay its raised on a farm just bills : "met me or at Y DAVE DYKES north of Brussels. The least ' slow down the The. campaign pace is national deficit. He said it was Liberal unrealistic : for govern -Graeme Crai rent to subsidize the days are now vitt.. nation's _subsidize ar A last effort to make any agriculture. He said the intrinsic impression on Canadian economy. would the voter, Perhaps sway have.to stand on its own the undecided. merit and be competitive Craig, a 33 year old if the country wanted to Walton -area farmer, is encourage investment in seeking election for the its future, second time, having run Cardiff feels the for the Liberals in the Conservative budget was- May 22 election. He a necessity- to put the admits its a struggle in a country back on a solid riding that has ex- base. He said his travels elusively given its sup - in the riding left him with. port to . Tory federal the impression that while candidates. the budget wasn,t The Huron -Bruce "popular"'� most voters riding takes in all of felt it was "good"- Huron County and the Cardiff says he has "no four southern townships problem" accepting Joe o f- Bruce County. The Clark's leadership electorate of the riding abilities but concedes he have traditionally sup - is not impressed with t d `' " 'th Marray► Cardiff world markets, must .be competitiv He ' said Canadl = gov b Murray Cardiff;".' he. says. • Cardiff has , made no campaign promises during the past few weeks other than promising; to do what he- can to in- vestigate n vesti ate people's g � p con- cerns. He said he does not believe in promising to do things he's not certain he. . can ,do. He adds he Much prefers rs to :," e�e , dn�m . what earl? .clairning.politicians --wouldbemuch smarter' to investigate lssues tlroughlyr'`: before ..luri in g into thein. p >�g � _.. • ,t BY SHARON DIETZ The Huron -Bruce New Democratic Party candidate Tony McQuail, Lucknowarea farmer, thinks the Progressive. Conservative budget and high interest rates are two issues Voters. in •'this riding are most con- cerned about going into the February 18federal election; • Voters are concerned -About the. budget's, im- plications and the ap- parent lack of concern for small 'business and 1 says farmers, McQuail .says. It's tsbse' ,people' wh'o" ,• must ' ;pay high- interest rates because they carry such heavy debt load,. The Conservatives themselves can't defend the Crosbie .budget, Mc, nail charges. .All three parties supported the idea ° of deducting wages of a spouse so`the person can .. pay into.the Canada Pension, a:. Ca a a, ,e'o , l's , pdi Unemployment .Intsurance. The'. NDP have supported the policy for years, says McQuail, faces stiff homefarm150 acres, bias bean' in the Cardiff family for three generations . and will probably be Cardiff for three more. The PC candidate has always farmed for a living but was not always to 'survive on the land alone. When he pur- chased the family farm from his father he was forced ' to work off the land to make ends meet, He worked in Brussels as an assistant to the town's funeral director, a job that his quiet per spnality . made him a natural for. He says now that he enjoyed the work because it was "rewarding helping people". His farming career forced him to giveup his freneti . as e etion, day but-..- fora.. ndidate the long outside- jobs- --to-- con- -advertising campaigns- pore a man wi centrate on agriculture. the'leaders have adopted. undivided loyalties for Since. striking out on his He said he has noted_a . several years. own .he has twice ex- great deal of `'disap- Yet, while .the riding has been a Conservative panded his farxm _and is proval of advertising stronghold federally, the now in the process of campaigns by voters. Liberals have been entering a partnership • "People -are sick of two supported— provincially. with his oldest son'. year elections, he noted. Bob • McKinley has His comrnittment to "The leaders made represented this riding M agriculture took him promises based 'on ser - Ottawa for the past 13 away from the farm ving in government for several years ago when four years' and can't be years before announcing he would not seek re - he began to serve on the expected to .be' held to election in the February Ontario White Bean" those promises in six 18 election. Marketing Board,' Now 'months," Craig admitted the chairman of the board he He said Clark's waf- retirement of McKinley has completed two world fling on the movement of has. fostered keen corn trade-, . missions trying to•ro the Cansidiat ernbassy'i petition in the kenand -f nail downforeign " Jerusalem could ynOt beriding markets for the used to judge the man. He is confident the race will be close. His main op province's white bean said he had to "give Clare , pent is Murray Cardiff, production. credit for backing: away a' 45a year-old Burssels His experience on the from the ..issue and ad- ,,, area farmers. _ who is -government sponsored muting he was wrong . trade missions gave him chairman of The Ontario some strong ideas on how It obviously would White Bean Producers' have been wrongto move Marketing . Board. Tony government should be the. -- embassy,' said McQuail, a West involved in agriculture. Cardiff. "Maybe it would Wawanosh Township He is . convinced far- mers . and government be better if the leaders farmer is plugging ork in c- would. admit they were renewable , energy sources for . the New Democratic Party. While voters may have been disenchanted with the fall of the government and the subsequent election call, Craig inists itis necessary.. "There were bad feelings about the elec- tion call at the beginning because people weren't prepared for it," he said. "But they couldn't must w a o -wrong rather than make operative fashion if each bad decisions to keep a is going to benefit from , the. other's efforts. He promise. conceded that farmers - Cardiff has suffered need government to use some identity problems tools such as trade tarifs during his campaign. to : protect Canadian Replacing Bob McKinley, producers. But he's the -PC -incumbent that equally .convinced that held- the. riding for 14 government could do - years, has been' the more to secure world criteria some voters have. ma-r-kets for ourproducts. used when sizing up He pointed out that Cardiff. bean producers and He said he regularly . support 18 certt a gallon government went after hears comments like excise tax." foreign markets for their "you're the man The Conservative product and now export- replacing Bob, you've got budget which would have 80 percent of the annual a big pair of shoes to fill". brought higher energy crop.But Cardiff has made costs upon Canadian the ' 15-C candidate is no effort to ride on his consumers has become a also quick to point out predecessor's coat tails. key election issue, one that Canada, to trade on"I'm running •as *Registered Retirement Savings Plan CURRENTLY PAYING 12% % DEADLINE FOR 1979 TAX YEAR..1S FEBRUARY 29, 1980 See your Credit Union Graeme Kraig that Craig believes would be . detrimental ' to the development of Ontario. "Higher prices do not lead to conservation," he stated. "Farmers here use 3 per cent of the energy and the excise tax, is just like putting a tax on food." The increase in the excise. tax on fuels would have resulted in higher transportation costs and subsequently higher prices would be passed on to the consumer.. . "It: would have put Ontario in an economic bind," Criag claimed. "We have to blend the price for oil taking into account the import costs and costs of developing our own resources." -- Canada, he says, im- ports 30 per cent of . its oil consumption but insisted Canada is not an energy short nation -but an oil ---short nation, Recently Canadians have been more well . versed on the subject of foreign policy than' in recent years. With the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the assistance given to six American diplomats by 9 CT -INTIM lhl '•'lu'c.' "Now the Con- industry to.Huron, servatives are tryi ng to McQuail ai l believes the make At -a plank in their NDP policies would help election platform," quips get the Canadian McQuail. "It's a sliver, economy back on its feet :Nie_ uail feels the and 'the benefits would . promises in this reach all. Canadians. Liberal campaign are i -promises To effectively deal.with K�r. � � of 12. years ago which Canada's economic g • they h ve repeatedly problemsthe 'New rou ho t the 70s Democrats would do two ' made th g u _ sec , sound thin s according to energy ur?<ty, ' , . Moneym na a ent, Mc.. uail', lower interest N �WW .regional development, rales: and regain Control ,.g p jobs Canadian control of of thecountry's the' economy and sharing resources. wealth.,The.. If" the NDP forms' the Canada's They �' .. . -.n overnment after pronxised sound money '� , management:- and took the ',deficit from - $.11 11 ,linDatuer------tingt. to $ b ll o , N.-cQuail points out. `=Hot air is cheap, but ' the Canadian Embassy in Tehran and the unending speculation on a boycott f t -he-- M see,w-.--Glympie-�- l i__ s �e we cant heat our homes with it all year round," he says. Mc naispeciall concerned hex _ _Cen- servative and Liberal. policies will affect far- mers. New Democrats-- would cancel the excise tax on gasoline, lower interest rates at least two percent • and ,create programs to support farmers. McQuail ,is prepared to work to preserve agriculture and support the family farm ' as the basic unit of agriculture. He sees a need for job. opportunitiesin the towns and villages, but he would work for a balanced development-- which would not threaten the agriculture baseof the area, yet provide more job opportunities. McQuail would like to see a balanced mixed -industry -base -4h Huron-- Bruce It on ---•Bruce but until the economy is improved at the national level,„ and Canadians get control of their own industry, he stresses it will be difficult to bring small, clean games and the ISraeli Embassy question, Canadians have become conversant, with foreign affairs. Craig luaded Canadian ambassador Ken 'Taylor's efforts in assisting with the removal of six americans from Tehran but simply offered: "They had to make a move and they did." Taylor's heroics came at a convenient for- the Conservatives, a time when they lagged in the public opinion . polls. Craig believes the heroics haven't given the • party as much benefit as first was thought. As -far as Canada's role is concerned, in,protesting the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan' Craig said any type of boycott should" be a 'united Western front and of they economic variety. The Liberal party has enjoyed a wide margin of popularity in the recent gallup poles and although the Conservatives 'have gained some recent support, the Liberal party is coasting on a team effort. Pierre Trudeau has maintained a low profile, generally doling out prepared Mpepches that lack his fprmer vitality' and punch..Craig. is hopeful Trudeau will come out swinging in the final week. "The party is working on a team effort theme and some believe that when he does speak out' he is being arrogant," Craig said. "I think in the last week he will come on save times space and money with the exceptional p5�illex FDLDIND DOORS ■ completely adjustable to fit any size opening. ■ Includes everything you need for fast, easy, do-it-yourself installa- tion. U White or handsome oak or teak wood grain finish. ■ Our dial -a -door selector .shows you the exact size you need. Just bring your measure- ments. 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Canada must also insist that companies doing business here put some of. their profits into research ai=d development here, he says., Canada can also im- prove : her balance of payments by increasing manufacturing. in cart 44'; instead -of' ening -off more" of her raw materials and buying ,note rnanuf aotured goods," McQuail claims. "Canada is °-resource rich and: energy rich and` to be as: weak as we are is a1?p`alli:ng,�' states McQuail. He also sees a place for ;, . c .. area i. the Huron Bru ear . in developing energy alternatives so. Canadians do not have to be held ransom to high energy costs for oil. A government energy fund should be established, McQuail feels, to work with local 'vicladls. and'groups°-to- develop demonstration energy projects ap- propriate for this area. McQuail suggests a pilot° alcohol .plant working with farm produce is one such project •which could be developed .in Huron - stronger but not like last ,May.' Craig is adamantly dismayed at the national advertising . campaigns pers'ued— by the party claiming they are openly negativeand demeaning without proposing alternatives. "Why oppose if you Can't propose," he said. Craig now views the .riding as 'wide open' and believes that voters here are more personable,' giving support to a man, not a leader. "Leadership hasn't been mentioned that much here," he added. •••••• ••••• • anniversary specia • We're celebrating from now 'til the end of February.:-. with these perm specie;is. _ "WARM AND GENTLE" Hot permanent. Our Regular charge '30. $ 25 Anniversary Special 1 "GREAT FEELING" Hot Permanent. Our regular charge '27. S Anniversary Special CHARLES BeautySalon 74 Vittoria Street, Clinton Phone for an appointment `. •.. ••p•••••••••••••••••• HoDand "Fashionable Footwear for the Entire Family" 28 Albert St. Clinton, Mr