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Candidates
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Wilmot
Candidates
for
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StanfieJd hcno: pJat rrn;
electorate. YOU can't foot the "We're using about 40 per cent
average guy anymore: The day of ° the world's resources here in
the big, lie is over." North America and we are only
Mr. Bradshaw say/ he speaks : *out l0 per cent of the total
as an individual. "I give it to.the World population." •
people straight from ?the 3 Mr. Bradshaw emphasizes that
shoulder—I tell them is they want waste is part of the shortage
the paper hats, the balhoons, the 'cause and "as long as we have
fan dancers, the glad.hangers hurt shortages, we'll have high
the street, then, they can vote .for prices."
them. But, I'm dealing with .the He says "these bloody Tories
issues." . and N.D.P. parties are just going
One of the issues is waste. for small potatoes" and that they
"What we should be doing as "don't have the intellect to guide
Canadians is stopping excessive this country."
waste." • "Good government is good
He said projects such as rapid " planning," he says, "And we've
transit systems, a Liberal now got to look at what kind of
ford, says, "You cannot fool the proposition, should be developed. social Order we are going to have
David Bradshaw, Liberal
candidate for Perth-Wilmnot, is
still looking for Robert Stan -
field's platform. "The poor fellow
doesn't seem to have any plat-
form," says the Stratford -based
candidate.
"If the price of bananas goes up
10 cents, he blame$ the Liberals.
. If the price of oranges go up, he
blames the Liberals. If the price ,
of his own underwear goes up, he
blames the Liberals. If a wheel
fell off of his bus, he would blame
the Liberals." says Mr. Brad-
shaw.
The Liberal candidate, who is
in the import business in Strat-
rte*
4o+tt.
—Crossroacis—Ady 4,1974,
in the Year 2000. It is not a going to work 18 hours a day for.
question for next week or in three " 35,000 per year." =
weeks or 90 days. We Met sit Mr. Bradshaw says it is about
down now and plan if we're going time farmers stopped wow ins
to makcountry nation
e it as a ntry by the for such littleup moneyunth to Hoarfeed, Can the
year 2000." and, -
Mr. Bradshaw accuses the .adians have been spoiled as far
Conservatives of being- as the quality and cost of their
"desperate this time to have an food compared ,to other +cuntriesw.
issue to go out and thump the "The minority group is always
drum on." Inflation, he points whining and' complaining to
out, is the one they have picked government about food .prices."
up• he says. "And .I say they should
He says the Conservatives go out and try to survive on 'a
cannot control ation with their . hundred acres of land and see
price and wag freeze and how they can stand it."
flexible controls thereafter. Perth-Wilmot's .Liberal
"Farmers are serving notice," didate said John Turner's budget
he says, "They are no longer proposals -make the' other two
pie look terribly $jl i
"David . Lewis .Says the kat
wage earner needs relief and that
we have to roll bsck'food price*
and, within that budget; are the
very measures that Lelia 1a
talking about, spelled out
Clearly."
'Z'he, budget, he pats out,
pr"oposestotakeisoo, 0Opeoliie
of the tax rolhi. "NOW* ro: Lewis
the friend of the working man
that he claimsheia, or is he just a
guy g around with how ..
stack'" asks M"ar, Bradshaw...
The Conservatives, onthe other
hand, "are almost trying to
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NDP intend to set floor prices for farm products -Rankin
Mrs. Joan Rankin New
Democratic Party Candidate for
Perth -Wilmot, says her party
would like to set floor prices for
farm producted "to insure far-
mers a fair return for their
labour, cost of production and. to
take some of the uncertainty out
of their planning."
She says that farmers' prices
are currently fluctuating "up and
down like a yo-yo".
The party also wants to stablize
farm production costs for "things
like machinery," Mrs. Rankin
says 'if machinery were
stanardized, "there would be
savings to the manufacturer in
producing it and those savings
could be passed on to the
buyers."
Mrs. Rankin says the farmers
could also "buy from different
outlets and not just from the
same place." "They could get the
best price this way," she adds.
She says the NDP might also
have to decrease the cost of fuels
for the farmer which are now
quite high. These fuels are
needed to run his business and he
gets no compensation for the high -
prices he must pay, she says. '
The party also wants to create
"a land bank to buy farms at the
market price as they come up
and then be able to loan . or rent
these farms to young farmers
who would have a guaranteed
tenure of the farms and an option
buy if they wished."
Mrs. Rankin says her party
',would "like to keep .the family
farms running".
,"We think they are an asset to
society and people who want to
stay on the land should be
`allowed to do so,' That is their
choice to make and it makes for a
butter system. It's my choice. I
want to keep living on the farm as
am." -
The party also wants to allow
farmers to •set limits on farm size
and halt foreign takeovers of
farmland, as well as prevent
corporations from . taking over
farmland,
In a speech recently delivered.
to the Stratford Chamber of
Commerce, Mrs. Rankin outlined
the party's intentions to, better
the position of . the small
businessmen.
She said the Liberals have
shownthey are "unWilling and
unable to deal with the cost of
living," •
"Canadians everywhere are -
fully aware," she added, "that
the wage and price freeze is
unfair, unworkable and un-
preiared. Mr. Stanfield himself
can't say how it would work' and
Tory candidates are running, for
cover." '
Mrs. Rankin. says N.D.P.
programs to help Canadians cope
with rising living costs are "not
magical formulas or empty
slogans or pie in the sky."
"They are based on common
sense, on fairness and they
recognize that Canada alone
cannot stein the international
pressures on the cost of living."
she stated.
The N.D.P. policy has two
basic elements,. the . first being
compensation through a
redistribution of income by
means employed by govenmlenta
already. Mrs. Baffin says, "We
can cut per: ono:I income taxes so'
that Canadians have :more...;,
dollars to -pay for their food and
their homes. We cap increase
pensions so that those who have.
retia o who are triable .to earn
a living can" manage to live In
good health and dignity."
The second element of the
policy is a direct -attack on rising
prices. "Obviouslya we can 40
nothing about the more than
billion worth of goods Canada.
imports each , veer." says Mrs.
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No need for a larger civil service for freeze -Jarvis
The Progressive Conservativit people to administer the program increase in . five years. So, we Secondly, he believes the freeze
Party's candidate' in Perth -Wil- here. And Mr. Stanfield's position ' think we can do a lot better job in will show Canadians that ""their
mot, Bill Jarvis, says his party is that if we cannot find 400 bureaucracy than he has done." government is serious."
does not intend to hire a new capable people within our own Mr. Jarvis said. "Up until now, how can
branch of civil service workers to civil service . without expanding - Iie_adds however, that the government convince the people
administer theproposed:. rice it ' •there is s: .. - _ e. ".
price , ,� .- om_ et3��p�G��'y,: , , . � .. ,; +rthe�:fre_.-ass: ° �t atal.`serlol� orbs the govern -
and wage control freeze and seriously gu With' tt'e cIvII ' there � Meat
at i " ' fi . •: '
g Y wrong� ckYiiflatoii".�1'e saki are meat rs spending between and
subsequent flexible controls.. service." He said the Liberal
Mr. Jarvis, who supports. the government, on the other hand,
freeze proposal "absolutely", has increased the number of civil
says it took 4100 civil . service service workers even without
members to administer the needing them for a price and
program in the United States. wage freeze.
Since Canada is about one- : • ' `Trudeau said he was putting a
tenth the size of her southern freeze on the civil service in 1969
neighbour, Mr. Jarvis says and the number of workers has
"Let's presume it would take 400 gone up by 100,000; a 37 per cent
two main purposes of the freeze, 30 per cent more each year
one being that "We have to have itself?".asks Mr. Jarvis.
60' to 90 days in order to consult He says the mot important
with provinces and munici- aspect of thefreezcis to show the
palities, labor and manufcturing people the government is serious
groups, consumers and in its battle against inflation.
farmers." a The NDP has stated that the
Mr. Jarvis said, "You „can't Liberals are hiding their pro -
wage a war without talking to gram and the Tories are rushing
your soldiers." about trying to find one.
Mr. ; Jarvis answers the ac- the domestic market?"
cusation with, "I have . no Mr. Jarvis says -the NDP Taal
reaction to the N.D.P: criticism. "no .creilibi ity at all and Ldon't
The best thing to do with the pay. any attention to what tbeyr
is ignore them b um. say,.
. mss'
theyhave
changed, tio>e: _
g �, ...�< be Wad* #he.oF,
tai 111(1 y times front 972 to 1974 Proposal of a prices review
that I have no idea what they are board? "They were the ones . who
talking about." - voted for Beryl Plumtree's
He said the N.D.P.'s two price million dollar posse — We said it
system would "just be chaos" was ridiculous to spend a million
and asks, "Are they suggesting dollars on 'Mrs. • Plumtree. If
that one beef producer could sell you're going to set up a prices
at a higher price by exporting review board, give them some -
and the second beef producer thing. to do."
co d sell at a lower . price Mr. Jarvis said Mrs. Plum -
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6
Present inflation figures could be misleading -Lyndon
According to the Liberal candi-
date for Huron -Middlesex, John
Lyndon, percentages don't al-
ways mean dollars. Mr. Lyndon
was commenting on the recently
released Statistics Canada fig-
ures that showed while inflation
had increased prices by 25 per
cent, profits had jumped 45 per
cent for some corporations in the
country.
'The Liberal hopeful suggested
that unless dollar figures go
along with the percentages the
figures mean nothing. For ex-
ample, he explained that it looks
like a tremendous increase when
you say corporation B increased
its profits by 100 per cent, until
you see that last year the
company made $2and this year it
made $4.
Mr. Lyndon added that much of
the money from those increased
profits is being turned back into
the companies to finance capital
expenditures and expansion. It is
human nature; he said, for people
to get uptight when they see
someone else making a buck and
they aren't. But give them a
chance and they will do the same
thing. He cited the increase in
housing costs as an example.
People who paid $18,000 for a
house ten years go see nothing
wrong with sel g it for $60,0010
today. Their profits don't seem to
be bothering them much.
Thecandidate explained that
we live in a country where every-
one "is entitled to make a buck"
and further said that when that
premise dies, socialism enters
the picture and he doesn't like so-
cialism.
Liberal candidate Lyndon
wanted no part of the Conserva-
tive party's incomes and price
controls. Mr. Lyndon explained
that during the last year and im-
mediately after it we had such
controls. It took the government
six and a half years to dismantle
the bureaucracy that adminis-
tered the plan. He also reiterated
the. Prime Minister's contention
that prices for imported gogjs
cannot be frozen. The economy
must be kept moving, Mr. Lyn-
don, said, or we're in trouble.
. If such controls were instituted
Mr. Lyndon predicted chaos and
skyrocketing prices as soon as
the policy, was lifted. In fact,
some producers, fearing such a
program, have jumped their
prices already as a hedge. In the
Liberal candidate's view, retro-
active prices would hurt smaller
firms which may really have jus-
tification for price increases.
When asked about the recent
"ultimatum" from U.S. Agricul-
ture Secretary Butz which pro-
mised a retaliatory action on
Canadian exports to the U.S. if
the Canadian government doesn't
relax its restrictions on Ameri-
can cattle which has been fat-
tened on feed containing DES,
Mr. Lyndon answered that he
doesn't like "chain rattling" and
pronounced ' it "simple black-
mail." He is right behind Agri-
culture Minister Eugene Whelan
who has stated Canada will re-
main firm in its position.
Mr. Lyndon had some good
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Tax corporations to give shopper breathing space -Weary
NDP candidate Shirley Weary,
a school teacher from Goderich,
had a different view of the Statis-
tics Canada report than Mr.
Lyndon. She noted that if last
year's profits were $35 million
and this year's were up 45 per
cent that adds up to the best part
of a $20 million increase. She
could not see how, given the
methods commonly used by
Statistics Canada, Mr. Lyndon
could say they were out of con-
text. But then Mrs. Weary says
she would like to see tax
give-aways to corporations drop-
ped to give the consumer some
breathing space in taxation any-
way:
Why does she support the NDP
policy of just price freeze rather
than price and income controls?
Because incomes, most notably
wages, are a product of negotia-
tion while prices are arbitrarily
raised by companies. She is also
of the opinion that an across-the-
board freeze is unrealistic be-
cause. it would freeze wages at
their present unacceptable level
in the face of inflation. Most eco-
nomists accept the premise that
wage rises follow price and profit
increases by at least 12 to 24
months.
Mrs. Weary again took a swipe
at the tax system insisting that
larger corporations should be re-
quired to take the pressure off
individuals rather than the
present system which allows both
corporations and well paid
individuals to take advantage of
taxation to the detriment of those
who can least afford to lose in-
come.
Would the NDP, as Mr. Lewis
has pledged, keep a minority
government afloat even if it was
a Conservative.government? The
NDP candidate conceded that it
might be difficult but was sure it
could be managed. However, she
predicted that a Liberal opposi-
tion would probably be "dying for
power" in much the same
manner as the Conservatives
were in the last parliament.
NDP candidate Weary was
something more than suspicious
wt. n the Liberals began to re-
lease promises for programs they
were "just about to begin" before
the election was called. She com-
mented wryly that it reminded
her 'of medicare which the gov-
ernment was just about to intro-
duce in 1919 and finally arrived 50
years later.
On the question of transporta-
tion in this area, Candidate
Wearyiaid better service is vital
to the region. However, she can
understand the concentration of
transportation facilities in the
cities and larger centres of the
country because more people
avail themselves of them. But she
added that out here in the "hin-
terland" we pay taxes, too, and
that entitles us to service.
Does Mrs. Weary expect a vic-
tory in Huron -Middlesex in this
election? Realistically speaking,
it isn't likely. But that doesn't
bother her very much because
she is working to establish a
strong foundation for the NDP in
the riding, a foundation that will
produce results in future elec-
tions. In. 1968, Mrs. Weary re-
flected, I4DP was a dirty word; in
1972 the response to the party was
better and in this campaign it has
grown again.
On the domestic front Mrs.
Weary is solidly behind her
party s suggested two -price sys-
tem and added tha'4%r too long
Canada has been relegated to a
colonial position which makes
her a primary producer and ne-
cessitates buying finished goods
from outside the country at high
prices.
Mrs. 'Weary accepted the cul-
pability of the NDP in precipi-
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PC controls would be of incomes not of wages -McKinley
Robert McKinley is the man to
beat in this election in Htrron-
Middlesex. He has served in his
present capacity for nine years
and is ready for another term.
Mr. McKinley viewed the
Statistics Canada revelations
from two points of view. First, he
stated that companies should be
able to make healthy profits be-
cause those profits ensure the
continued financial survival of
the firms. However, it also points
out the fact that corporations are
in a better position to battle with
the monster inflation than the
average individual.
He moved on and pointed out
that his party advocates prices
and incomes controls not price
and wage controls, the difference
being that those who earn wages
make up only part of the popula-
tion. Conservative controls would
freeze the incomes of everyone,
laborer, business executive, doc-
tor and so on. The only segment
of the society that would be ex-
cluded from such controls would
be farmers and those who had
negotiated pay rises that were to
take effect after the election date.
The MP described pay incre-
ments in some union contracts as
an example.
There is no doubt in Mr.
McKinley's mind that incomes
have fallen behi td in their race
with prices. The job now is to stop
costs from going up and increase
the spending power of the dollar.
Directly due to inflation, the Con-
servative candidate pointed out,
average weekly earnings are
$2.90 behind their buying power
last. year.
As for Mr. Butz and his ultima-
tum, MP McKinley wouldn't
judge whether or not the U.S.
would try to force the matter but
he couldn't see the federal gov-
ernment, any federal govern-
ment, wilting before such de-
mands. In fact, Mr. McKinley
suggested that there should be a
reciprocal quota placed on cattle
and beef products passing be-
tween the U.S. and Canada. Mr. McKinley had seen from
Mr. McKinley sees the ne- polls across the country 60 to 80
cessity for long term policies on per cent of the people surveyed
the domestic front. He said wanted an election in 1974. As for
factory orders are falling off and the exact timing, an election
that leads to layoffs and unem- could have been set for as early
ployment. The MP likened the as June if the government hadn't
present situation to the situation refused a non -confidence vote
after the tight money policies of until the budget had been pre -
the early 1950's. rented.
Something must be done to help Mr. McKinley says that in -
farmers, and a long term policy formation he has received would
to ensure stability in the industry tend to indicate that the Conser-
is a must. The incumbent noted vatives will pick up seats in BC,
that the Liberal government has the West and Quebec. He has also
been setting up policies on a reason to believe that the NDP
yearly basis and that won't do. will be the party that will hurt
Did the election come at a good most in the election.
time? Yes. According to figures MP McKinley observed that
Mr. Trudeau's socialist policies
are even upsetting old time
liberals and that could lead to his
downfall. As for the social outlook
of the Conservative party, Mr.
McKinley predicted his party
would tighten up the Unemploy-
ment Act and devise a welfare
system that would allow reci-
pients to work without fearing
welfare cuts, to a point. Such a
program would make it neces-
sary for recipients who ars, able
to work to do so, and allow the
government to cut those off wel-
fare who refuse. Once welfare re-
cipients who are working have
reached a certain income level
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