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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-09-18, Page 211 PAGE, 2,--:GQDERICHSIGNALSTAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 110,1975 Three candidates debate issues.. before 300 voters More than 300 persons at- Bay. , areas where more in- tended an all ' candidates dustries could be developed. meeting at South Huron Hayter said he would ask for District High School ,in Exeter a full scale investigation of the Thursday night 'then the three benefits and hardships involved Huron -Middlesex riding can- in such construction:' To ' Rid - dictates fielded a wide range of dell's suggestion• he said, questions. "Industries won't go north,. it Queries from the audience would be too expensive.' included education, nuclear Paul Carron, answer was plants, regional government, short. ``I' m opposed to nuclear civil servants, fertilizer prices, plants. ' Northern areas energy costs, dead stock wouldn't want them either." removal, etc. All three candidates agreed , .Each candidate was a.lowed that dead stock should be a ten minute opening address transported directly to ' a and tv o minutes of rebuttal concentration or rendering before questions the floor. pl.Ant Riddell added "dead were aocepte'd by Dong --For- animals should be sent to the -tune,, , president of tjle Huron . plants ith•'a bill of lading to Federation or Agriculture, make sure they end up at the sponsors' of the meeting. right place." In his opening remarks, Questioner John Hazlett on Conservative , candidate Jim the. subject of the oil and gas Hayter said he felt people of the freeze suggested that gas Riding wanted productive and . prices would reach one dollar responsible government and per gallon within eight months. listed some accomplishments Jack' Riddell charged that of they present Davis govern- extension of the oil'freeze was a 'Inent. d? He listed a'reduction in civil servant staff of 2.5 per cent; the farm tax reduction, program; [35 day'freeze-on oil and gas; election plum but they arte changes in farm •succession worRing to stimulate the duties; guarantees of economy. Ontario une.m- reasonable prices for -cow -calf ployment has 'dropped by one operators; and the availability per cent," of 223 housing.units in the area. Lloyd Willert or Dashwood NDP candidate Paul Carroll suggested to the candidates listed housing, energy, land and that farmers -were being. people as the biggest issues in "gouged" by high ''fertilizer the upcoming election. He said, prices despite a `world glut' of "Most of the calls I get concern fertilizer. housing. Now you need an in- Riddell said he believed in come of over `f18,000,,to enablefree enterprise but fertilizer purchase of a house::" prices need to be justified' • Carroll suggested a judicious before a�prices review board. rent review and rationalization Hayter's comment was, "We of energy costs. ' certainly can't stand for a 215 to On the -subject, of farm 30 per cent increase. About.five support he continued, "I heard per gent should be sufficient." is used because to call such an Middle-Sex—n�e'ry a t i v e Paul Carroll's answer was exchange a debate would. be to candidate -Bob Eaton say today short. _.`,'Who first mentioned misuse the Word. that Ontario has the best ' this problem? The NDP." support in the world. If that's . On a restructuring question right God ,.bless the rest of the from Gerry Ginn of Goderich , world." Township, Riddell said, •"It The NDP candidate said would 'be within. county dines. British Columbia was a '. Huron has led all the way with working , model of farm, the first official, plan. stabilization programs with 90 Assessment should be back•at per cent of .the farmers taking the county level." Dart in 20 commodity groups. Hayterwho was a member of Liberal candidate Jack Huron County Council during Riddell ' reiterated previous the health unit issue indicated statements . that regional. he was in favor of restructuring' government is very much an . ' • issue. He commented, "Look at Disabled rebut the county grant structure. , . They .are forcing the hands of The government is awa areas. Huron 'to that some disabled Ontario regionalize," residents are unable to.benefit On the subject of•,government from new car tax rebates . spending, Riddell said, "This , because the vehicles they need nonsense advertising should be are not covered by . the cit down. It's nothing more program. than an insult to the in -Consequently, Cabinet' has tel.ligence of rurypeople." agreed in principle to provide He suggested the Ontario Retail Sales Tax Rebates to Ministry of Agriculture and individuals purchasing such Food Offices be moved. out of vehicles, thereby making the Bay Street in Toronto, that 80 new car -tax rebate program per t cent grants be made more equitable. available 1`or,education and the ,In recognition of the special money be turnedover directly nature of y these eases, the to count school boards. Y Ministry of Revenue will In answer to a question from consider individual ap- Adrian Vos 'of Blyth regarding, plications for . rebates by the proposed nuclear plant near disabled persons who find it Goderich, Riddell said these 'ne'cessary to purchase vehicles plants should be mdved into the not otherwise covered, by the.. Canadian Shield and.'Georgian rebate program. political plum. • Hayter replied, "The costs of oil companies will certainly be reviewed. Maybe it's an within the county. He added, "But, we don't need 46 mem- bers on council. That's far too many'. -Roger Martin of Exeter asked Riddell about his stand on the Crown Employees Bargaining Act. He,.answered, "They should have the right to negotiate salaries and working conditions and be able to strike-- - except those providing essential services except firemen, policemen and hospital workers." Carroll replied, ; `Let's. eliminate all these con- frontations." -EHE" Heywood--.._of"--Exetr ' asked Riddell and Carroll for their opinions on the closure of beds in many Ontario hosjtals. "It's ridiculous to put up hospital, additions and then close rooms. Government priorities on curtailing ex- penditures are all mixed up," commented Riddell. Carroll„replied°, "It was just a stop gap measure.” A South.'Huron District High Final statement School student Blake' Palmer 'sr.i`gges'tcd- t'haf tne--'''Ontario education system was as good as it can be and said students should be part of a Ministry advisory board. Hayter -said, "There is already _student participation on this type of board." On education,. • grants . Paul Carroll said, "The province should pay 100 per cent and get education out of the tax pic- ture." Peniv.epohficians ' The three candidates in the R iding of Huron -Middlesex look thoughtful as they are bombarded with questions -from the floor at last week's three -candidate meeting in South Huron District High School sponsored by the Hueon County Federation of Agriculture. About 300 persons attended. Seen with Jim Hayter, PC (left) Jack Riddell, Liberal and Paul Carroll, NDP, is Doug Fortune (right) president- of the Huron F of A who chaired the meeting. (staff photo) auLCarroll says p The following i's the final statement of Paul Carroll' NDP candidate for Huron `. Mid- dlesex: "The closing days of the 197.5 election campaign have reached .new, depths political nonsense. ' The Davis -Nixon encounter of last Saturday nighnypifies what Tories and Grits have' to offer this Province. .The word encounter 1K'STV YOUR ' p HEAD QUARTERS FOR • •ROGERSMAJESTIC TV •EXPERT TV:!.,SERVICE • ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATION 162 MARY ST. GODERICH 524-90 8 9 • • "I am proud that Sl,ephe.n Lewis has kept to' the issues as have the New Democrats across the husti.n.gs. We started this campaign with issues, and, when the 'Tories take time to discuss them, • they are the issues- on our terms and in our ground. "That's what election campaigns .should deal with, The•voters are not interested in vicious , Personality attacks; they are more concerned with those things in their daily lives that governrr)ents•control. . "We . are all affected by changing costs for housing, energy, and food. Many are concerned about changing land use :patterns. And most of. us have a special issue' which has more ' personal meaning. Generally speaking, the majority of citizens ° are becoming .quite cynical about politicians and government. I suppose. that's why I find it easy . to be persistent in my repeated. political attempts at gaining a legislative seat. 'I n' my first statement after the nomination last May,,I said • .that I was"ti'r'ed". This campaign has emphasized the eople cynical use of that word in the sense it was intended: I AM tired, even, fed_ up with all the doubletalk and promises to do things tomorrow. "For rne, paign •can be the whole summ ed u P cam - in the FofAsays farmers taxed for mineral rights "Farmers should put ,local candidates of all parties on the hot seat and find out where they standon extension of mineral - rights tax to all farmland," Gordon Hill, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, said in Toronto recently. The Ministry of Natural Resources is considering a recommendation to impose a 50 -cent per acne tax on all farm land, if the farmer wants to retain mineral rights. If the. Rhodes committee suggestion is accepted, farmers would have no alternative, but to pay the tax or forfeit mineral rights, Hill says. ' (John Rhodes was head,of a con iittee to advise ' 'on Revision of. the Mining Act, appointed in 1972 ,by .Leo ernier, Minister of Natural Resources.) If the tax went unpaid, mineral rights would revert to the Crown and these rights could be acquired for ex- ploration. The vision • of prospectors digging or mining on improved ,farm land ist too horrible to contemplate, Hill commented. , " . - y�. . The tylinistry of Natural three words we used in our ads Resources says, that monetary last week. • Tomorrow starts recovery of damages to surface today! The voters will. have to rights would now and in the decide whether they want future be available through continued promises for Ontario's Mining ,'and Lands tomorrow or, some a-eton--t}•iat-Crsioner. starts today." Experience has taught Blue's Supermarket farmers how difficult it is to get adequat4 compensation frons public or private bodies 'when top soil and crops are damaged by public and private utility companies, Hill pointed out. "Farmers have a respon- sibility to quiz candidates on how they stand on this most potentially , damaging and nfair• `proposal„" • Hil'I tu•enlarkedThe lrl)p1)S01 appears to he merely another way of gaining tax revenue for the province.' Woman injured in collision A two -car collision on the corner of Victoria and Fast Streets 'Tuesday af'ter'noon sent a Goderich woman to 'Alexandra Mar'ineand General Hospital with 0 hip injury, ' Ilse' G. I2uroky, :.'5�i, Shore 'Crescent„ Goderich, was taken to hospital by ambulanceafter the vehicle she' wars• driving north cm Vict(iria 'treet was struck by a vehicle dri\'err by Mike Sully,,:'''' Cohourg St., at the. intersect ion .of Victoria and East Streets at 1 • l)anlage to the Rum ley vehicle was esti'nr,rte(I at '12',0(10 and danuige,to the Sully vehicle was estimated at 0 OL DI FASHION 6 to PKG. SCHNEIDER'S BLUE RIBBON Bologna 3 LB. PKG. SC•HNEIDER'S. VAC. -PAC WE ONLY SELL - AND "PLEA TAKE NEED, Oar vNE,RS GUARANTEED SCHNEID'ER'S Steakettes - 1 LB. PKG. (4-V4 Ib)) LB.�.Q99 c ST. LAWRENCE Frozen Foods FRASERVALE Raspberries 65c 35 OZ. T I'N SC..HNEIDER'S 6 LB. BOX firiliNVet MBING 4f19° d. HEA CNG 4.9.6 524-7861 ----- 55 KINGSTON ST. THINK! THINKS THINK! 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