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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-02-25, Page 16PAGE 16—GODERICHSIGNAIFSTAR, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1981 opo••••••0000•tbeeee. a •• •••••*****4000•'••••® SHOPOUR NCIT III BE RflISSED • • __ D ' LE • •••••••••••••.J•040�•••0•LL••••••••••••••••••••• sets PlECsq� ER SPEC, ER SPEC SUNSPUN PARCHMENT MARGARINE Larry Grossman, Mt, minister, of industryand tourism, chats with Chris Little, chief financial officer of the PCs in Huron•bfiddiesea, while outgoing riding president Bruce Shaw and newly -chosen candidate Jim Britnell listen to a speaker at the party's nomination meeting in Exeter Thursday. (Expositor photo) Majority possible says Gaunt • from .page l :. sign of a tired and aging government." Riddell has been the Huron -Middlesex MPP since a byel e 'on in 1973 when he won the battle to replace the ruing Honourable C.S. MacNaughton. Riddell disputed Premier Davis' tagging of Liberal • leader Dr. Stuart Smith as Dr. Negative saying, "Surely he • didn't think the party under Stuart — —Smith's -leadership -was -negative -when it introduced , ' policy, much of which the government used to im- prove the educational system and particularly Bill 82, the' special education legislation which was simply unworkable before the Liberals amended the bill _ . when ft came -before -the -Social- Development Com- mittee. Surely the Premier didn't think we were negative - _ when we inztroduced-a-Swall Business Act which the government slowly but surely used to stimulate small business although we have a long way to go yet to help the small businessman. 9 • Pemberton runs. Gwen Pemberton • from page 1 lost one quarter of its agricultural land, that is 93,000 acres for every Tory MPP. In the last decade, nearly 6,000 jobs have been lost in oar food processing sector and over half our food processing facilities have been shut down since 1961. Since 1972, our foodimport deficit has risen by 340 per cent." Mrs. Pemberton will fake incumbent Liberal MPP Jack Riddell and Progressive Conservative can- didate Jim Britnell. 'Like to do your own thing? • Wo have a complete line of •PAINTING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL Su bplies foe the do-lf-yourselfera. STOP IN TO -DAY SERVICE DOMINION' HARDWARE 10 VICTORIA N. d'ObEltiCH Davis to speak 'Surety the Government didn't. think we were negative when we set up a task force on labour to travel the length and breadth of the pr,ovince to ascer- tain ways to improve labour -management relation- . ships and handling disputes. Does the Premier think we were negative when we finally got the government to take some action on the non -residence foreign ownership of land. "Were we nota force to be reckoned with when we stopped further imposition of regional government, further closing of hospitals, and the 371 percent pro- posethncrease in OHIP premiums? • ;• "Were we negative when we forced the minister of environment to hold a hearing on the South Cayuga site selected for the construction of a liquid industrial waste treatment plant?" On the subject of leadership Riddell said, "who has been standing at the helm the last ten years in which time Ontario has dropped to last place of all the Pro- vinces in economic performance? This is a sad, sad commentary when you consider that no province in • Canada is more blessed with natural' resources, technological know-how and well educated people. Yet our people are having to leave this province because there are no job opportunities here. "The present government is in a rut under Davis's leadership. Showing his . true blue colours and ex- emplifying conservative doctrine and philosophy he is so committed to the status quo that he can't accom- modate himself or his party to the, requirements of the present. That is the difference between Con- servatism and Liberalism. "Conservatives are so obsessed with preserving what is established and so opposed to innovation and change that when times are tough and there is need for reform the Conservatives simply dig deeper in the rut. "The Liberal party on the other hand believes in reform where there is obviously a need. They have a loyalty to the tested achievements of the past and to things that are permanent but they also insist on be- ing open to the changing forces of history. • "This country was built by a sturdy people. What men and women they were! Read again the story of this nation - anywhere - the Maritimes -Quebec - Ontario, the West - the building of the CPR. This country was built by those who did, then, what had to be done. "We can do no less! The requirements of today are just as exciting and just as possible as they were since the days this country was first settled. Everything.depends on our response." The meeting attended by about 100 at the Exeter Legion hall was chaired by riding president Bernard Berm of Lucan and Howard Aitken of Goderich handl- ed the•election procedures. The gathering was welcomed by Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw. Also in attendance were Perth MPP Hugh Edighoffer, Huron Warden Fred Harberer and Murray Elston, the Liberal candidate in Huron -Bruce who is replacing the retiring Murray Gaunt. Elston, a 31 -year-old Wingham lawyer defeated five candidates in a stirring nomination meeting a night earlier in Lucknow when 1,132 persons cast ballots. Ironically, the candidate Murray Gaunt defeated to win the Liberal nomination in 1963 was the new can- didate's father Bill Elston. in Exeter Ontario Premier William Davis will make a brief stop in the Huron County area next week after a visit to the Bruce Nuclear Power' Development. Davis will make a tour of the BNPD next Wednesday morning and will be guest speaker at the Exeter Legion at 6 p.m. Poll added An additional advance poll will be provided for qualified Ontario voters in the 32nd Ontario General Election, Chief Election Officer Roderick Lewis announced yesterday. Provisions have been made for a third advance poll to be held on Thursday, March 12. This date will be particularly iiseful to those qualified' voters planning to be away on vacation. Leadership. DEVON BACON PKGM SCHNEIDER'S' FROZEN BACKS ATTACHED CHICKEN LEGS BREAKFAST SAUSAGE soimm R'SSMOKED COTTAGE ROLLS BUTTERBALL TURKEYS 1--...e.c oeSPARE pins BRUCE PACKERS HEAD CHEESE LB. $1.19 STORE SLICED COOKED HAM • Lb. 1.39 ...994 LEI $ IP 9 Llt $269 $1.99 '29 ie. s PURE LARD 39 1KG. ;1 . Le. $r9 BTOLOGNALB. $ 1 19 BROKEN O'HENRY a SPEC/gCHOOLATE BARS R SPE 1.8 9 LB. Sup REO ROSE ORANGE PEKOE TEA .BAGS 60'S $ 1 79 SPEC1 SEAFORTH BRAND • • • • • • • • •. •.. • r • • • • •• • • • • •. • • • • • • • from page 1 during the campaign referring to Smith as being negative towards Ontario. "He calls me Dr. Negative;" said Smith, "but con- sidering the present administration, it's easy to figure out who is Dr. Doolittle." The Liberals are not negative about Ontario, stated Smith, they're negative about the Davis government. Smith told his supporters that the economic crisis in Ontario is so severe that 25,000 people are on in- definite layoff, 28,000 jobs have disappeared in the last year alone and 30,000 people have left the pro- vince to seek: opportunities elsewhere. In agriculture he noted that the net farm income dropped 32 percent in the last year and there has been a farm bankruptcy every three days over they same period. Smith asked why the province's farm in- dustry should be slipping so badly when we have ex- cellent agricultural resources and prime agricultural land in this province. Smith commented he can't fathom why the Davis government hasn't moved to get the Bruce industrial project underway. The Bruce has the potential to use excess heat to create new industrial developoment, which will benefit the area economically and create jobs, said Smith. He suggested nuclear technology could also be used to produce hydrogen at the Bruce. Smith concluded Wsaying that a Liberal govern- ment in Ontario would use the province' -s resources and its people to make Ontario a leader again in Canada. • • • • •• •• • S • ••• •• ®