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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-09-15, Page 5lapolis gular t to Goderich by Annapolis may an annual event to Judge F. G. ( the Jubilee Three e,Judge-Carter said he had received a m the Honorable ansod, minister of dhim neapolis win telling put on its itinerary for isits to the Great vy vessel was on on this summer and opped offshore from on a trip from Midland. It had arnia harbor and bout 100 passengers, hone were from for the voyage e crew of the vessel e passengers the bilities by going everal combat type and then stopped to put the visitors said in the letter vessel was on the part of a five year program. He said f time to familiarize officers with the waters prevented a e harbor but added year the ship will the harbor and be ublic visits. Carter said the Three committee for the offshore it discovered that was visiting e said' he learned the city had made ents almost a year e visit and that the time between the request and the the ship prevented from bringing her r Corner ouncil meets on eptember 19 at 7 30 s a Day Nursery at the _ old St. convent on North n Tuesday, Sep - at 7 p.m. rport committee the council cham- •eptember 21 at 8 Murray Gaunt: asked to join Progressive Conservatives. Sam MacGregor says he spoke as friend Land developer, Sam MacGregor admits ap- proaching Liberal MPP Murray Gaunt and asking him to run for the Con- servative party before the provincial elections in June. A story in the September 7 issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail said that Mr. Gaunt had been asked to switch parties and that Mr. MacGregor was involved {� some of the talks with Mr. Gaunt. • "I approached Murray the weekend before the Progressive Conservative convention. I thought that since he acted for everyone in the riding, he could serve the riding more effectively if he were on the ' side of the government," Mr. MacGregor told the News. Mr. MacGregor said he told Mr. Gaunt who is a personal friend, he would help in any way that he could. "Murray thought about it for 24 hours and then phoned me back and told me he couldn't accept the offer," Mr. MacGregor said. "That talk was between Murray and I, there was no need for it to be brought up," Mr. MacGregorsaid, referring to the Globe and Mail article. It was after Mr. Gaunt refused to run for the Con- .servative party that Mr. MacGregor decided to become the Conservative candidate in the Huron -Bruce riding. ' "I'm sure Mr. Gaunt did feel that if he were on the side of government, the riding would "'benefits more, but he didn't Want to malign himself with his people," Mr.: MacGregor said. Ridded surprised Riddell, Huron -Middlesex MPP, Friday the Progressive Con- ive Party was using "good ent" in seeking out Liberal members during the last election under the PC ticket. iously the Tories haven't got the or the policies to attract the in South Western Ontario," 1 said from his Toronto office, "so re going to have to get good Is on their side:" ell was surprised the newspapers aking "such an issue" of the fact urray Gaunt, MPP for Huron - Was approached by a prominent un for the PCs'in the last election. "The election is over, long ago," said Riddell. "Let's forget it." Riddell said there was an indirect suggestion to him before the last election that if the Progressive Conservatives were going to win in Huron Middlesex, it would be necessary for Riddell'to switch sides or step down. "Burt I was never approached direc- tl,y," said Riddell. "When Anson McKinley accepted the nomination for the PCs, they believed they had a good candidate and a god shot at the Riding." Riddell said there has been no mention to him of the matter since the election. Mt ATS aRICED FOR SAVINGS TY ARE B -BITS LB 594 BLADE & SHORT RIB ROASTS La. 784 OUND UCK LB 78 AND TENDER UN AIC LB. $1.39 HEADCHEESE LB. 994 GREAT FOR THE GRILL SIRLOIN STEAK ,. $1.98 HOMEMADE FREEZER SPECIALS • FREEZER SPECIALS 'ER HT QTR'S OF BEEF K AROUND CHUCK VBS. LB. 68 .c)_RESSED INSPECTeD MEATS - AT WHOLESALE PRICES AVIV 125 to 150 lbs.68 4 CUT AND WRAPPED Average LB. FREE AINSLIE MARKET - LIMITED 146SHOPPERS SQUARE 524-8551 -WESPECIA.LIZE IN CUSTOM KILLING 4 GODERICH SIGNA r £ r r„ __ .EPTEMBER-15, 1977:1"AdEl ( aunt not impresse BY BILL DIMMICK The Kincardine News what Mr. MacGregor wanted to talk about until the meeting but as he and Mr. MacGregor uron-Bruce MPP Murray are good friends he could see Gaunt believes that -nothing wrong with it. week's story, in the Globe -and Mail about him being asked to switch to the Progressive Conservative ' from the Liberal party was leaked by "highly placed people in_the Conservative Party." Mr, Gaunt confirmed he was asked twice before last June's provincial election campaign to run as a Con- servative but added he was sorry the story came out. "I was quite prepared to let sleeping dogs lie," he told The News in an interview last week. "I saw no need to raise the issue at the time of the election and I see no need now," Mr. Gaunt said. He said the Globe and Mail got the story someplace but it wasn't from him. He was asked only to confirm the facts already unearthed. The Globe story said that Mr. Gaunt was approached by former Agriculture Minister William Stewart last November and most recently by Sam MacGregor of Kin- cardine. Mr. MacGregor, a local developer, ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative can- didate against Mr. Gaunt in the last election. Mr. Gaunt said he hopes no hard feelings will be created because of the story. He and Mr. MacGregor have been "friends as long as I've been in politics". Mr. Gaunt has held Huron - Bruce riding for the Liberals for 15 years. Mr. MacGregor first contacted Mr. Gaunt May 6 and during a telephone conversation asked if they could meet the next morning. The Conservative nomination meeting,,..• for Huron -Bruce was to be held May 9. The two men met May 7, at about 10 a.m, in Kincardine when Mr. MacGregor asked Mr. Gaunt about running for the Conservatives. Mr. Gaunt said no firm promises were made about him receiving a cabinet post in a Conservative govern- ment but there were im- plications of it. He was told that he would have a say in formulating party policies and be in- fluential in government decisions. Mr. Gaunt did not know County council meeting date The September Session of Huron County Council is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, commencing at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers, Court House, Goderich. Comay report.... • from page 2 merits argued before the Board. There are, many other reasons why the final decision shoold not be left with council, not the least of which is the mere knowledge that the acts of council are to be fully scrutinized before the Ontario Municipal Board. This in itself alerts council to the need for a• careful study and preparation of its by-law. "I am confident that there is not a municipal council in the Province, which in an important matter would claim that such consideration was given to its by-Iaw that it could not be improved in light of all the evidence that might subsequently be adduced at a Board hearing. Invariably there are suggested salutary amendments or modifications which would never have come to light under the suggested procedures of the report. "To argue that the Board function on -hearing evidence to which council had not been privy should be merely to resubmit the matter to council so that such evidence might then be considered, simply will not work. If council is bent on a certain policy, it is hardly likely that such a body would be in - fluenced, - for example, by additional planning evidence." Mr. Gaunt said at the time he did not want to run for the Conservatives. Ile confirmed this by telephone the next day - a Sunday - to Mr. MacGregor. Mr. MacGregor said Monday night after he had been nominated to run for the Conservatives that he had only decided to run the day before. Mr. Gaunt'. was first ap- proached about , switching. parties last November when Mr. Stewart invited him to a breakfast. When the suggestion was put9to him he was "startled and Taken aback." "I told him (Mr. Stewart) at the time the main ingredients of politics had to be trust, loyalty and con- fidence," Mr. Gaunt said. He said that to switch parties would mean betraying the people ° who worked for and supported him for the last 15 years. He added that with only a few exceptions no one had ever successfully switched parties before. He said he "couldn't have lived with myself" if he had decided to take the Con- servative offer. Mr -Gaunt said he told Mr. MacGregor essentially the same thing. "I would rather lose 'honorably than win dishonorably." Mr. Gaunt was also told by another- prominent Con- serv"ritive party member that he would be offered a'job at three times his salary as an MPP if he had not sought re- election. Mr. Gaunt again indicated his disapproval of the Globe story when he said that he could have -used the Con- servative advances as an election issue. "But I chose not to do so. It wouldn't have served any useful purpose then in the long run," he said. He said he hopes Mr. MacGregor understands that he did not release the story and there will he no hard feelings. Mr. Gaunt does have his own theory about how the story was released. He said there is a feeling -among_ the Queen's Park press gallery members that Phil Givens, one of two Metro 'Toronto Liberal MPPs who did not seek re-election last June made a deal. Mr. Givens' seat.was won by a Conservative candidate. Since the election Mr. Givens was appointed as a provincial judge and as chairman of the Metro Board of Police Commissioners receives $46,000 a year. Mr:Gaunt said there Ire a few Conservatives `after Givens' and (Premier William) Davis' hides," Mr. Gaunt said. He feels that was the reason the story about him and several other Liberal MPPs including Eddie Seargent, of Owen Sound, being asked to switch parties was made publicat this time. "As far as I'm concerned, why all the fuss?" Mr. Gaunt said. SAD, rf fir; fashion shops Door Crasher Thurs. to Tues. Lee CORDUROY JACKETS Reg. 27.99 NOW 950 ONLY LIMIT 1 PER CUSTOMER WHILE I STOCK LASTS NUT'S fashion shops ICHARGOC Suncoast Mall GODERICH MON. 10-5 ,"U.:151 TUES. 10.4 E\I. 10.1 w{O. 10.• Sw1. 0:90 • protects y°ar investment t, the pickup protector The Pickup Protector is a pat- ented, one-piece liner that gives your pickup truck bed 100% protection. After it's installed, which takes only minutes, you can use your - pickup for all those tough chores you bought it for; with no wear and tear,, scratches, dents or rust. 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