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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-04-12, Page 3McKinlay acclaimed by PC's BY JEFF SEDDON Robert McKinley was acclaimed Tuesday night to lead the Progressive Conservative cause in Huron -Bruce in the May 22 federal election. About 300 conservative faithful threw their support behind the 50 year • old Zurich area o icken farmer who has held the riding since 1965. McKinley told his supporters he was relieved the Trudeau government had finally called an election. He said the Liberal gover- nment had cost taxpayers dearly with its massive overspending. He said those costs were more than just tax dollars pointing out that everything Canadians buy abroad "from holidays to orange juice costs more as our dollar sinks lower and lower". The Tory public works critic said small business and the family farm, the back bone of ridings such as Huron -Bruce, had suffered at the hands of the Liberals. McKinley said government could not afford to ignore the plight of small, independent business in this country nor the needs of the agricultural community. He said Liberal policy threatened the 'family farm to the point it was in danger of disappearing into the hands of the food industry giants. - . .He promised economic policy aimed at enabling small businesses to grow while taking advantage of manpower resources now in the ranks of the 'unemployed. He said Canadians had -made it obvious it wanted government to con- centrate on the grass roots needs of the country but Trudeau was "too arrogant and, too feeble to listen". He said voters had made their "disen- chantment" with government policy known in six bye elections in the country and would do it again in the federal election. He promised, "organized and honest government" aimed at rebuilding the economy if a conservative govern- ment was elected. McKinley was sup- ported at the nomination session by three other Conservative members, finance critic Sinclair Stevens of York Simcoe, Dr. Bruce Halliday of Oxford and Bill Jarvis of Perth. Stevens told the gathering "it was a great time to be a Tory". He said the country was going through a trend and that trend "was going our way, running against the emporer, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. The finance critic said Trudeau had polarized his political campaign on national unity and all but ignored major issues such as "rising prices, government spending and deficits and unem- ployment. He said it was time for a responsible approach to do what has to be done to battle in- flation. Stevens told the gathering Canada has the potential to be number one in the economic world but somehow the country is "not functioning properly". He said part of the problems affecting national unity are economic pointing out that in prosperous times when Canadians can enjoy a good style of life many of the problems causing disunity will dissappear. He said a conservative government is eager to begin a five year economic p.erspect•ive aimed at curbing government spending and establishing a balanced budget. He said .a Joe Clark government would establish spending ceilings on government agencies forcing those agencies to prigr..ize spending. Once that ceiling is reached cuts would have to be made by those agencies to stay within budget. He explained that the perspective would enable government to take regular looks at gover- nment programs to determine their benefit. He said another program that may save million's of dollars is trimming the civil .ser- vice. He said about 25,000 civil servants retire or leave the government annually and a Con- servative governme-nt would replace only 5,000 of those. He said if the efficiency of government could be maintained through ,that reduction it would save taxpayers one half billion dollars an- nually. McKinley will face Liberal candidate Graeme Craig, a Walton area farmer. The New Democrats have not fielded a candidate yet but are holding a nomination meeting April 17. 11..l.. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1979—PAGE 3 Huron -Bruce Progressive. Conservatives acclaimed incumbent MP Bob McKinley as their candidate in the May 22 federal election. McKinley, who has held this riding since 1965, brought two other PC 04114,v members of parliament to the nomination meeting Tuesday night in Goderich. Flanking the PC can- didate are (left) Bill Jarvis, Perth, and Sinclair Stevens, York-Simcoe. (photo by Jeff Seddon) -outfit them all - 114 t tg1PP ASTER PARADE OF FASHIONS Federal minister of agriculture Eugene Whelan supporters and chatted ' with Craig (left) and was in Brussels last week.. to hel-p kick--off-the -Goder[c area - Liberals Muriel Murphy and Jim campaign of Huron -Bruce Liberal candidate Mulhern, (photo by Debbie Ranney) Graeme Craig._ Whelan spoke -to a ,g -roup of Liberal• - Canada the greatest -Whelan BY ,-- , D,E$BIE..RANNEY "Canada is the greatest country in the world and the Liberals have nothing to' be ashamed about because they had the most to do with making it what it is," Federal Agricultural Minister i• Eugene Whelan told an enthusiastic audience in Brussels Wednesday night: He was, speaking,.,at •a dinner meeting in the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre in support of Huron - Bruce Liberal candidate Graeme Craig. Huron Warden john Tinney brought official greetings from the county to the audience of nearly 400 that crowded the large hall. . Reviewing what had been accomplished by -_•Ministry of Agr-ic�l•ture- and what the Liberal party had accomplished for Canada, Mr. Whelan ' Said that during last year alone about 400,000 'new' jobs had been created in Canada. He compared that with Germany, where jobs created were down by 61 per cent from the previous year he said. He said- that some people who talked to him about the economy told him that .the trouble in ,Canada was that the number of social services were too great. He said , that he could remember a time when you didn't dare get sick and you didn't dare go to the hospital becau you couldn't afford -§ for it, "but now y u're not scared because you've got social services," he said. Referring to that "big giant to the south of us" the minister asked "Do they have social services Mahe compared withoursrYou know-how they fear th get —sick. IfwouTE6-6-cheaper to die," he said. . Mr,. Whelan reminded the audience of the companies that were investing in Canada like Ford Motors, United Co- op, and the Thompson and Weston groups. He quoted Lord Thompson as saying, "I think this is the best place in the world to invest in" and Weston who said about in- vestment in Canada, "I believe that even at these high prices, assets are going cheap." Canadians are the best housed, the best educated, have the best food, have the best television in the world and are the best travelled, he said. The agricultural minister said he bragged about how efficient -Cail-adian --- farm production was and said that across Canada the average Canadian far- mer prodticed goods worth $2000 more than the average American farmer. He spoke of farmers as being the best off in the world and the most productive and "I'm •'not scared to defend that anywhere with anyone, anytime," he said. • - An indicator of farm economy is that young people were returning to farming, he said and added that for every farmer who wants to retire, three more are waiting to take his place. "Marketing boards are the one thing •that stays below Canada's anti- inflation guidelines and they say marketing boards create inef- ficiency," he said. "As your Minister of Agriculture, when 1 go to meetings in. other Goderich United Soccer Club SPRING DANCE Goderich Memorial Arena Saturday, April- 28 $6.0Q PER COUPLE Tickets Available; 'FRENCH -DRY CLEANERS SANDY'S BARBER SHOP Music by CACTUS GRAZ ' Food available throughout the ebomenin®at reasonable prices coitlries"'wh ado ..they. r �29•�p�...,. only-er cent left, 1Lax1 tel finis nut Ho �0�`-wit�r-which-tor-c-arryVn tie-.• ..------� farmers are so produc- tive. They just don't , understand how we're so productive here," "We don't pay farmers for doing nothing.. in Canada. They must produce and they • are producing," he 'said. Liberal candidate .Graeme Craig told the meeting that despite criticism of the economy the fact was that Canadians still had 37 per cent disposable income compared with a 24 per cent disposable income in the United States. He described Canada as having one of•themost 'successful economies in the world and said that the Liberal government had created 429,000 jobs in theJast --government. was- not -kepi-" in power the country would lose agriculture minister Eugene Whelan whom he: described as being "one of the greatest defenders of agriculture that we've ever had in Ottawa." He said they had to get across to the consumer the fact that we Canadians are enjoying quality food at most reasonable prices, and that it was because of Eugene Whelan. business of Canada. Crawford Douglas, M.P. for Grey -Bruce told the meeting, "Never before . have we had an. election as important as this one to you in Canada. It's people like you who are going to decide the future for Canada. To see that future comes about we need a man like Graeme Craig on our team," he said. Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for Huron Bruce in- troduced Graeme Craig and Herb . Kuntz, president of the Huron Bruce Liberal Association thanked the speakers. Jack Riddell Huron Middlesex, M.P.P: said that if the Liberal Surveys indicated that 86 per cent of. the .people were now satisfied with their housing and that that figure was only 60 per cent when the present government was 'first elected. The Liberal candidate emphasized that 71 per cent of what the government takes in. is already committed to the provinces and • in- dividuals for such ex- penditures as pensions. 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