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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-03-29, Page 3WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29,1995 All the answers...Huron Helen Johns, PC leader Mike Harris and Bruce's Barb Fisher listen to a question at the Legion last Friday. Tories prepared for ballot box Continued from front page $6 billion and balance the. budget within three years. In addition, Har- ris said they plan to reduce provin- cial tax rates by $2 billion in .their first year of office and $1 billion per year for the second and third years. Hams said balancing the budget is not the monumental impossibility the NDP claims it is. He cited five provincial premiers across Canada that have introduced balanced bud- gets; incorporating all three major political parties and said he sup- ported the direction Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien has been moving. "J support some of the things Jean Chretien, Paul Martin, Brian Tobin and the government have been doing, but I don't think it's a Liberal policy, or an individual pol- icy. It's the courage to fix the prob- lems. Our policies are not right wing, it's. mainstream. We have lis- tened to the people of Ontario and are prepared to deliver the plan. We have to be part of the national solu- tion. We must bring .back integrity to the government." Harris said he expects the elec: thin til be lessof actaali policies but more of who the electorate can ' trust. "There cannot be any of the promises and then the 'When we gor a 'look at the books• and...'," Harris said. "Ontario is no ,longer a magnet for jobs and investment. I hear peo- ple say, `Mike, Ontario is still a great place to live, but a lousy place to do business.' There's too much government intervention into busi- ness." And that's why Harris said the PCs plan to axe the NDP's labor legislation, the payroll health tax for small business, freeze Ontario Hydro rates for the next five years. cut WCB premiums: by five per cent and eliminating the red tape in business development. "We have to control the size and cost .of government," he said of his plan to eliminate duplicity and some 13,000 civil servant jobs. The Tories .also plan to cut the number of MPPs from '130'to 99 by using the same boundaries for elections that are used in the federal elec- . tions; which means an amalgama- tion of Huron with Bruce County for a provincial rep. Tax-free bene- fits paid to politicians are ;also on the chopping block, he said, along with a proposal to abolish pensions for MPPs. Untouched in Harris' reconstruc- tion plan for Ontario is health care. • law enforcement and education. A former teacher and school board trustee from North Bay, Har- ris did say he has plans to restruc- ture the education system even though the funding levels are pro- tected under his platform. He was critical of the destreaming process. stating it teaches mediocrity and brings down the level of education. "We need to put competition back into schools." The PC chief believes the educa- tion system under the NDP has for- gotten their end product — the stu- dent. He says his party will be able to save $400 million a year by cutting into the massive school bu- reaucracy — of which 45 per cent of staff paid are not in a classroom en- vironment. "And we have to change this val- ueless system that says you can stay home and do nothing and get paid as much as you would if you went out to work." With that the Tory leader launched into an attack on the cur- rent welfare system, • rought with fraud and abuse, stating his party will convert welfare offices from handout areas to employment areas. He said these offices will become a place where people can go to get more than just money. They will be able to get job placements, retrain- ing and education. The Harris plan.calls for a five per cent reduction in the number of people on the welfare rolls per year for, each of the Conservative's first three years in office. Under the plan, able bodied adults will be re- quired to work or be retrained in re- • turn for receiving their benefits. Community service will be re- quired by younger people on wel- fare unless they are enrolled in an education or training program. H9rris,..,figures these plans will save the pro\ince $750 million an- nually, coupled with a $500 million savings annually in a"reduction in fraudulent payments through strict- er controls for welfare. "This province hasn't had the courageous leadership they have had in provinces like Alberta, Sas- katchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick...and who would believe that Newfoundland has just intro- duced a balanced budget!' We need an Ontario that can lead Canada out of recessions. The petty fighting (between political parties) doesn't make a difference. Federal, provin- cial, municipal, at the end of the day there is only one taxpayer. We Wingham youth takes first Theiresults of the winter session of the practical piano exam from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto have been released. Fraser Kuyvenhoven, the son of Doug and Debbie Kuyvenhoven of Wingham took first place honors in Grade -3 piano. He is a student of Flora Nabrot- sky. need to bring back common sense to government." As for the actual day of reckon- ing? Harris says keep May 25 open. Thrnberry building permits Four building permits applica- tions were acknowledged and the building inspector authorized to proc,eettwvith their issuance at the March 21 meeting I of Turnberry council. Permits will be issued to: Cliff Heifer, Lot 7, Con. 9, a house addi- tion; Randy Zinn, Plan 410, addi- tion to a business; Manassas Sherk, Lot 28, Con. C, a renovation to a barn and an addition to a barn. Turnberry road budget Turnberry council has passed the 1995 road budget with expenditures totaling $4.45,000. 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