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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-10-19, Page 10ORDER NOW The nice cheerful way to say Merry Christmas ... SO PERSONAL TOO! Photo - Greeting Cards. MADE FROM YOUR FAVORITE SQUARE NEGATIVE Quantity Color Black & White $ 2,50 $ 4,00 $ 7.00 12 25 50 $ 5.50 $10.50 $19.50 Rectangular Cards Slightly More Prices Include Matching Envelopes HUNTLEY'S DRUG STORE EXETER 235-1070 ROBERT McKINLEY NOTICE TO OWNERS OF DOGS and CATS Prevention of Rabies The Health of Animals Branch of the Canada Department of Agriculture in co-operation with the Huron County Health Unit will hold a FREE RABIES CLINIC Vaccination against rabies will be provided for dogs and cats three months of age and over. Help prevent human exposure to rabies, take advantage of this opportunity to have your pet. immunized. A booster shot each year is recommended. Friday, October 20 Monday, October 23 Monday, October 23 Tuesday, October 24 Exeter Arena Zurich Community Centre Hensall Arena Dashwood Fire Hall Tuesday, October 24 Crediton Fire Hall Wednesday, October 25 Grand Bend Fire Hall 1:30 — 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 25 Elimville , Usborne 9:00 — 12:00 noon Two. Bldg. 3:00 — 8:00 p.m. 9:00 — 12:00 noon 1:30 4:30 p.m. 9:00 12:00 noon 1:30 — 4:30 p.m. 4",.!""nfthi,kmal't,fl;k4illtMarmigiOnt w*: • .. .• CHARLES THOMAS 1973 NOW ON! The la Vitt 1 2th ANNUAL NOW -• to DEC. 3 '1 SPECIAL HOURS 9 a.m. lo 6 p.m. DAILY FRI, & SAT. TILL 9 p.M. SUN. 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED Only one location in the country, on top of the bill, I mile south of Blyth on Hwy. No. 4 LEATHER COATS LEATHER; GLOVES FREE CIDER & HOME MADE COOKIES • t OCT. 2 st FEATURED AT OUTSTANDING FACTORY OUTLET PRICES Don Taylor Motors Limited MAIN St SOUTH EXETER 255-1 I CIO Page 10 Times-Advocate, October 19, 1972 Debate jobless, OFY, election funds others. Can you imagine what is going to evolve with our iron- sportation policy in Canada now that Mr. Trudeau has retired Mr. Benson into the position of chairman of the, Canadian Transport Commission? carrying out the Prime Minister's wishes with his policy of deliberately creating unem- ployment to fight inflation, but he must have agreed, otherwise he would have followed the role of Mr. Kelm; and Mr. Hellyer and in many cases the bill introduced by the Government following the presentation of our report deviated considerably from the, committee's report, but did pass second reading and was not referred to the original com- mittee, but to the regular House Committee on Privileges and Elections. This committee did not have the bill referred back to the House of Commons for third reading before the house was dissolved, mostly because of the changes the Government had !node in the legislation that did not coincide with the previous committee report. The Times-Advocate posed three more questions this week to the candidates. of the federal riding of Huron in the upcoming election. Their answers follow. Ed Bain, Goderich, who is. running as an independent candidate in the election was sent a copy of this week's question, but no replies were received. I. Do you believe steps should be taken to curb spending on elec- tion campaigns? If so, what? CHARLIE THOMAS — LII3RAL I believe that there should be some reasonable limits so that the Trudeau government have failed miserably. When Mr. Trudeau came to power in 1968 unemployment stood at 4.8 per cent but now, only four years later it has risen to the dangerously high level it stood at more than 10 years ago. I need tell no one that the policies of the Liberal Govern- Meat have failed. Elections cost more each year and the government has done nothing, programs like Opportunities For Youth achieved very little and cost more than they were worth and unemployment continues to rise despite the fact that Mr. Trudeau claims to have created millions of jobs. centage of these programs ,have proven to be useful. A few have been unsuccessful and have received a good deal of publicity. ,The Opportunity For Youth programs carried out in Huron riding this year were all very well run programs and have con- tributed a good, deal to the people of this area. I shall continue to support these programs and work to improve and make them even better ill the future. 3,. What are your comments on the recent Statistics Canada report that the seasonably ad- justed rate of unemployment was higher in September than at any time since 1961? SHIRLEY WEARY — NDP As a candidate of the New Democratic Party my answer to your first question this week is best taken directly from the policies which I represent and support. The need for real reform of the present system of financing election campaigns has never been more evident than in the past few months. It has become obvious that Liberals and Con- servatives alike not only find a need to be cozy with large cor- porations to ensure contributions to their campaign coffers, but that this goodwill is often pur- chased at the taxpayers' ex- pense. In February of this year we were treated to the spectacle of the Liberal fund-raising dinner in Toronto, attended by representatives of large cor- porations that had received grants from the Department of Regional Economic Expansion. Present at that dinner, and presumably in full view of the Prime Minister, were representatives of IBM which had received grants totalling $6,003.750, Union Carbide which had received grants of $1,395,350, Canadian ,Johns Manville which had received $307,530 in grants, Falconbridge Nickel Mines which had received more than $4 million in grants, Noranda Mines, which along with its subsidiary Gaspe Copper Mines Ltd. has been favored with grants totalling nearly $7 million. This of SHIRLEY WEARY The recent announcement by Statistics Canada that unem- ployment has reached the level at which it stood in 1961 can indicate only that the programs set up by course was only the tip el the iceburg. Conservative leaders also expressed their outrage that these large contributors to the Liberal campaign had received so much largesse from the public purse, Two weeks later however the Tories held their own fund raising dinner but refused to make public names on their guest list, In 1966 Andrew Brewin of the NOP introduced a private member's bill in the House of Commons which called f or amendments to the Canada Elections Act that would limit and publicize campaign con- tributions, initiate an effective accounting of election ex- penditures and enforce limitations, and limit ex- penditures during a campaign to official agents and political parties. The report of the Committee on Election Expenses agreed with Mr. Brewin's poposals and with NDP policy on the matter. It said political parties should be legally recognized and made legally responsible for their actions in raising and spending funds. A degree of financial equality should be established among candidates and among political parties, by the extension of certain services and subsidies to all who qualify. Public participation in politics should be increased by broadening the base of political contributions through tax con- cessions to donors. Costs of election campaigns should be reduced by shortening the campaign period, by placing limitations on expenditures in the mass media by candidates and parties and by prohibiting the payment of poll workers on Election Day. A registry under the super- vision of a registrar should be established to audit and publish the financial reports required and to enforce the provision of the proposed Elections and Political Finances Act. CHARLIE THOMAS I am concerned about the high unemployment figures which is the one problem in our booming economy that we must find a solution for. When I talk to em- ployers and manpower people in this riding, I am assured that jobs are available but few people are available to work. This situation would prompt me to think that unemployment must be attacked on a regional basis as some areas, like our own appear to have a shortage of workers. I believe that we must make sure that our welfare systems provide incentive to work. ROBERT McK1NLEY This is the result of disastrous mismanagement of the country's economic affairs. We all know that unemployment would, have gone higher without the Government purposely causing it, Mr, Benson, I expect was candidates with unlimited funds do not have an unfair advantage. I realize that the problem of laying down guide lines is a complicated one as costs vary from area to area and campaign costs are very different. Tran- sportation costs are very high in northern ridings while the cost of T,V. advertising may be nil. Compare this with a Toronto riding where media advertising may be very •expensive and transportation costs small. Some rural ridings in Ontario require substantial budgets for both advertising and transportation. Even though we do have a number of problems related to the laying down of guide lines, I think we should tackle the job. ROBERT McKINLEY PC Last year in Parliament I spent considerable time as chairman of the Progressive Conservative members on a special Election Expenses Committee of the House of Commons. We listened to many representatives and held many meetings on the subject, Legal counsel was hired by the Government to assist the com- mittee, which as all committees are, was made up of a majority of Government members. We compiled a report that was issued to the Government that favoured a ceiling on spending for election campaigns along with many other suggestions. As .,..111•102.01011111 SHIRLEY WEARY * * * 2.. How do you feel about the validity of the concepts and results of the Opportunities For Youth program? ROBERT McKINLEY The Opportunities for Youth programs have been necessary because of the lack of jobs available for students to earn the necessary fees to continue their education, At best they should be considered as a temporary aid in reducing unemployment and should not be considered in any way as the long range solution to increased employmen v- portunities. I assisted in having several projects in Huron approved because the money was going to be spent somewhere and I con- sidered that Huron should have its share. It appears that this program was the easy way out of a bad situation in that the students did all the applying and the Government could hire more public servants to assess the applications. This is much easier than devising practical and effective policies to provide long range employment through the private sector, but this is the way socialists work and it pleases some people for a while until everyone decides that he might a§ well live off Government handouts and there is no one left to generate new income. The existing wealth would simply go round and round and the stan- dard of living would be much lower. Think Big. mostly hidden. (Although the taillights are nearly twice as large as ever before.) Altogether we made 20 improvements in the Super Beetle for 1973. But without a doubt, the biggest im- provement of all is the feeling you get when you get inside, Take it for a test sit today. SHIRLEY WEARY The Opportunities For Youth Program was enacted and carried out in such a way that that it was merely a stop-gap measure representing part of the Liberal patch-work quilt of policies. In theory the program was an excellent idea but it did not reach enough people to justify the large sums of money poured into it, Few things in life work as well as a Volkswagen, We finally did it. We finally changed the looks of the Bug. For openers, open the door, And Wham-0: "What's a nice big interior like you doing inside a Volkswagen?" There's plenty of leg room up front. There's lots of head room. The windshield is curved and pushed awayfrom your nose. t's 42% larger. (That's the windshield, not your nose.) The padded dash is completely re- designed and easier to read (for those of you who like to read dashes). The seats are more comfortable, cur- ved and contoured to your body. Inertia.type seat belts buckle up as standard equipment. And wonder of wonders, it is now much easier for passengers to get to the back of the Bug. With all the newfound room, we had to find a new ventilation system. Which we did. And it's so good that, now, even the side windows can be ventilated and de- fogged. As for outside improvements, they're CHARLIE THOMAS The Opportunities For Youth Programs have been successful in allowing young people to develop their own programs which they believe can benefit Canadians, A very large per- Police attempt to locate pair Exeter OPP are attempting to locate two people believed to be in this area. Some identification papers have been turned in, bearing the name of Mrs. Wayne (Rosemarie) Martin. The papers were found in the Huron Park area and may be claimed by the owner. They also have a license plate found by one of the Officers On County Road 5. The number is ,638-763 and is registered to Michael IVIcKeeVer. Police have not been able to locate either Of these two per- seris,