The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-02, Page 3Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 2, 1988—Page 3
Supporters attend all -candidates meeting
By Paul Rudan
CLINTON - There were about 150 people
here at the federal all -candidates meeting
but that total would have been much less if
the four parties left their supporters at
The meeting, held on October 27, at Clin-
ton Public School was sponsored by the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture.
All four candidates running in the Huron -
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Dwayne Harris tackle a huge pile with thoughts of the trip in their minds. (Connie Harris
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Bruce riding were in attendance: Conser-
vative Murray Cardiff; Tony McQuail of
the New Democratic Party (NDP);
Liberal representative Ken Dunlop; and
Tom Clark from the newly formed Chris-
tian Heritage Party (CHP). '
The evening was uneventful with each of
the candidates preaching party policy.
Each nominee had the opportunity to
deliver opening remarks and then they
fielded questions from the' audience for the
remainder of the evening.
Mr. McQuail opened by saying the NDP
is for the,ordinary person. He criticized the
Conservatives and the Liberals for receiv-
ing campaign donations from banking in-
stitutions and the government for the free
trade deal.
Mr. Cardiff began by reminding the au-
dience of the country's poor situation four
years ago. He pointed out that 1,250,000
jobs have been created with 50 per cent of
those jobs going to women. He spoke on the
government's farming policies and the
farmers' $22 billion debt which he called a
very severe problem.
The CHP believes the strong family unit
is the foundation of society, said Mr. Clark.
He stated his party affirms the sancity of
life and the protection of mother and child.
Speaking on day care Mr. Clark said, "The
CHP believes the best environment for our
children is our home, with us, the loving
parent. The government should not pro-
vide a babysitting service...Daycare
should be based on need alone and not the
wants of parents."
He said local churches, the private sec-
tor and companies should take the respon-
sibility of day care.
Whether it be John Turner or Mr.
Dunlop, the Liberals have focused their
campaign on the free trade deal. Mr.
Dunlop said Canada already has 80 per
cent free trade and the price is too high to
pay to gain the remaining 20 per cent. He
claimed technical standards would be
lowered, the Canadian dollar would rise
and the country would give up its energy
and natural resources. Farmers need to
rely, on marketing boards to limit produc-
tion and to keep prices up, he noted. With
free trade those marketing boards may not
be in place.
"We sold out," was his concluding
comment.
During the question and answer period,
Peter Damsma asked the candidates
about the role of women in today's society
and free trade.
Mr. Clark replied, "The CHP believes
one of the most important roles of women
is in child rearing...the state was never
meant to be a parent.
He was for freer trade, although the free
trade deal could use some changes.
The other three candidates supported
the role of women in today's society and
their continued and growing involvement
with government. Mr. Cardiff supported
his party's free trade deal with the
Liberals and NDP against it. Mr. McQuail
added that the price is too high to pay for
profit through free trade. He cited the ex-
ample of exploitation of workers in Mexico
and the southern United States.
On the question of Canada spending $12
billion to buy nuclear submarines, the
nuclear and military issues, Mr. McQuail
said the NDP is against the purchase. He
stated his party is against continued
nuclear involvement (i.e. unarmed cruise
misile testing in Alberta), he felt conven-
tional submarines are sufficient and
Canada should redeploy their land forces.
He added, the government should develop
a program to transfer military
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