The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-04-25, Page 5New Democrats nominate Couper.
BYALICE GIBB
Moira Couper of Bayfield,
a.freelance adult community
educator, was acclaimed as
the N.D.P. candidate for the
Huron -Bruce riding in a
nomination meeting in Clin-.
ton April 17.
The candidate said one of
her jobs in the upcoming
election would be to "dispel
somenf the myths about the
N.D.P. party."
Mrs. •Couper, the mother
of four children, now holds
diplomas from Fanshawe
College and Iona College,
University of Windsor and is
now working on a degree
from the University of Wat-
erloo, In the past, Mrs.
Couper has been employed
by the ministry of culture and
recreation in operating a
series of campground pro-
grams.
In accepting the nomina-
tion, Mrs. Couper told the
audience one of her major
concerns is equal rights and
opportunities for . women,
which she will make a
platform in her campaign.
She told the 35 people at
the nomination meeting that
it will be difficult to change
the thoughts and ideas of
many voters in the Huron -
Bruce riding and to persuade
them to consider the N.D.P.
party.
In an interview following
her nomination, Mrs.. Couper
said she plans to run a
"grass roots" campaign
around the county. For ex-
ample, instead of having one
campaign office in the coun-
ty, the party plans to operate
mobile information centres
which will tour the riding.
Also, Mrs. Couper plans to
aim her campaign at three
main groups in the county -
the small businessmen on
the main streets of the towns
where she is campaigning,
the farm populations and
workers in factories around
the riding.
Mrs. Couper said she
hopes to "bring policy state-
ments (of the N.D.P. party)
to the people" In her canvas
of the. riding.
Mrs. Couper's campaign is
being co-ordinated by Paul
Want Clark
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passed. by May 31 of that
• year no matter what.
• "All he, (the Minister
of Finance) had to do was
get to May 31 and it was
'passed whether Members
of parliament agreed
with it or not."
He said that Joe Clark
• would bring estimates
back into the House. of.
• Comrnens and would give
Members of Parliament a
chance to say, what
money would be spent on.
He said that (taking the
estimates out of
Parliament) was one of
the reasons why spending
had gone from $12 billion
when Trudeau came into
power to $52 billion now.
"The by-elections last
fall showed the way. With
the help of all Canadians
•across the country - with
every constituency that
•we have, Ontario can
almost do it itself (put the
consecrvatives into
power) if they put their
minds to it.
"We've got to hold that
momentum and keep it
up to May 22," McKinley
said.
Guest speaker Geoff
Scott who used to be a
parliamentary
correspondent for CFPL-
TV in London said that
right now he was fed up
with metrification.
He said that difficulties
in conversion to metric
are impounded by the
fact that in the U.S., the
Americans only use
metric on a voluntary
basis.
"I am convinced that
Canadians are being
unfairly treated Con-
cerning the scope of
metric direction.
"There has never been
an accounting to the
people of Canada par-
ticularly of the
tremendous cost of trying
to go metric," he said.
He also said that our
'\
metric form,. European
metric and U.S. metric
were all different.
He, said he • ,would
suggest that his party
take the following steps
-- that metric conversion
should, be voluntary and
paced to the tempo of the
U.S. and , that for the
protection of the con-
sumer that all packaged
• and canned goods should
• have the size in both
-metric and imperial
units.
"I firmly believe that
the consumer is getting
ripped off."
"I think it's high time
•as with so many other
things that the wishes of
the majority of the
Canadian people
prevail," he said.
He said that one of the
reasons he got Out of
reporting and into
parliament was that,
"When you see the loyalty
and dedication of a man
like Bob McKinley I feel
that there can be no
higher calling than doing
something for people in
Canada.
"I became heartsick
watching what Pierre
Elliott Trudeau was
doing,to my country and
what was more painful
was having to report it,"
he said.
"My views about the
Liberal government in
Ottawa have hardened. I
•was convinced that if the
law hadn't required
Trudeau to call an
election, Mr. Trudeau
would cling to power with
or without parliamentary.
traditions.
'His excuse is he
doesn't think anyone else
can save Canada. The
irony is that's what
' people elected him to do
back in 1968..He tAned
east against west, French
against English...just as
he's determined to get his
Carroll of Seaforth, cam-
paign committee co-ordinat-
or; Helen Tench of Clinton,
official agent and Gwen
Pemberton of Bayfield, act-
ing as the candidate's advis-
or.
The party also plans a
series of informal coffee part-
ies held in homes around the
county to introduce voters to
Mrs. Couper and to discuss
the party platforms. On May
9, Jane Bigelow, former
mayor of London, will be the
guest at an event in support
of Mrs. Couper's candidacy
which will be held in the
south of the riding.
In declaring Mrs. Couper
the official candidate, Paul
Carroll told the audience,
"we have a person, with
vision, creativity, imagina--:'
tion and lots and lots of
drive..."
The guest speaker at the
nomination meeting was Mac
Makarchuk, MPP for the
Brantford riding, who was
once stationed at the Vanas-
tra air base.
• Mr. Makarchuk said the
hands on the constitution
clinging to such in-
credible power which
could give him the
tightest control of any
prime minister in • our
country," he said.
Mr. Scott said that one
thing to do was to make
sure that every one of the
conservative • candidates
got in, riding by riding.
"That will enable Joe
Clark to get in. Joe Clark
will almost certainly be
the next Prime
Minister," he said.
Mr. Scott - tol.d his
audience that he's one
candidate who makes as
much use as possible of
Joe Clark and his image
in his campaign and he
urged Ahem not to • be
discouraged • by articles
bout Joe Clark's • or-
dinariness. •
"Will Joe Clark make a
great prime minister? I
don't know. I can't tell
you if he'll make a great
prime minister. I do know
that history and the
people of Canada will find
Joe Clark a better prime
minister than we've had
for 11 years and I thank
God for that," he said.
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upcoming election finds the
country at a crossroads,
facing stagnation in the
economy. "At a time when
we deserve leadership we do
not get leadership from our
prime minister, all we get is
a shrug of the shoulders,"
the speaker said.
Mr. Makarchuk emphasiz-
ed the issue of foreign on-
ership, of Canadian industries
and said "it is extremely
important for us as Canadi-
ans to control what goes on in
this country." He gave' the
International Nickel company
situation in Sudbury as an
example of what happens
when an industry is control-
led by another country and
said the strike situation there
hasn't been resolved because
"the decision not to increase
wages was made in New
York." He added, "Nonther
country but some banana re-
public in South America
would allow this situation to
exist." He told the audience
to look at the oil,- pulp and
paper and manufacturing
industries in the county and
asked, "Who controls
their'?"
Lacinunv Sentinel, Wednesday, April 25, 1979—Page 5
Mrs. Moira Couper, a Bayfield mother of four, has been
acclaimedlis the New Democratic Party's candidate .in the
riding of Huron -Bruce for the May 22 federal election.
WatchingIVIrs. Couper give her nominating address, are
Helen Teich and guest speaker Brantford MPP Mac
Makarch • [Zurich Citizens Photo]
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