The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-10-12, Page 3rt•
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C.`S. MacNAUGHTON
Most people, it seems, are
saying there are no serious
issues in this election. I couldn't
disagree more.
The basic question in this
campaign and all of us -must
face it squarely is the
management of Ontario's finan.
tial resources arid- its effect
on this province's future.
1 know it isn't a popular.
theme – and that's probably
why it hasn't hit the headlines.
But it's by far the most imp
portant asPect of this election.
The hard fact is thatOntario,
its municipalities, and our Fed-
eral Government collectively
have reached the limit in the
spending of public funds and
in taxation.
The total tax burden on the
people of our Province is high
enough in terms of our present
economic level.
The time has come to put
the brakes on spending and to
hold the line on taxes.
I'm sorry if I'm repeating my.
seer_ 3eee.- be04o-toss is "tile
same message I've given to se.
veral Huron Riding audiences
and indeed to audiences aH ac.
ross this province in the past
four weeks.
_ --But I can't apologize-forem.
phasizing as often as I can
what I am firmly convinced is
the real issue of this,election.
You must have noticed in the
newspapers recently that the,
Government at Ottawa has now
realized this point . too. They•
have undertaken major, cuts in
spending in an effort to avoid
..higher taxes.
I'welcome this move.because
it recognizes the position that
Premier John Robarts and I .,
have taken on beh if of Ontario
at all of our , recent federal.
provincial financial confer.
ences.
All governments – and all ci.
tizens – of this country must
realize that Canada just can't
undertake all the projects and -
all the programs wanted by all
the people all at once.
We must control our govern-
ment activities – at all levels –
to keep our taxes in tune with
our progress. We must concen.
trate Mu' spending on the pro.
.grams that will give us the "
best returns for our • invest.,
ment. And we must insist on
cutting costs, wherever. pos.
Sible.
The opposition parties are
proposing that Ontario should
Undertake, a great number of
new programs – and some of
their ideas are good ones which
we can all support.
But, as responsible citizens,
all of us must look at the •
price tag associated with them.
' The Liberal Party has pro.
posed many well-intentioned
changes but it's fair to warn
you that they are costly. To
assume 80%; -,of the cost of
education, as they advocate,
would cost $350 million. Their
northern development program
has a price tag of $100 million;
universal medicare, another
$100 million; , other projects,
well over $150 million: That's
a total of $700 million – and
we? jtist''can't afford it1.
The •NDP . asks you to , sup.
port : compulsory auto in.
surance, guaranteed annual in-
come and many other programs
that would involve . the • es.
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MORGAN SMITH
Now is the time for all of
us to consider careAilly what
;is happening to our Provincial
Government. It is becoming
more and more remote from, the
people, and as,1t grows older
in office, more and more dic-
tatorial.
The high-handed fumblings of
the Conservatives are causing
even staunch supporters to have
uneasy qualm' s• Ask any farmer
•or businessman of the multiple
restrictions that are closing in
on his operations, and demand-
ing more and more of his time
ments, boards or commissions
of ,government. Even though
some of these suggestions may
seem attractive to some people,
I submit this important ques-
tion: Who is going to pay for
them land how?,
The answer is obvious – the
cost must come out of the
pocketbooks of you and I.
Governments, 1 assure you,
have no magic way of produc.
ing money. The bestthey can
do is •invest their tax revenues
in programs that will spur otic
economic progress, the four western provinces. LABOUR INCOME – Our pre.
This priority of investment – Theyhave perpetuated the in.' sent member went on .public
this wise use of public funds – record at a party picnic as
•forms the basis of th-e sound—" -eq Li-t3F--01--=dural---and-urban----- opposing wage •eman
Government you have received education, and have failed to amounted to ten percent a year
provide advice and leadership Th i c it
in making reports and returns,
all at his own expense.
You have observed the eQver.
up methods used by the Cell.
servatives – public enquiries,
, and commissions, most OfWhich:
appear at election time. These
bodies of course do not ieeport
until after the election,, when
peeple have forgotten 'the e1r,
cuinstances. The Conservativeas
are masters at the art of cover.
up, and who remembers the.
highway scandals that were ,
buried in a previous election?
They have 'whittled away at •
local autonomy, because strong
local government frustrates
their dictatorial actions. They •
have reduced municipalities to
serfdoms 'by their control of
finance, and dictations' from the
Department of Municipal Af.
fairs and the Ontario Municipal
Board. Now they have proposed
to do away with county councils,
without first strengthening the FARM INCOME The
hands of municipalities, and Robarts government cannot
without consultation. The axe is boast about progress in the
raised, and will only drop after vital matter of farm incolne•
the election. Ten percent of our people work
This Conservative ,govern. on farms in Ontario and they
ment has been the most pro. get five percent of the income.
fligate spender we have ever Net farm income is lower in
had. They are• forced to buy Ontario than it is in Canada
their way out'of troubles. They as a whole. Sixty percent of On.
bribe ' the voter into acquies. .tarso farmers have a family
cence. With, the biggest deficit income of less than $3,750. per
in Ontario's history, with 'a year which has, been defined
soaring public debt, and with by ARDA • as the poverty line.
inflation kindled by government The Robarts government in
waste, they compound matters• this area as in others has
by handing out election goodies. taken the old laissez-faire line –
W e have seen how they raised • better defined as da nothing until
taxes in the past four years, . the crisis is so acute you have
• and this trend is only held to react – therefore Vineland,
up temporarily until after the .. .the Hellin -Menzies Report and
election. They They have plucked the the Farm Income Study group –.'
plums from the Smith report, all not part of a, long.range
and did not real further – and planning programme but a be. -
they hope the public did not read lated, too little, too late reac.
further – about the sharp rise ..tion to the farm income pro.
in all taxes that will be neede4 blem.•
to pay for their irresponsibility. Surely after 24 years of a
lack of co-ordinated planning it
is time to elect a group of
people who believe in economic
planning in agriculture as in
other areas.
JOHN BOYN E -
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We are aware of the bungling
methods in which they have
handled education since the war.
They have allowed Ontario's
standard to slip behind that of
s
w
Lc
r
play
and dividend payments Which
had in fact outstripped labour
income, However, I heard no.,
thing from him abontijae threat
to the economy frotii2i; Per•
cent •increase in doctor's ifee$
in one year. I. submit. tea. ;the
worker in Huron County is not
threatening our economy. I
therefore wholeheartedly sup-
port the' 9rganized attempts of
workers tb obtain a living wage
and a fair share of the total
wealth. Here too it is time
labour asked serious questions
about its present representation
in the house. -
MEDICARE – OMSIP is a
truncated misguided attempt to
keep the doctors and insurance
companies happy. It is a costly
silly alternative to the Saskat•
chewan plan which fulfills all
the recommendations of the Hall
Commission. On this score the
federal liberals appear to be
reneging again on their promise
in this area so perhaps the
provincial conservatives will
stay in step with them after
all – but not with us.
CAR INSURANCE – Over 200
companies in the field in On.
tario pay out only 67 percent
,of . the premium dollar on
Q .
ceaims. The,$askatghewan ply
over many years has -paid o11t
86 percent of every premium
dollar on claims because Of
simplified .procedures and
lower overhead costs. -
COSTS OF EDUCATION–The
property tax base tor education
°further. Strains the resources
of the farmel-, the labourer and
the person on fixed income. It
is an unprogressive tax.– we
propose to shift the burden of
education to where it belongs –
to those with the ability to
pay – with higher incomes.
HOUSING – Both levels of
government have neglected
housing until the problem has
reached crisis proportions in
many areas. The best the Con.,
servative gelVernment has done
- iutrpd 1 Q • $
*hlcb Dr. *MCP S n1
clefikeci as 1Ilom0 901407,041,
M I?•rpgnsive,T,be oft the,.
Liberal + fra ' It tba5'
" doge la 4 �e Uig' o'tgage
rato to;i ntahfi,1Il1'e 4sIYa
eight and u . glisrtr , en1 ' .
thus Making It v'veu more' exp
.Pensive, to buy •
the housing pp'obleln ^r1WTP$,
the ine"ights 4110 , $ing', •
policies of PeCTIO who 4y0 qQt
tory lost touc4, with r9.41t7e1 •
I believt .these problems
wand the policies ail p1 ng
el the NMP, Therefore In tl t
election you late the opport.
• unity• to vote ,fora reasonable
meaningful change' by voting
John Boyne, I1ew Democrat in
Huron. "Signed (John C. Boyne)
n Tuesday,
ct, 17 — Vte
THE CHAIRMAN,
BOARD,
PRINCIPAL
& STAFF
from the Robarts adminis.
tration,
Take:. our own Centralia In.
dustrial Park as an example.
Here we are building, out of.
what might have been an aban.
doned or dispersed community,
a new base of opportunity for
Huron – one that I'm. convinc.
for school boards We haveover three years.
followed their fumblings in re..._
vital4ing Centralia. Afraid of
an e pty----ghost. town, they
started an Agricultural and
Home Economics School. After
their failure to gain 'industry
following a year of effort, " ly
use our tax money to ope
ed will not cost the taxpayers branch of a community colle
one nickel over the years and when the college itself should
at the same time return ' have been located'in Huron.
sub-
stantial benefits to Huron's eco This cannot attract staff nor
nomy, students, and can only be main.
On top of the industires which tained at great expense until a
have already been announced , decent - interval after the
for Centralia, the, Park has election.
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provided facilities for a new WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE
school of agriculture and home
economics – a valuable addit-
ion to our farm education pro.
gram inin this province and one
whose justification is already
LIBERAL NOW
After twenty-four years, the
Conservatives have grown tired
in office. They have entrenched
after' years of rising profits
ily imposed to correct a situ.
ation that has already happened.
We must have an 'Agricultural
Industry Act,,that covers the
whole industry, with a commis.
sion to supervise the growth
an41 changes, a commission em-
bracing the various segments
of agriculture and government,
to plan the future,
The new Liberal government
will put a tight reign on govern.
Ment spending,, keeping it within
the growth of our province. This
will be done by rigid ecOnomj,
and by establishing priorities
of the mist needed require-
ments. Mr. Nixon will work
toward assistance of the local
taxpayer by reducing the educa-
apparent by a: full enrolment themselves .in positions of • tional bµrden, by now over half
in the first year. power, which comes only from ^ our county expenditures. He is
Take our new schools in a complacency that allows them 'not offering a bribe. that he
to disregard public criticism, knows cannot be filled tomer.
They have . wasted government row, tiatOwill space this over
money to bolster their'position; a period of five years, as our
and have built up an empire revenues increase with growth,
of civil servants. whose .first and when the savings in Con.
duty is to the Conservative 1 servative governmentwaste are
hierarchy. Their government mobilized^
contracts have been pointed at Mr. Nixon is ready now with
gaining Conservative support a responsible and trustworthy
rather than economy and effi. team to take over the Ontario
ciency. Government .
Tb make a democracy work
properly, a balance. Foust be
maintained in the two parties...
Only the controls and checks
imposed by an alert electorate
can ensure good government,
and when the voter is apathetic'
about changes and improve -
•about changes and improve- '
ment, he gets the kind of govern.,
ment he deserves.
Mr. Nixon and his team of
liberals are ready to take over
the Goverement now, ready with
fresh porkies to revitalize
leadership in Ontario. He will
restore the functions of parlia.
ment, and open the parliament.
ai•y com m: ttee system to
receive advice from Ontario
citizens. lie intends to make
great savings from correcting
the waste of tax money by the
entrenched Conservative hier-
archy.
Starting with the twenty.four
man cabinet, he will reduce
this number to fifteen. He,will
then proceed to examine the
organization • and efficiency of
each department. _
Budgeting has -been poorly •
handled. We have the- spectacle
of a Government that brings
down its budget in ,the spring
'with the greatest deficit ever,
and keeps on adding to the
debt by monthly and weekly
. additions of further handouts to
•the voter.
An Auditor -General will be
not ignore. At the same' time, appointed with powers that are
I can assure you that I have independent of the •government,
always recognized the' import.
powers such as this position
ance of my home riding and I has in Ottawa 10 critize govern•
trust the results of my efforts, ment.waste of inefficiency. The
on behalf of our communities civil service will be revitalized
and individual citizens, are tan.
and its orientation to serve the
gible evidence of the manner in Public rather. than the Conser.
whish I have discharged my res. vative bras.
ponsibilities to Huron. Ontario Agriculture is at the
May I conclude by expressing crossroads. In this time of
my appreciation for the cogent• radical change, it is necessary
unity of serving you these past to have long term planning,
to be worked out by the govern•
nine years and to ask for your
17 .. meat and our farm arganiza.
support again on October
your date with res�ionsible pro. tions. W e can no longer tolerate
patchwork solutions, ^arbatrare
gressn in Ontario. �
Huron as another example. Can
there be any better investment
than in a modern education for •
our young people who are grow.
ing into a rapidly changing
world? And surely it's signifi.
cant that we are providing equal
facilities in our rural areas
to those which the cities offer.
The new roads in Huron, the
Pine Point Provincial. Park and
the proposed satellite site IV'
Conestoga' College are further
examples of what I believe ares
sound investments.
At 'the same time, we are
kedging pace with our basic
social needs, with new hospital
beds and new facilities for Our
senior citizens..
I believe o>.ir agriculture pro.
grams are sound too, because
they are ,providing farmers with
the tools to help them adjust to
changing conditions. What could
be more sensible,'for example,
than to provide capital aid,
grants to assist with- physical
improvements that will net'
greater returns for our
farmers?
On the farm income problem,
what could be more logical than
to undertake a comprehensive
study of present and future
conditions, in co-operation with
our Federation and our
Farmers' Union? This'is apart.
nership approach toward. the
solving of a recognized concern.
I note some criticism in,our
local newspapers that I haven't
been seen in the riding during
this campaign as often} as people
might wish. 'That's an under.
standable complaint because I
am, first and foremost, your
representative. .
I hope, however, that most of
you will ,understand that my
position in Government imposes'
responsibilities which I can.
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