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Wingham Advance-Times, 1981-03-11, Page 6•••• e`e.e.:Vigeeeee,... Advan -Times arch 11. 1901 dome to offer' •'• -16015,45k0‘, ',"! CfP.,?' "••• Gary Harron: Progressive GARY HAR RON, Progressive Conservative 'Working with people' • nservcrli For Gary Harron, Progressive Con- servative candidate in Huron -Bruce, his years of experience in farming, small business and municipal government, coupled with a desire to help people, are his biggest qualifications. Mr. Harron is the only one of the three candidates with previous experience in government, gained during 12 years on the Arnabel Township council, of which he is still reeve, and a stint as warden of Bruce County. His knowledge of small business was gained through his father, who ran a general store. He, himself, has farmed ever since his graduation from the Ontario ,Agricultural College at Guelph, operating a dairy and beef farm near Allenford. For the past several years he also has served as chairman of the Bruce Economic Development Committee, involved , with promoting industrial and agricultural development around the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant. A main objective of the committee has been to look after county concerns and make sure the proper procedures are followed in any develop- ment, he said. Mr. Harron said he has no financial in- terest in the development, but personally he feels there is a tremendous future there. He is concerned to see it happen without hurting agriculture, he said, and will insist on an environmental impact study before any industry is permitted to locate there. He said he doesn't feel he has to run on the record of Ontario's Conservative govern- ment, since he wasn't at Queen's Park and , didn't have any part in making the decisions. -I donlijopport everything the province has cleeKegtee 1win say so," he declared, explehtiing be feels it hasn't done enough for far** • • • • On the other 'hieiltIleepointed out that Ontario has begWilneeernieimic leader for most of the prig Ik3'e�, and said he feels the ills it is suffering eeeireare common to most of Cana441?*1tii tile exception Of Alberta. •"•• "I think (QatAille) coigd be one of the brightest spotr Ity;Canadel'in the next 10 years," he said,akreling he thinks this area is in a favorableflOsition, with a viable agricultural induetry and the tourist in- dustry starting torevitalize. Should he be electedMr. Harron promised to set -Up a constituency office ireeLee Wingham for the southern end of the riding. He also pledged to push for some changes to benefit farmers, including a program of long-term, low interest Imes to help young farmers get started. . • He said doesn't feel the government has gone far enough in oppoiling speculation in Ontario farmland, although he called the registration program •a gotei first step. At the same time, he Snide 4e0oesn't want to see it made too, diffiCillt for retiring farmers to sell their land foragood price He said he is coneeretedabout the future of rail transportation in' the riding and would work to make sure it iset jeekiardized. "I feel there is a mode to eepress the rural point of view at QueeniPark," Mr. Harron summed up, adding he doesn't expect to have any difficulty fitting "I've been dealing with them in municipal politics for a long time." Murray Elston: Liberal for Huron -Bruce Working with people and helping them solve their problems — that, says Murray Elston, Liberal candidate in Huron -Bruce, is his aim should he be elected March 19. It is the same thing he has tried to ac- complish as a lawyer, he said, so he doesn't see the role change as being very abrupt. He said he likes meeting people and working with them; he is used to dealing with boards and various organizations as • well as with legislation, and from his legal work with local municipalities he is familiar • with the problems they face. Mr. Elston is a Incai boy and well-known in this end of the riding, though he noted he • Will have to campaistrongly in the nor- • thern end. From the Morris Township farm • where he grew up, he attended high school in Wingham and then went on to the University of Western Ontario where he studied history and law. He was called to the bar in 1977 and 'returned to practise in Wingham, Blyth, Brussels and Ripley. ellis family going back three generations has been active in municipal affairs and strongly Liberal, so he was exposed to politics at an early age. "We grew up in an atmosphere of politics around -the home." He said he doesn't remember exactly when he got the urge to stand as a candidate; though it wasn't a snap decision made when • ;he learned of Murray Gaunt's retirement. Ile was active in— federal and provincial party organizations and, "you have an idea that at some point you'd really like to run," he said. He added that he preferred to run 'A proven alternative' provincially rather than federally, since provincial issues — things such as health care, education, Workmen's Compensation — tend to be of more interest to people and affect them more directly. Federal issues are more abstract to the average citizen, except perhaps for social insurance or in- come tax. Mr. Elston charged that the Progressive Conservative government has gone stale from being in power too long. "Bill Davis is one of the younger people in that govern- ment" He claimed it has allowed the provincial economy to disintegrate theough a • "patchwork" approach to industrial developmenteand nciwis trying to buy votes with the BILD program, which he said simply lumps together a number of existing programs under a new label. He said he believes his party has workable policies, and while he admitted it might take • a Liberal government some time to find its • feet after 38 years in opposition, "There are • .; so many areas where there hasn't been government initiative, you could start almost anywhere and make some improve- ments." Among other things; it would introduce programs to help farmers with high interest rates, would follow a more coordinated economic development policy and would move to bring government spending under contrel, he said. It also would return to a 60- 40 provincialrmunicipal split on education funding to reduce the burden on municipal. ratepayers. Education funding currently is split about 50-50, he said. • MURRAY ELSTON, Liberal • Tony McQuail: New Democratic Party TONY MCQUAIL, New Democrat • Tony McQqail, New Democratic Party candidate in the upcoming provincial election, says his party represents a proven alternative to the empty election promises and dismal track records of its opponents. Its policies have been carefully thought out and have been thoroughly tested in Saskatchewan, now one of Canada's brightest spots. • He makes his point by comparing the progress of the two provinces since 1945. Following the war Ontario was booming, while the western province was nearly bankrupt. However an NDP government in Saskatchewan built the province by in- sisting on a fair return on resources, and today it has the lowest unemployment and taxes in Canada. Ontario, by contrast, has the second-highest taxes and is fourth in unemployment and falling. The NDP has sound policies to rebuild the economy of Ontario around its resources and industries and, while it doesn't promise quick or simple solutions, the other parties haven't done much, he said. "What they've allowed to fall apart over the years, at election time they say they'll rebuild." He charged that the provincial Tories have followed the same policies as the federal Liberals: pouring money into big and frequently foreign businesses, giving away resources and allowing manu- facturing to slip south. The provincial Liberals, he said, are strong on criticism of the Conservatives, but weak on their own policies. He added that the Liberals don't hold a single provincial , government and so have nowhere to look for examples. The West Wawanosh Township farmer, who describes himself as a "small 'c' conservative", got his baptism into polities during the 1980 federal election, when he ran for the NDP in this riding. In that election he increased the party's shareeOf the vote in Huron -Bruce by 46 per cent over the 1979 election, he reported, which makes him optimistic about his chances this time around. Since then he has served on the provincial council of the Ontario NDP, a policy review body providing grass roots interaction with the central party. As a farmer and executive member of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, he is particularly concerned with rural and agricultural issues, he said. He values the family farm, small business and rural communities and would like to see them get more attention. He said the NDP would follow the lead of Saskatchewan in dealing with speculation in farmland, would "revitalize, diversify and decentralize" the food processing industry and would direct more aid to farmers and smallbusinesses. Although he said there is a great potential in this riding to benefit from the com- bination of agriculture and energy, he ex- pressed reservations about the proposed Bruce agripark and industrial development. He is dubious about ptowing . large amounts of public money into a project whose primary beneficiaries will be "multi- nationals and a few land developers", he said, adding that the "carrot approach" to the economy leads to inefficiency. "They get the carrot and we get the stick." If there is money to be spread around, he would rather see it go to the small business" man and farmer, both of whom have been badly neglected, he said. Mr. McQuail said his first priority as an MPP would be to work for the kinds of development which would do the riding most good. People are tired of prorniseSr he said, and predicted "this will beVete ill' teresting election, and people ditty get quite a surprise." -e•••• eee Fee,: ° • 4 • • 4 .444 • • •• • ; eer • ••r'''',:et • • , • " • 44.f.!k,A . • - 4 • March 25 •8:00 p.m. This is a public • meeting held under Sections • 12 and 17 of the Ontario Planning Act to • discuss a proposed Amendnientto the. Wingham Official Plan. The arnenilment is proposied to bring the Official Ilan an the 4ninck By -Law into conformity. The amendment inclUdes severalsiand use changes which are showman the accompany- ing map. • Copies-ofthe proposal and a more detailed map can be seen at the office of the Town Clerk:during normal business hours. 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