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WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5, 1985, PAGE 7 Another election may be needed:0 Ashe Perhaps the oniy way out of the shaky situation at Queen's Park is to hoid another election, Durham West MPP George Ashe says. While the recenlty re- elected Tory frontben- cher admits that may not be a pieasing thought to many voters. it may be the only way to determine what kind of government the peope of Ontario want. The recentiy signed agreement between the Liberais and the New Democratic Party which couid make Liberal leader David Peterson Premier of Ontario in three weeks time isn't the kind of government people voted for, Ashe main- tains. "on May 2, 1985, more than three out of four Ontario voters said they Fire catlis The foiiowing cails were responded to by the Whitby Fire Depar- tment during the seven day period from 8 a.m. Monday, May 27 until 8 a.m. Monday, June 3, 1985. MAY 27 9:04 a.m. - Whitby psychiatrie Hospital, Building 26. Assistance to ambulance service. 2:25 p.m. - 315 Coibourne St. W. Medicai aid. 3:10o p.m. - Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital, Building 26. Check cali. 8:14 p.m. - 201 White oaks Crt. Assistance to ambulance. 9:32 p.m. - 1650 Dun- das St. E. Check cail. MAY 28 12:51 a.m. - 4 Toms Crt. Resuscitator cail. 11:57 a.m. - 130 Myr- tde Rd. W. Assistance to ambulance. MAY 29 8:47 a.m. - 1850 Champlain Ave. Remove gas from road. 11:45 a.m. - Dundas and Byron Sts. Medicai aid. 4:36 p.m. - 850 Green St. Medical aid. Dlriveshaft stolen A 41-year old Prince of Waes resident got the surprise of bis life last Wednesday morning when he got into his van. According to a spokesman for the Durham Regional Police Force, the van wouldn't go because somebody had stolen the driveshaft. Police said that the driveshaft was stolen sometime in the eariy hours of Wednesday morning while the van was parked in its owner s driveway. The spokesman estimated the driveshaft's value at $210. Bnreak-in Police are in- vestigating a break and enter at Vale's Fruit Market during which some 250 cartons of cigarettes were stolen. According to a spokesman for the Durhamn Regional Police Force, the rear door of the Hwy. 12 store was pried open sometime overnight last Thursday. The estimated value of the cigarettes is $4,000. Police said that nothing else appears to have been stolen and a minimal amount of damage was done. 8:47 p.M. - M65 Rosedale Dr. Smeii of rubber burning. 9:36 p.m. - loi White Oaks Crt. Barbeque fire. MAY 30 9:27 a.m. - 339 Dovedale Dr. Medical aid. 9:57 a.m. - 15 Regency Crt. Medical aid. MAY 31 5:28 a.m. - 707Dundas St. W. Assist ambulan- ce. 6:25 arn. - 504 Newman Cres. Assist al72bulance. 6:09 p.m. - 66 Meadow Cres. Chimney fire. 6:21 p.m. - 715 Myrtie Rd. W. Electrical tran- sformer. 8:56 p.m. - Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, Building 3. Bed fire. Loss $300. 9: 11p.m. - 326 Ash St. Smeil of smoke. JUNE 1 1:32 a.m. - 1125Burns St. E. Broken sprinkler head. 4:20 a.m. - 101 Craydon Rd. Medical aid. 8:21 p.m. - 502 Dunlop St. W. Assist ambulan- ce. JUNE 2 7:22 p.m. - Anderson St. and Rossland Rd. Wires down. JUNE 3 No calis reported before 8 a.m. did not want a socialist government or sociaiist policies in Ontario," the 52-year oid Progressive Conservative politician said in a written statement released last Friday. Ashe, who also serves as the chairman of the board of management in the cabinet of Premier Frank Miller, aiso believes that this "unholy" alliance is contrary to centuries of parliamentary tradition which he maintains "lwould simpiy not per- mit a party with 20 per Ashe cent of the seats to con- trol 100 per cent of the policies and programs in our democratic society. " He also wonders if those who voted Liberai on May 2 woud have done so had they known what was going to hap- pen. He doesn't believe they realized that "they would be voting in socialist government policies." 11 also wonder," he added, "where that ballot would have gone if they had been aware they were voting out hundreds of years of parliamentary gover- nment for a quasi- congressional system. " Ashe called the Grit N.D.P. agreement "an act of unholy matrimony". "Imagine, a minority of eiected represen- tatives setting the agen- da and the policies for some nine million On- tarians," he said. "Anid at the same time, being given a wrtten guaran- tee they can do it for two years. It reaily boggies the mmd." The agreement f lies in the face of the principies of parliamentary government," he con- tinued. t'Our system of governrnent differs from that of our nieigh- bours to thesouth in that Our parliament is always one of the present', Ashe said. "It cannot be projected into the 'future'. The reasoning is simple. A Legisiature of todaY should not determine the -future of a Legisiature of tomorrow." And, that, Ashe main- tains is the "1basis on which the parliamen- tary system was for- med. "'Governments must stand or fail on legisiation," he added. "Defeat of a major bill means defeat of the government. That's what it's ail about. Or, that's what it was al about." The agreement bet- ween Peterson and Rae is re-writing the con- stitution, one that Ashe believes says "a new form of government is necessary for the self- serving interests of one man who is hungry for power and another who Bell 011lC.aa Oshaa through any door. " While the merits of the alliance may be debated publically and, even in the courts, Ashe doesn't believe its the issue. "What is at issue is whether or not this ac- cord provides a gover- nment elected by the people, to serve the people, in a tradition of respect and confidence est.abiished centuries ago." Ashe admits that the last election was an ex- pensive one and nobody - 4 certainly not the N.D.P., possibiy not the Liberals" - wants another. "However, we are al elected to served the people of Ontario in the best way we know how," Ashe said. "We have a commitment to ensure the electoriate gets what it paid for."* And he doesn't beiieve that any voter paid to have a Liberal gover- nment with N.D.P. So, the only way out could be another elec- tion. "As unpalatable as it oniy real way to serve the people properly, is to, ask them again," Ashe says. o Other NHL Colleagues Memnbers of the Oshawa Generals (Past & Present> The Peterborough Petes Media Personalitts & Other Celebrities Tlckets avaiabie et: Pckering Village Sports -Pckering Village. H. Nelson Hobbies -Ajax, Chase Sporswear - Oshawa, Sports Ulimed - Peterborough. Rotes Service Centre- Peterboough. 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