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Halton Hills Outlook Is each Friday by The Mils Herald newspaper of division of Canadian Newspaper Limited at Georgetown Ontario 1 Second Class Mai Registered Number PUBLISHER Garnet Cowsill EDITOR Dave ADVERTISING MANAGER CarlSinke Sharon Marshall STAFF WRITERS Sandy Campbell PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS MylesGUson Annie Marv Lou Foreman CLASSIFIED Terry Colter Kuzyshyn FOREMAN Ed Burt ASSISTANT ACCOUNTING MarkXiller Pauline Miller Tbeir Outlook I9S1 Row with Peterson hard to understand At this particular I Minister Don Maiankowskl would want to get Into a public spat with Ontario Premier David Peterson Its not as though political life is so boring for Mr Maiankowskl that he needs a new Issue In fact it remarkable that he has fine even think about the Ontario premier Being House Leader as well as deputy prime minister the Alberto MP has had his hands full of late whether It be fending off attacks in the Ocrlikon or apologizing to Premier Brian or bypassing New in the fishing dispute with France And it not as though Premier Peterson is an inviting target com pared with say the South African government From all reports his Popularity is holding high much higher than that of the government in Ontario And the deputy prime minister surd t have been trying to promote national when he decided to say a few things about the premier Since the nub matter involves the proposed use of western coal in Ontario it has the potential to bo divisive Mr Mazankowski wrote Mr Peterson last week accusing him of avoiding discussions on the coal issue And within a remarkably short time the letter was leaked the media It not a letter that the premier office would want to leak so we can assume it was slipped out in Ottawa Certainly the premier assumes this and furthermore he thinks it was In retaliation for his stinging statements on the federal plan to designate Vancouver and Montreal but not Toronto as international banking centres Whoever leaked the letter the deputy prime minister seemed eager enough to expand on it He told the Commons he was surprised at Mr Peterson nonchalant ap proach to such a very Important issue He had thought the premier would be right up front and centre since the use of cleaner coal rather than the American variety would reduce Ottawa Report lit Slew rain and create new Jobs In Canada A federal provincial study relcas last year recommended thai On tana Hydro should use western coal to reduce acid rain emissions The report also said this could also result in new Jobs over the next 15 PREMIER If that was the whole story I could readily understand why the deputy prune minister would wont the issue laundered in public Whether Mr is being In getting together with Mr Maiankowski is a matter that can be debated elsewhere The premier says the is ridiculous and he cited only one occasion when the deputy prime minister said he would be in Toronto and would like In meet with Mr Peterson The premier said he would be out of town on that particular day Frankly I am surprised Don Maiankowskl because I I think he was so small minded Mr Peterson said The deputy prime minister was reducing politico pet to anew low The premier insists he is quite willing to discuss the use of western coal by Ontario Hydro but there is no particular urgency because the provincial utility contract to buy American coal expire until 1992 He also said western coal is per cent more expensive kthon American coal and millions of dollars would have to be spent on plant refits The changeover we ve been told would raise Ontario electricity costs Someday hopefully ways will be found or the economical operation of Ontario Hydro with western coal But that at least five years away and in the meantime Premier Peterson is not taking the slightest political risk in his province if he docs appear la There is far greater danger in Attacking him TIME 1 AN MP WHEN IN Liberals strength rests with premier Queens Park RE A CABINET WHItH ARE INVOLVED IN i Toronto The polls continue to confirm thai the Liberals greal strength in Ontario rests on three Premier David Peterson Thnts the obvious conclusion to draw from the latest Envlronlcs Research Group quarterly poll on party standings in Ontario As reported in the Globe and Mail the poll shows the provincial Liberals with 47 per cent popular support the Conservatives per cent and the New Democratic Party per cent A November poll mirrors similar polls from late last spring and summer Translated into electoral terms the results would give the Liberals a comfortable majority government Some of the details revealed by the poll however are especially reveal Tile liberals received general proval for their handling of six of what the Globe story colled 11 kev On two them pay equity tin environment support has dipped sharply since summer Moreover support for tin pro trade posilli lor been plummeting for year thin The poll showed I etirson In tin ran tor premier of per of respondents with only ir per cent for leader Larry Grossman and for leader Bob And the edge Peterson enjoys voter confidence He has as a fresh air and activity after the stuff directionless yeas of former premier Bill Davis Perhaps more important has been the contrast between the deftness displayed by a new Liberal govern at Queen Park and the sheer at news management and issue control shown by the Brian Mulroney PCs in Ottawa It ian l that Peterson has been perfect Some Issues has handled III Derek relatively well such as the ban on extra billing and the resulting doc tors strike Others were less deftly finessed like the financing fiasco or the Rod Lewis golden handshake In no case has Peterson received public blame for foul a success which has left much of the media and Petersons Conscr and NDP opponents express about his teflon like ability to prevent anything It Is because in this of overkill the public transitory interest in the Queen spark story What they care about is more general perception of their lenders of their style and how they appear to bo performing care about leadership Itself wtueli is an intangible man specifics And their tics Peterson is Tin the I ibcrals is thai strength Is also weakness It is to state the obvious lo say thai having the high rating the Liberals so dependent upon Peter son thai if he does crash they all come tumbling down Trials the opposition parties here enjoyed last week so much It was the first time they fell they had personally on the ropes He faltered and fumbled on the trade trip to Washington on the backdown on the fiasco overall It was not a good week for Peterson But a single week does not a government break It Is going to take a string of them before the Tories and can do anything but tremhli at election anyone A conspiracy note This noli was Died with The llrrald for publication Dear and Senator reintroduce Bills u47G and as written for di coder standardization and third part distribution marketing with no compromises On April jar written a Utter to 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