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The Acton Free Press Wed September B7 Would expand r in housing would change The basic position of the Is that a housing crisis exists In Ontario and that it will not be solved by a com or government talk and private profit making Said Johnson They us slavery abolished Don t believe it A young couple who have a 40year mortgage around their necks are just as much slaves as a person with a ball and chain around the ankles And they re the better off ones If a husband t make wife don t make combined then they re condemned to live In apartments for the rest or their live The NDP candidate said and this puts them right into the hands of those who gouge you with rents This is supposed to be the land of opportunity but I think wevc lost the ball Johnson said the government has failed to provide enough housing and figure showing housing starts were In 1071 102 in and 110 in 197 but that in this figure fell to starts He said a government com mission in reported a neir crisis in housing and then the housing starts dropped per cent in MO more a year Johnson said the govern has put money into the private sector and said build us homes It obviously been a failure because we haven enough It s been in their developers interest to build few homes and joek the up The NDP would expand significantly role of government in the housing market by increasing HOME production to least units per year from the current It would maintain a land bank large enough for ID ye housing needs for every major centre in Ontario and this publicly owned land would be developed for housing at low prices on a continuous to prevent land increases SI percent As well an NDP govern ment would make low Interest isix per cent gages available for first time homebuyers Johnson said rent review boards would be set up to pre vent unjust increases In rents and to guarantee security of tenure for tenants He scoffed at Tory plans to embarrass the owners of buildings publlch if raise the rents too high How can you embarrass guy who lives in Wist many or America He t care less It has to have more teeth than that would broaden the government direct Involvement in rental housing include apart is well as low income families ELECTION regional government Plan nofault car insurance The New Democratic Party says i basic part of Ontario policy is the establishment of compulsory no fault automobile in surance to be administered by a public corporation along lines of the plan adopted in by the NDP government Johnson said Minitoba ear insurance premiums have been falling behind Ontario ever since He gave the example of a year old commuter with a standard ear insurance policy who drives 1974 Ford Differences He said the driver in Winnipeg pays 19S a year while the driver in Hamilton pays for the exact same For drivers under age he provided another Johnson said a driving that same Ford Galaxic would pay per year in Winnipeg but in Hamilton And he said standard policy coverage in Ontario is virtually identical to Mini toba He said the plan is paid for in port by i two cent a gallon lax which amounts to annually for an average driver That amount was included in the examples given Johnson said he finds the current difference in insur a nee rates between those below and above age is discriminatory Kids today have been driving since 16 they much better and have better reflexes some guy who just starts driving at age MOORE PARK PLAZA KICKOFF SALE NOW 17 DIFFERENT STORES TO SERVE YOU Mil If MAI MILII SCHNEIDERS SPECIALS Loin Pork Chops STEAKS RED HOT WIENERS BEEF BURGERS lb 169 PIES BEAT THE HIGH BACON PRICE SKILLET STRIPS SAVE CASH SAVE CASH SAVE CASH Larry friendly delicatessen MOORE PARK PLAZA KICKOFF SPECIALS fit Dummy BOLOGNA 79 POTATO CHIPS POLISH SAUSAGE 991 CHEESE ENTERTAINING HAVING A PARTY COMPLETE CATERING SERVICE People or call 8771766 PLENTY Or MOORE PARK PLAZA Phone SPECIALS THREE DAYS ONLY LEVI Denim Bells 10 OFF ALL LEATHER GOODS ALL RECORDS LP Rig AND TAPES Rag Now 469 Now 659 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democracy you don do Ibis There are lota of people who could have run this region vorious mayors and ex More problems He said government are also a Emblem with tin scarpment Commission and the and Credit Valley authorities There arc far too many appointees who ore nothing more than bagmen or women for the Conservative party Referring to the eon authorities Johnson said being bo involved in environmental problems could name mnnv deserving people who could sit people from Pollution Probe in Georgetown or the rnllers or people from the ratepayers associations CANDIDATE Bill and wife Mary relax on the lawn of their rural Milton home with dog Yuri Environmentalist discusses issues Tradesman Dill Johnson operates high pressure boilers air compressors and Pumps at the Fine I mill in George low n He called a stationary engineer Hut a transformation cur when the whistle blows it p m Says the energetic New Democratic I don move around much at work but I sure do out side the year old NDP standard bearer in Burlington riding Is an en vironmentalist and con corned citizen who has been scrapping with local polit icians government igencies and quarry operators for IS years Unities pit Johnson who lives on Pi in the former area of Milton is also president of the Ratepayers Association which has been battling this year lo prevent creation of the proposed and gravel pit west of As well he has become what he calls a garbage expert since when he and three other persons set up Group United Against Rural Dumping GUARD I two companies proposed filling an Esquesing quarry with ISO tons of Toronto gar used information ob tained In thai to help other communities like Pickering ward off big city refuse became a use specialist for Ihc organization Gar bngc Coalition I member Although he i proud trade unionist who belongs to the 1j0 member of the United Poperworkcrs International Union he has never been union official Says Johnson I always been busy in mumcipil if I figured here were a lot worse things on outside the union than inside it himself with the NDP just of his union membership I K 1 He says he support d the in before to i in and drifted into the NDP pirlv upon irnval Johnsons a ill man with yrcyish black beard moustache covering bis deeply tinned face eyebrows jiggle when he starts speaking Vet his size affected And vet he enjoys he tranrjuillly of the home he himself five acres of treed land in Nissagawiya ruble from wood I hey his mbitiv lit joined the llntish when he was if and served throughout the Second World Wor as a parachutist in the commandos Most of his action wus in raids on the French Norwegian coasts and Johnson was in on the Dieppe raid the Day landings and Ihe liberation of Holland carvings cindidatc Is married and he and wife Man hivi two grown ileolm in a shipper in Kitchemr while loronlo Miry Johnson shares her hush ind interest In the problems of society today but expresses herself in a more fashion She indies most of the office work involved in his political ind community actions Studies Mrs Johnson had polio as a child ind with the of a tint In her spare moments she delights in British history proudly shows a year old brick from she treasures i is being organized 14 member election committee of Hiding Johnson limited campaign is planned be cause I in an want to litter the countryside garbage He will instead use lawn signs and TV and radio spots BILL JOHNSON studies policy papers over coffee as he prepares to meet voters in HaltonBurlington riding