Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), June 1, 1977, p. 23

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Johnson says Election could go any way It almost impossible to Johnson who is contesting predict the winner of the the seat at Queens Park for Halton Burlington riding race the second election in a row in the June provincial commented Mr Reed has tion according to the been hurt by party leadership candidate Bill Johnson and support while Mr Gray Canada must drop manmade barriers The first step to national unity is to drop man made barriers says Bill Johnson candidate for Halton Burlington At the present time Can due to poor leadership Is divided into 10 provinces which are all acting like 10 Baltic states Johnson said Each premier is only con about what his province can get out of Can and not what the province can contribute to Canada as a whole To loosen up the man made barriers Johnson said drivers licences should be good all across Canada and not restricted to just one pro vince Tradesmen doctors lawyers and other profes should be able to practice on a Canada wide basis instead of just in one province he added The next step would be legislate a guaranteed mini mum wage across Canada This would end the cial disparity from coast to coast he said The financial disparity in Quebec is one of the reasons why that province has been pushed to separation said Johnson Businesses have located has been coming across as pompous and out of touch As for myself I really dont know he added In the last election Mr Johnson polled votes well behind the Liberal cundi date Julian Reed who was elected with votes Gary the Conserva tive candidate grabbed votes The yearold bearded Johnson is quick to point out however that this time hes running a stronger campaign and personalty feels he lost votes in the last election be cause people thought of him only as an environmentalist Im an activist he said His record ends to back up this statement He is cur rently the chairman of the Hills Concerned This cheap labor he said is part of the problem Johnson warned that Cana dians must not only look at Quebec but also at provinces like Alberta which have also voiced displeasure with federalism The solution might mean was originally organized as the Save Domtar commit tee after the plant in Georgetown was closed The group assisted in expediting placements and cutting through red tape with unemployment and work mens compensation claims but in time the group ex the rewriting or the constitu- L then its a cheap price to pay for national unity he added PC proposal will increase automation gets a chance to buy production machinery tax free its not going to create jobs but Increase automation Johnson said Its going to cost the working taxpayer who will end his own job he added that point immigration could always phoning you up he Johnson said he personally resume but on a basis of That why I have two supports aid to the small Canadas needs In my house businessmen to create jobs A guaranteed annual in not that he complain come is another program Johnson claims to Johnson would like to see introduced I would be lost on an or In addition Johnson said he would support a plan to opt out of manpower Manpower training programs have shown that theyre not effective Johnson said It will not kill initiative like eight hour day he suggest he said There been a big cry about the work replacement of the lately but I dont hear manpower programs Johnson talk about the work would prefer to see ap- ethic of capitalists who are on prenticeship training the golf courses while they let programs in such areas as tool their money do the work for and die makers machinists them Proposes licencing If Bill Johnson wins the Burlington riding in the June election one of his first acts will be to introduce a private members bill to ban long term landfill sites across Ontario The NDP candidate said the bill would grant landfill sites a five year licence to operate which he feels would give municipalities ample time to convert to resource recovery and reclamation plants If for economic reasons five years t long enough the regional municipalities could apply for an extension but only for one year he ji said Johnson feels this would riS force municipalities to become more involved in establishing recycling and resource recovery centres as well as keeping the existing dumps in better condition Johnson an environ mentalist with a long history of Involvement with resource recovery and dump sites said he doesnt buy statements which say resource recovery is in the experimental stage Johnson claims the current problem with the location of a 200 acre landfill project on Site in Milton is a direct result of Tory mismanage They were the ones who gave us regional government without any plan for police protection fire protection sewage disposal and garbage disposal ho said Johnson added the regional government was instituted to streamline services and cut out he overlapping but it hasnt done either in the north and thats why Miltons got the dump and not the regional headquarters Johnson said We north get all the baddies and they south get all the goodies To remedy the situation Johnson feels a provincial study of the regional government should be made At times in the election his opposing candidates have brought the shadow of social ism out from the closet to scare prospective voters away from voting but this doesn t bother Johnson When people are in trouble they 11 come to any one who can help them and for the most part they come to me he said If I do become part of the provincial government I will continue as 1 have done in the past and will never turn anyone away because of their political or religious affiliation Once someone suggested Johnson should run as an independent candidate but Johnson rejected the idea couldnt see splitting the opposition vote three ways ho said It would only hurt the opposition and allow the Tories to have a free ride Fertilize Your Lawn BEDDING PUNTS NOW AVAILABLE Large Selection Of Apple Pear Etc J SHADE and ORNAMENTAL TREES 1 Wi wiry patio Vegetable Flower Seedi Lawn Seedi our Tiffany Limp on FLOWERS FOR AIL OCCASIONS Greatly Enlarged Selection of X t- and HOUSE PLANTS I 7 a week 9 am til dark 853 LEAOING FLORIST IS CAROLINE FLOWER life GARDEN CENTRE If anything he points out i of Acton South of Hwy government has V Besides I would not give up my political ethic just to cater to someone beliefs Johnson drifted into the in 1952 after to Canada from England where he belonged to the labor party He quickly points to the Saskatchewan and Manitoba governments as examples of how an NDP government can work Both have triple A ratings on the Wall St stock ex change which must tell the people something said Johnson Besides we haven t had a free enterprise system in Canada since the country was taken over from the Indians he added What we have now is social capitalism he said We re always told about handouts that the govern ment gives to various segments of the less fortunate in our society Johnson said But have you ever heard of a corporation turning down a handout such as a or a tax writeoff so they can make profits Johnson repudiates a claim by many of his partys oppon ents that an government would create a monster bureaucracy It would be hard to create more of a bureaucracy than we have already he said Both the federal and governments have given tip service to cutting back of the civil service but theres not any mention that they re being replaced by contract workers He admitted that in certain areas an NDP government would need more people but Johnson adds Theyd be workers and not sitting around Johnson sold he ran in the last election because he real ized if things were to change they have to change at queens Park The same he says holds true in this tion He described the Liberal incumbent Heed is per friend and nice but added Then no place for nice guys in Queen Park The Acton Free Pr Wednesday June 1 B9 Silver medal Raymond Cote of Acton a graduating student in Electronic Engineering Technology at Sheridan College will receive a silver medal at the Brampton campus convocation on June A total of 51 graduating students will be awarded the Board of Governors silver medal for outstanding academic achievement during convocation this year LIGHTING SHOWROOM Retail and Wholesale GERRIE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO LTD Armstrong Geo Bill Johnson P Candidate 0RANGEVILLE RACEWAY PUBLIC NOTICE UNION GAS LIMITED wishes to apologize publicly to Mr Burton Samual Bigelow for any embarrassment or inconvenience caused him by the improper termination of gas service at 7 Secord Lane in Acton on April 21 This temporary termination resulted from an internal error within our own system and not through any negligence by Mr HARNESS RACING Post Time Thursday Evening 8pm Sunday Afternoons Exactor Wogorlng Air Conditioned Club House ClubHouisRoiarvation Mainly we get people who don know where to go or which level of government to go to for help he said We give them advice and send them happily on their way Johnson himself lost his job at Domtar and currently works as a stationary engineer at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters in although for the election he was granted a leave without pay Johnson is also he prcsi dent of the A Progressive Conserva- and millwrights Ratepayers tlve plan to allow up to It saddens me when I hear director of million in tax writeoffs for about all the unemployed Ontario Garbage Coalition companies prepared to buy people and yet a skilled chairman of Group production machinery would proressionolcanstillfmdajob United Against Rural Dump- only speed up automation and chairman of the create more unemployment Johnson also felt immi- committee lo improve local according to candidate should be slowed down P service a founding Bill Johnson until the present member of the Foundation If a large manufacturer ployment problems ore Aggregate Studies and solved president of the He said the premier of Federal Ontario should suggest at the a recognized next premiers conference vlsl does have its draw that immigration be stopped however until the unemployment level Once you get a reputation is lowered to four per cent At for helping people regional government added to regional disparity Weve got leas represent Your Man in Peel 10 Major Issues Facing Ontario We Intend to Resolve 1 UNEMPLOYMENT Create 100000 new jobs each year 2 LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY Reduce work stoppages and slowdowns through advanced labourmanagement negotiations 3 INFLATION Support the AntiInflation Program until governments have developed a strategy to moderate inflation HOUSING A target of housing starts over next ten years AGRICULTURE Federal Government must instigate some tariff protection for our agricultural products 6 SMALL BUSINESS Fair profits and encouragement to help Ontario grow 7 RENT CONTROL Rent control program to be continued until end of AntiInflation program YOUTH EDUCATION Ensure education programs for students to have strong grounding in reading writing and arithmetic HEALTH CARE To maintain highest quality of health and hospital services 10 CONFEDERATION To maintain a United Country under a strong Provincial government JACK JOHNSON officially presenting notice of a motion for adoption The Speech from the Throne JACKJOHNSON IS DEDICATED Let s Keep Him Working for You on JUNE REELECT JOHNSON Your Future Your Choice

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