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HERALD Wednesday March 1SS0 MP has no twin brother How do you tell when a dans lying A When his lips move Press Gallery Joke Im beginning to understand why politicians have a bad reputation When they cut spending dans are yelled at for being uncar ing and heartless and for putting policies ahead of people And when politicians raise taxes to cover spending theyre called arrogant and irresponsible and destroyers of the middle class Three weeks ago we had a federal budget which cut spending Immediately two provinces took the feds to court over that fact Womens groups who saw a spen ding cut have declared war on Ot tawa The cancellation of building an icebreaker had people in Van couver screaming at their local Tory MPs Im just glad the ship wasnt being built in Caledon East Meanwhile theres an outcry over the proposed GST There would be a similar howl if income taxes were going up Of course we all know the national debt will cost billion interest this year and the money has to come from feds cut spending and they cant raise taxes at least not according to the critics So the government just takes it in the neck Me too A letter to the local press last week sums it up nicely A minute of silence please wrote Bruce Crozier of Georgetown for the passing away of a common friend The man was a voice for the common people a man who shared our hopes and our dreams and battled our arrogant leaders in the goal of making Canada a better country His twin brother is just doing fine thanks It seems he has a new job in Ottawa representing the good people of Physically he is a twin to his brother but he seems to lack his brothers rebellious nature Sure he puts in a lot of time for his riding but when push comes to shove his message to his co workers comes out a little weak Well Bruce Crozier was of course talking about me And I tually liked his letter In fact I can understand why he wrote it His letter went on to ask why Im not at Michael Wilsons throat over the GST also wants to see deeper spending cuts although he doesnt spell them out And he asks for some of my old spark Now I can take a lot of criticism and I know it comes with the job But Bruce news of my passing is just a tad premature I havent changed What has changed are my tactics I dont have to yell any more when Im in the same room as Jhe decision makers In fact yelling would just guarantee that the political gods wouldnt listen I just dont see how I could work for changes to the tax or the system or the budget or anything if I were locked out of the Do I vote against the GST Do I vote against spending cuts Do I vote to defeat the government What are the alternatives Bruce if you know me you know I want a Canada which does not continue to spiral into debt I want a future with lower taxes and money for things like the environ ment I want less government not more Sure I want less spending and an end to all stupid spending But I want to achieve that without throwing the country into a reces sion or cutting social programs So I made the decision to work with Wilson not against him I decided to help him find ways of spending less and working to tower the deficit I gave him advice on the GST ways to make it fairer and especially ways to safeguard consumers He listened to some of it and Im pleased with that But there are more changes I want to see take place He knows and he is still listening As long as that con then I have a hope of get ting those changes through Those who want me to quit the Tory caucus sit as an independent and oppose these measures must realize their MP would be without influence without power without colleagues and without a hope of changing anything Maybe Im wrong but I dont sense most people desire that The public meetings Ive had have given a strong signal that people in Georgetown and Bolton and Acton and want their MP to be inside government working for solid middle class values lower more responsible spending fewer handouts to special interest groups fair taxes common sense policies and equality for all And I will try to be that man Right now Is not an easy time to be doing this The government has wiped out in public opinion polls Its doing unpopular things cut ting spending and raising taxes The critics are everywhere and some days my mail is not a pretty sight I dont agree with everything the government does As Ive said before I refuse to be a cheerleader for Ottawa But what I agree with 111 support And what I can change well Ill try The GST should be on everything the economy at a lower rate with the provinces cooperating with minimal paperwork for businesses and without thousands of new collectors It should also come with a mechanism to guarantee that savings when the OFFICE MAGIC Gualph St Georgetown Nells DRIVING SCHOOL Approved by the Ontgfio NEXT COURSE APRIL 9 MAY 2 Wed Evenings 6 30 9 30 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 Campbell House fe Gallery 115 MAIN ST S GEORGETOWN Above McCarthy s Tea Room 8730674 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an American Why not spend the money at art auctions buying classic Canadian paintings so they can be seen by all Canadians not just wealthy private collectors And finally a word on the and turbans I have said in public that the tradition of the uniform is worth preserving Ive also said we have so few national symbols that it seems wrong to abandon any Arid I said I opposed altering that uniform for any reason including the Sikh religion I still feel that way Yes I understand both sides of the argu ment and I know the govern ments action will be taken most kindly in ethnic communities I also know many traditions of the past like not allowing treaty In tiians to wrong But I am proud of that uniform It says Canada You may not read about me in the newspapers screaming at the government Just remember that doesnt mean it doesnt happen Mark Lafleur speech winner Mark of the Eighth Line in Georgetown is the winner of the annual Canada Day speech contest held by the local Toastmasters Club on 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