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It seems the Grits ran up about $500,000 on the cards but failed to pay off $180,000 of the balance, forcing Air Canada, who issued the cards, to write off the entire amount. Air Canada later sold the credit card business to the Diner‘s Club ~_In a CRGS statement, the group asked why Canadians should trust the Liberal leader to manage Canada‘s finances when his Party can‘t manage its own credit Good question but don‘t wait for Mr. Chretien to respond. The Liberal leader is already in his victory mode, that is saying as little as possible about anything, unless it‘s to bash his opponents. Maybe the Liberal leader has found the solution for our deficit...have our lenders just write it off. vatized stinks. And forget about fingerâ€"pointing, both Prime Minister Kim Campbell and Liberal boss Jean Chretien, should be ashamed of themselvesâ€"Campbell for allowing the hidden deal to go through and Chretien for criticizing the move and feigning shock and disgust over the No matter how you cut it, the manner in which Pearson airport was priâ€" The deal was rife with old Tories, like Don Matthews, a former Progressive Conservative Party president and fundraiser, whose firm owns 40% of the company that‘s to run terminals 1 and 2. Matthews is also the father of former Ontario Liberal Premier David Peterson‘s wife. It was also laced with old Grits like the part owner of Ellisâ€"Don construction and former president of the Liberal Party and other wellâ€"known Liberals like senator Leo Kolber and Charles Bronfman. Interesting to note too, that it was Kolber, who played host to the ‘secret‘ $1,000 a plate reception to meet Chretien face to face recently. 7 Un s uol en seb ic Ni ce aam iss â€" _ And then there‘s former Revenue Minister and Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP Otto Jelinek, who is working for a company within the consortium. The list of Grit and Tory heavyweights in the deal goes on qnd on. -"lezz;sv-eâ€"ryd ‘in‘ as all these peopie are with the establishment, what‘s most disturbing is that no details were offered to the public before the deal was signed one week ago. _ Pave 3 L 2 .2 1 a e gq eE 4 o One of the more critical issues is the clause detailing how it will be tantaâ€" mount to impossible to expand or improve existing airports within a 75 km radius of Pearson. Transport Canada could develop another airport within that area but only when passenger flow hits 33 million or 14 million more than currently use the facility. This deal then effectively relegates Hamilton‘s Mount Hope Airport to stagnation for the forseeable future. Too bad. The Blue Jays love the place. es es o 24 Kim Campbell should have put the deal on hold until after the élection and Liberal leader Jean Chretien should have kept his mouth shut in criticizing Campbell. Chretien says he‘ll review the deal if he‘s elected. That, of course, means nothing. Is it any wonder why more people are turning to Reform? Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 as has recently been suggested? KE #‘ THE OAKYLLE BE/ BEAVER . CALL845â€"5585 â€" THE OAKVIILLE BEAVER . Do you think the privatization of terminals 1 and 2 at Pearson airport was : a good deal for Canadian taxpayers? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box d kHam 5008 to vote. Disappointing .. Results of the poll will be published in 5585 _ the next Friday edition of the Oakville / _ Beaver. RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POLL Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Airport deal good example of partnerships Dear Sir: Further to Diane Hart‘s article on the All Candidates Meeting sponsored by F.O.R.G.E. at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar High School and your "Question of the Week", I have the following comments: After the Health and Social Services Committee‘s report, the committee that I serve on had been dealt with, I left Regional Council shortly before its concluâ€" sion. In the matter of the "Airport deal", understanding the public‘s cynicism with all politicians, I introduced Oakville citizen and businessman, John Walker, to the audience. Walker was nominated by the Oakville Chamber of Commerce and confirmed by Halton Regional Council many, many months ago as a citizen appointee to the Greater Toronto and Region Airport Authority Local media protecting the political elite Dear Sir: I feel that it was quite evident that the fix was in at the Cablenet candidates debate. The three panelists were to question the candidates on key matters of interest. The representative from the Oakville Beaver questioned Richard Malboeuf of the Reform Party on his party‘s stand on the 0.A.S. issue, which Malboeuf answered. The other two panelists then posed their questions to the Liberal and the Conservative candidates. The repreâ€" sentative from the Oakville Journal asked a sugar coated question to Bonnie Brown of the Liberals about food banks. Brown was able to respond to this question with a motherhood statement. I wonder why the Liberal canâ€" The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: which will eventually assume the role of management of the airport from Transport Canada and become Paxports landlord. Walker agreed late Wednesday afternoon, to discuss the issue with any member of the public who wished to speak to him, as one citizen to another, concerning the headlines and rumors about the privatization of Terminals 1 and 2 at Pearson International Airport. Walker can be reached at 845â€"6591. Information on this issue conâ€" tinues to surface and is available at the Mulvale Campaign Office. We now know that this project has been two to three years in the making â€" tendered and audited at every crossroad. It‘s no surprise that business people have connecâ€" tions to the Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties. However, much was made of the PC connection to the airport didate was not asked about the secret meeting in Montreal where Canadian elite paid $1,000 each to meet Jean Chretien? Next came the representative from the Glen Abbey â€" Abbey‘s Own news. The Conservative candidate was asked another sugar coated question. Why was Ann Mulvale not asked about the airport deal? This would have been a much better question considering the timing of the debate. From these events, it is quite obvious that the media elite of Oakville is out to protect the political elite at the risk of fair journalism. Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 transaction which turned out to be 12%. Little or no mention was made on Wednesday last, of the Liberal connection amounting to 66% of the project. The facts are: 700â€"million priâ€" vate sector dollars of investment; 14,000 person YEARS of employâ€" ment; 1,000 jobs onâ€"site at any one time; support from the conâ€" struction trades for the project; and most importantly, because the deal was November! Incidentally, Monenco/Agra located in Oakville is part of this project. The airport deal is an outstandâ€" ing example of a government/priâ€" vate enterprise partnership that can put people back to work NOW without risk to the taxpayer. Ann Mulvale Progressive Conservative Candidate Oakvilleâ€"Milton Riding signed, jobs this Chris Stopelli