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200 meet candidates GeorgfGray Contlnuedfrom Page Minority is working fair will better than the government for thcscver tan before In the hi minute lie have been pit- to and improve We have had a on government decree an orders He told sane of he ages of ben in opposition ailing This target riding and the muna has begun to fall from and I sa let It come When the pork barrel is may be tipped here I in Canada the of thus country is not negotiable most iippl iuse on Itie issue of regional government Acton is a iomm whose identity has been taken away 1 want to on record I am prepared to dismantle regional ment to Ihecxtent he citizens of Acton wish Regional is the lack of recoemlioi that the body politic in he unity vc abandon the concept of community we haeloslourbasc Gray Dunrg his opening re marks Progressive Conserva candidate George his respect and ad miradon for his party leadtr Premier William Mr Gray told the that he has been watching the government and Mr Davis for he past months and he the Premier lot of credit The candidate said the pre was by far the best leader he hid ever met stood head and shoulders above the other provincial Mr Gray defied anyone to pin down anything wrong with the province after he spoke to high school students who said they were pleased with Ontario their schools He also spoke senior citizens who also said they were happy with facilities Mr Gray woman as saying the facilities were just like living on millionaires row The explained that he has been rking hard to bring industry into HUH would provide jobs and energy be cause less people would have underway is reviewing its own govern There are regional government in Ontario and per cent of the people live in the areas They are designed not for our benefit but for our children s There are people in Ha It on now and there will be by the year 20oo A regional can borrow for less planning can be orderly The tax base is spread across a whole area Look on the good side of it he urged If you look honestly you might think differently He agreed Acton has lost its identity and said it is the same in Georgetown Now garbage from here and goes Georgetown he t heard anyone there complain Johnson said the would favor a review of regional government After general opposition the idea was dropped it came back as county reeonst ruction Reed mentioned Gray s spirited defense of regional government If it was so wonderful why did it not go further People being manhandled realized he made a It costs more for the kinds of service we used to get I m in favor of Inter municipal operation on such things as garbage planning He referred to the group in studying the system now He d favor a fast review and then quick action When the people here accept the thrust they w ant togo in I m prepared to support that thrust Much applause Farm land What about the preservation of farm land Reed said Ontario needs a land strategy and when land is frozen the government must compensate Gray spoke of the govern green paper on winch calls for the pre land the decision on land use should be vested in the municipalities Control should rest with he pality Johnson said the NDP is dedicated to he preservation of farm land I hive led the fight to slop garbage being dumped on farm and CulCDttl Questioned about the policy of keeping wilhin the limits Heed gave some background and agreed the Liberals ad a hard financial me in the face of past deficit inane Sex Ed stories alarm trustees The Acton Free Press Wednesday 1977 Fie said Ontario is capitalized 100 per cent above its output of electricity and hydro is scare tactics support its continued growth With Liberal ree ommcndation and controls expansion would not be reasonable rale in creases could be held The rate structure should be re versed those who use the most should pay the most for power Applause interchip The system of voting is two fold for your member and for party leader a questioner pointed out Reed declared when you deal with government you deal your member I m proud of Stuart as my leader The debate Owner of the Acton Rest Home Kalherme Kelly asked Mr Gray why he had omitted the nursing home issue throughout the evening She asked Mr Gray where the seven Acton doctors are going Mr Gray firstly made a public apology to Mrs Kelly Bill Johnson for a story which appeared in a Toronto newspaper in which he was misquoted He ex plained because of this error he and Mrs Kellv had gotten candidate ex plained that in a freeze was put on nursing home beds Mr Gray said he agreed with it because die provincial government was concerned the matter could become a political thine He said now however he is trying to get beds north of Highway 101 and pointed out there ere bedsinMilton but ing time of one three months Mr Gray said to spearhead a drive to get the government to lift the freeze He commented the George town hospital has the land around it to accommodate an expansion and they hive the hospital equipment on hand He has been working on this project for two years now he said we are urgent need of beds No one will dispute this he said Stnd ihtmhcre Mrs Kelly was satisfied with Mr Gray answer and again asked where the Acton doctors are to send their pat Mr Gray told Mrs Kelly and the rest of the aud ience the patients arc now be sent to but could be sent to Georgetown Why not let Georgetown doctors send them to Aeton for a change Mrs Kelly volunl She explained she applied for a license for beds she has the land and is next on he list with Queens Park o build as soon as he freeze is off Mr Gray explained again hat he hospital facilities were aire in Georgetown and beds could be put to Rcglonalltm A question from the floor was directed towards Mr Johnson asking if he would support an action that would divide into separate school boards so the north would not be outnumbered Mr Johnson said he would support such a separation He explained there is a lot of in equality with the region He pointed out that major chunk of Hie tax dollar to the school board Mr Grey was asked why people should vote for a party who they have no money for rapid transit GO service but can built highways and hydro corridors Mr Gray explained that the federal government reneged on a promise to the Ontario government foiling the whole plan Mr Gray told the crowd that the Trudeau government before he Inst election pledged ISO million towards public transit cause ince purchased double decker train cars for the Lakeshore route and the old cars would be brought up to the north of Halton However the money did not come through as promised Now the single deckers are sitting idle all summer and all winter while I he province gets enough money to do he job them selves Mr Gray also he Liberal member of parliament Frank Phil brook worked hard to gel he money but in a lost cause Minim urn wag An upset local merchant asked Mr Johnson if he agreed to putting the small businessman out of business with the minimum wage Mr Johnson said he did not think the increase would do that He went on to say that the small businessman has nothing to fear from an government He explained that in this province the tax payers are paying taxes to wards the large businesses which buy machines to put people out of business Mr Johnson said he money from he large business will be put n he hands of the small bus who the NDP want to expand If a big business digs for oil and find jt we all have to pay Mr Johnson said However it Lin plowmen l All the candidates were asked what hey would do to stimulate employment in Acton Gray said an industrial com mittee has been formed con sisdng if himself Louis Paul Nielsen and John Goy from Acton two members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and two members of Halton Hills council Mr Gray said he committee has an industry which is interested in locating in Acton and a meeting was held that same day lo discuss he possibility Johnson told the crowd thai he hid to be honest IT he is elected Queens Park he will be working for all his eon including Burling ton He said he would work to aid the small businessman whether financially or morally Heed praised the Conservative candidate for his hard work in forming the committee as his work as president of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce It is my intention to keep him in that position he said Serin u Heed said hat umemploy ment is a very serious pro He pointed out that there is a A per cent ratejjf unemployment across the pro vince and has conceded there will ways be a five per cent rate Julian Reed across Ontario The Liberal incumbent said that in the past the govern have tended to support the thought thai bigger is better Mr Heed said Mr supports his thought However bigger business has one Achilles heel he said When the bal loon breaks it throws a lot of people out of jobs very quickly Mr Reed said his party plans stimulate too jobs for three years through small business In his closing Heed said the lasl months have been he most stimulating and exciting in his life He has served I individuals and contacted others that what your M is for I feel comfort able as a I iberal I m proud to represent my In closing declared Davis Is the finest statesman in our country loda He asked his listeners compare the leaders He told of Smiths flipflopping cwis back tracking i to some heckling In his closing remarks Johnson told the audience that in his 22 years of in this area he has watched he land become an environmental dis aster He also agreed that a minority government was working because they had a very strong opposition the New Democratic Parly Johnson mentioned nursing homes and felt there are a lot of people in hospitals who do not need lo be there He said some of Ihem could be looked after at home but the Pro gressive Conservatives will negotiate with striking public health nurses who in go into the home to help ihem The said the situation in Quebec is a tragedy and warned the maila could have another Northern Ireland on their hands Because of Ihis the country should have Board of Education trustees are worried parents may think the horror stories about sex education in Ontario recounted in the May issue of The Canadian Magazine could be taking place in schools Thursday Trustee BUI Prlestner said the Board of Education needs a report on what is going on in sex classes in and some assurances the dents related in the magazine article are the exceptions The piece in The Canadian a Saturday supplement to 13 large Canadian metropolitan daily newspapers stated various examples of incidents happening in sex education classes in Canada A teacher who asked her grade 12 female students if they had taken the birth control pill each morning a yearold boy having to give a talk an sodomy probing and cm harassing questions of a grade eight class about their parents use of birth control undressing of a 10yearold boy and girl in front of a class and slides to show to classes demonstrating 1 1 tons for intercourse are just some of the incidents described In the article which trustees termed horror stories Superintendent of Program Bruce Mather said he would be appalled If he ever found out incidents like the ones described in the were happening in He blasted the piece as being poor journalism since the writer Kathleen Gow documented the incidents Pnestner said the should check and be sure the same things happening in Milton and Hills separate school supporters Trustee John Bradley said if exceptions like the ones related in the magazine keep cropping up serious thought should be given to banning sex education in schools He said the exceptions ore crop ping up repeatedly Bradley said he thought the board should consider a thor investigation of sex cation in schools I t sleep Saturday night after rending that story he old Ihc board Director of Lavender said the IXl KKSTAlRANT Give yourself a break Drop In and see us for the finest Chine Food and Fish and Chips in Hill HOURS Thurs 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