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Countrys deterioration candidates concern Prime Minister Pierre Is the main cause for the deterioration of Canada says Progressive Con servative nomination can didate Or Art Ross While speaking to about 35 people at the home of Colin and Mo Ira Musprat near Speyslde Saturday evening Dr Ross explained that he left Canada to work overseas ten years ago At that time he said he left behind a healthy thriving country Now that he has returned he finds the country in a state of ruination with separatism hanging over everyones head unemployment In flation poor economy etc Ross put the blame directly on Trudeau he said because the man has had very good men working with him who have left his fold He cites John Turner and Don McDonald as two examples Ten years ago Ross said he had Urn opportunity to start watching Canada from outside Over the years he was shocked and horrified at what he saw Recently while visiting a friend at the University of Mexico he was offered sympathy for the state of the country Two many government handouts have made life too easy for most Canadians He explained that unemploy ment Insurance cheques for those able to work and grants to various groups that are unnecessary Dr Ross pointed out hat in all the years he has been working as a medical doctor he has saved for his retire ment Now he says the amount of money he has fa worth half of what it was worth when he put it away The poor economy is to blame for this Ross said If you spend more than you make you are In trouble he told the group He told them of the billion national debt which Is costing taxpayers more in Interest a year than the entire federal budget was in This Is the millstone that is dragging Canada right down he said On top of the debt an the interest Ross said most of tae debt is In American funds so Canadians endup paying for the exchange rate also resident Jim Sheldon he has reser vations the PC leader Joe Clark He leaves me cold man said Mr Sheldon felt Clark was taking the Trudeau attitude and not listening to the people but just doing what he wants Dr Boss said that after spending two hours with the party leader he came away with respect for the man He explained the party had skipped a generation by choosing such a young leader Dr Ross said Clark Is open to advice from the people around him and has new Ideas for the country Mrs Sheldon pointed out that lot of opinions about Mr Clark are poor because the Liberals have such a good public relations campaign The P C s do not have the aura of success around them like the Liberals she said Ross has declared the Inflation program a fail ure He claimed not one bit of good has come out of it mainly because the govern ment keeps on spending Social programs will have to be curtailed he stated Mr pointed out Canada has gone in the same direction as England with the approach that If you do not want to work you do not have to Dr Ross told a story about an Unemployment Insurance Commission employee who discovered some people were getting money when they really didn deserve it and others who needed it were doing without This person he said went to superiors who In htm told the employee to hist do the job The higher up the system this person went to rectify the situation the more of a reprimand was received There have been three Royal Commissions on the according to Ross with recommendations that too much money was being spent Nothing was ever heard of any of the com missions Millions of dollars are being spent on projects causing language disruption across Canada Dr Ross stated He explained that if anyone wants to fight English or French being used In various areas of the country the Secretary of State will pay the legal fees Millions are being spent on publications etc Dr Ross claimed that while he was living in South Africa the Canadian government spent on bringing a cultural group of dancers from Canada to Africa for a performance Four people attended he claimed The records of the justification of the spending mysteriously disappeared he said There one third more civil servants than most people know about states Dr Ross A lot of these people have contracts with the government and do not come under the official term of Civil servants Some have had these contracts for ten or more years He explained that while in South Africa the government got him to do work on a project He won dered why with all the doctors they must have working for them did they have to go outside their own people Dr Ross surmises that anyone who has had government contract- for- or more years cannot pass the civil servants exam and has a friend who keeps them on I dont pretend I can go In there and change the try Dr Ross claimed but I have the Independence to fight he stated I told Clark if I was nominated and then elected then I would not sit in a corner and keep my mouth shut Ross has very strong feelings about Quebec Let them keep their religion culture and langurage but they should not Interfere with the fiscal policy of the rest of the country hesald He does not they should receive special status because they have to remember they are only one province of many On the provincial erendum on whether or not Quebec should separate Dr Ross says he does not think that will matter I see no reason why 70 per cent of the country has to put up with this He explained that residents living In Quebec will have to learn English If they separate in order to communicate with the rest of North America They will no longer have English- speaking civil servants In Ottawa to speak for them he said Mr Sheldon said he felt Trudeau may have been the cause of separatism but thought he was the man to put It back together again Ross disagreed If I go to a doctor to have my left arm taken off and he takes off my right Im not going back to him to try again Ross feels very strongly in favor of capital punish ment He explained that he grew up In Kingston near the penitentiary and saw the type of people going In and out of the prison He explained that in countries where there is no capital punishment the criminals are much worse It is a deterrent he stated It is better for the judge and jury to decide a mans fate than a pistol he said Morally he claimed If my conscience would not let me do what my people is red pink or blue constituents say then Dr would have to resign goodbye to him I do not care whether Firefighters have meeting in newly renovated hall Acton Volunteer Fire chief Mick Holmes Firefighters held their first said the men were busy general meeting upstairs in taking up loose ends around the newly renovated fire hall the hall and scrubbing the last week place The Acton Free Press Wednesday Mar 151978 TV SERVICE 8779796 SPEYSIDE RESIDENTS got a chance to meet Dr Art Ross Pro gressiveConservative nomination candidate Saturday Most of the key issues across the country were discussed Left to right Sheldon Dr Ross Colin Region talks off COME and HALTON TRAILERS FOR SALE or RENT FOOT BOLER 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This program is operated by the Ministry of the Treasury Subsidies Branch Ontano Career Action Program is a year- round program which gives career training and practical work experience to unemployed young people for up to a 26week period Participants are placed as trainees in the private sector and with various Ontario Government ministries This program is administered by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities Ontario Secretariat Margaret Birch Minister Parilam on I Assistant Experience 78 hires young people to work for the summer in various Ontario ministries The jobs are designed to complement the students academic and career goals coordinated by the Ontario Youth Secretariat Summer Student Job Exchange Program places Ontario students in various ministries and agencies while Quebec students are placed with Government ministries and agencies The program gives students the opportunity of increasing their knowledge of language and of experiencing the culture of the host province operated through the Civil Service Commission Junior Forest Ranger Program gives Ontario students who are years old a chance to gain practical experience in the management of our natural resources Ifs administered by the Ministry of Natural Resources Junwr Conservationist Award Program hires students nominated through con minded organizations to work in resource management operated by the Ministry of Natural Resources Conservation Authorities Branch Junior Agriculturalist Farm Program employs students who reside in the city to live and work on farms during the summer administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Youth Care for Senior Citizens gives municipalities the opportunity to hire young people to provide athome services for elderly and handicapped adultsThis program is coordinated by the Ministry of Community and Soaal Services The young people who work under these programs and those who will work as summer replacements for regular ministry staff will benefit from their 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