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The Acton Free Press Wednesday May2 1979 3 Economy national unity unemployment prime concerns of election candidates The economy is clearly the concern of Acton voters and all political parties feel have the answer the try problems ridings five for the May federal election were on hand Monday evening at the high school to convince voters they are the best man or woman in the best partydurlng an Ail Candidates Night Incumbent Liberal Frank Phi brook Progressive Conservative candidate New Democrat Parly Doug Black Libertarian Karen and Independent Robert Itilchic each gave their views of the and how it can be saved Dr Member of Pari lament for he past five years admitted there are two main Issues in this eledion national unity and the pointed out countries all the world have been having with their economies and not just To achieve his and his party ob jective of keeping the country to gether there must be a strong national I not believe that In this centralized country we can to have any more he declared Wt must slop working as ten countries and work us one All Canadians are entitled to the some as those in other provinces Philbrook slated He used pension plans care and employment insurance as examples of rights Canada major problem Phil brook said is a parly clearly devoted to breaking the country up The In dtudcdns soon is the election is over leader of the Parti will become very and and try to win the refer We need a strong government to handle this he pronounced what figures say Phil pointed federal govern Ins treated many jobs for Ihe One business man he spoke Id rectnlly to him he could get enough employees work for him fins man wondered where the employment problem was In the past leu years Oil Liberal said he economy had not sunk as low as that of Japan or Dr denied reporls of of the country We always sell our nalural resources ended his speech by de claring lint Canadians must make Ihe country strong and united Progressive Conservative Otto unity and the wire main issues In this The PCs however did point tut that Prime Minister had national unity wis the issue anyone who did was If this is cast Mr told Then I too treasonous probably many of you He the Prime Minister of pitting rich poor east against west And he dares lo letl us about unity the candidate Mr claims opposition leader Joe Clark has done more lo unite the provinces thin the prime minister has to Mr is the her one he bays His party Mr explained wants to see more incentives and not the socialist welfare state the try is now in To the New Democrat accord to local Doug Black the main Issue is unemployment Mr Black an lawyer noted Can a da has more natural resources than other country in world on a per basis These resources should be used to alleviate the unemployment sit uution Canada the unemployment figures vary from lo per cent In metro Toronto area it is per cent Places like Acton arc he hardest hit Dr Philbrook said he sector is doing well yet the fact is that in the sector there is a deficit of billion He pointed out tie country natural resources not Vte cannot live forever on borrowed lime Mr Black old the audience Ihe PC and ihe 1 say the government should get out of everything The NOP think this is wrong lit accused government of selling resources other countries who in lurn use resources to make goods which Canada buys back as the Mr Black upholds ihe money should be invested in Canadian business development and man The NOP Mr Black admitted is not saying hey have ill Ihe but we must stop money from going out of country Long range plans musl be made calmly and deliberately Mr Black said or the country will ooze out of ex istencc it will break up Karen a Toronto lawyer with Ihe Canadian Impcral Bank of Com is Ihe Libertarian candidate She explained Monday evening hers is a fairly new party formed in In this election the parly has GO candidates running in 60 provinces People in his country are intelligent and responsible enough make their own decisions she insisted her the main issue is in flation This inflation is not caused by Ihe greedy as other political parties have accused pointed out greedy people were around 12 years ago before inflation got out of control She compared the Canadian clary system with counterfeiting If in dividuals she said tried to print own money with nothing to back it up it would be Illegal However this is what the Canadian government is doing daily Her parly platform is cuts in tax Miss declared There are crown corporations the candidate said but only of them are self sup porting This is because she says services are not wanted by the people who have to support them and should be abolished The government cannot solve the problem of unemployment explained All it docs is from one group of people and give others Lower interest rales would help many of the country problems says independent candidate Robert Ritchie a self employed accountant from Oak The high interest rates Mr Ritchie claims are making the mortgage com panics and the banks richer A good rate he says would be about six per cent By lowering the rale he said would be freeing up a lot of money which could be invested in something else Mr also would like to see vol By doing his he said 11 up jobs for the youth but the retirees need a pension five on They should be able lo retire with dignity One hundred per cent Canadian auto mobiles would also be a boom lo the economy the Independent noted The closing of the Bricklen plant some was criminal Mr Ritchie said He pointed out car manufacturers say it cannot be done but he feels it can and hopes to sec it within seven Higher tariffs should be placed on im ports Mr Ritchie staled This is only way Canadian manufacturers can compete with companies who only pay a dollar an hour lo employees The needs more programs the Independent out Industries should not have go of the country to recruit skilled tradesmen The youth must realize they have start at bottom instead of the lop he declared Too many students arc disillusioned when they graduate from university end up tending bar or far from their desired field Ritchie said During question and answer per it was asked how the country is ing o get out of debt Mr Jelinek explained that his parly plans cut back on Ihe civil service up unemployment insurance and reduce out of country loans Mr pointed out PC leader Joe Clark admitted some of their proposed programs to save money were going cost money but their overall plan was reduce government spending Or responded by charging Progressive Conservatives of raising the debt He told tie a had called him recently who had fed Mr Chirks plans computer The J computer revealed Or an tint the PC plans were act going lo tost billion Mr Black pointed out one has to spend money to make money some- i times He noted was a sure winner yet IheP C and he Liberals were trying to avoid it J employed construction worker who Ind seek employment out of the u province for many months wondered what could be done with the con business J told the young man the unemployment figures and actual situation does mean his situation is not real The construction business he is an ongoing losing venture Mr Black blamed the of build and houses for the reason for the drop in construction He admitted business is he economy Progressive plan mortgage interest rates Will help he ton struction industry Mr u wered In several off bus such as furniture etc wit also have extra stimulation Mr said he himself is going to stress the Importance of more trade and apprenticeships Miss Selick pointed out the con struction business was used to speed up or low down the economy As long as the interest rales slay high according lo Mr the con industry is going to suffer fl All candidates but Mr Ritchie agreed a floating dollar wi- uest for the Iry when Ihey were asked where the dollar should be Philbrook pointed the recent J increase of the dollar Is a sign the econ amy is improving His pirly estimate that by 1984 it should be tents United States u Mr Jelink pointed out the dollar has J increased since an election has been called Both the Conservatives and the candidates agreed Ihe manu facturmg sector had to be stimulated help Ihe dollar help itself In response to a question of how the Liberal government was going to con trol government spending Phil brook pointed out the auditor general of Canada said he was pleased with the operation the government has used in I bringing the spending under control disagreed with this slatemen and concluded We art try lo recognize reality of life People are trying to say they want less government involvement Mr Jelinek said his parly would eliminate Ihe sunset groups These he explained ore the organizations set up to investigate something with the idea be disbanded once their project was through to Ihe Progressive Conservatives there are many existing lit Prime Minister probably docsn even know about The C challenged statement from the auditor general saying the man was quoted as saying The Liberal government has lost control of spending Mr Jelinek told the audience the fed eral government moved many of its of Mr pointed Prime Mm ister was against and price controls Opposition leader Ind suggested the con for a JO day period 1 I eontt ibis wis zapping w iis Then Jchneksnd after he is elected lie imposed controls for three not just the original day suthCstion the took a direct stab at he Liberal incumbent when lit lint if prime minister l to listen o his own cabinet he certainly I going to listen to a luck bencher like Philbrook Miss said one way her party planned to cut on government spending was to do something with the post office Last year slit said on it She of Hull Quebec leaving thousands ferine Ihe organization to private enter f square feet of office space in Ottawa continued on page I were on IiIlIi school for 111 Meet tin ink I literal Karen Holier and ilk challenged the audience to ell him where they wanted the mon shouted the 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