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Halton Hills a OUTLOOK TON till l Home Newspaper of Hilton I lilt A or Company ml led at IS Georgetown Second Clan Mall Number i2Q STAFF WRITERS Brian MacLeod PUBLISHER AD MANAGER Dan Taylor Caroline PRODUCTION NT Tbeir Liberals change tact Ottawa Stewart MacLeod iclax After what happened to John Tunitrs Liberal In the 1984 dec lion you can hardly blame them for altering their campaign theme or the forthcoming vote But what prises la the enormity the altera ton which does make a difference In hit quest for renewed mandate he- emphasized fiscal responsibility sound economic management and promised that an integral pari of this would bi to cut the budgetary deficit in half within years Mr Turner and I can didales declined Mulroney tones of being financially imspon in papering tin country with promises Mm ply could not such lavish spending he charged We wen living beyond our means Our reputation was at stake Now just as several international organizations ire us the sti test jit oil new to lowir deficit Mr Turin deduction proposed b the lark in and thorough criticized by the Liberals The knock against the plan then was that it would benefit the rich who can afford bigger mortgages than the poor That alleged flaw wasn as the iberals look the wraps oil their platform Along with this an others that exclude no one From child care lo pensions little is overlooked Help will come for rs farmers fishermen AIDS victims the ethnic groups native people part time And for everyone there will be a no national Heritage Day in February The 1 its had originally lo wilt or the lo of liciall begin taking wraps the piriform Hut ill parties for weeks And fKtisint on new Hit liberals did to deflect somi of heat fell from the n polls filed them for Irying But this seems to mere it one gnat of modem politics The Liberals go into tlK with promises and every one of them will cost us money Just how much remains a secret for the mo ment although Mr Turner said that everything has been figured out in this respect We re just not Idling Presumably the costs will come out gradually during the campaign And you can bet that both the Tories and New Democrats will also offer their own estimates in fact within 24 hours Trade Minister John Crosbte came up with a ISObill Ion figure along with reminders of Liberal restraint in the last cam paign AH The promises that Mr Turner unvcjlcd under the title What a Liberal government will do or you Twos a Crowd By BILL BUTTLE not cording to pousier He Hit hut sunk third pi in it an dings Ml pi ink was well In on poll results Ho it pro tiny indUMinl Hit the polling or tht 1 ibtnls inti n the eve an tltclloii tin pirtv to ingulsli in third Libera lis kniw several dns before the rest til us did that the bring bod The that Tory popularity had climbed per cent The New Democrats moved into second place at while the Liberals dropped six points to In the campaign when only 40 candidates won seals the party captured per cent the voles Ob viously something had to be done to halt the Tory momentum It was obvious to Mr Turner from his experience thai deficit reduction Is not vole- grabbing issue And that campaign also In dlcntcd rather strikingly merely attacking Tory over spending Is not be answer So it back to the populist cam formula that has served previous I governments so well Why dont you take that stupid thing back to the bank Jeeps rise above the fad status Your Business Diane Matey Thornton wailing for Jeep fad lo dn down borne hawkeyed have been hoping to pick up a second hand Jeep cheap tin yuppies lire of their new toy Jeeps inn cost anywhere from IIS to or more depending on the model and the extras But says Jeep sales are still booming and it Is bet ting millions that they will continue Chrysler is spending million US to raise Jeep production in Canada and the United States part of It on the Brampton assembly plant By January more people will be working at Brampton making Jeeps the so- called Yuppy Jeeps which sell couth of the border as Ibe Wrangler The addition of a second shift at the plant will raise YJ output to 340 a day from the current The In creased output together with changes at the company Jeep plant In Toledo wilt raise potential output by a third to more than Jeep With all those Jeeps rolling the assembly line Chrysler must believe popular remnants of the Second World War are here to slay Indeed the company believes our In fatustlon with the Jeep Is the real thing FAD OR FIXTURE If Jeeps are a fad they re an ex pensive one says McCall Chrysler Canada spokesman in Windsor People thought mini vans were a fad too he points out Chrysler believes people tastes are The Jeep in steadily lor llu lour or live yean Mr notes Not all Jeep arc yuppies They re crossover buyers people who would previously have bought second cor or a light duty pickup The Cherokee wagon one of lire more ex petal Jeep products 13 popular In hi says It also popular In Toronto a thai is Jeeps and Jeeplike such as the Suzuki Samurai A casual drive through the neighborhoods of Tornnto will rccal just how deeply Jeep has pent ruled Int upper Income market Besides and Mercedes Jaguars and Porsches the Jeep In one or another of its forms Chrysler decision to add a se cond shift to its Brampton plant raises another question though how long will auto sales in general hold up After all auto sales have been booming or years At some point surely everyone who wants a new vehicle will have one Asked if he were concerned about a slowdown Mr McCall said no People have been talking about this for three years now but It happened This year will be another millioncar year in Canada he soys The signs arc there for that momentum to carry on Into nest year People have disposable In come and they re spending It Lets hope he right that growth will continue throughout this year and next Strong car sales arc a sign of a healthy economy Strong Jeep sales are a sign that we have plenty of money for a second or third vehi After all what good for General Motors or Chtysler or Ford is good for America and Canada too Media mayhem Staff Comment By BRIAN MACLEOD The national media which arrived in Georgetown In two blue and white buses to cover the visit by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Monday seemed baffled Why did ho come here Why did he kick off his campaign in Georgetown many of I hem asked They I seem lo why I he Prime Ml nisi would start his campaign off in a place other lhan a major metropolitan centre The attitudes this travelling astounded me Perhaps the national in in two buses are as of the public as politicians My o ve 10 and he was in by he of a successful rm who supports free trade I Rave my Inir shun During of id rushes to photograph the Inmt machines it Mold Masters 1 the photOMpher in of me to git thil of my man who tjuickly turned around and apologized than intern itiomlly pholoioumalist lions media He simply toured the plnr giving manj interesting looks to make sure photographers had lots to signed autographs for those who asked shook hands made some nice jokes and followed it up with rousing speech on free trade He never acknowledged Try might television wen n in prod ding answer the on anything If I could have him on Ihil day I might have asked Mr Mulromy hi dump Sinclair Stevens larller Why did he let man spend campaign ing then cut off when it suited And whal were those TV constantly yelhngat the What do you think of the polls Arc you encouraged by polls Those polls put the Prime Minister ahead a sizeable lead or the first time In years What did they expect I Shucks 1 was hoping or a bigger lead I guess they needed some nice footage of the Prime Minister ac talking to the media for the 11 ally poi deliberate lack of attention to the Television journal ism it has its own set of rules Experience at tempting lo find him In the middle of a media squash he In a crowd But his appearance and his ma and style of speaking Is very much like the image that comes on television