Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 19, 1988, p. 6

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Page October It IMS Federal Election 88 Klein says seniors getting raw deal A Liberal government will amend the Canada Pension Plan lo provide broader benefits according lo Halton Peel candidate Pierre Klein Mr Klein says seniors ore gelling raw deal from the MuJroney government Our senior citizens alter years of hard work and years of paying taxes being short changed and the rest of us won t have much to look forward If the Mulroney government a polices con For example Mr Klein notes the government changes In the CPP Survivor Benefits package have hurt many elderly citizens most 91 women The Liberal amendments will allow divorced separated and never married people receive the Spousal Allowance which is now Labor president Wilson attacks free trade deal Tin free trade agreement should danger bell in the minds of Ontario Federation of Labor President Gordon Wilson told gilhirlng it supporters in Milton 15 mply fret trade i bout who will have ihe the decisions Ihut will all of our lives Mr Wilson Mild Tht centre of the universe will cease to be Toronto and will most somewhere in the United Stoles if the free trade agreement sain Mr Wilson The Of- I president spoke of supporter at Ihe Canadian Auto Workers union hall in an attempt to boost the for tunes of Fern Wolf in the riding of Peel He launched a attack on the trade deal and the govern men of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney There is a lingering nagging feeling thai Mr Mulroney he said He reminded supporters of the Prime Minister promise nothing to do with free trade before the election and of his tempts lo de- index pensions The Prime Minister tried to pillage the seniors In this he said He mocked Mr Mulroney claims hat his experience as a labor lawyer made htm familiar with labor s was a lawyer who worked ignlnsi labor said Mr Wilson who thai Mr shut iown an iron ore in Quebec governs its people The have concluded lhal i the free trade deal is a deal not good for ordinary Camdiona He acknowledged ihut red meat farmers will benefit from free trade but lobs created under the auto pact will be In Jeopardy As soon as those tariff walls come down there will be no whatsoever for those companies to remain m this country he sir the potential damage to pact compels the US to jobs in Canada As you give corporations self control the will more and act in their enlightened the AW Their sell is mosi not compatible with ours tie I production differ The cost of production in Canada is 15 per cent fugher than in the s labor standards higher he said mass produce on the scale of US firms Under the five trade agreement Ihere lull be tremendous pressure to standards between the and thai will include available only to windows Also full lime will become to participate In the Canada Pen Plan and people who wish to take early retirement at age or after will be able receive a portion of their pension Mr Klein says a Liberal govern is committed to available for seniors In rural areas and will Increase funding for research on Alzheimer and related diseases which afflict the elderly Many people In Peel will be especially pleased by the Liberal commitment to restore the Invest ment incomo deductibility or up to a year far nil Canadians senior through Pierre Klein liberal candidate tor riding of Peel with Global television reporter John Darby TV In town lait week Interview the three federal candidate at Ihrlr Street campaign Herald Canada must trade to grow Clark HylltUANMaclrOD Herald Staff Affairs Minister Joe Clark rallied around the fret trade agreement at a press conference in Georgetown Thursday There art two debates going on tint is about fret and one Mr Clark said at the office of Peel PC Candidate Garth Turner of free trade are try to create a lot of Mr Clark is the second Tory heavyweight to visit the in any agreements with Asian or uropean countries would be work out in tin of General Agreement on Tariffs Trade said Mr Clark Calling iht polls an increase in Tory fortunes of late a vtry good snapshot Mr lurk deliberately avoiding Hit medm in election campaign 1 think s running a very live campaign he said citing re cent lilcvision interview with the lit an indication of the Minister willingness to field Is not a pirly said Mr Clark He commended Mr for publishing his ilizens Guide to Free Trade which he said us a first class document Mr Clark mid showed up more i hour late for press con In Georgetown headed up to Bolton wild Mr Turner

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