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Tories need to be different candidates By BEN DUMMETT the Herald The Ontario Progressive Conser vative party new rally cry ap pears to be differentiate itself from the other two major parties or risk losing the next election At least that is the message PC leadership candidate Cam Jackson MPP for Burlington South and Mike Harris MPP for Nippissmg gave about party faithful at a North Halton Riding Association luncheon in Milton last Saturday We ve gone through four leaders in four vears there is no need any longer to analyze what went wrong said Mr Jackson We have to stick to those fun principles that are con he told the subdued but supportive audience But even if this happens there is no guarantee of electoral success he said It will however make people proud to be Conser For his part Mr Harris told members that after travel ing the province he has learned from the people that the party has lost sight of what it stood for He also said people are Mike Harris Cam Jackson slotted with the partisan and con frontational politics practised by the three parties They the peo ple are tired of the parties each other instead of themselves for the province problems The third PC leadership can didate Cunningham was also invited to speak but cancelled at the last moment the riding association president Ian Bourke told the audience She had confirm ed her participation at the lun cheon on two previous occasions said Mr Bourke But a few days Continued on Page 2 In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services St Georgetown 8772282 8771485 Florists The Beagle Has Landed ORDER NOW Valentines Day Feb 1490 St NORTHVIEW CENTRE I Leather stores Halton to hold first hearings on Sunday shopping The public will get a chance to express its opinion March on whether two Acton businesses should receive a tourist exemption allowing them to open Sundays This marks the first public hear ing on Sunday shopping in Halton The president of the Olde Hide House Steve Dawkins has applied for two of his leather specialty stores Flight Line and Leather town West Wearhouse to be allow ed to be open on Sundays under the tourist exemption provision of the provinces Retail Business Holi day Act The Olde Hide House and Bronte Village in Oakville are the only businesses in Halton that currently have a tourist exemption But ap proximately 500 Halton businesses have applied for the designation says the Region s executive tor of business development Brent Kearse Halton Regional councillors sup ported the idea of a public hearing Wednesday a week after Mr had appeared before the Region s administration and finance committee to defend the applications Mr told committee members at this meeting that the businesses meet the spirit and technical criteria of the s tourist exemption provision The businesses are aimed at tourists they are less than 2 square feet in size and employ three people or less on Sundays explained Mr Dawkins Only Burlington Councillor Walter Mulkewich spoke out against the hearing at Wednes day s council meeting It s only a matter of time before every store in Halton applies to open Sunday under the ex provision Coun argued Granting a tourist exemption sets a dangerous precedent he said He urged council to choose bet ween wideopen Sunday shopping or no Sunday shopping But in support of the public hear ing Burlington Coun Barry said nobody is going to convince him that grocery stores cater to tourists and therefore should be granted designations Both of Mr Dawkins stores have been opened every Sunday since their inception but only in the last while have police been laying charges Mr Dawkins says Flight line opened nine months ago and West opened five months ago Mr Dawkins says police started laying charges four weeks ago after receiving a complaint Mr t named the com plainant Police have laid charges three of the last four weeks No charges were laid this past Sunday Det Mike Eacrett of Halton Regional Polices 11 Division in Georgetown said officers failed to check if the stores were open last Saturday The law states any store can be open either Saturday or Sunday A business can t be open both weekend days Police have to visit a store to check if it is open on Saturday before they can lay charges against a business for opening Sun days said Det Sgt KflSPERS CORNER OF ST S GEORGETOWN 8772418 The DJ Sounds of the 7Wtei FREE DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10th 1990 PAGES Coffee tea or gasoline A picture tells a thousand words Well In this scene of the Georgetown Little Theatre s upcoming tlon it easy to guess the play title If you guessed Hie Burning Man you were right Here actors Keith Mills Islanding Gabriel Vetro left Watson and Joyce Holland play out the mysterious murder scene The Burning Man will be performed at the Elliott Theatre In Georgetown Feb 16 23 and 24 Herald photo Realty of Distinction Inc Roller MEMBER BROKER 12 Main St S Georgetown a Main 8731881