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Continued from page 1 Canadian citizens such as capital punishment and abor- tion. The Reform party wants * fiscal/economic reform, and feels Canada should stop spending more than it brings in. According to McDuffee, the Reform party is commit- ted to balancing the budget in three years, and has a plan in the works to reduce taxes. McDuffee said a major over- haul of the criminal justice system is in order. He feels more protection for the vic- tims, rather than the criminals, is necessary. National Party candidate Brian Patriquin, started off his address by stating, “Mulroney graced us with his resigna- tion.” Patriquin feels he works for an open, honest and fair party that “Has the capacity to move into the government unencumbered.” Mark Bianco candidate for the Christian Heritage Party feels a look at moral crises before social and economic crises is necessary for the good of Canadians. He further added he felt the morals Canadians grew up with have been compromised and that the Christian Heritage Party could restore Canada to moral, social and economic vigor. The last candidate to speak Women Continued from page 1 al funding for these projects, Reed adds special attention will be placed on combating poverty-related illnesses, par- ticularly among women of child-bearing years. For Georgetown resident Donna Bacani, 26, “Medicare’s going down.’ As a nurse at an Etgbicoke doc- tor’s office, the mother of a six-month old son, has noticed funding of medical care facilities dwindling over the last several years, leaving her little confidence in voting. If she made her decision, Bacani says, her vote would go Liberal. “I'm sick of Mulroney,” she adds, holding her baby on’her lap after his liquid dinner of infant: formu- la. - Donna Bacani and her hus- band, an accountant, recently moved into the Halton-Peel SISSAU} Garth Turner is the incumbent and he admits the women’s issue platform “has very rarely been brought up by his constituents.” But, he admits, taxes and maintaining, social programs. “The Reform Party (would be cutting pensions) from women pensioners — that I don’t agree,” Turner says. Turmer warns pensioners start to-lose pensions as soon as they reach the $35,000 mark as Toronto and Vancouver: Bettyann Wellstaead, “over 60”, are both retired Georgetown residents. As a retired homemaker, Tyler says she is “very undecided” about where her vote would go this year. While Tyler says she was a member of the Young Liberals, a youth wing of the Liberal party, during her teens, she remember a time when Liberal government meant Canada-wide prosperi- ty: “I found Canada to be more successful ‘with the fed- eral Liberals, while the Conservatives were more 'suc- cessful in Ontario.” However, the Market Street resident says she does not think the — Progressive Conservatives have a prayer in this election, saying “I'm not interested in their poli- cies...1 don’t think they'll be able to keep their promises.” Wellstaead, a former print economy.” She is also wor- ried about the number of ignored female candidates hoping to be elected to the House of Commons, which she s “has fewer women represe! tives” than in the recent past. “(NDP Leader) Audrey McLaughlin has a good chance of losing her (Yukon riding) seat,” said Wellstaead, a mother of a grown daughter living at home. “This is going to be an upsetting election...there will be a lot of changes taking place after Oct. 25. Don Dagenais, campaign manager for Halton-Peel Reform. candidate Dick MacDuffee, says he is dis- pélling the widely held notion e eC five per cent a year, medical costs (rise) 10 to 12 per cent. ‘That (expenditure) we must control.” Dagenais adds women’s issues are not strongly dis- cussed within his party's plat- form, despite recent news reports a Burlington Reform candidate hollered ‘hit her” at t NDP candi- jate. The Libertarian party plat- form, with party president Hill Cox running in Halton- Peel, would see “not special treatment in a woman's situa- tion in the home.” But, if elected, he says while the party “hasn‘t singled out a~ stand on violence against women”, a juried system in all court cases would better reflect the horror of the situa- tion. Both the Liberal and Libertarian parties spoke out against affirmative action pro- grams, saying the, system “assumes everyone is sexist or racist,” says Cox. “Women are free to choose their personal satisfaction and professions,” he says, adding they are not under represented in the work force, but are sometimes not available to maintain employment. Julian Reed says he has another reason why affirma- tive action programs are unde- irable. “We (the Liberal party) support equality and not uota,” he says. “I feel strong- ly for the genderless, colorless principle...Just hiring a certain percentage of women goes against women and minorities in the end. The party rejects the idea of special treatment and employment equity won’t work in the long run.” 2 journalism graduate of Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnic University,-is a freelance writer based in Rockwood. 4 was PC representative Garth < § urner. Turner said the PC’s are high spending Liberals, and wants less gov- ernment. He also feels Ottawa needs more fighters and as a candidate he will fight hard for Georgetown and especial- ly Canada. Several questions were asked by both students and fellow candidates concerning their respective addresses Peterson was asked, since her party was behind in recent polls, how did she view the election? She answered that regardless of what the polls said, she was fighting for the beliefs of her party no matter who was elected. Another student asked Bianco, “How can a religious party account for multicultur- ism and-different ideas and beliefs?” Bianco responded Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, October 20, 1993 - Page 5 Student debate an informative session by saying The Christian Heritage Party supports multi- culturism, but it should be on their own time, with their own m joney. Reed asked Patriquin about a $4 million donation his party had recently. Patriquin responded irately by saying the offering had been an upfront donation by a man who believed completely in the efforts of the National arty. Another comment came from McDuffee who said the Liberals had a new tax form that only asked two things. How much did you make last year? And send it in. While the GDHS students might still have some ques- tions about our upcoming election, at least they’ve met the local candidates face-to- face and can now put a name to a political policy. Poppy Campaign Donations 1992 $11,618.38 Expenses: Veterans Welfare and Donations 447.57 Wreaths and Poppies 3,777.91 $10,225.48 $10,225.48 Increase in Trust Fund $1,392.90 —_ Marion Carney. Robert McNeilly jirman Branch 120 President Exclusively For Municipal Trust Customers trade-in for you. 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