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Do you think the privatization of terminals 1 and 2 at Pearson airport was a good deal for Canadian taxpayers? Yes: 14 No: 20 Chretien has not said how he will replace the billions of <1on raised through the GST. He has not said he won't raise taxes again. And even if he did, can we believe a former Trudeau cabinet minister who saw 'his boss renege on a promise not to bring in wage and price controls? We think not. Like Kim Campbell, Chretien has not delivered the goods. His has been a politically-adept, policy-inept campaign. Then we have The Reform Party under Preston Manning. His policies have struck a responsive chord with many Canadians who see Manning's simple solu- tions to complex problems as an alternative to the status quo. There will be some Reformers elected to a new Parliament and if nothing else, they will help keep any minority govemment on its toes. In this regard, Manning may well provide a valu- able service to the country. The best Canadians can hope for is a minority Liberal government And the only way to accomplish this is to consider the local options on a riding-by riding basis. Oakville-Milton can go either Liberal or Progressive Conservative and with the amount of effort both sides have taken to bring party heavyweights to town durâ€" ing the campaign, they see the riding as up for grabs-it's to be hoped the Tory camp prevails. Simply put Chretien has no jobs plan. He has no training plan. He has no indus- trial strategy. And most damning of all, the Liberals have not even bothered to address the deficit problem. Chretien's job policy will only exacerbate an already desperate situation and the Liberal leader himself put the most naive spin on his own short-term jobs plan. Said Chretien: 'When people see (construction) cranes, they will be happy and start spending money again." For those who were asleep in the early 19803, people were rhappy' and spent money and the Liberal administra- tion at the time went along for the ride. We had double-digit inflation, 20%+ interâ€"‘ est rates, people losing their houses and others unable to purchase homes. Spending more money is not the answer to our economic problems. What we will have is a prime minister who will surround himself with a cabinet made up of old political hacks like Herb Gray, Lloyd Axworthy and Sheila Copps. It's a scary thought to have all these unbridled free-spending Trudeau-era Grits in charge of a bankrupt national treasury. Chretien started the campaign with one theme: 'jobs, jobs, jobs'. But he is someone Completely out of touch with the current financial realities. His only jobs policy is the kind of Depression-type public works scheme that can only work if financially-strapped provinces decide to go into hock for billions of borrowed dollars to pay their share. How does Mr. Chretien propose Ontario, for example, pay $2â€"bi11ion for works projects when the province has already instituted a Social Contract that has seen public services out through man- dated daysâ€"off and borrowed $8.6â€"bi11ion in the world money markets? Butvv‘v’hat will Canadians gain by electing the Liberals undér Jean Chietien? The answer is as elusive as his vague policies.that are not what the countty nwds. CALL845-5585 \ RESULTS OF LAST WEEK'S | Are you in favor of a new bridge cross- ing the 12 Mile Creek? Cast your ballot by calling 845-5585, box 5008 to vote. - Callers have until »12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. WEEKLY POLL According to the October 6th final edition of The Toronto Star, senior Liberal campaign organizer, senator Joyce Fairbum; lied to the Liberal campaign media when she said that Chretien had no plans for the evening. But the scores of high priced foreign luxury cars outside the posh mountain top Westmount, Quebec home of Liberal senator Leo Kolber gave it all away. And how many “ordinary Canadians” and members of “small to medium size” businesses were in attendance? There were at least two ordinary Canadians in atten- dance. Like liquor baron billionaire Charles Bronfman and Richard French â€" Bell Canada’s lobbyist in Ottawa You know about Bell Canada. It’s the public utility that is going to lay off thousands of employees. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! Dear Sir: Liberal candidate, Bonnie Brown, is campaigning with “A Focus On Jobs” for a party that her election material claims was founded to “fight the control of a wealthy, powerful minority over ordinary Canadians”. Brown claims that “the well-being of the community must come before the interests of elites” and that “large companies have been favored by the Conservatives” while claiming that the Liberals are out to help small business JEan Chretien, in the second debate, pounded out his message for Canada... Jobs, Jobs, Jobs! You know, the $6-bi11ion kick stan to'a tmubled $700-bi11ion economy. . Nice message. While Brown is trying to push this line to Oakville voters, her illustrious leader, Chretien, attends secret (well at least until the media found out) meetings in upper crust homes of the wealthy to rub elbows with millionaires who pay $1,000 for the right to press the flesh and get future invitations to special meet- ings with Chretien when he moves into the Prime Minister’s oflice. What hypocrisy! The Liberals of Chretien are no different than the Liberals of the Trudeau years when ill considered feder- ally created programs in housing and other costly feder- al government driven boon doogies lined the pockets of friends of the Liberals who, in turn, fed successive Liberal election campaigns at fundraisers pretty much Chretien tied too closely with Trudeau era The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer's address and phone number. Letters should be typed, double-spaced and addressed to: Some things never change, including Chietien who was a key player in the inner circle of the Liberals durâ€" ing that era. The Liberals-are prepared to let the rich elite by special access to the corridors of power for a mere $1,000 tax deductible dollars. Think about it on election day. like the little shindig in Westmount last Tuesday. Here’s some advice for John Tory, as well as for decision-makers in any other party’s campaign who have ever contemplated a similar election gambit. If you really want to get away from those “old politics” that it is now so fashionable to eschew, then forget about the politics of exclusion. As far as Canada’s disabled population is concerned, if you’re not out there helping us clear obstacles away, then you’re behind our‘backs erecting them. Tory ads offensive The hardest obstacles to our full participation as citizens to overcome â€" the hardest to locate and the hardest to remove â€" are the ones in people’s attitudes. So, while everyone else is thrilling to the explosive effects of a major political gaff at a critical moment in the campaign, we’re saying to ourselves, “Is being exposed to humiliation and ridicule what a visibly disabled candidate should have to overcome and accept as just part of running for political office?” Dear sir: Much partisan advantage has been taken of the recent Tory public relations faux pas. I’m referring to the TV ad directly linking Jean Chretien’s facial characteristics-Chretien had Bell’s Palsy as a young- ster â€" with the kind of prime minister he might make. In the ad’s next scene, an “ordinary Canadian” says she would be embarrassed to have him as Prime Minister of Canada. Well, here’s a nonâ€"partisan, dis- ability on‘ented line on the incident. Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 384 Mel Graham, Communications Officer, Coalition of Provincial Organizations of the Handicapped Wayne S. Gray