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Port Perry Star, 27 Aug 1975, p. 3

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Clare Morrison of Sutton "Pick riding Li 'Morrison pointed to the Spad- A first ballot victory over two other contenders for the liberal ~~ Durham North riding will put Provincial Court Judge Clare Morrison 'on the ballot. on September 18 when Ontario .. voters go the polls to elect- their government, Judge Morrison, a resident of Sutton, won on the first ballot 'during the Tuesday night nomination meeting in Sandford last week. He was challenged by John Atkin of - Whitevale and John McKenna of Uxbridge for the Liberal candidacy. Elizabeth Catty of Cart- wright, who earlier, announ- ced she would "seek the nomination, withdrew her name prior to the meeling. About 450 party supporters turned out for the nomination meeting. Judge Morrison, his eighth year on the bench, will have to resign from his position of -judge over Newmarket Pro- vineial Court. The Liberal nomination completes nominations in the Durham North riding. Other candidates are PC William Newman, NDP Leslie Griffin and Social Crédit John Car- nelsen. Guest , speakers for the meeting. were Jimmy Breithaup, MPP from Kitchener and Ontario riding "MP Norm Cafik who pledged 'his full support in the provin- cial campaign. Provincial Liberal leader Bob Nixon was scheduled to take part in the official Liber- al riding campaign kick-off Friday at Club Annrene on Scugog Island. The scheduled stop was part of a whirlwind tour of the four Oshawa area provincial ridings. Durham East, Oshawa, Durham West, then to Durham North. Fedupasa taxpayer trying to raise a family with Davis government continually do- ing things that are aninsult to his intelligence, nomination in . Judge. ina Expréssway as an ex- ample. "How can anyone justify stopping. the Spadina Ex- pressway after millions of our dollars had been spent in ~ 'order to win the last election. * And now that he has found it. was unpopular with most of the people, he is saying - let's pave it so we can win another, election'. The Davis government acknowledges that they have created a monster", he said, "and they had. to hire a $60,000. a year, ombudsman so that people could go to him to try to find out why he is having trouble with the people at Queen's Park. Your local MPP is your ombuds- man. You go to him when you have problems, but I suppose that he doesn't know where most of the government de- partments are located, so how can he help you? If your local MPP. can't find the departments, I wonder how Arthur Maloney will ever make out?" He termed regional gov- - ernment as the biggest dis- aster of the Davis Govern- ment. "It has brought us nothing but higher taxes with less service and I could call for areview board to look into the matter. I would ask for 'input from the people who know what is happening then sit down and 'make the best possible judgment of the sit- uation. About education, he told a story that the said was true because it happened in his position as an advisor to Seneca College. 'The Dean of English came to us one day andshe was almost in tears', he said. "She wanted to know what to do with the young students coming in from grade 12 and suggested that they would have to start a remedial English class. She told us that they don't even "know enough to put a capital letter at the start of a sent- ence and a period at the end. Emiel's Place Licensed Dining and Bang eth: Rooms TRY OUR -- Surf & Turf Steaks Filet Mignon Lobster Tails Fishermans Platter Queen St. THE outdoor SEE line of that professional CHIP. cottage. Ideal Port Perry 'BEAUTIFUL fixtures... made from the same material football helmets are made of...the ~ fixtures will not RUST, will not PEEL,will not FADE, or for home or om 317% Ruddy Electric Wholesale Ltd. 75 RICHMOND ST, Ww OSHAWA 725-3539 pd eral candidate She said they didn't know 'what a paragraph meant and if they did manage to write. something, it didnt really matter because the spelling was so bad you couldn't read it anyway.. This is a true story. When I went to school, I thought the most impertant things I could learn was to read and write. Morrison had the crowd i in silence when he told them that unless some action was taken, and taken fast, that law and order in this province was on the verge of collapse. '"Tell me why crown attorn- eys'and judges have to hire a lawyer to have him go and talk to the provincial govern- ment to get some action?' he asked. "That is how far the Davis government is away from the people. I sit in a court thatis held in a building in Newmarket that is con- demned as unsafe by the very = 00000000 Cardigans 3850.59 19 Pullovers 3850.5] 3% Poslun pay the penalty for the errors government that tells me to sit there as a judge. I must handle 16 criminal cases each and every day of the year just to keep my. head level with the desk. Now you tell me what kind of justice you can expect in our courts \' - with these kind of condi-. "\. tions:" i . He told the crowd that just about everyone was concern- ed with the enefficiencies and - lack of standards that are the sign of the Davis govern- ment. 'But worst of all is the fact that the Davis govern- ment has a deficit of $5.2 billion dollars and this is more than twice as much as the federal government has with all its problems across' the country. It can't last. here has to be an end and it going to be you and I, as taxpapers, Who will have to Liberal candidate Clare Morrison (left) speaks to Liberal leader Bob Nixon during the provincial of these pegple." leader's visit here last week. Parit Suits $20%- 336% Dresses 16% - 324% Girls' | Pant Suits 1 1% - 315% , Dresses 399% , $19% COATS 580-38" Airport Camper '15.95 Queen Buzzy Bee *3.95 Safari ¥25.95 Mini Copter $3.95 'Circus Train *18.00 $29.95 Sesame Street '23.95 Teaching Clock '12.95 ii Yr A. DEPARTMENT A ST SAR, SN W. BROCK STOR E Or

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