Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba E province Winnipeg fret press september Page 2 Richard provincial editor yellow dog country still True Blue minority pc government popular in tory heartland to Tutalo Feltt press by Gerald flood on the Road it was after 11 pitch and the Aurora boreal is was a shimmering dome Over the a towing a crawled across the horizon South of churning out a Cloud of bar Ley chaff that glowed like a Halo in the lights blazing from the machinery it seemed a typical Harvest a portent that nothing changes Here in the tory the Region tory senator Nate Nur Gitz says the party can run yellow dogs in and inside the air conditioned tractor where Don talked politics Over the Roar of the engine and a radio tuned to a country music a different picture always been conservative and we will be he but id like to see a minority that sound but the Federal government had a Strong arid i think you could say there were some problems dons at the wheel of a truck shuttling Grain from the Combine to bins two Kilometres away in the elect the he but i thought things we rent too bad the Way they were minority government was longtime tories who Muse about political treason Are not uncommon throughout the South and West re Gions of a free Presecky poll this week found that although 43 per cent of decided Rural voters Back tories compared to 20 per cent for the liberals and 19 per cent for the and although 62 per cent in the country expect the tories to a whopping 57 per cent dont want a majority government and 46 per cent think the election is Annec the rumblings of fuelled by an unpopular Federal conservative government As Well As the unwanted Are in to truck Driver Bob said its time for a its been conservative for 100 years and they Haven done too much to help the he its about time politics had a shakeup As far Asim area Farmer Doris said she Doest know if Shell vote tory again this the pcs need a she there too conf ent of this Garry publisher of the Kil Larney said voters in the Region Are getting tired of vote by role weve been Blue so people Are Kinda getting sick of he the Best thing that could happen would be the tories get a scare further in the Little Saskatchewan River Farmer Stan this is the wrong year for an As far As i can he the minority government was working pretty we dont need an election and we sure dont need it i Haven got time to take in any political meetings and i dont know anyone who in the past two Liberal support has mushroomed in the re climbing votes in por in Turtle in 500 in Roblin in Dauphin and in at the same tory support stayed giving pc candidates whopping pluralities of if liberals Are to overtake tories in the Region on tuesday unlikely according to the which found Rural support in the final week of the Campaign is the same 51 per cent it was two years ago will have to crack a voting pattern so ingrained that Rural tories have forgotten when or Why it Why do we vote conservative Patricia at the wheel of a self propelled that a Good i dont its just always been Cut and Ive always voted Farmer Murray my Mother and dad did and now my boys in Stan scoffed at the possibility of a Liberal breakthrough this but said that is Likely to change next the he is that tory voters Are going to break their habit in the next Federal when Lynn Brian will be punished for Meech free the goods and services tax and the closing of cab Portage la the Dominion election will go he after Well Bill the liberals Rural said it is wrong to dismiss the potential Impact of fed eral issues on this you can who closed the base in Portage it want the Liber who brought in free Trade it want the who brought in the get it want the Ridgeway is not expecting the re Gion to suddenly change but he said he expects Liberal popularity to continue to my perspective is we will deficit Ley increase the Rural he once the vote the wins and losses Are determined by who comes out to the if its a 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by Gerald flood Rural Manitoba is True Blue to the Point of tories Are counting on that loyalty As the foundation on which they Hope to build a majority government in they Are hoping to rein Force the foundation by making gains at nip expense in the Rural North and Central regions of the those could be blunted by losses to the opposition Ridings to watch election night Portage la Prairie incumbent tory de dubbed an unguided missile in the got into trouble Early in the election by saying he would not be making the closing of cab Portage la Prai Rie and the loss of some 300 related jobs an election we dont have any specific plans at this moment its a Federal a few weeks he took his foot out of his Mouth and ate those releasing a letter dated the Day before his controversial comments appeared in the Portage the signed by Premier Gary Fil pledges Strong and unequivocal support for firms willing to privatize Pilot training programs at the it commits the province to helping such but does not say in a recent Connery would not say what the commitment amounts what do you want me to say a million that would be quite he then became concerned about the which had As he face he demanded it be stricken from the he became angry when the request was called the reporter scum stuff and re fused further Liberal candidate Darlene a City councillor and member of a committee trying to save the said Connery anger is the result of a real fear that his Campaign mis take gave her the opening she needs to defeat him this Hes frustrated and she until i threw my hat in the he had it sewn she but in not i know its an Uphill most Portage voters interviewed feel Connery will hang and they seem not much concerned that he was stripped of most of his Cabi net responsibilities during Hilmons Only Cabinet Ralph an area echoed the sentiments of Many voters he was a disaster As Cabi net minister but Hes he if you never do anything you never make Hes just an other Dir Pusher like the rest of Hamm she Hast got a Arden Campbell is the nip Candi Lyall Roy the Cor Selkirk Liberal Gwen Charles won former Premier Howard Paw Leys old Riding by by 180 votes two years ago in a horse race with the nip and slipping Liberal support outside Winnipeg Down three Points in a free Presecky poll this week make a Dif Ference liberals say Charles kept a High profile in the constituency by keeping rive Quality issues in the forefront Over the past two an unscientific poll in the Selkirk journal last week found an incredibly High level of undecided an indication Charless sup port could be the poll had the liberals and nip running neck and with the tories tories say if Charles and nip candidate Gregory Dewar were seeing what were seeing in internal polls they might lose Russ Farrell is the tory Dauphin Coffee shop talk indicates that nip incumbent John Lohman will be returned in Dau Lohman survived the nip backlash in 1988 and posted a com 500vote Premier Gary Filmon has made three trips to the once with a dozen Cabinet to rein Force the idea that Dauphin could become part of the As opposed to the by simply abandoning tory Dauphin mayor Martin was a runaway Choice in municipal elections last his Ham handed has alienated Many he was sucker punched recently by an angry voter while the Speed with which the Story made the rounds in and the maliciousness with which it was repeat indicates an underlying dislike for liberals Are hoping candidate Peter Rampton will be third time Lucky after posting significant gains in support in 1986 and most voters believe it will be three strikes and youre Swan River the nip Are hoping to take Swan River Back from the tories after losing it in 1988 by 650 however has strengthened the nip they believe their Strong constituency organization and candidate Rosann whose brother Len Harapiak held the seat until will carry the they say their Ace in the Hole is tory incumbent Parker whose performance in the legislature consisted of three say Bur Rell will be judged at the Community level to be a decent Guy who is part of the Liberal june Connoll Peyton also is run the Pas assumptions about native and White bloc voting will be tested in the Pas As nowhere it is assumed the White town will vote for tory Alfred while indians on reserves surrounding the Community will Back nip Candi Date Oscar Lathlin and Liberal David new democrats Are hoping their longtime hold on the Riding and sliding Liberal support will return the Riding Interlake the native vote could decide this Riding Between the which stopped being an nip fief Dom with the resignation of longtime incumbent Bill the who came within 230 votes in have been working hard to convince native voters they Are not All Blue suits and closed the nip Are confident Riverton mayor Cliff Evans will hold the the tories Are equally confident Farmer de Trachuk has the Liberal Duncan Geisler needs votes and is fighting a Lack of Liberal ;