Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free May Canada needs firm hand on Tiller the 21st Century is going to belong to then we have to face the major Chal Lenges of the Day head for therean Dahal years the Chretien government has failed to set a firm course for at a time when canadians Are worried about health care and the kind of education their children Are get the Federal liberals have Cut Transfer payments to the province by 40 per while Young families watched their take Home pay the liberals dipped deeper into their pockets with 40 tax while Middle aged baby Boomers worried the Canada pension plan be the liberals fiddled and most people have had the Liberal government has failed unemployment is too communities Are no longer the Middle class is being crushed by its tax Burden and the very makeup of our country in under its time for real its time for Jean let the future begin is the progressive conservative Blue print for Canada As it enters the next it is All a vision that will create meaningful protect our health care and educate our workforce so it ban compete in the world it is a Road map for a caring and compassionate three decades in Winnipeg education system has taught me that a mind is a very precious where the liberals have let graduating students work part time jobs waiting to find meaning Ful we have a plan that will prepare students today for the challenges of similar challenges face our country Many fear that the healthcare system they have supported for decades will fail them when they most need the Liberal solution has been to Cut ours is to increase the Cash that does not mean taxing in while the liberals have increased the tax Burden on the Middle progressive conservatives Are promising to Cut per Sonal taxes by 10 per cent and reduce payroll taxes on business by that is How you Cre ate new by making it easier for companies to grow and expand through liberalized less red tape and targeted training pro the liberals act like a tired gov they have stopped listening and believe they have nothing to progressive conservatives know we know there Are creative solutions out there and by working with people we can solve Many of these problems were not ducking any we Are ready for the new we Are ready to Lead the Federal election Riding profile no Winnipeg North Paul As Manitoba prepares to vote in a National election june the free press has invited candidates from the four major political parties to communicate directly with the in the sixth of 14 the candidates of Winnipeg norths Paul present their views Naipi g North Paul Winnipeg North Centre liberals have served country Well the Mark we place in our bal lots will reflect our Choice of a not the it will reflect our judgment As to which political party has the most credible team and visionary policies to take a United Canada into the 21st Century and who will be a caring and effective member of parliament for our con the recent flood crisis must have reminded All of us of courage and service to i was also reminded of Why i first ran for parliament and How it has been my privilege to serve the before becoming an i worked at the childrens Hospital and taught at the University of As a medical i had the privilege of treating thousands of children with lung As a medical i had the privilege of teaching hundreds of Young Manitoban to become i became an my in 1988 to help cure the illnesses of i have since advanced the issues of Job Cre child science and and safety in the streets and at i have helped thousands of constituents through the Maze of bureaucracy with their veterans and cup disability immigration and employment insurance prob i have pursued them with More graduate 62 parliamentary Secretary to the prime minister family wife Nee Gloria sons Reis 27 years Advin effectiveness since my reelection in this time on the government once again we have the ability to make decisions for ourselves As a society because the Liberal govern ment has recaptured our economic its decisive actions had the support of our citizenry without whom it would have been we have exceeded our deficit target without increasing personal income taxes creating a fiscal the economic climate is right for meaningful and Lon term Canadas unemployment rate has been even lower in Mani thousands of jobs have been created we have still have work to Job creation remains a top priority of a new Liberal prior to the election the opposition had debated How Best to spend the fiscal the Liberal government has decided to spend it for education and child benefits and enhanced Job creating particularly for As a priority before cutting shall we stay the course of fiscal and economic management of the country and use the dividend for our valued social or shall we take the Uncertain and risk a return to deficit spending and misplace our priorities which government can Best ensure a United Canada and assure canadians that the Many ongoing issues before us Are addressed effectively during the coming years the Liberal government has an impressive record of achievement creating an infrastructure of conf what we write on Pur ballot is a reflection of our judgment As to who will Best deliver on the politics of leadership and politics of con these Are the kinds of poli tics which will serve to Anchor a better Canada in a better world yet to it is within your gift that we write that new Page treasured values Are under attack the reason that i want to rep resent the Riding of Winnipeg North Paul for the nip in Ottawa is a result of what has happened to our country Over the last both the Chretien liberals and the Mulroney tories have moved our country to the right under the Guise of deficit reduction and com Peting in the global our traditional policies of Toler and which under pin our social Security have yielded to favouritism and the right Wing As a University teacher and former Public school defending the future of Canada the children and the youth is especially important to they have borne the Brunt of the ruthless Liberal Deb reduction Young people have not been the priority in the Liberal Only the nip offers realistic poli cies in education and Job i am proud to run f9r the nip because it places Ordinary canadians we stand for values that put co operation and caring ahead of profits and As the flood of the Century threatens our Manitoban Are working together to protect each others Homes and communities in a spirit of Mutual Aid and the nip has an excellent record As an advocate of health our once Strong health care program has been damaged by cuts by the mul Roney conservatives and continued v admin Strator and assistant proves Andrews College u of m Board United Way of Winnipeg 1993present married to Anastasia Nee with two University Markian and Valerian by the Chretien the nip wants to restore the High Quality of Universal health care that was once a Model for the we want a National Pha Macare pro Gram that would protect All canadians from the existing exorbitant Cost of drugs and we oppose the two tier privatized health care american system that the liberals now Chretien promises of jobs have not been Only a jobs have been which Are and have no meaningful jobs have become All too unemployment is unacceptably the nip believes that Public investment should be made in Norfo profit services for children and As Well As jobs that will sustain the environment for future the Economy can be stimulated by Public investment in nonprofit and cooperative housing the Opportunity for employment should be the right of every Canadian willing and capable of Canadas tax system has changed drastically Over the Canada has seen corporate taxes decrease while personal income taxes for Ordi nary canadians too Many including pay Little or no and have numerous loopholes and wealthy canadians have too Many tax Shel All canadians must pay their fair share of this can be achieved by the introduction of a wealth a minimum corporate and a financial transaction the nip is committed to improve the Quality of life of All seniors with policies that ensure their Security and the old age and Canada pension plan must be secured and Quality health care must be available for All seniors deserve let us shake up the old line parties and Wake up we need a bold and Strong Winnipeg North Paul needs to be part of this Strong we need a Strong new voice for a Strong new y National director of an educational consulting ministry he established in Terry and his wife Elizabeth live in North Kildonan concern for future put hat in ring terrys concern for the health and safety of his fam ily and their future forced Terry to consider entering poli frustration with politicians got Terry but it was the vision and integrity of Reform that sustained his during the last 30 years he witnessed his country degenerate from the Pride and Hope in which we celebrated our country 100th anniversary to a country shackled by a billion debt that is killing our social programs and a violent crime rate that escalated by 350 per cent a country that was almost torn apart by the que Bec referendum and a country with so Many natural resources stagnating at 10 per cent Unzem honestly facing these realities compelled Terry to enter politics with the Reform party believing that common canadians using common sense could do bet Ter than what has been done in the last 30 Reform is full of common sense ideas on creating protecting our social restoring unifying helping and making government accountable to the through a process called recall that is effectively used in Switzerland and some of the states of the an elected Mem Ber gets 18 months to prove him any time after if clearly goes contrary to the promises upon which is elected the constituents could get a petition signed by 50 per cent plus one of the number that voted in the constituency in the Federal election and Send it to the chief electoral this would cause that my to be fired and a by election to be called within three the fact that such a process would be in place would help politicians to be More honest with their voters and More concerned with representing their constituents than their Terry also appreciates the leadership ability that started a Brand new political party and within seven years has 52 members in there is a tremendous substance to what Preston says and integrity in what he under heavy and constant attack that substitutes answers with ridicule and false accuse Preston preferred response is to return to the ques Tion and with much patience Appeal for an when 51 of our 52 Reform maps opted out of the lucrative pension plan and Deb Grey opted out of her million pension that she was Eligi ble for Terry knew that not All politicians Are the its time for a change inc tin questions As Manitoban prepare to go to the polls on june Many people have questions about the process and the in the remaining weeks of the the free press will try to answer As 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