Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 23, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A8 Winnipeg free May pectoral to Campaign lifeless screening a compilation of the Federal parties to advertisements is just about the exact opposite of spending an evening with the Cannes festivals reel of award winning commercials theres very Little in the Way of image not so much As a single chuckle and no feeling whatsoever that youre being sold any thing in a convincing in this Federal elections Tad Campaign is As Dull and lifeless As the Hairdo in the before shot of a Creme rinse but that Doest mean theres nothing to be Learned from the Hal minute Huckst rings of the new democrats and despite their utter the ads do reveal a Little bit about the Par ties that have paid for in their to the liberals seem intent on playing the part of a sagely Uncle experienced and willing to offer Good advice about whats not the right thing to but unburdened by the full parental responsibility of explaining we should follow their prime minister Jean Chretien watching to Brad Oswald fronts two ads that concern themselves with taxes and health care each is a calmly worded the for Mer criticizing the tories tax Cut Promise and the latter reinforcing the liberals commitment to Universal Access to Basic health care for All Canad none of the ads offers any details of the Liberal plan its More of a Trust us and perhaps the most striking element is the Complete absence of anything resembling a red Book by the we see enough of in the other parties its obvious Chretien Learned a hard lesson about promises and the Public expectation be kept the last time the most apparent thing about the tories ads is that they dont want us to see them As tory much like Gary Fil Mons provincial Campaign when Public loathing of the Mulroney conservatives was at its this Federal pc Campaign is focused squarely and very tightly on Leader Jean the most inti space of the Charest ads takes us to an obviously staged pres conference style at which someone asks a question that allows the Leader the plan Book held High to lecture about tax cuts and health its so obviously faked that the message is lost almost two other pc ads use Char like graphics to compare Liberal performance with the pc platform on health care and the slogan throughout is let the future but the calculated absence of All but a footnoted reference to party identity leaves one feeling the plea is really leave brians past the Dps and Campaign stands out for two reasons its the Only one whose position statements distinguish it clearly from the pack and its the Only one that suggests the party being prompted holds no real Hope of winning the in All its the nip seeks to show that theres no real Dif Ference Between the ruling liberals and its righting one spot has Leader Alexa Mcdonough Sug Gesting Chretien it Al have fallen in with a bad crowd the reformers and big corporations and have forgotten what regular folks reformer Preston Manning is the most out front of the Lead ers when it comes to making to ads a platform for his which carries the slogan a fresh also seeks to Lump his competitors one spot dismisses the liberals and tories As old parties with threadbare ideas on big High taxes and High obviously intended solely for the Western outlines mannings Tough talk stand on Quebec sovereignty and his proposal to Grant equal status to All this elections to Campaign Falls Short in both style and cuff Subr Plymouth Ltd hot dog soft drink 1 loonie free proceeds to the red Cross blk Ems under 5 to choose from mews Stock per 7 to choose from 1997 Breeze 1996 voyager be Quad rear like 4g578 1992 voyager be Quad rear heat a 1998 caravan 7 Only 1993 jeep Cherokee country Remote 1994 voyager be rear heat Only 1994 voyager be balance factory 1996 voyager be child 1995 voyager 0g229 1993 Lebaron la convertible Power Only 1993 concorde one 1994 Taurus 4 Power ot322a 1996 Breeze 4g559 1991 Colt do 2 1991 Cavalier is station Wagon 0g546a 1992 Chrysler 4 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said another local who declined to give his last Shandruk agreed Blaikie is popular in the tradition ally nip Hes a Good Transcona its Good to vote for the candidate and not the in Blaikie won a close race against japanese Canadian activist Art Miki who was running for the the Riding runs from the Eastern City limits to the red River taking in Elm Wood and unlike other Winnipeg it has sustained Only minor changes in the recent redistribution of and while Transcona Usu ally thinks of itself As an area distinct from the rest of issues in the East end do not vary a lot from the rest of the we need better medical said Gladys new Man As she waited for a the Way Treyve Cut Hospi tals concerns Newman said she was going to vote nip the party she usually in the adjacent Riding of Boniface there Are More Lawn signs mainly for Liberal incumbent Ron who won by votes last and on Provencher Boule people Are More concerned about the closing of Provencher Bridge than they Are about the people dont like it that Chretien called the but that not Ron Duhamel said area resident Maureen Hes been Good for the except for losing part of vital to the Riding of Winnipeg Boniface has not changed a lot since As Well As the Neighbour Hood of the rid ing contains Norwood and the part of vital East of the Seine River and stretch ing South of perimeter ranging from the older areas of the Riding includes the newer neighbourhoods of vital and the apartment buildings in it also includes the but flood Trou neighbourhood of Kingston Crescent and Kingston the liberals Are the Only ones to Deal with said Edith who said she was voting it sounds like they Are going to beat the bloc quebecois in it took a lot of courage for him Chretien to go Back into the French language he messed up Over the election but every one makes a inmates May vote ruling Canadian press Ottawa about Canadian prisoners will be Able to pick their Favourite Federal election candidates in a Spe Cial Advance poll next Ottawa lost its 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