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A16-Wednesday, February 13, 1980 - North Shore News

North Shore

missing out on LRT

A man with a mission has
urged West Vancouver to
help the North Shore muscle
in on hght rapid transit.

West Van council
received a presentation
Monday by North Van-
couver resident Marc
Howard, chairman of the
One-man Third Crossing
Committee.

Howard called for a strong
North Shore stand on the
Greater Vancouver

Regional District light rapid
transit proposal.

at $67.1 billion.

tried’.

“Nothing is planned in this
half-billion proposal for the
North Shore and the LRT
proposal won't work with
our present facilities,”
Howard emphasized.

He asked West Van
council to join in demanding
either a third crossing or
updated egress and access
for the Lions Gate Bridge.

“If we dont get some
benefit from the GVRD
proposal, we'll be in a real
mess,” he warned.

lf an issue in this election be credibility, as
some individuals would have it, then let the
record speak for itself. Consider the follow-
ing statements made by one, Pierre Elliott
Trudeau, since April 1968.

MONCTON — May 31, 1968.

Trudeau promised that government would
not spend more than it earns.

FACT: — Since 1968 under Trudeau leader-
ship, government spending quadrupled from
$12 to $50 billion. Gross public debt stands

MONTAGUE, P.E.|. — May 20, 1974.

Trudeau attacked wage and price controls
proposed by the Tories as a ‘‘gimmick that
has failed in every country where it has been

FACT: — Immediately upon re-election he in-
troduced wage and price controls.

Ad paid tor by Committee to Re-elect Ron Huntington

TORONTO, May 27, 1974.

Trudeau promised to wrestle inflation to the
ground. ‘‘We are going to bring inflation
under control, that | pledge to you”.

FACT: Under Trudeau, inflation doubled —
4.5% - to 9.0% and your 1971 dollar now has
the purchasing power of 50¢.

OTTAWA — November 21, 1979,

November 26, 1979.

Pierre Trudeay said; ‘‘! feel it is time foranew
leader to take up this work. i came to the con-
clusion that | am not the man to re-build the
Liberal Party and to negotiate a new federa-
tion during the next decade’”’.

FACT: — We now have the re-cycled leader,
double-tracking and doubie-talking (when he
does taik) his way across the country.

KICKING OFF the annual: fund raising ‘drive forthe
B.C. Heart Foundation during the week of February 14
to 24th was this short jog Sunday at the site of the
International Plaza‘‘Hotel. A number.of yoluntcers
-participated.in the run and they.were joined by: North
Vancouver: District Alderman: Ernie Crist (far right)
and West Vancouver Alderman Dave Findlay (far left}.
(Ian Smith photo) °

JANUARY 1980.

And now Trudeau, who said nothing about
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for 23
days, opposes an Olympic boycott because
that would be political. This from the man
who kicked Taiwan out of the 1976 Games for
political reasons.

So much for ‘leadership’, and ‘‘the land is
strong’ and ‘‘just society” and ‘participatory

democracy” and ‘‘no wage and price con-
trois”.

So, if credibility be an issue — the record
does speak for itself. People who vote Liberal

in this election get Trudeau and Trudeau
alone.

On February 18, 1980 —
VOTE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE