A8-Sanday News, February. 17, 1980 election countdown. THE LEADERS WIND UP re a , acks Liberal Prime Minister Joe Clark United PressCanada- se, Pierre Trudeau refuses to discuss campaign issues, desiring only a “blank cheque™ from. voters who traditionally support the Liberals, Prime Minister Joe Clark says. In a speech to more ‘than 1,000 noisy Conservative supporters in Niagara Falls last week Clark also said the Liberal leader knows what his price for oil, would be if he was elected Feb. 18 but refuses to tell Canadians. — “Pm- afraid—he_ knows it. He knows it as well as he knew his plans for wage and price controis in 1974,” Clark said, referring to the Liberals’ 1974 promise not to impose controls and their passing of controls after the election. - “He (Trudeau) won't tell you his. taxing policy on energy, he won't tell you how large a deficit he will inflict on Canadians. What he wants is a blank cheque for policies ae won't discuss or priorities he won't debate.” “What is happening is very clear,” Clark said. “Mr. Trudeau is counting on voters in Quebec and On- tario to return to their traditional support ... no matter what he stands for. “He wants td have your confidence without earning your confidence. I believe that displays contempt for Psst! An assortment of quality used and out of print titles in MILITARY & NAVAL HISTORY Pacific Books 1135 Lonsdale North Vancouver 880-2121 - [Ltheral Leader Pierre Tradeau Canadian voters and democracy.” TRUDEAU SAYS PM “HOODWINKED” Liberal _leader Pierre Trudeau closed out his election campaigning in western Canada last week by attacking Prime Minister Joe Clark as a man “hood- winked” by foreign leaders and trying to reduce Canada to a “feudal” collection of strong provinces and a weak central government. In Vancouver, Trudeau warned the provinces were “erecting barriers” between themselves and said Clark was too concerned with appeasing provincial premiers to combat it. — 2 “You have Mr. Clark as prime minister of Canada trying to find peace with everybody,” Trudeau said, noting Clark’s decisions to give off-shore mineral rights to Newfoundland and turn federal lotteries over to the provinces. The attack on Clark's proposal to increase che excise tax on gasoline by 18 cents a gallon, which has NDP Leader Ed Broadbent dominated the Liberal campaign, was related to Clark’s performance on the international scene. Clark joined the six western leaders at the Tokyo economic summit last June in calling for a_ gradual movement of domestic oil prices towards world levels. “Sure, they want to go to the world price for oil, because they don’t have any — oil and they don’t want Canada, which has some oil, to be able to compete in their markets,” Trudeau said, -singling out West Germany and Japan. BROADBENT BLASTS “BROKEN PROMISES” The same “treadmill of broken promises” which characferizes both the Conservative and former Liberal government has plunged Canada _ into economic uncertainty, NDP leader Ed Broadbent has charged. 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With four days to go before polling day, Broadbent condemned Liberal Leader’ Pierre Trudeau for “systematically breaking every one of his promises while in office.” Broadbent, citing as examples Trudeau's pledge to strengthen the Foreign Investment Review Agency and put at least 50 per cent of Canadian resources under Canadian control, told his supporters, “There is no credibility left about Pierre Trudeau.” The NDP leader then attacked Prime Minister Joe Clark, saying he had reneged on election promises last ‘year to lower interest rates, unemployment and inflation and then had introduced a federal budget last December which would have slowed economic growth. All dairy products made with Real ice Cream Remember Happy Night! DeLuxe Burgers - * very Tuesday night - 5 pm ‘til closing! 404 Lonsdale 987-4131 back Tor ories 7 mes aparece sneer tteetet + The Gazette is the seventh major Canadian daily to declare editorially for Clark and the Tories. 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