A6 - Wednesday, August 22, 1984 - Nort} Shore News

The gut issue

he most curious and alarming feature of

the current election campaign is the

continued avoidance by candidates and
voters alike of the one key factor that affects
virtually all others.

That factor is the $30 billion deficit ac-
cumulated during the years of Liberal
mismanagement. The continuing interest
alone on this huge debt now eats up 33 cents
out of every tax dollar collected by Ottawa,
with the result that the practical ability of the
government (ANY government) to govern ef-
fectively is reduced by one-third — since
one-third of its tax revenue is passed directly
to the moneylenders.

Even without a single cent being added to
government expenditure, the need to reduce
the deficit is urgent, not only because of the
totally unproductive waste of tax dollars but
equally because such massive government
borrowing reduces the capacity of the money
market to stimulate the economy via the
private sector, the only lasting source of new
jobs and prosperity.

Meanwhile, lobby groups of every kind
demand -— and candidates merrily promise —
additional programs and_ services which
would increase government expenditure still
further. Yet every responsible politician must
know, in his or her heart, that it can’t be
done without sharply higher taxation or a
deficit soaring to the point of threatening
Canada with eventual bankruptcy.

Those are the clear alternatives we face.
Why is nobody talking about this gut issue
that ultimately determines all others?

Thorny bouquet!

obert Lemieux, the Quebec lawyer who
defended the FLQ kidnappers of
James Cross and murdered minister
Pierre Laporte in 1970, says he’s voting for
Brian Mulroney. ‘‘I got drunk with him at the
Hotel Sept-Iles on a few occasions,’’ Lemieux
recalled — then hastily explained that he
meant he and Brian just had a few beers
together.
With such public endorsement from this
particular friend, Brian may well be wonder-
ing who needs enemies.

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Jean Chretien.)

Congratulations, Mr.
Chretien, on your election
victory. It’s only two years
since you lost the leadership
race to John Turner and saw
the Liberals crushed under
the Mulroney steamrolier.
How do you explain the re-
markable recovery in your
fortunes and those of the
party?

Well, you know, 1t’s all a
matter of timing and pa
tience If John had = only
been smart enough to run
second in the 1984 leadership
contest, you'd be talking to
him today instead of me

Could you elaborate a lit-
the?

Why sure Anyone who
followed Prerre two years
ago was doomed from the
start I tell you, in the last
couple of weeks before the
convention I was scared suff
t was going to make tt after
all j

very nearly
maiscalculated the appeal of
that ‘‘litthe guy’’ underdog
act

But everyone at that time
was convinced Joho Turner
was the only one who could
keep the Liberals in power.

That's a lot of baloncy
That story was just part of
the Liberal survival plan
They needed a fall guy for
ther 1984 defeat and poor
John had been hyped for so
long as Prerre’s natural suc
cessor that he was the ideal
candidate

Sarely, however, there
mast have been other factors
when you remember how the
Liberals leaped ahead in the
polls immediately after he
was chosen Icadecr

Certainly there were
Right away John went on to

do even better than our
backroom = strategists had
figured And Piette, you

know, had worked hard on
the plan, too
Meaning?

SAY_ISNT THAT THE GUY
WHO USED TO DELIVER

MILK TO 24 SUSSEX?....

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Blueprint for surviva

(From the North Shore News of September 5,
1986, an exclusive interview with Prime Minister

Well, Pierre made sure be-
fore he left that the party
Organization was in a sham-
bles. John was rusty after
nine years on Bay Street
and, besides, the poor guy
came to the job dead tired.
These leadership conventions
take a lot out of you, believe
me. Then, once he got go
ing, he was even more
gentlemanly and honest than
we'd dared hope

He went along obediently
with the patronage thing. a
real stroke of genius on
Pierre’s part -- and with the
instant election call, which
left him no tame for TV
lessons. He did the big
White Kmght number in the
West, running his family as
candidate in Quadra He
brought Keath Davey out of

Noel Wright

PRR a ae
the closet. He got his facts

LETTER OF THE DAY
Dog rules ‘inhuman’

Dear Editor

Since dogs cannot read, they should not be blamed
for ignoring notices at Ambleside Beach The notices
say “‘Dogs prohibited”

1] suggest replacing them with ones saying “Dogs on a
leash and under control by owner will be permitied to
walk at Ambteside”’

On "Dogs allowed to run without the control of
owner and tcash will be prosecuted”

lam a semor citizen and resident of West Vancouver
L enjoy my daily walk with my little dog, but recently |
was told by a police officer that | cannot use (he path by
the beach and that | should cross the road and keep to
the railway track

lam a law-abiding cizen and have tried to use the
track. But in doing so | have found that the traffic usa
nerve wracking ordeal, also there are no seats similar to
those on the front

I fecl very strongly that this is a very inhuman way (to
treat anciderly person It demes me the right to enjoy a
pleasant walk Perhaps the powers-that-be will change
the notices before they reach an age when they'll be on
the wrong side of the track

Mary Treicaven
West Varaecoaver

and figures nicely mixed up
and canvassed the ladies by
patting them on the derriere.

I tell you, John did a sim-
ply superb job. Not even
Keith had expected Broad-
bent to wind up as leader of
the official opposition!

- But how did it all come
together so quickly for you
and the Liverals after that?

Well, you know, we
haven't governed Ganada
for three-quarters of thf»
century by sticking with
losers Mulroney helped,
too, by keeping John hang
ing around so long for a
by-election that he said the
hell with it and headed back
to Bay Street So last year’s
leadership convention was a
nice friendly affair for me
almost as unanimous = as
President Reagan's
renomination in 1984

Then, by that time of
course, Keith had the
machine back in full work
ing order, just like we'd fig
ured for phase two of the
plan After that, all we had
to do was want for Mulroney
to fall flat on his chin tke
Def and poor old Joe

You're talking about the

so-called Tory ‘‘death
wish'’?
Raght) What with thei $50

bilhon deficit, nearly two
milhon unemployed and no
more old age pensions for
semors with over $10,000 a
couldn't

year we miss
That's where our 200 seats
came from yesterday Once

we get our hands back on
the books, we'll be around
for quite a time again!

Que last question, Mr.
Chreticn: do you have any
plans in your new = gov-
erament for John, in light of
his outstanding contribution
to the Liberal revival?

Well, he and Geills seem
very happy with him back at
his old job, where he's doing
better than ever But I've
told him there’s always the
Portuguese embassy or a
Senate scat watting for him
We Cirtts hang together