~ \ o 4 Byer ‘singe the days of the Biblical a1 parable th there - has always-been something peculiarly moving - “gf veven: inspiring — about the spectacle of a. prodigal. son promising to mend his ways-and do much better next’ time- Most ordinary, ‘decent people have (thank ‘heavén!)°a surprising ‘éapacity for sympathy.and forgiveness. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau made the most of these” facts Monday night in launching his campaign for the May 22 federal election. At his. hastily: summoned press ‘conference ‘the Prime “Minister delivered what may possibly ‘rank: as the best . speech of his entiré.career - t . higher almost reminiscent in some of its passages of Diefen- baker and Churchill in their —— finest oratorical hours. . He called. upon Canadians from coast to coast to join him in “a great experience in and he > described — in a neat, all- - nation-building” ’ encompassing five-point program — how he and the - Liberal Party would “ supervise the -construction job. ~ FIVE CHALLENGES Mr. Trudeau listed five basic challenges which he and his colleagues will meet _and lick on our behalf, if we | - will only give them another decade, in power (yes, I heard ‘your question, but please be patient for a moment). The challenges,” . he said, are: A. Canadian unity. Only -the Liberals’ ‘understand the threat of Quebec demands - - for sovereignty-association, ‘which would break Canada asunder. The other parties, — ‘he declared, get all confused _ by Quebec. 2. New economic policies required in the 1980s for “a _ decade of development” to create yet more jobs. No _ details supplie 3. The security and quality of life to be improved. No details supplied. . Control of government spending at an ever- increasing rate. The Con- servatives, said Mr. Trudeau, are inadequate for this task because they can’t decide whether they want or lower budget deficits. 5. Energy. The securing of adequate future supplies at manageable cost -- with a sharp slap on the wrist from the Prime Minister for Exxon and the blue-eyed Arabs in Alberta. Mr. Trudeau also went through the regions of Canada one by one, from the Maritimes to Victoria, painting glowing pictures of how each would benefit from another 10: years of -Liberal rule’ in Ottawa. it's: difficult to. think ‘of any. single thing in the life! of-the average‘ ‘Canadian which has mained nearly as good as it “. other: ‘countries over’ which “What a decade I see ahead as of us!* enthused the Prime Minister. Te be RUINED FOREVER? | - “What : a: decade we see - behind . us!"...may be. the by Noel Wri: cht “NATION-BUILDING” a new foreman needed? response of many thinking Canadians today. “Another decade like the last and we'll be ruined for ever.” There was a_ notable absence in -Mr. Trudeau's opening election . speech Monday night of: any reference ‘to his govern- ment’s record since he first swept to power on a wave:of post-Centennial euphoria in prosperous 1968. And for fairly obvious reasons. The simple facts are that we have become a more violently disunited nation during the past I1 years under our French-Canadian prime minister than at any previous time in our history. We also have chronic unemployment of around eight per cent (14 per cent among young people) with no relief in sight. Inflation -- construction | -~ after three years of “rise and ~t-wage “controls which -Mr- Trudeau once vowed never to impose -- is nudging 7 towards 10 per cent, gob- bling up our hard-earned "savings and inflicting severe ' hardship: on ‘hundreds . of thousands of pensioners and other fixed-income citizens. On good days our dollar is currently worth only 85. Gents, thanks to a budget deficit which has soared from $1.5 billionto $11 billion during Mr. Trudeau's tenure of office. Out of every $1,000 of federal taxes we pay, $130 goes to meet the interest alone on Ottawa's - debts. SHARING BAD LUCK Meanwhile the federal” civil service has swollen by 52 per cent. An enormously. expensive metric system has been rammed down our throats, regardless of the fact that we sell 76 per cent of our exports to the non- metric United States. Canada’s industry is still dominated by foreign ownership — and her post office has become. the laughing stock of the western world. 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(when. the. elec-: _torate. came within a hair- breadth of. throwing him out “-on ‘his neck) and, in 1974, ‘when he bounced back in strength, aided by_..a tem- porary upsurge in the economy and a tough new campaign image with Margaret at his elbow. — What, in heaven's name, is there to ‘suggest that ‘Mr. - 30 Ibs. . | have tost 31 Ibs. on the program, and | can’t tel you how fantastic it feets. .. . ae fr Los i took © » Its. ‘true’ “that ‘some ofc our présent problems may_; “have - “been: jntensified. by. events in .* . Trudeau . suddenly: found all — ‘the answers .to. our various: trobules tast. ‘Monday evening? _ ANEW. FOREMAN, Personally, Tr ‘don’t want another'11 years of this kind of “nation-building”. It costs © far too much, with far too little “nation” to show for | . ‘our money é at the end of it. T don’t. know. whether Conservative leader Joe Clark (possibly with a little help from NDP . leader Ed ~ Broadbent) can do.-any. ‘but it’s jhard to - better, ° believe he could do any worse. You never learn what a man is capable of until you. try him out. Mr. ‘Trudeau is right on when he talks about the need for “a great experience in nation-building.” But experience of the past 11 years clearly indicates one other thing. The national construction crew desperately needs a newforeman. | 57 Ibs. in 8 weeks a chance to really be me, to compete where I never could, to really feel good about myself. thanks | Ce «2 North’ Vancouver. District ~ Council’ agreed, Monday, to 2: renew. the lease. for.a.small .° craft rental concession in |” - that. the | Upon ‘the: & recom- ‘mendation = of Municipal Land Agent, G.A. Williams, Panorama: Park, Deep’ Cove. Gouncit ’ “was,’ ' told ‘that. a Watson. Rentals. 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