‘

‘can’t afford bedpa

Lawrence ‘‘Minch”™
Minchin, NDP candidate in
West
Sound in the May 10
provincial election, said on
North Shore. television
Sunday that “Social Credit
closed down the Railwest car
manufacturing plant in
Squamish without regard for
the people in the area.

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“Closing Railwest was a
callous political decision by
Social Credit,” Minchin said.

Minchin, who is employed
by B.C. Rail, was a super-
visor in materials
management, and _ is op-
timistic of winning the riding
for the NDP. “There is a
great deal of animosity in the
‘riding for Social Credit and
the chances are great that
this dissatisfaction will

turn into a victory for the
NDP,” he said.

A resident of the riding for -

more than 20 years, Minchin
emphasized his opposition to
Social Credit health policy.
“Lions Gate Hospital has

“been forced to cut back

staff,” he said. “A new wing
remains unused because’ the
hospital can’t afford to buy'a
bedpan let alone furnish and
Staff it,” he said.

4

Tories would control the —
next government - Nichol

The Progressive
servatives may not form the
next government after the
May 10 provincial election,
but they do expect to control
the next government, says
Bill Nichol, the Tory can-

' didate in North Vancouver-
Capilano.

“The major thrust of the
B.C. Conservatives’ policies
is the reduction of govern-
ment itself,” declared Nichol
in a statement issued
‘Monday. The famous
statement ‘the best govern-
ment’is the least govern-
ment’ is one that_I endorse.

“As the M.L°A. for North
Vancouver-Capilano I would

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take a strong stand to
control government
spending and _ reduce

taxation. My fellow Con-
servatives and I would make
sure our voices were heard
in the legislature, and our
votes will be really im-
portant. Good government
will be supported -— bad
government opposed.

“It is high time the
legislature returned to being
a.forum for serious debate.
Let us leave the tragi-comic
play acting to the local

- drama groups. This lovely

province of ours-has great
potential and deserves to be

better managed than it has

been by either of the last two

’ governments.

“The Progressive Con-
servative party.is committed
to the elimination of B.C.
sales tax, the removal of
school taxes from property,
and a dramatic improvement

in labour management
relations.
“Hospitals and other

health care facilities, help
for the aged and _ han-
dicapped would be high
priority items. In contrast,
the government would be
gradually phased out of
areas in which the private
sector does the job better. ..

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