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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 4, 1975, p. 15

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p vw h eltswrttft durham liberal candidate knocks regit rnhf setup uxbridge former provincial court judge claire morrison attacked regional government the education system provincial landuse policy v and the environmental protection act in vn in- terview with the tribune monday mr morrison is the liberal candidate for durham north riding facing incumbent con servative bill newman and ndp candidate leslie griffin regarding regional government mr morrison says that it i iisnt improving service 1 j all he said that generally speaking he would like to get more control in the hands of local municipalities his prime beef with the environmental protection act he said is that it cant be enforced without the ministrys approval- mr morrison termed the law horrendous his pq opponent is provincial minister of the environment william newman another pet peeve of mr morrisons is the ontario court system the administration of justice is on the verge of collapse he said case loads are unreasonable and less than one percent of the budget is spent on the justice system he said mr morrison himself stepped down from his post as president of the provincial judges association in june and has said he was motivated to run as a candidate in the sep tember 181 election because of the rotten court situation mr morrison was a provincial judge in newmarket before resigning to run for the durham north seat he feels the education system is a bloody horrible mess and favors putting academic discipline back in education as for mr morrisons views oh the proposed t a pickering airport he said that it came under federal jurisdiction and that it was good with regard to the economy while it is always sad to see someone moved out of their home he said he was satisfied with the gibson reports con clusion that a need for an airport exists mr morrison also told the tribune that he is upset with land use policy that causes good agricultural land to be developed he proposed the provincial govern ment do a land inventory and say to local govern ments if you want housing use this land and cut out a lot of the red tape vif candidate leslie griffin planning policy knocked uxbridge haphazard planning has come under fire recently by durham y north ndp candidate lesley griffin as she battles liberal clare morrison and pc bill newman before the september 16 polling as an example of poor planning by the davis government she cites the amount of farmland five million acres since 1951 thats gone out of existence ontario will be rlforced to import 60 per lucent of its farm products from other provinces this year she told the tribune in an interview i monday regional government isanother area drawing ms- griffins criticism the 23yearold political science student said regional government itself is fine but that no overall plan has been put into effect to regulate jt many rural area- taxesare up and no real services in return ms griffin said it is dif ficult for single municipalities to institute changes ms griffin a trent university student worked in ndp cam paigns for both bob i wayne and ed broad- bent with involvement in student politics over the years she feels the ndp is the only party that can bring real changes and all the ndp policies are based around concern for people she admits the ndp has an uphill battle to fight regarding -housing- ms griffin said there was a vast shortage while 110000 starts were needed this year only 75000 houses actually got off the ground she said on the proposed pickering airport ms griffin said her position was to halt any im mediate construction now and in the hear future arid reexamine the whole need for it the kind of planning ms griffin advocates is tojiave land allocated for each kind of development she said the ndp would take immediate action on the control of land by developers and speculators which is the major problem ms griffin also at tacked mr newmans record as environment minister saying there has been no real inquiry into the recycling of v gar bage as an example she said it is very dif ficult to find returnable bottles in the stores today she also cited the condition of two lakes in durham north riding itself lake scugog and lake simcoe saying they are pretty horrendous ms griffin said the liberals whole ap proach seems more of a personal attack in stead of zeroing in on the issues of housing energy and the airport police hews l i stolen truck found wrecked stouffville a truck reported stolen by a stouffville man was later found wrecked according to york regional police bruce cotton 19 of r r 1 stouffville had reported a truck- belonging- to his em ployer peter bishop stolen on august 22 four days later the truck was located by durham regional police abandoned later cotton admitted to driving the truck off the road himself i- tv taken a 20inch fleetwood colour tv was n reported stolen from the home of james meakes albert street recently police reported the set was worth 400 v windows smashed three eight by 22ihch plexiglass windows in a hut at bruces mill were reported broken recently johnny cash tic read the review of this book in ted wilcox column in the tribune aug 28th then read the book to bring a new challenge to your life book available now christian supply centre 170 aaairr st stouffville 640-1314- the tribune thursday sept 4 1j7s is pc william newman i m vv v- j 1 t uxbridge puttuig in 16 to 18 hours daily at present provincial environment minister bill newman of claremont is prepared a tough fight in the election on september 18 mr newman first fciected in 1967 is running for the durham north seat regarding his op ponents liberal clare morrison and ndper leslie griffin mr newman told the tribune as far as i know theyre very nice people i just hope its a clean campaign when asked to name programs- he was most projd of mr i newman mentioned a vredamatioh recycling program which he said was one of the biggest steps forward he also 1 mentioned a new grant program i- tos cigions mcreased subsidies to smaller municipalities who cant afford sewage and waterand the watts from waste program which be says hei is pushing very hard he also named the environment assess act pollution abatement act an antinoise program the great lakes cleanup and laws governing septic tanks however since first being elected he said my first concern has been my constituents the tribune asked mr newman whether he felt the provincial government bad done everything it can to to stop the proposed pickering airport mr newman himself has been an outspoken critic of the airport vx r he replied that the pc government has said that financial matters must be settled beforean airport is begun as happened in quebec in a recent conversation with federal transport minister jean marchand mr newman said marchand had told him it was our decision to build an airport and our locationif a mistakes been made its our mistake mr newman added that the airport is completely in federal jurisdiction and that he hasbeen personally opposed to the airport as to a charge by liberal- leader robert nixon- luat the r tory- government lacks -integrity- mr newman said that while the government isnt t perfect that as far as integrity goes i dont believe thats ever been a question inclosing he cited a statistic stating that ontario supplies 47 per cent of canadas gnp to show that the province had prospered under the tories r pro conservative picnicj fahtasyiand park n titir j i wsffe highway mo12whitby i septhilber7th j975 fun for v0un8 and old admission 2j5p per car i why drive and stan al shullv own stan lichman operate corporation because they have opened a specialized tire shop that analyzes your tire requirements to rt- jjftjrft est 1918 bring in your car for free analysis of tire condition j if you need tires theyll recommend the best value if you dont theyll jell you and give you v give maximum value pointers on tire care t come to their opening celebration fn and sat september 5th 6th meet al and stan there will be gifts for the family and a chance to win a set of kelly spnnceldstalinarkrailials at- ex corporation et1918 specializing in tires h wy 48 4 2 lyillees north pf hvv y j monday to saturday 8 am to 7 pm thurs fri 1 9 pm i master charge ywl 0888c 237r2877 7- c -a- v v r

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