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Harry Bright said his party’s major tenets of stress reduction and increased creativity and intelligence would reduce disease and cut medi- care costs in half within three years, saving $35 million annually on the health care budget. The Reform Party’s Richard Malboeuf reiterated his party’s stance that no Canadian will be denied health care for financial reasons, at the same time pointing to the closure of hospital beds in many provinces and the elimi- nation of some coverage of health care services for seniors. He noted that a country “on the verge of bankruptcy” can let people die. “Reform will save medicare and save the patient,” he announced. 'Jobson's Choice Pre Christmas Sale up to 193 Lakeshore Rd. E. (Continued from page 1) WWW Downtown Oakville 338-3095 (HUN! . HONMUIE ICANAC (”INNS 50% OFF He attacked the Liberals for declar- ing a Liberal government “would fix the financial problem without attack- ing social programs.” Malboeuf told the audience that after they were elect- ed in the past, the Liberals had broken every election promise they made. “We will never support legislatien that tries to fight the deficit on the backs of our seniors, our sick and our needy," said Malboeuf. Although some economies had to be made, Ann Mulvale noted that the Progressive Conservative government transferred $16 billion annually to the provinces for health care services and didn't believe that figure has decreased over the past two or three The Liberal policy that Bonnie Browri espoused is based on free uni- versal medical care and should not be subject to user fees. She suggested the formation of a national forum to keep medicare in place. Seniors at the meeting were con- cerned about the cost of multicultural- ism and in this matter Mulvale warned them to be careful about “knee-jerk reactions.” She pointed out that these programs cost comparative- ly little â€" the government spends only $25 million a year on them, of which $6 million fights racism â€"- and does a great deal of good by easing immigrants into our society. Without them, established Canadians would have to deal with newcomers who feel more alienated and foreign in their new country. On the other hand, the Reform party is committed to eradicating the multicultural program, maintaining that this should be the responsibility of the individual, not the government, said Malbouef. Brown agreed with Mulvale that getting lid of multicultural programs SAVE SOLES YOU SAVE MONEYsz BAD JOKES FREE STITCHIN would do little to reduce the deficit. Although born in Quebec, Malbouef also disang with the fed- eral Official Languages Act which made bilingualism mandatory for civil servants in some categofies. He noted a poll showed that 67% of Canadians found it divisive and 61% of that number were Quebec resi- dents. Another questioner wondered where English signs were in Quebec when southern Ontario had French signs along its highways. Although she was not satisfied with Quebec’s stance in the matter, Brown noted that our province “should not be as mean as they are” and that we should not lower our standards of tolerance. Malboeuf said many fiancophones are not in agreement with the French- only signs on Quebec's roads while Mulvale observed that the Liberals were the ones who passed the Act The owner of a small business asked the candidates what policies their parties would initiate that would increase his confidence to the point that he could start hiring people. Brown countered that the Liberals would contribute to municipalities Wanting to build up their infrastruc- ture through construction projects. After persistent questioning by one woman in the audience, she finally stated the $6.8 billion for this proâ€" gram would come from the eradica- tion of the PC helicopter deal and by cutting the military budget. Mulvale also defended the airport project which will put many unem- ployed construction workers back to work “a heck of a lot faster than the Liberals (with their jobs program) Tho Reform party’s platform includes funding to help small busiâ€" nesses, noted Malboeuf. While Mulvale strongly defended free trade and Canada’s role in it as a trading nation, Lambert lambasted free trade, vowing his party would eradicate the free trade agreement between Canada and the United States if they won the election. Ken Campbell, a Christian Freedom candidate who is running as an Independent because the CF party was unable to field the required num- ber of candidates, condemned all tra- ditional parties and their “atheistic agendas. Referring to the erosion of moral values in today’s society, he said: “I think grey power can turn it around”