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PAGE 10, WlE)NE SDAY,N MARCi l, I WHITBY REE PRESS GO will not go with Davis:Broadbent By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff The GO system won't be going anywhere so long as there is a Bill Davis gover- nment in Ontario according to the national leader of the New Democratic Party. Ed Broadbent, the MP for neighbouring Oshawa and federal leader of the NDP, was in Whitby last week helping to bolster the cam- paign of Durham West NDP candidate Hugh Peacock. Broadbent said that the long-awaited GO rail exten- sion east of Pickering through Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa would not be forth- coming because of Premier Bill Davis' desire to electrify the rail system. "Electrification will post- pone expansion," Broadbent told a news conference at Peacock's campaign headquarters. The incumbent Progressive Conservative government's desire to "concentrate on elec- trification" will mean more study and according to Broadbent, more study means postponement of the extension. The long-time Oshawa MP (who also represented Whit- by prior to redistribution before the 1975 federal elec- tion) said that in the 10 years he has been pushing for the extension he has been told by the Tories that the "issue has to be studied again." Admitting that the GO ex- tension would involve a large initial capital invest- ment, Broadbent said that the proposal makes "economic sense" in these Old west films at times of high fuel prices and interest rates. "The payoff to the economy is quite sub- stantial," Broadbent said. Hugh Peacock, the NDP's candidate in the upcoming March 19 provincial elec- tion, criticized incumbent PC MPP George Ashe for his statement that there are no local issues. Peacock said that the issues in Durham West, which is comprised of Pickering, Ajax and Whitby, revolve around the cost of water and sewer services, the cost of electricity and the burden of property taxes. Peacock said that the jumps in water and sewer rates and property taxes happened because the provincial government does not "adequately fund the regional government programs." He also accused the government of having "abandoned its commitmen- ts to the municipalities." Peacock said that the region's recent deferral of the completion of the second stage of the Pringle Creek- Corbett Creek Diversion Sewer was a prime example of this situation. The region, he observed, "cannct find adequate fun- ding locally." "Property taxes are not able to keep up to municipal services," he said. Broadbent was also critical of the property tax situation saying that the tax was originally designed to pay for the upkeep of roads and sewers. He noted that the tax was now used for more than these two proposals. Broadbent said that the property tax should be used for its original purposes and that other programs should be funded out of the cor- porate and personal income tax structure which he said was more progressive. ON Winning them over Ed Broadbent (left), the national leader of the New Democratic Party is seen here on the hustings with Durham West NDP candidate Hugh Peacock. They are talking with Mrs. L. Ratchford of Michael Blvd., Whitby. - Free Press Staff Photo EVENING MAKE-UP CLASSES MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR APPEA RANCE LEARN THE SECRETS- OF THE PROFESSIONALS Evening make-up classes in professional make- up application are being held at THE OSHAWA COSMETOLOGY CLINIC 18½ King St. East Oshawa Tel. 579-3398 I TYPEWRITERS REPAIRS & SERVICE 1 ALL MAKES DANFORTH TYPEWRITER Rentais. Sales& Service - - 408 Dundas Si reet West 2940 Danforth Ave Whitby Toront._ý=7 666-11-31 - est 1930 698- 589