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P>AGE 21. WEUNESI)AY, JANUARY 23, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS a - - Leadership is flot an issue with the NDP ]Rison says CINEMA WIIITBY 668-3618 JANUARV 21- 29 ONLY "RIUNNING"I Michael Douglas YANMK S"- Vanessa Rodgraves COMPLETE FROM 7:00 Chiidren's Mattines SAT. 1:30 P.M. ALL SEATS JAaK & s-0 THEI BEANSTOCK tario Riding NDP candidate Geoff Rison proclaimed that "with a leader like Ed Broadbent, the New Democratic Party is higher than ever. " "Even Most Tory newspapers, " hie added, "have acknowledged that Broadbent has been scooping the Liberals in op- By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff The issue 0f leadership that has tended to divide the major political parties in Canada over the past few years does not appear to af- fect the New Democratic Party. Addressing a gathering of party faithful Sunday, On- Is Pleased to Introduce... Oshawo's only AD UIT Disco Dance Club at the PAUL GIOVIS GALLERY 44 Richmond St. E Oshawa DINING & DANCING TO 3 A.M. TUESDAY TO SATURDAY Affer theotre men'u avoulable from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Alil new sound and light systemr... 300 square foot dance floor ress Code in Effect - Licenced LLBO 'tii 1 A.M. NO COVER CHARGE -STARTING THURSDAY JANUARY ls "TRULY A INING/DANCING EXPERIENCE" 44 RCINONDST, E, OSHAWA 579-5609 Election Leasing1 Monthly, 1980 posing mre prîvatization of PetroCan. " Rison, a geography teacher at Dunbarton High Sehool in Pickering, said that people "0of every political stripe"~ have toid him that Broadbent is the only viable choice. "Look at it this way," Rison said, "If Mr. Trudeau gets elected, he'll quit. He's already said so. And Mr. Clark has weathervaned 50 often since the last election it's hard' to know which way he'lI. face in the morning. " "But Broadbent's policies are a known quantity," he claimed saying that "NDP policies are made by NDP members not politicians. Our statements. are not discretionary. They're not devised by 'back room boys' for the most political ef- fect. " Rison said that when he heard Pierre Trudeau's platform he believed that the -latter hiad become a member of the NDP. "When I heard Mr. Trudeau's platform a week ago, I thought he'd changed parties. No wonder, he waited so long to announce it -his plataform's straight NDP policy, " he said. Saying that the Liberals had "cribbed" programs from the NDP Rison claimed that his party's policies for tax r elief had been taken out of context by the Grits. "It becomes an unweildy as a policy," he' said, "When taken out of the framework the NDP has built to pay fotf ison also said that the NDP's policies are founded on a restructed tax base. "Instead of individuals supporting unemployment insurance," he said, "The NDP believes that corporate tax dollars should finance our programs. " Rison claimed that the Progressive Conservatives and Liberaîs are "boath to tax their friends" and quoted the Ford Motor Comi- pany as having donated $47,500 to the Tories and $35,700 to the Grits over three years to 1977. It used to be believed that eating liues of the valiey would strengthen the memnory. WHITEHOUSE MOTORS USED CAR SALES DaiIy, Yearly George Whithouse Bill Whtohouse TH IS WEEK'S SPECIALS! 1973 VALIANT 4-DR. 1975 VEGA One of a kind, automatlc, PIS, PIB, radio, Automatic, radial tires, 33,000 miles, oniy 38,000 miles. Lic. AXZ 406 body like new. Lic. LFB 812 $21959 $1888 1975 ELITE 1977 H ON DA CIVIC Automatic. air conditioflifg, P/W, Iuxury 45,000km., 4speed & ceafl! Lic. OXJ 346 interior, 5050 seats. Lic. MTR 021$3 9 $2395$39 146 BROCK STREET NORTH WHITBY 666-1113 Questionnaire CONT'D FROM PG. 11 beconie obscured in a systemn which placed more and more emphasis on executive and bureaucratie control. Powers traditionally held by Parfiament were graduaily reduced; the level of input from the indivdual meniber deciined, ultimateiy reducing their abiity to fuifili their responsibilities as representatives. The Government followed through on a major cani- paign promise by tabling its position paper on Parliamentary reform in Novernber. The refornis would extend substantiai powers to the House of Cominons committees, increasing their abiiity to effectively investigate governient proposais and administration. Private members of the Commons would assume a more active posture and thus ailow Parliament more responsibiiity to act as a truly representative body. In addition to providing greater resources to the in- vestigative committees in order to monitor gover- rnment spending and operations, we recommended allowing private membersgreater opportunities to introduce and pass their own legisiation. Ours were the first significant reforni steps Parliament say in ten years. Trudeau regarded MP'S as "nobodies". We disagree. The House of Comrnons is the backbone of ail government and must function as such. The PC's intend to ensure that power is brought back to Parliament. Posma Most constitutional discussions centre on the reiationships between provincial and federai governments. Libertarians believe that con- stitutionai change must involve a redefinition of the relationship between the individuai and gover- nments at ail levels. To this end, a Bill of Rights, protecting individuals from government action miust be put into force. Rison Again, constitutional reforni is not a burning issue on the hustings. People are more worried about their mortgage payments and the price of gas than repatriating the BNA Act. The NDP would like to see elected delegates to a national convention on the constitution, rather than government officiais or provincial premiers. Bill Davis may know the feelings of Brampton on reforni, but he has no right to speak for Ajax, Moosonee, Whitby, KIlilloe, Pickering, Dryden, or Armstrong. A new con- stitution must contain language rights for al minorities, the right for ail Canadians to question confederation, the right to equality of opportunity in the job market, in education, and in every other facet of life. Medicare should be a right guaranteed by our constitution. --i