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1 8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 9th, 1979 ELECTION ISSUES with IAN WILSON PORT HOPE - 87 WALTON ST. - 885-2416,885-2417 BOWMANVILLE - 68 KING ST. EAST - 623-2441,623-2447 The past, present & future. May 22nd is the time when the people of Durham- Northumberland will choose the candidate best qualified to represent interests in Ottawa and in Canada. This election is about the future of a united Canada and the issues it must face to keep united and continue to prosper. Through sound planning and responsible legislation, Canada's standard of living has improved continuously through the past decade in spite of a global economic upheaval. CONTINUOUS ECONOMIC GROWTH DURING DIFFICULT TIMES • Our standard of living has improved continuously • A recent OECD study ranked Canada second in "quality of life" amongst the 15 most industralized countries • Our GNP increased 32% in real terms • Personal disposable income grew 118% • Average family income is up 35% in real terms • Our 1973-76 growth rate of 9.9% ranked us third in the Western world • Our job creation rate of 8.8% (250,000 per year), between 1973 and 1976, was the highest in the world • Export trade grew dramatically, with a record trade surplus of close to $3 billion in 1977 • Private sector capital investment has run at about 22% per year, compared to 14% in the U.S. • Second quarter corporate earnings for 1978 are up 20% over 1977 • There are now 36 companies with sales of over $ 1 billion - six more than in 1977. THE FUTURE DEPENDS ON ENERGY There have been several Liberal initiatives taken over the past few years that have already begun to save energy on a large scale across Canada. Mileage staridards for automobiles have already been im- plemented andjby 1985, fuel consumption will be 20% less than the 1975 level. This saving is the equivalent of the output output of two oil sands plants! The Liberal government also ^established the recently- expanded Canadian Home Insulation Program. This program Covers up to two-thirds of the cost of materials when re-insulating a home. The savings to Canada could be 50 million barrels of oil a year or an equivalent of 1 Vi oil sands plants. This equals about a billion dollars worth of imported imported oil. DEVELOPMENT OF RENEW ABLE ENERGY The Liberal government is committed to the development of renewable énergy sources as part of a continuing coordinated coordinated program towards self-reliance by 1985. Ian Wilson, a Fellow'of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada, was Chief of the Medical Staff at Cobourg District General Hospital. He has been President of the Durham/Nofthumberland Liberal Association since 1974. After service in the RCAF from 1943 to 1945 V'attended McGill and Western'Universities, then practised in Quebec City from 1957 tô 1966-, He and Inis wife, Katherine, have four children, ' all at local schools. A member of the Northumberland and Newcastle School Board for the past 6 years, he was Chairman in 1977. Renewable energy sources will become more and more important important for us as dwindling supplies of oil become increasingly increasingly expensive. During the next 5 years, the Liberal government will spend $380 million towards this end. The Liberal government will build an unsubsidized solar industry industry which will create 15,000 man-years of productive employment within 5 years. The Liberal government will create a forest program to utilize, as an energy source, waste wood, which will generate 24,000 man-years of employment by 1985. The use of garbage as an energy source will also contribute to the energy budget by 1985. Certainly this will solve a great many problems for the future. THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY It is difficult to believe that the proposed expansion of Eldorado Nuclear in this 1 region ever became a dèbatable matter. Uranium néeds refining for Canada's Candu reactors, reactors, and Eldorado prefers the Port Hope site. Port Hope is the place! PETRO-C AN ÀDA . History will record that, the establishment of Petro-Canada by the Liberal government as one of the best things that ever happened in Canàda. Legislation with such foresight is something Canadians can be proud of for years to come. In an energy-hungry world, Petro-Canada releases our. nation from thepuch-too-powerful grip and self-interests of the multi-national oil companies. Petro-Canada is now one of Canada's oil majors and has about a half-billion dollar equity in the Syncrude oil project. It is now our experienced organization for securing oil directly directly from source countries. Petro-Canada is only responsible to the Canadian people, not international boardrooms. Petro-Canada profits are Canadian profits. The Clark-Tories would dismantle it, destroying a key element ot our National Energy Strategy and our goal of energy self-reliance by 1985. ; The Liberal government has a record of feeing the issues head-on with courage and responsibility. The Liberal government government must continue with its strong experienced leadership and solid realistic policies. ?U * > Ian Wilson. Authorized by the Official Agent of Dr. Ian Wilson Liberal Campaign, P.O. Box 330, Port Hope, Ontario Elect Ian Wilson IS Liberal Give Durham-Northumberland a'positive voice in Ottawa