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Members of the Plummers Hardâ€"Hat Band march along in Saturday‘s bus pull for Big Sisters, sponsored by the University of Waterioo Engineering,Society. Students and local celebrities pulled the bus from the UW campus to Market Square in Kitchener to raise more than $4,000 for charity. 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Ontario‘s not the leader anyâ€" more.‘‘ And, noting some symbolic as well as real differences, he said "it‘s come down to the fact that Alberta now has two NHL teams and Ontario has only one.‘‘ According to Dr. Williams, this proâ€" vince has historically exercised its clout through economic means, in such areas as resources, transportaâ€" tion, finance and communications, and often through attacking the feâ€" deral government. But, ironically, he said the Davis goâ€" vernment is now forced to support the federal government on a major issue like the constitution due to its weaker position. Dr. Williams also said the NDP and Liberals lost or barely held onto their ground in last week‘s election for difâ€" ferent reasons, but all revolving around the question of leadership. (Continued from page 1) The Conservatives made leadership the issue, he said, and the NDP was unable to convince voters that the other issues were important. ‘‘They also had more vulnerable seats and not a particularly good TV image," he said. "They tried to take the approach that leadership doesn‘t matter, but the Conservatives manâ€" aged to package the question of leaâ€" dership (so) that it was hard to get around it." And the Liberals, Dr. Williams said ‘‘*were not able to convey the image of an effective, alternative team"‘ simpâ€" Prof analyzes election result Wed. April 1 & Thurs. April 2 6:30 â€" 9 p.m. Free Swim â€" Gym Activities and Tours available To the Waterloo Family Y‘s Open Discount on any full membership taken out during open house ly because they didn‘t present a team picture. â€" o He said it wasn‘t good enough for the Liberals to cite the province‘s problems without emphasizing *‘these are the people who can do something about it. The voters (provinceâ€"wide) didn‘t know who else they would get besides (Liberal leader) Stuart Smith. The Liberals could not make themselâ€" ves into a saleable alternative. The public didn‘t know what they were buying."‘ In any event, the local electorate at least knew what they were getting in the way of an individual candidate to represent Waterloo North. They opted for incumbent MPP Herb Epp, but one wonders if it was almost out of force of habit rather than any overwhelming enthusiasm for the candidate. The soâ€"called victory party at the Waterloo Motor Inn on the eve of Ist week‘s election was a subdued affair, with only about 50 wellâ€"wishers and campaign workers turning out. t Epp nonetheless appears to have a solid backing in the riding, no doubt partly due to his previous years in civic politics and as former Waterloo mayor. He beat out Tory candidate Bob Labbett, in his first campaign for any office, by 5,540 votes. In his acceptance speech, Epp spoke of some ideas he already has for the next provincial election.,, _ Labbett received 9,421 votes (for 37 per cent of the total cast) and thirdâ€" place finisher Bob Needham of the NDP received 3,641 (for 14 per cent). *‘*Maybe next time wé‘ll come up with a jingle," he said, "and maybe my kids can sing it instead of a Tory