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Out on the streets What do the people think? now, and voters are close- didates. The Midland what some of the people Election day in Ontario is now just over two weeks Mark Kirkup The Liberals, but I don't think they should. I will vote for the NDP because they are working for the right things. Rae has a head on his shoulders. David Peterson looked silly the other night (during the debate). Larry Grossman doesn't have a chance. Making a statement MPP Allan McLean was given free reign of the Penetanguishene Rotary Club meeting last Tuesday. Rotarians have away. All three parties are campaigning in full speed Rod Assance_ The Liberals. I hate to say it but I am going to vote Liberal. Most of the people on Christian Island vote Conservative. This time the Liberals are the better par- ty. Larry Grossman doesn't have it. Bob Rae doesn't have the experience to run a majority party. been inviting the candidates to speak at Orser to solve dump problem Despite a request for a non-partisan delegation to fight the provincial govern- ment's order to dump North Simcoe's waste in Orillia, the proposed delegation cannot solve the problem and will therefore not try, said John Palmer, . sho was asked to lead it. Palmer added the delega- tion cannot possibly be non-partisan and will re- main inactive. The announcement was made yesterday afternoon, after a news conference called by Liberal candidate Butch Orser. Orser told reporters and Palmer he could see no way the lobby group could possibly be non-partisan. "Tf there's such a thing as non-partisan 17 days before an election, I don't know what it is," Orser said, adding he, along with Orillia city hall officials, could be more effective and efficient. "Tm prepared to go (to Toronto to talk with representatives from the Ministry of the Environ- ment) tomorrow," Orser added, "and the agreement I have to date from the Minister's office is they would receive me and a delegation from city hall." The Liberal candidate ex- plained further that he wasn't sure whether, because of that arrange- ment, he could bring Allan McLean and Fayne Bullen or their representatives along. Orser, Liberal candidate Nancy McDivitt The new government probably will be Liberal. I don't expect to see much change from the way it is now. This election was not necessary. I don't think that there will be much of a change in the standings. their regular luncheon meeting. Today's meeting will be the final one with N.D.P. candidate Fayne Bullen. "T have no interest in go- ing with McLean or Bullen, because in the past, they've buried the issue,' he added. "T want to do it (solve the dump problem) and do it fast. I don't need guys down there to slow me down," Orser said. ly examining the can- Times wanted to find out Stacey Brash I hope that the Liberals will form the government. I have talked my mother in- to voting for Ken Black. I heard him speak: he sound- ed good, and honest. Honest and open. He's the one who I would choose if I could vote. are thinking, so we took to Ken Webber There's no question that the Liberals will form the hext government. I will vote Liberal. I like what they have done so far. I am not sure that free trade is the be-all and end-all that the Conservatives say it is. I like David Peterson's wait-and-see attitude. the streets to ask: the next provincial Which party will form government? Diena Abel Is there much choice, | mean really? I think pro- bably it'll be the Conser- vatives again. I will vote Conservative. But I like the Liberal position better on free trade. As a small business person I am in- terested in the parties' small business policy. Ed Graham The NDP I hope. I will vote NDP. I have always voted NDP. I always like the party's policies. I'll stick with them again. We need a change of govern- ment. We need to vote out the party that's in there. P.C. party now strongest says Long The Ontario Progressive Conservative Party is now at its strongest, according to Tom Long, President of the Ontario Ee Ge Association. "The debate (last week's 'leaders' debate) was ex- tremely important because it demonstrated that David Peterson isn't as on top of facts and figures as he should be and that he isn't as on top of the issues as he should be," says Long. 'It's caused people to take a se- cond look." However, the second look still hasn't raised P.C. leader Larry Grossman's standing in pre-election polls. He is in third place behind Peterson and New Democratic Party Leader Bob Rae. "In the last two elections our party has ran third in the north in the week before the election," says Long, explaining once elec- tion day arrives, people vote for Conservatives on the ballot. "Polls aren't reliable," he says with conviction. Bullen greets members Long was in Elmvale Saturday night, to attend a corn roast and barbecue hosted by Tina Positano in an effort to let local people meet Allan McLean, Sim- coe East's current M.P.P. and Conservative candidate. "(Allan McLean) doesn't need any on the job train- ing. He knows the ropes," says Long, echoing a state- ment McLean has made repeatedly during the elec- tion campaign. "Al has been here a long time and has done a lot of things for the community." Long admits Ontario Conservatives have a lot of work to do before the September 10 election. However, he says the Con- servatives are running a well organized election machine. "We are much more confident of getting our voters out on election day than the other two parties. "If we just continue with our message you are going to see a lot of surprised faces September 11." Rights of civil servants NDP concern NDP Candidate for Sim- coe East, Fayne Bullen greeted workers from the Mental Health Centre as they left work last Friday afternoon. According the Bullen's campaign manager Bruce Buckley, the NDP can- didate was showing his concern for the over 800 members of OPSEU who are not allowed to par- ticipate in a provincial election because of a piece of legislation that was pass- ed in 1896. According to Buckley, Bullen and the NDP party feel this act must be changed to reflect todays needs and to guarantee the rights of 50,000 Ontario Civil Servants. Bullen reminded work- ers this issue was one of the major items included in the 1985 accord signed by the Liberals and the pro- vincial NDP. The issue of rights for civil servants is of paticular interest to Bullen since his wife Vera has been employed with the Ontario Regional Centre in Orillia for the past 20 years and as a civil servant, she has had to keep a low profile dur- ing her husbands bid for a seat in the provincial legislature. at the Mental Health Penetanguishene meeting the workers. ' 4 J Va YZ Meeting the workers Simcoe East New Democrat candidate Fayne Bullen spent last Friday afternoon Centre in He says his party will fight for the worker, and he arrived there when the shifts were changing, so he could meet both those go- ing and those coming from work. Tuesday, August 25, 1987, Page 7