Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 17 May 1979, p. 8

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the examlner Thursday May 17 1915 Metro courtsbip key to 24 Sussex Drive TORONTO CP With the whirlwind courtshi almost at an end 800000e1igi le voters in Metropolitan Toronto prepare to make choice that observers say will open the door to 24 Sus sex Drive After eight weeks of ardent wooing by Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark and Ed Broadbent the latest polls show the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives running neck and neck in Metro with the New Democrats in third place The leaders have concen trated the pursuit of votes in southern Ontario v7 par ticularly in Metro where many of the 23 seats are wide open With the Liberals strong and the Conservatives weak in Que bec and the reverse true in the West Ontarios 95 ridings are the key to majority govern ment in Ottawa The result particularly in To ronto may provide the turn of the key to the prime ministers residence Trudeaus campaign has taken him through Metro six times cresting in midMay with rally at Maple Leaf Gardens that drew an estimated 16000 with 3000 in thestreets Clark kept six dates in Metro speaking to the Empire Club pumping hands on the streets and bolstering the campaigns of Tory contenders TOOK T0 STREETCAIL Broadbents come and gone nine times with his search for votes takinghim on anoldfash ioned streetcar stump May 12 through six ridings to culminate fourvday Metro drive Plans for the last leg of the cam aign remain flexible for the eaders although spokes men for all three parties said the crucial areas would provide the focus CBCcommiSsioned poll re leased Monday shows that Lib erals have caught the Tories in Metro each party holding 415 per cent of the decided vote and the NDP with 16 per cent Less than month ago an other CBL poll showed the Con servatives had 18percent lead with 402 per cent How ever the poll was taken before the leaders televised debate Sunday and that debate left Metro Liberals and New Demo crats saying the scales were tipped in their favor Redistribution has increased Metro ridings to 23 from 21 since 1974 when the Liberals won 17 and the PCs and New Democrats two each But things changed last ctov ber following five Metro byelec tions that saw the Liberals lose four seats to the Conservatives with the other retained by the NDP NDP STRENGTH UNKNOWN The New Democrats remain the intangibles capable of making the outcome close if they can score heavily here Also unreadable are the loyalties of Metro voters known for changing allegiances between elections PreeleCtion jitters cited big factor in dollar slide MONTREAL CP The Ca nadian dollar is wavering near the 86cent US level for the second consecutive week and financial analysts point to pre election jitters as major wuse for the currencys slide from last months 87cent level As one trader put it Theres nothing like an election to cause uncertainty in the currency markets and Canada is no exception The Canadian dollar closed at 8649 cents US Wednesday up from Mondays close of 8604 and 8621 last week In April the dollar was trad ing actively in the upper half of the 87cent level where it peaked at 1979 high of 8775 cents Oil reserves high inter est rates and improved trade figures were among reasons given for the strong rally and analysts had forecast the cur rency would stabilize near 87 cents this year MAY DROP MORE Now bank traders are saying Canadians can expect the May elections to push the value of the currency down few more notches The odds look like weaker Canadian dollar said To ronto analyst referring to re cent poll where decided voters The campaign circuit Leaders plan final OTTAWA CP Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark will spend his final days of campaigning for next Tuesdays general election in Calgary and his nearby home riding of Yellowhead Prime Minister Trudeau winds up his weeks travels in Toronto and Liberal head uar ters say no decision has en made whether he will return to Ottawa Saturday or Sunday NDP leader Ed Broadbent is in Northern Ontario up to Thursday evening and unof fieial reports say hell go to Newfoundland Friday Supports PCs OTTAWA CP The Ot tawa Journal has thrown its support to the Progressive Con servatives for the May 22 gen eral election The newspaper which de scribes itself as independent N3 OR 17 33 OVAL 28 OVAL OPEN ALL WEEKEND ONLY$5 16 32 RECTANGULAR DIVISION Conservative and has sup ported the party consistently says that despite some reservations it is emphatic in urging election of Con servative government with Clark as prime minister In an editorial Tuesday the newspaper said vote for Clark is an act of faith in Canada which deserves better in 1979 than another tired government In Riding CHARLOTTETOWN CP Veterans Affairs Minister Dan MacDonald just recovered from heart attack and re leased from an Ottawa hospital returned to his riding Wednesday for his first shot at campaigning in the May 22 general election MacDonald who is running in the Cardigan riding against Pro ressive Conservative can idate Wilbur 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dollar moves and New Democrat Goerge MacFarlane was nominated last month at convention in nearby Montaque even though he was unable to attend Tooold regime CALGARY CP The Hcr ald citing the incredible er ratic economically lacklustre tooold regime of the Liberal government has come out in support of the Progressive Con servatives In an editorial published Wednesday The Herald says other newspapers have sup ported the Conservatives almost despite their leader Joe Clark Clark who worked for The Herald as reporter in the summer of 1957 is solid shrewd man with good candi dates from which to pick cab inet the newspaper says 7370791 695 OTTAWA News sto ries about the federal election printed or broadcast next Mon day or Tuesday will not be con sidered prohibited election day advertising election commis sioner Joe Gorman said Wednesday But two Alberta newspapers have been told not to publish candidates replies to open ended questions planned for in clusion in special election sup plements to be distributed Mon day he said However that ruling does not affect election news stories car ried or broadcast by the news media Gorman said Nor does it apply to general campaign roundup stories on what has already been said or done by candidates The general election is Tues day Calgary Herald and Edmon ton Journal were told that un der the Canada Elections Act they cannot publish the replies which were interpreted as ad vertising by candidates who under the act are not allowed to advertise on or the day be fore an election OTHERS ACCEPTED The uestion the Journal had plann to carry replies to was What is your stand on issues of particular impact in your con stituency The other three questions being put to all Edmontonarea candidates were acceptable Another official said such openended questions were an invitation to candidates to re sume campaigning PCs say Trudeau lying in service cut claim By THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Trudeau said Joe Clark has changed his mind about reducing the size of the public service by 60000 persons over threeyear period The Conservatives imme diately denied the charge and said Trudeau is lying Conservative Leader Joe Clark meantime told Mon treal audience only his Tories can explain Quebec to the rest of Canada and the rest of Can ada to Quebec Trudeau speaking in Sault Ste Marie Ont said Clark has turned his back on Quebec ln Oshawa New Democratic Party Leader Ed Broadbent spent the day seeking votes in next Tuesdays federal election in his own constituency Trudeau mentioned the al leged change of mind on the blic service as he continued is charge thatClark waffles on many issues He said that Robert de Cotret Tory candidate in Ottawa said the public service reduction would not go ahead for at least three years CALLED LIAR Tim Ralfe Conservative spokesman said in Ottawa that Trudeau was lying and the party policy remains un changed Trudeau apparently mis interpreted an article in an Ot tawa newspaper in which de Cotret said the reduction could take longer than three years Clark told rally of 2000 that he is the only national leader capable of explaining the real ity of Quebec to other provinces and the reality of other prov inces to Quebec Trudeau had lost his credibility outside the province Trudeau said Clark has lost the support of Conservative candidates in Quebec and only the Liberals can help turn aside support for separation of the province Broadbent brushed aside charges that the United Auto Workers union in Oshawa is pressuring its members to sup port the NDP He said he had heard the charge before and it is rubbish He also said it is an economic scandal that the federal government has not forced the auto industrys Big Three to expand parts production in Canada DOL BROS SOD LTD SPECIALIZING IN QUALITY SINCE I958 MARION AND KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS WHOLESALE RETAIL LOADED ON YOUR TRUCK OR WE DELIVER RADIO DISPATCHED sount on am no 21 war on no 13 con V2 MILES ON SOUTH SIDE 4584353 TORONTO LINE 3649609 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