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num annual contribu. y self - employed people $158.40 to $162. wo-per-cent increases in | mark the first applica. the formula hinging pen. the cost of living. )DEN UNDER SEA 'romwell current, a sub- river, was discovered eastward 250 miles 0 feet below the surface cific, in 1952. SON OPENS t the LER Y RI St. W.) on ian Art ns at your Gallery ~idl 10:30 -- 5:00 a in mm UL mma CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE ALBERT WALKER After four years in the driv- er's seat, 'Albert Walker, the 55-year-old former city alder- man, is propelling a hard-driv- ing campaign to retain his Progressive Conservative seat at Queen's Park. Mr. Walker has been an em- ployee of General Motors of Canada for more than 32 years and because of this and the fact that he is a card-carrying member of Local 222, United Auto Workers Union, he feels he holds a clear understanding of working class problems and ambitions. While constituents are ex- pressing major concern about steep municipal taxation -- Mr. Walker says he realizes the weight is on his shoulders to strive for relief and if re-elect- ed, he promises to do as much. SMITH REPORT "T would push for the early implementation of the recom- mendations of the Smith com- mittee's report on taxation with a view to providing relief for home owners and their muni- cipal tax problems," Mr. Walk- er told The Times. "I think the matter of heavy school costs and the over-all municipal taxation picture is possibly the most important problem confronting govern- ment today." One way to reach solutions to the taxation crisis would be for the government to call a municipal - provincial confer- emze to establish a system of priorities between the two gov- errimental levels in the field of expenditures, says Mr. Walker. *'This is one of the first things we have to do. Other items whiich will have to be given consideration at a very early date are regional government, housing and labor regulations +. .and by labor regulations I refer to injunctions and mini- mum wages in particular." IN JUNCTIONS 'Mr. Walker says ex-parte in- junctions "should be removed and the matter of injunctions should come under the juris- diction of the Ontario Labor Re lations Board and not courts. "T will continue my close cantact with my fellow citizens. Wee: have for the last two years had a full-time office at the /'yzer Building and I have at- ternpted at all times to handle the: many problems which have boen brought to me by consti- tus¢nts as rapidly as possible." "Though he has been delving into his election campaign over they last few weeks with all the political might and time avail- alble, he has been averaging a @ay a week handling constitu- e@ncy business at the same tame, In his campaign drive -- gen- erally directed at a cross-Osh- awa living room pitch -- he has teen wearing out his knuckles we get across his political signi- ficance. On the door-knocking trail he is most frequently asked ques- tisns on school costs and muni- cipal taxation. TAX RELIEF Basically, says Mr. Walker, nine-year member of city couns cil starting in 1955, the ques- tioning is "on more or less the over-all picture on the prospect of taxation relief as far as the home owner is concerned." He says considerable interest is generated over the basic shelter exemption plan pro- posed for implementation by the Smith Report. The saving to an Oshawa property owner is estimated to come to about $60 a year. "I think there is a great inter- est in this particular program and most people I've talked to ask that it be impl ited as tone A on it was that the "Liberal idea of taking over 80 per cent was an impossibility if the province is to continue to move for- ward." AREA GOVERNMENT To Mr. Walker, regional gov- ernment formations are a ne- cessity. "IT would like to point out I have spoken of the need for regional government in this particular area. In the 21-mile area immediately east of Metro Toronto there are seven muni- cipalities -- all of which are providing a duplication of serv- ices. It becomes increasingly obvious that in our best finan- cial interest we must give heavy consideration to imple- menting, regional government." He says he is in favor of quickly as possible." Mr. Walker also goes along with a Smith Report recom- mendation that the government take over 60 per cent of school costs. The provincial average now is 45 per cent. "Implementing the 60 per cent would bring about another marginal effect on taxes,' Mr. Walker said, adding a strong blast at the Liberal party's promise to assume 80 per cent of the cost. In fact, Mr. Walker says, during the last four years of parliament if there was ever one thing the PC party and the New Democratic Party agreed P up the pace in achiev- ing regional government but adds: "'I wouldn't say the Con- servative government (if re- elected) should use its power to implement regional govern- ment almost immediately -- but I think it should move for- ward." PROGRAM COSTS Mr. Walker feels the Ontario government must create a cer- tain amount of "social legisla- tion, but I believe also that we must have a limit in this re- gard. I've found an increasing number of people recently who have discussed with me the growing heavy costs with which LO LIBERAL CANDIDATE JAIMES POTTICARY TR we are faced in providing these programs. "As an example of what I'm getting at the Ontario hospital services program was set up in 1960 at an estimated cost of $164,000,000. In 1967, the cost of this program has almost tripled to an estimated cost of $468,000,000, "I believe we must provide for the needs of our people but we must give very serious thought to where we are going financially." MAIN ISSUES Asked what the main issues of the election campaign were, he said: "Municipal taxation, school costs, regional government, housing and labor regulations. These are the four things I'm mainly concerned with. The provincial government is well aware of the problems confront- ing the province today. It has shown through the years it is quite capable of coping with problems and I'm quite sure it will move forward on the pres- ent problems." In his last four active years in parliament, Mr. Walker has served on a number of stand- ing committees. They were, private bills, education, health, labor and government commis- sions. In the most recent ses- sion of the legislation he was elected chairman of the com- mittee on labor and in 1965 and UAW MEMBER, FORMER CITY ALDERMAN 1966 was a member of the se- lect committee on aging. "T've always had a very gen- uine interest in politics for a great many years. My first in- terest of course was as a mem- ber of city council for nine years and as far as provincial and federal politics goes I've always been a supporter of the Conservative party and when asked to be their standard- bearer back in September, 1963, I decided to accept the challenge I've always appre- ciated the support which my fellow citizens have given me during my various political ac- tivities,' Mr. Walker said. PROVEN RECORD About his party's political future he says it will win the election because it has proven itself to have a real govern- ment record. "The people appreciate the fact that they have received good government and they have a government in which they can place their confidence. This is not a government of promises. It is a government with a rec- ord of services. I think that over the past 20 years the Con- servative party in Ontario has provided programs which today show Ontario in the forefront of all the other provinces in Canada, "The philosophy of the Con- servative party in Ontario is to provide good government-- this I feel we have got." uO RIE Mn RE ALBERT WALKER Municipal-Provincial Talks On Spending Priorities Urged + » « Government Record Proven 1 sa MAKING DEBUT IN PROVINCIAL POLITICS Government Must Be Closer To Individuals' Problems JAMES POTTICARY « 2 + Modern Ideas, Available Giving Oshawa _ riding con- stituents a more personal say in provincial politics is only one plank in James Potticary's elec- tion platform. The 43-year-old Liberal candi- date has a conviction that the "little man'"' should have a big- ger chance to be heard. Mr. Potticary, owner, opera- tor and builder of a small gen- eral and life insurance firm in Osh , feels big b and big unions are slowly forcing individuals to the sidelines of the Ontario governmental scene. "We are committed to bring in an ombudsman," was one party campaign promise he spoke of in a recent two - hour interview with The Times. "The concept of government today of looking after people has to be approached different- ly. You've got to keep in real good touch with the people. If a fellow has a complaint against the government he should have somebody to go to." Mr. Potticary, an Oshawa Separate School Board trustee (he lost in his bid to be elected but was later appointed when a trustee resigned) is making his debut in provincial politics with what appears to be a_ better- than-average possibilities. He is a punchy, staccato speaker with a natural flare for ad libbing. PLATFORM Slightly more than six feet in NDP CANDIDATE CLIFFORD PILKEY grange gman height, the election platform he stands on is long, too. A partial list of revisions he and his party are pushing for would include: --a widening of divorce grounds to include desertion and habitual - criminal activity, among other things; --a reshaping of Ontario's common laws;' --legislation to force election candidates to reveal amounts of their campaign funds and eources; a cut-back in the cost of run- ning Queen's Park, namely through the appointment of an auditor general to screen ex- penditures and a reduction of cabinet minisetrs from 24 to 15; --a government take-over of 80 per cent of the cost of educa- tion and a. standardization of school building designs to cut construction preparation costs by eliminating a rash of archi- tects' fees; GOVERNMENT SLOW Mr. Potticary describes a Pro- gressive Conservative govern- ment as one consistently man- aging to be too slow on legisla- tive changes relating to pollu- tion, housing and education problems. "|. , and now I understand they are going to bring work- man's compensation in line. Why have they not been doing this for the last four or five years?" he asks. pinnate 'People on compensation have got to be paid a living wage. Today, they are rushing out of hospitals still injured." He feels that Albert 'Walker, seeking re-election as the Pro- gressive Conservative represen- tative for Oshawa, has not given the city a convincing voice in the legislature. "T think I can add a strong voice to the Liberal govern- ment (if elected representing Oshawa. Being in the insurance business gives me a good in- sight in the finances of indi- vidual citizens of this city.' PROPERTY TAXES The number one question he finds himself up against in his extensive door-knocking cam- paign is: When will the govern- ment do something to lower property taxes? "T explain that we (the Lib- eral party) would take 80 per cent of the education cost off the shoulders of property owners. First of all, we are going to spread costs around more evenly. Taxes on amuse- ments, liquor and cigarettes may go up. One thing we intend doing is introducing an auditor general and this fellow is going to study cost relations and if he finds we are wasting money -- he'll cut expenditures down." Mr. Potticary cites a, "small" corporation tax increase as an- other way of providing an equit- q RO MUL able solution to holding the line on property taxation. MAIN ISSUES He pegs down taxes, edu- cation and housing require- ments ('pretty well all tied up together") as the main issues of the election. "We say our platform is that no child should be denied higher education if they have the ability to get it. There should also be a good retraining pro- gram for adults and it should be implemented before it's too late. We feel the grade system should be done away with (to grant more educational atten- tion to slow learners and allow brighter children to advance more rapidly)." He favors abolition of univer- sity entrance fees. HOUSING And in housing, the recom- mendations are piled sky-high. One Liberal bonus to cope with sub-standard housing would be the introduction of a plan enabling 30-year second mortgages with a 5 per cent interest ceiling. "Don't force them out, give them a second mortgage." But if a house is beyond hope and is being éxpropriated as a part of urban redevelopment, Mr. Potticary says a home- owner feeling the effect should be entitled to an amount of money that could buy another home of the same value on to- day's high-cost housing market, The way to that solution, ac- cording to the Liberal party, would be found in a cross- Ontario establishmentof muni- cipal expropriation boards that would authorize more "equit- able" expropriation settle- ments. The party is also aiming to enter a rapid housing develop- ment scheme by engineering and building on a mass basis a modern, assembly-line type of house -- "which seems to be the big demand these days'. AREA GOVERNMENT Regional governments? Good idea by Mr. Potticary. The regional legislative concept is a recommendation of the con- troversial Smith Report on tax- ation brought down earlier this year by the Progressive Con- servative government. Mr. Potticary puts regional government in the pot-of-gold category. "I think you'll find all parties will be going after this regional government idea. "In the long run it's going to be cheaper." Existing problems he sees under the current legislate-by- yourself system are a lack of guidance, extreme expendi- tures, a missing knowledge of what school structures are in biggest demand and teaching annem cseinoeoegeeaeenne ene methods that have slipped bee hind the times, Mr. Potticary is a Montreal- born, ex-army man who brush ed with death when a bomb exe ploded near him while he and a Canadian unit held a position in Belgium during the Second World War. He spent three months in blindness caused by shrapnel, which also sprayed his legs. LOW BUDGET But he looks healthy in this campaign -- one in which he says his main asset is a good pair of feet. He has 85 volun- teers behind him and stumping funds are coming from staunch area Liberals. His budget is a low one. "People would be sure prised to see a successful came paign being run on the amount of money I run it on." He believes if his party is successful it will have been be- cause the leader is a "'young fellow" and that Liberals have "modern ideas for the second century that we know will work. The Conservative government has shown us they can go half way with the job. But the un- fortunate thing is they have te start promising the second half before an election". "Our party is made up of young, hard driving fellows from every walk of life. The are not the old-line party p ticians."" LABOR COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FORMER ALDERMAN Program, Policies Will Result In Economic Stability Laborman Clifford Pilkey is out to fashion a new career for himself in Ontario's election. The 45-year-old president for a decade of the Oshawa and District Labor Council and city alderman from 1962 to 1966 trailed the field in a seven-way Oshawa board of control race last December. But he appears more vigorous than ever in a fresh bid to pool his labor and municipal experi- ences into marketable provin- cial wares as he seeks election as the New Democratic Party candidate in Oshawa riding. In his first swing at provin- cial politics, he has mustered behind him a large election machine made from more than 140 volunteer canvassers (most- ly coming from the trade union movement). In a recent interview with The Times he said his chief ob- jective is to gain a plurality in this vote and "participate in the Ontario Legislature on a full-time basis". A holder of a variety of of- fices within the giant United Auto Workers Union Local 222 since 1950 (including the presi- dency post), he declined to say any more when asked if "full- time" meant he would resign from trade union positions he now has. Aside from being ODLC head man, he still is a member of Local 222's execu- tive board and in June this year was appointed to the inter- national staff of the UAW as a bargaining representative in Oshawa, STABILITY The 27-year employee of General Motors of Canada says the NDP party "has a program and: policies that would give re- sults in terms of economic sta- bility and many other social re- forms", He says his quest is to 'build 41 better future within our so- iety for all people. I want to lye part of a government of cre- itive common sense and one wommitted to planning ahead . .. beating problems before they turn into emergencies"'. He speaks of the party as one that "recognizes there is no 'economic Santa Claus" and that Itrigher living standards can only Tbe achieved "as the economy creates more wealth by using moré advanced technology". But the wealth, says Mr. 'Pilkey, "must be distributed stor the good of the people, not the corporate elite within On- 'tario"'. The party subscribes to a be- Hef that both public and private enterprise must work together. "We think that public enter- prise along with private enter- prise can join together in terms of providing adequate housing, as an illustration." Mr. Pilkey says if his party is elected to power at Queen's Park it would launch a rapid home development scheme by "private enterprise". As for the public enterprise portion of that plan, an NDP_ government would create a department of housing and urban development to look after the interests of urbanites in the same way the department of agriculture cares for farmers. FULL EMPLOYMENT Should Mr. Pilkey win the -veins of power, he promises a main personal objective to "fight for full employment, thus guaranteeing economic security 'for every worker and his fam- ily. I would also make every effort to stop the rising cost of living that has the effect of eroding the wages of every working man in this com- munity". He says he will press for re- lief in municipal taxation by having the province assume a greater responsibility in the cost of education, health, wel- fare and justice programs. Mr. Pilkey, tramping the hustings on a campaign budget of "not more than $6,000", ex- presses a strong view that a "definite relationship" must be established between wages and property tax . "Property tax is unfair. be- cause it has no relationship to income which means that there needs to be a drastic revision in our tax system to give the man in the lower income brack- et a fairer shake." COST OF LIVING What is the big question he encounters in his day-to-day door-rapping, campaign? "One of the most frequently asked questions is really what our party is prepared to do on the cost of living question." He says the query comes chiefly from housewives stand- ing in complete opposition to spiralling living expenses. "My reply is that we are really the only party that will do anything about it." The party recommends im- mediate formation of a con- sumer price review board to force companies to justify price increases. If explanations fail to meet. the board's approval -- the prices would stay down. "This review board would would also require landlords to justify rent increases; we would also have a consumers' bureau with effective power to check the quality of products, adver- tising claims, packaging and sales gimmicks, and to make its findings public." INTERVENTION Mr. Pilkey says the role of government intervention in pri- vate lives must be closely guarded in some areas of legis- lation but advanced long strides in others. 'In a truly free society, the state does not intervene in pri- vate lives -- save in truly ex- ceptional circumstances." Bill 99, the proposed enact- ment that raised the legisla- ture's roof several years ago, was a threatening intervention of the wrong sort. In that case, the NDP party objected ve- hemently to the bill -- which would have restricted the rights of every individual by giving police power to hold a suspect for questioning' over un- due lengths of time." The bill was never passed and former attorney general of On- tario, Fred Cass, was pressured into resigning. Favorable interventions could come in the form of a free den- tal plan for all children and controls over drug prices, Mr. Pilkey says. OMBUDSMAN The party also wants to give people a greater access to the working of government and new avenues through which to se- cure justice. For this it "pro- poses a parliamentary commis- sioner or ombudsman respon- sible only to the jegislature who would investigate. grievances against the activities of the pro- vincial government. We'd also have a public information bur- eau allowing citizens to tele- phone toll free on existing gov- ernment lines for information about taxes, pensions, and other matters relating to the provincial government'. The party aims to establish an administrative court to pro- vide a channel of appeal on gov- ernment decisions, including those boards and commissions which have been placed beyond the power of the regular courts, Mr, Pilkey says the main is- sues in the election are the Smith Report on_ taxation (handed down in the legislature recently); inadequate housing facilities and the high cost of living. "The Smith Report outlined a basic shelter. grant which claims to remove some of the inequity in our property tax structure. But this grant is nothing more than illusion be- cause the Smith Report also in- cludes a recommendation to re- view property assessments." He says the illusion can be seen best under the report's proposal to put money in one pocket while taking it from the other by increasing sales taxes, and drawing revenues from hospitals, churches, service clubs, theatres, haircuts and dry cleaning. "This does not offer any solu- tion to the municipal problem," said Mr. Pilkey. HOUSING On the question of housing, the NDP party is pledging the introduction of a department of housing and urban development that would undertake a crash program to erect 100,000 housing units a year in Ontario. One-fifth of this target would be set aside as low income rental housing. "We would allow more people the satisfaction of enjoying home ownership through relax- ation of financing restrictions and by attacking the real causes of high home costs, land speculation, inefficient building practices and red tape." AREA GOVERNMENT About the only Smith Report recommendation that impresses Mr. Pilkey is the one proposing establishment of cross - Ontario regional governments. How- ever, he does have one reserva- tion. 'The Smith Report said it could foresee five years of studies before implementation. It should be implemented fast- er than that, if possible." Mr. Pilkey says regional gov- ernment would probably result in more administrative efficien- cies by having one police force, one board of education and one fire contro] force all under one roof of general authority in a given area of adjoining munici- palities. Supplies could be pur- chased in bulk and duplication in costs and policies would be eliminated, Mr. Pilkey says. He also thinks that old-line political parties should agree to participate in municipal govern-. ment politics. "Under a party system at the municipal level they (the par- ties) would put forward a policy program and have them imple- mented (policies) on a party basis." In his only reference during the interview to last Decem- ber's civic election, Mr. Pilkey said: : "Fm not too sure that old- line parties don't run some kind of campaign already, but don't come out in the open about it. I think that all three parties should agree to do it." CLIFFORD PILKEY ss - - » Common Sense Required uu