The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

_A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 124 Canadas B est Conmuntoy Aewspaper" * CCNA Befter Newspapers Competition 1993 mmmpmmmmmsmcntmnomymwmy but unfortunately 1 MM@)MMMWMWWMmaWMAM;W. ho By BARB JOY Oakville Beaver Staff eniors at an allâ€"candidates meeting didn‘t hear much S about the possible erosion of their pension funds after the next election, but they did hear a lot about medicare. Semors allâ€"candidates meetmg Medicare tops seniors‘ concerns Candidates <vying for the Oakville/Milton federal riding in the Oct. 25th election talked at great length about medicare and its relationship to the federal deficit. They were addressing an audiâ€" ence concerned about the subject. About 100 seniors attending the Thursday meeting at River Oaks Recreation Centre listened closely to the candidates‘ views on the subâ€" ject. Willie Lambert said his National Democratic Party would fight hard to maintain all the beneâ€" fits that seniors have been accusâ€" tomed to under the medicare proâ€" gram. He pointed to the gradual 200Nonn8emwfld 416 )338-8313 p== 2290La horeRdw e827-786_J ) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1993 erosion of medicare as exemplified in the Progressive Conservative iniâ€" tiative inâ€"granting up to 20 years‘ protection of patents to large multiâ€" national drug companies, making the drugs they produce more expensive. "We spoke against patent proâ€" (See ‘Medicare‘ page 14) EA See our flyer for details . 48 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) Campbell brings campaign to town Tuesday Prime Minister Kim Campbell is coming to town on Tues. Oct. 19th and will make an address at the Oakville Centre on Navy Street at 12:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend the one hour session. Progressive Conservative Party organizers caution those wishing to attend, that parking in the area is at a premium and suggest using the Church Street parking garage as an alternative to area parking. INSIDE SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS Loblaws, Canadian Tire, Kmart, Food City, AP, Biway, Samko Sales, Ward Funeral Homes, Crafl Tree, Aikenheads Q\@NT O /‘ f “@c Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435â€"201