Whitby Free Press, 1 Oct 1971, p. 3

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, Wednesday, October 2Oth, 1971, Page 11 "There is a simple yet prof ound difference between Their Ontario and Ours. Theirs has meant privilege and bene fit for the few,. Ours demands that peo ple run their own lives. Since the NDP, more than any other party, ws The People of Ontario, Our Ontario is Your Ontario - anÎd an NDP Govern ment ws the oniy way we can make it happen." - Stephen Lewis, August 19,1971 Their Ontario: Your Ont ario: In Conservative Ontario, our larges( industry bas become a bloated administrative nightmarc ...lacking concern for the hunian potential of its students .. . paid for by the people who can afford it least.. so much mioncy for such littie benefit. ln Consenvative Ontario, car insurance is a corporate picnic - and you pay for il. More than 200 private companies load s0 many costs and so nuch profit into your prerniurn that only 65 cents of each dollar is returned in compensation (Saskatchewan*s public plan returns 85 cents) ... ith a new -no-fault< feature that does not include.property damiage 7()'( of all daims! In Conservative Ontario, the Goverumeut has done nothing to offset Ottawa's punishing policies . .. has proportionately produced fewver ncwý, jobs than Manitoba ... has continued their hand-outs and selI-outs to foreign corporations ... has continued to feed industries that employ few people at the expense of those that employ nany ...and donc it ail \wth public money. ln Conseri ative Ontario, taxes arc allowed to go up, corporate profits are allowed to go up, rents arc allowed to go up. interest rates are allow~ed to go up - and the wrong people keep paying, for it. lu Conservative Ontario, foreign ownersbip swells and saps our ability 10 run our owu lives ...outside control of Canadian jobs. education and culture is allowed to grow. while the Tories close their eyes and their minis, and do nothing. ED1JCATION CAR INSURANCE - w' JOBS THE COST 0F LIVING INDEPENDENCE MEDICARE In Conservative Ontario, we pay the highest premniums ini the country' for the fewest benefits, while a profitable weîter of insurance companies reap the rewards, and neither patient nor doctor can dlaim satisfaction. ln Conservative Ontario, pollution is measured not cured . .. corporations are warned . not punîshed .. . laws are piecemneal and puny ...and citizens, not companies, are made to feel responsible. THE ENVIRONNMENT An NDP Government wiIl shift emphasis front real estate to real peope ... offer equal opportunity to the workers and the privileged ... expand the number and quality of our teachers and resource people ... spread the costs fairly to include taxes on corporations. An NDP Goverument will guarantee a publicly-run plan sold with the car license.. Iower the cost (by 15 - 20,7r ), expand the coverage, speed the payments for everyone in the accident, and for ail liabilities . . . eut the fat and kili the private profit . .. provide 100% no-fault ... legislate strict car-maker controls to elirninate sorne dangers right at the source! An NDP Government wiIl encourage an economny planned for the good of the many rat her thtan profit for the few ... aid areas where the labour is.. promote manufacturing here (instead of exporting resources to niake nloncy and jobs in the U.S.) ... raise the minimum wage to at least $2.50 an hour. reduce the \vork week from 48 hours to 40 without loss in pay . .. and. \vork toward a tuaranteed income for every family! A,ýn NDP Governiment wiIl continue Io work toward a fairer distribution of taxes . . . create a Rent Beiwloard . . . create a Prices Review Board . . . ecate an Ontario Land Bank t() stunt real estate speculation . .. create a Con sumrer*s Bihl of Rights. . . g-ive aid to co-ops and credit unions .. . create a fair tax system -- based on abilîty to pay, rather than ability to evade! An NDP Governiment wilI act to reverse the giveaway bef ore if becomes t00 lae ... with an Ontario Development Corporation to cbannel monev and g-rowth where we need it. . . a take-over review board to safeguard our birthrip-ht and restore Canadian control crown corporations in selected natural resources . .. a code of decent corporate behaviour ... and, no more unnecessary incentive grants to foreign-based companies! An NDP Government wili implement a single, simple Healthcare Plan available bo evervone ..financed by a low premniumn (less than one-third thc present cost for families, less than one-haîf for singles) and a fair tax structure ..paying for ail medical and hospital buis . aIl prescriptions. children's dental care, and home nursing care! An NDP Goverument wilJ enact tough laws f0 prevent pollution and punish pollutes.. . forcefully act to conserve al] non-renewable resources ... safeguard the victims of pollutions through financial aid and re-training ... create a crown corporation to produce and market effective pollution abatement equipment! Make it Your- Ontario. VOTE NDP. F'or information caII Whtby:668-9811 Bay RidgeS:839-4650 Ajax:942-8501 Authorized by Ontarîo South NDP

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