Whitby Free Press, 27 Mar 1985, p. 7

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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27,1985, PAGE 7 Alternatives are needed, Libertarian candidate says People have to have an alternative to the three major political parties, Eugene Gmitrowicz, the Liber- tarian Party of On- tario's candidate in Durham West, says. The 48-year old Whit- by resident also says total tax deducted from his weekly paycheque was il per cent of his earnings. In 1985, he's losing 32 per cent of his earnings to the taxman. "That's a 300 per cent increase in the tax deductions from the time I started to work in "The government is wasting too much money, it's too big, we suffer from too huge an overhead of gover- nment," he says. The candidate and his party believe that government controlled businesses such as Brewer's Retail shouldn't exist and that legislation such as rent control ought to be repealed. Gmitrowicz says that rent control prevents the landlord from making a reasonable return on his invest- ment. "And everyone has the right to expect a reasonable return on in- vestment." And if rent controls stay in place in- definitely, "they will not be able to stay in business," he adds saying, "It is not the landlord's problem if the welfare doesn't pay enough to cover the rent." The Libertarian is also critical of the process of government. "Every time gover- nment has a problem, it bas a study," he says, accusing the three major parties of trying to solve problems by simply spending more money. And their desire to spend more money is doing nothing more than creating more financial problems for "the working poor who are the hardest hit by government taxes." "It's like feeding hor- ses instead of feeding sparrows," Gmitrowicz says. He also maintains that the public education system is a complete failure. 'I think our education system is failing because children are coming out of high school system com- pletely unprepared for the job market," he says adding that the provincial government could take its cue from the Europeans who have devised a more effective system of training skilled tradesmen. Gmitrowicz noted that in Europe, by the time a young person is 21, he or she is already a skilled tradesman, "while we are still sending them to community college." "It's a system that's not working." The candidate criticizes the gover- nment for not producing the final cost figures on the GO Transit com- muter rail system to Pickering and wonders "<whether we can afford it His party would also force Ontario Hydro to sell its excess electricity to the highest bidders, instead of discounting it. Type writer RENTALS also SALES & S ERVICE EUUENE MUivKUWItL1 that residents of _this this country," be said, province are being over- "And few poor people taxed without any have benefited.' discerable benefit. Gmitrowicz, a tool Gmitrowicz says that and dye maker for when he got his first in General Motors, also Canada after says that government is emigrating from too big, too wasteful and England in 1959, is unproductive. Sapeaking to You By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC - Ontario) Many of you may not be aware that Canada has a world-class space industry which currently em- ploys thousands of people and provides significant economie benefit to Canada. In fact, Canada is the only country where the industry sells more than the government invests in space. Thus, our federal government's recent announ- cement of an Interim Space Plan not only affirms its commitment to technology and in particular to the Canadian space industry, it is also a commit- tment to build on our existing strengths to foster economic growth and create employment. The major features of this plan are: -Canada's acceptance of the United States' in- vitation to participate in the space station program. The space station, which will be used by NASA for peaceful scientific and economic purposes, will be the predominant civilian space initiative of the remainder of this century and will alter dramatically many of the established ways of operating in space. Canada will be joining Europe, Japan and the United States in this initiative. -A statement of support for the implementation of a Commercial Mobile Satellite Communications System (MSAT), an industry-led joint endeavour involving Telesat Canada, a U.S. satellite operator, the Department of Communications and NASA. The system is intended to meet a demonstrated need for improved voice and data communications to vehicles, aircraft, ships and other portable stations for business applications in rural and remote areas of Canada. The decision to develop a proposal for the im- plementation of the RADARSAT Program, which involves an advanced remote sensing satellite system of special interest in resource industries. The interim plan will involve the expenditure of $8.8 million, which will be found within existing resources, and it is designed to lend to the develop- ment of a Long Term Strategic Space Plan by the end of this year. At that time we should have a bet- ter idea of the long term financial committment which will be required to the government. I would like to point out that our activities in space do have considerable spin-off economic benefits. Space activities demand state-of-the art capabilities in systems engineering, electronics, robotics (including artificial intelligence), materials, and engineering for harsh or extreme environments. This knowledge is often discussed in- to other sectors through the movement of people from the space program. ,,Iài

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