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     For those of you who were not fortunate enough to have attended the meeting of the six 
     
     candidates for the Federal ridings of Hillsborough and Cardigan in Duffy_Amphitheatre on 
     
     Tuesday, October 10, - well, too bad; you lost one way or the other and probably both. You 
     
     not only lost a free evenings entertainment but you also lost the chance to familiarize your— 
     
     selves with the candidates and their programs (or lack of them). For more of the same, tune 
     
     in again this Tuesday evening when the candidates for the ridings of Egmont and Halpeque will 
     
     be on the "hot seat" in Duffy. 
     
    

    
     / Now! How in the hell do you write an article on this candidates' meeting that will do 
     
     it justice and at the same time be as unbiased as possible? The answer? You don't! We must 
     
     confess that the article will not do the meeting justice nor will it be unbiased. So, in our 
     
     inadequate and definitely slanted reporting, what we are attempting to do is to provide infor-» 
     
     mation and general impressions derived from our own personal experience. In this way, we 
     
     hope that those of you who were not there will be able to gain some insight into what took 
     
    
   
   
    
     place and be able to form some sort of opinion about the people, parties and policies of this 
     
     federal election if you have not done so already. ' 
     
    

    
     For the sake of convenience and space, then, what we have done is to summarize the 
     
     candidates opening remarks and then to list each one's stand on what we thought were the 
     
     major questions raised by the audience. Please remember that these are our own impressions 
     
     and that, therefore, nothing should be taken as a direct quote from any of the candidates. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ELE BTION ; 
     
    
   
   
    
     HEATH MACQUARRIE, PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, HILLSBOROUGH 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. MacQuarrie said that he was mainly concerned with unemployment and the methods 
     
     used by the Trudeau government to combat it. He also criticized the Liberals for not dealing 
     
     with the question of a constitution for Canada. He felt that a constitution was a necessity 
     
     and would facilitate legal entanglements between governments. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IAN GLASS, LIBERAL, HILLSBOROUGH 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Reverend Glass based his stand on what he felt was the progress initiated in the 
     
     and in the country by the Trudeau government. He cited the construction of new 
     
    

    
     the area and of the physical expansion of the university itself. He also stated 
     
     Opportunities for Youth programme was a prime example of the government's concern 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘with unemployment and with the nation's youth. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ETSEL ROSS, NEW DEHOCRAT, HILLSBOROUGH 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Ross stated that as far as he was concerned there was no difference between the 
     
     Liberal and Conservative parties~and that both had failed to do the job adequately. 
     
    
   
   
    
     FACTS and FANCIES 
     
    
   
   
    
     ACQUINAS RYAN, NEW DEMOCRAT, CARDIGAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Ryan began by stating that he was an ex—Liberal who had bolted the Liberal Party 
     
     when he came to realize that it was inflexible to new people and new ideas. He spoke with 
     
     passiOn of his trials within the Liberal Party and criticized it for its hierarchial 
     
     practices. 'He stated that the New Democratic Party was a "people-orientated" party, unlike 
     
     the other parties. He also called upon all political parties and candidates to publicly 
     
     reveal their sources of financial support. He felt that this could add even more insight 
     
     into the operations of the "CorpOrate Welfare Bum" that N.D.P. leader David Lewis has been 
     
     ‘critigizing in his campaign. (At this point, Mr. MacDonald, the Liberalflcandidate, was so 
     
     involved in the meeting that he just couldn't help yawning. If he was smart, that would 
     
     have been his final statement for the evening.) 
     
    
   
   
    
     ALBERT FRASER, PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, CARDIGAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Fraser stated that while he personally had some sympathy with certain planks in the 
     
     N.D.P. platform, he felt that the Conservatives and not the New Democrats had the only chance 
     
     Of replacing the Liberal government at the present time. He also felt no need to deny the 
     
     corporate link between the two major parties and the business community. According to Mr. 
     
     Fraser, he was hoping to deal with problems in the agricultural and fisheries sectors of 
     
     Cardigan riding.’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     DANIEL MACDONALD, LIBERAL, CARDIGAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. MacDonald also expressed interest in farming and fishing problems and stated that 
     
     he had already taken action to remedy some of the ills in these industries through his 
     
     former position as provincial Minister of Agriculture. He expressed confidence in the 
     
     Trudeau gOVernment and pointed increased grants to education and the construction industry 
     
     aS'examples of progress. He also supported the methods used by the Department of Regional 
     
     Economic Expansion to attract industry to_this province. 
     
    
   
   
    
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