JOHN TURNER  We must not fear what is new  1. General  We must not fear what is new. We are the most fortunate cluster of people on the face of the globe.  We must believe in ourselves and in our country.  Together we will welcome the future with courage and conviction and confidence.  I commit myself to promoting a new harmony in our country; among our regions, among our provinces and between the workers and business; less confrontation and more conversation and consensus... I will lead an effective government, a cost conscious government, but a sensitive and compassionate one that will be dedicated to growth and stability. I will lead a government and a party that is open, accessible and accountable. I will be responsive to our Parliament and conscious of our legislatures, and I will be committed to reform, to the equality of all Canadians, and the equality of opportunity everywhere in our country.  We must have excellence in government where our best ideas and our best people can be attracted, in the service of our country.  I believe 1 have what it takes to do the job. There is nobody in this leadership race who has enjoyed the combination of public and private service that I have had in this country.  I have had fourteen years of service in the Parliament of Canada. including ten as a Cabinet Minister. For the last eight years I have been in private life a legal advisor to businesses, big and small, in this country and around the world.  I know and understand the concerns of business and labour. When I was Minister of Finance I was elected by the member countries of the International Monetary Fund to be Chairman of its Executive Committee.  I believe the search for excellence needs to be at the centre of all our achievements. Excellence in individual achievements, in business and in government, which pushes us  to continually seek better and more creative ways of doing things. Excellence pushes us to leave no stone unturned in achieving our goals. It makes us strive for perfection as we compete at home and abroad.  I have returned to public life because I have a mission: to lead Canada back into growth and to restore national confidence and harmony.  (M)Sl. John's -April16.984 P-2)Sauft-Stt-Mane - May 31'-i934  2. Acid Rain  I am among the ten or fifteen people in this country who have canoed virtually every major waterway in the country, and right into the Northern Territories. I do not want to see that heritage sullied and perhaps lost forever.  We are not pure and we have to look towards cleaning up our own air and our own water, at a pace that makes sense in terms of the costs, and we have to move towards escalating our negotiations with the United States.  1 would move to see the President and say 'look how about a clean air treaty'.  But we've got to go to the United States with clean hands. We've got to clean up our own act too.  I will sell your wheat  3. Agriculture  I will sell your wheat.  The greatest risk takers of all Canadians are the farmers. They are at the mercy of elements beyond their control... the weather, the soil, inflation, high interest rates, low commodity prices and cut-throat competition.  We must look at increased borrowing authority under the Farm Credit Corporation, increased flexibility on cash advances for the grain stored on the farm and again possible reduction in fertilizer costs because of the taxation affecting natural gas. and the costs that go into fertilizers.  We were selling in many countries in the world; the markets are out there. The markets are there  to allow diversification here too; it does not need to be just wheat, it can be many grains, and it can be many other kinds of food. I thing it is very important for us to move towards diversification.  We must give small business and small farmers the incentive to produce more. They must be the engines that drive our economy and create our jobs. Farmers need more cash flow. fewer regulations, more freedom to exercise their talents and entrepreneurial skills.  New technology must be harnessed for the benefit of the farmers. The agricultural sciences must be made to embrace them. The new Hydrology Laboratory in Saskatoon is a step in this direction - a step to make the farmers more competitive and to provide them with new products to meet the new demands of our customers.  I believe in bilingualism.  4. Bilingualism  f believe in bilingualism When I was Minister of Justice I piloted the Official Languages Bill through Parliament. (successfully negotiated with the four western Attornie-Generals so that they wouldn't challenge that Bill before the Supreme Court of Canada. I am deeply committed to the principle that Canadians have the right to communicate with their federal government in the official language of their own choice. My commitment remains as strong as it was then, and I am pleased that the thrust of the Official Languages Act is now incorporated in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Bill 10» went too far. f can understand the Government of Quebec wanting to protect the French language, because Quebec and the people of Quebec are living in an island of English speaking people in North America, and they need that protection, but it went too far and it limited the fundamental rights of the English speaking minority.  I would like to see the Charter and the recognition of the equality of the language better reflected in Quebec '  (think the goal should be to restore the accessibility of the English speaking minority to the full rights of the English language in this Province.  While I would think it would be good for Canada, and good for Ontario to have the extension of the French language services in Ontario, it is clearly a matter for the Legislature of Ontario, hopefully in cooperation with the three political parties, to reach an accommodation that would satisfy the people of Ontario. We are dealing with something that goes right to the heart of our national unity, and the best solution is a publicly agreed upon solution and not a Judicially imposed one.  We need an urgent review  5. Crown  Corporations  We need an urgent review of all Crown corporations to determine which need to stay under government ownership and which are much better suited to the private sector.  Crown Corporations that remain under public ownership must be subjected to much firmer control and accountability to Parliament '  Canadair and de Havilland;  these are prime examples of what can go wrong when the government gets into commercial businesses and fails to exercise proper supervision and control. Before these companies have stopped losing money t venture to say it will have cost us 5 billion dollars. Both companies are, however, producing good aircraft and we must ensure that these lines stay in production as long as they can be sold in world markets. The long-term future, however, lies in co-production with the few major manufacturers left in the world.  Petro Canada; I believe there is a role for a 'state-owned company in exploration and development It gives government a window on what is going on in tine oil and gas business. I believe Petro Canada should be given a clear mandate to operate with a view to profit Otherwise there is no clear discipline for management and no way to judge its efficiency.  Peace Is a concern to all of us  Defence-Cruise Missile - Peace  I wilt follow in the footsteps of our last three leaders in the search for peace and international stability. I will seek ways to take advantage of the momentum generated by the initiatives of Prime Minister Trudcau - ways to give it a new thrust.  Peace is a concern to all of us. The old fears of war have been replaced by an even greater fear - fear for the survival of the human race. The devastation of modern weaponry defies the most fertile of imaginations, '  ... In terms of defence policy. we must fulfill our commitments to our European and American partners in NATO. We have to fulfill our commitments to the United States in our mutual defence of this continent... whatever that takes in reasonable budgetary terms. I would want to fulfill.  I believe that the government made the correct decision in allowing the testing of the cruise missile. It is an unarmed missile, it is in furtherance of our treaty obligations to our European allies and our European partners and if we are going to have any influence in working towards world peace, we first of all must fulfill our commitment to our NATO allies.  And then having done so (tested the cruise), we can use the leverage that that commitment gives  us, to move as the Prime Minister has been moving, towards promoting a multilateral disarmament conference and multilateral disarmament agreements.  I believe, that unless this country fulfills its obligations internationally, it will not have the clout for credibility to argue towards general disarmament.  Regulatory bodies should be careful  7. Deregulation  Where a service to the public must take the form of a monopoly or a virtual mono regulatory body to protect the interests of the public is essential respite new forms of long-distance competition the telephone service remains a monopoly both a: TV local level and in long distance telephone service. In broadcasting the limited availability of TV channels and radio frequencies prevents the fn» say of competition from holding swsk These are just two examples WERE regulation must continue.  o'Regulatory studies should be careful not to percetuate monopolistic situations in the face of changing technology of new commercial developments. They should not see it AS their function to protect the people they are regulating. This is a constant danger wherever regulatory boards and commissions exist *  It would be foolish for Canada to try to ignore the U.S. example of the benefits that can accrue from casing up on outdated regulatory regimes in aviation.  8. Economy (general)  Throughout the next decade and perhaps even longer, our basic task as Liberals and as a government is to give priority to the economy.  It is growth that will allow us to afford better protection for the disadvantaged and to pass on the Liberal heritage of compassion for the less fortunate members of our society.  There is a very simple principle underlying growth, one that we have perhaps had a tendency to forget; that is the pursuit of excellence.  We are going to have some stability in our economic life, and some predictability so that capital investment can be made on the assumption that the rules are not going to change in the middle of that investment.  No economy can survive and grow with aged machinery and plants.  No economy can survive and grow by government alone.  No economy can survive and grow without managing the new technologies.  No economy can survive and grow without a well-educated and well-trained work force.  No economy can work where government does not reach out to its partners in the economy; business and labour, It is particularly important that workers, organized or not. be made part of a national partnership, and that joint efforts be made towards further efficiency, competitiveness, more safety at work, enhanced quality of work and job satisfaction.  National economic policy must be predictable and stable so that businessmen and women feel confident enough to invest. Investment is necessary for  JOHN TURNER  expansion - expansion is necessary for growth - growth is necessary for jobs, 4  I have no problem philosophically with a mixed economy, t have no problem with business/government co-operation and with properly conceived and properly controlled crown corporations. I do believe that the market works... and that job creation must be accomplished fundamentally through businesses in the private sector, particularly, small businesses. Our efforts should be channeled to provide the right climate for business.  The Liberal Party recognizes that the rote of government in the economy must evolve, and government must adapt to a changing world. The government's role is to facilitate and simplify things.  Ultimately, our economic strategy must be to excell in everything we do.  On the revenue side. we are expecting a revitalization of the economy so there will be growth in revenue which will help to re-establish the balance. ^  Deficit  Without getting into what the deficits do to us in terms of impeding investment, keeping interest rates high, jeopardizing the exchange rate;  what they are really doing to us, if we do not get them under control, is forcing us to pay twenty cents on every tax dollar to pay the interest on our debts, and a good deal of that is being paid to foreigners.  Over a period of time. unless we get our expenses into better kilter with our revenues and unless we bring that deficit down to reasonable proportions, we are going to leave a debt for our children that they are not going to be able to manage and they are not going to enjoy this country in the same fashion we were able to enjoy it 8  How would we achieve this;  (decreasing the deficit) well. by limiting our incremental spending; by finding more efficient ways of delivering social services; by avoiding duplication of Federal and Provincial Governments services; by creating a more efficient public administration.  « Education is the best.  Investment we can get to start to combat unemployment.  9. Education  Education is the best investment we can get to start to combat unemployment.  We must cure the current mismatch between our educational system and the skills needed for today and tomorrow. A national effort is needed to mobilize our educational resources for a technological age.  As a nation we must equip our young people for the future, we must do it legitimately and as a number one priority.  In this time of the country's history where education and training arc so crucial to our health, our prosperity and our ability to compete; and so crucial to the ability of our generation to enjoy a meaningful intellectual life. any diversion of funds away from those programs, any failure to come to terms with the proper priorities in terms of education, any measures that restrict total accessibility of the young people who have the ability to gain something from a university education, are counter to the interest of this country.  I will challenge business, labour and other governments to establish a much broader apprenticeship-work study program so young people coming out of school will have a job. I will work with the provinces to modernize our technical schools and  to stick with it. Only in this way can they be trained for the higher paying jobs of the future. *  We will have to move into the new industrial society. We will have to become comfortable and educated and trained in the new technology. Our young people will have to be educated in ways and in a fashion that will qualify them for jobs.  We contribute 50 cents on every dollar to post secondary education and together with the provinces we have got to restore education as a prime investment in the future, and we have got to ensure that the provinces distribute that 50 cents on every dollar the way it was meant to do in education and not divert it for other purposes.  Obviously education is a provincial matter and falls under provincial jurisdiction, but any type of inter-provincial cooperation that we can achieve to assess how our younger people should be educated few the jobs of the future, I would encourage. Indeed whatever federal leadership the provinces would tolerate. I would encourage.  We do have a great contribution to make in the post secondary field in supplying about 50% of the funds to university education and that should allow us some reason, and some justification for participation in the task.  We must meet with the provinces to ensure that our post secondary educational funding and grants, and student aid is channeled properly by the provinces, and is not reduced.  universities to pursue excellence in our teaching and research. Helping young people through the first employer's door must t»e a priority we all share. We must give young Canadians experience to put on their resume.  Young women must be encouraged to take science and math courses in high school - and  I don't believe In proportional representation because It produces weak governments  10. Electoral Reform  I would think that we could do it (provide regional representation) far quicker and in a far more populous way if we were to do it through active political parties and the representation in those parties.  1 don't believe in proportional representation because it produces weak governments and if we want a strong federal government proportional representation is not the way to do it 2  (10-1) Vancouver - March 30.984 110-2} Saskatoon - Policy forum - April 29.964  Energy will remain vital for the western Canadian future  11. Energy/NEP  Energy will remain vital for the western Canadian future. Coal, oil and gas can bring down-stream benefits not only to the country as a whole, but the western Canadian economy.  The National Energy Program was based on premises, not all of which have been borne out in fact.  particularly world price. I am in agreement with the objectives of the program, namely progressive Canadianization of our industry, self-sufficiency and a fair sharing of revenue between governments and producers.  The program (NEP) will need to be reviewed when the agreements with the producing provinces come up for review in 1985 and 1986. Changes must not be disruptive and must recognize the validity of existing investment under the present rules.  I think that we must emphasize the western sedimentary basin with some enhanced recovery, a revewed effort to get what is there in the limitless tarsands and to get at the heavy oil because I think that this is the fastest route to self sufficiency in Canada.  One of the first things that I am going to do is call the Government to Newfoundland back to the table. I bring a fresh face to these negotiations, a fresh attitude, t don't bear the scars of what might have gone before. I believe we must escalate the exploration and drilling in those waters and bring what we have there to fruition.  I believe that preference should be given, in terms of employment and believe that whatever joint offshore management board is set up, ought it to recognize an equal voice for the people of Newfoundland with some sort of mechanism to break a deadlock.  I want to lead a government of consultation not confrontation, of consensus not ultimatums  12. Federalism  I believe in a strong federal government. I believe in a federal government that is strong enough to protect our minorities, strong enough to give us equal opportunities across the country, strong enough to respond to crises.  I believe that Canadians want a strong federal government which represents the sum of the parts and is greater than the sum of the parts.  The way to begin (rebuilding Canada) is by fostering a new sense of purpose - a new direction - in this country. The time has come where there must be co-operation between the federal and provincial governments. Between business and labour, between business, labour and government. I want to lead a government of consultation not confrontation, of consensus not ultimatums.  Federal - Provincial Relations  I want to end the bickering and bitterness that is denying us our national destiny. I want to give the word National real meaning for all Canadians.  I promise you a new harmony, ( promise you a strong national government. I promise you a government that will seek concensus, not confrontation. I promise you a government that is willing to negotiate, a government that will not issue ultimatums and I pledge that we are going to work together and concentrate on the real target which is to present to our children an even better style of life than we have enjoyed.  We have got to have a closer harmony between the federal and the provincial governments across Canada. The way we have been treating ourselves, we have been balkanizing ourselves. The provinces have been starting to put up barriers against the movement of goods and services and people across the provincial boundaries. I think we realty have to find a new harmony and start pulling together and recognizing that the number one problem for this country is our ability to compete in a new tough world.  I think we have got to continue the thrust of the present government towards equalizing opportunity everywhere in Canada, and towards equalizing the fiscal capacity of our provinces everywhere in Canada as we have under the Federal Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. I think it is very important that the coordination of services be a cooperative one.  I support the legislation  13. FIRA  I support the legislation. The purpose was not to catch minor transactions but was to control foreign acquisitions and extensions of major businesses or sensitive sectors in our economy affecting our national identity and economic soveignity.  ft is important when we need jobs so badly, and thereby investment, that we make it clear as a government that we welcome foreign investment from all over the world, subject to conditions imposed on that investment for the benefit of Canada.  If fishing is to be a healthy and viable industry off the coasts of this province (Newfoundland!  14. Fishery  I want to give to you, publicly, a strong personal commitment to the deep sea and inshore fisheries of this province, and reiterate my belief that all partners in your industry, management, plant workers, trawlermen, fishermen be treated equally. If fishing is to be a healthy and viable industry off the coasts of this province (Newfoundland) all partners to that industry must feel that they are receiving a fair share.  The restructuring of the companies into a new super company Fishery Products International, was probably, the only way to save the deep sea fisheries of Newfoundland, where many livelihoods depended upon those jobs.  My highest priority Is Jobs  I will help our young people find their first Job. I will assist them in the difficult transition from school to work  15. Job Creation  When we were younger, we had dreams. I want young people today to be able to dream as well. to dream of a future full of promises. They have to be able to count on us to help them realize those dreams.  My highest priority is jobs. Young Canadians must be equipped to work. compete and succeed in the post-industrial society.  I will help our young people find their first job. I will assist them in the difficult transition from school to work.  Job creation means re-establishing our competitive stance with the rest of the world;  it means re-establishing our competitive stance with our resource industries; it means equipping ourselves for the new technology and information world; it means more productivity from workers and from management; it means a climate for better investment It means predictability of economic policy and stability of economic policy so that the capital markets and businessmen will have confidence in investing. Unemployment is undoubtedly the major economic and social problem we face.  There must be a better co-ordination between the federal government and the provinces on education so that we're educating our young people for the jobs that are and the jobs that will be. We must get a business climate and a stability in economic policy and a tax regime in which people are going to invest and produce those new Jobs. Let's not underestimate the problem. Canada has a real job to do.  I will challenge business, labour and other governments to establish a much broader apprenticeship work study program so young people coming out of school will have a job. I will work with the provinces to modernize our technical schools and universities to pursue excellence in our teaching and research.  No economy can work where government does not reach out to its partners in the economy: business and labour  ... the program I've advocated across Canada of a national apprenticeship program, on the job training in co-operation with business, labor and the provinces to ensure our young men and women are helping in that first difficult step from school to the first job.  In the short term. for our young people we may need to envisage a youth job corps for enhancement of our environment and our infrastructure. There may be room also. in cooperation with our municipalities to improve our municipal infrastructures.  I believe in retraining. This is the third time I have recycled myself in the past fifteen years.  16. Labour  If given the confidence of this Party. would sit down with the leaders of Labour in this country, the leaders whom the Labour movement has elected, regardless of where they might think their political allegiance lies. because I know their national interest is shared by our national interest. They are concerned, as we are, for the working men and women of this country as to whether we are competitive as a nation. They are concerned about the safety of work, the quality of work. profit sharing and the adjustment and retraining of the existing work-force.  No economy can work where government does not reach out to its partners in the economy: business and labour. It is particularly important that workers, organized or not, be made part of a national partnership, and that joint efforts be made towards further efficiency, competitiveness, more safety at work. enhanced quality of work and job satisfaction.  For me. Liberalism is a happy marriage of social and economic Ideas  17. Liberalism  joined the Liberal Party of Canada more than two decades ago because I believed in and advocated helping those Canadians who need help, ensuring that alt Canadians have equal access to basic services and care.  I decided to return to public office because ( believe more than ever in the concept of Liberalism. For me. Liberalism is a happy marriage of social and economic ideas. Through the impetus given by our superior leaders, from Laurier through King, St. Laurent and Pearson to Trudeau, Liberalism has had an extremely important part to play in making Canada one of the most advanced societies in the world.  I intend to rebuild provincial bases, and I intend to maintain the bases here in Atlantic Canada as closely as I can because 1 think a Liberal is a Liberal is a Liberal, and that we have to mobilize. provincially and federally, if we are going to succeed as a national party.  I believe also that we are a Party that has embraced a wide spectrum of views. We are a Party of the radical centre, we are a party that is progressive, that believes in change, understands reform and can accommodate it 3  A strong federal government needs men and women to win seats in the House of Commons, I have undertaken within the councils of the Liberal Party, and in consultation with Liberals everywhere across Canada, to broaden the national scope and policy of the Liberal Party by attracting young men and women of quality and calibre who  credibly represent your communities in Saskatchewan, and in Manitoba. Alberta and British Columbia so that together we will elect them. and again form a national government in Ottawa.  My views are quite simple and straightforward. want a party that is open. I want a party that is visable, a party that is public. nothing behind closed doors. I want a party that is accessible to Canadians of all creeds and of all races no matter how long you have lived in this country. I want a party that is accountable. I want a Liberal Party that is run by the people we elect as officers of our Party. The people whom we elect as officers of our Party must account and report back to us. and justify their mandate as bearers of our trust as Liberals.  The Liberal Party, through its long service to our country, has historically earned the confidence of Canadians by blending great concern and compassion with fiscal responsibility in a broad range of policies and programs.  I will fight Tories, not Grits.  t said to the people of Western Canada that if I were elected leader of the Party. I would go out once a year, in each province and hold Town Hall meetings with the Leader of our Provincial Liberal Parties. I would be there to report to you Liberals as leader of your Party without anybody in between us, 7  I believe that all Canadians should have equal and fair access to all programs of the Government of Canada  18. Multiculturalism  I believe that all Canadians should have equal and fair access to all programs of the Government of Canada, and I believe in a Government which is responsive to all our citizens and which does not cater to select groups, establishments or elites, '  I am committed to the principle that Canadians of all origins be represented on our Federal Boards. on our Federal Advisory Committees, on our Federal Agencies and in our Courts, sitting as judges.  It is how we live; it's how we treat our own neighbors and it's how we welcome newcomers to this country that makes us a great multicultural nation. If we show tolerance and compassion and if we hold out the hand of friendship to our neighbors, at our work and in our schools and if we are generous in our family relationships, then that atmosphere will spread across the country, and it will do more than government or rights commissions or anything else. important as those may be. I urge you, let's live. let's live like Canadians.  One of the strengths of Canada is the various strands and fibres from which we all come. and 1 think its fundamental to a harmonious healthy Canada, that no matter where we come from, or how long we have lived in this country. or whatever colour of our skins or whatever creed we believe in, that the opportunities are unlimited, that there arc no barriers. Given a little hard work. given a little opportunity for education, given a little self discipline, given a little patience and a little luck. you can go all the way in Canada. You can go to the top of the business, you can go to the top of politics, you can go to the top of the professions.  I support the enactment of a Multicultural Act, which would put in statutory form, the various programs that we now have and would set out the statement of principles following section 27 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  Rather than set up a specific department, (of Multiculturalism) it would ensure in my government that every department fulfilled our multicultural program as recognized in a Multicultural Act .  We must expedite the process of setting land and mineral claims for the Native Peoples in order to give them financial freedom, more self reliance, and more autonomy  19. Natives  The social and economic problems of our Native Peoples must be dealt with more directly and more effectively than is the case now. The majority of Native Peoples the in the West, so Westerners are more aware of the problems and are bothered by the failure of our governments to cope with them.  The recently established Native Economic Development Fund must be made to work.  Particularly in Western Canada we have got to be conscious of the native children on the reserves. We are going to have to look for some more environmental and infra-structure work to get them something meaningful do to. In Western Canada we have more and more of a problem of native youth in the cities, (Regina. Winnipeg, Calgary). Because of the birth rate and high unemployment we are going to have a very difficult human problem to resolve unless we get right down to the job core.  I will use my friendships with people around the world, to find new markets for Atlantic products  20. Regional Development In Atlantic Canada  ft (Regional Development) means investment in modernization of our fisheries, our forestry, our farms, our mining industries and our small businesses.  It (Regional Development) means providing efficient transportation at reasonable cost so our producers can move their goods to market It means development of the offshore.  It (Regional Development) means a commitment to growth, to alter the balance of government dependence, so people of this region (Atlantic Canada) can once more take their place as full partners in Canada.  It (Regional Development) means opening new trade and new sales.  My program for small business would simplify the tax system for small and medium businesses  21. Small Business  Small business is the source of most of our new ideas - it can lead us into the information and post-industrial age, '  The thrust of my program for independent business will be three-fold:  -simplify the tax system for small enterprises and establish the appropriate tax structure for allowing adequate cash flow in the early start-up years.  -make regulations much less cumbersome and costly.  -open new opportunities for women and men from all backgrounds and all parts of the country to go into business for themselves.  My program for small business would simplify the tax system for small and medium businesses. It would provide a structure for continuous sufficient cash flow. especially in the first years of operation.  Small and medium-sized business have the flexibility it takes to make room for innovation in a wide variety of areas. Individual incentives, such as profit-sharing. have increased their potential. This  type of initiative must be encouraged and expanded.  This sector creates jobs more rapidly than any other sector. It is the most important element in regional development It can expand our foreign markets. It is a sector of particular interest to women. We have no firm statistics for the Canadian experience. However, in the U.S., more than one half of the small businesses have been started by women... the survival rate is higher for the women managed businesses.  I commit myself to maintain the social contract of the universality of health programs, of old age pensions and of family allowances  22. Social Programs  1 commit myself to maintain the social contract of the universality of health programs, of old age pensions and of family allowances in the continuation of the Liberal heritage that we have always carried, to the protection of citizens in difficulty.  Recent tough years have proved the worth of that system (social programs). We must also be prepared to look at new ideas for improving our social policies and solving the social policy concerns of tomorrow.  We must not cut back on policies and programs developed by this party over the last decades to protect the poor and disadvantaged.  I believe in enlarging the day care opportunities of women so that  they can participate in the work-force. am very conscious of the rights of single parents, and I want to reaffirm the principle of universality to our fundamental social programs. Medicare, Pensions and Family Allowances, 3  Pension Reform  Those who suffer most from inadequate retirement income are senior women living on their own. We cannot claim to have achieved social justice when so many women, who have contributed to building our country, whether in the work place or in their home, cannot live with security and dignity.  Much study has been done on pension reform, and many of you have made important contributions to those studies. We know what the problems are. It is time to stop studying and to start action.  Our senior citizens, especially senior women, must not be dogged by the fear of poverty. Social justice demands for them a secure and dignified retirement.  Our taxation system should be fair and equitable. It should encourage saving and investment  23. Taxation  I wilt continue to simplify the tax system to arrange the tax systems so that the cash flow in the early start-up years of a small business are encouraged; that research and development and technology is also quickly written off;  that the burdensome heavy hand of regulation is withdrawn, so some of the cost and cumbersome tasks of trying to run a business and deal with the bureaucracy is lifted; that the risks become commensurate to the reward, and that entrepreneurial instincts wilt be compensated in this country.  We must develop a climate in which young men and women can succeed. That means a tax system which encourages saving: a tax system which rewards initiative; a tax system which allows a small business to become a larger business to become a big business and to allow that type of success to happen.  We should also offer greater incentives to improve co-operation between universities and industry  24. Technology / R&D.  We have developed a network of agricultural research stations across the country. Each station has the necessary staff and equipment to be able to deal with farmers' problems on the spot This same strategy must be applied throughout industry.  I will also ensure that federal government policies and funding are not unduly biased towards large scale investments and R&D projects that tend to lend themselves much better to bureaucratic management standards.  I will use my connections throughout the world, not Just to find new markets for our goods and services, but to bring stability to the International economic system  25. Trade  I think that Canadians are now on the threshold of a very important challenge which I believe we have to meet The competition this country is facing from the other industrial countries and from the newly industrial countries is making it absolutely imperative for us to compete in what we manufacture if we are going to survive and prosper as one of the great trading nations of the world.  To further increase our international trade, we should become more innovative and more creative than our competitors in penetrating new markets, financing exports and marketing our products. I also recognize that our proximity to the United States means that sectoral free exchange agreements would make access to the American market easier.  I used to say that I treated the United States as our biggest and best customer, buying 70% of everything we produced. But I'd be like the owner of a general store, if I had one customer who bought 70% of everything I had on the shelf. I'd certainly invite him into the back room for a cup of coffee, but I wouldn't let him run my store.  And on the free trade matter I'm not an absolute free-trader, but I believe that there arc advantages in the current initiative of the Canadian Government to explore sectors of free trade, if they can be established to the advantage of Canada.  I will take the initiative to make Canada a leader in resolving the economic problems in an interdependent world.  We must move towards a diversification and development of the Western Canada economy based on that resource base.  26. Transportation  I think we must continue to expand our transportation infrastructure, we must continue to see what we can do for the processing of the resource base of Western Canada. We must move towards a diversification and development of the Western Canada economy based on that resource base, I think, we must ensure that Western Canadians get their share of new high tech post-industrial small businesses.  Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Is the most remarkable Canadian of our generation .  27. Trudeau  I admire him for a number of things: he secured the position of Quebec in our Confederation. He established the French fact in Ontario m the government and throughout the federal institutions of our country. He brought back the Constitution, enshrined the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and initiated the peace thrust; I think history will be very generous to him.  I believe that one of Mr. Trudeau's greatest achievements was to establish the French fact firmly in Ottawa and within the ranks of the federal government, and to allow citizens of either language to approach their government in Canada in the language of their choice.  Pierre Elliott Trudeau. is the most remarkable Canadian of our generation. He is a Chief of State of world-wide stature of which Canadians and all Quebec can be proud. I am convinced that History of our country will give an important and even preponderant place to Pierre Trudeau.  With him. the francophone presence in Canadian society, has reached the point of no return. A man with a broad view, he has undertaken, during the last few months, a crusade in favour of peace, of world peace, in order to re-establish political dialogue over heavy tensions and suspicions that give weight to the threat of total nuclear conflict. MEETING THE CHALLENGE  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats speak up for average Canadians  Canadians look at Canada with confidence and pride. We are proud of our unique achievements of the past and we look forward with confidence to the challenges of the future to provide a FAIR DEAL FOR OUR FAMILIES AND A FAIR START FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.  Ordinary Canadians and their families whether in urban centres or small rural towns need and deserve a government that is committed to providing a fair deal through:  • new job opportunities in all regions OF Canada  • A FAIR TAX SYSTEM  • GREATER EQUALITY FOR WOMEN  • GREATER SUPPORT FOR OUR CHILDREN  • A MORE SECURE FUTURE FOR OUR SENIORS  • a more open and honest approach TO government  Ordinary Canadians also need and deserve a government that is committed to a fair start for our future generations through:  • A COMMITMENT TO OUR YOUTH  • THE protection of our environment  • THE PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE  • A COMMITMENT TO PEACE AND SECURITY  BRIAN MULRONEY LET ORDINARY CANADIANS DOWN JUST LIKE THE LIBERALS DID  In 1984, Brian Mulroney promised a change from the old Liberal ways. He promised ordinary Canadians he would listen to their concerns. He promised a government that would be more fair, honest and open than the Liberals were.  Four YEARS later, it's dear that Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives have let ordinary Canadians down; just like the Liberals did:  • their greatest betrayal was the Mulroney trade deal. Mulroney spoke out against such a deal in 1983 and yet went ahead and signed one that threatens Canadian jobs, Canadian farmers and small businesses and the very future of our country. This was the final straw in a long list of broken promises.  • Mulroney has recently promised to make the environment a priority. But the record of the past _4 years shows_ something different. In 1984 he cut $46 million from the environment budget, thereby eliminating many valuable research projects. There continues to be no success in getting an acid rain agreement with the U.S. The Environmental Protection Act continues to rely on regulation.  • Mulroney promised a more open and honest approach to government. But he perfected the old Liberal patronage practices and tightened the secrecy around government.  • Mulroney promised fairness for average taxpayers. But since his election, the average family has seen its taxes go up by about $1,000 a year while the richest 1% are the only ones to see their taxes lowered. At the same time, over 60,000 profitable corporations are still getting away without paying a cent in tax.  • Mulroney promised fairness for rural Canada. But he has eliminated rural postal routes and dosed down post offices.  • Mulroney promised fairness for our seniors. But one of his very first acts was to cut back their pensions. He later pushed through a bill that will mean higher drug prices.  Instead of listening to the concerns of ordinary Canadians, Brian Mulroney has listened to the voices of power and privilege and has let down ordinary Canadians and their families.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS  Now, in 1988, ordinary Canadians will again be asking themselves who will listen to their concerns and to the concerns of future generations. Who will work for a government that is more fair, open and honest.  When they look at John Turner's Liberals, they see a party now opposing the very same policies they supported when they were the government. They see a party that has tried to make ordinary Canadians forget they cut pensions for seniors, raised taxes and cut services for ordinary families. The Liberals were the first to introduce measures to allow over 8,000 rich Canadians and over 100,000 profitable corporations to get away without paying a cent in tax. And they see in John Turner a leader who on major issues of national importance has shown that he doesn't know who he represents and what he wants to do.  Now more than ever, ordinary Canadians are saying "This time, it's Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats" for our families and for our future.  FAIRNESS FOR FAMILIES  Canadians have always believed that when families need a helping hand. they can look to their neighbours, their community and to their government. They know that it's an investment in the future when we work together to keep families afloat, care for our children and the elderly or find jobs for young people in their own communities.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS share this vision. We want families to face the future with confidence and we're proud of Canada's tradition of sharing.  THE CONSERVATIVES, LIKE THE LIBERALS, HAVE HURT ORDINARY FAMILIES INSTEAD OF HELPING THEM  Brian Mulroney promised more fairness for average families. Instead, his government has made things harder for them: harder for parents to find quality, affordable child care; harder for middle-income adults to care for jobless older children on a shrinking paycheque; harder for the working family or a single mom trying to meet rising dental care costs or buy eyeglasses on the family allowance.  The Mulroney child care scheme is a good example of misplaced Conservative priorities. Instead of creating badly needed child care spaces, almost half the money allocated will be spent through regressive tax measures. If these funds had been committed to services, another 170,000 spaces could have been created. As it is, the government admits that after its seven year program is in place, two million Canadian children will still be waiting for adequate, affordable child care.  Brian Mulroney has also eroded support for families by cutting family allowance and child tax benefits. Cuts to child tax benefits alone will amount to $ 1.5 billion by 1991. These cuts come at a time when six out of every ten children in single-parent families are living below the poverty line.  But that's not all. With the gap between the richest and poorest Canadians already growing, Mulroney’s "tax reform" means the incomes of average families will be further eaten away by taxes, while the wealthiest taxpayers get tax cuts. A couple with combined income of $45,000 and two children actually pay more taxes than a couple with the same income and no children!  Mulroney's government has raised sales and excise taxes and has found new items to tax. In fact, the average family pays over $1,000 more now in taxes than when Mulroney became Prime Minister.  Families would fare no better with John Turner and the liberal Party. It was the Liberals who first froze the child tax exemption and cut back on family allowances.  The Liberals and Conservatives have failed equally to make any progress on pay equity. Mulroney correctly attacked the Liberal record on shrinking the gap between the pay men and women get for work of equal value. But in government he failed to legislate pay equity, preferring to rely on "voluntary" action by corporations. With women earning on average less than 66 percent of what men earn, this is not good enough.  This wide gap between women's and men's wages ensures that families headed by women remain poor. Single-parent families headed six out often by women live below the poverty line.  THIS _TIME,_ ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR OUR FAMILIES  New Democrats would reorder the federal government's agenda, making fairness to families a priority. This will mean measures that would ensure families can care properly for children and the elderly; it means affordable, quality child care, and it means jobs in the community for our young people and it means making affordable housing a right.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADIAN FAMILIES  A New Democratic government is committed to:  •ensuring ordinary FAMILIES GEL A FAIRER TAX BREAK.  • PROVIDING AN AFFORDABLE, QUALITY CHILD CARE PROGRAM THAT PUTS THE EMPHASIS ON NEW CHILD CARE ' SPACES.  •restoring full family benefits by re-indexing family allowance and increasing the child TAX credit.  • implementing pay equity to make equal pay FOR work of equal value the reality.  •providing decent pensions and quality care FOR our parents and grandparents.  •new job opportunities FOR our youth.  • INTRODUCING A HOUSING PROGRAM THAT WOULD EXPAND CO-OPERATIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WHICH WOULD PROVIDE SOME RELIEF FROM RISING HOUSING PRICES.  • IMPROVED MATERNITY AND PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS FOR PARENTS.  FAIRNESS FOR ALL CANADIANS A COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL  What Canadians want most is a nation where employment opportunities exist for ail Canadian men and women who want to work. They know we have a country with the resources, ability and potential to create the wealth and the Job opportunities for all Canadians and especially for our youth.  But what Canadians also want is a federal government that is committed to a policy of full employment. A government that will make full employment the guiding principle for its policy decisions. They want a government that recognizes this must be the foremost goal because of the importance of work to the personal dignity of all Canadians.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS share this commitment to a policy of full employment. We believe there lies tremendous and uncapped potential within Canadian men and women and in our regions to create new wealth and opportunity.  The Conservatives, like the liberals, have refused to _make_ a commitment to _full_ employment  Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives have ignored the need for a policy of full employment. Instead they have shifted the responsibility to the corporate sector and have pursued their misguided trade deal with the U.S.  Instead of establishing targets for reducing unemployment in all regions, they simply abandoned the regions. For example, instead of promoting economic development in all parts of the country, they have cut about $3 billion from regional development programs between 1984-1987. As a result, Canadians living in Atlantic, Western or Northern Canada and in many parts of Quebec and Ontario are still trying to cope with unemployment rates as high or higher than those of the 1981-82 recession.  And the Conservatives have Just been following the trend the Liberals had begun-to shift-responsibility for an employment policy to the corporate sector. The Liberals rejected a policy of full-employment and instead established targets for almost everything else. Under Trudeau the Liberals brought us the worst.  FAIRNESS FOR THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER  Canadians want a tax system that is fairer and simpler. They want to be sure that the tax burden is shared more fairly. The wealthy and profitable corporations shouldn't escape their responsibility to pay their share for our economic and social programs.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS have listened to Canadians' concerns. We share their desire to see a better balance between corporate and personal taxes, and between different income groups.  BRIAN MULRONEY CONTINUED THE UNFAIRNESS OF THE LIBERALS  Brian Mulroney promised "tax reform". But since 1984 his government has raised taxes for average families by more than $1,000 a year while actually LOWERING taxes for the richest 1%. And they continue to let 60,000 profitable corporations avoid paying any tax. And all this after their much touted tax changes were introduced this year.  As well, we continue to have a tax system that is riddled with unfairness:  • in 1986,5,220 individuals, earning over $50,000 did not pay any income tax. In the same year, 40 individuals earning over $250,000 did not pay any income tax. For every non-taxpaying individual, there were 10 others who paid only a token amount in the range of 1-10%.  • under the Liberals and the Conservatives, the share of corporate taxation to total federal revenues has steadily declined. In 1980, individuals were paying $3 for every $1 paid by corporations. By 1990, individuals will pay $4 for every $1 paid by corporations.  • small and medium-sized businesses with assets of between $1 million and $25 million bear double the tax burden borne by larger firms.  • Conservative "tax reform" gave $1 in every $5 of benefits to the households with incomes above $100,000. Individuals with incomes of $15,000 received a tax cut of $2.69 a week while individuals with incomes of $100,000 and above received $80.09 a week.  The Liberals claim they want tax fairness, too. But Canadians cannot expect it from John Turner. When he was finance minister, he opened up the most  lucrative corporate tax breaks and allowed millions of tax dollars to remain uncollected. At least then it was easy to tell whose side he was on. Now nobody knows who John Turner really represents.  THIS TIME ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR FAIRER TAXES  Instead of only hearing from the wealthy and the large corporations, New Democrats set out to find out what average Canadians wanted from their tax system. Only after listening to these concerns did the New Democrats produce their Tax Probe reports, reflecting Canadians' view that those who CAN pay should pay and that those with limited incomes should pay no more than their fair share.  We also believe that tax forms should be simpler. The average tax form today is twenty times as long as it was thirty years ago. Many Canadians, even those who can ill afford it, are forced to turn to professional tax consultants. According to a recent Revenue Canada study, 32 percent of Canadians pay someone to prepare their return.  A COMMITMENT TO FAIRER TAXES  A New Democratic Government is committed to making our corporate tax system fairer by:  • introducing a corporate minimum TAX on profitable corporations.  • limiting how much corporations can write-off in interest payments on money borrowed for corporate takeovers.  •reducing the number of years that corporations can carry forward their tax breaks.  •targetting specific tax breaks to small and medium sized firms and to performance levels in jobs, investment, research and development and to training.  A New Democratic Government is committed to making our personal tax system fairer and simpler by:  • establishing a more progressive personal tax structure where wealthy Canadians pay their fair share.  •ensuring specific tax breaks such as RRSPs benefit all income groups fairly.  •reducing the burden of sales tax on middle and low income Canadians.  •making tax forms and returns simpler.  FAIRNESS FOR WOMEN  Canadian women are equal partners in building Canada's future. They know that policies like pay equity, affirmative action, better funding for job. training and affordable, quality child care would benefit all Canadians.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS share this desire for fairness. We know that Canadians need pay equity in the workplace. Women still only earn 66 percent of what the average man earns, but they don't get a 34 percent discount on housing, clothing and food for themselves and their children. Today 85 percent of single-parent families are headed by women and 56 percent of these families live in poverty. Women are still stuck in low-income job ghettos. Others are forced to work only part time. In fact, 72 percent of part time workers are women.  MULRONEY AND TURNER HAVE IGNORED THE CONCERNS OF WOMEN  Brian Mulroney promised prompt action toward women's equality. Instead his Conservative government has created greater unfairness.  In 1984 Mulroney promised specific action in both the public and private sectors. But he broke these promises, asking instead for voluntary measures by business and government.  The trade deal Brian Mulroney signed with Ronald Reagan will make mandatory pay equity more difficult, while at the same time threatening the service sector, where 85 percent of women in the labour force work.  Mulroney has also failed to deliver his promised national child care system. This means hardship for many single-parent families, denying many women opportunities in the workplace.  Instead of creating badly needed child care spaces, almost half the money allocated by Mulroney's scheme will be spent through unfair tax measures. Had these funds gone directly into services, another 170,000 spaces could have been provided. In fact, the Conservatives themselves admit that even after their seven year program is in place, two million Canadian children will still be waiting for adequate, affordable care.  Brian Mulroney promised action on violence against women. But for four years he did nothing, then brought in a very limited program that fails to meet the needs of the one million Canadian women who are battered each year.  While at least one Canadian women in ten is beaten by the man she lives with, the Mulroney Conservatives" program would provide only $10 of assistance for each of these victims of violence.  - Women cannot expect much more from John Turner and the Liberal Party. In government, the Liberals failed to ensure new opportunities for women.  Turner himself opposes mandatory pay equity for women in the private sector. He prefers, like Brian Mulroney, to rely on the goodwill of corporations.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR EQUALITY FOR WOMEN  New Democrats have consistently spoken out for greater equality for Canadian women. We believe they have waited long enough. The goodwill of governments and corporations has done little to bring equality to the workplace in the past. It is time for the government to act. A New Democratic Party government would act to ensure that women can participate fully in Canada's future.  A COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY FOR WOMEN  A New Democratic government is committed TO:  • providing flexible, accessible, affordable and quality child care and improved maternity and parental leave benefits for both parents.  • re-indexing family allowances and increasing the child tax credit.  • providing women with a decent retirement income through:  - increases to Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement.  - legislation dividing pension credits earned within a marriage equally between spouses.  • introducing mandatory affirmative action programs covering all federally-regulated employees.  • implementing pay equity to make equal pay for work of equal value the reality.  • remove any question about equality rights under the Charter.  • assisting women to leave violent situations through increased funding for crisis centres and transition houses.  FAIRNESS FOR OUR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS  Canadians want our senior citizens to live in comfort and dignity in their own communities. They know that support for seniors is a hallmark of a caring society.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS have fought for a better deal for pensioners. We know that more must be done to ensure that Canadians can look forward to independence, a secure income and quality health care once they retire.  BRIAN MULRONEY LET OUR SENIORS DOWN, JUST LIKE THE LIBERALS DID  Brian Mulroney promised a lot to seniors when he campaigned in 1984. When he broke his solemn promise to keep pension indexing, Canadians from coast to coast were shocked and outraged.  The New Democrats stood by seniors, their children and grandchildren when they organized against the Mulroney Conservatives' scheme — and we won! Mulroney backed down on his plan to deindex 2.7 million seniors' pensions.  But Mulroney broke other promises to seniors. He promised more fairness for older women, many of whom must now live out their later years in abject poverty. In office, the Conservatives forgot the urgency of this need. Changes to provide adequate pensions for all women, whether they work inside or outside the home, have stayed on the back burner.  Brian Mulroney's Conservatives also raised the price of pharmaceutical drugs. Seniors on fixed income will be hurt.  Many of them will pay hundreds of dollars every few months to renew their prescriptions because Brian Mulroney stood up for multinational drug companies, not Canadian seniors.  Already a study by two Toronto-area pharmacists showed in March that drug prices have risen by as much as 50 percent since Mulroney's drug-price bill was passed, while Statistics Canada information made public in May shows drug prices increasing by 2.5 times the inflation rate.  Brian Mulroney's cuts to postal services will hurt senior citizens, too. The closure of post offices, elimination of many rural postal routes and cuts in door-to-door delivery will adversely affect many older Canadians who rely on the mail to get their cheques and keep in touch with their families. Forcing them to pick up their mail at so-called "supermailboxes" or travel many extra miles in winter conditions exposes them to unnecessary danger and inconvenience.  John Turner and the Liberals, meanwhile, say they oppose many of the Conservative measures that hurt seniors. But in government, they also dein-dexed pensions and kept benefits to seniors at unacceptably low levels. Is it any wonder that no one really knows what John Turner really stands for?  This time, Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats... for more fairness for our parents and grandparents  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats have always stood up for seniors. Stanley Knowles championed their cause for decades and we have kept up the pressure. We believe in a public pension that provides adequate retirement income for all Canadians and we think that the resources should be provided to allow seniors to live independently in their own communities.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADA'S SENIORS  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • providing Canadian men and women with a decent retirement income through.  - increases in Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement.  -legislation dividing pension credits within a marriage equally between spouses to ensure fair pensions for all women including full-time homemakers.  • increasing the stock of available and affordable housing for our seniors.  • repealing drug patent legislation to ensure reasonable drug prices.  • restoring postal service to rural communities and providing mail delivery to new communities.  FAIRNESS FOR CANADIAN CONSUMERS  Canadians have always resisted pressures toward wide-open, unregulated markets. They realize that government must often act to ensure a fair deal for consumers.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS agree. We believe that government must act firmly but fairly to ensure that powerful corporations do not take unfair advantage of their power in the marketplace.  THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE LET CONSUMERS DOWN, JUST LIKE THE LIBERALS  Brian Mulroney promised fairness to consumers. But in government, Mulroney’s Conservatives have let them down.  Mulroney let consumers down by failing to regulate bank service charges. While service charges have increased 19 percent — five times the inflation rate — each year over the past five years, Mulroney sided with the big chartered banks by failing to step in and stop their nickel-and-diming practices.  Mulroney let consumers down by changing drug patent laws so that the big drug companies could increase prices. Whereas the existing laws saved Canadian families $211 million in 1983, Mulroney’s changes have allowed drug prices to increase by more than nine percent in the first six months of 1988, while inflation was only 2.4 percent.  Mulroney let consumers down by going ahead with plans to shut down thousands of rural post offices and abandon rural delivery routes and replace them with the inconvenient so-called "super-mailboxes". The Conservatives ignored hundreds of thousands of Canadians who lobbied and petitioned for retention of community post offices.  Finally, Mulroney let consumers down by signing a trade deal with Ronald Reagan. The deal threatens Canadian jobs, Canada's social programs and Canadian control over our own economy, in return for "very small" benefits for consumers according to the Consumer Association of Canada.  As the Consumer Association notes, many products are already imported from the United States; as CAC economic policy chairman Robert Kerton has noted, "we as a national consumers' association aren't naive enough to think that if the big retail chains get it 10 percent cheaper they will pass all of that saving on to consumers."  Meanwhile, nobody really knows where John Turner and the Liberals stand on issues important to consumers. While in government, the Liberals changed the Bank Act to allow many of the service charges that now annoy Canadians.  The Liberals caused many problems that continue to plague the Post Office. Liberals supported Mulroney’s drug patent law changes and in government the Liberals favoured free trade. Now they criticize many of the same policies. No wonder Canadians don't really know what John Turner and his party really stand for.  Both the Liberals and Conservatives continue to receive huge contributions from the banks and other large corporations. Powerful chartered banks gave donations of over $40,000 each to the Liberal and Conservative parties in 1987.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR CONSUMERS  New Democrats believe it is time for fair regulation of these powerful firms. Unregulated markets cannot on their own provide fairness for Canadian families.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADIAN CONSUMERS  A New Democratic government is commited to:  • IMPLEMENT A ONE-YEAR'S FREEZE ON ALL BANK SERVICE CHARGES TO COMPENSATE CONSUMERS FOR PAST OVER-CHARGING BY THE BANKS, A MOVE THAT WOULD SAVE CANADIAN FAMILIES $100 MILLION.  • ESTABLISH AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES OMBUDSMAN WITH THE POWER TO ACT AS A CONSUMERS' ADVOCATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PARLIAMENT.  • GIVE CANADA POST A CLEAR MANDATE TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE TO CANADIAN FAMILIES INCLUDING THE END TO PRIVATIZATION OF ALL RURAL POST OFFICES BY 1993.  • END FRANCHISING OF POST OFFICES, A POLICY SHOWN BY A RECENTLY-LEAKED "SECRET" DOCUMENT FROM CANADA POST TO BE LESS COST-EFFECTIVE AND LESS EFFICIENT THAN THE MAJORITY OF PUBLIC POSTAL.  stations  • ELIMINATE THE 700,000 EXISTING OR PROJECTED "SUPER-MAILBOXES".  • PASS LEGISLATION ALLOWING GENERIC EQUIVALENTS OF BRAND NAME DRUGS SOONER THAN CURRENT LEGISLATION PERMITS, A POLICY THAT WOULD SAVE CONSUMERS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS WITHOUT "DISCERNIBLE NEGATIVE IMPACT" ON DRUG COMPANY PROFITS, ACCORDING TO THE EASTMAN REPORT INTO DRUG PRICING IN CANADA.  • INSTRUCTING PETRO-CANADA TO PLAY A CONSUMER LEADERSHIP ROLE.  • SEPARATE THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS TO ENSURE CONSUMER INTERESTS ARE REPRESENTED.  FAIRNESS FOR WORKING CANADIANS  Working Canadians believe they should be able to count on their government to stand up for them. They want a strong voice to help in the fight for safer workplaces, fair employment benefits and standards and decent pensions.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS have stood up for working women and men in Canada. We have fought against Liberal and Conservatives plans to privatize and deregulate key Canadian industries. We have pushed for a mandatory affirmative action program that would end years of unfairness. And we have called for better health and safety standards and a better federal minimum wage.  Most importantly. New Democrats have consistently worked against the Mulroney-Reagan trade deal: it threatens Canadians' control over our own economic future, threatens Canadian jobs and threatens social programs like Medicare and unemployment insurance.  BRIAN MULRONEY AND JOHN TURNER - WHO DO THEY SPEAK FOR?  Brian Mulroney made big promises to working people in 1984. He said his Conservative government would set up a $285 million employment training program to help young Canadians get skills and employment experience. He didn't deliver.  Mulroney promised federal public employees he would end years of injustice by giving them the same rights enjoyed by other Canadians. He didn't deliver.  Mulroney promised to implement pay equity so that federally regulated industries and the public service would have to end the discrimination that allows women to earn on average 66 percent of what men are paid, He didn't deliver.  Mulroney promised fairness in the workplace for women, the disabled, visible minorities and native Canadians. Instead he introduced his so-called employment equity legislation that was rejected by all the people it was supposed to benefit.  Mulroney promised to improve pensions, then turned around and tried to lower pensions by taking away seniors' inflation protection.  At the same time, working men and women cannot really be sure what John Turner and the Liberal Party offer. While in government they imposed wage controls through the "six and five" program. It was the Liberals who refused to take effective action on pay equity and affirmative action for women, visible minorities, the disabled and native Canadians. The Liberals deindexed pensions, a policy they also criticized when Mulroney’s Conservatives tried it. No wonder Canadian workers cannot quite figure out where John Turner is coming from.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR WORKING CANADIANS AND THEIR FAMILIES  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats believe it is time working people got a fair deal, We have continued to speak out for policies that recognize the contribution working families make right across Canada.  New Democrats would rigorously enforce health and safety regulations, which have been undermined by Conservative and Liberal neglect and by deregulation. We would implement pay equity legislation and we would not allow the privatization of well-run federal Crown corporations like Air Canada, Petro Canada and the CBC.  New Democrats oppose the Mulroney-Reagan trade deal because:  • We support Canada's social programs. The trade deal would put pressure on Canada to bring our programs into line with those in the U.S. But in Canada, 85 percent of laid off workers qualify for unemployment insurance, while only a quarter of laid off Americans do; in Canada, everyone is eligible for medicare, whereas 36 million Americans have no medical insurance at all.  • We believe it threatens Canadian jobs. Mulroney. has made vague promises of jobs under the trade deal, but his ministers agree that "massive" job retraining programs would be needed for Canadians put out of work, In the service sector, where over 80 percent of working women are employed, an estimated 500,000 jobs could be wiped out.  • We believe it undermines Canadian sovereignty. Under the deal Canada would give up its right to use government economic policy to benefit Canadian workers, generate jobs in the regions, assist communities, benefit Canadian consumers or develop our own resources. The deal even permits large scale exports of Canada's water.  A COMMITMENT TO WORKING PEOPLE  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • improving workplace health and safety.  • assisting working families through a higher federal minimum wage.  • implementing pay equity to make equal pay for work of equal value the reality  • providing better pensions.  • introducing measures to ensure that part-time workers receive benefits on a pro-rated basis.  • introducing mandatory affirmative action for women, the disabled, visible minorities and native Canadians.  FAIRNESS FOR YOUNG CANADIANS  Canadians want to see our young people have every opportunity possible to build a successful, secure future for themselves. They are concerned about the future of Canada's youth. And they know that we have the resources, the ability and the potential to give our young people a fairer start.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS believe that young Canadians hold the key to the future. We know that the key to meeting the challenges of the future is the unbridled optimism, energy and dreams of our young men and women. And it must be put to work.  BRIAN MULRONEY, LIKE THE LIBERALS, HAS LET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DOWN  Brian Mulroney made big promises to young Canadians. But his Conservative government has given them little with which to build their dreams.  Since Brian Mulroney became Prime Minister, unemployment has continued to undermine the potential of our young Canadians. Their hopes of contributing to the best of their ability have been dashed by Conservative cuts to the few programs that gave them a chance. An entire generation is being deprived of educational and training opportunities because Mulroney has thrown up more and more barriers. This not only robs young people of hope, but it deprives Canada of a future.  In spite of Mulroney's promises, the unemployment rate for young Canadians is still over 12%, double the unemployment rate for those 25 and over.  Even though the government's own studies say that community based projects and non-profit organizations are three times more effective at creating jobs for young Canadians, the Mulroney Conservatives shifted the onus to the corporate sector. Young women are particularly hurt. Like all women in the labour force, their wages are, on average, 66% of what men make.  The youth of Canada are paying a high price for the Mulroney government's preoccupation with cutting the deficit at any cost. But young people would not have more job opportunities under John Turner and the Liberals. When John Turner talks about jobs for our children he still talks about giving tax breaks to corporations in the "hope" they'll create jobs for young Canadians. That's what Brian Mulroney tried and he has government reports to prove it just doesn't work.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR START FOR OUR YOUTH  A New Democratic task force on youth travelled right across the country listening to young Canadians tell us what they needed. Their experiences are the basis for New Democrat initiatives that would help young people gain job skills and would help eliminate barriers to post-secondary education.  Young Canadians told us what they needed was support to help them get started — then stand back and watch them run. Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats believe nurturing that kind of optimism is a sound investment in our future.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADA'S YOUNG PEOPLE  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • INTRODUCING PROGRAMS TO INCREASE JOB, TRAINING AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH •'.  • ENSURE FEDERAL )OB-CREATION STRATEGIES THAT EMPHASIZE JOB OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCE SECTORS, BUT IN THE ARTS, CULTURE, SOCIAL AND VOLUNTARY SECTORS.  • WORKING TOWARDS RE-ESTABLISHING A 50/50 BASIS IN FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL COST SHARING OF POST SECONDARY EDUCATION.  • PROVIDING A ONE-TIME INFUSION OF CAPITAL TO THE PROVINCES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS FINANCING IN ORDER TO PARTLY OFFSET THE EFFECTS OF CUTBACKS IN RECENT YEARS.  • INCREASED FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.  • EFFECTIVE PAY EQUITY AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS TO ENSURE YOUNG WOMEN GET AN EQUAL START WITH YOUNG MEN.  FAIRNESS FOR RURAL CANADIANS  All Canadians have a stake in healthy rural communities. Whether they live in Melville or in Toronto, Canadians want our rural communities to thrive and prosper. They know that sound rural economies provide the raw materials and food that keep Canada growing.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS share the belief that our rural communities must thrive and prosper. But we believe rural Canadians deserve more fairness from the federal government.  THE MULRONEY CONSERVATIVES LIKE THE LIBERALS HAVE IGNORED RURAL CANADA  Brian Mulroney promised rural Canadians a better deal. But his Conservative government is systematically eroding support to rural communities and hurting the Canadians who live there.  Brian Mulroney cut rural postal routes and wants to shut down every community post office. Canadians will have to travel even farther to get their mail if Mulroney gets his way. Communities will lose an important daily focal point.  Brian Mulroney has cut Canada's vital system of rail transportation, abandoning many of the branch lines that link small towns with cities and regional centres. Some lines have been rehabilitated, but only to suit short-term Conservative political aims, not to serve the needs of communities.  Meanwhile, farm families have been squeezed off the land in growing numbers under a Conservative government. Between May 1987 and May 1988, 24,000 farm sector jobs disappeared in Western Canada alone. Agriculture Canada reports that one farmer in 12 is now on the verge of bankruptcy because they are caught between depressed prices and accelerating debt.  Nobody really knows what John Turner and the Liberals would do to help rural Canadians. In opposition the Liberals have opposed many of the same policies they supported while in government. But rural Canadians remember that when the Liberals were in government they let down farm communities, fishing villages, outports, northern communities and single-industry towns. The Liberals abolished the Crow Rate, let interest rates run wild, changed the Bank Act to allow more service charges and let Canada Post deteriorate. They reduced coastal search and rescue spending, endangering the lives of fishermen.  This time, Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats... for a fair deal for our rural communities  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats stand up for rural Canadians. We are fighting for legislation restricting bank service charges. We are fighting Brian Mulroney’s plans to reduce rural postal service. We believe that escalating costs and falling prices must be dealt with if family farms, Canada's fisheries and small businesses are to survive.  New Democrats have also fought for an integrated transportation system that would better serve rural communities and regional economies.  A COMMITMENT TO RURAL CANADA  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • ensuring the preservation of the family farm.  • providing greater support for families IN rural communities.  • restoring vital transportation links with urban centres.  • restoring postal service to rural communities.  • introducing a federal program to upgrade rural infrastructure.  • introducing a single-industry town fund TO HELP single industry communities diversify.  • providing services TO meet THE needs OF rural women FOR child care.  FAIRNESS FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLES IN CANADA  Most Canadians understand that aboriginal peoples in Canada are still suffering the effects of historical injustices. They understand their demand for the right to self-government. They want an end to their years of waiting for the same educational opportunities, social conditions and economic security that other Canadians enjoy.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS share the goal of Canadian Indian, Inuit and Metis people for self-government They strongly believe that only through self-government can aboriginal peoples begin their fight against poverty, injustice and discrimination.  THE CONSERVATIVES, LIKE THE LIBERALS, HAVE IGNORED THE NEEDS OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLES  Brian Mulroney promised government action on aboriginal concerns. But even though Mulroney says he agrees with the idea of aboriginal self-government, his Conservative government has done nothing to make it a reality.  Mulroney failed to follow up after the first ministers didn't agree on self-government. In the Meech Lake Accord he did not ensure self-government becomes a reality.  Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives are ashamed of their record. When a United Nations human rights committee wanted to look into the conditions of aboriginal peoples everywhere in the world, the Conservatives fought against it.  A previous UN study showed that Canadian governments had discriminated against Indian women for nearly a century. But Mulroney’s Conservatives acted reluctantly and made inadequate resources available to bands to deal with the changes that were required to right this historical wrong.  While the federal budget has tripled over the past 10 years, funding for aboriginal affairs has remained unchanged. Successive Liberal and Conservative governments have let spending stagnate, even though the needs of Indian, Inuit and Metis communities for better housing, improved education, economic development opportunities and health care continue to be unmet.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats believe aboriginal peoples in Canada have waited long enough. The time for fairness is long overdue. The time for self-government is now.  We have fought for action on self-government by the first ministers. As well, New Democrats have worked to get land-claims settlements speeded up. Programs to assist aboriginal organizations to generate employment opportunities, provide training and education and stimulate economic activity have been a priority.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADA'S ABORIGINAL PEOPLE  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • CALLING A FIRST MINISTER'S MEETING ON SELF-GOVERNMENT.  • RECOGNIZING DECISION-MAKING POWERS FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BELONG TO THE BANDS AND TRIBAL COUNCILS THEMSELVES.  • providing adequate funding for native education, housing and essential community infrastructure like water and sewage to THE bands and appropriate native organizations.  • RESTORING JUSTICE TO INDIAN WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN UNDER BILL C-31.  • SETTLING OUTSTANDING LAND CLAIMS.  • AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION TO ELIMINATE THE UNANIMITY PROVISION FOR TERRITORIES TO BECOME .NEW PROVINCES  • IMPLEMENTING MANDATORY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.  FAIRNESS FOR ETHNOCULTURAL COMMUNITIES AND VISIBLE MINORITIES  Canadians are justly proud of their immigrant heritage. Ours is a nation founded and built by successive waves of immigrants, some of whom came to this country seeking a better life; others came as refugees, fleeing for their lives.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS strongly support Canada's tradition of humanitarianism and we're proud of the opportunities this country has provided. But we also know that for some minorities, the dream of a better life has been marred through conscious and unconscious discrimination.  The Conservatives, like the liberals, have ignored the needs of our ethnic and visible minorities  Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives promised much to Canadian minorities. Yet his government has failed to budget adequately to meet the concerns of minority groups.  Brian Mulroney has heightened tensions by launching attacks on refugees and his government has rejected the requests of Japanese Canadians for compensation for the injustice done them during the Second World War.  Government policy has been to emphasize immigration of well-to-do "entrepreneurs" rather than help reunite average families here in Canada.  It's hard to say where John Turner and the Liberal Party stand on multicultural issues. In spite of many encouraging words form the Liberals, while they were in government, they also failed to compensate Japanese Canadians or to make family reunification a major priority of government. And when John Turner was asked to comment in August 1987 on the Sikh refugee claimants, he said we would have turned the boat back; only to change his position days later.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR _MORE_ FAIRNESS FOR OUR ETHNIC AND CULTURAL MINORITIES  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats have fought for the rights of ethnocultural communities and visible minorities.  As well, we are committed to affirmative action programs that make sure minorities, as well as women, native peoples and the disabled, are not barred from jobs or promotion because of discrimination. We have also worked to expand training programs in Canada's official languages.  New Democrats also believe that the Canadian constitution should recognize that our ethnocultural heritage is a fundamental feature of Canadian society. It should also offer stronger protection to visible minorities.  We would continue to stand up for fairness to all Canadians, regardless of origin, race or religion.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADA'S ETHNIC AND VISIBLE MINORITIES  A New DEMOCRATIC government is COMMITTED TO:  • MANDATORY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR MINORITIES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ALL FEDERALLY-REGULATED BUSINESSES.  • EXPANDING THE PROGRAM FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION TO INCLUDE ALL CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS.  • PROVIDING GREATER ASSISTANCE TO HELP NEW IMMIGRANTS INTEGRATE THEMSELVES INTO THE LABOUR MARKET.  • PROVIDING EXPANDED LANGUAGE TRAINING SERVICES.  • FAIR REFUGEE DETERMINATION POLICY AND FAIR IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION.  FAIRNESS FOR CANADA'S FARMERS  Canadians are proud of our country's rich heritage as an agricultural producer and exporter. But Canadians are also concerned about the future of Canada's farmers and our rural communities. They know that farm families are currently being squeezed by falling prices and rising input costs. They know, too, that these problems are compounded by severe drought in many parts of the country.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS share these concerns. We recognize the important contribution of farm families: they produce food to feed Canadians and many others the world over, earning crucial export dollars. The New Democrats are committed to fairness for farm men and women.  BRIAN MULRONEY AND JOHN TURNER: NO FRIENDS OF FARM FAMILIES  Brian Mulroney made lots of promises to farmers in 1984. He said his Conservatives would help fight farm debt with an Agribond program, He didn't deliver.  Mulroney said he would put a moratorium on rail branch line abandonments.  But in government, the Conservatives have allowed Canadian National and Canadian Pacific to abandon more than 280 rail-line miles over and above the more than 750 miles the Liberals allowed between 1980 and 1984.  Mulroney promised measures to help farm families stay on the land. Instead, his government has overseen the loss of 24,000 agricultural sector jobs between May 1987 and May 1988 alone.  Finally, Mulroney signed a trade deal with Ronald Reagan. This deal spells disaster for Canadian agricultural producers. It allows the US to maintain its export subsidies on grain exports into Canada's traditional markets. It undermines the competitiveness of Canadian diary and poultry products in the United States. It does irreparable harm to fruit and vegetable growers in Canada.  Mulroney promised to oppose free trade before he was elected. He broke his promise and made a deal with Ronald Reagan.  But farm families can expect little better from John Turner and the Liberals. It was the Liberals who started rail abandonments. It was the Liberals who allowed interest rates to skyrocket. It was the Liberals who first supported a trade deal with the US. It was John Turner who first advocated selling water to the Americans. In opposition, the liberals opposed the policies they once advocated. No wonder farm families are not sure who John Turner really represents.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR OUR FARMERS  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats believe it is time for a better deal for Canadian farmers and agricultural communities.  That's why we would introduce policies that really try to come to grips with the crisis facing Canadian agriculture. We would help farm families deal with their crushing debt load, which has reached $24 billion.  We would help farmers deal with falling grain prices and help to counter the effects of heavy US and European Community subsidies to their farmers.  We would help bolster farm families' dwindling purchasing power, which in 1987 slipped to levels lower than it was during the Great Depression.  New Democrats are committed to long-term policies that favour the continued viability of Canadian agriculture and that offer hope to future generations of farmers.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADIAN FARMERS  A New Democratic government would:  • implement price and production guarantees that would ensure fanners a fair return on their labour and investment, as well as guarantee fanners' basic production in the event of shortfall or disaster.  • provide additional price and production stabilization.  • review COST of production formulae and the Agricultural Stabilization Act with an eye to enhancing existing marketing boards and supply management systems.  • restructure the Farm Credit Corporation to case family farm debt and provide practical alternatives for intergenerational transfers of farm land AS well as giving better support to young farmers.  • introduce tax fairness to the family farm by:  - restoring 5-year block averaging to farm families to deal with price instability and weather  - preserving cash-basis accounting for the calculation of losses for TAX purposes  - reiterating our support FOR the lifetime $500,000 lifetime capita] gains exemption  • improve grain handling and transportation by improving port facilities and rail roadbeds.  • introduce changes to legislation TO allow substantial farm-input savings.  • fund research and development to deal with changing climatic conditions.  FAIRNESS FOR SMALL BUSINESS IN CANADA  Canadians want their government to create a climate where small businesses will flourish. They recognize the important role of small business in creating jobs and in serving their communities. They know that small businesses have been the major source of new job creation in recent years.  ED BROADBENT AND THE New DEMOCRATS share the belief that a fairer deal for small business means more jobs for Canadians. We know that small business needs the support of better credit, marketing and advisory services.  BRIAN MULRONEY, LIKE THE LIBERALS, IS PUTTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AT RISK  Brian Mulroney’s trade deal with Ronald Reagan threatens small business. The deal opens the door to wide-open American competition and foreign investment, threatening thousands of takeovers by US firms. By giving away Canadians' right to screen takeover bids, Mulroney has sacrificed our ability to make sure we get a fair share of the jobs and production generated by our own market.  Small businesses are overwhelmingly Canadian-owned. These are businesses that reinvest their profits in their own communities. Losing them means losing jobs. A Statistics Canada study shows that for $1 billion in profits, Canadian-owned companies created 5,700 new jobs. For the same $l billion, US-owned firms created a mere 17 jobs in Canada.  American firms seeking to compete in Canada need only slightly increase their production capacity. Often they already have established dealer networks. And the spill-over of American media in Canada means that frequently their products are already household names.  American businesses can adequately serve the small Canadian market from their larger and cheaper operations in the US Sun Belt where employees work for minimum wage and few benefits. In fact, there is virtually nothing to stop an American-based corporation from buying a Canadian industry on a Monday, just to dose it down on a Tuesday and move all the jobs and production into a US factory on a Wednesday.  The Mulroney-Reagan trade deal does not even secure fair access for Canadian exports to the US market. The dispute settlement procedure that Mulroney said was his "bottom line" will not protect Canadians against unfair US trade practices; it will only decide whether existing US law has been applied properly, not whether a US retaliatory action is unfair.  In addition to their misguided trade deal, the Conservatives have threatened the life-blood of small business and the Canadian consumer. Increases in personal and sales taxes on average families of over $1,000 a year have hurt the demand for the goods and services that small businesses produce.  The Mulroney government has ignored the demands of the small business sector, who like consumers, want protection from unfair bank service charges. The chartered banks are still being allowed to continue such "reprehensible" and "objectionable" charges as NSF penalties and charges resulting from bank errors.  And when small businesses remember the Liberals, they remember the massive personal tax increases they imposed. They also remember the record interest rates of over 20% that robbed small businesses of much needed capital. And they remember that it was John Turner that introduced the major tax breaks in the early 1970's that benefitted large corporations at the expense of small business.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A FAIR DEAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS  Ed Broadbent and New Democrats believe that investing in small and medium sized Canadian-owned businesses makes good economic sense. Ensuring that more loans to small business at the same rates given to big business, encouraging lower and stable interest rates, and providing adequate support services mean small business would have the confidence to expand and create jobs.  A COMMITMENT TO CANADA'S SMA1L BUSINESSES  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • ENSURING LARGE CORPORATIONS PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES SO THAT SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS DON'T CARRY MORE THAN THEIR SHARE OF THE BURDEN.  • Targetting TAX breaks TOWARD SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS.  • FUELLING JOB CREATION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THROUGH LOWER, STABLE INTEREST RATES.  • PROVIDING BETTER CREDIT, MARKETING AND ADVISORY SERVICES TO SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS TO FACILITATE INCREASED EXPORTS.  • EXPANDING AFFORDABLE CREDIT TO SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FIRMS THROUGH CHANGES TO THE FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.  • ENSURING SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.  • INTRODUCING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE BANKS' USE OF SERVICE CHARGES.  FAIRNESS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS  PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT  Canadians overwhelmingly support strong government initiatives to protect our environment. They recognize that a clean, safe environment is not only a benefit to all Canadians today, but a legacy that we must pass on to future generations.  ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS agree that clear lakes to swim in, fresh water to drink and dean air to breathe represent more than just a dream of a bygone era. They are necessary to our survival and continued prosperity. We know that our rivers, lakes, forests, shorelines, beaches, range lands and wilderness areas must be preserved and protected.  BRIAN MULRONEY, LIKE THE LIBERALS, HAS NEGLECTED OUR ENVIRONMENT  Brian Mulroney and his Conservative government believe large corporations when they say they cannot afford to protect the environment with proper waste control. Mulroney agrees when corporate representatives say it costs too much to install pollution control equipment. It's all part of the Conservatives' unfairly favouring large corporations instead of listening to ordinary Canadians.  Brian Mulroney's Conservatives like the Liberals before them are running Canada into an environmental deficit. They put short-term profits ahead of long-term costs. They squander our resource capital. They are incurring a massive environmental debt, even though this means our children and their children will be saddled with the costs of cleaning up after us.  Brian Mulroney and his Conservative government have consistently put the environment last on all international negotiations. When the Americans say they cannot reduce acid rain causing sulphur dioxide emissions, Mulroney agrees. When European nations ask Mulroney to join with them in reducing nitrogen oxides, Mulroney refuses. When American trade negotiators ask for concessions that will hurt the Canadian environment, Mulroney says okay.  Brian Mulroney promised to do something about the way acid rain from the United States is devastating Canada's lakes, forests and farmland. But although Mulroney talks tough, all he has done is relied on his "special relationship" with Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile American power plants continue to produce add rain, and Mulroney does nothing to put a stop to it.  John Turner's Liberals failed equally to safeguard our environment. They have always treated the environment as a secondary issue. They took no steps to reduce add rain or clean up some of the damage already done. They oversaw the destruction of much of our water and land. In short, the Liberals are responsible for much of the environmental mess we are in today.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats would make environmental protection an immediate priority, not a future goal. Cleaning up and protecting our communities, land and water is not only environmentally necessary, it also makes good economic sense. New Democrats have led the fight for wilderness areas. We've led the fight for safe drinking water and clean air. We'll continue to push for a clean and healthy environment both at home and abroad.  A COMMITMENT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • A VIGOROUS PURSUIT OF A TREATY ON ACID RAIN WITH THE UNITED STATES.  • BRINGING IN A SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT.  • ESTABLISHING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DEAN UP FUND TO DEAL WITH TOXIC WASTE DISPOSAL.  • SHARING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITIES.  • BRINGING IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS WITH CLOUT.  • ESTABLISHING A FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTINGENCY FUND.  • THE ADOPTION OF CANADIAN NORMS ON AIR, WATER AND SOIL POLLUTION.  • REQUIRING MANDATORY TESTING OF NEW CHEMICAL PRODUCTS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES BEFORE THEY GO ON THE MARKET.  • CLEANING UP THE GREAT LAKES AND THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY.  • REDUCING CANADIAN USE OF FREON AND OTHER OZONE DESTROYING CHEMICALS  FAIRNESS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS PEACE AND SECURITY  Canadians believe it's time to abandon the tired old Cold War view of the world. They know that in this age of weapons of mass destruction, there is no cause more important than international cooperation and world peace. And they want Canada to continue to expand its role to promote peace and nuclear disarmament.  Ed Broadbent and THE New DEMOCRATS agree. We recognize the need to strengthen our own defence and sovereignty. But we also believe that peace depends on government action to promote the common security of all nations. Canada and other nations must actively pursue war-prevention measures such as restrictions on arms sales that fuel Third World conflicts. We must help developing nations achieve the independence and security that will allow them to pay their own way. And we must work together in international organizations like the United Nations.  THE CONSERVATIVES, LIKE THE LIBERALS, ARE MIRED IN THE PAST  Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives still live in the past. They want to spend $8-16 billion on dangerous and expensive nuclear submarines. Yet these vessels will do nothing to enhance our chances for peace and will instead drag Canada into an offensive nuclear strategy.  Mulroney has rejected world leaders' and defence experts' call for a broader vision. Instead of recognizing environmental, political and economic problems, the Conservatives continue to rely on an ever-increasing arms race.  Mulroney's purchase of nuclear submarines will force cancellation of other expenditures that would help modernize our armed forces. Liberal neglect has left Canada without a realistic, independent plan for defence of our sovereignty.  Mulroney even refused to stop Canadian firms from taking part in Ronald Reagan's Star Wars project and has not ruled out Canadian participation through NORAD.  Brian Mulroney’s Conservatives and John Turner's Liberals would both contribute to the growth of the world's deadly arsenals and to the arms spiral. They have both supported cruise missile testing in Canada and both favour continued use of tax dollars to build and export parts for nuclear weapons and missile guidance systems.  The Mulroney administration has also launched a systematic assault on the C. B.C. since it came to office four years ago. The CBC's budget has been slashed in real terms from 905 million dollars in 1984-85 to 775 million in 1988-89. The Communications Minister's election-year promise of 20 million dollars for English services and 15 million dollars for French services doesn't even come dose to making up for the damage caused by the Conservatives' four year vendetta against public broadcasting in Canada. Moreover, the Conservatives' new broadcast policy fails to respect the spirit or the letter of recent reports on the future of Canadian broadcasting.  Mulroney has used cultural agencies like Telefilm Canada, as patronage reserves for friends of the Conservative Party, rather than appointing talented Canadian men and women with experience in culture and the arts.  Meanwhile, nobody really knows what John Turner and the Liberals stand for. When they were in government, the Liberals began the CBC cutbacks, attacked the independence of cultural agencies, and tried to shut down National Film Board regional offices, policies they opposed when Mulroney did the same. It's not surprising, then, that Canadians don't know who the Liberals represent.  This time, Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats... for a commitment to our cultural traditions and future generations  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats want measures that will give all Canadians opportunities in the arts and cultural industries. We have supported the CBC, National Film Board, Telefilm and the Canada Council and have fought to ensure that these key agencies continue to receive the funding needed to do their Jobs.  New Democrats have also worked to revive the arm's-length relationship between cultural agencies and the government. This "hands off approach has been badly damaged by Mulroney's patronage appointments.  We also want fair funding for cultural organizations and artists in every part of the country. We support the enactment of status of the artist legislation along the lines of Quebec's Bill 90, to assist artists to enjoy the economic benefits of their work.  A COMMITMENT TO OUR CULTURAL TRADITIONS  A New Democratic government is committed to:  • opposing the Mulroney trade deal and its destructive effects on our cultural industry and traditions.  • promoting and adequately supporting our cultural agencies while maintaining an arms-length relationship.  • ensuring that control of communication tools like radio and television broadcasting remain in Canadian hands.  • ensuring a separate market for Canadian film distribution.  • respecting and favoring development of the cultural uniqueness of Quebec as a distinct society.  John Turner and the Liberal Party attack the government's scandals. But while they were in government, they lived by patronage. No wonder no one believes John Turner when he says the Liberals would do better.  THIS TIME, ED BROADBENT AND THE NEW DEMOCRATS... FOR A MORE FAIR, OPEN AND HONEST APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats agree with the vast majority of Canadians when they say enough is enough. We believe that government can do better. We know that Canadians do not demand perfection from their government. But they do demand fairness and honesty. They want a government that will listen to their concerns. They want a government that will stand up for them. And they want a government that has the integrity to say what it means and mean what it says.  Ed Broadbent and the New Democrats are working for a government that reflects the fairness, openness and honesty Canadians want.  A COMMITMENT TO FAIRNESS, OPENNESS AND HONESTY  A New Democratic government would:  • INITIATE A PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT.  • PROVIDE GREATER FAIRNESS THROUGH OPEN AND MORE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.  • REVIEW APPOINTMENTS TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THROUGH AN ALL-PARTY COMMITTEE.  • REFORM ELECTION FINANCING LEGISLATION.  • ESTABLISH DEAR AND SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR MAJOR GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT BEFORE COMPETITIONS BEGIN AND THEN STICK TO THE RULES. TABLE DES MATIERES (suite)  page  PARTAGER LA RICHESSE  APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE ................  PROTÉGER LA SOCIÉTÉ .......  PROTEGER L'ENVIRONNEMENT RENFORCER LA NATION .......  HONORER LES ENGAGEMENTS DU CANADA .................  RAISONS DE RÉÉLIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  NOUS PRÉSENTONS UN BILAN DE RÉUSSITES  Nous avons tenu nos promesses de créer des emplois (1,3 million), de réduire le déficit (de près de 10 milliards $), d'accroître les investissements, de rétablir l'harmonie dans les relations fédérales-provinciales et d'honorer (es obligations internationales du Canada. Notre économie, notre culture, notre unité nationale et notre image internationale sont toutes plus fortes aujourd'hui qu'il y a quatre ans.  NOUS SAVONS CE QUE NOUS FAISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.   RAISONS DE REELIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  NOUS SOMMES LÀ  QUAND LES CANADIENS ONT  BESOIN DE NOUS  Nous croyons que le gouvernement fédéral a le devoir d'apporter aide et protection aux Canadiens et à la société canadienne sans tomber dans l'ingérence ou empiéter sur les droits des citoyens. Quand les agriculteurs ont eu besoin de notre aide, nous les avons indemnisés des dommages causés par la sécheresse et avons créé à leur intention le Programme spécial pour les grains. Nous avons réorganisé notre appareil judiciaire pour mieux assurer la sécurité de nos collectivités et nous avons pris des mesures rigoureuses contre les problèmes environnementaux et ceux qui en sont responsables.  NOUS SAVONS CE QUE NOUS FAISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.  RAISONS DE REELIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  NOUS CROYONS A LA SOUPLESSE ET AU LIBRE CHOIX  Nous comprenons que le gouvernement n'a pas le monopole des solutions. Un même problème peut susciter des besoins différents; nous croyons donc que les politiques fédérales doivent être assez souples pour pouvoir y répondre. Nous avons rétabli un élément de souplesse dans les prises de décisions fédérales et nous respectons le droit des Canadiens de choisir les solutions qui répondent le mieux à leurs besoins. Notre Stratégie nationale de garde des enfants en est un bel exemple puisqu'elle propose une approche nationale qui respecte à la fois le choix des parents et la compétence des provinces, '^o)  NOUS SAVONS CE QUE NOUS FAISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.  RAISONS DE RÉÉLIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  NOUS AVONS LE MEILLEUR CHEF ET LA MEILLEURE ÉQUIPE  Nous avons un Premier ministre qui maîtrise à merveille l'art du consensus el qui croit que la coopération peut le mieux nous faire progresser vers nos objectifs nationaux; il a fait la preuve de sa compétence en s'attaquant avec succès à de difficiles problèmes nationaux. Les hommes et les femmes qui forment son Cabinet constituent l'une des équipes les plus compétentes, les plus expérimentées et les plus dévouées que le Canada ait connues.  NOUS SAVONS CE QUE NOUS FAISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.  RAISONS DE RÉÉLIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  7 NOUS SAVONS TRAVAILLER . AVEC LES CANADIENS  Quand il s'agit de régler des problèmes socio-économiques, nous faisons appel à des Canadiens qui connaissent bien le problème et nous misons sur leur expertise et leur bonne volonté pour trouver des solutions locales qui contribuent à une solution nationale. Par exemple, nos stratégies d'alphabétisation, de planification de l'emploi et de lutte contre la drogue et la violence familiale font toutes appel au talent et à l'expérience d'organismes privés et bénévoles pour répondre à des besoins de la société.  NOUS SAVONS CE QUE NOUS FAISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.  RAISONS DE REELIRE LE GOUVERNEMENT MULRONEY  NOUS AVONS LA BONNE FORMULE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT RÉGIONAL  Nous avons mis fin à l'approche centraliste pratiquée depuis des décennies à l'égard du développement régional. Tandis qu'auparavant les décisions à ce sujet étaient prises dans une espèce de tour d'ivoire, notre démarche à nous consiste à fournir de nouveaux outils et des fonds permettant aux citoyens de chacune des régions d'assumer eux-mêmes les décisions économiques qui les concernent, en misant sur les atouts naturels de leur région. C'est ainsi qu'ont vu le jour l'initiative FEDNOR dans le nord de l'Ontario, l'Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique, le Bureau de diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest et l'Entente de développement économique et régional conclue avec le Québec.  NOUS U.IVON» EU QUU NOUS LUISONS ET POURQUOI NOUS LE FAISONS. NOTRE BILAN DES QUATRE DERNIÈRES ANNÉES PROUVE QUE NOUS SOMMES CAPABLES DE BIEN DIRIGER LE CANADA DANS LES ANNÉES À VENIR.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ÉLIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS PRÉCONISENT L'ISOLATIONNISME  La promesse de Turner de déchirer l'Accord de libre-échange est une indication de l'idée que les Libéraux se font du monde. Ils ne comprennent pas que le Canada fait partie d'une communauté de nations interdépendantes. Ils pensent plutôt qu'ils peuvent élever des barrières pour protéger le Canada des forces internationales et qu'ils peuvent "faire cavalier seul" devant des problèmes ardus comme celui de l'apartheid.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE,    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  LEURS POLITIQUES NE RÉPONDENT PLUS AUX BESOINS DU CANADA  En matière économique, les Libéraux n'ont pas compris les leçons de leurs échecs passes . ils ramèneraient le Canada aux jours sombres du Programme énergétique national, restreindraient l'investissement, créeraient davantage de sociétés d'Etat et retomberaient dans leur vieille approche du développement régional Ces stratégies des années 60 et 70 ont échoué même a l'époque du pouvoir libéral, elles échoueront encore parce qu'elles n'apportent rien a la compétitivité et a la productivité du Canada dans l'économie mondiale. Les Libéraux voudraient même revenir aux discussions commerciales secteur par secteur avec les États-Unis, une politique qu'ils ont poursuivie pendant dix ans sans conclure une seule entente  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOLE.  RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS VOIENT LE CHANGEMENT COMME UNE MENACE  Au cours des quatre dernières années, les Libéraux se sont systématiquement opposés aux initiatives économiques et sociales que nous avons mises de l'avant pour aider le Canada à prendre sa place dans un monde en pleine évolution. Comme ils voient dans le changement une menace à contrer plutôt qu'un avantage à exploiter, leurs politiques cherchent à mettre le Canada à l'abri du changement au lieu d'aider les Canadiens à s'y adapter. Ils considèrent que le Canada est incapable de faire face à la concurrence internationale et que notre culture est trop faible pour résister aux influences étrangères.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.  RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS ONT UNE LONGUE TRADITION DE NÉGLIGENCE FINANCIÈRE  Les conséquences de la négligence financière et des dépenses excessives des Libéraux se feront sentir pendant de nombreuses années encore, des années où nous devrons continuer de lutter pour réduire l'énorme déficit fédéral qu'ils nous ont légué. Ce n'est pas le moment de reporter au pouvoir les responsables de ce gâchis financier, surtout que le Parti libéral lui-même est pratiquement en faillite. Turner dit que la situation financière de son parti n'est pas son problème, qu'elle n'a rien à voir avec la responsabilité financière qu'exigent les Canadiens. Déjà, pourtant, les promesses électorales des Libéraux totalisent des milliards de dollars.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  LEURS PRATIQUES SONT CONTRAIRES À LA DÉMOCRATIE  Turner brandit depuis quelque temps le slogan "que le peuple décide". Pourtant, suivant ses propres directives, le Sénat à majorité libérale s'est appliqué ces quatre dernières années à retarder le processus législatif et à contrer la volonté de la Chambre des communes, dont les membres sont élus par le peuple. Les Libéraux ont abusé de leur pouvoir et agi de façon si peu démocratique qu'ils ont dénaturé le Sénat; ce dernier ne sert plus à revoir les projets de loi de façon "sage et réfléchie", mais plutôt à combler les appuis politiques qui font défaut à Turner à la Chambre des communes.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS ONT UNE VISION TRONQUÉE DU CANADA  Les Libéraux continuent d'envisager le développement du Canada dans une optique très centraliste. Ils se sont opposés à la création de l'Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique et du Bureau de diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest, et ont même exigé que le siège social de ce dernier soit situé à Ottawa. Leur approche traditionnelle du développement régional, qu'ils ont juré de remettre à l'honneur, consiste à distribuer les crédits fédéraux à des projets choisis, conçus et élaborés à Ottawa sans le moindre apport régional.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ÉLIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS VOUDRAIENT QUE LE  7 GOUVERNEMENT . INTERVIENNE DAVANTAGE  Les Libéraux croient que le gouvernement fédéral doit avoir la haute main sur tous les aspects de la vie sociale et économique du Canada. Ils ont systématiquement résisté à toutes nos tentatives de privatisation et de déréglementation, à tous nos efforts de modernisation des lois d'ordre économique (concurrence, faillites, etc.). Par exemple, leur politique en matière de garde d'enfants consiste à établir à Ottawa un organisme central dont les membres seraient nommés et qui allouerait arbitrairement des places en garderie suivant les directives fédérales.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  LEUR CHEF N'EST PAS UN LEADER  John Turner n'a pas la crédibilité d'un chef national; il ne parvient même pas à diriger son propre caucus. Les députés libéraux sont divisés quant à la façon d'aborder pratiquement n'importe quelle grande question d'intérêt national. Plus tôt cette année, la moitié d'entre eux ont signé des lettres exigeant la démission de leur chef. Le Canada n'a que faire de ce genre de leadership pour régler ses propres problèmes ou pour apporter une contribution valable sur la scène internationale.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOLE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS N'ONT RIEN DE CONCRET À PROPOSER  Les Libéraux déchireraient l'Accord de libre-échange, mais ils n'ont rien à proposer en remplacement, sauf de vagues allusions au GATT; leur politique sur la garde des enfants ne reconnaît même pas qu'il s'agit là d'un domaine de compétence provinciale. La seule option qu'ils proposent est de replonger le Canada dans le fouillis qui régnait avant 1984.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS ELIRE LES LIBÉRAUX  ILS NE SAVENT PAS  1F^ VRAIMENT OÙ ILS U- S'EN VONT  Le programme électoral des Libéraux est une accumulation de vagues engagements qui ne convergent nulle part et n'ont rien à voir avec les besoins du pays. Si ce programme représente l'avenir qu'ils envisagent pour le Canada, les Canadiens devraient le rejeter en bloc.  LES LIBÉRAUX RESTENT ACCROCHÉS AU PASSÉ ET NE COMPRENNENT PAS TOUTE LA PORTÉE DE LEURS ACTES. ILS NE MÉRITENT PAS VOTRE VOTE.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS SONT ISOLATIONNISTES À OUTRANCE  L'idéologie néo-démocrate refuse de reconnaître que le Canada fait partie de la communauté internationale. Le NPD retirerait le pays de l'OTAN et de NORAD et refuserait d'honorer les obligations du Canada à l'égard de la défense collective. Ses politiques commerciales et culturelles, par lesquelles il veut créer une espèce de "Forteresse Canada", visent à mettre le Canada à l'abri des influences extérieures; ainsi isolé du reste du monde, notre pays serait promis à un avenir médiocre.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.  RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  LEUR IDEOLOGIE COMPTE PLUS QUE LA RÉALITÉ  Le NPD est un parti socialiste qui cherchera à imposer des valeurs socialistes au Canada, peu importe qu'elles soient ou non conformes à la réalité. Les Néo-démocrates s'opposent à la concurrence, à l'esprit d'entreprise et au secteur privé en général. Ils promettent d'augmenter considérablement les dépenses sociales tout en abaissant les impôts. Pis encore, ils croient sincèrement que le gouvernement peut apporter une solution instantanée à tout problème.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS NE RESPECTENT PAS LA CONSTITUTION DU CANADA  Leur idéologie les amène à élaborer des politiques qui dénotent soit un irrespect soit une piètre compréhension de la Constitution canadienne. Comme le montre leur politique sur la garde des enfants, ils pensent qu'Ottawa peut tout faire et même imposer ses décisions ,dans des domaines de compétence provinciale. Pareille attitude les rend tout à fait incapables de bâtir ou de préserver le consensus qui permet de gouverner et de faire progresser le pays.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.  I  RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  4 ILS NE VIVENT PAS DANS . LE MONDE D'AUJOURD'HUI  Les politiques du NPD sont restées les mêmes après des décennies de changement sur les scènes nationale et internationale. Lors de leurs congrès nationaux, les Néo-démocrates approuvent les yeux fermés des politiques qui remontent au début des années 60, des politiques auxquelles ils se sentent en quelque sorte liés. Dans les années 90, le Canada n'aura que faire de politiques élaborées voilà près de 30 ans.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS SONT TROP INTIMEMENT LIÉS À UN SEUL GROUPE D'INTÉRÊTS  Le NPD ne cache pas qu'il constitue l'aile politique du Congrès du travail du Canada; en fait, les chefs du Parti et du CTC sont pratiquement interchangeables. Ces liens étroits avec un seul groupe d'intérêts ne serviront pas les besoins de tous les Canadiens, surtout quand le gouvernement fédéral sera appelé à arbitrer des litiges ouvriers. Ce dont le Canada a besoin, c'est d'un gouvernement qui représente tous les Canadiens.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.  RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS CROIENT QUE LA NATIONALISATION PEUT REGLER TOUS LES PROBLÈMES  Les Néo-démocrates se sont engagés a nationaliser de grandes industries afin de permettre au gouvernement d'intervenir dans tous les aspects de la vie économique. Ils s'opposent à la privatisation et veulent plutôt créer davantage de sociétés d'État Les grandes banques canadiennes, le Canadien Pacifique et l'industrie des communications sont tous susceptibles d'être nationalisés sous un régime néo-démocrate.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHE À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET A APPLIQUER A TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  7 LEURS POLITIQUES SONT . AU-DESSUS DE NOS MOYENS  Les politiques du NPD reposent sur la redistribution de la richesse, non sur la création d'emplois et de nouveaux débouchés économiques. Elles consistent tout entières à prendre aux riches pour donner aux pauvres. À vouloir jouer les Robin des Bois, les Néo-démocrates ruineront notre performance économique, augmenteront considérablement le déficit et serviront très mal les intérêts de tous les Canadiens, y compris ceux des pauvres.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS SONT SYNONYMES DE RECUL POUR LE CANADA  En s'opposant à l'investissement étranger, en prônant des politiques propres à alimenter le déficit et en croyant à la mainmise de l'État sur le secteur privé, le NPD ramènera le Canada des décennies en arrière. Ces stratégies ont déjà fait la preuve qu'elles se traduisaient par une flambée des taux d'intérêt, une hausse du chômage et une chute de la compétitivité, tous des fléaux que nous avons mis tant d'efforts à vaincre.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SONS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPD EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET A APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS SE SERVIRONT DU GOUVERNEMENT POUR RÉGIR LA VIE DES CANADIENS  Les Néo-démocrates croient qu'ils ont la solution à tous les problèmes. En imposant des solutions arbitraires aux Canadiens, ils priveront les individus de tout pouvoir et limiteront l'éventail des choix offerts aux Canadiens. Par exemple, leur stratégie en matière de garde d'enfants ne laisse aux parents pas d'autre choix que de confier leurs enfants à un système universel de garderies d'État.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISONNABLES, LE NPO EST UN PARTI SOCIALISTE ATTACHÉ À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA À IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    RAISONS DE NE PAS VOTER NPD  ILS SONT MAL PRÉPARÉS POUR GOUVERNER  Le NPD n'a |amais formé un gouvernement ndtional et n'a que très peu d'expérience au niveau provincial. Il n'a pas l'expérience et le jugement dont le Canada a besoin s'il veut faire les bons choix pour l'avenir.  BIEN QU'IL SE PRÉSENTE SOUS DES DEHORS RAISON-N.ILILCS, LE NPD EST UN P.IRLI SOCI.ILISIC NTT.ICHE À UNE DOCTRINE IDÉOLOGIQUE QUI REMONTE AUX ANNÉES 60 ET QU'IL CHERCHERA A IMPOSER À TOUS LES CANADIENS ET À APPLIQUER À TOUS LES PROBLÈMES.    NOTRE CAMPAGNE  Au cours de cette élection, les Canadiens ont un véritable choix a faire quant a l'orientation future de leur pays Les différences entre le gouvernement progressiste-conservateur et les deux autres partis sont nettement marquées Les électeurs ont le choix entre  • Notre vision de l'avenir et leur attachement au passe,  • La poursuite de nos politiques fructueuses et leur absence totale de direction;  • Notre vision d'un Canada ouvert au monde extérieur et sûr de ses moyens, et leur peur du changement et de toute influence extérieure,  • Notre confiance à l'égard du libre-échange et de la compétitivité du Canada, et leur intention de déchirer l'Accord de libre-échange,  • Nos plans pour aider les Canadiens à relever. de nouveaux défis, et leur désir d'éviter aux Canadiens ces défis,  • Notre volonté d'aider les Canadiens à générer de la richesse, et leur intention de simplement redistribuer la richesse existante;  •S  • Nos efforts pour faire du Canada un membre a part entière et respecte de la communauté internationale, et leur détermination a s'en retirer,  • Notiii opinion sulon liiquyilc lo progrès est lu fruit d'une étroite collaboration avec les Canadiens, et leur opinion selon laquelle les solutions peuvent être imposées à partir d'Ottawa  NOTRE CAMPAGNE (suite)  Notre façon de voir fera du Canada un pays plus fort et plus prospère, où tous les Canadiens contribueront a la croissance et en profiteront Leur façon de voir fera du Canada un pays de second ordre, mal équipé pour se tailler une place dans un monde qui change rapidement  MAINTENIR LA PROSPERITE ÉCONOMIQUE  LEDÉFI  Nous avons hérité d'un pays qui se débattait dans les affres d'une récession. Les Canadiens voyaient leurs horizons limités par une inflation au-dessus des 10 %, un fort taux de chômage et un énorme déficit fédéral; la performance économique du Canada était l'une des plus faibles par rapport à celle de ses principaux concurrents internationaux. En 1984. les Canadiens se demandaient comment ils viendraient à bout de leurs problèmes économiques; l'espoir était au plus bas.  LE BILAN  En l'espace de quatre ans. le gouvernement PC a remis le Canada sur la bonne voie. lui apportant une nouvelle prospérité et lu! redonnant confiance en l'avenir. Il n'y a pas beaucoup d'autres pays au monde qui ont connu une telle amélioration de leur situation économique en si peu de temps :  • La création de 1,3 million de nouveaux emplois, soit une moyenne de près de 1 000 par jour depuis notre accession au pouvoir;  728 000 de ces nouveaux emplois sont occupes par des femmes;  • Une augmentation considérable de ^investissement privé, qui est censé augmenter de 20 % cette année;  MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  • Plus de 774 000 mises en chantier depuis 1984;  • Une réduction du nombre de Canadiens vivant sous lu seuil de la pauvreté;  • Une importante réduction des faillites de petites entreprises et d'exploitations agricoles;  • Une augmentation nette de 700 $ du revenu disponible des particuliers, même en tenant compte de l'inflation.  L'AVENIR  Nous sommes résolus à faire profiter le Canada de ce regnin de prospérité et à travailler avec les Canadiens à maintenir l'élan obtenu dans le domaine économique. Nous relèverons avec confiance les défis que pose une économie mondiale en rapide évolution :  • En complétant l'Accord de libre-échange avec les États-Unis pour garantir notre accès au marché le plus grand et le plus riche du monde;  • En continuant de travailler à l'amélioration des règles du GATT et à ta réduction des obstacles au commerce international;  • En développant des technologies stratégiques 36  MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  L'avenir (suite)  pour accroître la performance de nos industries et de nos services de pointe;  • En étendant à la grandeur du bassin du Pacifique nos mécanismes de soutien à l'expansion commerciale.  MAINTENIR LA PROSPERITE ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  Industrie, sciences et technologie  Nous nous étions engages a accroître l'effort national de recherche et développement et a mieux (.oordoiiiit'r les iiclivilos du rocherche, et nous sommes passes aux actes Nous disposons maintenant d'une Politique nationale des sciences et de la technologie, signée par tous les gouvernements provinciaux, et d'un Conseil consultatif national des sciences et de la technologie, préside par le Promior ministre Rien que cette année, le gouvernement PC consacrera plus de 4,5 milliards $ aux sciences et a la technologie Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent.  • Un programme de bourses du gouvernement canadien destine a encourager les étudiants les plus doues,  • Un réseau de centres d'excellence destiné à promouvoir la collaboration de l'industrie et des universités a la recherche,  • D'importantes augmentations des budgets des conseils qui subventionnent la recherche universitaire,  • Un nouveau ministère de l'Industrie, des Sciences et de la Technologie, qui se concentrera sur les innovations technologiques et se fera le défenseur de l'excellence scientifique    MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  ENERGIE  Grâce à l'Accord de l'Ouest, à l'Accord de l'Atlantique et à d'autres ententes conclues avec l'industrie et les gouvernements provinciaux, le gouvernement PC a mis en oeuvre une nouvelle stratégie énergétique et mis fin aux dissensions causées par les politiques du passé. C'est ainsi que notre industrie de l'énergie est redevenue viable et est aujourd'hui en mesure de profiter des avantages de l'Accord de libre-échange, c'est-à-dire un accès plus sûr au grand marché américain. Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent :  • La mise en marche du projet Hibernia (8,5 milliards $) au large de Terre-Neuve;  • La construction d'une usiné de valorisation du pétrole brut près de Lloydminster, un projet de 1,2 milliard $;  • Les premières démarches pour lancer le projet OSLO d'exploitation des sables bitumineux (4,1 milliards $);  • La mise en oeuvre de l'Accord du Nord, pour mettre en valeur les ressources énergétiques du Nord avec la collaboration des habitants de cette région;  • L'élaboration de méthodes de production d'énergie qui nuisent moins à l'environnement.    MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  PETITE ENTREPRISE  Nous avons fortement appuyé l'initiative individuelle et la promotion de l'esprit d'entreprise au Canada. Nous avons allégé la réglementation et les exigences en matière de présentation de rapports, amélioré l'accès des petites entreprises aux programmes d'aide et accordé d'importants avantages fiscaux aux petits entrepreneurs. Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent :  • Une Politique nationale de l'entrepreneurship destinée à inciter les Canadiens à faire carrière dans les nlf.liros;  • Un Institut national de l'entrepreneurship chargé de promouvoir la recherche et la diffusion d'informations;  • Un Forum spécial sur l'avenir de l'entrepreneurship au Canada;  • Une participation accrue de la petite entreprise aux marchés de l'État et aux programmes d'achat gouvernementaux.    MAINTENIR LA PROSPERITE ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  AGRICULTURE I  Le gouvernement PC s'est occupé en priorité de l'agriculture, un domaine où il a pris au cours des quatre dernières années quelque 690 initiatives d'un coût total de près de 10 milliards $. Il s'agit entre autres du Programme spécial canadien pour les grains, de l'aide aux agriculteurs frappés par la sécheresse, du versement de paiements anticipés, du Programme de réorientation des agriculteurs, de la Politique laitière nationale et de l'actualisation des lois touchant les programmes agricoles. Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent :  • La poursuite de nos efforts auprès du GATT pour réduire les subventions déloyales et rétablir la stabilité du marché international;  • La diversification de la production agricole et l'ouverture de marchés d'exportation pour des produits à valeur ajoutée;  • La mise en oeuvre de programmes à long terme destinés à apporter la stabilité à nos agriculteurs tout en respectant nos obligations internationales;  • Do notivollos nctivitcs de R-D axées sur In préservation de nos terres agricoles à l'intention des générations futures.    MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  MINES  Le gouvernement PC a stimule l'injection de nouveaux capitaux dans le secteur des mines, adopte une nouvelle politique sur les minéraux et les métaux afin de relancer la prospection et la production, contribue a l'établissement d'infrastructures minières, encourage la recherche et institue le Programme de développement des collectivités afin d'aider les collectivités dépendant d'une seule industrie a diversifier leur économie Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent  • L'amélioration de la compétitivité internationale de notre industrie minière, en misant sur les atouts des régions,  • La mise au point de matériaux plus perfectionnes a partir de nos minéraux,  • La valorisation de nos exportations minières    MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  TOURISME  Depuis 1984, le gouvernement PC a pris des engagements de près de 500 millions $ pour le développement de l'industrie touristique a la grandeur du Canada II a notamment effectue d'imposantes recherches, entrepris des campagnes de commercialisation en collaboration avec le secteur prive, crée l'Institut national de recherche sur le tourisme et tenu la première Conférence nationale sur le tourisme, la culture et le multiculturalisme Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent  • Des efforts visant a accroître le nombre de visiteurs étrangers au Canada,  • Une meilleure orientation des activités de promotion touristique du Canada,  • Une meilleure exploitation des possibilités économiques qu'offrent les attraits touristiques des différentes régions    MAINTENIR LA PROSPÉRITÉ ÉCONOMIQUE (suite)  TRANSPORTS  Depuis 1984, nous avons déployé beaucoup d'efforts pour permettre à tous les Canadiens de hoiiL'IiciL't d'un rcsu.iu nadon.il de transports moderne et sûr. Nous avons adopté une nouvelle Loi nationale sur les transports, renforcé les règlements de sécurité et leurs modalités d'application, modernisé des aéroports, des routes et des ports et amélioré les services ferroviaires. Nos engagements dans ce domaine comprennent :  • L'achèvement de la modernisation du système national de contrôle aérien,  • Une collaboration avec les provinces en vue d'améliorer la sécurité routière;  • Des mesures visant à rendre plus sécuritaire le transport des marchandises dangereuses et l'adoption de mesures d'urgence plus efficaces;  • L'achèvement du Programme de remise en état des embranchements ferroviaires dans les régions désignées    PARTAGER LA RICHESSE  LE DÉFI  II y a quatre ans, des obstacles formidables empêchaient de nombreux Canadiens de prendre part à la vie économique et sociale du Canada sur un pied d'égalité. Les programmes de formation étaient difficilement accessibles et non pertinents : en effet, il arrivait qu'on forme des gens pour des emplois qui n'existaient plus. Les programmes de développement régional coûtaient des milliards de dollars et ne réussissaient pas pour autant à accroître les débouchés économiques dans les régions. Le taux de chômage chez les jeunes dépassait les 20 % dans de nombreuses régions du pays. Les femmes n'avaient pas accès à certains débouchés et il y avait au Canada un nombre croissant de personnes âgées, particulièrement des femmes, qui vivaient dans la pauvreté.  LE BILAN  En 1984, l'électoral a donné au gouvernement PC le mandat de s'assurer que tous les Canadiens puissent profiter de la prospérité économique. Au cours des quatre dernières années, nous avons réussi à réduire un grand nombre des obstacles socio-économiques et à remédier aux problèmes spéciaux de beaucoup d'éléments du notro société. Voici quelques-uneys de nos initiatives couronnées de succès :  • Des programmes relevant de la Stratégie de planification de l'emploi en vue de permettre    PARTAGER LA RICHESSE (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  l'acquisition de nouvelles compétences, de former les travailleurs, de mettre en valeur les atouts dos collectivités et d'aider les |eunes a entrer sur le marche du travail,  • Une Stratégie nationale d'alphabétisation, a un coût de 110 millions $, en vue d'améliorer la maîtrise de la lecture et de l'écriture en général et de venir en aide au grand nombre de Canadiens analphabètes,  • De nouveaux programmes de développement régional (FEDNOR, APECA, Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest, Entente de développement économique et régional conclue avec le Québec, etc ) qui fournissent aux citoyens des reqions de nouveaux mécanismes et de nouveaux crédits afin de leur permettre de prendre en main leur propre avenir économique en misant sur les atouts de leur région.  • Des emplois d'été intéressants pour les étudiants dans le cadre des programmes "Défi", qui allient a la fois la formation académique, la formation sur le tas et l'expérience pratique en milieu de travail,  • La Loi sur l'équité en matière d'emploi, qui exige des entreprises traitant avec le gouvernement fédéral qu'elles offrent de meilleures purspuclives d'emploi aux femmes, aux minorités et aux handicapes,    PARTAGER LA RICHESSE (suite)  l-^ils'iJ^yiiÊ)  • L'obligation faite aux employeurs relevant de la compétence fédérale d'appliquer le principe de la rémunération égale pour un travail d'égale valeur et l'approbation d'un plan visant a promouvoir l'équité salariale au sein de la fonction publique fédérale,  • Une Stratégie nationale sur la garde des enfants, d'un coût de 6,4 milliards $ qui vise entre autres a réduire les obstacles qui entravent l'accession des femmes au marche du travail,  • L'assouplissement des modalités d'octroi des allocations au conjoint survivant et des prestations aux anciens combattants afin de procurer une plus grande sécurité de revenu aux personnes âgées,  • Des initiatives en matière d'autonomie gouvernementale, de transfert de responsabilités et de règlement de revendications territoriales pour promouvoir l'égalité économique des autochtones du Canada,  • La multiplication par cinq des crédits affectés au Programme de participation des personnes handicapées et un meilleur accès à tous les services fédéraux    PARTAGER LA RICHESSE (suite)  L'AVENIR  Nous voulons faire en sorte que tous les Canadiens dans chaque région puissent tirer parti des avantages découlant d'une prospérité économique soutenue. Voilà le principe qui sous-tend les nouvelles initiatives que nous proposons dans un grand nombre de domaines Citons entre autres  • Des programmes efficaces d'adaptation afin d'aider les travailleurs et les chefs d'entreprise a acquérir les compétences nécessaires pour tirer parti ues nouveaux débouches,  • La poursuite de nos efforts a long terme en vue de créer une nouvelle richesse et de nouveaux débouches économiques dans toutes les régions du Canada,  • L'amélioration des possibilités d'obtenir des contrats fédéraux dans toutes les régions du Canada,  • Un programme destine a aider les jeunes entrepreneurs a acquérir des compétences en affaires et a lancer leur propre petite entreprise.  • L'adoption de la Loi sur la garde des enfants au Canada, qui créera 200 000 nouvelles places dans des garderies subventionnées a la grandeur du Canada,  • Des efforts soutenus pour trouver un terrain d'entente relativement aux changements constitutionnels nécessaires pour reconnaître le droit des communautés autochtones à l'autonomie gouvernementale,  • La poursuite de nos efforts en vue de régler les revendications territoriales en souffrance dans l'ensemble du Canada, en conformité avec notre politique établie;  • Une meilleure accessibilité des immeubles fédéraux pour les handicapés et l'accroissement des efforts d'embauché fédérale à leur endroit    APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE  LE DÉFI  En 1984, les Canadiens ont voté pour le changement parce qu'ils en avaient assez de l'irresponsabilité et de l'incurie des Libéraux. Ils en .iv.iiont ;i;,ac/ (lu leurs politiques qui décourageaient l'investissement, rendaient le régime de l'impôt sur le revenu incompréhensible et injuste, réglementaient trop tous les aspects de l'activité économique nationale et augmentaient continuellement l'intervention de l'État sur le marché par le biais des sociétés d'État et d'un fouillis de lois désuètes.  LE BILAN  Tout au long de son premier mandat, le gouvernement PC a relevé le défi de créer un nouveau climat politique, d'apporter des solutions à des problèmes qui avaient été négligés pendant des années et de faire participer les Canadiens à la formulation des politiques et programmes nationaux. Les nombreuses initiatives suivantes témoignent de notre capacité d'adopter une nouvelle approche fructueuse :  • Nos efforts de réduction du déficit ont donné d'excellents résultats, puisque nous l'avons réduit de 10 milliards $ sans porter atteinte aux programmes et services gouvernementaux importants;  • Nous nvons remplacé l'Agence d'examen 52  APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE (suite)  Le bilan (suite)  de l'investissement étranger (FIRA) par Investissement Canada, ce qui nous a permis d'attirer de nouveaux investissements qui renforceront l'économie canadienne;  • La réforme fiscale que nous avons entreprise réduit les impôts des contribuables et augmente ceux des entreprises, tout en rendant le régime d'impôt sur le revenu plus équitable;  • Nous avons privatisé plus d'une douzaine de sociétés d'Etat, dont Eldorado Nucléaire, Canadair, DeHavilland et Fisheries Products International, qui n'avaient plus besoin d'être sous la tutelle de l'État;  • Nous avons pris d'importantes initiatives de réforme de la réglementation, y compris l'adoption de la nouvelle Loi nationale sur les transports, qui permettront aux forces du marché d'agir plus efficacement et renforceront les normes d'hygiène et de sécurité;  • Nous avons modernisé la législation sur la concurrence, sur les droits d'auteur et sur les brevets afin de mieux protéger les droits et de mieux définir les obligations des consommateurs et des entreprises sans nuire à la compétitivité;  • Nous avons assuré une gestion plus efficace des ressources publiques en réduisant la    APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  taille de l'administration fédérale tout en en augmentant l'efficacité;  • Nous avons apporté d'importantes améliorations au Régime de pensions du Canada et aux régimes de pensions d'employeur réglementés par le fédéral et augmenté le plafond des contributions à un REÉR donnant droit à des exemptions d'impôt;  • Nous avons réformé la procédure parlementaire afin de donner plus de pouvoirs et d'indépendance aux comités parlementaires et d'accroître la responsabilité du gouvernement vis-à-vis des députés;  • Nous avons nettement accru l'efficience de Postes Canada, qui a éliminé son déficit de 500 millions $ et qui a réalisé un léger profit cette année.  L'AVENIR  Nous allons continuer de remettre le statu quo en question et de chercher des façons innovatrices de résoudre les problèmes et d'améliorer la vie des Canadiens. Au cours de notre prochain mandat, nous allons continuer de prouver par nos initiatives que nous avons les compétences cl l'imnf)iiiiition voulues pour m.-iitriser lu chnnqc-inunt ot on lirui pluinoment avantage dans l'intérêt des Canadiens. Nous allons notamment :    APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE (suite)  L'AYENIR (SUITE)  • Poursuivre nos efforts de réduction du déficit en conservant la même approche disciplinée à l'égard de la responsabilité financière;  • Répandre activement le message que le Canada est un pays sûr pour les investissements;  • Instituer une nouvelle taxe de vente fédérale qui sera moins complexe, assurer un traitement équitable à toutes les entreprises et ne nuira plus à la compétitivité comme la taxe actuelle;  • Maintenir une politique de privatisation sensée fondée sur un processus structuré et efficace d'examen du rôle et de l'utilité des sociétés d'État fédérales;  • Accroître la participation du public au processus de réglementation et exercer un contrôle parlementaire plus strict sur les règlements;  • Modifier la Loi sur la faillite afin de protéger les salariés et de simplifier le processus de faillite personnelle;  • Légiférer afin de protéger les droits des actionnaires minoritaires, la conception des puces électroniques et la propriété d'oeuvres de nnture artistique;  • Légiférer en vue d'accorder des prestations de retraite aux personnes au foyer dans le    APPLIQUER NOTRE NOUVELLE APPROCHE (suite)  L'AVENIR (SUITE)  cadre du Régime de pensions du Canada/ Régime des rentes du Québec, sous réserve d'une entente a ce sujet avec les provinces;  • Rechercher une entente visant a faire du Sénat une assemblée élective en veillant à maintenir In responsabilité du gouvernement vis-a-vis de la Chambre des communes;  • Permettre aux Canadiens de participer au processus d'examen et d'amélioration des services postaux par le truchement d'un Office d'examen du service postnl,  • Continuer de favoriser la bonne entente dans les relations patronales-syndicales et engager les deux parties dans un nouveau partenariat efficace et productif,  • Coopérer plus étroitement avec le secteur bénévole afin d'être mieux en mesure de résoudre les grands problèmes sociaux.  PROTÉGER LA SOCIÉTÉ  Le défi  En 1984, les Canadiens ont voté pour un gouvernement qui travaillerait avec eux à résoudre des problèmes nationaux trop longtemps négligés au lieu d'imposer des solutions à partir d'Ottawa Ils voulaient un gouvernement qui prendrait la tête d'un effort national en vue de s'attaquer aux problèmes sociaux, au lieu de fermer les yeux sur ces problèmes comme l'avait fait le gouvernement précédent. Et ils ont voté pour un gouvernement qui respecterait leurs valeurs et leurs différences au lieu d'exiger qu'ils les adaptent en fonction des programmes et des règlements gouvernementaux. Le gouvernement PC a accepté de relever ce défi.  Le bilan  Nous croyons que le gouvernement a le devoir d'apporter aide et protection aux Canadiens et à la société canadienne sans s'ingérer indûment dans la vie des gens ni empiéter sur leurs droits. Nos efforts pour assurer cette protection et pour faciliter le changement ont porté entre autres sur les éléments suivants :  • Le lancement d'un programme de 168 millions $ pour atténuer les problèmes associes au SIDA et contribuer à la recherche d'un remède à cette nouvelle maladie mortelle;  • L'annonce d'une Stratégie nationale sur la garde des enfants afin d'améliorer les services de garde et de permettre aux parents    PROTÉGER LA SOCIÉTÉ (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  canadiens de choisir, parmi une gamme d'options, les services de garde qui répondent le mieux à leurs besoins;  • L'aide aux Canadiens qui en ont le plus besoin au moyen de diverses initiatives de soutien du revenu (réforme des pensions, réforme fiscale, crédit d'impôt remboursable au titre de la taxe de vente, indexation de la pension de vieillesse, etc.);  • La création d'un programme de 30 millions $ pour aider les personnes âgées à vivre de façon plus autonome;  • La nomination pour la toute première fois d'un ministre responsable du Troisième âge afin de donner une plus grande visibilité aux questions qui touchent nos aînés;  • Le renforcement du système de justice pénale et des mesures visant à assurer le traitement juste et égal de tous les Canadiens devant la loi;  • La réforme de la législation relative à la famille afin de mieux protéger les enfants, de réduire la violence familiale, d'assurer l'égalité et de veiller à l'application des ordonnances de pension alimentaire et de garde;  • Le lancement d'une stratégie de cinq ans afin de lutter contre l'abus des drogues au Canada par le traitement, la réhabilitation, l'éducation,    PROTÉGER LA SOCIÉTÉ (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  l'application rigoureuse des lois et de meilleurs programmes de formation;  • Le lancement d'un programme national de sensibilisation au danger de la conduite avec facultés affaiblies, accompagné de sanctions plus sévères pour les contrevenants.  L'AVENIR  Au cours des quatre prochaines années, nous allons continuer nos efforts déjà considérables en vue de créer un environnement permettant aux Canadiens de s'épanouir et de réaliser leurs objectifs personnels et familiaux et de contribuer ainsi à notre vie nationale. Nos initiatives tiendront compte des valeurs individuelles et des différences régionales et feront participer les Canadiens à la solution des problèmes sociaux. Notre programme comprendra notamment :  • La création d'un nouveau fonds pour les initiatives en matière de santé, en vue d'aider les provinces à élaborer de nouvelles méthodes de prestation des services de santé;  • L'adoption de la Loi canadienne sur la garde des enfants, qui permettra de négocier des ententes fédérales-provinciales en vue de doubler le nombre de places dans les garderies subventionnées au Canada;  • La réforme du Code criminel pour assurer l'équité et l'application uniforme de la justice au Canada;    PROTÉGER LA SOCIÉTÉ (suite)  L'AVENIR (SUITE)  • Le recours à des formules telles que la médiation et la décriminalisation de certains délits pour remplacer les procédures judiciaires formelles, afin de réduire les coûts, les délais et les problèmes inhérents au système judiciaire actuel;  * La poursuite de nos efforts en vue d'éliminer les problèmes que sont l'alcoolisme et les toxicomanies au Canada.    PROTEGER L'ENVIRONNEMENT  LE DÉFI  En 1984, le Canada faisait face à des menaces de plus en plus graves à l'intégrité de son environnement. Les administrations libérales précédentes ne s'étaient guère occupées de questions pressantes comme celles des pluies acides, du contrôle des substances toxiques, de la pollution des Grands Lacs et des grandes voies navigables du Canada, ei de l'aptitude du gouvernement fédéral à protéger l'environnement. Conséquemment, les Canadiens s'inquiétaient de plus en plus des graves menaces qui pesaient sur leur magnifique environnement naturel.  LE BILAN  Le gouvernement PC considère qu'un environnement sain est le plus précieux héritage que nous puissions léguer à nos enfants. C'est pourquoi nous avons pris d'importantes mesures à cet égard au cours des quatre dernières années, notamment :  • L'adoption du principe du développement viable comme fondement de la planification économique et sociale, de sorte que la protection à long terme de l'environnement soit un élément essentiel de toute décision;  • L'augmentation du budget d'Environnement Canada de 13 % au cours des quatre dernières années;    PROTÉGER L'ENVIRONNEMENT (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  • Des ententes avec le gouvernement des États-Unis en vue de protéger l'habitat de la sauvagine, d'assainir les eaux des Grands Lacs, de protéger la harde de caribous de la Porcupine et de contrôler les mouvements transfrontaliers de produits dangereux;  • Le lancement du programme de lutte contre les pluies acides le plus rigoureux au monde, ayant pour objectif de réduire de 50 %, d'ici 1994, les émanations polluantes qui causent les pluies acides;  • L'exercice d'un leadership international face à des problèmes environnementaux tels que les émissions d'oxyde d'azote, l'approvisionnement de la couche d'ozone et l'effet de serre;  • L'adoption de la première politique nationale de l'eau et le nettoyage des ports de Hamilton et d'IInlifnx, de la rivière Niagara, du fleuve Saint-Laurent et des mares de déchets bitumineux de Sydney;  • La décision de raccourcir de deux ans le délai alloué pour l'élimination du plomb dans l'essence;  • L'adoption de la Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement, qui renforce les pouvoirs fédéraux dans le domaine de la gestion des produits chimiques toxiques;    PROTÉGER L'ENVIRONNEMENT (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  • La création de cinq nouveaux parcs nationaux. des deux premiers parcs marins nationaux du Canada et de deux nouvelles réserves fauni-ques nationales;  • L'accroissement du nombre de sites nationaux protégés dans le cadre du programme de préservation des terres marécageuses, qui est passé ainsi de sept à dix-sept;  • L'établissement de normes nationales obligatoires d'entreposage des BPC, qui exigent que tous les lieux d'entreposage répondent à des critères rigoureux concernant l'aménagement, l'accès, la protection contre les incendies et la planification des mesures d'urgence;  • La mise en oeuvre d'un vaste programme de destruction des BPC dans toutes les installations fédérales du pays et l'affectation de 15 millions $ à la location d'un incinérateur mobile;  • Des mesures d'assainissement de l'air dans les édifices, de lutte contre le tabagisme et de prévention d'autres risques cachés pour la santé.  L'AVENIR ;  Le gouvernement PC est déterminé à assainir l'environnement canadien et à unir ses efforts à ceux d'autres pays afin de réaliser des objectifs  semblables à l'échelle mondiale. À cette fin, comme dans le passé, nous travaillerons en edroite collaboration avec les gouvernements provinciaux, lu secteur bénévole et les particuliers pour poursuivre le travail amorcé grâce aux initiatives suivantes :  • L'organisation de tables rondes nationales sur le développement viable qui permettront de tracer les grandes lignes d'une politique f1edérale et d’accords fédéraux-provinciaux dans le domaine de l'environnement,  • Des négociations énergiques avec le nouveau gouvernement américain en vue de conclure un traité canado-américain de lutte contre les pluies acides;  • La refonte de toutes les dispositions des lois fédérales concernant les ressources en eau et l'adoption d'une loi sur l'eau potable;  • Des programmes visant à faire respecter rigoureusement la nouvelle Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement;  • Une aide accrue à des programmes visant à déceler les substances contaminantes qui se trouvent à faible dose dans la chaîne alimentaire;  • Une aide accrue au Programme des Nations Unies sur l'environnement; ^o\    PROTÉGER L'ENVIRONNEMENT (suite)  L'AVENIR (SUITE)  • Une contribution aux efforts visant à élaborer d'ici 1991 une Convention internationale sur la protection de la stratosphère (un "droit de l'atmosphère");  • Le soutien à la création d'une Banque mondiale de la conservation qui, de concert avec la Banque mondiale, travaillerait à l'intégration de préoccupations environnementales dans les projets de la Banque mondiale;  • L'établissement à Winnipeg d'un Centre pour la promotion internationale du développement viable.    RENFORCER LA NATION  Le défi  II y a quatre ans, le Canada était une nation tourmentée par l'incertitude, déchirée par des conflits fédéraux-provinciaux sur pratiquement toutes les grandes questions d'orientation, timide dans l'affirmation de sa souveraineté et incapable de se percevoir comme un pays en pleine possession de ses moyens et susceptible d'apporter une contribution valable à la communauté mondiale. Des années de régime libéral avaient décimé les Forces armées canadiennes, dressé différents éléments de la société les uns contre les autres et exclu le Québec de la famille constitutionnelle canadienne. La situation était intolérable. Aux élections, les Canadiens ont fait savoir clairement qu'ils en avaient assez des conflits incessants et de la mésentente nationale.  LE BILAN  Le gouvernement PC a apporté avec lui une perspective tout à fait nouvelle de la vie nationale en 1984. Nous étions convaincus que les Canadiens pouvaient travailler ensemble à consolider leurs valeurs et leur culture et accroître leurs efforts pour bâtir la nation. Nous avons apporté au gouvernement national une confiance renouvelèe a l’`egard du Canada et de ses citoyens. Nos initiatives témoignent de notre respect pour les grandes qualités de notre pays et de notre volonté du miser sur elles :  • L'Accord du lac Meech redonne au Québec 66  RENFORCER LA NATION (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  son statut constitutionnel de partenaire à part entière aux côtés des autres provinces du Canada;  • La toute première Loi sur le multiculturalisme canadien concrétise les valeurs et les traditions canadiennes et souligne le sérieux de notre engagement à cet égard en donnant un fondement législatif à la politique du mutticulturalisme;  • Les modifications apportées à la Loi sur les langues officielles donnent un cadre moderne à notre politique dans ce domaine et élargissent les droits linguistiques des minorités francophones et anglophones du Canada;  • Le Programme canadien de paiements pour utilisation publique assure pour la première fois aux auteurs canadiens une indemnisation pour le prêt de leurs oeuvres par les bibliothèques;  • En modifiant la Loi sur le droit d'auteur, nous avons renforcé les droits des artistes et prévu des mécanismes leur permettant de toucher des droits pour leurs oeuvres;  • Sur la scène internationale, nos initiatives culturelles ont permis la signature d'accords do coproduction ciném.itogrnphique dons le monde entier, la création d'une commission internationale du théâtre de langue française et la distribution du réseau français TV5 dans toute l'Amérique du Nord;    RENFORCER LA NATION (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  • Nous avons doté l'industrie cinématographi-que canadienne d'un cadre global qui prévoit, entre autres, la création d'un maiche distinct pour les droits de distribution au Canada de films étrangers et l'établissement d'un nouveau fonds de distribution cinématographique de 85 millions $,  • La loi proposée sur la radiodiffusion améliore la programmation canadienne, offre des stimulants aux radiodiffuseurs canadiens et confère au CRTC de nouveaux pouvoirs dans l'application des règlements et des conditions de licence qui régissent la radiodiffusion au Canada,  • Nous avons modifié la Loi sur la citoyenneté pour la rendre conforme à la Charte des droits et libertés et pour qu'elle traduise mieux les avantages et les responsabilités découlant de la citoyenneté;  • Grâce aux changements que nous avons apportés au système de détermination du statut de réfugié, nous disposons désormais d'un système plus efficace et plus juste pour les réfugies authentiques qui, parallèlement, décourage les fraudeurs qui tentent de con-toilinfi le pi ocossus établi d'immigration,  • Nous avons renfoice la souveraineté nationale dans l'Arctique en prenant des mesures pour accroître la compétence juridique du Canada sur les terres et les eaux du Grand Nord;  G8  RENFORCER LA NATION (suite)  LE BILAN (SUITE)  • Grâce à notre programme de modernisation des Forces armées canadiennes, nous avons accru leur capacité de respecter nos engagements nationaux et internationaux; nous avons aussi donné à la marine canadienne les moyens de patrouiller trois océans pour la première fois dans notre histoire;  • L'acceptation de responsabilités accrues pour assurer la défense de notre propre souveraineté est la base de nos arrangements de sécurité collective au sein de l'OTAN et du NORAD.  L'AVENIR  Confiants dans les atouts et les valeurs de la nation canadienne, nous allons continuer d'exercer un leadership fondé sur la coopération, la conciliation et l'écoute. À bien des égards, le Canada est un pays unique qui peut apporter énormément à ses propres citoyens et à la communauté mondiale. Nous saisirons toutes les occasions de renforcer la nation :  • En mettant en oeuvre l'Accord du lac Meech une fois qu'il aura été ratifié par les deux provinces qui ne l'ont pas encore fait;  • En ralliant tous les Canadiens a une politique de multiculturalisme qui respecte et valorise la diversité des origines ethniques au Canada et qui offre à tous justice et égalité des chances;    RENFORCER LA NATION (suite)  L'AVENIR (SUITE)  • En continuant d'appuyer la politique des langues officielles tout en reconnaissant les avantages de nos langues patrimoniales;  • En comptant sur le succès des artistes canadiens pour diffuser et commercialiser la culture canadienne à l'étranger;  • En tablant sur l'avance technologique que détient le Canada dans les secteurs des communications et de l'aérospatiale, notamment en lançant un programme spatial national;  • En redonnant au Canada sa réputation d'asile sûr pour les réfugiés authentiques;  • En exerçant activement la souveraineté nationale du Canada dans le Nord et dans nos eaux territoriales et en agissant en pays souverain dans les instances internationales;  • En accroissant l'efficacité des Forces armées canadiennes et en leur conférant un rôle visible et important sur les scènes nationale et internationale.    HONORER LES ENGAGEMENTS DU CANADA  LE DÉFI :  II y a quatre ans, le Canada n'était plus en mesure de jouer pleinement son rôle traditionnel de puissance moyenne dans les relations internationales, Les relations canado-américaines avaient dégénéré en une série de querelles mesquines et nos alliés de l'OTAN mettaient en doute le sérieux de l'engagement canadien à l'égard de la défense collective. Après DES années de négligence en politique étrangère, les Libéraux n'étaient plus à la hauteur des responsabilités internationales du Canada,  LE BILAN J  En 1984, le gouvernement PC a été porté au pouvoir en promettant de faire rayonner le Canada sur la scène internationale. Par une politique étrangère agissante et responsable, il entendait proclamer la souveraineté et l'indépendance du Canada tout en le faisant participer activement à la vie internationale. À cette fin, nous avons :  • Contribué a la création du Groupe de travail du de haut niveau sur la limitation des armements conventionnels en Europe;  • Nommé un ambassadeur canadien pour le désarmement.  • Fait la promotion de nouvelles techniques de contrôle des armements, en accueillant notamment une importante conférence internationale sur la vérification sismographique des essais nucléaires interdits.  • Rétabli la crédibilité de l'engagement canadien auprès de l'OTAN et de NORAD,  • Augmente le volume de l'aide publique au développement, pour le faire passer a près de 3 milliards $ par an. et établi de nouvelles priorités a ce chapitre.  • Fourni 170 millions $ à l'Afrique frappée par la sécheresse et pris l'engagement de verser 150 millions $ au programme Afrique 2000, qui vise le développement à long terme de ce continent.  • Annulé les dettes des sept pays francophones et des six pays du Commonwealth les moins développés d'Afrique subsaharienne.  • Été constamment aux premiers rangs de la lutte contre l'apartheid en Afrique du Sud.  • Pris l'initiative dans la création d'un Fonds de contribution volontaire pour la promotion des droits de la personne,  • Légifère en vue d'établir le Centre international dos droits rie In personne et du développement démocratique.    HONORER LES ENGAGEMENTS DU CANADA (suite)  • Joué un rôle de premier plan dans les efforts internationaux visant à réduire les menaces à l'environnement mondial, notamment dans l'élaboration du protocole de Montréal sur la protection de la couche d'ozone.  • Fait la promotion internationale des valeurs et de ta culture canadiennes par d'ambitieux programmes d'échanges, le parrainage de tournées d'artistes, la conclusion d'accords de relations sportives et l'implantation de programmes d'études canadiennes à l'étranger.  • Favorisé les relations économiques et culturelles avec les pays du bassin du Pacifique.  L'AVENIR  Nous croyons que, de par son caractère bilingue et multiculturel, le Canada peut jouer un rôle important et tout à fait particulier dans le monde. Nous allons aborder les affaires mondiales dans un esprit d'ouverture, de confiance et de responsabilité et miser sur les points forts du Canada pour contribuer au règlement des problèmes internationaux, en prenant les mesures suivantes.  • Insister sur le fait que nous sommes continuellement disposés a participer aux efforts de maintien de la paix dans le monde.  HONORER LES ENGAGEMENTS DU CANADA  L'AVENIR (SUITE)  • Apporter une perspective canadienne aux pourparlers sur la limitation des armements nucléaires et conventionnels, par le biais de l'OTAN et par nos interventions au sein de différentes tribunes comme la Conférence sur la sécurité et In coopération en Europe.  • Renforcer nos effectifs placés sous le commandement de l'OTAN en Europe et munir nos divisions blindées de nouveaux chars de combat;  • Concentrer l'aide canadienne sur les besoins des pays les plus pauvres et insister davantage sur le développement des ressources humaines.  • Poursuivre nos efforts tant bilatéraux que multilatéraux pour réduire la dette écrasante des nations du Tiers Monde.  • Rester à l'avant-garde de la lutte contre l'apartheid;  • Nous porter vigoureusement à la défense des droits de la personne dans le monde.  • Poursuivre nos démarches auprès des nations Unies et d’autres organismes multilatereaux pour protéger l'environnement mondial et régler les problèmes actuels avant que ne se produisent des dommages irréversibles.  • Promouvoir la culture canadienne à l'étranger,  notamment dans la région Asie-Pacifique, par la conclusion de nouveaux accords culturels et le resserrement des liens parlementaires avec le Japon, la Chine, l'Inde et d'autres pays du Pacifique.