A message for you . ..  Before you vote, we want you to consider whether our policies make sense for Canada.  Our policies are directed at using Canada's talents - a well-educated public, a wealth of natural resources, millions of acres of productive land and an economy that consistently performs better than that of any other country.  We think we can put it all together, not by clamping controls on a dynamic society, but by doing dozens of things that will move us forward.  Most of the policies we introduced in the last couple of years and those we are putting forward in this campaign have been aimed at helping Canadians where it counts most - in the family budget.  We are concerned with providing Canadians a secure supply of reasonably priced:    FOOD, HOUSING & CLOTHING   FOOD  We import a lot of food, and when it comes to items like oranges and coffee this will never change. But in Canada we have good farmers and we have policies to help them to be better farmers, to produce more essential foods at lower cost to you. Most of these policies were introduced before the Opposition closed Parliament but I want to list them again.  Our agricultural policies are designed to achieve greater stability for farm incomes, easier financing for farmers, improved markets for their products, increased production and fair freight rates.  We will increase cash advances on Prairie grains to $15,000, guarantee the two-price wheat system, defer final payment for the 1973-74 crop year to 1975. And we will time final payments to better enable farmers to plan their operations.  Our Western Grain Stabilization Plan - a voluntary fund - will protect the incomes of Prairie grain farmers from drops in market prices and from rising production costs.  The Canadian Wheat Board, under the Liberal Government, will continue as the cornerstone of Prairie grain marketing.  To protect farmers producing crops other than grain we will amend the Agriculture Stabilization Act to reflect changing production costs.  To encourage young farmers to buy land, we will change the Farm Credit Act to allow for more lenient and flexible loan requirements.  Our new crop storage program will pay the costs of storage up to 160 million bushels a year, providing increased storage for corn, oats, wheat, and barley throughout Canada.  Our feed grain policy will give all farmers direct access to Western grains.  We will increase our access to foreign markets for Canadian farm products.  Our fishermen have an increasingly important role in supplying food for Canada and in the world. We will continue to encourage and assist in the development of a Canadian fishing fleet to harvest the resources available to this country.  High priority will be given to programs aimed at assessing, harvesting, processing and marketing under-utilized species of fish.  We propose an income stabilization plan for fishermen to ensure a reasonable average level of earnings.  HOUSING  We've been producing lots of housing. In fact, the number of new dwellings is running ahead of the number of new families.  Our housing policies which I announced in the middle of the campaign will reshape the housing market in Canada.  If builders want government financing they will have to produce housing at a price you can afford. They will get government loans only if they produce houses or condominiums that will sell at prices below the going rate.  And to further help Canadians own their own homes, we have said this: If you are the first-time buyer of a new house, you will receive $500 a fair way of off-setting the 1 I % building tax . ...If you have a low or medium family income we will subsidize your mortgage payments on a newly-purchased home up to $SO a month.  Oar Registered Home Ownership Savings Plan will enable you to deduct $1,000 annually from your taxable income - to a maximum $10,000 and set it aside for the purchase of your first home.  We will continue the policy of not increasing rents on all federallycontrolled accommodation for our senior citizens.  CLOTHING  Clothing is a major item in the family budget. Again, we import a lot, but we have been giving financial assistance to our textile and footwear industries to help them produce good, inexpensive clothing for Canadians.  In the budget which the Opposition defeated we proposed the removal of the sales tax on adult clothing - we had already exempted children's clothing and footwear - and we will bring you this relief as soon as possible after July 8th.  When we are talking about food, housing and clothing we need to talk about our new transportation policy because this is the way we will deliver the goods at less cost.  Transportation  We are going to rebuild and reshape Canada's transportation system for today's and tomorrow's needs with a revolutionary set of policies and programs.  We are going to reduce bottlenecks by upgrading our railways, strengthening roadbeds, double-tracking and, eventually, going electric.  We're going to double our exports in the next several years and we must deliver our goods to world markets on time.  Our total grain transportation system will be revamped.  Regional inequalities in freight rates will be abolished.  Rail access to Canadian ports will be improved. Better use will be made of existing facilities and port capacities will be increased.  A Liberal Government will create a Canadian Passenger Transportation Corporation to ensure an efficient high quality rail and bus service in Canada.  We will create a network of bus lines across Canada tailored to the needs of the passenger. ,  Look for high-speed passenger rail service. Our first priority will be service between population centres such as Quebec City and Windsor.  URBAN TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT  We will help develop urban transportation systems which will contribute to the kind of city growth people want.  Financial assistance will be given to new suburban commuter transit systems which will contribute to good urban development.  Financial support will be available to encourage Canadian design and engineering of top quality transit vehicles, systems, machinery and equipment.  New air routes will be introduced by a Liberal Government and flight frequencies will be increased to improve service in and between regions.  Air service to remote areas will be increased. Regional and third-level carriers will receive greater financing, engineering and management assistance.  Canada's national highways system will be strengthened and measures will be introduced to facilitate a more efficient and profitable operation for our truckers.  All of these transportation measures will be keyed to increasing the free flow of people and goods in the face of rapidly changing social and economic conditions.  Industry and Resources  We want to become more self-reliant as a country. Our new Foreign Investment Review Agency will make sure that foreign firms will not be able to buy Canadian firms unless it is of significant benefit to Canada. From now on, foreign firms will have to show that Canada will gain through jobs or technology before they can buy out a Canadian firm.  At the same time, we are taking on a new imaginative program called "upgrading of resources".  For years we have earned much of our money selling our resources in their raw form. Now w want to process them into a more manufactured ~State. This means more jobs in Canada, more industry in Canada. We no longer want to send our oil out of the country only to have to pay high prices to buy imported plastics and chemicals.  We are negotiating with other countries to have tariffs reduced so that our mariufactured goods have better access to foreign markets.  You and the Marketplace  A Liberal Government will ensure that all Canadians are dealt with fairly in the marketplace.  We will come down hard on those who mislead the public with their advertising; who fail to fully disclose all information about their product or service. We will force full and complete disclosure of the effective rates of interest on such items as mortgages, charge accounts and credit cards. We will establish a loan insurance plan to help steadily employed low-income wage earners establish credit. We will move against profiteers, price gougers and others who prey on those least able to defend themselves.  Double ticketing, pyramid and referral selling will be brought under strict government control.  Our new Bankruptcy Act will protect wage earners if their employers go bankrupt.  social security  Our goal is to assist and protect those Canadians who are least able to support themselves.  We will provide a guaranteed income for those whose income is insufficient because they are unable to work, such as the mentally and physically handicapped and single parents who must remain at home on account of children. It could also be extended to those who choose early retirement.  We will provide relief to those who need it most by continuing to reduce income taxes for low-income families.  We will introduce a new income supplement program to assist those workers who are earning less than a minimum standard - to encourage them to keep on working rather than go on assistance.  We will introduce legislation to provide allowances where needed for the husbands and wives of old-age security recipients. It will apply to people between the age of 60 and 65.  Benefits under Liberal programs such as Family Allowances, old-age and Canada Pension Plans are now automatically increased in line with the cost of living.  As Canadian:...  We need a government in Ottawa that will represent all of us. Our daily lives are affected by many things - food, housing, income, the level of social security, the cost of transportation. Differences between the provinces have to be resolved. We are doing this with the energy problem - resolving differences between producers and consumers so that all Canadians will share in the benefits of our resources. We are acting in these areas for the benefit of every Canadian. We have the resources. We have the people. We can develop a society  where every Canadian has a fair and equal chance.  But it won't happen by itself. Leadership is required.  We have the program. We have the leadership.  Think about it - and us - on July 8th. INFLATION:  "Canada is now in the middle of one of the worst, if not the worst, storms of inflation that it has ever experienced, and there is serious danger that it soon could rage out of control."  ""The inevitable conclusion is chat this government has lost the capacity to continue governing."  Toronto Star. May 7, 1974 '  In 1970, Trudeau said his government had "licked the,'` . problem of inflation. In April, 1974, he said the next "few weeks or months will make it evident we have solved this problem." .  Over the Last three years, consumer prices in Canada rose 23%. This year, living costs will go up by at least another 10% food prices by more than 1?a6.  If you invested IM Canada Savings Bonds last year-if you maintained a savings account-you lost money in purchasing power:  Meanwhile, government spending has increased 106.46 since the Trudeau government came to power.  STANFIELD'S ANSWER:  "Mr. Stanfield says that something can. be done and he. . would do it with an immediate, brief freeze on all incomes, profits and prices; to break the vicious circle of inflationary expectations, followed by a system of more flexible controls. for several years, if necessary. He does rot say that this method would entirely cure an inflation epidemic throughout the world. He dues not promise anything lire the Utopia of a perfectly just society. He does say, however, that the disease of inflation can be checked before it becomes incurable, if the nation has the will to act in time.  Winnipeg Free Press, February 9, 1974 .  In addition to introducing temporary controls, a Stanfield government would index Canada Savings Bonds to protect small investors from loss by inflation. It would remove federal : y sales tax from alt clothing and footwear: eliminate the in fta tionary 11°'a tax on building materials: establish a Public Interest Disputes Commission to head off cosily strikes and lockouts in essential industries and services.  There wilt certainly be temporary inconveniences and difficulties in getting our program launch. That’s true of any emergency program-and 1 believe the spectre of two-figure inflation in Canada is very real emergency for millions of ordinary Canadians. !=or too many of them, it's nothing short of a crisis."  Housing "we refuse to believe the government of this v:. .~ country cannot make available enough serviced lots to meet , demand and put a stop to the shocking and shameful price . Canadians are now expected to pay, for a home."--RLs  qbA Stanfield government will co=operate with the provinces a and municipalities to provide more serviced residential tots, s well as eliminating the 1196 sales tax on building materials  The High Cost of Government Federal expenditures are themselves part of the problem of inflation. Runaway costs as those for the unemployment insurance program, or Information Canada, or even the high cost for ineffective government boards such as the Prices Review Board-wilt add up to a 2696 increase in government spending this year.  A.-We can hardly ask Canadians to exercise restraint as consumers, if the government has no regard for spending restraint and discipline. We wilt subject every government program to a rigorous inflation test."-ms  small Business "We value highly the rights of individuals end their freedom to use their initiative and talents to their own and society's mutual advantage. We put a great deal of reliance on small business.  We wilt implement a Canadian Investment Incentive program: Canadians will be able to deduct from their taxes : one-half of any new amount up to 5000 invested in eligible Canadian-owned small business.”  Regional Disparity "it has been impossible for the provinces to plan, much less implement, when the government-in Ottawa is strangled by red tape and confused by competing bureaucracies.  We are going to make regional economic expansion mean something besides endless meetings, empty assurances and half-measures."-RLs  Unemployment Insurance We took the position during the 1972 election that the government was hiding the facts on unemployment Insurance They had presented a 3111 to the House indicating that it might cost 5500 million. it turned gut to be $2 billion.  "And when we ask-why this fantastic increase in cost ~, the Minister says he doesn't know. The real answer is .hat _° . the government neither knows nor warts to know." -,  We would launch a formal enquiry to determine the causes of this costly breakdown in public administration."-RLs  "I believe the Canadian people 'recognize how Important it is-especially in these times-to have a government with a , sense of national purpose, that recognizes the need for . stability and reliability at the centre of a nation Canadians : in all walks of life--housewives, workers.* farmers, businessmen-need -Ehe assurance that those who govern the country are able and determined to do the job.  '"What Canada has achieved to this day has been the result of men and women with the will and the incentive to  work, to save and to build for the future. We propose to reward savings, not confiscate them ...to generate more  investment, not less ...to curb taxation, not increase it to encourage private ownership of homes, farms and profitable enterprise, not discourage it.  "It is important for the Canadian people to realize that continued acceptance of an increasing rate of inflation means a very real injustice to many people who have no way to protect themselves if the government fails to act."-  Robert Stanfield works at his job of understanding people, ;., their problems and their aspirations. Between 1 969 and :1973, he :gas travelled more than 438,000 miles. in Canada 'and visited hundreds of communities.  Just as he has been a working leader, he will be a working  .Prime Minister ...giving Canada dedicated, thoughtful and .  ' ..responsible leadership. ~ _ ~ ._ _ .. _ ~ - -  - This t§ 2 time when his qualities of integrity, sincerity and fairness are needed in the service of all the people, provinces and regions of Canada. This is why so many Canadians believe he is the right man for the times.  "Maybe Canadians have had a bellyful of demagoguery and charisma. "...there is an alternative. In tact, the only alternative is Stanfield.  Toronto Sun. May 9, 1974 INTRODUCTION  We all know about the broken campaign promises of the Tories about their inability to lead the country decisively; `end about the budget they presented to Canadians last December budget which was the crowning glory of six months of Tory flip-flops and inept leadership,a budget which led to the defeat of the government.  The Liberal Party voted against the Tory budget because:  - It was regressive. The effect would be the equivalent of a 1690 increase in income taxes for individual Canadians, but only 596.for corporations, including giant multinationals.  - It was badly timed and, in the face of world-wide recession, would have slowed economic growth and led to higher unemployment and double-digit inflation;  - It would have raised taxes by billions of dollars in four years, supposedly to finance the deficit, but in actual fact, not much would have been used against the deficit . A great deal would have been used to finance the mortgage tax deductibility scheme to the advantage of a minority in society.  We didn't vote against the budget because ft was tough. These are tough times, economically all over the world and we would have accepted a tough, realistic, economic program from the Tories.  But, we voted against this budget and helped bring down this government because they were tough on people, rather than on problems and that's the important distinction.' -- Pierre Trudeau, January 71, 1980.  JOBS  The Liberal Party is committed to a development philosophy for Canada. The 1980s will place an unprecedented demand for a highly skilled and motivated labour force, to deal with the vast array of new service industries and technologies that will shape our economic destiny.  To achieve the national goals of growth and prosperity, the liberal Party recognizes the paramount importance of strengthening and expanding employment opportunities for the student and non-student youth sector.  The governing principles of our policy are job creation, training, and placement. To this end the Liberal Party proposes to:  1. Continue the tax credit plan for job creation by private business firms and voluntary associations  2. Encourage results-oriented research and development from the private sector and publicly funded institutions with a target of 1.5% of GNP being spent on research and development.  3. Continue the job employment training program ()ET) as it existed under the previous Liberal government.  4. Ensure the department of regional economic expansion takes into account problems of youth employment.  5. Re-establish the full range of summer jobs programs cut back by the Clark government when youth unemployment Is at an unacceptable rate.  The Conservative government of Joe Clark has shown little or no interest in combatting unemployment thr drastic cutback in the Canada Works program is ample evidence of its disregard for human problems.  The Liberal Party, however; is confident and optimistic about the capabilities and potential of Cariadians4As a party and as a government; the Liberals have consistently striven for varied and innovative manpower and employment policies. The Liberal Party believes in opportunity for all Canadians whatever their age or their background.  ENERGY  PETROCAN  We must develop more Canadian sources of oil and gas In this unstable oil-hungry world, Canada must also have a secure supply of oil from other countries.  Petrocan was created by a Liberal Government, and we will strengthen its role in both these areas.  Petrocan will negotiate state-to-state oil purchases1. 3lt will continue its already-successful oil and ~as explorations.  The Tories claim that they will give back to Canadians parts of Petrocan:3They say nothing of the enormous administrative cost involved in their policy of giving Canadians what they already own.But their Petrocan policy would destroy an essential national corporation.  ENERGY SECURITY  The liberal Party is dedicated to increasing Canadian control of our oil industry. Our goal is to have one half of oil industry assets owned by Canadians within ten years.  We will establish the Petroleum Pricing Auditing Agency-to monitor Industial activities and profit. This agency will be instrumental in developing a national energy policy included in such a policy will be a "Made In Canada " price, fair to the consumers, and which will insure the development of Canadian supplies will not follow blindly the prices set by the 4i'M Cartel.  ENERGY CONSERVATION  Large increases in energy prices may encourage energy conservation But this hurts those on low income. This also disrupts the economy, adds to inflation, reduces economic growth.  A better way is to set efficiency standards for new construction, new appliances and new cars, and to subsidize improvements to existing homes.  The Liberals will set new standards and create new incentives for conservation. These, along with moderate price increases, will help Canadians to conserve energy.  RENEWABLE ENERGY  In the long term, Canada must depend on renewable energy. Other sources will get more and more expensive, and will continue to be major pollutants.  The Liberals will create the Alternative Energy Corporation of Canada, a subsidiary of Petrocan, to promote renewable energy in. Canada. In many cases renewable energy is now economically viable. In other cases, more technical development is needed . The new corporation will work to ensure that Canada has non-polluting renewable energy for the future.  VISION FOR THE 80s  So we will also develop industrial policies that will spur growth, that we'll increase Canadian ownership and control of the Canadian economy.3lNe will also create jobs. fur concern for the small business .sector, which was also demonstrated under the Liberal Government, will specifically recognize that about two-thirds of all the new Jobs created in Canada over the past five years were created by small business, 97% of which are Canadian owned. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, January 14, 1980.  Canada has so much to offer. Most of the natural resources in this vast expanse of land have not yet been tapped. New technology is bringing us closer to developing resources which are potentially abundant However we have to make some major decision which direction are we aiming our development whom are we doing it? We of the Liberal Party believe that our country must be generous towards its own citizen' Our social commitment will lead us to a society that is fairer to the less privileged. Equal opportunity also means banishing all discrimination based on sex, life ,,4tyle and social origin. We must therefore aim towards a future of development and justice for all. Canadians will see their country developing way which is unique in the world. New opportunities will help a maximum number of Canadians. Development of our secondary industry will allow us to deal with unemployment and help eliminate poverty. This is what the future has in store for us, starting today, if we make the right choice.  1. Liberals will set a “Made In Canada" pricing policy to secure adequate supplies of energy at reasonable prices."  Joe Clark accepts that world prices dictae the price of domestic oil.  The Liberals do not accept this because it means instead of offsetting OPEC pricing, it would endorse it. The Conservatives are willing to make an OPEC crisis a Canadian crisis bringing in its wake recession, inflation and unemployment. Liberals realize what is good for OPEC is not in Canada's best interest. The Liberal "Made in Canada" energy pricing policy would divorce the Canadian price of oil from OPEC pricing.  THERE WILL BE NO 18 A GALLON CLARK EXCISE TAX.  Liberals reject flatly the 18 a gallon Clark/rosbie excise tax. A tax the Conservatives have pledged for re-introduce if they are returned to Ottawa. A tax that is over and above the increased prices-they are suggesting. A tax brought in not for energy security or conservation but to pay for more vote seeking promises that would . benefit some Canadians at the expense of every Canadian at the gas pump.  FOR PRICING PURPOSES THERE _ WILL BE 3 CATEGORIES TO ENSURE A FAIR, EQUITABLE PRICE , FOR CANADIANS.  The Liberal "Made in Canada" pricing policy will distinguish between "old" oil, the oil now in supply or already in production; and "new” oil from new projects in the Tar Sans, the Arctic and the Continental Shell is is a more expensive proposition. The third category is that of the imports for which the price is world price. the Conservatives would charge you  the highest price for all categories of oil.  The prices of these 3 categories will be different for the producers and Liberals will decide u n one blended price for the consumed a price will be uniform across the country. Any future increase would be phased-in and would not bean immediate and abrupt hardship to working Canadians such as the Conservatives are planning.  "TO ENSURE FAIR COSTING, THERE WILL BE A PETROLEUM PRICING AND AUDITING AGENCY  A new permanent Petroleum Pricing and Auditing Agency would be established to investigate and report on industry costs, profits and operation.  This also will see to it that money earned in Canada will be re-invested in Canada to find new sources of energy.  THE CONSERVATIVES WILL BE DEMANDING THAT LIBERALS MUST SAC' RIGHT NOW WHAT OIL PRICE OF OIL IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE.  '"One of the most predictable responses to the "Made in Canada" Liberal pricing policy dill be Joe Clark making hollow demands for a specific price. Clark has stated his OPEC dominated price and on top of that has added his 18~ a gallon excise tax.- The Liberal price will have no excise tax and will be determined in negotiation with the Provinces. Needless to say it will be a price lower than the OPEC dominated, producer influenced price the Conservatives are so eager to impose on working Canadians.  2. "Liberals will achieve energy 9security through the accelerated development of Canada s domestic potential and ensuring Canada s offshore supply."  The "Made in Canada" incentive policy will increase Canada's domestic supply. Also, Liberals would restore the $80 million cut from Petro-Canada's exploration budget made by Joe Clad:, and Liberals would mandate Petro-Canada to participate in the development of the Tar Sands and heavy oils.  Also Liberals would immediately resume negotiations with Mexico and Venezuela to re-establish the vital oil o; contracts lost by the Conservatives. Oil contracts that would have contributed significantly to the energy security of Eastern Canadians.  3. Liberals would develop more balanced energy program through the replacement of oil by natural gas and other energy forms”  Liberals realize Canada needs to substitute plentiful resources such as natural gas for the energy resources we are short of like oil. Therefore under "Made in Canada" policies, natural gas will not be pegged to rising international prices.  It will be set at a lower Made in Canada level to encourage people to switch.  Massive exports as those endorsed by Joe Clack would be thoroughly investigated so Canadians would always have first claim to their own natural gas resource.  THERE WOULD BE A NATURAL ` ~ GAS PIPELINE TO ENSURE ALL r CANADIANS ACCESS TO THEIR RESOURCES. Liberals would take immediate action to begin negotiations for construction of a natural gas pipeline to Quebec City and the Maritimes. Initially it would carry natural gas east but when Maritime = supplies are ready, the pipeline would be like a natural gas railroad with a return delivery facility as well.  Clark has almost person ally destroyed Petro-Canada, one of Canadas greatest energy assets. Liberals would strengthen and expand Petro -Canada as. an instrument of national policy.  Unlike Joe Clark, Liberals have a consistent and firm Petro Canada policy. Petro-Canada will, be kept. Petro-Canada will be strengthened. Petro-Canada will be 'expanded. Its Exploration budget will be increased It will assume a greater role in estate-to-state oil and energy deals and Petro-Canada s growth will be encouraged.  5. Through a subsidiary of Petro -Canada, Liberals will place a new emphasis on conservation and the promotion of energy alternatives."  Liberals would create a subsidiary of Petro-Canada, the Alternate Energy Corporation of Canada. As a Crown Corporation, it will assume all existing and planned federal activities relating to the research and development of wind, solar tidal, biomass, coal liquification and other energy forms.  6. "Liberals will ensure that e Canada s energy sector becomes more Canadian owned and controlled."  As a specific goal-and as a commitment, a Liberal government will deliver to Canadians by 1990 a Petroleum industry that is 5 /o Canadian owned and control under the previous Liberal government foreign declined from 91% to 75%.~ur commitment is to continue and to accelerate that position. It will be achieved through Petro-Canada, federal land regulations and tax allowances.  Liberals gill see that energy becomes part of the larger economic strategy forming the core of any industrial or regional development approach.  It is the belief of Liberals that energy must be the cue of industrial and regional development At least $100 billion will be spent in the energy sector in the next 10 years, and a Liberal government would be committed to direct the benefits of this boom to Canadian's. Industry would be developed close to energy sources so producing areas in the west and elsewhere will have first chance at processing the resources.  ENERGY MUST BEAN ECONOMIC TOOL AS WELL.  If our energy prices are kept below world prices, we will give our secondary -manufacturing industries the trading edge they needy compete effectively in a difficult world. Revenues raised through energy taxation will be used to create greater projects, more employment and more work in Canada.  Unlike the Joe Clark Conservatives whose only policy on energy is promises, the Liberals have a firm, solid program. For the critical years facing Canada and Canadians, and for the role energy must play in-all our futures, this is the time for programs, not promises . This is the time to vote Liberal.