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