been lost because they‘are . alcoholics, the great cost and expense to the province,

to the country, as a result ‘

of trying to rehabilitate people, ~ I think we're paying a price now for ‘ thedecision to legalize "alcohol. the tax; ' structure built into liquor sales is not enough to take‘care oflthe real

burden on. society. ‘ ’I would" '

hate to see the same thing develop as a resUlt of legalizing marijuana sales / or making it easier for ' people who get caught with possession. If it's left

as it is, there's a minority of peoplekbe’ing‘involved as far as criminal charges and criminal records go.. The law today is very lenient, if you will. The judges 'g are lenient, especially i'fi'first cases. They are ‘ convicted, but theoffense

is usually wiped off their ~

record." x'I‘hey can clear the records.by the judge's authority or by waiting 2 or 3.years. 7 In light of leniency, , we should leave the other, alone. ' : l. .I I ‘ Q: How do yOu feel about I. Capital Punishment? ‘ Crockett: Party policy for the three. parties is ., identical. They all agree. that the present status should be maintained and that capital punishment ‘ should be abolished. I

y capital punishment .

on Capital punishment for ' those years. Even for a period of time after I left, I was very pro _ It's certainly changed to "a

, great degree since I've

cane out. I softened my stand, but I feel now I don't know what the answer is . The re should be more

protection. for those people ~

out on the front—lines de-L fending the citizens of country against corruption and‘crime. Q:Would you comment on

the NDPypolicy on Petro—Can?

" Crockett: We want to salvage

Petro—Can and enlarge its involvanent. Probably the bestillustration I. can give you is, here's an

oil company that we want.

to give identity to. At the nmentprfl'at least the majority of people across this country, don't even know what it'is. It's an

was a police officer in Charlottetown for 10 years. Iwas Very much enmeshed

in policemen's feelings

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oil company, like Imperial

Oil is an oil ccmpany, except it's not owned by a corporate

elite. It's owned by the people of this country - it's a goveh’muent agency. Our belief. is that's Where it should‘be. We want that Company. involved in explOr— ation, bringing the oi'l out of the ground, refining it, delivering it to the homes, Petro—Can service stations selling at a, Canadian price. What that

price is, I don't know, but '

it will be lower than the ‘ world price, which we see

_ the PC's and the Liberals

going to today. Our idea

is a two price system. What we export will be at world prices. It does two things. First of all, it provides the money that Crosby feels is so important by hitting us and taking it out of our pockets. We don't think that's fair. Secondly, it

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prohibits other states from, actually caning in, grabbing our oil and taking it out. Also, We realize'there has . to-be a certain amoUnt of inpo' rt, especially to the We. feel Petro- Can should be the sole im- porter of oil into this country. The other thing is

that with Petro-Gan we really

bélieve there should be a

__ natural gas pipe—line into

the east. There's lots of natural gas out west. Pipe it into the east and

' that will take care of a

lot of our prdalems importing heating oil.

So, Petro-Can can be the " salvation of a lot of our problems, but not the final answer. ‘ 'Ihere has to be ccSnservation as well and a greater movement to alternate sources.

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