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By Alan BUChanan in which he handled the questions was just as slick as the

The federal election campaign came to campus last > the paper in that same publication. it was in the week, and members of the student body, faculty, and ‘ ‘ queStion period that McMillan's l2 years eXperience community turned out to hear all four candidates for in Ottawa showed up, as he was able to quote data and Hillsborough address the issues and answer questions. _statistics to help him answer or evade the questions.

The meeting, sponsored by the Department of Political The debate was well organized and well attended; and Science, was delayed approximately 25 minutes due to credit must go to Arthur Ross for the excellent job he the late arrival of Tom McMillan, but by 8 o'clock did as mOdeFatOF- However, if People were hoping that mOderator Arthur Ross (Professor of Canadian Politics) ' the debate would help them decide which way to mark

had stated the rules of the debate and gotten the their ballot on February l8th, I am afraid the majority event underway. ’

I . I of them would be bitterly disappointed. There certatnly—weren't-any surpriSes in the speeches

delivered by the four candidates; Schmidt of the l I harxist-LeniniSts, Birt of the Liberals, and ﬁrockett ‘ ' Cf the NDP used their alloted 7 minutes to address the

issues with speeches which sounded like they had been {amazes Of Stuaeljll: B photo-copied from the “candidates handbook“. McMillan ‘ Unlon Fees are avéllable of the PC's, hoWever, chose to appeal to our emotions, ‘ at Fhe StUdent Unlon , and devoted the most of his speech to a maudlin appeal Sgﬁégiigggér the fOllOWIHg so the University which sounded more like a valedictory _ " . l ' address than an election speechu‘ ' ‘ ' p Thai??? Sills-lint unliont, P The question period as well produced very few l§tEEEl ief 0 E St .t S ,urprises. Candidates views on isSues were predictabiy Z: theaw. rgg‘xiiﬁgiz;a{ PUB IN THE BARN _ WEdneSday 33milar. All agreed on-a reversible pipeline to serve b the Student I February 13th 9 _ 12:30 Eastern Canada; all agreed on the practicality of locating 2? That the Stédent card Beer ONLY 65 cents aVet College at UPEI; and all agreed on abolishing » be Surrehdered b the 15w pRICE NIGHT AP THE BARN abortion on demand. In response to‘a question concerning y the decriminalization of marijuana, Schmidt, Birt and . \Student‘ . . Lrockett ail spoke negatively. Only Tom McMillan spoke The rebates W111 be in favour of decriminalization for mere possession, but ' refunded as.f°llowsz ‘ mm quick to point out the difference between decrimin- 7 $55 Hp tlil sept' 90 Don't forget the PUb Friday Mization and iegalization. - I i c 45 n " OCt' 31 afternoons in The Barn fran Much of the question period Was taken up with ' $27'50-n‘ " Jan‘ 30 3:00 to 6:30 P.M. questions concerning American and multi-nationai I $22700 EEELEﬁ?

;mrporationswdomination of the Canadian-economy. . , 1' ~ Understandably Crockett and Schmidt both took strong . _¢ S ,Posi'tions against,the multi-nationals. What was ' " V ~ interesting, however, was the strong anti—multi- V ' _ i ‘

national positions taken by Birt and McMillan and

when one considers past Liberal and Conservative ’ l ENJOY A GREAT LUNCH OR JUST A CUP OF COFFEE AT THE economic poiicies one must question the sincerity of

their statements. I r Conspicubus by their absence were questions concerning -

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,ugq inte.est gates, high tu1t|on costs, and .he

weakening of the Central.government. Schmidt made, -> rmntion in her speech of high tuition Costs and ' mpgram cutbacks,'and Birt made mention of the need hr a strong central government, but no one,questioned wndidates in these two areas Of obvious interest to Hudents and Islanders. "‘ - __ ’ L .

Clearly there were no big.winners in the debate. In

terms of gaining credibility, Kathryn Schmidt probably came out on top, although She tended to be more than Hightly rhetorical; Bob Crockett‘s NDP policies were ﬁled beside the “make the rich pay” philosophy.of Schmidt, and Gerry Birt proved himself a political wrgin by_ihdicating that he still belieVes the system Works for ali_Canadians (The "yes Virginia, there is a, hnta Claus” syndrome)? If the debate were a beauty §0ntest Tom McMillan would have won hands-down. He looks like a model for Eaton's catalogue, and the way _

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