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      University
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    
   
   
    
     
      November
      26,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      U.P.E.L
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Conservatives
      Win
      Provincial
      Election
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Julie
      Clow
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “We
      started
      knocking
      on
     
     
      doors
      and
      ended
      up
      ramming
     
     
      them
      down,”
      the
      new
      Premier
     
     
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
     
      shouted
      to
      the
      crowd
      at
      the
     
     
      victory
      party
      held
      in
      the
     
     
      Charlottetown
      Hotel.
      On
     
     
      Monday
      night,
      November
      18,
     
     
      Pat
      Binns
      was
      elected
      in
      what
     
     
      is
      to
      be
      the
      first
      Tory
      govern-
     
     
      ment
      on
      PEI
      in
      ten
      years.
     
     
      Hense,
      the
      slogan,
      “Time
      fora
     
     
      Change.’
     
    

    
     
      The
      Progressive
      Con-
     
     
      servatives
      swept
      eighteen
      seats
     
     
      out
      of
      the
      available
      twenty-
     
     
      seven,
      leaving
      the
      Liberals
     
     
      with
      only
      eight
      seats
      and
      the
     
     
      New
      Democrats
      with
      the
      re-
     
     
      maining
      one
      --
      gaining
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      first
      seat
      in
      Island
      history.
     
     
      “Last
      spring
      we
      were
     
     
      confident
      that
      we
      would
      take
     
     
      the
      election.
      However,
      it
      was
     
     
      hard
      to
      keep
      momentum
      up
     
     
      during
      the
      summer
      months.
     
     
      Once
      the
      campaign
      started
     
     
      again
      this
      fall,
      the
      confidence
     
     
      was
      regained,”
      said
      Binns
     
     
      when
      asked
      to
      comment
      on
     
     
      his
      opinion
      of
      the
      campaign.
     
     
      The
      Conservative
      cam-
     
     
      paign
      held
      a
      major
      focus
      on
     
     
      post-secondary
      education,
     
     
      with
      three
      main
      goals
      in
      sight
     
     
      for
      UPEI’s
      university
      and
      col-
     
     
      leges.
      First,
      they
      intend
      to
      go
     
     
      to
      the
      private
      sector
      to
      “get
     
     
      back
      some
      of
      what
      you
      have
     
     
      given
      them.”
      This
      means
     
     
      structuring
      groups
      to
      secure
     
     
      scholarships
      and
      bursaries.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      Memoriam:
     
     
      Joseph
      A.
      Ghiz
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Joseph
      A.
      Ghiz,
      former
      Premier
      and
      justice
      of
      the
     
     
      Supreme
      Court
      of
      PEI
      passed
      away
      Saturday,
      November
     
    
   
   
    
     
      9,
      1996.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      a
      state
      funeral,
      the
      first
      one
      held
      on
      PEI
      since
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1954,
      Islanders
      and
      prominent
      federal
      politicians
      paid
     
     
      their
      respects
      to
      Ghiz.
      Active
      up
      to
      the
      end
      ofhis
      life,
      Ghiz
     
     
      cast
      his
      vote
      in
      the
      general
      election
      by
      advance
      ballot,
     
     
      from
      his
      wheelchair
      just
      three
      days
      before
      he
      died.
      Leone
     
     
      Bagnall,
      retired
      Progressive
      Conservative
      MLA
      summed
     
     
      up
      the
      loss
      of
      Ghiz
      in
      his
      statement
      to
      The
      Guardian.
      “He
     
     
      was
      a
      strong
      voice
      for
      unity,
      for
      Canada,
      one
      of
      the
     
     
      strongest
      we
      ever
      had.
      I
      don’t
      hear
      that
      kind
      of
      voice
      out
     
     
      there
      anymore.
      His
      was
      the
      kind
      of
      voice
      that
      people
     
     
      listened
      to...he
      had
      that
      ability.”
     
    

    
     
      Ghiz
      was
      born
      in
      Charlottetown
      in
      1945,
      attended
     
     
      Prince
      of
      Wales
      College,
      received
      his
      Bachelor
      of
      Com-
     
     
      merce
      and
      law
      de
      in
      Halifax,
      his
      Masters
      from
     
     
      Harvard
      University,
      and
      in
      1986
      became
      Premier
      of
      PEI.
     
    

    
     
      After
      six
      years
      in
      the
      Premier’s
      office,
      3
      1/2
      as
     
     
      leader
      of
      the
      Opadation,
      and
      a
      Supreme
      Court
      judgeship
     
     
      Joseph
      A.
      Ghiz
      away
      after
      his
      battle
      with
      colon
     
     
      cancer.
      He
      will
      be
      sorely
      missed
      by
      friends
      and
      foe
      alike.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pages
      1
      -
      5
      Page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      |
      Sports
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      campaign
      will
      be
      centred
     
     
      in
      Ontario,
      Quebec
      and
      the
     
     
      regional
      office
      in
      Halifax.
      The
     
     
      intention
      is
      to
      get
      as
      much
     
     
      money
      as
      possible
      to
      help
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      finance
      their
      education.
     
     
      Binns
      claims
      there
      will
      be
      no
     
     
      strings
      attached
      or
      special
      ac-
     
     
      cess
      as
      the
      corporation
      is
      al-
     
     
      ready
      benefiting
      from
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
      (Think
      back
      to
      the
      Kraft
     
     
      Dinner
      statement
      at
      the
      Lead-
     
     
      ership
      Debate
      at
      Robertson
     
     
      Library).
     
    

    
     
      The
      second
      goal
      of
      the
     
     
      campaign
      is
      to
      maintain
      stu-
     
     
      dent
      fees
      and
      tuition
      levels.
     
     
      Binns
      says
      he
      can
      make
      no
     
     
      promises
      as
      far
      as
      this
      goes,
      as
     
     
      they
      have
      not
      finished
      their
     
     
      study
      of
      the
      financial
      situation
     
     
      of
      post-secondary
      schools.
      No
     
     
      predictions
      onthe
      economy
      of
     
     
      the
      Island
      can
      be
      made
      until
     
     
      their
      study
      is
      done.
     
    

    
     
      The
      newest
      idea
      that
     
     
      Binns
      has,
      is
      the
      multi-year
     
     
      funding
      program.
      If
      installed,
     
     
      this
      program
      will
      give
      students
     
     
      a
      projection
      of
      what
      they
      will
     
     
      be
      paying
      as
      far
      as
      tuition
      and
     
     
      fees
      go
      for
      up
      to
      four
      years.
     
     
      This
      plan
      will
      aid
      in
      student
     
     
      planning
      fortheir
      post-second-
     
     
      ary
      education.
     
    

    
     
      Binns
      also
      made
      brief
     
     
      comments
      on
      the
      small
      school
     
     
      issue
      on
      PEI.
      “The
      problem
      is
     
     
      they
      [Island
      schools]
      are
      ei-
     
     
      ther
      under
      populated
      to
      the
     
     
      point
      of
      being
      uneconomical,
     
     
      or
      overcrowded
      to
      the
      point
      of
     
     
      being
      unsafe.”
      Binns
      also
      ex-
     
     
      pressed
      concern
      as
      small
     
     
      schools
      are
      often
      the
      centre
      of
     
     
      small
      communities
      and
      if
      lost,
     
     
      could
      take
      away
      from
      the
      Is-
     
     
      land
      way
      of
      life.
      He
      plans
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pages
      7
      to
      9
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A&E
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tackle
      the
      issue
      on
      an
      indi-
     
     
      vidual
      basis,
      and
      then
      incor-
     
     
      porate
      it
      into
      one
      overall
      strat-
     
     
      egy
      to
      save
      them.
     
    

    
     
      The
      new
      Premier
      says
     
     
      that
      education
      is
      a
      main
      prior-
     
     
      ity
      for
      his
      government.
      He
     
     
      feels
      that
      it
      is
      vital
      that
      the
     
     
      Island
      has
      a
      well
      educated
     
     
      work
      force
      for
      the
      future.
      He
     
    
   
   
    
     
      concerned
      with
      the
      future
      of
     
     
      their
      families.
      He
      says
      that
      he
     
     
      plans
      to
      work
      closely
      with
      the
     
     
      other
      ministers
      to
      alleviate
      this
     
     
      concern.
     
    

    
     
      All
      in
      all,
      Binns
      is
      very
     
     
      excited
      by
      the
      victory.
      He
      had
     
     
      hoped
      that
      they
      would
      have
     
     
      broken
      through
      in
      the
      West
     
     
      Prince
      area,
      but
      is
      pleased
      with
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Premier
      Designate
      Pat
      Binns
     
    
   
   
    
     
      is
      interested
      in
      setting
      up
      a
     
     
      program
      to
      aid
      university
      and
     
     
      college
      graduates
      in
      starting
     
     
      up
      small
      businesses
      on
      the
      Is-
     
     
      land
      as
      this
      would
      keep
      youth
     
     
      here
      and
      cut
      down
      on
      the
      ne-
     
     
      cessity
      to
      leave
      PEI
      to
      find
     
     
      work,
     
    

    
     
      “Jobs
      are
      the
      big
      goal,”
     
     
      Binns
      says,
      adding
      that
      with
     
     
      cutbacks
      in
      Unemployment
     
     
      Insurance
      more
      people
      are
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Page
      13
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      three
      of
      a
      possible
      nine
     
     
      seats
      that
      they
      did
      get.
      Many
     
     
      saw
      the
      West
      end
      of
      the
      Island
     
     
      as
      being
      under
      Liberal
      domi-
     
     
      nation.
     
    

    
     
      “TI
      think
      people
      were
     
     
      looking
      for
      a
      government
      that
     
     
      would
      stand
      up
      for
      them
      in
     
     
      Ottawa,
      and
      that
      has
      a
      clear
     
     
      vision
      for
      the
      future.
      We’ve
     
     
      got
      that
      vision
      and
      that
      is
      what
     
     
      we
      are
      going
      to
      give
      them.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
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