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 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘1 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
      '0 " 
     
     Rum flavoured.    ._ 
     
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     7 east coast. 
     
    
   
   
    
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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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