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The Candidate Kieth Hymmen and his wife Ruth have three children - Lorna, Ward and Heather. Kieth Hymmen is the fourth generation of his family to live in this area. He was born in Kitchener in 1913, attended local primary and secondary schools, and graduated in chemical engineering from the University of Toronto (B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc.). He is Church, chener, 1958 (6
a member of Trinity was Alderman, City 1957-58, 1960-62; months), 1963-65.
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The Policy All major legislation that concerns the security and well-being of the family has been introduced in Canada by Liberal governments. Family Allowances . . . Unemployment Insurance . . . Old Age Security . . . Youth Allowances . . . the Canada Pension Plan . . . they are some of the great milestones of legislation. They are the framework for Family Security built because of the historic Liberal concern for a good life for all people. The Liberal position on Family Security is based on a very simple belief:
What the individual makes of his opportunities is up to him. The goal of government is that everyone should have the essentials that put a good life within his grasp. Most Canadians sentials right now.
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But there are in Canada, even in prosperous times like these, many families and individuals who lack one or more of the essentials of Family Security. (1) Some don’t have the necessary skills at a time when increasingly better-trained people are needed for new jobs. (2) Some are out of work and cannot get another job and therefore cannot maintain the income they need for a home, food and clothing. (3) Some have major health problems that they can’t handle alone. (4) Some cannot look forward to the kind of retirement they need.
Education
The Liberal direction in Family Security is clear: Liberals want to make sure all children get all the education they can in order to be able to get good jobs throughout their working life. That’s why the Liberal government started $10 a month allowances for 16-and-17-year olds, to help their parents keep them at school. That’s why the Liberal government introduced loans for university students, interest-free while they are studying. That’s why the Liberal government in this election wants your support to work out with the provinces and universities a national plan to make sure that all young Canadians with the will and ability to go to university are able’ to do so. This requires a great expansion of high-quality uni-
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He is chairman Kitchener Police Commission and member of 16 other boards and commissions.
(1) If you get as much education as you can; (2) if you have a steady job; (3) if your health is good and can be kept good; and (4) if you can look forward to retirement without fearthen a good life is well within your grasp.
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KIETH versities as well as financial aid for students whose parents cannot afford the cost. That’s why the Liberal government wants to make sure that, after school is over, people have continuing opportunities to retrain for new and better jobs. Federal assistance for training has already been greatly increased. The Liberal government has now made to the provinces proposals for developing new training programs to do the best possible job for the people who most need it.
Employment Liberals want to do everything that a Federal government can to make sure there are enough good jobs for the Canadian people. Because of our growing population, there must be more jobs and they must be productive jobs that can pay good wages. That’s why the Liberal government gives top priority to policies for economic expansion. The results: in two years, more than half a million new jobs; unemployment down to the lowest rate in nine years.
government provides development grants to industries which will start or expand in the parts of the country that most need more jobs. That’s
why the Liberal
That’s why the Liberal government is now starting to help unemployed people who have to move to get jobs. The program will pay both the moving expenses and as much as $1,000 for the cost of a family settling in a new home.
government is developing a comprehensive program so that people trapped in poverty will have all the help they need to help themselves. That’s
why the Liberal
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Medicare Liberals want universal medical care services so that no man, woman or child will ever go without a doctor’s care in time of need. That’s why the Liberal government has a program to make medicare possible for all Canadians in all provinces. The government has offered the provinces half the national cost of medicare provided the provincial plan covers everyone, provides all physicians’ services, is publicly administered, and goes with the people when they move from province to province.
Pensions
Liberals believe that everyone should be able to retire with a sense of security.
That’s why the Liberal government in 1963, as a first step, raised the old-age-security pension to $75 a month. That’s why Liberal legislation now provides that next January the $75 pension will be paid at age 69, the next year at 68, and so on until everyone will have it at age 65. That’s why the Liberal government is providing the Canada Assistance Plan, under which people who need it will be able to get more than $75 a month. Above all, that’s why the Liberal government put through the Canada Pension Plan. Add these to all the social measures we now take for granted in Canada and you can see the Liberal direction in Family Security. It is a plan of legislatiou to search out the problems that matter to you and your familyproblems of education, of steady employment at good wages, of health and of retirement-and to solve those problems with expanding services to all, all through their lifetime.
Fred Speckeen was born in Waterloo Township, 1929. He is married to Esther Stoltzfus and has a son 4l/2 years of age, in kindergarten. He has three academic degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Divinity, and Doctor of Philosophy. He has served as college professor, consultant in education and communication, he is educator and administrator. Presently he is Dean of Students (on leave) at Waterloo Lutheran University where he is responsible for student discipline, housing financial aid, placement services, health services, athletic program, counsellingguidance-testing .and student activities. He is co-author of “Speech Arts for Canadian Students” to be published this winter by Thomas-Nelson Company, Toronto. The following are some of Fred Speckeen’s contributions to the community: Trustee: Kitchener Public School Board, Past Chairman : Management Committee and Personnel Committee; Member of International House Committee, Waterloo Rotary Club; Member Adult Education Committee, YMCA Kitchener; Treasurer: Childrens International Summer Village Program (Waterloo County Chapter). Town and Gown Committee of Waterloo, University Representative; Select Committee on Youth: Local Program Chairman; St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Member of Church
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The Policy A dynamic, lively -Canada moved ahead on Progressive Conservative policy. China and Russia wheat deals . . . devaluation of the Canadian dollar helping our sales abroad . . . income tax reductions . . . huge increases in grants to provinces . . . the first export trade surplus in years . . . stabilization of the cost of living . . . abolition of the automboile excise tax . . . opening up of the North . . . roads to resources and development roads . . . national farm policy . . . ARDA . . . winter works program . . . sales tax exemptions for municipalities . . . national oil policy . . . railroads to resources . . . international airports . . . and countless more signs of good, honest government. The P r o g r e s s i v e Conservatives brought the greatest social justice benefits in Canadian history. Government payments to individuals doubled from 1957 to 1963 (the aged, hospitalized, blind, disabled, veterans and dependents and unemployed) . . . huge increases made in grants to institutions including hospitals . . . national health insurance put into effect. There was a balanced program for all Canadians not just for the privil-
FRE eged few . . . the Bill of Rights . housing loans increased twenty-f1 . . . franchise extended to Indi: . . . the first Indian senator . . . sim taneous translation in the Comma . . . bilingual cheques . . . the f woman ambassador abroad . . . come tax exemptions for students.
Confederation Conference An “open” Confederation Coni ence will be convened to draw UI blueprint for a new concept of ( national destiny, based on ur through equality. Confederation - our unique un of provinces and cultures - must strengthened, not weakened. Clo conferences and secret deals h; exaggerated differences and increa tensions. We have a right to kn what decisions are being made ab the future of our Confederation.
Sales Tax The 11% sales tax on build materials and production machin will be removed. The sales tax adds to the cost homes and goods, raises prices in