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A THE OTTAWA CITIZEN SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1988 Election yDroimojf predictts By Mark Kennedy Citizen staff writer CSv it few SMkptp 1 i stops in Montreal on Saturday, Mulroney repeatedly spoke as if the Tories have already secured the first back-to-back majority victory since the 1953 win by Liberal prime minister Louis St. Laurent. And at a civic reception in Montreal North, he reassumed the statesmanlike posture he has used at various points in the campaign. Aware of the deep national divisions on free trade he'll have to heal if he proceeds with the trade deal, Mulroney spoke of how he'd inspire unity. "If the Canadian people honor us with their confidence on Monday, our approach is going to be one of strong and sensitive leadership, of sound economic management, and a commitment to bring Canadians together behind the cause of building a stronger and more compassionate and a more united Canada." At a party rally in Laval Saturday evening, Mulroney picked up on the healing theme.

"All of us want what is best for Canada. Where we differ democratically is on the means of achieving it." Commons sometime during the week of Dec. 12. The plan is based on the assumption the Tories will win at least 148 of the Commons' 295 seats to ensure passage of the trade bill in the House. Mulroney didn't speak about what he would do if he only wins a minority.

The two polls released Saturday by Angus Reid and Gallup indicated that renewed public confidence in free trade is edging the Conservatives towards a possible majority win. The Angus Reid survey, conducted last Tuesday to Thursday, shows 41 per cent of decided voters supporting the Tories, 33 per cent backing the Liberals, and 23 per cent the New Eleven per cent were undecided and 30 per cent of those surveyed said they might change their vote. The Gallup poll, conducted Monday to Thursday, found the Tories with 40 per cent of the decided vote, the Liberals with 35, and the NDP with 22. Twelve per cent were undecided. Making more than half a dozen MONTREAL Prime Minister Brian Mulroney vowed Saturday that he'll move swiftly to pass the free-trade legislation if he wins a majority in Monday's federal election.

The Tory leader, campaigning all day in the Montreal area, was upbeat and confident in the wake of two polls which show his party has pulled several points ahead of the Liberals in voter popularity. Mulroney said he was "encouraged" by the polls and predicted the Tories are headed for a majority victory. Legally. Mulroney can convene Parliament no earlier than Dec. 12.

The proposed agreement is scheduled to tske effect Jan. 1, and the Tories plan to reintroduce the Canadian enabling legislation that died in to? Senate when the election was called Oct. 1 He didn't specify when he wuld convene Parliament, but re of his senior aides later revealed the prime minister wants the MPs back at work in the -CP photo buoyed by polls Saturday showing Tories on top. if Z. urner begs votes from NDP faithful hririrn vrciH "IIP I 1 morning as they read the latest poll results.

A Reid-Southam poll published in the Citizen showed the Conservatives with 41 per cent, the Liberals with 33 per cent and the NDP with 23 per cent. A Gallup poll gave similar results, putting the Tories at 40 per cent, compared with 35 per cent for the Liberals and 22 per cent for the NDP. Turner habitually refuses to comment on polls and at a news conference would only say he still believes the election is "open." He tried to paint a different picture of Liberal support than the polls did as he stood on the stage at La Pineta befor. hundreds of people waving tiny Canadian flags. His wife Geills led the standing ovations.

"We have been picking up support day-by-day," Turner claimed. "We are on a roll and we are going to win the election." The crowd, a multicultural mix of Italians, Sikhs and others, roared approval as Turner tried to whip up feelings of patriotism. "This is your chance to vote for Canada," Turner exclaimed. The crowd then broke into a rousing rendition of Canada, followed by an upbeat chorus of This Land is Your Land played by a calypso band. tW I think it's time Canadians started to stand up and salute our flag This is your chance to vote for Canada.

55 John Turner than a dozen free-trade supporters clashed with plainclothes police and Turner advisers outside La Pineta Hall. Doug Kirkpatrick, Turner's executive assistant, used his considerable bulk to push demonstrators roughly to the ground, all the while shouting angrily and flailing his arms. Elvio Del Zotto, president of the Ontario Liberals' federal wing, chased away some of the other demonstrators with threatening words and gestures. There were a few minor injuries from the shoving. Some Liberal campaign workers looked devastated Saturday Ed Broadbent signs autograph for supporter Broadbent pins hope on indecisive voters Brian and Mila Mulroney His message was the same throughout the day as he repeatedly addressed large and enthusiastic crowds an NDP vote is a wasted vote.

Even in traditionally Tory Belleville, about 1,000 people jammed a high school auditorium for a lively, foot-stomping, placard-waving show of support for Turner's nationalistic, anti-trade message. "I think it's time Canadians started to stand up and salute our flag," he told the chanting throng. The York West rally, a well-organized morale booster for the party, was marred at the close when what appeared to be less or further Pre-cotistnk How that's PARLIAMENT The Village of to downtown, residential and is open I I 1UKSDAY nil tm By Paul Gessell Citt'en staff wruer TORONTO During a series of boisterous, flag-waving rallies Saturday, John Turner begged New Democrats to vote Liberal on Monday so both the Conservatives and free trade can be defeated. The llth-hour appeal by the Liberal leader came after two public opinion polls published Saturday indicated the Conservatives could be headed for a majority government with the power to rain the free-trade deal through Parliament. Voters who want "to block the Muironey trade deal" shouldn't vote NDP, Turner told about 2,000 supporters in the riding of York West.

"They haven't a chance to defeat this government. The only party is the Liberal party and I say vote Liberal." An identical message is contained in full-page Liberal ads carried in several weekend across the country. The stop in York West was the first in a one-day, cross-country campaign blitz that took Turner to the Toronto and Belleville areas, Winnipeg and finally Vancouver There, he awaits the verdict of the voters in his home riding of Vancouver-Quadra and that of the country at large. THfc VILLAGE OF A CARDINAL GLENj ibw nil malum to choose the home right for you. Reuloi the Conservatives back on top.

the Liberals in the number two spot and the NDP back in the basement. "There's been more volatility in the 1988 federal election in Canada than ever before in history, and I think that's going to continue right up to the end," he said. In the final push to voting day, the Liberals have begun telling voters that a ballot cast for the NDP is a wasted ballot, since both parties are against the free-trade pact. If voters want to defeat the trade deal, the Liberals say, they should vote for the candidate most likely to defeat the Conservative in their riding. While in much of Ontario and points east that might mean voting Liberal, Broadbent pointed out that in the West that means voting NDP.

"I would encourage New-Democrats all across Canada to do what they are going to be doing in Western Canada." he said. Predictably, Broadbent rejects the idea that voting NDP is wasting a vote. "The real wasted vote would be a vote for Mr. Turner or a vote for Mr. Mulroney." After leaving Oshawa.

Broad bent spent Saturday encourag ing campaign workers in Scarborough and Richmond Hill The NDP hopes to take several new ridings in these areas and Broadbent said it could all hinge on getting the vote out on Monday. for sign slashers party signs along with Liberal, NDP and Christian Heritage rty signs. Savage estimated the four parties collectively suffered about $3,500 in damage. Tory campaign manager Wayne Kinna confirmed that Tory signs appeared to have been passed over. He said the Tory riding association would match the toward ilj Jl- "Om.i.i, SALES CENTRE IIS If Jf By Daniel Drolet Citizen stat wnier OSHAWA, Ont.

NDP Leader Ed Broadbent says he hopes the latest opinion polls will convince Canadians to vote for his party as a way of keeping the Conservatives from winning a majority. "It's not over yet," he told reporters after giving a pep talk to campaign workers in his home riding of Oshawa. "The Canadian people can change their opinions before the election And I am confident that many Canadians will think things over again and that Mr. Mulroney will not obtain a majority." Public opinion polls released on the weekend suggest the Conservatives are in the lead in the run-up to Monday's vote. Depending on how things break, they could obtain a majority in the 295-seat House of Commons.

"I'm totally determined to prove that what they (the polls) indicate for all three parties is deeply mistaken by the time the people vote on Monday," Broadbent said. He said hei's pinning his hopes on the volatility the electorate has demonstrated during the campaign. Early polls suggested the Conservatives were in the lead, with the NDP in the number two spot and the Liberals in third. Then the Liberals took the lead, the Conservatives dropped to second and the NDP to third. This weekend, new polls put Reward offered DELTA.

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