ee, eee Talking Unlike other party leaders, New Democratic speech here and spent most of his time cir- Party leader Ed Broadbent gave a short political Ed wants to cut the food giant up VANCOUVER (CP) — New Democratic leader Ed Broadbent said Thursday the government should dismiember the food marketing giant, George Weston Ltd., to give Canadians lower-priced food, He said there is over- whelming evidence that Clark offers wives pension NAPANEE, Ont. (CP) — About 4.5 million home- makers have been promised a chance lo join the Canada Pension Pian, no matter who becomes prime minister May 22. Progressive Conservative leader Joe joined the Liberal party Thursday in pledging the major change in pension legislation. He added that a Conservative government would take major steps to make life easier for the elderly. Clark first mentioned the pension changes on a radio call-inshow last week, on the same day Prime Minister Trudeau promised pension reform. Speaking to supporters in this Eastern Ontario com- munity, Clark said his party's proposal to allow home-makers and . spouses working In a family business or farm contribule to the pension plen would cost $12 million. To help senior citizens who are victims of high inflation, Clark said a Conservative government would: —Amend the Canada Human Rights Act to allow people ta work past after 65 without losing pension benefils. —Provide the provinces with $15 million to expand healtheare services far the elderly, ‘‘a policy of com- . passion and concern for the elderly of this country”, —Extend the spouse's allowance so a widow or widower between 60 and 64 would not be cut off from their aliowance six months after the death of a spouse receiving Canada Pension Plan payments. A Conservative govern- ment would consult with industry and the public once the report of a special Senate committee studying man datory retirement is re- ceived. The committee, headed by Senator David Croll, has been holding public hearings, The pension-plan changes would require the support of two-thirds of the provinces with two-thirds of the population, he said. Without that support, the federal Government couldn't act. Weston, with its wholesale- and retail operations, has too much power and should be broken up. As he did in Winnipeg early in his May 22 election campaign, Broadbent used a . food co-op toattack high facd prices and the corporate concentration that has wiped out the kind of competition among wholesalers and retailers need to keep prices down. The NDP leader, his wife Lucille, aides and a media mob of about 50, invaded Vancouver's largest food co- op, Marginal Market, to call for tougher competition laws. - He said four food retailers, Dominion Stores Lid., Steinberg Inc., Safeway and . Weston, control 71 per cent of all grocery stores, Concentration is com- parable among wholesalers where five firms control 82 per cent of ali sales. “This kind of market power would not be per- mitted in many other countries in the world, es- pecially in the U.S. which ‘has much tougher com- petition laws,"’ he said, Earlier, Tony Puddicombe and Randy Moore, managers of the co-op, told Broadbent they had encountered problems with Weston because it sells its products to its own retail stores at a vastly lower prices than it sells to other retailers, Broadbent said Canadians pay the price for this cor- porate concentration at the checkout counter. Food prices went up 19 per cent last year while wages rose only six per cent. Broadbent said the government would have to bring in tougher laws to dismantle the Weston em- pire. . But he said the govern- ment should immediately use existing powers to have the Restriclive Trade Practices Commission in- vestigate the food industry with the aim of decen- tralizing it and increasing competition. ’ During a 20-minute tour of the co-op, called Marginal Markret because it operates on a small profit margin. Broadbent chatted with Puddicombe about the problems co-ops face, Puddicombe told the NDP leader that it is difficult for coops ta get money to start up and people who run them often have little experience in financial management, Broadbent has promised that an NDP government would set up a $100-million fund to help co-ops be set up. To demonstrate the low prices this co-op offers to its 1,000 members, Puddicombe showed Broadbent jugs of British Columbia apple cider selling for $3.80 a-gallon, A nearby health food store charges $6.15. 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