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ASHI=IELD REEVE I.S.. CHA'IRMA,N •
Huron'Road Discussion Takes Major S
In'Session-, Discuss 'Fair Wage'Propos, ;and, this resolution be forwarded
to the Minister of highways, Ont.
'- Province. It pointed out that all
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Council spent the major portion municipal contracts, with' an to the Council of each County in
of the opening session Monday dis- estimated tender value in excess
cussing the report of the important 'of $35,000 awarded after July 1,
Road Committee ' headed by. 1966, must contain labour cond.,
Reeve Donald IvicKenzie. Ashfield,•itions setting'out the minimum
Clause by clause consideration wage to be paid to every workman
of the report was requested by . if the contract' is to be eligible
Reeve,Wilmer Hardy, Colborne,. for;. subsidy.,
after which it was finally adopted. ' .Arguments set forth.: in the,res- •
as originally presented; although olution were that; 'the•"fair wage"
one of the clauses was questioned for many classifications of work -
Other severely and underwent. a men is faryin' excess of the rates
recorded vote of council, losing ` being paid in the area; contract -
22;,1 ors ;would have to pay "fair wage"
Warden •Kenrietb• Stewart ,; Mc- on all contracts regardless of
:Killop, appointed. Deputy` Reeve` " tender value these .higher wages
Everett Mcllwain:, 'Goderich would affect the labour market
.Township, to ;the chair, and Coun- in the entire area in all classes
ty Engineer James•W ; Britnell • of .industry; the municipalities
piloted.. the report through comm- were not consulted by either the
ittee. Department of Labour nor the Min
The controversial clause "was: in ister of Highways before having
connection with.the "fair wages" the policy forced upon 'them.
policy of•the Ontario, Department. ' 'Therefore be it resolved that
of Labour foc.various parts. of the the Council of the County of Huron
1'HE LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCM(NOW ONTARIO .
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.strongly urge that the Minister of
1lighway�s reeonsider his. directive
and Make fair wages optional. at the
tdisc.retiou of the roadauthority;
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the Province,;
Reeve Clarence E. Boyle, Exet-
er, asked what was the object, of
'the resolution; "' He thought it was
"a little ridiculous" to put such a
resolution before.the- Department
of Highways. • "All it is doing is
allowing certain contractors to
Make a lot of money," he- declared
Mr. Britnell replied, that th:e
'wage schedule called for large
'increases in the hourly rates,
Deputy Reeve -Rev:. J . Philip
Gandon, Exeter,, speaking in fay.
out~ of the res'olution, said that,
the costs `of living are going up
for the workingman as well as for
the professional man. "We have
just voted to raise professional'.
salaries, referring to 'a prospective
,increase of $1,000 to the County
Engineer. '•'
Reeve Joseph Kerr, .Wingham,
commented :that all wages would '.
go up.
Reeve Borden Cook, Blyth, said
he didn't like the Department of
Labour saying' what you should
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Pay.
Reeve Duff Thompson,. Clinton,
said: "I fail to'agree that a third.
party clan dictate to me what 'a
.fourth party, should pay. I can't
buy this;; it isn't democratic . "
"How long -can we keep labour
if we don't•keep. in the labour
market?" asked Reeve 'Boyle,
Exeter.. "1 think the Department
of Highways is .right in' recomm
ending fair wages."'
The County Engineer revealed:
• that the County of Huron -now pays
$1;55 per hair' for con -anon labour•.
;Reeve R.'R,7ewe11 Said the
Town of .Goderich paid more than
'$2; per hour in the works depart-,
rnent. :
County .Engineer, Britnell pro-
duced present rates and proposed
rates under the "fair wage" dir
ective of °the. Department; -of -
Highways'. He, stressed the word
"optional". in the resolution:which
was of,great importance, he said.
"Isn't this dictatorial?" put
Reeve .Duff: Thor -pson, Clinton,
in a parting shot.
Council divided, as follows!
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FOR the motion: Alexander,
Boyd; • Gook :Corbett• , Guthtl-1 ..
Dalton', Dunbar..Etherington, .:
•Geiger,' Gibson; Hardy, Hayter
(Elmer),, Hayter (Jinn),: Hendrick,
Jefferson, Kerr, Krauter, Leiper,'
McFadden, Mcllwain, McKenzie,
Procter, Robinson, Smith, .Snell,
Stewart', Stirling, Talbot, Thiel,
Thompson (Duff),. Thompson (El
gin), Wonch.- Total 32.
AGAINST the motion: Boyle,:
Exeter; Gandon, Exeter; Jewell,
Goderich (2) .Moody, Goderich (2);
Noakes, Hensall. -- Total 7. •
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Each year, Canada's dairy farmers get a
smaller return for their` investment rand'
• • efforts. Increasing costsof operation; equip-
mentand virtually everything a farm • needs,.'
plus a very serious shortage of farm labour,
areputting dairy farmers out of business
at the rate of about 10,000 each year..
Returns to the dairy farmer have not kept.
• pace with increased costs of farm operation.
From May 1954 to. the beginning of 1966,
in, most Canadian markets; the aggregate
increase to the dairy fanner was only 2 cents
. per quart for:standard homo. milk.
Consumer prices of dairy foods: have not in-:
.creased as:muchas"most other food products..
. From May 1954. to the beginning of 1966,
in most'" Canadian markets, .the; aggregate
increase in. home .delivered milk'(standard
'Homo) was:,only 5 cents a quart: ` .
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