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behalf of the people of Huron
when I extend to the Minister
of Health, Frank Miler, a
warm welcome to the great
County of Huron on February
7th and certainly we hope that
his visit will be a most
enjoyable one.
Ontario Liberal Leader,
Robert Nixon, challenged
Premier William Davis in the
Legislature . to call a public
enquiry or a Provincial election
as a test of patronage
allegations over the purchase
of 00 acres of Oakville land.
for $1 1/2 million in 1973.
Nixon's challenge in the
LegiSlature was backed by•
Stephen Lewis, Leader of the
New, Dcmocaratic .Party, who
urged Davis to call an enquiry
to set the public mind at rest.
Mr. Da vis angrily rejected the
demands saying there was no
evidence to warrant an enquiry
and that he would call an
election on a numberof issues
at the appropriate time. The'
request for the enquiry
stemmed from the allegation
that a Tory fundraiser offered
$30,000 to the Conservative
'Party if the Government -
bought. the Oakville land.
Pr,:rnier Davis rejected
Stephen Lewis' suggestion
that he table a list of
contributors • to the
Conservative Party's 1971
election campaign. Mr. Nixon
said he was concerned that the
attitude of the Conservatives is
one of tollgating the business
community and indicated that
Davis' refusal to order a public
' enquiry into the case leaves
substantial public doubt about
the morality of the
Conservative fund raising
process. „„„,,„„;t:
A 91 page report of a Royal
Commission enquiry into last
May's police raid on a Fort
Erie, Hotel, was tabled in the
Legislature this week. It
termed a search of 37 female
patrons of the Hotel "foolish
and - unnecessary", and
recommended that the
unlimited powers of police to
search citizens caught in raids
should be curtailed. Solicitor,
General George Kerr, declined
to say what action the
Government plans but he said
"It's a good report' all-in-all".
He did state, however, that he
wants the Federal Narcotics
Control Act amended to
clarify the powers of police and
&lig Searchers. t(err wants
to discuss possible changes in
the Nafecitits Act with Federal
Justice MirtiSter,Otta Lang. He
• gild he talked, tO Lang last
Protect your children against
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This is what Ontario is doing
to help you.
Immunization protects against polio,
diphtheria, measles, rubella (German.
measles), whooping cough, smallpox
and tetanus. Although often considered
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anything but minor—measles, for in-
stance, can lead to encephalitis (brain
' disease), a cause of retardation!
Here in-Ontario, the Ministry of Health
provides the vaccines and your Ontario
Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) pays a fee
to the physician for administering them.'
But the responsibility for immuniza-
tion—for making sure your children,are
protected — is still up to you. Have your
children immunized by your family
physician. Or, for school age children,,
use school immunization programs pro-'
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Immunization is quick and convenient
—vaccines against several diseases are
often combined. And the only way to
control these diseases is to immunize
as many people as possible.
Your Ontario Government is doing its,..
share—by providing vacqines and„pay-
ing for immunization through OHIP.
Do your share—make sure your chil-
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or local medical officer of health.
A • free booklet on immunization is
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munized against, and .at what ages. ror
your copy, write to:
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Communications
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Hepburn Block, Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1S2
Ministry of Health
Frank Miller, Minister
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but that would be at leAt
$51/2 million. The 'area
designated ineltides 5.000 to
6,000 acres not yet optioned
that could be added later.
What brought the House
down on Mr. Bennett. the
Minister prilearily concerned
with ,industrial development
was that until late December,
he knew only that a realtor was
taking option on the land but
did not know that the realtor
was working for the
Government; At that time, Mr.
Bennett said the. idea was
"absolutely foolish. We would
be completely cut off our nut
to build a new industrial park
there." He went on to say that
whoever was assembling the
'land "certainly won't get any
encouragement from me".
Mr. Bennett had made the
remark earlier in Eastern
Ontario, that he personally
found it extremely difficult .to
believe that the government
can justify such a large
purchase.
Mr. Bennett provided his
critics with more ammunition
by revealing in the Legislature
to Opposition Leader, Robert
Nixon. that although the full
cabinet recently approved
buying the land, the previous --On the sale of a new vehicle
the dealer must register the decision to have options taken
on it was made by four vehicle with the Ministry and pay
Ministers -Of the Government
of whom he was not one. Mr.
Bennett refused to say which 4
Ministers could make such a .
long ,reaching decision while
keeping their cabinet
colleagues in the dark long
enough for ,. them to make
embarrassing public' rem-arks.
Culture and ' Recreation.
Minister, • Robert Welch,
introduced a Bill into the
Legislature which would
permit the Ontario
Government to set up its own
lottery early this summer. Mr.
' Welch told the Legislature the
Government Will set up the
Ontario Lottery Corporation to
handle what it hopes will be .4,30_,million _p,,,year_in_tieket, property, including that of the
sales within a couple of years
of operation. A profit,
Mr. Welch said, will be $40 to
$50 million a year and will go'
for physical fitness, sports
recreation and cultural
programs. As well as
supplementing money the
Province now puts into theSe
fields, Mr. Welch said that
lottery proceeds will lead to a
whole range of new programs
in culture and amateur sports.
The, Provincial Treasurer,
Darcy McKeough, introduced
a bill entitled the Municipal
Unconditional Grants Act,
1974. The purpose of this bill
-is to amend the Municipal,
Unconditional Grants Act to
allow payments to be made to
municipalities due to the
discontinuation- of the
government's special ,..
assistance for Unduly IIMININIIMINollimornim.
burdensome costs for
Children's Aid Societies. The
Bill also provides financial
assistance to Municipalities to
complete planning studies .
4.
April 1st. 197
Transportation Minister. • ,820.
John Rhodes, introduced a bill-
ON YOUR to amend the Highway Traffic
Act. This Bill plovides relief
from half load restriction for
vehicles carrying milk,
household liquid and gases.
fuel and livestock feed. At the
present time all vehicles using
half load roads during the
spring 'thaw are limited to
10.000 lbs. • per axle total
weight. Vehicles carrying the
aforementioned commodities
are equipped with tanks and
coiliplex pumps and other
devices which result in their
having a very high empty
weight. As a result the load
these vehicles. can carry is so
low as to be uneconomic and at
times non-existent. In the case
of trucks collecting milk from
farms the situation is further
complicated by a requirement
that the farmer's tank must be
emptied when the collection is
made, thus resulting in
overloading when the farm is
located on a highway subject
to half load restrictions. Under
the proposed amendments
milk trucks will be able to
carry the same load in the half
load season as they do at other
times of the year. Two axle •
domestic fuel delivery trucks
and vehicles with two axles
carrying livestock feed to
firms will be permitted 16.000
lbs. per axle rather than the
present 10,000.
approved and initiated prior to $ •
UP TO
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;owner — oT `Tthe'
snowmobile exceeding $100., the
operator shall report the collision
to the police as soon as possible.
--Speed limits have been set for
the operation of motorized snow
vehicles when being driven on a
highway, upon tra
or in any public park or exhibition
grounds.
• --Under the new legislation, a
"public trail': is defined, as any
motorized snow vehicle trail
--/ established and maintained in
whole or in part-by public funds.
--Where the speed limit on a
road is 30 miles per hour or less,
no snow vehicle may be driven -at
a greater speed than 15 miles per
hour. This speed limit applies in
any public park or exhibition
• grounds.
--If the highway speed limit ,is
'Change:
Th'e Minist6' of Transportation
and Communications has recently
amended the regulations
governing the operation of
motorised snow vehicles • in
Ontario.
The amendments cover such
areas as registration, insurance,
speed limits, reporting of
'collisions, wearing of helmets and
obtaining w ritten permission
from the land owner in order to
drive on his property.
The changes that will a y. to
the owners and ators
snowmobiles this s n are:
the annual licence fee. (In .the
case of a machine used
exclusively on the private
property of the owner of the
machine application may be made
for"a refund)
--As well as being prohibited
from driving on the roadway of a
King's Highway you are now ,also
prohibited from driving on the
' shoulder.
--Carrying of proof of insurance
is now required when using
public trails as 'well as on a
highway. •. --ft' a snowmobile is involved in
a collision on or off the highway
...including private property ...
which results in personal injury to
any person or in damage to
Save
The Bluewater Shrine Club held 'elections for 1975 last Week. Left to right are
Walter M. Powell, recorder of Mocha;. Lawrie Slade of Clinton, first viceLpresident
and president of the Fire Brigade;- Harold Nichols from London who did the
installation; Brian Ainslie of Goderich, the new president; paSt•president Spence
Cummings of Clinton; and members VVilliard Aiken of Cljnton and Les Habkirk of
Seaforth. (News Record Photo)
snowmobile rules
The people of Huron County
are to be congratulated for
taking such an active interest
in familiarizing themselves
with -the recommendations of
the Mustard Report and in
taking the time to express
their concerns of the report to
their elected Memberrs of the
Legislature. If the Minister of
Health, Frank Miller, received
as many letters of protest and
personal objections"as both the
Member for Huron-Bruce and
did, then his visit to Huron
County on February 7th. is
quite understandable.
Frank Miller, Minister of
Health, . stated in the
Legislature, a short time ago
that he would be. visiting'
Huron -County presumably at
the request of the Huron
County Health Committee,
comprised of Anson
• McKinley, Ed. Oddleifson,
Bill Dale, Jack Morrissey and
Joe Miller, and presumably to
allay the fears of the local
hospital boards and the people
in general that the hospitals
would not be phased out
throughout the County nor
would the people in need of
medical, . attention be
compelled to attend a clinic
rather than see a duct or of
their chotee.
Both the MeMber for
Huron-Bruce and I can assure-
the people of Hurbn that their
views were conveyed to the
Minister' and if the Minister
seriously and favourably
considers the objections to the
more critical aspects of the,
Mustard Report, then the
people of Huron as well as the
people throughout the entire
Province have scored a major
• victory. I firmly believe that
the • Minister does listen to
public. opinion and will
(topsider. such advj - given to
him whenever he and hiS
officials arc in the ,process of
formulating - policy pertaining
to hearth' nidtterS." '
week and was told
amendments to the Act may be
brought in during the current
session of Parliament.
One of the
recommendations of the Royal
Commission was 'that the
Niagara Regional Police
Intelligence, which planned
the controversial raid should
be either disbanded or
integrated more fully with the
rest of the, Force.
Judge John Pringle of
Norfolk County, who prepared
the report said that • the
Narcotics Control Act should
be amended so that no one is
subject to a search when. the
only basis of the search is their
legitimate presence in a place.
The Chairman of the
Cabinet Board of
Management,' Eric Winkler,
outlined the Ontario
—Governipent's 5°A, pay cut for
Cabinet Ministers. he
indicated that the reduction
will apply only, to this year's
salary - it is not a 'permanent
reduction in pay - and
Ministers will be able to
deduct the $2.000 from their '
$40,500 annual salary either in
monthly instalments or in a
lump sum. Minist Qrs without
Portfolio, who earn $30,000 a
year will returo.$1.5,00,
Stephen Lewis, Ontario New
Democratic Party Leader, who
has air eady labelled the
proposal meaningless• and
nonsensical • called . it an
election year gimmick and
even more of a sham than he
first thought. During Mr.
Winkler's reading of the
statement, Mr. Lewis called
the paycut a "cheap political •
trick" and asked out loud
"What arc you doing for low
wage ..earners?. What a farce
this is, do something for the
economy."
Liberal Leader' Robert
Nixon, who ' Sent a $2,000
rebate cheque from his
$43,500 Opposition , Leader's
salary to the Treasury last
'Week, "Claimed tharhis-aution-se-•
Was the only reason the
Government was doing it. Mr.
Nixon said the way the
Government has introduced .
the paycut as a voluntary
measure rather than ,as
legislation ' is not as'
satisfactory as the way he,
proposed in a Private '
Member's. Bill, he
introduced in the Legislature.
Mr. Nixon's Bill called for a
permanent 5% in salary for
Cabinet and the Opposition
Leader. he also called for an
end to special remuneration
paid to. MPP's for serving on
Boards and Commissions.
Ontario Mimicipalities will
be given the power. to pass
'anti-noise bylaws without -
seeking special authority from
the Province under a Bill given
first reading in the
Legislature. This week
Eiwironinent . Minister,
William Newman said the
amendments to the e
Environmental protection Act
introduced into the Legislature
this week would allow each
Municipality to set a standard
it feels is appropriate for its
community. He went on to say
that in the past municipalities
found they did not have the
authority on their own to pass
anti-noise by-laws that had
any real teeth in them.
Once the amendments are
passed by the Legislature the
•—• Environment Ministry plans to
set up a model by-law and
provide technical assistance
and advice to Municipalities.
requesting it. in how to draft
an enforceable by-law for their
community needs.
Industry and Tourism
Minister Claude Bennett, was
placed on the hotseat in the
legislature for almost an hour
during the question period
because of comments he made
last fall about a rumoured
Government land assembly in
Edw,ardsburgh Township.
-, northeast of Prescott.
Housing Minister Donald
Irvine. announced the plan in
the Legislature this week after
privately briefing about 50
eastern Ontario municipal
officials on the assembly. The
10,000 acre site will be kept for
large scale industries, each
using 1•,000 acres or more
which could not locate in other
industry htingry areas further
east or north. Development is ,
unlikely for about .5 years.
Eventually it will include some
liciuSing and parkland. Mr.
Irvine said he did not know the
total cast of acquiring the land
greater than 30 miles per hou'r,
the maximum speed permitted for
snow vehicle operation is 30 miles
per hour.. This is also the
maximum speed permitted on any
public, trail. y ,
---Municipal by-laws may vary
speed limits provided Signs are'
erected. Municipalities have the
right to pass by-laws regulating,
governing or prohibiting the
operation, of snowmobiles
anywhere - within their
boundaries, on or off the
highway.
--The operator of a snowmobile
driving on private property is
required to stop and give his
correct name and address at the
request of the owner or occupier
of the property. •
--The towing of a cutter.
toboggan or sled is not permitted
on a roadway or shoulder except
to cross at an angle of
approximately 90 degrees.
Towing is not • Permitted
anywhere except by means of a
rigid tow bar. •
--Helmets must now be worn .hy
all snowmobile operators,
passengers and persons being
towed by a snowmobile, when on
the roadway, shoulder or a public
trail. Helmets must comply with
standards established for
motorcycle helmets.
--All snow•mobire operators
must obtain written permission
from the owner or occupier of
land in order to drive on the
property. Where an owner gives
permission „ to a club, tlk
permission extends to all
members of the club. Trespassing
on private land while operating a
snowmobile is an offence carrying
a fine of up to $500.
The new legislation contains
authority for additional control
and regulation Which will not
come into effect until next season.
These relate to identification of
the vehicle as well( as driver
licensing and age limits. A
further announcement will be
made on these subjects at a later
date.
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