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• "Law and the Woman in
Ontario" an authoritative
questioteTand-answer guide to
women's rights and
ft) responsibilities under Ontario
Law was published by the
Ministry of Labour's Women's
Bureau. This 47 page guide is a
. revised and widely expanded
version of the booklet "Law and
the Woman in Ontario", and
- covers aspects of law of concern
to women, such as the law and the
consumer, sex, political rights,
labour law, welfare, property,/
marriage, legal aid and law\
reform. This booklet presents a
more comprehensive, outline of
the law than any previous
publi cation of the Bureau and
includes a list of other useful
sources of information. However,
it is no substitute for professional
counsel.
This revised booklet through
A the question, and answer format
covers the important aspects of
birth contrelr.....—.5terilization,
abortion, artificial insemination
and rape.
Another section in the booklet
covers welfare. Under this
general heading, there is
information on family benefits,
general welfare assistance,
special aid and supplementary
aid.The sections on property
rights and labour law have been
• considerably, expanded. The
position of married women and
ownership of property are
covered. The section on
pregnancy leave has been widely
revised, and income tax•
considerations have been
included for the first time. Under
labour law wide coverage is also
given to such subjects as
• discrimination, minimum wage
laws, hours of work, termination
of employment and child care,
Consumer rights are outlined
under law and the consumer, with
sections on contracts, credit and
bankruptcies and debts. There is
. also more detailed section on
support, which includes use of
credit, debts and duty to support.
Annulment, separation and
divorce are covered under
dissolution of marriage.
The four major sections of the
booklet, labour law, support,
property and dissolution of
marriage will be available
separately later in leaflet form.
When the Guaranteed Annual
Income System was introduced in
Ontario last year, disabled, aged
ift and blind citizens began receiving
much higher allowances than
their Perniatiently-Uheinployable
counterparts (prior to the
introduction of GAINS the
allowances were equal).
Consequently the Ministry of
Community and Social Services
was deluged with requests to
reassess permantly unemployable
benefit recipients as disabled.
Rowe Letter
Ab• The Ministry sent out a form
letter to recipients of benefits in
the Permanently Unemployable
category, informing them that
cases were being reviewed and
that "in order to complete the
review our Medical Advisory
Board requires up to date reports.
We have enclosed 4 medical form
• to be completed by your doctor
and return to us." As a result of
the review, some 50% of the
10,000 people in the Permanently
Unemployable category have
been reclassified as disabled.
However, the Ministry is refusing
to pay the doctors for the medical
examinations which were carried
out as part of the government
review. OHIP has also refused to
pay these bills.
• The Minister of the
Environment has announced that
the government is moving ahead
with the programme to rid the
countryside of some 40,000
abandoned and rusting vehicles.
It is hoped that the programme
will eventually pay for itself in 16
areas of the Province, because
municipalities are t o collect the
abandoned vehicles, tow them to
existing recycling plants or new
ones to be built, and keep
whatever money they are paid for
the vehicles. Revenues should
eventually reduce or eliminate the
provincial subsidy for the
programme. In cases where the
municipalities concerned are
reluctant to participate in the
programme, the Ministry will buy
land, collect the hulks and sell
them.
In a brief to the Government of
Ontario, the Ontario Federation
of Labour is demanding an
immediate start to a massive
provincial housing programme.
The Federation states that
housing is now out of reach for
"theusands upon thousands" of
citizens in the Province, and
II,. charges that the Government's
Ministry of Housing has produced
more announcements 'land
publicity hand-outs than hobses
over the past year.
The brief blames "land
speculation, usury in terms of
high interest rates, political buck
passing, lack of planning and
ages of neglect by all levels of
government," The federation
,also urges the Government to
remove the tax on homes owned
by pensioners and provide them
with supplemental shelter
allowances,
People on fixed incomes,
pensions, disability. allowances
and welfare, have had their
incomes so eroded by rising
prices that even doubling their
present income will barely permit
them to live suitably, said the
brief.
"Equal pay for work of equal
value" was also called for by the
Federation's brief, and this
should be legislated and
enforced. The vast majority of the
1,300,000 - working women in
Ontario are "subsidizing the
economy with their underpaid
labour", the Federation stated.
"Last year women lost close to $1
billion in income discrepancies" -
a staggering figure.
Retired Teachers
Mr. James Breithaupt, Liberal
Member for Kitchener,
questioned the Minister of
Education on the matter of
pensions for retired teachers. He
asked whether any changes will
be made to the benefits received
by ,those teachers who retired
some years ago to catch up with
the cost of living. Mr. Wells, the
Minister of Education replied that
for the past number of months
there has been a commitee
meeting with the Ontario
Teachers' Federation working on
this problem. They have come to
some conclusions which are now
being studied and there will lib
some determination on them very
shortly.
For the past 10 years Liberal
Member for Downsview, Vern
Singer has proposed a Private
Members Bill, Establishment of
the position of Provincial
Ombudsman. Premier Davis
announced this week the
Government's intention to
establish such a position,
Ombudsman for Ontario. The
Premier said that as society and
government increase in
complexity, it became apparent
that a number of complaints with
regard to administrative matters
are not within the ambit of the
earlier legislation. Therefore, to
ensure the rights of the individual
in this area, the office of
Ombudsman will be a necessary
additional tool to the already
extensive programme for the
protection of civil rights which
exists under the law of this
province.As proposed by the
Government, .as in all other
parliamentary systems, the
Ombudsman will not have
supervisory p6W-er 'over the
administration of justice. The
principal role of Ontario's
Ombudsman will be to investigate
decisions, recommendations and
acts committed or omitted in the
administration of the work of the
Ontario Government. Th is he
may do either in response to
complaints from an individual or
organization, or on his own
initiative. He will recommend•
appropriate action to meet each
situation and • adive the
complainant of the
recommendations. He will also be
required to make an annual report
to the Speaker of the Legislative
Assembly.
Ombudsman
For Ontario's first
Ombudsman, the Government is
proposing Mr.Arthur Maloney,
Q.C.
Mr. DAvis said that Mr.
Maloney, who was born in
Eganville, Ontario, is from a
WW1))) renowed for its
contribution to the political life of
Canada and Ontario. His father
was a federal m ember of
parliament, his brother And,
grandfather were both members
of the Ontario Legislature. From
1957 to 1962 Mr. Maloney served
as a member of the Parliament of
Canada, from the . Toronto,.
Parksdale riding. He has been
elected five times as a Bend= of
the Law Society of Upper Canada
and is Chairman of the Society's
Profession Conduct Committee.
He is also a former director of the
'Harold King Foundation. He
served on the advisory committee
on the treatment of offenders-to
the Provincial Minister of
Correctional Services, and was a
member of the Province's Task
Force on policing two years ago.
In recent months, Mr. Maloney,
undertook a- review of police
complaint procedures for the
Metropolitan Toronto Police
Commission. The report was
published last week.
Mr. Maloney was a guest in the
Gallery when Premier Davis
made the announcement in the
Legislature.
The first annual meeting of the
Huron County Branch of the
Architectural. -Conservancy was
held in the jailer's house at the
Huron Historic Jail with a large
attendance of members and
guests.
Guest speaker was Mrs.Elva
Metcalfe of Hayfield, repre-
sentative of the Huron County
Historical Society. After her
presentation there was a
discussion on the roles of the
Historical Society and of the ACO
and of the ways in• which they
could assist each other toward
their re spective goals.
Discussion followed on the role
of Heritage Canada and on Bill
176, the Ontario Heritage .Act,
and its , implications to the
community. It was resolved that
the Huron County Branch would
write to the municipalities urging
the implementation of this Bill
and to the Historical Society
requesting a supportive letter to
the municipalities urging the
designation of Heritage
Properties in the County.
it was also resolved that letters
be sent to organizations offering
the film "A Future for the past"
for viewing. This is an excep-
tionally fine film owned by
Heritage Canada.
The Executive for the coming
year was elected at the meeting
and is as follows: president Nick
Hill, Auburn; secretary Mrs.
Dorothy Wallace, Goderich;
recording secretary; Mrs.
Bernadine Kinney, Kingsbrldge;
Public Relations, Mrs, Joan Van
den Etroeck, Goderich; 'treasurer
Mrs. Helen McManus, Goderich;
membership chairman Mrs, Ron
Daniels, Goderich; telephone
convener - Mrs. Marg Lawson,
Goderich; refreshments, John
Williams, Goderich.
A report on the progress of the
work of the Designation
Committee was made by Jim
Marlatt. A report on the work of
the Historic House Tour
Committee was made by Mrs.
Roselyn Campbell.
A report from the Park House
Committee was made by Mrs.
Dorothy Wallace.
The date of the next meeting
was set for July 24, the place to be
announced at a future date.
Egmondville
Correspondent
Mrs. Carol Geddes
Mr. and Mrs, Darwin Banner-
man spent the weekend at a Lions
Convention in Hamilton. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Teatero also
attended the convention in Hamil-
ton.
CPL Douglas Bannerman of
Kingston was home visiting with
his parents on the weekend. •
SAFETY AWARD — A Safety Award was presented
to Glenn Chesney of Frank Kling Ltd. Sand &
Gravel, by Robert Loftus, representing the
Aggregate Producers' Association of Ontario at their
annual, meeting in recognition of an outstanding
safety record in 1974. This is the sixth year in which
the Kling firm has had an accident free record.
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