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REORGANIZATION NOT SO URGENTIN HURON' '* :?acP. A GHTO.N.
Huron MPP speaks on regional government
I thotight our readera might of u,rb n
develo lent.Where,
be interested in ,some eoinp ents these studies have been
from me on the topical nestion Inp
eQ leted the goverment is
p q-
ef regional government in proceeding With regional
Ontario, Promtalking proposals to .local ro osals in full. consultand»
constituents, I believe there is with 19ca1 officials,
considerable misunderstanding Asa result of thesestudies,.
A bout the1* overnment's the government has .developed
..t
neon. certnguidelines, h
i t n i s ai gui elnes which have
.
over the past decade, the been proposed qy the
Ontario Government has Honourable W, Darcy
received a number of
recommendations from various
commissions and from municipal
organizations themselves urging
the government to revise local
government structure,
established a century ago, in
recognition of the rapid changes
which have taken place in
communications, transportation
and .technology. In other words,
the request for larger units of
administration is not new, l
At the •re.quest of
municipalities#n fast -growth
areas, the government
'established a number of
comriaissioner's studies into local
government organization in
those regions where municipal
boundaries were disappearing
under the asphalt and concrete
McKeough, Minister of
Municipal Affairs, in his recent
white paper entitled "Design for
Development Phase Two." The
Minister emphasized in , that
Statement that regional
government organization in
slower growth areas: will take
place only after more urgent
needs have been met and only
'after intensive. consultation with
Iocal officials.
I believe you ,will be aware
that Huron County Council has
begun to study this question and
I have kept in close touch with
subsequent activities at meetings
with the minister and officials of
the Department of Municipal
Affairs.
1 have advised Fluron County
Council and other interested
eitizenS who have inquired that
it will be some con:lideralale
length of time before regional
government can or should be
.contemplated in Huron, at least
before it can be Contemplated
along the .same lines as in
Ottawa -Carleton, Niagara, or
1la1ton-Peel, for example. In
these areas, the urban influence
has developed so quickly that
the need for re -organization of
local government is more
immediately apparent and more
readily identifiable,
This need to reorganize is
not so urgent in Huron and Tike'
areas of the province, which •
serves to illustrate, .emphatically
I believe, why regional
government cannot --should not,
in my opinion—be imposed all at
forward to Huron County's
submissions. The.' Honourable
Mr, McKeough has stated
frankly that he has no fixed
policy concerning regional
government . functions in rural
areas and he not only wants, but
needs, advice from the people
who know local administration.
and local needs best.
There are . twoprincipal
adran:tages to regional
ave nment as see it. One is a
g. � , I
broadening of the local tax, base
to provide for more
.e, uitabl
e
dist'b do of both local and
Provincial revenues and the
development of a broader
community in which services can
be shared and which can
assemble the ad.ministratiye
expertise to enable the province
once on the province as a whole.
Ontario is a vast area, It is so
diverse that what may be
Manifestly desirable in one
section simply would not fit or
work in another.
Nevertheless, I believe it is
wise for county council to
consider the question now to
ensure that it will have a
comprehensive background of
Tact . and opinion to contribute
toward later discussions;.
No one knows better than I
that Huron County Council is
one of the most efficient
government organizations in
Ontario. I believe it can provide
sound, practical advice to the
,provincial authorities and I
know that the Minister of
Municipal Affairs is looking
to return More autonomy to
local officials.
We are all aware of tho
growing number of complaints
from local municipal officials
that their responsibilities are
being taken away by the
Provincial government, The
frank fact is, and. I think many
local .officials will
.. .a ree, that
local municipalities havenot
been able to afford properly
qualified personnel to handle
such functions as planning which
would be .better handled at a
regional level than at Queen's
Park. Our objective is to provide
larger units which can assume
greater responsibilities and
return more autonomy 10
community levels,
Why then, some people are
asking, did the province take
over assessment? The answer lies
in the urgent need for tax
reform. Property reassessment
was required not only to correct
the many inequalities that now
exist but also to ensure that
:many provincial government
grant programs, now based on
assessment factors, will be fair to
each region and municipality.
This will betone Increasingly peQPle still believe ihat the
important as grant levels rise and hoard deeisioria are
. beleg
made
as the great program is revisedby the department
of
according to the comnlitmepia gdueation.
in our whitePaper -Pa • ta?4;
p In legard 10 eRsts, many
reform.
People seeln. to forget that
I :also aware of the education expenditures were
widespread concern over new rising each year before the
county boards of edueation,..1 • boards were establishedand it
suggest, first, that we should not would qe unfair to expect them.
prejudge benefits of this to bring these increases to an
program and, second, that we immediate halt. lVly Budget for
should be realistic about the .cost 1969 provided for increased
factors. • grants to local boards but this
has not been enough to offsetBefore this reorganization
the cost growth. The recent
took place, the Ontario
Government r e c e i v financial adjustment program
e d announced by the Minister of
considerable criticism about the due don has he1ped to ensure
practice of having aPpointed
that '.there is a limit to tax
secondary school boards
demandin .tax revenues from increases in local municipalities*
elected unicipal councils. The starting next year, the
new programwas designed .to•rovincialgovernment will
overcome these objections by increase the neral level of its
having the trustees directly average financial support to
elected .by local people and school boards .from the present
making them responsible for all 45 per cent to 60 per cent in
decisions ; on local education three years. The province
matters, Despite the publicity intends to co-operate with
which newspapers in Huron school boards to ensure that this
County gave to the recent increased assistance is passed
elections, I find that many along to local rate -payers.
I :suggest that citizens can
expect eduGarianal af.fi
als tu.
provide as many benefits, as
possible to the .children under
their guidance. That is their
responsibility. . By the same
token, I think it is the right of
the local taxpayers .o :indicate 10
the educators, through their
elected representatives, the
extent to which they .will
provide finances for these
services. No board should be a
rubber stamp for its employed
officials and I an confident that
the Huron Board will not he.
Paradoxical a,s it may sound,
one thing .that is constant is
change, particularly in a
progressive society and in a
developing jurisdiction such as
Ontario. The desirable approach,.
then, I believe, is riot to resist
change, but to make. change
work for us.
Charles S. MacNaughton
Minister of Economics
Treasurer of Ontario and
MPP for Huron
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A I i I l i ,i i t i i
Board studies student funds
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
There should be one policy
governing use of student council
funds in all Huron County
schools, said Norman Shepherd
of Wingham at a meeting of the
Huron County Board of
Education last week. Agreement
came from D. J. Cochrane,
education director.
Mr. Shepherd, a barrister who
represents Wingham and East
Wawanosh Township on the
board, asked for a decision on
who sets the•rules under the new
county setup.
John Levis of Clinton, board
chairman, noted that in general
the matter was left in the hands
of principals in the past, The
board . agreed to discuss the
subject with the principals and
possibly come up with a single
policy.
One member reported that
one student council accumulated
as much as $5,000 to $8,000
and Mrs. Marian Zinn of
Dungannon said: "It's their
money and they can't spend it."
Rabbit breeder show June 7
The May meeting of the
South Huron Rabbit Breeders
Association was held in Elimville
Hall.
An invitation from the
.Lambton Middlesex Club to
090ate in their annual rabbit
s ow which is'planned for June
7 in Arkona was accepted.
The next meeting of the club
will be held in Elimville Hall on
June 10 at 8:30 p.m. As the club
plans •to recess for the summer
months, the June meeting will
. , . (.., s•,:,,ttnxa.ra,.
Tie the last until September.
Fully restored 1931 Model A Ford deluxe coupe, with rumble
seat, was admired by the hundreds of bidders and spectators at an
auction sale at Bill Jenkins' farm in Goderich Township last
weekend. The car was part of the estate of Douglas Rozell who
had done all the restoration work himself. The car was acquired
by John Radford of Londesboro. —Staff Photo. i
Old car auction draws a. crowd
A fully restored 1931 Ford
Model A deluxe coupe,
purchased by John Radford of
Londesboro, was the most
prized item for sale at an auction
of antique cars held at the W. R.
Jenkins farm on the Base Line
Road north of Clinton last
Saturday.
The deluxe coupe, several
unrestored cars and an
assortment of parts were from
the estate of Douglas Rozell, Bill
Jenkins' brother-in-law. The
auction drew several hundred
bidders and spectators, several .of
whom arrived in their own
antique autos. The Clinton Fire
Department brought out its
recently retired 1928 truck, one
of the oldest vehicles there.
Donald Armstrong of
Teeswater left with two 1931
coupes and other old -car buyers
included James Conn of
Strathroy, Bob Morgan of
Clinton °and the Thompson
Museum, Stratford.
Lunch was served on the
grounds by the Summerhill
Ladies Club. Edward W. Elliott
was auctioneer.
-Waterloo Lutheran graduates
Among the more than 600
students receiving degrees last
Sunday ..as Waterloo Lutheran
.University conducted its spring
yconvocation at the Kitchener
1emorial Auditorium were four
from this area.
Gwendolyn C. Davies of
Clinton received an honors B.A.
degree. Recipients of general
B.A. degrees were Enid B.
Blackwell of Zurich, Linda M.
Douglas of Clinton and Gerald
W. T. Walter,of,Goderich•
Local graduates from Centralia College
Douglas C. Trewartha of
Clinton, agricultural technology
Robert J. A. Drummond of
Dorothy E. Jamieson of Clinton,
Kippen, agricultural technology home economics
Bruce A. Drummond of Kippen,
agricultural technology
Peter Postma, Clinton,
agricultural technology
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