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CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, .THURSDAY, DECE MBER 27, 1973-9
NEW
YEAR
GREETINGS
HIGHLIGHTS OF
THE LAST SESSION
The session is finally over af-
ar stormy confrontation bet-I
: en the Government and the
position on Bill 274, the
ucation Bill, which will im-
se compulsory arbitration to
deal with the mass resignations
of teachers across Ontario.
There was a great deal of
unrest in the past year over the
Government-imposed budget
ceilings on education spending.
The Minister of Education,
Thomas Wells, promised to in-
troduce legislation on the
Reville Report which dealt
with teacher-school board
negotiations, but did so only in
the dying hours of the session.
Bill 274 was an interim Bill t6
deal with the immediate
situation, but was greeted with
a great deal of contempt by the
Opposition and the teachers
alike.
What is shocking is the fact
that the Government has step-
ped in to change a contract bet-
ween two parties without the
agreement of either party. A
huge rally was, held at Maple
Leaf Gardens on December 18,
where 30,000 teachers, with the
support of the Opposition,
showed their solidarity against
Tom Wells.
In the next session of the
Legislature, Mr. Wells will be
introducing a more comprehen-
sive Bill on teacher-school
board negotiation as well as his
Consolidated Education Act,
both of which will be referred
to committee for full
discussion.
During the last session, the
Government committed many
blunders. In the budget,
Treasurer John White announ-
ced that he would impose a tax
on energy consumed by the
people of Ontario. This proved
to be a great mistake, and the
suggestion was withdrawn after
a few days of concerted op-
position attacks. However, we
could not convince the
treasurer to withdraw his seven
percent sales tax, which we
pointed out was a regressive
form of collecting money for the
coffers of the provincial govern-
ment.
Dr. Potter, the minister of
health, had his share of
problems as well. The Govern-.
meet finally proclaimed its con-
troversial Denture Therapist
Act, setting up a new dental
worker to fabricate dentures
only under the supervision of a
dentist, Only 87 denture
therapists have been licensed
under the new. Act, and the
denturists are continuing to
operate in open defiance of the
law.
A new issue brought to the
attention of the Legislature by
Albert Roy was the fact that
imperial Optical has a
stranglehold over the optical
industry iri Canada. He pointed
out that all five members of the
Board of Ophthalmic Dispen-
sers were directly or indirectly
employed by Impsrial, and that
this constituted a conflict of in-
terest. Dr. Potter promised to
look into the situation but as-
yet nothing has been done.
The long-awaited Health
Disciplines Act has been
promised for the next session.
The Government said the first
five parts dealing with
medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,
nursing and optometry are
ready, but the exact time of in-
troduction remains unknown.
The Government released a
draft of the Ontario Building
Code which is subStantially an
adoption of the National
Building Code with certain
variations necessary for use in
Ontario. This draft deals
By Jack
largely with technical
background for legislation to be
put forward in the spring.
There will be requirements for
handicapped persobs, in-
sulation requirements for
buildings, amendments regar-
ding smoke control and more
voice communication in high-
rise buildings.
AP extremely important topic
of discussion in the ministry of
consumer and commercial
relations next session will be
the Green Paper on consumer
product warranties in Ontario.
The ministry will be holding
forums to hear the views of
consumers, retailers and
manufacturers on the proposals
in the report.
The ministry is also
developing a Fair Practices Acf
designed to monitor and
regulate food pricing practices,
misleading advertising and ar-
tificial shortages. No-fault car
insurance operated through
private insurance companies is
also being studied by the
ministry.
The ministry of labour has
announced that as of January
1, 1974, the minimum wage will
be $2 per hour, $2.25 per hour
for construction workers, and
$1.65 per hour for students.
Amendments to the Em-
ployment Standards Act con-
cerning payment for statutory
holidays, vacation pay and
overtime have also been
proposed. A general review of
the Act is expected in the new
year.
A new ministry of housing
was created with Robert Welch
appointed as minister. The
priority for the ministry will be
the provision of adequate
housing for all sectors of the
community and for all the
socio-economic groups in On-
tario. It is forecasted that in
the next decade, Ontario will
Riddell, Unroof MIT
need more than one million
new homes. With this end in
mind, the ministry will be
discussing in detail the recom-
mendations of the recently-
released 'Comay Report on-
housing in Ontario.
Mr. Welch has also stated .
that he plans to introduce new
legislation giving Toronto
special status so tharit can
build non-profit housing for
rental purposes only, not for
sale to individual 'homeowners.
As traffic gets continually
worse in Metro Toronto, the
Government's only solution is
the futuristic new intermediate
capacity transit system to be
built by the West German firm
of Krauss-Maffei. A test track
is to be built at the CNE, but
the system itself will not be
operational until the mid-
1980's. This will not help
relieve traffic problems during
the next decade, and there are
growing doubts by the TTC
thatthe new magnetic
levitation system may not be
the right thing for the needs of
Ontario.
The Government also had its,,,
share of scandals last session.
It was discovered that Gerhard
Moog, a close personal friend of
the Premier, was awarded the
contract for the construction of
the new Ontario Hydro
building. A Select Committee
was set up to investigate the
matter and it was found that
Canada Square did in fact get
preferential consideration by
Ontario Hydro.
Leo Bernier, the minister of
natural resources, made a
policy statement on the future
of Algonquin Park which was
not greeted favourably by the
Opposition. There were no
assurances by the minister that
there would be regulations to
control logging, no specification
of the areas to be designated as
wilderness or natural zones
and no assurances that the
proliferation of commercial
growth on the Highway 60
corridor would be contained.
The Government passed
amendments to the Planning
Act which will clear up the
chaos and uncertainty resulting
from checkerboard land titles.
The Government now has the
authority to validate land titles
resulting from checkerboarding
if a municipality so requests.
Also under the legislation,
ministerial approval will not be
required for appointments to
the planning boards and
redevelopment will not need
Ontario Municipal Board ap-
proval but will come directly
under the minister,
Tht Government introduced
legislation which will enable it
to create a system of parkway
belts around Toronto. In order
that no other development of
the proposed area takes place,
temporary land-use regulations
were introduced restricting any
•new non-agricultural land uses
in the Parkway Belt. The
Government also set up a
Niagara Escarpment Com-
mission to prepare a draft plan
for the escarpment area. The
plan will have as its goal the
preservation of the natural lan-
dscape of the escarpment.
During the last year, the
Government established five
more regional municipalities:
Durham, Peel, Haldimand-
Norfold, Hamilton-Wentworth
and Halton. There are no fur-
ther regional municipalities
planned at the present time.
The air management branch
of the ministry of the environ-
ment came under Opposition
fire for its failure to deal effec-
tively with the problem of lead
emissions in Toronto. The
Canada Metal Co. ,Ltd. on
Eastern Avenue has been
polluting the air in that neigh-
bourhood and several children
have been taken into hospital
suffering from overdoses of
lead.
The total number of bills
passed was 207.
May I take this ,opportunity
to extend to you Season's
Greetings with best wishes for
the New Year.
God be willing I will be back
with Jack's Jottings when the
House reconvenes in February.
Global
Network
starts
Jan. 6
At 6:00 p.m. January 6
Canada's third television net-
work will go on the air. A five
hour festival of specials to
celebrate the opening of the
network will be viewed begin-
ning at 6:00 p.m. but details
were not available at press
time.
The 6:00 p.m. time is based
on the understanding that On-
tario will join the United States
in changing to Daylight Saving
Time. Alteration to the
Global schedule will be
necessary in the event that the
province remains on Standard
Time.
Viewers in the Goderich and
Clinton area will be able to
receive the new television net-
work over channel six via the
Bluewater Cable T.V system
or through broadcast patterns,
iONNAS‘se0L0
The beSt of everything be
yours ... this day and through-
out the year to come.
Our sincere thanks for your loyaltyand ex-
pressions of kindness.
THE DURSTS
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22 Isaac St. 482-9333
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