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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1974-08-29, Page 5looks like we will be paying an extra $300 million this year for hospital services. Hospitals across the Province have recently completed wage settlements with nurses and other hospital workers which will cost about $400 to $500 million extra per year accor- ding to the Ontario Hospital Association, When the financial estimates for the Ministry of Health were introduced in April, the figure required for operations of hospitals was about $1.2 billion. Since the Government operates on a fiscal year which starts April 1 and ends March 31, it will not have to ask for the whole $400" to $500 as our fiscal year is already one.third over. I predict that when the Legislature resumes sitting in the Fall, Health Minister Frank Miller will have to ask for about $300 million in sup- plementary estimates in order to pay for all the recent wage settlements. A couple of years ago, former Health Minister Richard Potter decided to do something about the high .cost of hospitals. He instructed hospitals to close down beds and cut back ser- vices. This measure was sup- posed to save us some money, but I have yet to see any savings. Instead the health bill just gets larger and larger every year. At the time of the cutbacks, Authority receives grant The Honourable Leo Bernier, minister of natural resources, announces the approval of a provincial grant in the amount of $8,250 to the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority to carry out a preliminary engineering study of ,the Bluevale Dam on the Little Maitland River at Bluevale. At present, the dam and reservoir provides recreation such as swimming, boating and fishing in the Conservation Area. The dam is in a state of disrepair. The study will include an assessment of the structural condition, of the dam, recom- mendations for remedial measures and cost estimates for the repair. All member municipalities have been designated as benefitting and will be levied the Authority's share of the cost. TRICIAN'sAYx NEED ANELECTR/C/AIV „ ALERT b QUICK?, < WEVE THE SERV/CE- MAN TO DO THE mice 1 DON BELL , illitOING' CONTRACTOR 225 MAPLE Si', 01.0410111 482.9560„:_, CLINTON NEW-RECORD, .THIURSDAY, .001.70VOT 29, 1974-6 some labour problems in hospitals so rather than dealing with them, they appointed Committee to look into the problems back in January. The Committee still has not repor- ted and all the wage set- tlements are long since passed. I wonder what the cost will be to the taxpayer for the Com- mittee whose recommendations will now seem after the fact? If the health bill continues to increase at the rate it is presen- tly increasing, it will bankrupt the Province by the year 2,000. This is becoming obvious when just 4 months after the start of the fiscal year the Government is already $300 million short, * * * Did you know that the target date for total conversion to the metric system is 1980? The Federal Government first star- ted moving in that direction in 1970 after the publication of the "White Paper on Metric Conversion in Canada". Although this is Federal responsibility, it will require the co-operation of all levels of Government, On highways around Ontario y already see the beginnings can niingsof conversion as some road signs show distances in kilometers, * The Provincial Liberal Caucus held a Thinkers Con- ference in Hamilton last weekend where ideas were discussed which could form Liberal policy for the upcoming election, There were twenty papers published ranging from Women's Rights to Agriculture. Experts in various fields of in- terest were present as resource people and participated in the various discussions. 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