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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-11-22, Page 241Dinner DINNEY'S 100 0 SPECIAL LOW PRICE tip DINNEY'S '17(19 5 SPECIAL LOW PRICE I DINNEY'S 2995 SPECIAL LOW PRICE I 1 DINNEY'S SPECIAL LOW PRICE 119 9495 DINNEY'S SPECIAL LOW PRICE DINNEY'S a ;00 SPECIAL' LOW PRICE 41141/ DINNEY'S SPECIAL LOW PRICE 1RCI95 Will DINNEY'S SPECIAL LOW PRICE 11995 Features HEATER-VIBRATOR. SPECIAL LOW PRICE 116°° DINNEY'S By JACK RIDDELL, HURON. MPP Premier asks opposition advice quite severely for not taking his position seriously and for not honouring commitments that he had made some time ago. The Health budget is the highest of any Ministry and includes $599 million in Ontario Health Insurance Plan Payments to doctors. The commitments made by Dr. Potter but not yet honoured in- clude a restraint package of proposals to limit amounts paid to doctors under the OHIP plan. Dr. Potter was reminded that the Justice Ministry had enough stringent Federal regulations governing automobile exhaust emissions. He said control devices installed in automobiles which increase gasoline con- sumption may be desirable or necessary in some parts of North America but they are tin- necessary in some parts, maybe all of Canada. their business. Dr. Potter justified a 2.6 million dollar increase in expenditures over last year because of ex- panding home care and extended care programs. He said the Province has broken the escalating pattern of health costs by limiting its increase in spending this year to 6 percent, by its moratorium on new hospital construction, and by removing or reclassifying 1600 active treatment beds in hospitals in Ontario. Ontario has a doctor for every 600 people on the average, Dr. evidence to prosecute several physicians who treated too many patients in a day and over charged for services but as yet no doctors had been charged, Nor have charges been laid against denturists who by legislation passed June 27, are forbidden to deal directly with the public. Dr. Potter indicated that he was giving denturists a chance to qualify as dental therapists - allowed to work under the supervision of a dentist - before the Government prosecuted them for carrying on Municipal announced plans for reducing their consumption of oil, electricity and other energy supplies, The Government's plans for conserving energy include replacing large cars in its fleets with compacts whenever new purchases are made. Mr. McKeough told the Legislature that Ontario has enough natural gas, coal, electricity and crude oil from Western Canada for its own immediate needs but with indications that Eastern Canada will receive barely sufficient imported Middle East oil to meet Potter said, but in some areas is short of general practitioners. He said Immigration laws in the future may have to be changed to license newly arrived doctors only in areas of the Province where they are needed. Medical schools too should be encouraged to train fewer specialists and more family physicians ac- cording to Dr, Potter. Ontario Energy Minister Darcy McKeough announced in the Legislature a $300,000 advertising campaign to push voluntary conservation of energy by the public as various Provincial and demands. He said Ontario must face up to the fact that some of our domestic oil supply will and should be diverted if necessary to other Canadians. The advertising campaign will be supplemented by a memo from Education Minister Thomas Wells to all Boards of Education in the Province suggesting ten ways to conserve energy, Industry and Tourism Minister Claude Bennett, is preparing a similar memo to industry. Energy Minister Darcy McKeough told the Legislature that Ontario will not enforce He indicated that they may make sense at the corner of King and Bay streets, in Toronto but they are something that we simply cannot afford while we have an energy problem. 467 MAIN ST. 235-0173 LET US HELP YOU RELAX THIS CHRISTMAS FURNITURE DOZENS OF STYLES LAY AWAY NOW PAY LATER ig AND COLOURS TO CHOOSE FROM An interesting and amusing little incident happened at Parliament Buildings this week. John Spence, Liberal M.P.P. (Kent) received a very friendly letter signed Bill, from Premier William Davis, asking Mr. Spence for his advice and suggestions for future Govern- ment action. This letter was intended only for the members of the Con- servative Caucus but by mistake Mr. Spence was sent the letter as well. Mr. Spence rose in the Legislature the same day he received the letter and directed the following remarks to the Premier: "This is a remarkable change of operating policy on the part of the Premier who has never before asked the opinion of MPP's even those of outstanding ability outside his own party. Obviously the policies which have been devised by the Tory Caucus have proven absolutely bankrupt and the Premier must now turn finally to the more experienced members of the Legislature for guidance." Mr. Spence made the following recommendations to the Premier 1. Return control other than planning, co-ordination and borrowing to area municipalities and reduce costly Queen's Park interference by making all grants unconditional rather than 90 percent conditional as at present. Queen's Park should only in- troduce broad guidelines such as the prohibition of the develop- ment of good agricultural land, strip development and destruction of important natural features, The Government should also provide for effective pollution control. " 2. Implement the measures proposed by Robert Nixon in his Reasoned Amendment to Bill 196 which called for a guaranteed minimum income of $216.00 per month for all persons 60 years of age and over. Remove the Provincial sales tax from building materials and return the retail sales tax rate to 5 percent. 3. Allow bidding for all government control projebts and purchases by open tender only. Institute a program of moving Government Departments and bodies away from Queen's Park to decentralized locations in the Cities and towns of Ontario. "I am most pleased that the Premier has finally seen fit to make use of the great knowledge and experience which the Private Members of the Legislature bring to Queens Park." said Mr. Spence. "I hope that the Premier will now make a practice of consulting Members of all Parties regarding policy matters and I hope that the policies that I have outlined will prove of some assistance to the Government." + + + BIG CITY SELECTION WITH SMALL TOWN PRICES Premier Davis told the Legislature that as of September 1, 1973 the Premier, Cabinet Members and senior Public Servants will not use Govern- ment chartered planes for trips unconnected with Government business. The announcement appears to end for the time the controversy which began in March when the Provincial Auditor's report revealed that ministers, senior public servants and their families were making trips on Government planes inside and outside Ontario. Subsequent testimony before the Public Accounts Committee revealed some Ministers made regular use of Government aircraft for trips back to their home ridings on weekends. Premier Davis has paid $21,856.00 to the public purse in return for personal trips by himself, his family and friends on Government or Government chartered aircraft from April 1, 1971 to March 31, 1973. The Ontario Government has adopted a new system to reduce the time required to process 1974 motor vehicle registration renewal sales. Motorists will be able to renew registration by mail or in person with a reduction in paper work. They need only sign a form declaring that they are insured and will not have to present proof of insurance as in the past. They will then be given a special tag with an adhesive for fastening to 1973 license plates. Registration fees for passenger vehicles retnain the same as last year but the surcharge impOsed on uninsured drivers has been increased from $15.00 to $40.00 to provide greater support for the uninsured motor vehicle futidS, The sales begin December 1. 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