The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-11-27, Page 16Pp9e.. 10
litnes.Advocate, November 27, 1975
Amendments to the Highway
Traffic Act have been announced
in the Legislature this week.
Speed 'limits will be reduced on
the Province's Highways, from 70
miles per hour to 60 miles per
hour on the expressways and
from 60 miles to 50 miles on other
highways. Legislation is not
necessary for the reduction of
speed limits, and the new limits
will be in effect as soon as the
new signs can be erected, which
officials estimate will be within a
month. The Premier announcing
these amendments said they
were proposed because of the two
major problems facing
Canadians today, They are the
energy crisis and the soaring
number of deaths and injuries
resulting from traffic accidents.
The Premier said that our con-
sumption of motor fuels has
reached a staggering 3,8 billion
gallons annually, while over 1200
people die in motor vehicle ac-
cidents every 12 months, It also
costs an estimated $90 million
annually in direct OHIP charges
alone for medical treatment for
the injured.
The Minister of Transportation
and Communications introduced
a further amendment to the
Highway Traffic Act, which will
require the mandatory use of seat
belts in all motor vehicles.
Exemptions will be provided for
such situations as children under
2 years of age, persons holding a
physician's certificate stating the
reason they are unable to wear a
seat belt and persons required by
the nature of their work to enter
and leave their vehicles
frequently. People convicted of
breaking the law will be liable to
a fine of from $20 to $100.00.
Ottawa Liberal MPP Albert
RI has twice introduced a
Private Member's Bill to provide
mandatory seat belt use, and the
Government's legislation is very
similar to his proposed amend-
ment to the Highway Traffic Act.
Metropolitan Toronto High
school teachers are still on strike,
in spite of attempts by parents
and students to persuade them to
return to the classrooms. There is
some speculation that the
Education Relations Commission
will intervene. This three
member Commission, appointed
less than four months ago under
the new teacher collective
bargaining legislation, is ex-
pected to be under increasing
pressure from parents who fear
children will become victims of a
bitter labour dispute. The
legislation also provides two
other options — binding ar-
bitration and final offer selec-
tion, in which an independent
third party selects the final
contract position of either the
Board or the teachers. The
striking teachers maintain that
they are frustrated, confused and
unhappy because they lack the
respect of the public, the media
and their employers — the city
and five borough school boards.
Their frustration has been
mounting for five years — since
the introduction of provincial
spending limits on education,
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron-Middlesex
which led to larger classes and
heavier work loads.
Sources of energy have been
very much in the news recently.
All home heating bills — for oil,
gas or electricity — are expected
to increase quite considerably
this winter, by between 13 per-
cent and 29 percent Also the
Provincial Energy Minister has
warned that natural gas to heat
swimming pools, run air con-
ditioning or gas lighting may
have to be rationed if shortages
occur, although he stressed that
domestic consumers will be given
priority. He has, however, in-
dicated that any shortages will
not last very long providing new
supplies from the North become
available. The Minister has
resisted opposition calls for new
Ontario controls on gasoline
prices, whilst not entirely ruling
out the possibility of a further
price freeze, with penalties, if
"too many" operators raise
prices by more than 5.4 cents a
gallon recommended by
Government.
In response to a question by
Mr. Ian Deans, NDP Member for
Wentworth, the Premier outlined
the Ontario Careers Action
Programme. This program will
provide 1050 jobs for unemployed
persons between the ages of 16
and 24, who can be highschool
drop-outs, or persons from high
schools as well as University
Graduates. They must register
with Canada Manpower centres.
These trainees will be paid $100 a
week to a maximum of 52 weeks
and will work under special
contracts. They will not have the
status as civil servants and will
not be eligible for employee
benefits. It is hoped that the first
pilot group of trainees will be
encouraged to seek outside
employment and to this end there
has been close co-operation
between the Ministry of Colleges
and Universities which is in
charge of the programme and
Canada Manpower.
During the second reading
debate on the Government's rent
control legislation, Opposition
Members maintained that the
proposed controls are unlikely to
be lifted as scheduled on August
1, 1977. Liberal Leader Robert
Nixon said he would have liked
the legislation to contain a
provision removing controls in
communities where the apart-
ment vacancy rate reached 3 or 4
percent. "But it seems that with
the growth of communities,
particularly urban communities,
this rent control is a respon-
sibility which the House must
accept." In his opinion "Anybody
who thinks this sort of legislation
is going to be sloughed off with
the resurgence of the free en-
terprise system is, of course, in
error." He also predicted that the
government will have to accept
an increasing role in providing
funds for housing because
existing government
programmes have failed to
persuade enough private sector
builders to meet housing needs.
Liberal MPP Eddie Sargent
(Grey Bruce) warned no more
apartments will be built by the
private sector once the rent
control machinery is in place. He
said landlords will not find the
investment worthwhile.
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