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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-06-03, Page 18As a landlord of several buildings I have some questions regarding my position with the Rent Review Board. II If I wish to make application for permission to charge more than 8% for many of the units I own, do I have to make separate submissions for each unit? What will the procedure be for a hearing? 3 Will I need a lawyer to appear before a rent review officer? 4r, If several tenants in the same building apply for justification of increases, do I have to appear at a separate hearing for each tenant? Yes: Yol.1 trust He for a separate application for each unit. 2 The pert review officer is empowered to call witnesses and to rea;;;-e necessary information to be produced, and both *enonts and landlords have access to any material i:;;E,cd ovs ,t , rent review officers when a hearing is ordered. 3 A awyer szculci not be necessary since rent review rt,ar,rgs are cfl;nformai. 4 Not recessar;'y. The rent review officer may fix a common -g Coe, 'a review cases in the same building. OFF TROPHIES! j For all your RADIO- ENGRAVING done I STEREO and C.B. on premises I needs — see us! Your ONLY Authorized -FMC Bdens ►456 DEALER IN THIS AREA Sales MOUNT & CARMEL Service TP the time of year for the annual increase in "fly- ay.,gfro •ractepren., and unscrupulous salesmen, and their fon•oz,,rte target is the senior citizen. Eac#, rear ti•ausancis of dollars are lost to these dishonest peo- r:e who rose as bank inspectors, home repair specialists and ofat-retefs of v,-..ous get-rich-quick schemes. You've worked fof rnorey ...don't let someone trick you out of it! The Mirsffy cf Consuener and Commercial Relations have toat.7tisted a very i7elpful booklet, to help you protect yourself, a-o .t s FREE test for the asking! It's called, Consumer Tips For Senior C•t,;zens and you can get it by writing: Ontario Con- surr ers. OLeens Park, Toronto, Ontario. if you are aIready a victim of any form of trickery, your rights are prole:ted by the Business Practices Act. Contact your nearest Carturret Profecetn 9ureau located of 80 Dundas Street, Lon- don OF ceore 679-7150. tefey cre Mete to help you, so make them immediately aware cny atet-'eae you might have in this regard. Yaw 4oca7headquarters fat REPLACES and ACCESSORIES 215-2022 24 :Hr. Phone 4211 it S Service Exeter "Scot tl Earic Firsancirtg C.:hargex & Son T. Pryde Ltd. 293 MAIN St S. EXETER MONUMENTS - MARKERS LETTERING 235- 0620 ANYTIME EST. 1919 411 Main St., Exeter — 235-2261 3'c EceJeg-e.24 try neT Pe4ea&vre RESTAURANT COFFEE BAR Fast Take Out * * Groceries Variety GAS far LESS! Hwy. 4 & Huron Pk. Rd. 4441100 Farnifg cab' 228- 6751 235-2533 489 Main St., Exeter or 235-1070 373 MAIN ST. oi•ISOS% 010.0 0-140* Save with Challenge Pricedt 26 oz. Pepsi-Cola at all participating dealers. Challenge Priced Pepsi means big savings for you...so take the Pepsi Challenge. Pepsi Returnable (plus refundable deposit) OR LESS Suggested Challenge Price * Look for Big Savings on Diet Pepsi too. TAKE THE PEPSI CHALLENGE. AND SAVE! e tholienge Pneed Po based 8f11111110 prices ond it avoileible while etippiieb leo in the eien terviced by your Pep:. tun &Md. E p tit Peps, Cole end Pope, ere re;ieiered itodernerlis of Pep; cit, int Page 1 Times-Advocate, June 3, 1976 ...................... by Scotty Hamilton Mail your problems to "'impact' c/a this paper. All letters be answered provided a stamped addressed envelope 15 enclosed. Some of general interest will be published. tettors most be signed but we will NOT reveal your identity. 'These Questions, and Answers based on Ontario taw, are published to inform and not to advise. No one should try, to apply or interpret the law without the aid and advice of a trained expert who knows the facts, since the facts of each case may change the application of the tow." NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE BELL MOBILE HOMES of KIPPEN All the latest models including BARON and COACHMAN FREE Lderature on Request SCOTIA BANK FINANCING OVER 12 Years A aelemon of ROBERT DAVID BELL ENTERPRISES LTD /7 FUNERAL HOME 370WILLIAM ST. EXETER 235-1220 I thank you for publishing my letter in your column last week regarding my progress and non-progress with the Ontario Political Leaders, concerning the changing of the Ontario liquor laws. However I was truly appalled, amazed, and to say the least, extremely disappointed to see a large beer advertise- ment right next to 'IMPACT." For many years I never ever noticed a liquor or beer ad in the T-A, and I think it's very hypocritical to take a stand advocating the raising of the legal drinking age, while at the same time promoting the sale of alcohol through ads. If your paper MUST print this type of advertisement, then please have the good taste to, at least, keep them away from your usually worthwhile column. we 0 taken and I thank you. When I noticed the azi ''r t you trertioned. can assure you that it didn't make me fora 4or cty wo,„'a ixe ea irafcrnt you, however, that I personally have no ii:fisd.cet:ion as to, what page "IMPACT" appears on, nor do ncse aly say as to what other advertisements appear on the same r age. LaJor and beer ads are placed by their ad agen- res. arm" INhett-er ,hey are accepted or rejected by a newspaper s she so re re:ponsibility of the publisher, ta r oda that i have taken your valid argument up with our ative-;s;rg manager. so hopefully we will NOT see a repeat of tths- -(ER !t doe nook AND TROPHIES DEALER By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron•Middlesex The Minister of Agriculture announced the establishment of a financial protection task force to review methods of protecting farmers against default of payment for their products. In making the announcement, Mr. Newman said he is concerned about a situation where a producer sells his entire crop or livestock to one or two buyers and then, because of difficulties experienced by the buyers, maybe unable to collect all or part of the payment due him. The bankruptcies of various packing plants within recent years and the concern expressed by the producers who have lost a large amount of money' because of these bankruptcies, has resulted in such a Task Force being established, so that some determination might be made as to the best method of extending financial protection to producers. Mr. Newman said the Task Force will examine existing Provincial programs and also look at methods used in other jurisdictions. The Task Force will ask individuals and in- terested organizations to submit briefs and comments. Publication of the revised Agricultural Code of Practice for Ontario, was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Food. The Code as revised by the Ministries of Agriculture and Food. Housing and Environment, provides guidelines for the management of livestock operations to minimize problems of odour from manure. The new edition of the Code contains minimum distance formulas to keep rural residences a reasonable distance from livestock buildings and manure concentrations. The formulas take into account such variables as the type of livestock, the number of animals, the type of manure system and manure storage. The Code's guidelines apply to the design location and manure management system of new livestock buildings, the renovation or expansion of existing livestock operations and the control of water pollution caused by animals watering at streams, ponds or lakes. They also discourage open manure lagoons and govern the disposal of dead animals. In its original form the code reduced problems for neighbours of livestock operations, but provided the operators with little protection from encroachment by other types of development, particularly, rural non-farm residential development. The minimum distance formulas had been designed tohelp provide such protection. Municipalities will be en- couraged to incorporate the provisions of the Code into their official plans and zoning bylaws. A model bylaw is being developed by Huron County. When it receives approval from the Ontario Municipal Board, the model bylaw will be offered to other municipalities which may use it or modify it to suit local conditions. The Agricultural Code of Practice was originally drawn up in 1970 and has since gained wide acceptance by farmers. Its success has been the result of the high degree of co-operation among farmers, farm organizations, municipal officials and the Government of Ontario. The new version was drafted in consultation with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Because of its positive reaction by farmers the Code is not compulsory. Farmers who plan changes to their operations are encouraged to apply for a cer- tificate of compliance, which will be issued jointly by the Ministries of Agriculture and Food and Environment after an appraisal of the proposed changes. The Attorney General has indicated support for a suggestion that drivers be allowed to appeal lengthy licence suspensions. Albert Roy, Liberal MPP (Ottawa East), has suggested that a judge might impose a 15 year licence suspension even though a driver could be fully rehabilitated after five or ten years. Under proposed legislation, Ontario judges would be able to impose up to a life-time licence suspensions. He asked the Attorney General whether Ontario intends I osetlup an appeal mechanism now that licence suspensions are a provincial matter. The Attorney General said suspensions of more than three years would relate only to erirninal offences where there is a possible penalty of life im- prisonment. However, he said he agrees in principle that a mechanism should be stablished to deal with the new changes in legislation. Liberal Leader Stuart Smith told the Legislature this week that at least two employees at a small Hamilton firm have developed lung diseases which appear to be caused by asbestos fibres. He raised the matter while criticizing the Ministry of Health for inadequate inspection of industrial plants, asked the Minister to investigate the company in question, and sub- mitted for analysis a sample of dust from the premises. The Minister indicated that his Ministry is experiencing some difficulty in recruiting oc- cupational health inspectors. Apparently there is a world-wide shortage of qualified people in this field. He indicated that the Ministry's main responsibility is to set standards for occupational health, with the Ministries of the Environment, Natural Resources and Labour carrying out most of the inspections. The Leader of the Opposition has charged the Minister of Community and Social Services with trying to pull a "veil of secrecy" over information the public is entitled to have. He made public an internal memorandum which the Minister sent to officials within the Ministry, ordering that any communication subject to his authority be deemed confidential until he approved it for publication. The memo, dated the 19th May, makes a distinction between "information" which should be readily available and "intelligence" which should not, Information, according to the Minister, is "factual, quan- titative data, such as numbers, names, dates, locations, etc. of services and facilities of the Ministry properly in the public domain". Intelligence is described as "reports, correspondence, conceptual ideas, proposals, programmes, projects, procedures, etc . . . not to be made public knowledge unless and until considered such by the Minister," 'Liberal MPP Albert Roy told the Legislature that police suspect people involved in organized crime are among the main beneficiaries of profit from pornographic material. He asked the Attorney-General to confirm suspicions that Capital Distributing Co. Canada Ltd, and its owners "are known or suspected by police to have some association with organized crime." Capital Distributing, a subsidiary of US - owned Capital Distributors, headed by John Santangelo of Derby, Conn., U.S., has been charged with distributing obscene publications. The Attorney General indicated he had no specific information which would link the distribution of por- nographic material to organized crime. I further pursued the Better Beef lease armngement with the Ontario Government, for the Essex Packers operation at the Guelph Correctional Centre Plant. I asked the Minister of Labour, Dr. Bette Stephenson, that in view of the fact that it now appears that the Minister of Correctional. Services, inad- vertently misled the House, when he said that thelay-off at Essex Packers was for the reason of taking inventory, This reason is now seen to be incorrect as there was no inventory to take other than a small quantity of hams in storage in the United States and $100,000 worth of supplies in the Hamilton plants which had already been accounted for, and in view of the fact that the real reason for the lay-off is Better Beef's attempt to circumvent the provisions of the Employment Standards Act. The Act requires that a lessee deemed to be a successor corporation is legally liable for severance pay. I asked that the Minister firstly in- vestigate this manoeuvre on the part of Better Beef, to ensure that the employees who were laid off will receive severance pay. Secondly, I asked, that she confer with the Minister of Correctional Services to determine if this action on the part of Better Beef could not be considered to be THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER was one of the sketches presented to parents during the primary program at Stephen Central School Tuesday night. Above, the elves come out at night to prepare some magical footwea, suffic ient grounds for ter- minating the assignment of the lease to be DeJonge Brothers for the Guelph Abat tclir The Minister glibly replied that in response to my passionate The column that's mac! for a purpose EXETER PHARMACY 262- 2823 MEMBER OF , THE ONTARIO FUNERAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION A a yetela #am 2ceeept 4 Hanle dissertation, she could only say "yes" and "yes". It is my understanding that the Minister met with the DeJonge Brothers the following day.