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Times-Advocate, 1979-05-30, Page 15Times-Advocate, May 30, 1979 COMPLETE INSULATION SERVICE * Sprpyed in place Urethane * Blown Insulations • Agricultural & Industrial Bldgs • New & Older Homes H. VAN MOORSEL INSULATION LTD. R.R. SMIMmII 519-348-9376 Page 15 HOECHST CLEAN CROP NEWS The first true liquid linuron AFOLAN The weed killer that almost mixes itself I Afolan is distributed by for more information contact w. G, Thompson & Sons Hensaii, Mitchell, Granton require substantially the same skills, which women’s groups maintain gives employeers a loophole because wages for traditionally female work can remain low. When introduced the proposed legislation had the support of all New Democrats and Liberals, However, the Minister of Labour, Dr. Robert Elgie, did not support it because he believes many questions have to be answered before “a sound and responsible legislative decision can be made,” While he agrees with the concept of equality espoused by the Bill, he doubts it could be “translated into prac­ tical, workable and en­ forceable legislation.” Job defining is not an “exact science” and the kind of wage equality called for “can be reconciled with our collective bargaining system”. Infuriated by the Minister’s comments, Liberal Margaret Campbell said she felt a “deep sense of humiliation. As a woman, I am in the year 1979, once more trying to prove that women are people.” There was a 67 percent increase in the number of drivers and passengers killed on Ontario roads in the first three months of this year, and the Government plans a road surveillance used car buyers check the car's mileage with the previous owners to make sure the odometer has not been tampered with. Although the Ministry has been laying charges against dealers who do this to con­ ceal the true mileage, it still seems to be a prevalent problem. Before signing the contract, send $3, the licence plate number and the request for a list of previous owners to: Ministry of Transportation and Com­ munications, Vehicles Branch, 4th Floor, Ferguson Block, Toronto, Ont. M7A 2A2. This will also provide you with the registration date. The date of manufacture on the compliance label of the vehicle’s door frame does not indicate how long the vehicle has been in use. Used car buyers should also use the consumer ministry’s personal property security registration system to make sure the previous owner hasn’t pledged the car as collateral against a debt. For more information contact the nearest land registry office, listed under Government of Ontario in your telephone book. A free booklet about car -buying and information sheets on car and tran­ smission repairs are available from the Con- sumber Information Centre, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, 555 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2H6, For information about car buying or other consumer related matters, call the centre collect at (416)963- 1111. sumers wanting to know whether they can cancel a contract because they have found a better buy. While the Ministry would like to see consumers to get the best deal, they have to realize tthat a contract is legal and binding. Some buyers think The Consumer Protection Act allows them to cancel the contract within two working days but only contracts signed away from the dealer’s place of business may be cancelled. The Consumer Protection Act supplies to contracts for goods or ser­ vices worth $50 or more which will be paid for, delivered or performed at a later date. Ms. Cohen suggested that during this fiscal year is expected. Keith Norton the Minister of Community and Social Services, “staggered by the amount”, places the blame in large part on too lenient judges, Liberal critic Paul Blundy (MPP for Sarnia) believes the Government should make concerted efforts to collect this money “if it is really serious about practicing (fiscal) restraint”. A consumer Information Officer of the Ministry of Consumer and Comemrcial Relations, Estella Cohen, warned car buyers not to sign a contract to buy a car unless they are sure they’re getting the best deal. The Ministry has recently contacted by many and advertising blitz From January 1 to March 31, there were 211 fatalities, com­ pared with 126 for the same period last year. The Minister of Transportation and Communications, Jim Snow, stated there’s no apparent reason for the increase, except that there were more multiple death accidents. Total deaths, including pedestrians and cyclists, were 270 compared with 198 for the same period last year, an increase of 36 per­ cent, The Minister stated the figures represent a ‘complete turn around” from declining figures which followed in­ troduction of mandatory seat-belt legislation and lower speed limits three years ago. Since cars are now built to more exacting safety standards, “one thing is obvious, and it’s that these grim statistics point to Ontario’s drivers as the culprits.” In 85 percent of the fatal accidents, there was no alcohol involved, no mechanical defect, and no snow or ice on the road. Regardless of views ex­ pressed to the contrary, in 1978, out of 27,275 unbelted drivers involved in accident, 336 were killed. Out of 258,578 belted drivers in accidents, only 154 died. The Legislature's select committee on Hydro has recommended that the Rolphton nuclear demon­ strator plant remain shut down until possible safety shortcomings can be in­ vestigated. The motion was passed at a special meeting of the committee requested Liberal MPP Julian Reed, after a Renfrew County citizens’ group submitted a brief demanding a public hearing into the plant’s safety features. Also in connection with the Province’s nuclear program the multi-million dollar bill for repairs of 36 Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd, boilers will probably be paid by Ontario Hydro customers. The contract for these boilers will probably be paid by Ontario Hydro customers, The contract for these boilers, which have never actually been in service at the Pickering nuclear generating plant, was awarded without calling for tenders, partly, “so the company would stay in business in Canada”, ac­ cording to an Ontario Hydro Spokesman. Hundreds of dents and bends in the tubes leading into the boilers caused the equipment to be returned to the company’s plant in Cambridge for rebuilding. During the summer hearings, the committee will hear testimony from Bill Taves, a Bruce plan em­ ployee who, under the pseudonym M. Schultz, released secret Hydro documents challenging the safety of the nuclear development at Douglas Point, Men separated from wives and children in Onario probably will owe more than $38 million in back payments for child support by the end of the 1978 79 fiscal year. Statistics compiled by the family court for 1977 78 show the accumulated arrears to be $32.9 million, up byjnore than $6 million By JACK RIPDEU MPP Huron-Middlesex The Government continues to be under attack by Opposition Parties on the subject of X-ray hazards, following the recent disclosure in a University of Toronto report that ex­ cessive radiation exposure from X-rays is causing 20 cases of leukemia a year in Ontario, Charging that the Government has allowed its X-ray inspection service to dwindle to only nine em­ ployees, Liberal Leader Stuart Smith accused the Ministry of Health of being “secretive” about its in­ spection program and not taking the safety issue “at all seriously”. “It seems”, he said, “that the Ministry only becomes concerned when this sort of thing is public knowledge”. The Minister, Dennis Timbrell, replied that Ontario is “further ahead than any other jurisdiction in eradicating a very serious problem”, stating the in­ spection team has been reduced by only one with another being transferred to the Ministry of Labour in 1976 when Labour was given responsibility for non­ medical radiation safety. A Private Member’s Bill calling for equal pay for , work of equal value has passed second reading, or approval in principle. It now goes to a committee of the Legislature for review, although the Government could let it die on the Order Paper by not re-introducing it for final reading. The Bill provides for Government evaluators to compare dissimilar jobs performed by men and women, to determine which are of equal value, assessing the amount of wages out­ standing, and forcing them to be paid. Current legislation only requires equal pay for jobs that been con- BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION — Nelson Schenk of Crediton celebrates his 90th birthday today, May 30. Mr. Schenk farm­ ed on Concession 6 of Stephen Township until he moved to his present home on Main Street in Crediton in 1959. He and his wife Catherine celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on April 30 of this year/They have one daughter, Mrs. Andrew (Gladys) Bierling, Usborne township and sons Gerald and Paul, both of Crediton. T-A photo /-'A Et. J Hoechst Hoechst Canada Inc. • Montreal * Toronto • Regina Hoechst and Afolan are registered trademarks of Hoechst AG. ...................................... ............................. increase AIR GUARD Sarden per skip AFOLAN' EC I HERBtCIDL RIDGETOWN GRAD — Joseph C. Thompson, Parkhill graduated recently from the Agricultural Production and Management course at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. 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