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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-03-09, Page 8Times-Advocate, March 9, 1978 Policemen's concerns are valid were the new for disciplining Saintsbury family at wedding event By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex Last month I met with representatives of the regional Police Association to hear their concerns about a new Police Act that will soon be introduced into the Legislature. The policemen at this meeting stated that they believe that the Police Com­ mission should continue to have at least one member with a background in law such as a judge or a lawyer. They also feel that the ma­ jority of the board should consist of non-elected per­ sons so that the board can be somewhat free of political influence. One of their particular Look at the bright side. Gasoline goes for $2.13 per gallon in Italy, $1.76 in France. Makes our prices look great! * * * J number of health bulletins warning “women who are pregnant, nursing mothers and young children ... not to consume any of the fish” caught in certain lakes and rivers because of high levels of PCBs. The Ontario Government plans to lift a seven year-old ban on the sale of Crown land for cottages, but there’s disagreement in the Cabinet about whether foreigners should be allowed to buy. The Minister of Northern Affairs has said that he agrees with what the Cabinet has so far decided in principle - that sales should be restricted to Canadians. However, the Minister of Natural Resources, whose Ministry will make the changes in regulations later this year, has said that non­ Canadians should be allowed to buy cottage land in the North. He points out that rt striding the sale of Crown land in Northern Ontario to Canadians would not stop them from selling in turn to foreigners. Indications are that the long disputed Family Law Reform Act will lead to con­ siderable further debate By MRS. HEBER DAVIS SAINTSBURY Mr, & Mrs. Hugh Davis, Heather and Michael and friends were guests Satur­ day at the wedding of their cousin Susan Lilley Komoka and Richard Dinsmore, London at the Melville United Church, and the reception which followed at the Ukrainian Country Club. Following the reception Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Davis went to the home of the latter’s sister Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Simpson and visited Mrs. Vera McFalls. Cottage service was held Sunday at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Carroll with Rev. Mary Mills in charge. Miss Megan Spring, London spent the week-end with her friend Patti Dobbs. Mr. & Mrs. Heber Davis were Tuesday dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Stanley, Denfield, and supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. Mervin Elston. Thursday. , the Davis’ en­ tertained Mr. & Mrs. Jack Delbridge, Exeter. Mrs. Bob Tindall and her cousin Mrs. Pete Sovereign returned home Wednesday from a 10 day trip to Florida, they visited Mr. & Mrs: Charles Tindall and Mr. & Mrs. John McCool. Mr. & Mrs. Earl Greenlee visited their cousins Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Love, Varna, Sunday evening. They were Saturday dinner guests with Elmer, Bert and Verna Greenlee, Exeter. ning from the Liverals that “people who introduce non­ confidence motions are playing with fire”. Stuart Smith said his party has refrained from introducing such a motion, because they do not wish to force an early election on Ontario voters. " Replying to Questions, the Government has confirmed that more than six million gallons of waste oil con­ taining varying concen­ trations of toxic chemical are being spread on dirt roads throughout Ontario each year to control dust. The road oil has been found to contain polychlorinated biphenyls - blamed for birth defects, nerve and liver dis­ orders or cancer when eaten or absorbed. There is concern that the PCBs in the oil will even­ tually be leached out by the weather, find their way into the drainage system and eventually into rivers, lakes and streams. In Ontario, the PCBs have been found in various Great Lake fish above the Province’s accep­ table level for consumption of two parts per million. Last year, the Ministry of the Environment issued a concerns proposals police officers. If the new legislation goes through an officer could be tried con­ victed and dismissed from the Force without hearing the evidence against him. His car and his garage could also be searched without a warrant. The Police officers feel strongly, and I agree with them, that they should be treated the same and have the same protections as any private citizen. The Cabinet has approved a $7.3 billion Ontario Hydro uranium deal, despite strong opposition from the Liberal and New Democratic Par­ ties. Approval of the deal means Hydro has contracted for almost 200 million pounds of uranium to fuel five nuclear power stations, beginning in 1980 and ending in 2020. The Liberals wanted the contracts with the two mining companies - Deni- sion and Preston - to be renegotiated, and the NDP were in favour of Government buying Denison Mines, one of Elliot Lake companies. Liberal Energy Critic Julian Reed has urged the Energy ^Minister, the Honourable Reuben Baetz. to stop construction of sec­ tions of a major Hydro transmission line, and to create a procedure for ac­ quiring such corridors “which is fair and un­ derstandable and which will prevent this tragedy from ever happening again”. (A recent “Toronto Star” arti­ cle indicated that the province had moved the cor­ ridor 15 miles at an extra cost of $100 million to On­ tario taxpayers, because the original line would have slic­ ed through lands held by many prominent people, some of them Conservative supporters. Another group, the Interested Citizens Group, has spent $400,000 in an unsuccessful attempt to get an independent hearing on another Hydro line now under construction between the Bruce Generating Sta­ tion on Lake Huron and a switching station at Milton.) James Taylor, who resign­ ed as Energy Minister, January 20th, has compared Hydro to the Bermuda Triangle, saying “If you pre­ sent a reasonable thought or directive, it gets sucked into the system and never comes out’’. He maintains that although Hydro is supposed to be answerable to the Legislature, the energy Minister “has all the respon­ sibility, but no authority”. Hydro has become the coun­ try’s largest non-financial public or private corpora­ tion in terms of total assets, which now stand at $11.3 billion. During the coming fiscal year, Ontario’s hospitalswill receive only $87 million in new financing from the Province, according to the Minister of Health. This in­ crease, from $1,852 billion to $1,939 billion - will be the the out the smallest in dollars since 1973. The rise of 4.5% com­ pares with 7.09% last year and an annual average of 14.3% from 1970 to 1977. A spokesman for one hospital compared the increase with the current inflation rate of 9.1% and warned that cuts in services will be inevitable. Replying to the Speech from the Throne. Liberal Leader Stuart Smith dealt mainly with economic issues and Ontario's “excessive ab­ dication” of responsibility for creating jobs. He called the Government’s additional $6.7 million for youth employment programs “an embarrassingly and pathetically low amount”, and criticized the Conser­ vatives for failing to develop an industrial strategy, which would stimulate research and development, at the same time ignoring small business. The attempt in the Tyrone Speech to strike a balance between a clean environ­ ment and a healthy economy, he described as simplistic. 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