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Tirnes-Advocate, August 17, 1978 • -A
Seek opinions on health care system
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron-Middlesex
The Select Committee
studying Ontario’s Health
Care system has completed
three weeks of hearings and
with the number of groups
and individuals who have
expressed an interest in
making a submission, it
appears that the Committee
is going to be hard pressed to
report its findings to the
Legislature by mid-October.
This Select Committee was
the product of a major
confrontation in the
Legislation this past spring.
At that time Treasurer
Darcy McKeough announced
in his budget an increase in
OHIP premiums at 37.5
percent which was strongly
resisted by the two Op
position Parties. When an
election was threatened over
the premium increase,
Treasurer McKeough,
retreated from his earlier
position, offered a much
reduced premium increase
which was accepted and the
Legislature referred the
entire matter to a Select
Committee.
The OHIP Select Com-
mittee is chaired by the
Conservative Member for
York East, Dr. Robert Elgie,
and being a member of that
committee, I thought that I
might comment on the
hearings to date.
I have been pleased with
the development of our
enquiry as we have already
had before us a number of
expert witnesses who have
explained both sides of the
premium question. For my
part I feel very strongly that
we must find the most fair
and reasonable way to
finance our health care
system. It seems to me that
the present premium
mechanism has some very
unfair
features about it.
The
inequity is, of course, that
which involves the OHIP
subscriber who must pay the
entire premium directly.
This contrasts very sharply
with another subscriber who
may have his. or her OHIP
premiums paid in full or in
part by an employer.
Because health care is such
an important and fun-
and inequitable
most startling
damental part M our social
service system. 1 feel that no
one person should be
discriminated against in this
way when it comes to
financing health care.
As one member of the
Committee I am interested
in examining all possible
alternatives and the alter
natives certainly include a
substantial reform of the
premium system. Other
alternatives would involve
the abolition of the prem
iums and their replac-
vement with a payroll tax
deducation or the abolition of
premiums and their
replacement by a general
income tax provision.
It is also possible to shift
the burden away from the
premiums to some kind of
shared base that would
reflect increases in personal
options. This is what the
committee will be en
tertaining for the next
several weeks.
In addition to the financing
of OHIP the committee will
be examining ways and
means of controlling the
costs of the Health care
system. I would certainly
encourage any local resident
who has strong views about
these matters relating to the
health care system to
communicate them to me so
that they can be taken into
consideration during the
course of this enquiry.
We were, of course, all
pleased to learn this week
that Ontario has been
selected as the site for a new
Ford Motor Company engine
plant, which will employ 2,-
600 people and produce in ex
cess of $60 million in taxes
each year.
You will remember that a
special debate took place in
the Legislature on the last
day of the session. The
Minister of Industry and
Tourism had informed us of
the negotiations which had
been taking place with
respect to location of this
new $535 million plant.
Ford had been offered
considerable financial in
centive to locate the facility
in the U.S. and the Canadian
Government had
recommended that an incen
tive be offered to persuade
the company to locate in this
country - an incentive to be
financed jointly by the
Federal Government and
the Government of Ontario.
The Ford Motor Company
had originally wanted $30
million and ‘ the Federal
Government had expressed
a willingness to pay three-
quarters of that cost, provid
ed the Government of On
tario paid one-quarter.
While the Ontario Govern
ment was deciding how to
proceed, the Federal
Government offered the en
tire $30-million itself.
However, the Ford Com
pany increased the required
amount to $75 million, and
the Federal Government
subsequently proposed that
Ontario and Ottawa pay
$37.5 million each.
Announcing the location of
the plant in Ontario, the
Premier indicated that this
$75 million figure had, dur
ing discussions between
Federal, Provincial and
Ford officials, been
modified to $68 million - the
figure which was eventually
offered and accepted.
Of the total, the Federal
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Huron County maintained
its position as the leader in
many categories as detailed
recently in the 1977
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agricultural statistics for
Ontario.
Huron farmers had 518,940
acres under crops and 1,822
farms sold products valued
at $25,000 or over during the
year. Another 946 had sales
of between $10,000 and
$24,999 and there were 777
with sales under $10,000.
Despite unfavorable
weather conditions,
production was above the
five-year average in many
crops.
The county was sixth in
winter wheat production
with 1,800,000 bushel, valued
at $4,320,000. The average
yield was 50 bushel per acre.
Oats averaged 55 bushpl per
acre and the county
production was valued at
$601,000.
Huron tops the province in
barley production with 38,000
acres. The average yield was
58 bushel and the crop value
in 1977 was $3,747,000. Mixed
grains with an average of 63
bushel were valued at
$6,303,000. The county is
third in that category behind
Perth and Wellington.
Farmers had 143,000 acres
of grain corn, fourth highest
in the province. It yielded 92
bushel per acre for a value of
$26,312,000ZThe county leads
the production of fodder
corn, which averaged 15 tons
per acre, for a value of
$13,552,000.
While Huron continues to
lead Ontario’s white bean
production, the wet fall of
last year drastically cur
tailed yields. The average on
Huron’s 62,000 acres was 5.3
cwt., compared to the five-
year average of 13.4. The
crop last year was valued at
$4,935,000 at a price of $15 per
cwt.
Farmers had 209,800 dairy
and beef cattle with a value
of $65,152,000, which is
second only to Bruce
county’s total of 247,300
animals. Their 190,500 pigs,
valued at $13,033,000 was
second only to Perth with a
total of 222,600.
Huron had 5,300 sheep and
lambs valued at $212,000,
which is sixth in the
province.
Government had agreed to
contribute $40 million and
the Ontario Government the
remaining $28 million,
equivalent to approximately
a 60-40 sharing agreement.
While the establishment of
this new facility will create
some 2,600 new jobs directly
when it becomes fully
operational, it is also es
timated that there will be a
further 2,600 jobs in feeder
industries. The annual
payroll in the Ford plant
will be approximately $65
million, with a similar
amount generated in the
feeder companies. The con
struction industry will
benefit from the 18-24
months construction phase.
In making the decision to
locate in Ontario, Ford
Motor Company chose to ig
nore powerful U.S. protests.
Senior American officials
also protested to the Cana
dian Government about this
country’s cash incentives
offered to obtain more auto
industry jobs.
The officials were in Ot
tawa for discussions on the
subject of the 13-year-old
Auto Pact which, with ex
ceptions, provides for free
trade in parts and vehicles
between Canada and
United States.
Canada suffered a
billion trade deficit on
arrangement last year,
former Deputy Finance
Minister Simon Reisman,
who led the team which
negotiated the Auto Pact,
has been appointed to
review it.
There has, as you know,
been considerable discus
sion about the Auto Pact
recently. This is because the
industry is expected to ex
perience investment of an
estimated $60-billion over
the next decade.
The Premier has express
ed the belief that: “While
there may be those who
question the principle of
governments providing
direct financial incentives,
to large and profitable cor
porations, this must be
weighed against the ongoing
social and economic benefits
of increased primary and
secondary employment and
improvement in municipal,
provincial and federal tax
revenues”.
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Committee to study
use of antibiotics
A committee has been es
tablished to study the use of
antibiotics in livestock
production and the effect of
such use on animal and
human health.
The committee, which
was announced jointly by
the Agriculture and Food
Minister Bill Newman and
Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell, has been es
tablished in response to a
recommendation in Dr.
E.H. Botterell’s report,
“Maintenance of Animal
Health for Food Produc
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that the committee will
assess the effectiveness of
existing legislation and
regulations governing the
sale and use of antibiotics
for livestock.
Mr. Timbrell said that the
safeguarding of human
health was the major con
cern. “To ensure that every
aspect is examined,” he
said, “the committee in
cludes a wide range of ex
perts from related fields.”
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Wheat, oats, barley or quackgrass.
What are you
harvesting next year?
ROUNDUP® WILL CONTROL
QUACKGRASS THIS FALL, FOR A
CLEAN START COME SPRING.
Next spring, nothing will be
more important than getting in and
planting as early as possible. Un
fortunately, that doesn’t
leave much time for
dealing with
quackgrass.
Unless you
apply Roundup®
herbicide by
Monsanto this fall
after harvest.
Simply allow the^g
quackgrass to re
grow undisturbed in
the crop stubble until &
the majority of plants '
are actively growing
and at least o inches
high (3-4 leaf stage).
But treat before the
first killing frost.
Properly
applifed, Rdundup will
be absorbed and
"translocated” down into '
the network of rhizomes - de
stroying the entire plant, above
and below ground. Five days after
treatment, you can resume fall
tillage operations.
Since Roundup has no re
sidual soil activity, you can plant
wheat, oats or barley next spring -
without risk of crop in
jury.
What’s more,
many farmers using
Roundup as the
key element in a
quackgrass con
trol program,
; have been able to
achieve manage
able quackgrass
control for as long
as three years.
Don’t think of
treating quack
grass as one more
chore in the fall.
Think of it as one less
chore in the spring.
See your dealer
about Roundup. The
herbicide that gets to
the root of the problem.
There’s never been a
herbicide like this before.
ALWAYS READ AND CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE LABEL
DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP HERBICIDE.
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