HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-05-02, Page 10you can't
give it a
price tag
But you can give it more than
lip service when you support
your local association for the
mentally retarded.
How?
It's easier than you think.
Start by sending a donation to
the Flowers of Hope campaign
in your community, Then
watch what happens to you
when you give hope a place •
to grow.
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Report from
Queens Park
By Murray Gaunt, M.P.P.
amounts to a 40% increase in
the sales tax.
With the withdrawal of the
tax on energy 'there is also a
return to the 14 gasoline tax
rebate for farmers.
The Ministry of Consumer and
Commercial ,Helations is to start
a campaign to advise Ontarians
of their rights in the market
place. Minster John Clement
said a new post of information
co-ordinator will be created to
ensure that the public knows and
understands its rights.
Residents of Ontario Nursing
Homes 'will have to pay from
54 to $1 a day more for their
Care starting the 1st of May.
The new rates were established
earlier this week at a meeting
of the Ontario 'Nursing Home
Association with Government of-
ficials. The rates will go to
$13.50 from $12.50 for standard
ward care, to $16.75 from $15.50
for semi private patients and to
$20 from $18.50 for private. The
Health Ministry will increase its'
contribution to $9.50 per day
from $9.00.
More help from Government
for shoreline damage has been
indicated. A $50 million fund
allowing municipalities to lend
money to property owners along
Ontario shorelines affected by
high water has been proposed.
The loans would allow home-
owners to construct retaining
walls, dikes, breakwaters and
other structures designed for the
rehabilitation and protection of
property on water where shores
have been damaged or eroded
by the elements.
James Snow, Minister of
Government Services,, said it will
also include repairs to any build-
ing or other structure caused by
high water levels, ice or erosion
of the shore.
Ontario is going to step up
the protection its citizens have
against snoopers who gather
information for per.sonal or
credit purposes.
The bill introduced by Hon.
John Clement will require all
investigators for consumer re-
porting agencies to be registered
by the Government.
It will make agencies send out
corrections to their customers
if the contents of a file are
shoWn to be incorrect.
The public will have the right
to sue for damages if they have
been harmed by the contents.
Clement said the introdUction
of this bill would lead to higher
standards of conduct in this area,.
Premier William Davis and
Treasurer John white this week
caved in to pressure and criti-
cism from the Opposition, the
public and Conservative back-
benchers, and promised to
remove the 7% sales tax on energy
from their budget legislation.
There was an unprecedented
flow of letters, about 2,000 from
the public to the Premier con-
demning the tax which would have
raised $65 million this year.
Nonetheless the sales tax on
goods and services will be raised
from 5% to 7% as of the 1st
May. This was debated in the
Legislature with the Opposition
opposing the increase and the
Government supporting it. This
(SUNDAY'SASERMON)
We all have a good deal of
hang-ups, worries, and problems
in our daily lives. Too many
of us, however, let these things
get us down and make us feel
uneasy.. Budgets, bills, compe-
titive society we always seem
to have one or the other on our
minds.
Sure, these things are impor-
tant and we must give them
thought, but perhaps our lack of
faith forces us to concentrate on
these problems of the material,
world even more. Too many
times we forget that God has
provided well for us in the past
and that He will always take care
of us. If we would only go to
God more often with our troubles
and our problems, we would•find
them easier to bear.
And if we let God enter our
hearts and minds, He will let
us know what His will is for
our lives. True, by bringing
our troubles to God doesn't mean
that tomorrow our budgets will
balance - but we will be given
a new perspective on our lives.
That new perspectiVe might help
us to realize that we do not really
need all the materialistic things
we pursue;
Canadian
Association- 'Ar!
For Tho'
Mentally Retarded
1CTHE BRUSSELS Post MAY 3, 1973
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