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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-12-04, Page 10Sweepin reforms of political financing in Ontario have been proposed in a report to the Legislature. The third report of the Camp Commission is significant because the Government is committed to enact into law sections requiring full disclosure of contributions to political Members of the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board were given a report of a study made by the Waterloo - area of the Ministry of Education on intermediate school curriculum covering Grades 7, 8, 9 and 10 at a board meeting Monday in Seaforth. William Blake, Superintendent of Curriculum SerVices, Waterloo, and his assistant Ted Johnston said they had sent out a series of questionnaires to parents, teachers, administrators and students in the Waterloo Region of the Ministry of Education. This region covers thirteen jurisdictions in Bruce, Grey, Huron-Perth, Wellington, Waterloo, Oxford and Brant. Counties. Mr. Johnston said the replies from Huron-Perth Separate School area generally supported the opinion of the entire region and gave as an example almost unanimous support for compulsory subjects -- English, Mathematics and Science. Mr. Johnston said in the Huron-Perth area there was strong support, 66 per cent, compared to 57 per cent across the region, for Family Life program to be taught in the schools. Huron Perth supported French as a compulsory subject 80 per cent, while support across the region for French was 47% per cent. It was pointed out too that in USE CHRISTMAS SEALS parties. No limits are proposed on the amount of money parties; or candidates, may spend in an election. The report would set limits on amounts, corporations, unions, and individuals may contribute, and it would also establish tax credits. the Huron-Perth region there was firm support for the whole-year system of school which is used now in most schools rather than trimester or four quarter system. Huron-Perth strongly supported having students of varied abilities and achievements in all classes in school rather than streaming--grouping students according to ability. - John Vintar, • Board , Superintendent of Education, said the report of the curriculum review will be sent to the Ministry of Education office in Toronto where it may give a feeling of the direction that education may go. Mr.Vintar, Assistant Superintendent Joseph Tokar and Trustee Howard Shantz all reported on the conference they attended on November 20 sponsored by the Ministry of Education on "Evaluation" which was attended by 60 delegates across Ontario. They all agreed on the importance of evaluation--in all aspects such as the aims and objectives of policy, curriculum programming, teachers, trustees, administration---. They believed the questions, Where are we going and what are our goals? should be looked at closely at regular intervals. Mr. Vintar said that with the county board system in existence for years it was time to evaluate the board. No further action was taken in implementing the Family Life Program but the administration , was asked to report on a possible co-ordinator of the program at the next meeting of the board on December 9. Trustee Ted Geoffrey outlined the maintenance work carried out at the various schools. A committee of the whole was held at the end of the general meeting. Every contribution of more than 310 would have to be recorded. If the contribution was $100 or more the amount and source would also have to be disclosed. As an incentive to modest campaigns, the Camp Commission proposed a formula whereby candidates could receive up .to $7,500 each from the public purse. It also recommended that the length of election campaigns be reduced from 37 to 30 days. Ontario is keeping "a very close , eye" on the distressing economic situation in the United States, but, Premier William Davis does not want to speculate on the propects of widespread layoffs or recession in this Province. Mr. Davis said the GoVernment, for social as well as economic reasons, wants to proceed with an accelerated housing programme, but it also wants to continue its constraint on most of its capital spending programmes to help counter inflation. - it cost Ontario taxpayers more than 4 times the usual Government termination pay rate to part company with its former Agent-General in the United Kingdom, Allan Rowan-Legg, according to Provincial Auditor Norman Scott. Mr.Scott told the Public Accounts Committee that the $35,000 paid to Mr. Rowan-Legg "in consideration of his loss of office" would have been al?out $7,000 if Mr. Rowan --- Legg had been a civil servant earning $28,000 a year rather than an employee under contract to the Government at that salary. Mr. Rowan-Legg's services were terminated in March of 1972 by Ontario Treasurer, the Honourable John White, whose Campaign Manager, Ward Cornell, was then Appointed to the post. Committee Members felt the Government should define clearly on what terms the person hired may be removed from the job. Members recalled similar Government settlements for , termination of services on behalf of Bruce Legge, former Chairman of the Workmen's ComPensation Board ($42,000) Jack Culey, Vice Chairman of the same board ($62,000) and Ken Passmore,, Managing Director of Star Transfer Limited who was paid $25,000 by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a Government body "for doing nothing", in the words of the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Huron-Perth parents in favor of compulsory subjects, board learns *%,‘A • :N 10' THE BRUSSELS' 0'0M, DECEMBER 4, 19,4 It's a matter of life and liteeths. 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