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Flooding recently in the area
covered by the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority was
prompted by the M.V.C.A,'s
Executive Committee to state its
BY MURRAY GAUNT M.P.P.
[HURON-BRUCE]
The Ontario Government has
,n file a 425 page, $17,000 Study
'ealing with sex and violence in
alms thatt it commissioned in
971, but was' not tabled in the
egislature.
Education Minister, Tom
`ells, was asked why it was not
:de public especially when the
•
'vernment has set up a Royal
'mmission to study violence on
.evision under former Federal
•heral Cabinet Minister Judy
Marsh, who will be paid $250 a
'ring.
Consumer and Commercial
'nations Minister, Sidney •
tiaridleman who now looks after
Huron Perth Presbytery of the
United Church meeting in
'Iliamesview United Church,
Fullarton, on Tuesday elected as
chairman Rev. Bert Daynard of
.3taffa. Vice chairman is Rev.
2ecil Wittich of Blyth.
After considerable debate the
members of the Presbytery
questioned the support its highest
Court, General Council has given
to the California grape and lettuce
boycott.A resolution was passed.
asking the General Council to (1) •
`meet with the other Church
•odies that joined with it in the.
,ycott issue, to re-examine the
mole situation, and (2) institute a
.,dy, from the viewpoint of
• ristian ethics, into the economic
.-ces being used today such as
ecotts, strikes, crop
itruction, excess profits,
rtells and monopolies.
l'he meeting dealt with two
her social issues during the
ty-long session.Rev. John.
:aton of Centralia, introduced a
otion asking that Presbytery
rongly object to the change in
ntario law that allows children
) drink alcoholic beverages at
iorne. Notice of this action is to
'e sent to the Government of
)ntario.
The Division of World
Outreach, tinder, the
chairmanship ofRev.GeOrge Ball
of Milverton, also presented a •
poition of responsibility.
"To often an Authority is
criticized for not being in the right
place at the right time; It is a
physical impossibility within , a
the Theatres Branch, and whose
Ministry now has the Report, said
it was an internal study done for
guidance to assist. the Govern-
ment in developing policy. He
said he would look at the Report
and decide whether to release it
,r not.
Ontario Health Insurance Plan
layments for April, May, June
nd July of 1974 were almost $30
,iillion higher than the same
ieriod the previous year. Pay=
• :lents to medical and other
practitioners totalled $210.2
million compared with $180.6
million for the same period in
1973, an increase of 16.4per cent.
This week the Legislature has
been dealing with the tax bills
lotion involving the Ontario
overnment. It asked that all
.iernbers of United Church
ongrcgations write personal
nters to Premier William Davis,
.t•ging the Ontario Government to
"match dollar-for-dollar, the
nonies given voluntarily by the
it izens of Ontario through
international agencies and
.•hurches for socio-economic, self=
development programs in,
he third world". This is. a similar
'esolution that was contained in a
'lila presenting to the
:iovernment in January by the
)ntario Council of Churches.
Rev. Walton Tonge, of
,iewardship Services of the
'lilted Church, was the guest of
resbytery in the afternoon, and
eide a major presentation on a
..Av visitation program, the
Commitment Plan". Mr. Tonge
as been touring Canada
itroducing the plan, which has
cen developed . by 15
)enorninations in the U.S. and
anada. The Church too, he said,
:eeds to make adjustments in a
deriod of recession, and thus the
need for a unified approach. The
Church begins with commitment,
and that is what the plan first
seeks to increase. It uses the
terminology of football to
generate interest and
understanding, and comes with a
series of kits.
1,000 square mile watershed for
our limited Authority staff to
participate in emergency opera-
tions such as sandbagging.' There
are simply too many vulnerable
areas, " the M.V.C.A. Executive
announced in the Budget. The
Sales Tax Amendment received
extensive comment, particularly
the provision related to the cut-off
date of December 31st, 1975.
In addition, the Amendment to
the Succession Duty Act and the
Amendment to the Gift Tax Act
were also debated. The Gift Tax
Act provides for an increase from
$50 to $70,000 in the exemption
for gifts in farming assets for use
in farming. It also provides for an
increase from $2 to $5,000 in the
annual exemption for gifts made
by a donor to anyone individual,
and an increase from $10 to
$25,000 in the 'aggregate of such
annual exemptions that a donor is
entitled to claim in a year.
Mr. Tonge concluded that
'churches who use the program
can be assured of three results: I.
deepened spiritual life in the
..ongregation 2. The involvement
of people in great numbers. 3.
Increased givings.
Until 1965 Mr. Tonge had been
a missionary in China, and he also
offered some comments on the
east situation. He had predicted
upon his return to Canada, that
China would one day dominate
Asia. He then went on to say that,
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says.
"Our basic function in emer-
gency flood situations is one of
communications. Flood warnings
are received from the Conserva-
tion Authorities Branch of the
Ministry of Natural Resources
(Toronto). These warnings are
based on calculated snow melt
arid precipitation values. Just
exactly how these values translate
into flood conditions in any one
segment.of a watershed cannot be
determined until actual flood
monitoring commences. By issu-
ing warnings of anticipated peak
fib ws, local volunteer work
forces who have been so generous
and co-operative in the past, may
channel their efforts to suspected
vulnerable areas such as weak
points in channel structure."
"The Authority's primary
responsibility is for long tepn
implementation of sound flood
plain management. This includes
floodplain regulations. In this
manner, we are attempting to
reduce the potential of grope
damage and loss of life. As p
of this management progr4m,
are requesting that the to
municipalities also approve
completion of floodplain rnappi
in each of their respective IN
cipalities this year,"
M.V.C.A. people say.
Other water manager
priorities include chanelizai.
studies in particularly flood p1'
municipalities.
"Too often in the past, wa
management • projects hi,
received funds for study
implementation of these projc
has been hampered by high co
and a reluctance on the part.
provincial and municipal gone
ments to follow through. 11
would hope that after this yea
spring flood this will change, i.
that the municipalities will p
vide the support that
Authority requires to obtain
provincial funding to carry out
necessary programs," they ast
Report from Queen's Park
1971 violence
study not public
Presbytery questions grape boycott
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