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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-10-26, Page 13by Oke) (Photo I! CRO "1977 COR SEAFORTH 345-2007 RANNOCK LONDON • CORN GROWERS Our elevator at Seaforth is now ready to receive your * Storage Available * Custom Drying * Fast Efficient Receiving * Hydraulic Dump Hoist Make the Farmers' Elevator Work For You! Ontario Bean Growers Co-Operative plant at Seaforth ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS CO-OPERATIVE Three locations "Service and a fair deal is our motto" Report from Queens Park ntario.,dObt* 34% By Murray Gaunt The Fall Session of the Ontario Legislature opened on the 17th of October, with the installation of Jack Stokes, MPP (Lake Nipigon) as Speaker. Premier Davis called for a full-scale federal-provincial conference on economic recovery, and dislosed the latest' bad news on the provincial economy. Ontario's projected cash deficit has worsened during the past month and is now $1.45 billion for the current fiscal year - an increase of $375 million or 34% since the April budget. The Government's program for the fall session includes; a bill allowing municipalities to limit removal of topsoil from good farmland; reforms of family law, including provision for support and sharing of assets upon marriage breakdown; regulation of body-rub parlours; compre- hensive occupational health and safety legislation; postponement for yet another year.. of the controversial province-wide property . reassessment; and possible introduction of a bill to prevent Ontario companies from refusing to deal with 'Jewish companies in order to comply with an Arab boycott. Opposition parties have made it clear that central issues for them will be the economy, particularly job creation, and Ontario Hydro's nuclear generation program. Liberal Leader Stuart Smith called for a new budgetary statement in the light of the latest progress report which shows the Government's earlier predictions to have been "disastrously wrong". He has also charged that the government helped to create present economic problems by its irresponsible spending, that it now seems paralyzed and unable to effect the necessary cures, and he has suggested a four-point program to cope with the situation, including an 'industry- by-industry review of the strengths, weeknesses and potential growth, combined with, stimulation of labour-intensive small business. A but introduced by John Eakins, MPP (Victoria-Halibur- ton) guaranteeing small businesses 40 per cent of all provincial Government contracts for goods, services and property, was approved in principle by the Legislature this, week . The unusual second-stage approval for an opposition inember'S bill means that it will advance to clause-by-clause consideration in theliotise at a later date. Deadline extended The Ontario Crop Insurance Commission has announced an extension of the deadline for winter wheat applications arid final acreage reports from October 20 to October 31, 1977. A spokesman for the commission said that in, recent years, winter wheat planting has taken place later in the season. The extended deadline takes account of this changing cultural practice. Last year was a record year fot winter wheat insurance with mote than 2,100 conttacts being. sold to Ontario producers. Crop insurance is sold through local agents. Producers may obtain tarrieS and addresses of their local agent from county and district agricultural reptegetita,, tivca. Applications are also available from the Ontario Crop hisurailte Commission t 1200 lay Street, Tgorontti M 7a 1I31. Plans for a program to make available up to $100-million in low interest loang for home insulation and weather proofing have been abandoned by the Ontario Government. In this connection, Liberal Energy Critic Julian Reed has accused the government of flying directly in the face of its own financial restraint policies by scrapping the program, because thereis conclusive proof 'that it is infinitely cheaper to lend money for home insulation than to capitalize new generating capacity to meet excessive demands. A number of U.S. utilities have themselves made loans to customers for home insulation because this is more profitable than building additional generators. I asked the Minister of Colleges , and Universities :if he would set up a meeting between the Ivfinistry, Ontario Hydro and cariada Manpower to see if a crash program can be implemented to train chemical operators for the nuclear program, rather than bring trained people into the country from overseas. While at the same time we are suffering such high unemployment, particularly among y oung people, it would be appropriate to train Our own citizens here in the province for these technical jobs. The Minister indicated he would set up such a meeting, although he had some doubts about the possibility of a crash course. He would, however, pursue the matter. THE BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 26 1977 13 BEST PLOWMAN , Ken Innes of Brussels, received his award Thursday night for the best plowed land at the Huron Plowing held on the Allan Walper farm in Stephen. Township September 17. Presenting the award was William J. Leeming of Walton, president of the Huron Plowmen's Association.