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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-03-18, Page 2.1 • them page 1 now, he added. What will year party do about tbe absentee . foreign ownership of our fans land? IVIcQuail said he is concerned about absentee foreign ownership and the impact create new jobs in this riding. of foreign 'domination o our economy McQuail said we must revitalize Ontario's because we are a branch plant economy. He economy which is stagnating. The economy 'said a New Deniocrat government would is in foreign control and we import too many restrict absentee ownership and apply limits eroducts which could be produced or to the amount of land absentee owners could manufactured hem, he stated. . 0. edagaidaY, Mardi•1114 1901 • The Conservative government created Youth Employment Program two years ago and last year found summer jobs for 75,000 young people. He also pointed out that the initiatives being taken at • the Bruce will purchase in the province. Ontario ',lust use the resource base it has, Young farmers should be protected be- its forestry, food production and minerals muse they are paying inflated prices for and process its resources in Ontario to meet their ,land which makes it difficult for the the need of Ontanans and to replace the young fanner getting started in farming, iniports we depend on, said WIcQuail. said McQuail. We can have jobs in our economy and the Elston said the Liberals would'also restrict wealth created by processing our own raw the purchase of farm 'land by absentee. materials. We can build a stronger diversi- foreign buyers and also non -farming specu- fled economic base for Ontario, said lators. He outlined restrictions which the ' McQuail. In Huron -Bruce this means re• Liherals would place on the purchase of fann building our food processing industry, land. • developing renewable energy sources in the Herron commented •he opposes the area and, matching employment opportune - ase of large blocks of farm land to be ies in business and industry to the kind of "efdfor investinent purposes and thereby community we have here, he explained. takcn out of production. He said present Why would the Conservadve party do an' Cliservative government restrictions do not environment impact shady to determine the problem in some area. of the province, it don't a go- far enough. While it may not be a impactdo the thteodByrutiomdeentee,rminergY ecutteimwhepoet" they problem certainly is a problem in Huron -Bruce he toile waste dlaPasal site? added .1 A toxic waste disposalsite is needed badly How will your party create Jobs in Ontario for in the province to control the dumping of this our young people so they need not go west waste, said Herron. An environmental looking for week? impact study is needed at the Cayuga site Elston udined two approaches "'we Liber- and the Bruce Economic Development els have, to deal with the uneniployment Committee has stated from the outset an problems in Ontario. The Liberals would environmental study will be done before the revamp the education system to provide development is done at the Bruce, he stated. training for young people for jobs which we Elston commented that the PC govern - now Import 30,000 skilled trademen to do ment has purchased enough land that they • Education should also include work period can dump anything anywhere they want to ezperience co-ordinated with the job training cover up the waste they have made of their • • t said Elston. ' programs. • . Secondly, the Liberals will create pro- McQuail noted that the government has grams to diversify industry in Ontario and . said there isn't time to do studies because make available farming opportunities for the plant is needed immediately. Tne . young people. , Darlington power plant was needed immed.- Harroretold the meetin the Conservative iatel said McQuail and now its a white • job creation record in Ontario is the best in elephant that we are pouting money into Canada. He pointed out that the unemfiloy." when we shouldn't be. It's obvious that ment rate in Canada in December, 1980 was when the site of a toxic waste plaiiVis under ' 7.1 and in Ontario it was only 6.1 at that , flood waters, it is a good idea to lb the time. ,„ ' environmental study before the plant is He said the Conservative government in • built, , he observed. the province set a goal to create 100,000 new McQuail went on to say we not only need jobs last year and for the past three years an environmental study for the -proposals at they had created ,116,000 new jobs ' each the Bruce industrial park before the steam - year. • line is buift but before the park goes ahead, • • out absentee ownership we need to take a good look at what the proposal, as it looks now, will do to the rural • nature of our communities, the towns and • Will it be an asset. or Will it be a further liability and a very negative competition to the kind of entreprenureal activity and small scale appropriate, development we need An our towns and villages; asked McQuail. If you provide big business with subsidiz- • ed energy and subsidize services, it will benefit a few people who are already benefiting very well, he commented. It'• s going to make it that much harder for all the rest of us in the outlying areas to build appropriate facilities in our own cominunit- ies to compete, suggested ,McQuail. We need to look at the environmental .impact but • also the social impact before we start putting in a lot of money, coming out of your pocket and mine for that project, McQuail said. • We are concerned about the introduction of he.avY industry to the WW1. A"deep water harbour suggests heavy Industry will locate at the Bruce: 'What controls will your party place On industry locating at die Bruce? Elston commented that some light indust- ry wishing to locate at the Bruce would • require a deep water port. He said he is in favour of locating industry at the Bruce to provide employMent for people in the riding. He wants it to be compatible with the farming and tourist industry and the rural communities and towns. McQuail pointed out that the current big industry (Bruce Nuclear Power Develop- ment) has already disrupted the •tourist industry along the beaches near Southamp- ton and Port EIgin. He suggested it is important to revitalize the tourism in the area. The planning report presenting proposals • for the • Bruce, development suggest several types of, industry which . could locate at the • Bruce :which McQuail finds objectionable: iron ore processing, aluminum processing • and nuclear fuel re -processing. ' ft isimportant to realize, he said, that this is a pork barrel scheme which doesn't have much pork in it, if you look at it, Davis' announcements when he visited the riding, did not reveal any new proposals other than what is already there, noted McQuail. The people of Huron -Bruce must decide if • they havealready had one boom and bust • project which spent well over S10 billion and yet left this are a rural diversified small tOwn ridieg, without much to show for it, stated McQuail. If we decide this is not the kind of scheme which will Make'sease for us , • in the next 10 years, the people of this riding must :make that decision before the stem/dine is built, warned /vIcQiiail. The • steamline will cost $10 million of public money becinse Ontario Hydro doesn't think they can finance it through the price they • will sell the steam to the big industries. If the stearnline goes ahead and the • harbour goes in, Huron -Bruce will be caught trying to entice industry to come to the Bruce to use the steam and we will: be subsidizing big industry again. This is what the whole thing smells of at the minute, said McQuail. Hanoi' commentedthat the payroll at the • Brice Power Development is $80 million ' which would mean a loss of that amount, to the Huron -Bruce area if the development was not located in Huron -Bruce. He said he knows of 'several people in his community who are enjoying a better standard of living • because they chose to take a job at the Bruce. Harron pointed out that the nuclear reactor is only 30 per cent efficient produc- ing electricity and if the waste steam from • the Bruce can be used, it would raise the efficiency to 47 per cent.... ' Harron said there is no commitment to a harbour,Ilit only a feasibility study is being done at present. He said the Bruce Economic Development Committee was formed to act • as a watchdog to prevent uncompatible industry from moving into the Bruce:area. 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