HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1991-04-03, Page 1tack on its planning deportment.
The overall budget is up 12.88
per cent at $6.341:142, but thanks
to a 3.1 per coin growth in
the actual incmase to
as-
sessment
taxpayers is 9.78 per cent.
As expected, welfare costs were
e biggest factor in this year's
"
Yillig re inform
iastCanada Ant' coul
le"will a Re o
be tter* that iiuktituudit1 .0nai
nmintainin a Int, , post existing loc
to;• ChnOr. f, 'Talbot,
Manager; of the- Retail Network,
fluron,Division„,a review ofpostal
service .* Liicknow
coinpkted afld a change is
miner&
Mn Talbt. Said reviews are On-.
41)14,4;10* a naturalvaeltaeY
cc;:clits- in the post masters position.
rim will recallihat Carrie
:".4 • -
fernier post master, officially retired
Ally 23, 1990; At. the end of Od-; •
taboo the *Ilion of seniet-assis-
tant at the LucktiOw Post Office
VMS .tlintimited, resulting in Win
A"-' beCOnlitirkUPhig staff
- to Mr. Talbot; Ote
resu.i..) of the review indicatethere
is a good retail, base in laii4mow
Spicer Comm
The Spicer CommiSsida is
•'coming to .Lucknowl Yes on,
4 (Wednesday, April 24!trent 9:30
,
to now, in oh*. Town Hail.
basement, citizens will have the
opportunity to put .forth their
• views on • what they see as
Coadtafuture.
• On November 1* 19900 Whitt
Minister Mulroney appointed
• Keith Spicer to..chair a 12,ntem,
bet,commission known as the
• "Citizen's - Foran en Canada's• ,
PutOres. Late in December* 50
Canadians were kilted to Stri/e.
Moderators or the Commis.
•
-sloe.
Ike Lloyd Brown -Johns a
Professor of POlitical Science, at
the iiiiivelsity of Windsor* was
• appointed as Moderator for
. Western and Southwestern On-
tario. He Will chair the meeting
,; Scheduled in Lucknow.
There.
alt rnatives to- bC
depending the.. Preference
village onstomei*,- and omre
licials; One is a..kiosk service, . contractors, wn
Where residents' boxei-wriiid be t mail and
kcated' in a plastic bubble -like • to-0*k tuxes;
ericloSiti% Mr. 7-. Talbot said. 'ilteie , ;to** at onomics. of the
kiosks are Ott
well litiJititk like setting !teat the;
and did so for many years...
ses-
sions- for other commissions or
tatioDrStovftwitsidevolia, hiainsilptiet, roots political appointee: indeed* 1
committees_ e • ' --
ni, *tosii hi3 ii "not i
of the ' types proposed; by:, the
, .
involved in similar group set -
Dr. Brown,lohn is a former on,
• air political COMItielitatiOr and
eXperience in, running Inteetingi
Dr. Brown -John is titisombly
analyst for CDC Radio and
parties and politicians 4eintally,
Citizens' - Perim, having been •
Television, in Windsor4
familiar with this of On -
right to criticize all . political
have consistently'. reserved tfiN
}444"
in Bruce county,
The Commission wants
widespread'discussion on issues
affecting our country. Bearings
, .
• and discussions must-: be •
coirifiletted.by May 15* With the-
Commissionts report to Mul4'
Jitney submitte4 by lily 1,
The. Commissions mandate
generally covers the fallowing
I0-Aterig*4although it is prqpired.-
:.to entertain views and opinions
on a. has of other topics if
pope so desire: • - •
I. What are the majorissues and
problemsfacint- a) this area or -
region; b) our province; and, .c)
our country , • r,
2. What are Coastline- views.ort
Official bilingualism?
3. What impact would an
ifl-
dependeht Quebec have upon -
Canadians/
4. What do. Canadians think'
about the rehtionsidp betviten
• Aboriginal poples and, non
aboriginal peoples and what are.
turn topoige 2
• Y.,,MationitoydoProitin4 "There's ,rrt.• lot Of •diseretiOnary.
tninister, :Of education* talked Spending the boaids do:!- Boyd said
bent *nicht together With patents i4n- has
sp..hool bot4s- on education. inc cd enormously over the last
issues. However she also .talked a:10 year& I'm not sayinsit's
• tight line on money , issues at propriate• or it's not soundly -based
Meetings in .thesleyt • Saturday, •educationally, but as a province* if
Math- 30. " • • - we are; going to* tenth* mor'
The minister met With Bruce of, - the provincial income On
Schoal trustees ifl tt,rclosed session.- education then We need to be sure
Saturday,riftemoon* then had dinner those dollars are accounted for."
With Bruce County Home and Boyd Adrnined 'rural boards are.
• hool Association members. At hard hit by current funding for -
the dinner, she rmilhitAl the. New nubs* but said pooled commercial
mocratic Party government's assessment will only mean diverting
stand on schodfundillgouniculinit _ giant inoney-to Metro beards. She
and bloated children's services;‘,... called for" creative Answers Id the
Boyd also handledquestionson problem of onalizing funding
provincial funding for an increasing between rich and poor meas. •
number of compulsoryprograms in "People in Anal seas really need
the schools. She said, local boards to understand that an area° lite
have responsibility for some of the. Metro Toronto gets essentially
dramatic rise in education taxes. provincial grants,", itoyd said.
She warned the province will be. Bruce school tritswes ,have been
watching the- spending of local Thrwto page 3