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Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 14,1996
PRIVATIZATION
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ElYou'll pay more for electricity.
Powei' sold for profit by private 'utilities costs more tlicm pubbclyowned, non -
ret power. For example, in the U.S., residential customers pay an average of
33% more. In the U.K., where the entire electricity ,system wc4 privatized seven
years„ago, rates. are POW nearly twice as high as in Ontario. Guess who has to
pay for those private shareholder profits? .
EiWhen reliability interferes with profits,
guess which one suffers.
Ontario Hydro is now one of the world's safest and most reliable power systems.
Will this change under Private ownership? It did in the U.K., which is now experi-
encing unprecedented relicibilify problems. The reason?. Maintenance Costs money
, and eats into short-term profits. If Hydro is privatized, .are you willing .to wait
.longer for your power to be restored?.
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EiWho will be responsible for n
dear safety.
Do we really want our nuclear power stations in privote 'hands? Will a private,
profit:driven company invest the same amount of money in safety?
ElThe,ower of Niagara Falls will no longer be
owned and controlled by the people of Ontario.
Niagara Falls is one -of the
world's landmark sources -of ..
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eternally renewable, non-pollut-
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ing energy. The Hydro stations,
. supplied by the water of the
r falls, generate enough electricity
to light every horne'in the, .'
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province. Under the.Harris
plan, this power would be pri-
vately,owned and sold to the -
highest biddei. We in Ontario
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will have to compete with the
. U.S. to buy the ower that has
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' .. belonged torus for 90 years..
7.rityvn behalf Of the governtaeitt that electric power all opei7.-tbe country should •
not in the future be made a tport and prey of rap_italOs, and shall not be 11.4144 as
attythittg. else but 11'011,440e asset ofthe fteopk of Ontario; &hose trustees this
.r1 blew Of the people are, . . , , . • :
195'os:whirl* P;itiseivciti,fretier of Ontprio, 1906.
A Conservative Government created Ontario Hydro in
•, 1906 to ensure that our. province would always have a
reliable supply of "Power at Cost". This vision of public
power hos worked well for 90 years, In..Ontario.todayi we
have lower rates, higher reliability and less pollution from
aur generating stations than any privately -owned utility
the U.S. - states that border our province.
Don'tl• etit happen..Stop'Mike Harris from selling off our most
valuable public asset. a non-profit electricity system that is
JOHN MuttPity the 'envy of the,w�rld. . •
PRESIDENT,—
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Members of the Lircknow. Cubs have been. busy making 1,000 Cranes for a
Remembran0PDai Protect. The Cranes are now ready to be shipped to the .
Hiroshima 'Memorial', Peace Park In Japan. Displaying their fine work are,
left to right% back row: Sandyt-oisgbeed, Mark Hackett. and James M.
Centre row: Ben Knechtels Bob:.Raymond, Kevin Finnigan, Brett Archer.
Front. row: Patrick Miltenburg, Andy Gammie and Cal McDonagh. Absent
Zack Fielder (pat Livingston photo)
1,000 cranes destined for.Japan
One thousand paper
cranes will make .their way
to the Hiroshima Memorial
Peace Park, in Japan, thanks
to' the efforts of the lst
LucknoW-Cubs.
With help from their-
family
and friends, the
group achieved completion
of their Remembrance bay
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Project. While folding the
.cranes, the. Cubs have stud-
ied Japan and earned .their
World Cubbing Badge.
After the atomic bomb
Was dropped on Hiroshima,
a •little Japanese -girl,
Sadako Saaki, was'dying
from radiation sickness.
The Leader .Magazine
tells the story of how she set
a goal to fold 1,000 cranes,
ubliee was
because Japanese .traditions
says that anyone who does
will be blessed with health .
and long life. Though she
wanted health, she hoped
•more for world peace,
Sadako died without com-
pleting all the cranes. Since
then many: children fold
cranes as a way to promote
peace.
eat experience
by Anna May Hunter countries have a peace agree-
Donalda Moffat and Jean Conley used their musical ments..Coultes witnessed the
talents to entertain the mem- youth tying the ribbons
bers Of the three units of the . together, and then wind •
Lucknow United Church themselves in and out of the
Women as they gathered for their February - huge crowd. Although they were not able to
meetingiast week. join them from the south of South Korea to
Beverley Thompson welcomed the the north of North Korea, it showed a desire
group and led in prayer, Yfollowed by for the countries to be one again.
Mariene Struthers reading the scripture and The Jubilee marked 50 years since liber -
Mary Lou Irwin giving the devotions. ation from Japan. Korea's Christians are
• Jane Treleaven read a mission study on. still looking for peace and reunification.
Floyd Howlett and the Prairie District She attended a celebration where thou- •
Training Centre. Mrs, Thompson offered sands of students demonstrated as, part of
prayer, and the hymn In Loving Partnership the liberation celebrations. The government
was sung. It was a suitable beginning for of South Korea had released 1,780 priSon-
the program about Korea. • ers including the world's longest -serving
Muriel Coultes, of Belgrave,, was the • Kim -Son Myong, who has spent 44 years
guest speaker. Mrs.Coultes has .held behind bars for alleged espionage activities
offices in Huron, Perth, UCW Presbyterial for North Korea,
and London Conferences. She is noW Oresiow.', Mrs. Coultee, slide presentation shows a
dent of the National' Consultation of , very beautiful country, The population is
Women of the' UCW. In this capacity, Mrs.. dense, therefore, the dwellin‘ gs are small and
• Coultes atteflded the. August 1995 there are many huge apartment buildings.
International Jubilee Convention in Seoul, Christianity is growing in Korea with
Korea. She was one of 18 United Church some churches having seven or eight ser -
and' four PrisbYteriaus attending the vices on a Sunday. One church holds ser.;'"
• Jubilee, from Canada. .2 •'1
vices at 4, 5 and 6 a.m.
• Mrs. Coultes described, the celebration' of
peace and. tirayersibsons Dart experience , Sung hu Lee, recent. moderatOrOf
• the united Church, and a popular minister
• - of a lifetime."
In 1993, the Lucknow UCW' ladies, ,i11.,t11,4e450!ted,....C,here, h 4 -Canada, accpmpa-
along with some Presbyterian ladies, and ''''''""'"E")141°' •
several other churches wrote prayers for Mrs. Coultes and her husband„ Bill, had
peace on pieces of ribb6ti. These were 'two days free time so they touted "re of
• taken to Korea. It was the hopethat by the Korea and enjoyed the country. The food
'9$ Jubilee* North and South Korea 'would was veil/ different* especially °Al* to get
be iniited,•or at least the barriers removed. il,Sed.to chop sticks and sitting on the floor
The batriers are nit removed, but the two ,to eat meals.
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