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'age 2 Jucknlow Sentinel, Wednesday, L,
Fallen vo
puts power out
nary 21, 1996
aritted
ine °fro* IMP 1.
the. Minister of health can
provide citizen's , ea Ili
'records to anyone. He said
with debate on privatization
of health insurance, this
essentially. raeans the..gov.•
crnmen`t cQuld ;provide
:American insurers with a
list of names to approach.
Irl terms of health care:
cuts, Trulmble` attacked the
government forcutttug the
home oxygen, p$ ograrf. stat-
ing,'the $10 million reduc$.
tion' is a"death sentence" for
people:who rely on oxygen.
service.
by Scott Hilgenderff'
A 44,000. volt line tell to
the ground Wednesday
morning taking power fro
hor<nes Kincaoline, Huron
Township and Ashfield
Township. •
"It's not a common.
..occur'rence, said :Don
Fisher, a ue��sttpe�isorat
the Ontario Hydro work'
centre in Walkerton.
The line, between two
posts on:' Highway 21 just
south of Kincardine, fell at
about 6:30 a.m, •
Fisher said the lines are
durable . and this one,..
installed in 1965, is new
comparedtosome of the
other lanes out there; -
e said anythingfrom
c
r ent high winds t o a posT:
e . t
sibte Iightr1ing strike could
have weakened. theline.
A work 'crew,, including,
four bucket trucks, was at.
the scene where insulators
and a, braken:oross arnt had.
to be'replaeed,.
He said the biggest prob-
lem
1r
lem was switching power to
an isolated line so the prob-
lem
rob-lem could be
repaired.
Power was restored b �
• to:30 a.m.
.> y
,Onlyportions of
Kincardine' were without
electricity.
. The Minister' of Social
Service, David Tsubouehi,
also came under attack for
his diet plan for those cop-
ing with welfare payment
reductions ...
"This diet is illegal under
the Geneva: (onven
prisoners of caro'
Tremble further crit
mad the govoi:Appit fit
their propagand, welfae
refo;m, a ing echoed
the kind of pre- world War
Two goading of .the Jewish,
people by Adolph Hitler's
Nazis,
"These defenseless peo-
ple
eo.pie are being blamed for
society's ill's," Thimble said.
"To rebuild the economy,
we have to., ensure• that the
people at the bottom of the -
`py,rarrlid' have money to
spend in the commuinty,g'
Trumble, before passing
the microphone, made con
°ment on. the -Harris govern
metres decision to repeal
Bill -� 40,• the 'Labour
Relations Act, Claiming. the
decision will eliminate
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n Buts attacked
- democracy in the work-
place,
orkplace, Tnirmtble said it will
empower large corporations
to exploit underpaid ' work-
.
ork• grs. He did not, however,
comment on how the Rae
. government brought forte.
Bill 40.
"This is everybody's
•
fight, There is no sitting on
the .fence this time c'
Trumble .said, calling for
total collective action.
Sherry Rosener, Ontario.
Secondary School Teachers
FederationDistrict 44 presi-
dent, echoed Trurble's call
for unity .bn the fight against
the Harris. agenda.
"This is a time when all
of us need to stick together.
We must stand up for pub-
licly funded, 'public services
that provide equal access,""
she, said. Rosener added she
found it hard to understand
how the layoffs • of 20;000
public . service employees
will boost the provincial
economy. ,
"It's time to say, 'It's not
just me I'm worried about,
I'm worried about the com-
munity.'
Huron Teachers'
Association presi nt
Wilhelmina Laurie said,. in
t rtes of what is happening
to education, there is a great
deal of information out
there. "Some o€ it's true,
some of it's false, someof
it's leaked, some of it's
rumor."
Laurie went on, "We
need: information to' make a
decision. A lot of voters in
Ontario didn't have that
when they made their x's."
Instead of attacking the
government directly;' Laurie
said that deferred govern-
ment taxes to . business are
responsible for 50 per cent
of the deficit,
"Social spending is only
six per cent of the total
'deficit."
In terms of education, the
system is in jeopardy
because of the reduction in
transfer payments..
Canada, she said, has the
highest number of school,
ago children in school glob-
ally. Less than 15 per cent
of the employment opportu-
nities q
ttltres .are. n �,w classified as •
unskilled, and the current
system is the most mini-,.
table, . .
'IN 'are not failing in
comparison to 'other court.
tries. In fact, what we have
see is interational testing
comparing: apples to
oranges.
Laurie
told the audience
that there will be a bus from
Huron °County • travelling to
Hamilton this Saturday for
the Day. of Protest.
Lynda Rotteau, a
Goderich Town Councillor,
and NDP Association mem-
' ber,' said her main area of
concern, with the govern-
ment's changes is how
municipalities will be
affected.
"We're at the end of the
taxation food chain. We're
responsible for the services
that you notice. The people
in municipal politics ' are on
the front lines," she said.
Goderich has recently corn: - A
pletel a cost management
study that will save the
town some $290,000 in
spite of the provincial cut-
backs, and may even be
able to provide municipal
workers with a raise.
Municipalities face three
choices, Rotteau said. "We
can raise taxes, decrease
services or implement user
fees. What you are likely to
see is a combination 'of a'1
three."
Rotteau said municipali-
ties must - find ways to do.
business more efficiently
without cutting people.
Goderich had 'to cope .with
some, $400,000 in cutbacks
from both the province and
the county. Staff ' in
Goderich found, about
$170;000 in' savings in
returnfor job security for
full-time workers.
•
*Did you klnow?►..
Strokes cost the Canadian
economy, $2.5 billion :annu-
ally.
•
Ashfield Township council'
will be contacting a property
owner regarding payment of
costs for responses to false
alarm callsemitted, by their
private alarm system.
At their Feb. 8 meeting, council voted to give the Huron
County Science Pair Committee 10 township pins for stu-
dents to exchange at the upcoming Canada -Wide Science
Fair. •
-
Fred Phillips and Tom Broome attended the meeting to
talk about a' possible minor variance application for pro-
posed work on the Phillips farm
Council recommended that the county planner make a
site visit and prepare co eats for the next`meeting.
A tile drain: loan' application was approved for ,Larry
Wilkins, subject to availability of funding from the
province, .
Council agreedto'hire ' MM. Dillon to prepare for and
attend the Huron County Planning and, Development •
(Committee meeting. on Feb. 12. Dillon was to listen and
interpret the hydrogcological investigations .report from
Golder and Associates on the A3 catindidate landfill site.
Dillon's fee is $420.