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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-08-18, Page 6Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 18, 1993 - Page 5 Wingham hospital will post its own pian Now that sectoral agreements have failed, Wingham and District Hospital will post its own plan. Across the province, Ontario hospitals are going into fail-safe position plans after negotiations -have failed to reach a deal between the Ontario Hospital Association and the Union Coalition. Wingham and District Hospital CEO Lloyd Koch noted that even though the Social Contract had passed, the two groups had tried for an additional 10 days to come up with an agreement. Ontario hospitals will now post fail-safe plans for all unionized and non -unionized staff under the provisions of the Social Contract Act. Locally this means the Wingham and District Hospital's fiscal ad- visory committee will meet in order to discuss the issue and to post its own plan by this week. However, even last month, the hospital's Board of Governors had prepared for the contingency -- to be prepared, regardless of the Social Contract deadline. RNA school Work is continuing to get the Wingham RNA school up and running for this year. Wingham and District Hospital's CEO Lloyd Koch said work is still ongoing with the Canada Employment Centre. Recruitment remains a critical issue as the CEC targets educational programs to increase the employability of people currentlyreceiving unemployment insurance and social assistance. It is hoped some allowances will be made to bring in other students who do not meet this requirement. Management of the program would likely be through Cones- toga College. Last month at the hospital's Board of Governor's meeting, Mr. Koch said the discussions with CEC were "very positive". Eggs were a delicacy • trout page 4 lines. ano their eggs were a delicacy. By the 1700s the number of great auks was seriously depleted as thousands of the helpless creatures • were slaughtered by Hudson's Bay fur traders, who either clubbed them to death or simply marched them up planks onto their ships. Fishermen in Newfoundland, and Labrador, as well as whalers from across the North Atlantic joined in the slaughter. • In -1793, one observer wrote: ""I[ has been customary for several crews of men to live all summer on the island for the purpose,of killing birds for the sake of their feathers. If a stop is .not put to that practice, the whole breed will be diminished to almost nothing." By 1800, that prophecy had come true and only a few scattered birds remained throughout their. North Atlantic range. Such rarity placed them in great demand in Europe,. where museums began 'clamoring for specimens. • One early morning in June, 1844, driven by museum reward of about $30, two hunters went ashore on an island near Iceland and killed the last two great auks, on earth. They ran but uttered no' cry and offered no fight, for they were gentle birds. Since 1600, when records became reasonably reliable, at least 150 forms of bird have ceased to exist in this country. Today extensive efforts are being made to protect endangered species which face new threats such as habitat destruction and environmental pollution. What is too late for the great auk, may prosper other species, including all Canadians. The local impact to the WDH is the government develops a balance set of regulations which will see the Social Contract Act fairly and e- quitably administered ' across all parts of the broader public sector. Mr. Timbrell stated that OHA entered the Social Contract process over four months ago with a clearly defined mission. "Our goal was to achieve the necessary compensation savings targeted to hospitals in a way which effectively minimized service reductions and job layoffs," he explained. "When the government originally announced its concept of a Social Contract to reduce public sector compensation levels by five per cent, OHA supported this in the face of announced transfer payment reductions of $260 million for hospitals," said Mr. Timbrell. OHA did not sign the Health Sector Framework Agreement tabled by the government on July 15 and designated by the Finance Minister as a sectoral agreement on Aug. 2. "That agreement fails to achieve the compensation reductions to deal that the hospital will need to cut $323,291 from its budget. About 75 per cent of the hospital's employees are part-time. At that time, Mr. Koch had said under the realignment, some job loss may be inevitable, but local agreements must be financially accountable. In a recent news release, OHA president Dennis Timbrell said that while he was disappointed with the outcome of the provincial talks, he said "hospitals are prepared to live with the effects of the fail-safe mechanism as outlined in the Social Contract Act because the fail-safe will minimize more severe disrup- tions in hospital services and staf- fing, than would be the case under the government's designated Health Sector Framework Agreement." Last, week the Ontario Hospital Association and the Union Coaliton were unable to reach an agreement though they were able to narrow the issues in dispute to mainly financial matters. The OHA will now seek to ensure OW; OM 11 go r 1lb. /, ■I■Laull ii.0■i ettectivety with uie government's reductions in transfer payments to hospitals," said Mr. Timbrell. "However, because of a willingness by the Union Coalition to continue talks with the OHA, discussions have carried on throughout the past week in an effort to address the outstanding issues." "Unfortunately, for the same major financial reasons, we were unable to sign the Health Sector Framework Document. We were unable to reach an agreement today (Aug. 10)," said Mr. Timbrell. Fair Queens at CNE Danielle Fitzgerald, represen- ting the Lucknow Fall Fair, and Andrea Imanse, representing the Dungannon Fair, will be vying for the title of 1993 CNE Am- bassador of the Fairs against over 100 other local fair winners in Toronto this week. The' 102 contestants arrive in Toronto on Monday and spend two days touring the city. During this time, three judges observe their attitudes, behavior and how they interact with others. In intensive interviews, the contes- tants are questioned and judged on their knowledge of current affairs, agriculture, fairs and agriculture societies. 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