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ORG claims that MPPs with as little as five years' service can qual- ify for super-rich pensions that few in the private sector could ever hope to afford, and to make its point ORG is releasing a list detail- ing pension payouts coming to 30 MPPs. President Colin Brown says that if a provincial election is delayed until September Klopp, who is par- liamentary assistant to the agricul- tural minister, would qualify for a pension worth $13,000 a year after only five years as a provincial politician. "It's outrageous, but true," says Brown. In response Klopp states that if the election is called in the spring and he is not re-elected the only thing he would be entitled to is a refund of his pension contributions plus interest at a rate of six per cent. There would be no pension entitlement. If he should lose in a fall election (and Klopp stresses that both sce- narios are ifs) he will have put in By Janice Becker In response to a letter sent by a Seaforth District High School stu- dent to the Huron County Board of Education, Director of Education Paul Carroll and Superintendent of Schools Ralph Wareham defended the enriched programs in the school system, at the April 3 meeting. The letter, written by Darren Hemingway of RR3 Brussels, an OAC student at SDHS, outlined the value of the programs offered to gifted students at both the sec- A $69,944 project in the Village of Blyth has been approved under the Canada/Ontario Infrastructure Works program, Huron Bruce MP Paul Steckle, Huron MPP Paul Klopp and Reeve Mason Bailey announced April 5. Funding will be used to upgrade the existing watermain on a portion of McConnell Street to permit installation of a fire hydrant. Work will also include sidewalk repair and improving drainage. Work on the project, which is expected to create 94 person-weeks Staffing adjustments and ap- provals were the topics for discus- sion at the March 27 meeting of the Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Support was given for maintain- ing the Program Support Team, which consists of two program five years of service. "However, in order to be eligible, years of service and age must total 55. Since I am not 50 years old (I am 38) I would be in the position of 'members not meeting eligibility formula'," Klopp says. This would leave the MPP with two choices, he says. "I could wait until I'm 50 and begin collecting a pension equal to 25 per cent of my salary at Queen's Park or I could begin to collect a smaller allowance immediately." Klopp defends his party saying the NDP first chose to to freeze, then cut the wages of MPPs when they first took power. "We took the lead for others to bite the bullet." In response to a claim by ORG that when Klopp reaches the age of 75 he will have had a total payout of $658,000, the MPP says that "the math doesn't work." "If I were to begin collecting a pension at age 50 and continue to collect it until I am 75, my calcula- tions come to less than one-half of ORG's. There would have to be an incredible increase in the pension to come close to ORG's figures." Klopp maintains that there are no automatic cost of living increases in MPP pensions. "Any increase must be agreed to by the Board of Internal Economy," he says. Also, Klopp says, he is not one of the 30 MPPs that ORG mentions ondary and elementary level and the exceptional work being done by coordinator Jill Johnston. "I understand the pressure that your board is under to cut spend- ing, but I would like to show you that the enrichment program is a tremendous economic value," said Hemingway in his plea to maintain the program. "The 'Beyond' programs (elemen- tary) are not cancelled and the gift- ed programs for secondary students need a change of ownership from the board office and the Learning of employment is underway and should be completed by September 1995. "We are pleased to receive Infrastructure assistance which will benefit residents of McConnell Street by providing better fire protection," said Mr. Bailey. This project is in addition to the two projects worth $75,743 announced November 18, 1994, which are expected to create 43 person-weeks of employment in Blyth. Canada/Ontario Infrastructure coordinators and two program con- sultants, effective Aug. 1. Principals Michael Boniface and Rita Lauwaert were approved for hiring as of Sept. 1. The resignations from teachers Ferne Wickenheiser and Marjorie Gameau were accepted, effective will be receiving pension payments because of the eligibility require- ments. "These pensions were put in place before the NDP took power. It affects those members far more than us." In the press release Brown makes reference to a program on CKCO television called Provincewide, which, he said, used an actuarial Paul Klopp study to calculate that someone in the private sector would have to earn $100,000 a year for 30 years to receive the $55,000 pension Rae will receive after only 13 years as a provincial politician. "Rae has been praising pension reform since 1993, but he has Resources Centre to become school based," says Carroll. "The initiative for the activities must come from the family of schools and not from this office. The teachers, librarians and other resource people in the school must ensure all gifted students benefit from the programs." The program cannot be run, for 10,000 students, by one half time person, from a centralized office, he says. Carroll and Wareham both expressed their commitment to per- Works is a $2.1 billion shared-cost program designed to create jobs through local priority projects which will improve the province's infrastructure and therefore its competitive position. Canada, Ontario and local partners are each contributing one-third of the program funding. The program, which is expected to create up to 37,000 direct and indirect jobs, is a positive example of the federal, provincial and local levels of government working co- operatively to foster economic development and growth. June 30. The Anti-Racism and Ethnocul- tural Equity Policy Plan, approved by the board, went into effect March 28. The next meeting of the board is Monday, March 24 at St. James School, Seaforth. refused to show courage and lead- ership by bringing MPPs' pensions in line with those in the private sec- tor," says Brown. "Of course, when you consider the pension Rae himself will receive after his defeat, it's no won- der he has refused to make changes to his and other MPPs' lifetime indexed pension," a pension that Brown says will have Rae collect- ing $3.4 million by the time he reaches 75. "In this term of government," Klopp says, "we have tried to make changes to the pension plan." He added that when a committee of the leaders was formed to "hammer out a deal, Mike (Harris) said he could- n't agree to anything." "Without all party consent no changes are possible." ORG also slammed the NDP for what it calls its "vote buying spend- ing spree to bolster their re-election chances in order to pad their already scandalous pension." "Klopp has been on a whirlwind tour of his Huron riding, cheque book in hand, to ensure his con- stituents don't forget the NDP dur- ing the upcoming election," says Brown. Klopp counters that the NDP budgets have seen a reduction in operating costs so that capital cost could target such things as jobsOn- tario and infrastructure. "Clearly sonally monitor the programs in the schools. The position may be changed, looked after by a full-time student services person who will coordinate and oversee the program. It will get a higher profile than if it is just another item on a supervisory offi- cer's plate, says Carroll. "I am glad the misunderstandings —could be cleared up and whole- heartedly support changes to the program if there will be expansion and increased support," says Hem- ingway. "I believe the program is an important part of the education of students and don't want the changes to affect the next generation of stu- dents." projects that the community wants," says Klopp. Adding that the government has been doing this since taking over he said, "It's just business as usual, though it's interesting that all of a sudden ORG's noticed I'm doing my job. I should appreciate that." Klopp does agree with one com- ment made by ORG, that of the sensibility of the constituents. Brown says the voters will not be fooled. "With the NDP doubling the provincial debt to over $90 bil- lion and with the government bor- rowing $1 billion a month just to pay their bills, Ontarians just want an election." "I don't think the people of Huron are that cynical or that foolish that they won't see this as an opportuni- ty to throw some political dirt. It's cheap talk [at election] and I think people will see I've been trying to use my judgement and do the job," Klopp says. Blyth gets project approval HPRCSSB hires principals Youth defends enrichment progs. to HCBE