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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-04-24, Page 28 (2)By JACK RIDDELL M.P.P. The bili providing for the payment of grants to first time home buyers in Ontario received third reading in the Legislature this week. Any individual who purchases or' builds a housing unit, which includes a mobile home that meets prescribed standards defined by the Canadian Standards Association, in Ontario during the period from April 8, 1975 to December 31, 1975 inclusive, is eligible to apply for a grant providing that the housing unit is his principal residence. As soon as the housing unit in Ontario is purchased or built, an individual may apply to the Minister of Revenue for the payment of a $1,000 grant. In each of the two subsequent years the individual upon the an- niversary of the date of possession, may apply for sup- plementary grants of $250.00 in each year. These supplementary grants are conditional upon the in- dividual continuing to inhabit the original housing unit as his principal residence. A grant will be paid to a person who purchases either a new or used housing unit for the first time. Residents living outside of Ontario will not be eligible for the grant if they owned their own homes before moving to Ontario. To qualify for the grant the applicant must be 18 years of age or over and it must be the first housing unit owned by the ap- plicant. Title in or possession of the housing unit must be taken by the applicant during the period of eligibility from April 8. 1975 to December 31. 1975 inclusive. The purchase price must be equal to the fair market value and the applicant or any person who holds title with him are eligible for only one grant in respect of any housing unit. Application forms may be requested from the Ministry of Revenue by calling Zenith 8-2000. The Government has proposed changes in the liquor regulations Grants for homes for Ontario which would require all bars, taverns and licensed clubs to offer their patrons a choice of at least milk, coffee and soft drinks as well as alcoholic beverages. The introduction of licenses for recreation clubs and new cabaret licenses is also proposed. Clubs whose prime function is live entertainment rather than the provision of food, would be permitted to sell less food than is required at present under the law if the proposal for a cabaret license is put into effect. Another new license is a patio license which' would cover the provision of alcoholic beverages at an • outdoor site adjoining existing, already licensed indoor premises. For the first time applicants for liquor licenses in Ontario will be entitled to public hearings under the new regulations and will also be able to appeal decisions of the Liquor License Board of Ontario to a higher tribunal to be established by the Government. Two permanent advisory committees are also to be established, one to deal specifically with problems related to special occasion permits and another to deal with overall liquor policy. This week in the Legislature the Minister of Transportation and Communications announced a $436.4 million dollar program, which includes work on 849 miles of the Province's highways. Some $261.7 million dollars will be spent on highway construction in the current year. Funds have been made available for the resurfacing of Highway 83 from Russeldale westerly to Highway 21 at Brewster. The major work in southern Ontario involves development of the freeway systems. Con- struction is continuing on High- way 401 east and west of Metro Toronto, Q.E.W. in the Hamilton and Niagara Falls areas, High- way 402 east of Sarnia and High- way 417 in the Ottawa area. Work will start on Highway 404 in Metro Toronto and Highway 403 west of Brantford. Included in this year's program are projects on the St. Thomas Expressway in St. Thomas and the E. C. Rowe Expressway in Windsor and continued work on the Hanlon Expressway in Guelph. The costs of these major projects are shared by the Province of Ontario and the concerned municipality. The financial critic of the Liberal Party, James Breithaupt of Kitchener, led off the budget debate and strongly criticized the Provincial Treasurer for the budget which was brought down on April 7. He pointed out that in this budget the Davis Govern- ment has, for the fourth con- secutive year, underestimated its spending requirements. Last year's predicted spending increase was 14.2 percent and by the year's end this had jumped to 20.8 percent. The record in the area of deficit financing is equally bad and by March 31, 1974 the Davis government had added more than $3 billion dollars to the Province's debt. The Province's accumulated net debt had more than doubled in four years from 1.4 billion dollars to $2.9 billion dollars he continued. This year the budget will go into debt by a further $1.6 billion dollars at least, according to the Treasurer. The Treasurer has indicated that this budget is based on three assumptions; early economic recovery in the United States, agreement within Canada to hold the price of gas and oil at current levels and the pursuit of ex- pansionary policies by the Federal Government. All very sweeping assumptions based on situations which are, to a greater or less extent, beyond the Provincial Government's con- trol. At the energy conference which By MRS. HAMILTON HODGINS Mr. & Mrs. Peter Johnson and family Whitby were weekend visitors .with Mr. & Mrs. John Scott. A family dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Zavitz, Thedford for Mr.. & Mrs. Ernest Ferguson who celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary in early April Mr. & Mrs. Earl French were Sunday dinner guests with Mr. & Mrs. Lorne Herm Zion. Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins and Berton called on Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mardlin, Wesley on Wed- nesday evening. Mr. & Mrs. John A. Damen and Ronnie were Saturday evening guests with Mr. & Mrs. Harold Egan who were celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary. cli U n Great new family -size Color 1V SOLID-STATE Lo Nil 25fTABLE MODEL TV The BINGHAM • F4541W Just the set for family viewing' And you can put it on a roll -about cart (optional, extra) as well as on a table. Sturdy metal cabinet in grained Kashmir Walnut color. Solid -State Super Gold Video Guard Tuning System with Synchromatic 70 -Position UHF Channel Selector. Chromatic One -button Tuning. Automatic Fine-tuning Control. Full Rectangular Super Screen. Y Round Speaker. 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In a speech to the Brampton Rotary Club last week, Ontario's Labour Minister said "Society is not completely sold on the con- cept of equal pay for equal woi k", and indicated that in his opinion, "Ihe legislation now in effect does as much as society is prepared to accept" As the Minister responsible for em- ployment standards in the Province, which specifically includes ensuring that working women of Ontario have the same pay, the same status and the same opportunities as the working men of Ontario, his attitude came as a surprise to many people. There are now some 1.2 million women in the labour force in Ontario, 61 percent married and 33 percent with children. Many women are virtually the head of the family, raising children on their own and in these days of increasing inflation, two incomes are not a luxury but a necessity. The Minister of Labour was questioned in the House about the statement which he had made and in an attempt to explain what he meant by saying society was not completely sold on the con- cept of eqtlal pay for equal work, he turned to the Bible."Maybe it's time" Mr. MacBeth told the Legislature, "that I turned to the Bible, the New Testament, think. You remember the parable about the workers going into the field? Well, there were different rates of pay ...". The Labour Minister was interrupted by cries of disbelief from Opposition Members. ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT... WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH IS THE FINAL DAY OF DISCOUNT DAVE'S MONEY -SAVING SPRING FIX -UP f19� -Ili] ' jj i�lOil. diSCot�iLT�. 1 DAV@9 S 11 HOME CENTRES IV III MI 1$IC IN INN NH UN Id A DIVISION OF Imo"---'-"". LUMBER CO LTD Comes complete with screens 40% Off Mfgrs. List Price . . WOOD COTTAGE SASHLESS SLIDERS CSV4368 shown at left has top picture area combined with -horizontal sliding • glass panels below. 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