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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-07-08, Page 17HAY REEVES --- The tow vehicle for Hay Township's parade float featured the township's past and present reeves at Zurich's 125th anniversary. The smiling face in the front seat k current reev loyd Mousseau. Past reeves were Earl Campbell, Valentine Becker, John Corbett and ack Tinney. Nobody has been more critical of Ontario Hydro in the methods formerly used to erect power lines across this province than I have been. Every time I have criticiz- ed the government-owned utility, public relations peo- ple on Hydro's payroll have been just as quick to throw manure in my face. Which is part of the democratic system, I suppose. My criticism stemmed from the high-handed methods of land acquisition used by the utility. At one time. neighbor was played against neighbor, hastily-, prepared offers to buy were poked in front of farmers, the threat of expropriation was used. Contractors came on the land and didn't care what kind of a mess was left. Some of the best and most productive land in the province was lost. In recent years, that at- titude has changes. Public hearings have been held and a concerted effort by Hydro to appease farmers was put in place. Hlgh time, too. Environmental assess- ment hearings were held. Alternate routes were suggested. Land -buying methods were standardized. The farmer, usually the last to be consulted, was in- volved in suggesting routes. Ontario needs a second corridor carrying a high- tenon 1• aopmosted or Bon IroU•. rust' Rd Eu.we On' N311 1C 7 power transmission line from the Bruce nuclear generating complex down to the industrial heartland. Not only that, but Canadians and Ontarians can benefit in hydro power sold to the power-hungry Americans. Considerable discussion and dozens of hearings have already been held about this second transmission line. It will cut a wide swath through some of the finest farmland in the world and too much farmland is being lost now to urban sprawl. The province has an- nounced six possible routes for the corridor. More hearings will be held. Hydro hopes to conclude the hearings within the next five or six months. Farmers are being asked to participate in' the hearings. - Already, they - the farmers - are complaining because the hearings are go- ing to be held during the busiest part of the farming year when farmers will find it difficult to attend the meetings. So be it. I suggest that farmers make It a point to attend those meetings; make the time, if at all possible. The transmission line is needed. Any lengthy delay will cost all of us much more money. If the line isn't completed as soon as possi- ble, more coal-fired generating will add to pollu- tion and costs. If farmers want parity with, their city cousins in the cost of hydro - they now pay about 33 per cent more than city dwellers - then I suggest the choice of the route should be made with as little delay as possible. Yes, I know: the report on the need' for the line was delayed while the province went to the polls. Bill Davis was well aware that he might lose some rural votes if the routes were suggested before the election. It was just simple, smart polities. We all know that expediency is the better part of the political process. So why should farmers have to make up their minds because of politics? For the good of everybody in the province. The need for the line is beyond doubt. We have known about it for more than a decade. The time needed for discussion and to hold hearings should not delay the project until 1988. We know it is needed. We know the generating capaci- ty Is there. We know any sur- plus can be sold. We have cussed and discussed it long enough. I hope the agriculture community, after careful study, and Hydro, after see- ing that acquisition is done in a fair and equitable manner, will not delay this project for another seven years. • Jack's Jottings New rules coming By JACK RIDDELL, MPP New Rules For Crown Attorneys: New guidelines for Ontario Crown attorneys could streamline the long pre-trial hearings that usually drag out a criminal court case. Crown attorneys must give defense attorneys in- formation that could help them with their cases under the guidelines made public this week by the Attorney General Roy McMurtry. The disclosures should reduce the court time required because defence lawyers would be able to narrow the issues. According to the guidelines Crown . attorneys must - - After a first appearance in court, give the defense • attorney a copy of the defendant's written statement to the police and inform him or her of any oral statements made to police. - Supply a copy of laboratory results, medical reports and any documents to be used in the trial. - Produce an outline of the evidence of witnesses the Crown attorney plans to call and, in some cases, their names and addresses. If the names are released, the police should inform wit- nesses the defence lawyer may interview them. The guidelines will be in effect as a study project for one year. Censorship: The Ministry of Consumer and Com- ' mercial Relations Gordon Walker, has announced censorship changes which _are to be effective August 1st. Under the new provin- cial, film classification categories, children 14 years of age and over will be per- mitted to see some movies which were previously restricted to people 18 and over. A new "adult ac- companiment" category is to be created, under which children 14 years old and over can see certain movies without being accompanied by someone over 18. The It was in his Measure for Measure that Shakespeare wrote— "Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we often might win By fearing to attempt." "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him." Roundup®. It can be one of your most versatile tools. Wherever you use it, Roundup® herbicide by Monsanto controls tough ernerged weeds — right down to the roots — so they can't grow back. Yet Roundup has no carryover. And it won't wash or leach out of treated areas to injure crops or other desirable vegetation. Reach for Roundup as an in - crop spot treatment for tough weeds like milkweed. Use it in orchards. Or for pasture renova- tion to clean quackgrass infesta- tions out of forage crops. Use it after harvest to control quack - Nothing works like Roundup. grass for easier tillage the following spring. And don't forget general farmyard cleanup around fencerows, headlands and buildings. In all kinds of places nothing works like Roundup. Monsanto Monsanto Canada Inc. Winnipeg, Montreal Toronto, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Vancouver. ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP.. Roundup* is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company. Monsanto Canada Inc , registered user. *Monsanto Company 1981. . RCN -9-1 restricted category, under which admittance to those over 18, will remain. Hospital Legislation: Following strong criticism that it could lead to an abuse of power, the Ministry of Health, Dennis Timbrell, has stated that the proposed legislation giving the provincial government authority to take over any Ontario Hospital will be amended. However, a spokesman for the Ontario Medical Association dismissed the proposed changes as nothing more than "a cosmetic gesture". Advisory Boards: It may well be that about 80 provincial advisory agen- cies, such as 'the Ontario Economic Council, could soon be abolished under a new "sunset" review policy. The Government's Agencies Review Committee listed in its report some 79 agencies which .could be scrapped over a three-year period beginning in 1982. The object of the sunset review "is to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in the contribution of these bodies to the overall policy and program for- mulation process" according to the report. While all agencies will be reviewed, only those "which areno longer needed" will be ab fished. The Minister res nsible for a particular age cy will require to review its nctions at least once every five years to deter- mine if it should be abolished, then take a decision to cabinet for ap- proval. In addition, a sunset clause will be Included in any legislation or ' order -in - council creating a new ad- visory, agency. Most government advisory Agencies meet only sporadically, paying their members on a per diem basis. But a few have full- time salaries staff. The Ontario Economic Council, the Ontario Ststus of Women Council, and the Advisory Committee on Confederation, could be phased out next year, the report suggested. Heating Tax Credit. Opposition Members have charged that Ontario's new home heating tax credit and grant program is stingy to poor families and pads the pockets of rich senior citizens. Under the program, taxpayers with taxable in- comes of less than $6,000 a year will be eligible next spring for a tax credit of up to $60 and pensioners will receive a flat $60 grant to help with higher home heating costs. It's been suggested that sending a sweater to every family in the province which might be eligible for benefit would be just as effective for all the protection offered by the government's program. 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