HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1980-07-03, Page 15Fall fiection strongly
rumoured
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron -Middlesex
The legislative session has
nded and we are now into
he summer recess.
eanwhile a fall provincial
lection is strongly
umoured. During the
ummer, many Members
ill continue to spend a great
eal of time at the
gislature, on committee
nd constituency work.
Dr. Robert Elgie, the
inister of Labour, had
promised amendments next
all to protect handicapped
ople from discrimination
under the provincial Human
Rights Code. Last year the
Minister brought in a bill
aimed at protecting the
rights. of \physically and
mentally handicapped
people but later withdrew it
after spokesmen for these
people had demanded that
the Minister not "ghettoize"
them -under special
provisions.
The Minister has told the
House that the amendments
to the code will prohibit
discrimination on all
grounds, including em-
ployment, accommodation,
contracts, services and
membership in vocational
associations. In this con-
nection, the definition of
handicapped will, it seems,
"be expanded to include not
only past, present and
perceived physical
disability...but also mental
illness, mental retardation
and learning disability." -
The only exceptions will be
in cases where a particular
handicap "renders the
person incapable of carrying
out essential functions
associated with the par-
ticular activity in question."
Amendments will also-
provide for boards of inquiry
in cases of discrimination
against the handicapped.
Liberal Leader Stewart
Smith criticized the
Minister's Statement as "an
election -platform gimmick"
designed to make the
government's position public
in the event there is an
election soon.
Le Mans race car
The controversy about the
grant to Maurice Carter the
politician cum race car
driver continues. His
Camaro failed to qualify at
Le Mans, and he says he will
not repay the $15,000 in
Ontario tax money used to
sponsor him.
In a written statement, he
said "at no time did I ever
solicit public funding from
the Ontario Government". A
spokesman for Carter said
an "independent person
"was hired to raise the
sponsorship money...Mr.
Carter didn't raise the
money, so he'll not be
refunding (it to) anyone."
Stuart Smith has called upon
the Minister of Tourism and
Industry, Larry Grossman,
to table any written
agreements between Carter
and the government, and the
Minister has said he would
try to do so.
Acid monitoring
Acid rain monitoring
stations are to be installed by
the Ministry of Environment
at 45 locations across the
Province. The airn of the
program is, apparently, to
"identify more clearly the
relative contributions to this
pollution from numerous
continental sources."
The system . is to include
two "networks" 04. stations,
one to ,monitor daily
precipitation which may
contain contaminants and
the other to study monthly
accumulation. Fifteen sites
will be used for the daily
monitoring, including
Kingston, Dorset and
London.
Monthly measuring will be
done at 30locations, from the
Windsor area to Kenora,
James Bay, the Ottawa
River and South -Central
Ontario. The new system will
be in operation by late
summer, and will cost
taxpayers an estimated
$180,000 to install and about
$35,000 a year to operate.
Food Industry
The Opposition has
charged that Ontario is
losing jobs in the food
processing industry while
importing food that could be
grown here. According to the
Provincial. Treasurer, Frank
Miller, the, government is
studying the problems of the
food processing industry.
More than 1,000 - food.
workers
ood-
workers have lost jobs in
Ontario in the past year, but
all those jobs could have
been saved if Ontario
stopped importing so much
food, according to the United
Food and Commercial
Workers Union.
OH I P overpayment
Liberal Health Critic Sean
Conway has charged that
• hundreds of thousands of
elderly people and low-
income families could be
overpaying the Ontario
Health Insurance Plan by as
much as $480.a year because
they don't know about
. reduced rates available to
them.
Families with an annual
income of $5,000 or less and
individuals whose yearly
income is 4,000 or less are
eligible for premium
assistance benefits.
However, only those who
apply for the benefits efits get
them. As • Mr. Conway
pointed out, "the problem is
that many of the people,
premium assistance was
intended for, don't . know
about it."
Rebates to elderly
Since the introduction of
the Provincial Budget for
this year, pensioners who
pay property taxes directly
or through rent now can get
up to $500 a year from the
province as a rebate, plus a
flat $50 in sales tax rebates.
Stuart Smith continues to
A QUICK EATER — One of the few individuals to actually eat some chicken at the St.
Boniface chicken barbecue before the rains came was Robbie Regierof R.R. 3 Zurich. Rob-
bie was almost through his pie by the time the Citizens News photographer caught up to
him. Staff photo
raise the question of pen-
sioners. who lose out under
the new scheme, by com-
parison with the previous
system of tax credits. He
cited the case of one man in
Toronto who used to get $110
under the old scheme, and is
now forced to get along on a
pension of $388 a month.
Meanwhile sports world
millionaire •Harold Ballard,
who stands to make
something like $1 million just
from dividends on his
shareholdings in Maple Leaf
Gardens, will receive $550
under the new plan.
Blyth play .
sales are up
The Blyth Summer
Festival today announced
that advance ticket sales are
up 70 per cent from this time
last year.
Anne Mann, Box Office
Manager • of _the Festival,
assures patrons that "There
are stilll lots of tickets
available for all dates.
However, I would advise
patrons to make their
reservations soon to avoid
disappointment."
Cancer can
be beaten .
Citizens News, July 3, 1980
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