HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-11-03, Page 8PAGE 8—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
Jottings from Queen's Park
BY JACK RIDDELL M.P.P.
There has been con-
siderable debate in the
Ontario Legislature on the
subject of the planned lay-off
of 2,800 Sudbury workers by
Inco - which it is predicted
will actually mean a loss of
some 6,000 jobs in the Sud-
bury area. One reason put
forward for this loss of em-
ployment is the fact that
Canada and Ontario's share
of the world nickel market
has dropped rapidly in recent
years, as other areas have
developed their deposits. In
1966 this country's share of
the market was 51 per cent; it
had declined to 34 per cent by
1975. Opposition Parties have
urged that the Legislature's
Committee on Resource
Development should go to
Sudbury to hear local sub-
missions and to discuss the
matter with municipal and
labour officials.
Replying to a question from
Liberal John Sweeney
(Kitchener -Wilmot) the
Minister of housing admitted
that the Government will
make a profit of13 million on
'a $5 million investment in
land in Kitchener. The land
was bought for $750,000,
servicing costs were
$4,350,000, and the selling
price is $8,070,Q00. Opposition
Parties condemned the
Government as the largest
speculator in the Province.
The Minister said it was
government policy to sell off
at market prices the 23,000
acres which it bought over the
years for land banks to
provide low cost housing.
House Leaders of all
parties have been meeting to
organize a Select Committee
on Ontario Hydro, and
establish its terms of
reference. The Liberal view
is that the entire operation of
Hydro should fall within the
scope of the committee; in-
cluding the extent of direct
Government control over. the
Crown Corporation and such
currently controversial
matters as the, over -runs on
the Bruce County heavy
water project cost. Liberal
Leader Wart Smith believes
that the committee should be
able to call expert witnesses
and employees from such
projects.
It is thought that there may
be some overlap with this
Committee's work and that of
the Porter Commission on
Hydro's long range planning,
which is intended to deal with
Hydro projects from 1985
onward. Further develop-
ment of nuclear plants in the
province will obviously be of
interest to both groups.
Questions on the subject of
the Bruce heavy water cost
over -runs were asked in the
House this . week. When the
Minister turned .aside
requests for cost and
progress reports, Stuart
Smith charged that he was
out of touch with the
problems, and should con-
sider resigning. He said "You
are talking about a $400
million (cost) over -run and
you stand in this Huse and
say, day after day, that you
don't know what we are
talking about"'.
On a more positive note,
Ontario Hydro spokesmen
have indicated that there
should be no repetition this
December of power shortages
that led to province -wide
voltage cuts and interruption
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serious internal problems.
The commission suggested
that the police department
handle their problems,
through meetings and frank
discussions with the town
council Protection committee
and The Kincardine Police
Association.
The commission indicated
that they will make another
inspection this year.
Transfers and loss of jobs
will soon hit Wingham when
the Deilcraft furniture plant
closes its doors at the .end of
the year.
The Wingham Ad vance-
Times reported, that the
company, a division of
Electrohome Furniture,
announced a December 30
closing recently.
Some 8 hourly 'and seven
salaried employees now
working at the plant will be
offered jobs in the Deilcraft
operation in Kitchener if they
wish to transfer.
The company, which
employed 100 people last
winter, ,but had layoffs,
closed (according to general
manager Guy Leclair)
because of the increase of
furniture imports on the
Canadian and United States
markets.
of service to some industries
in the pre -Christmas period
last year. Hydro expects to
have about 3400 megawatts of
generating capacity in
reserve when the period of
peak demand is reached in
mid-December.
Liberal MPP Remo
Mancini (Essex South) has
introduced a Private
Member's Bill calling l;or the
legal drinking age to be
raised to 19 years, in the hope
that such a change in the law
would "remove the practice
of drinking' from the
province's high schools."
Such a move was recom-
mended by the Select Com-
mittee on Highway Safety
and recommended by a task
'force investigating teenage
drinking in the spring of 1976.
A 1976 Addiction Research
Foundation Survey showed
That arnong a sample of 1,439
high school students In
Ontario, 86 percent drank,
although less than 25 percent
were of legal age.
It has been disclosed that a
Mississauga cement kiln has
been regularly burning highly
toxic wastes for about two
years, without public
knowledge, but with the
approval of the Ministry of
the Environment. This
burning practice was started;
as an experiment, and in 1975
a ministerial certificate was
issued to permit its con-
tinuance. The Ministry hopes
to have an opportunity to
explain exactly what is in-
volved before burning is
resumed some time before
the end of this year.
There have been rumors
that some 100 provincial
police officers were going to
be laid off. However, the
Solicitor General stated,
during debate on the
Estimates, that Ontario has
no intention of reducing
policing in the province.
The Ontario Government
intends to advertise Minaki
Lodge in trade journals. This
very expensP'e, and con-
troversial, tourist project in co
North Western Ontario is now
up for sale. The Minister of
Industry and Tourism,toldt e
Legislature that the decisi n
to sell has been made becau
to finish the work would cost a
further $8 million on top of the
$10 million which has already
been spent.
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