HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-11-24, Page 8PAGE 8--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977
Jack's Jottings from Queen's Park : help coming for bean farmers
BY JACK RIDDELL, M.P.P.
The Ministry of Agriculture
and Food Expenditure
Estimates are presently
being considered by the
Resources Development
Committee of the
Legislature. One matter
which I have been pursuing
with the Minister is the
eligibility of white bean
producers to collect crop
insurance this year con-
sidering that the grade
standards had been changed
compelling farmers to har-
vest the crop despite the
conditions of the beans or the
soil.
Producers will be relieved
to know that they will in all
probability be eligible for a
payment from the Crop
Insurance program. The
weight of the beans will be
adjusted using a faittor,..
For example if the price or
number one beans ends up at
14 cents per pound and the
poor quality beans average 7
cents a pound a factor of .5
will be used. In simple terms
assuming that a farmer is
insured for 1,000 pounds then
this figure will be multiplied
by .5 and the producer would,
have a claim of 500 pounds.
To establish the amount of
claim this poundage will be
multipled by one of the price
options of 9 cents, 12 cents, or
15 cents.
Factors such as com-
pensation for pick, cost of
removing pick beans and
moisture will be taken into
consideration when adjusting
.weight.
Government legislation to
protect private land owners
from legal action arising
from injuries or deaths of
recreation trail users is likely
in Ontario, according to
Frank Miller, Minister of
Natural Resources.
M.r. Miller said that
broadened protection was
necessary to encourage more
land owners to co-operate in
opening up new trails and to
prevent many miles of
existing trails being closed to
the public.
Shortly after the
Legislature gave second
reading to the Private
Member's Bill to raise the
drinking age to 19, the
Premier held a press con-
ference, at which he stated
that his Government would
allow the Bill to die on the
order paper.
"Raising the age is not by
itself going to solve what I
perceive to be a significant
social problem", he said, and
indicated' that his Govern-
ment will move next
February "by resolution and -
or legislation" to crack down
on young drinkers.
Measures will include a
stricter enforcement of liquor
laws, tougher measures
against people selling liquor
to 'minors' and more stringent
guidelines for liquor ad-
vertising.
A select committee, with
members of all three parties,
has been established to report
in about five weeks ori what, if
anything, can be done about
massive layoffs planned by
Inco Ltd.
We, in the Liberal Party,
attempted to expand the
committee's terms of
reference to allow it to study
problems in resource in-
dustries in general. Stuart
Smith said that if this could
not be done, the committee
could continue sitting next
year, to come up with
Through the....
recommendations to the
government on resources
development policy.
The terms of reference of
the committee allow it to call
company and union officials
from Incpw-to explain factors
leading to the decision to
continued from page 7
that this freeze could prompt
a law suit from developer
Gerry Spackman.
If council accepts the ad-
vice of lawyer Michael
Mitchell of the law firm
Mountain, 'Monteith and
Hastings from Stratford they
will cancel their freeze on the
centre.
All future Seaforth PUC
workers are required to live
within 1% miles from the
main intersection in town.
The Huron Expositor
reported last week that the
agreement was made
following concern that
linemen might not be able to
get to work if a major
snowstorm hit the town. This
problem occurred last winter.
It was decided by PUC
commissioners that two
current employees could
remain ` in their place of
residence, but if they moved
while still working for the
Seaforth PUC, they would
have to meet the
requirements. One employee
lives in Mitchell and the other
in London.
eliminate 2,800 jobs early
next year in Sudbury and
Port Colborne. It will also
"examine the future plans of
the coinpany in relationship
to the effect on the Canadian
operations."
Opposition Members have
called upon the Attorney
General to explain why no
charges were laid as a result
of an incident in 1975, in-
volving a Bramalea
developer who asked the
Provincial Treasurer to
obtain an early OMB hearing.
The Attorney -General has
stated that "The matter of
charges was reviewed by
most of the senior law officers
in the criminal division of.the
ministry", but "it was their
considered opinion not to lay
charges".
Bob Nixon (Liberal, Brant -
Oxford -Norfolk) has main-
tained that the A.G. should
"satisfy the community, and
in the sarpe vein, the mem-
bers of the House, as to why
he took a decision under
certain circumstances.
I IP
Albert Roy, Liberal MPP
for Ottawa East, has pointed
out that generally the police
and legal officers are very
sensitive about laying
charges under the relevant
section of the Criminal Code,
and that an opinion is usually
pick the
Call,
sought from the A.G.'s office,
"Generally speaking, the
opinion is exceedingly im-
portant because the police
will follow it", he said.
As an economy move, the
Ontario Ministry of Health is
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