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l conferen, e
aa`. Federal -
al
was held
lel
wit this week with On -
premier Davis and
er John White In erten
with the first
along other nine
eefrandthd he Federal
meat The 'conference
lled to -discuss the
contribution to shared-
rograms among other
such as inflatj0n an
is policies. Thr Federal
meat now pays about
operating costs of such
cost programs as
re, hospital insurance
st secondary ecjuc,ter n,
the Provinces pay the
a!f and administer the
s which frill under
cial jurisdiction The
1contribution In 1c)73 -7t
billion. -for hospital in -
e, $710 million for
re and $1.0'' billion tl,r-
ondar' education '1'h(.
her Major shared -cost
m at present Is the -
Assistance
he -
,assistance Plan.
the Federal Govern -
pays the• Provinces
tly h905,3 million to
out half of their welfare
The Federal share 1(f
fear programs 1-s n,,,),
300,000 or ?2 , pt>recrlt
Federal budget of 1,S -1
no's proposal WA, to
the Federal Govern
from shared-c-ost
and to have the
meat tarn over to the
es a'sha're of the Incl,rns
ch it now receives. 'Fhe
Government receives
11 percent of all personal
e tax collected in
a.
provinces rc•tt•,.te,i
ously proposed Federal ,
sin the financing 1(f post
any education, hut were
E' more receptive to
1propooals to change the
ng arrangements _for
cost healrh programs.
e conference broke up
t anv firm commitments
er side to implement the
changes.
ngs-cpntinued, al! week
!elect committee of the
bre into Ontario
s dealings with Canada
Corporation for con-
n of a $45 million head
building. Hydro chair•
eorge Gatherc•ole, was
hot seat most o�' the time
eaded ignorance. when
ed with a. series of
ands from senior Hydro
dealing with the plans
new building which is
ing constructed on fl
ack arrangement by
a Square Corporation,
by Gerhard Moog, 'a
lend of Premier Davis. A
ential memorandum
ed bv' Gathercole in
bet, 1971, recommended
ejob of building the new
Tice go to "the developer
m we have complete con-
" It did not name the
per but under stiff
oning Mr. Gathetcole
agreed that anyone who
e memo would have to
e that the reference was
Jack Riddell, Huron MPP
to Canada Square.
The memorandum was writ-
ten three months after Canada
Square was supplied with
drawings of a shelved. design
for the project and well before
an invitation went out to four
other developers to submit
competing proposals.
Gathercole's inability to
recollect important matters
leading.up to the contract being
finally given to Canada Square
Corporation frustrated the
committee members into asking
who decides on policy at Hydro.
.lances Bullbrook (L. Sarnia)
said it would appear that
decisions are y madk , by
management staff and then
rubber -;)tamped by the power
commission.
Transportation Minister,
Gordon Carton, announced a
$317.6 million capital construc-
tion program which. will in-
volve work on 632 miles of
highway and the construction
of 95 bridges. Much of the ex-
penditure will be in the
Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara Falls
Ind Sudbury areas.
Responding to a question by
Albert Roy (L. Ottawa Ettst),
who charged in the Legislature
that one company, Imperial
Optical, controlled the Board
of Ophthalmic ®Dispensers,
Health Minister, Richard Pot-
ter, said his ministry is in-
vestigating to ensure there is no
conflict of interest.
A question concerning the
protection of rental tenants
from building defects was
raised by Elie Martel (N.D.P.,
Sudbury East), at a Legislature
committee meeting. The
Minister of Consumer ' and
Commercial Relations..-,.infor-
rued the committee that the
question of compensation and
repair of such defects was up to
the .individual and, was not the
responsibility of the
municipality.
Labour'Minister, Fern Guin-
don, gave ground to pressure by
-municipalities opposed to
relinquishing their control over
construction safety inspection
and will introduce a com-
prornise bill permitting regional
municipalities and those with
more than 100,000 residents to
e(m'durt their own inspections.
The original bill 'would, have
turned over all construction
safety inspection to the
province. The new bill will
establish a maximum fine of
$10,000 with an additional
$500 a day for failure to obey
an inspector's order, and terms
of imprisonment of -up to 12
months -
A report tabled in the
Legislature by Health Minister,
Dr. Richard Potter, proposes
tight controls on health costs
that would directtly affect
medical care to Ontario
residents. Patients and doctors
abusing the, medical insurance
plan will be reviewed and
penalized. The report also
recommends the establishment
of studies of other - ways of
paying doctors than by fee for
service.
Several cabinet ministers met
the Legislatures Public Ac-
counts Committee in . its • in-
vestigation of possible abuses of
the Use oL,4iovernrnent aircraft.
Darcy M -Keough, one of the
top three aircraft users, refused
to apologize for the use of the
aircraft by his wife and friends.
He maintained that Cabinet
Ministers should have virtually
unrestricted use of aircraft. An
analysis of $87,001) paid for
travelling expenses to members
of parliament is to be ready for
the committee next week
Almost $11,000 of it was paid
to Leo Bernier, Minister of
Natural Resources, who said
about $7,000 of it was for com-
mercial airline travel to hid
Nprthern Ojatario dile/
it'/ T'he ('o 1/nissic t1 un
Legislature tabled its report at
the end of the week, proposing
,that the basic indemnity of a
private member he increased to
$15,000 and that the tax free
allowance be increased to
$7500. I;,t abolishes, the Per
diem payments to members ser-
ving on select cormnoittees, and
establishes new means ;to per-
mit these members to be fairly
reimbursed forexpenses ac-
tually incurred. It would
discontinue the practice of ap-
pointing MPP's to permanent
boards and commissions.
Ontario is challenging Ot-
taw•a's control over telecom-
munications. fiord Carton,
Minister of Transportation and
Communication, announced in
the Legislature that the On-
tario Government is looking to
an era of Shared respon-
sibilities with Ottawa over
telecommunications control
and eventual total control of
cable system licencing. The
telecommunication field covers
radio, television,: cable
television and telephone.
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Randall (Randy) K. Machan
son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith
Machan of Auburn, graduated
with honors from the two-year
course as a Forest Technician
from the(' Sir Sanford Fleming
College at Linlsay on May 12.
He is empfoyed with the
Ministry of Natural Resourdes
at Wingham. y'
Edward •Haines, son of
and Mrs. Donald Haines,
Auburn, received .his Bachelor
of Mathematics Degree May
25 during the Spring Con-
vocation of the University sof
Waterloo. Mr. Haines has ac-
cepted a position with the Lin-
coln County Board of
Education commencing In
September.
Mr.
Letter to editor
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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,* MAY 31. 1$11 --PACK 3
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with elo.ir4)nn►ent which Were
lx•`,nd the reach of field trips.
The two field trips he arranged
were well Iain out and his labs;
adl•(Iulte wittutl the limits of a
40 min. lab period.
(The w hole .,) lent department
would idi,lit if provisions were
mad). 14)1- lll,uhle period labs).
As a teacher Don's major flaw
was being Impatient with
students who had failed to un-
derstand a point he was
rmakrrig
\\ h,it ,ire the reasons that
Ion M, Kee won't be in
t:(,cl(•I I. h next `ear'' 1 (iun't
know 1 can ()ilk make a few
euesscs
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tlo(1 (1111 at -( hoof N(01 didn't
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II \1;1-ll'1 hi- social ('enter. Ile
(olio1 - h,und 111 his 1-4)4)111 se1-
1114 111, I,II,s• ((orrt•('tlllg paper,
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1111, t „arse• so t hat 10' could
nl;lkc ',unto nature films (-1)1)1(1
IH
1(.I,I1e(1 14) hl, school work.
Soo (). used a number of films
to illustrate hiologi -e1 ((>ncepts
it Intl -.t have- x.(•('111((1 it
reasonable' belief.
LH() It wasn't
sn,lre(I. Ne became impatient
((oh I!I4)-.e who (11(111'1 under-
-1.1),(1 ins reasoning ,►11(1 were
�ell(•11 threats, They,
I4-II,,,(e,1 the yells i11(1 1)1)11
:N,1, ,•,• w„I1t I,e Irl (;talerlch.
I (1„n• 1 know 'that these.
,Ir(' 1 nr-rect hut I 111
. pl l't t.( '-Ura ,t cadent evaluations
cc(•I,'11H ( ll:died.
11( re ;1r(• ;1)1111• people who
t1„111(1rl•t he teaching, whose
(•1 prawnc(' reduces the
Il arrong which could take place
it no "teacher” was there.
I1',11 \1cKet' I rr't 4)111• 1
No 1n a system where
,cni(,rIty sometimes rewards
,anility authoritarianism
rl•"a ards apathy he doesn't have
,1 place. Perhaps its just as well.
McQuail
The news isn't getting worse;
news coverage is getting better
Read your local, paper
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Constable Tom Jarczak presented Debbie MacCuspy and Jacques Richard with the school
winner and runner-up trophies respectively. Debbie, a student of Victoria was the overall
points winner accumulating 165 out of a possible 170 points. Jacques received the runner-
up trophy on behalf of St. Mary's Separate School. The rodeo was sponsored by the
Goderich Kinsmen Club (staff photo) r
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Children receiving medals at the Kinsmen Bike Rodeo held at Victoria Public School on
Saturday in the grade one and two class are: Kawmadhle Weerasooriye, golf far right, Paul
Murphy, Middle, silver winner, both of St. Mary's Separate School, and David Ruxton bronze
medal winner from Victoria Public School. (staff photo)
Three of the girls who placed in W.O.S.S.A. track meet are left to right: Michele
Cruickshank, fifth in Junior Girls' shot put; Chris Wildgen, third in Midget Girls' 80 metre
hurdles; and Laura Ross, third in. the Junior Girls' .200 metre event and fourth in the 80
metre hurdles. (staff photo)
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Track
Results
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In the grade three and four class, winners were Juliet Begeman, left, bronze, Steven Ruxton,
silver, both of Victoria and .Robert . Jeffrey, right, gold medal winner from St. Mary's
Separate SChtkol: (staff photo)_
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Lisa Scholtz placed fourth In
the Midget Girls' long Jump
and fifth in the 200 metre
event. (staff photo)
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In the Grade five and six class, Debbie MacCuspy, right, took the gold while David Hall,
center, won the silver and Debbie Shaddick, left, received the bronze. All of these Students
are from Victoria Pubifc School. (staff photo)
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4a_, SLICED BACON•
Gerry O'Brien and Tim McGee earned the right to advance
to the All -Ontario Track Meet held this week in Toronto
when they both received first place honors in events at
W.O.S.S.A. in London last. Saturday. gains Won • the Midget
Boys Discus throw with a toss of 144 feet 101/4 Inches.
Tim won the Midget Boys' shot put, hurling the ball 50 feet
1 inch. (staff photo)
Orale seven and eight winners were left to right, Lucy Turootte, bronss, Anne Maria Mur-
phy, silver, and Jacques Richard, gold. All are students at et. Mary's Separate School.
(staff photo)