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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-05-15, Page 14• CI 44-0ODERICli SIONAL.-STAR:THURSDAY, MAX 15, 1975 Can't assume •aPl risks Murray Gaunt demands farm' incdi� protection Chess champioos honored Jim Kingsley, president of the GoderichpChess Club, presents Mike Koszycki with the Level 4 championship trophy- at the club's year end banquet held last week. Other winners were Brian Miller (left) Level 3 and Harold Kloeze (right) Level 2. Charlie MacDonald, Glen Faulkner and Dave Weary are still battling for the Level 1 championship. (staff -photo) 7, Ont, drivers can donai'2e�rgans by filling out licence -stubs Ontario drivers licences, beginning with those issued this. week-- will contain -a '-new- detachable stub to permit persons to designate their willingness - to donate ' their ,bodies or vital organs for scientific or medical purposes. The prggram, announced in the Legislature by John Rhodes, Minister of Tran- sportation and Communication, makes Ontario the first province to include the organ donor section on' the licences. Those who are unwilling to participate in the program will simplybe able to detach the consentstub from the licence. Mr. Rhodes had .. originally announced the change in the licence form last October and claims the ministry is now in a position Oto issue , the new licences. The stub is' headed: Consent Under the Human Tissue Gift Act, 1971 and for' legal reasons only persons of 18 years of age and over will be able to give consent. The form is designed so persons can designate whether he or she would consent to donating,his or her entire body or "the following specified parts of my body" for "trap= splant and other therapeutic purposes - medical education - scientific research." The new card also informs the signing. donor-. to strike out any purposes that are not in accordance with their wishes.. Although Ontario was the first province to introduce the licence change Dr. G. A. deVeber,, chairman of the Kidney Foundation of Canada's organ donor program, said that Tennessee and Arkansas have similar programs. The ' Kidney Foundation of Canada now has more Than 1,400 patients across Canada on chronic dialysis treatment most of whom are . anxiously waiting for kidney transplants and"Dr. deVeber hoped that the new licence forms would double the number of donors. -' The new drivers licence forms, which Mr. Rhodes added were legally binding, will alert police at an accident or medical authorities in the event of sudden death, of a person's wish to - donate. In most cases time is a critical factor. Dr. deVeber and Mr. Rhodes believe the program will :. become far more important in the future as heart, liver 'and "- other transplants become more commQn;p•nd numerous. The new licences will begin to be distributed this week as part - of the normal renewal process based on drivers birth dates at a rate of about 60,000 ,licences per week. There is no need for a witness signature on . the -forms and drivers ., whose'. licences have" .recently been renewed and who would like 6 obtain a donor stub may contact the nearest driver examination centre or a :district or regional office of the Ministry's drivers and vehicle division. "We sincerely hope that those among the more than four million Ontario drivers who are eligible will consider taking advantage of ,this declaration," Mr..Rhodes said. Potato varieties The potato varieties most widely' grown, in Canada Sebago, . Kennebec, Net na Gem, Katandin,' Green Mountain, Irish Cobbler and Keswick. Some varieties,dsuch as Netted Gem, have -a high dry -matter content that makes them' excellent for baking, Rapidly rising operating costs coupled with falling commodity prices underline the necessity for immediate 'implementation of a fendin.- come protectio'n plan in Ontario, Murray Gaunt (L—Huron-Bruce) said last week - Speaking in :the legislature, during 'debate on estimates of • the ministry of agriculture and food, Mr. Gaunt said it was nice of the government to promise a $20 -million income stabilization fund in the speech from, the throne March 12 but that it would have been .more favorably accepted by now if the plan had been put into practice: "I think consumers- and people generally in this province are recognizing that stable production is preferable to instability both for producers andfor consumers," he said. "Farmers can no longer assume all the risks involved in producing food. They have now come to the point where, they can't Survive by simply tightening their belts." Resistance on the part of consumers to higher food Prices makes it thereasingly difficult for .farmers to get a r fair and adequate' return for their efforts fromthe marketplace, he added. "The minister has to come in with a much more adequate stabilization plan than has been • so far evidenced. ' "This would guarantee financial viability and it would insure that farm income, at least equals a realistic production cost as. established for each commodity." • Donald G. MacDonald (NDP York South) called the government's $20 -million fund "peanuts" compared with the real needs of farmers: He corriplained of the lack of a 'long-term agriculture program for Ontario. ' He told Agriculture Minister William Stewart that- "you respond to the pressure as it becomes irresistible. The policy becomes piecemeal." 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