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hack's jottings from Quern's park
Bg Jack. Riddell Huron—Middlesex MPP
The Minister of Energy, is equally' important that a $3
Mr. .Dennis Timbrell, this"' million lard profit be fully
week in the Legislature said investigated.
that he did not want to In the last twd years, Mr
discourage the practice of Sargent said the Minister of
colorful displays of lights in the day has refused access to
homes and neighbourhoods at the files to the :Legislature
Christmas but would urge the and it is time that Ontario
economic use of decorative taxpayers have the, same
outdoor lights. protection as matters of
He said there is a real need Federal concern.
to prevent the extravagant The Province's seat -belt
use, of electrical energy and legislation has received third
suggested that outdoor and final reading. Only Royal
Christmas lights be turned on Assent is needed to make
only after dinner and then Ontario the first jurisdiction
switched off at" bedtime. By in North America to im-
having them on for three or plement the mandatory
four hours in the e'vening 'wearing Of automobile seat -
instead of all day and night, belts.
electricity bills can be kept
down and we can still enjoy
the color and excitement of
Christmas lights.
"'"Outdoor . decorati'e lights
on provincial 'government
buildings -will be turned on at
7:00 p.m. and off again at
midnight. Mr. Timbrell said
that municipalities can play a
vital role in, -making this
conservation effort work, and
that he -is requesting that
Municipal councils direct that
all their buildings observe the
,guidelines as well. •
Although the cost to the
individual, tat -urn one or two
strings of lights day and
night, ,is mode'st and the
energy used relatively. low
but on a•province-wide basis,
the peak demand on Ontario
Hydro represented 'by these
lights is substantial.
Mr. Timbrell said he had no
desire ' to darke.n 'the
Christmas spirit in any way
but the". sensible use of
decorative lights is• one
example of how better energy
management practices can
be implemented by everyone.
Mr. Eddie Sargent, Liberal
Member for Grey -Bruce,
speaking not on party policy,
but as a private member,,
charged the Bell Telephone
Company of Canada with
tactics parallel to
blackmail.
Mr. Sargent stated that Bell
Canada is refusing to service
thousands of Ontario citizens
. with telephone service on the
pretext that they have been.
refused their rate increases:
He stated that' in view of the'
comp; rete A monopoly control
that X11 Canada enjoys and
this Quektec based company.,
sets its rates for Ontario in
Quebec, that unless Bell can
provide service to enjoy this
monopoly', then the Province
of Ontario should take;it•over
as a public utility.
Mr. Sargent concluded that
• a telephone is as important
today as hydro or gasoline
and no one should be denied
this basic necessity. He
stated that ff .we have been
—able through, technology • in
this nuclear age to put a roan
on the moon, surely we can
provide our people this"basic..
service and have Bell. stop
their blackmailing practises."
Mr. Sargent also said that
he plans to have the RCMP
seize the file of the 'Ontario
Housing Corporation dating
fri3m 1967 to 1975. Mr. Sargent
stated there is sufficient ,
evidence that there• was an
overpayment bf $3 million in
land acquisition in the. Salt
Fleet Development at which
time the Director of Land
,Development resigned
because of pojitical°•pressure.
Mr. Sargent stated that ,if
the RCiVIP in Ottawa' could
raid the d''fices of Cabinet
Ministers for files.pertaining
to a $95,000 sky shop profit, -it
Response good
The law takes, effect
January 1st, and. the police
will be instructed not to lay
charges during the fir'gt
month. Reduced speed limits,
being introduced together
with theseat-belt' legislation,
will probably be in effeet on
'all highways in the Province
by mid-January.
A, special temporary
exemption from the reduced
speeds will likely 'be allowed
for, long-distance buses t ntil
new timetables and con-
nections can be scheduled.
Although only a few MPP'$
actually voted against the
seat -belt legislation, many
others expressed . reser-
vations and reluctance about
the Measure.
In reply to a question by the
Leader of the Opposition, ` Mr.
Stephen Lewis, as to what
accounted„ for the apparent
breakdown • in negotiations
between the Ministry'' of
Health and the Ontario
,Medical Association, the
Minister of Health,.Mr. Frank
Miller ,replied that the
negotiations have ,not really
broken down.
Mr. Miller said that the
stated .positions of a 35 per-
cent fee increase generating
48 percent 'more revenue,
were in the opinion of the
doctors based upon studies
they undertook to see what it
would take to. catch up with
the level they were at four or
five years ago.
,Mr. Miller said he read into
some of their comments the
fact : that they were still
willing to live by guidelines
but one cannot .ask for 35
percent and live within
guidelines'. He'sai:d he cannot
accept that kind of demand.
Mr.. Miller was -also asked
by the Opposition Members
what action the Government
wo'p.ld" take should the doctors
pull out of OHIP. H,e replied
that he was not convinced
that there is any sizeable
change in; tFiie number of
people pulling out.'
If' they `do there may be
problems for certain patients, -
but he did not'°see. that there is
currently a problem. ' Mr.
Miller said the Federal
Government has a weapon it
has said it will use. It is his
understanding that certain
information will be required
of professionals in Canada, in
terms of their change in in-,
come and change in billing
practice.
The Federal Government
said they would tax anyone
that broke the guidelines, 100
cents on the dollar%r--
Mr. Stuart Smith, Liberal
Member of Hamilton West,
asked the Minister of Health
that as he had refused to
inform the House of the list of
hospitals he is, considering
closing on previous oc-
Enrolment holds strong
in. county:niht scho�ls
Night school classes at the
five secondary.ochools under
the jurisdiction of the Huron
County Board of Education
are 'proving to be very
popular again this year,
• More than 1,400 residentsof
the county are ,taking ad-
* vantage of the opportunity to
gain knowledge in a wide
variety of sti 'j'ects.
The largest -number is at
South Huron District High
School in Exeter where 450
are registered for 32 classes
held Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Night school principal E.C.
Beard at F.E. Madill in
Wing am reports an
enrol hent of 48 students, the
largest in its' evening school
programming history.
Courses are held Tuesday and
,Wednesday nights.
At ` Goderioh District
Collegiate; 344 are enrolled.
The largest class is driver,
education with 65 students.
Badminton is nextin line with
42 registered.
Enrolment at' Central
Huron in Clinton is exactly
300. This is the largest it has
been, since CFB Clinton
closed down.
Response has been good for
the reopening of night school
classes at Seaforth District
High School after an absence
of some 20 years. During the
current classes, 9 students'
are enrolled. Night School
principal Stephen Hook ex-
• pects this number will rise for
the January'sessions.
Two field trips for,stadents
in Hurbn County board of
education schools were .wap- '
proved at December's
regular, meeting.
casions, could he at least tell Mr. Miller replied that one
the House the criteria for of the most obvious ones
closing the hospital. would be the physical con-
dition of the hospital. Another ' hospital facilities were within
criteria would be to deter- reasonable distance of the
mine if adequate alternative facility to be closed and has
the capacity to handle that
flow. Mr. Miller said that
insofar as operating ef-
ficiency, that in itself would
be a reason to close a
hospJ,t:a
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