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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-18, Page 4� P,AOA 48--GODFRICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,"6 ECEMBER 18, 1975 hack's Jottings. From QeeQ's park By Jack Riddell Huroo;-Middleslx MPP The 'Provincial Treasurer Mr. Darcy McKeough in giving the Legislature this week a glimpse of next year's budget, announced that the Government will be limiting overall expenditure " to 10 percent in 1976-1977 without compromising essential servicips. He° also announcedthat Municipal transfer grants will be increased by 8 percent instead of restricting it to 5 and 6 percent as previously, indicated. Mr. McKeough presented tables of gover, nment spending, which he will be giving to a meeting of the Provincial -Municipal Liaison Committee. The tables indicate an increase of 2.1 percent • in' interest payments on the Provincial debt as compared to the increase of 2.2 percent for housing. The , interest payments on the Provincial debt will total '$860 ,million while expenditure on housing will total $475 million. Mr. M-eKeough in his. statement said that excessive growth in spending by governments, atall levels has- contributed amcontributed in large measure to the inflation problem in the economy at large.- Accor- dingly, governments must now provide an example of restraint by ordering priorities and cutting back on their derrr^ands upon ' the taxpayer. Attaining this total ex- penditure objective of ap- proximately., $12.5 billion necessitates reduction in a number of low priorit' programs so thatthe genuine needs in higher priority areas carn-.be met. �,.. For example the level of activity in Provincial road construction will be reduced. The level of investment in. housing will be maintained but not increased. Welfare spending will be held to the rate of inflation plus projected growth • in `caseloads. Payment's towards post -secondary education, will 'increase significantly to accommodate the rapid in- crease in enrolments. Spending in the justice field will increase in recognition of the demands from Ghtario's residents for ,improved service, in the' area .of law and ,order. Salary • increases to civil servants will be held to a overall average of 8 percent in conformity with the recent federal guidelines while compensation' to senior -Levels will he frozen through 1976 at the level they have been since October 1974. Authorized staffing levels of the Civil Service ' will continue to, he reduced. The full co-operation of local governments in this common cause of •spending restraint has been asked. .b. McKeough listed government support and performance of the local government sector over the past five years. In 1970-1975 local government spending in Ontario has increased 70 percent from $3.6 billion to 6.1 billion. A very large part of this increase has been financed by enrichment of Provincial grants, Mr. McKeough said. This , has, allowed a consitier'ahle ex- pansion and upgrading of local government services with Qnly moderate in- creases in m•itll ^rates. Over the period 19i0-'4 mill rate increases averaged less' than I percent per annum. There was a 12 percent increase in mill rates in 1975 so that the total increase for the five year period 19170-1975 was about 17 percent 5 an .average of. 3 percent p annum. In view of the significance of Provincial ass.isitance to local' 'sector financing, Mr. McKeough said it is vital to municipalities, schi)ol boards and local agencies to know the dimensions of the Government's financial support in preparing their budgets for 1976. He said that he will be in- forming the Provincial - Municipal Liaison Committee that,the Province is prepared 'to increase its support by' 8 i, ,'r'cerlt N illi rl represents some $230 million in ad- ditional funds to local governments. Municipal councils and all local agen= cies, Mr. McKeough said I must make tough decisions to hold the lino on 1976 spending, to cut out new programs, to freeze civil service hiring and to postpone capital projects, if mill rate increases are tobe kept to a minimum next year. The Province has ac- commodated local spending to the limit of its own budget capacity. It is now up to the local sector itselLto exercise rigid budgetary. chnstraint to ensure that.: ratepayers get full value fo.r their tax dollars. Mr. McKeough said the principle of an affordable society requires im- pl'ernentation and com- mitment by all levels of government The Minister of Agriculture and Food, Mr. William Newman in a statement to the Legislature, said that final- payment will be made to those producers who voluntarily enrolled in the Ontario Beef Calf Income Stabilization program. Mr. Newman said that in the first year over 12,100 producers joined, the five-year program, enrolling some 312,850 beef cows. This guarantee price in' 1975" was established at 50c •per pound. This meant that when the weighted average market price of beef stocker calves fell below the 50c guarantee price a payment from the program would be made to absorb the difference. The weighted average market ' price of Ontario stocker calves during the monitoring period ,,of Sep- tember, October and November in key sales areas throughout 'the Province was ,39.8:' cents per pound. Under the Beef Calf program the gross payment per cow to the farmer amounts to $77.19 this year. Since the premium for the program thisilyear was $5 per cow, this,- amount must be deducted, from the gross payment to give a net payment per cow, of $72:19. Mr., Newman said the average herd .size in the program was 26 cows, therefore, the average net payment per producer with this size herd will amount to $1,877, +„ For the cow-calf'industry in total Ibis will mean • a 'net transfer of about $22.5 million in,a,1975. The Minister in- dicated that the cow -calf producers who enrolled in the Ontario Beef Calf Income Stabilization program can anticipate receipt of their cheques from the prdlgram in December of this year. The Minister also said that :a 10 percent random sample program applicants was visited during November and early December by Ministry of Agriculture and Food staff to ensure that.. the correct number of eligible cows were enrolled. The Minitry staff received excelie:nt co-operation from producers and 'tat only minor errors in repdrting cow -numbers occurred. These, Mr. Newman said, were due to the fact that this was._the first year of a new program. The Minister pointed out that any farmer -who produced high uality caves would have received -More from the marketplace than this year's provincial a d ve r age an ha in continuing efforts to im- prove the quality of Ontario Beef herds the program gives the producers who do an excellent job of producing calves a double benefit both from the market place and the Beef Calf Program. 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