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Page 16--(.7LINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1985
Ministry to ensure fair treatment to planters
Ontario Natural Resources Minister Vin- the government deals with the contractors
cent=Kerrio:said:recently that his ministry _ for payments,'_' he said._ '
will compensate employees of Ministry of The ministry will also ensure that
Natural. Resources f MNR) tree planting employees are fully compensated in any
contractors who have not been paid. cases where a company is bankrupt and
Mr: Kerrio told the legislature that in cannot pay.
specific- cases- where-MNR-tree-planting_The_aclion_follows _complaints,_by a
contract employees have not been paid, and nwnber of employees regarding unpaid
their claims have been validated by the wages associated with tree -planting con -
Ministry of Labor, his ministry will ensure tracts.
that funds are. provided directly to the Mr. Kerrio recently announced that his
employees=ln instances where the Ministry -ministry .and the Ministry= of.Labour =will
The weather forecaster let everyone know that December has' arrivett. Eighty kilinnetrc
winds and plenty of snow announced the winter season across Southern Ontario,. la Clin-
ton, the winds picked up the snow`, blowing' itaeross major highways, making visibility
very:.puor,: The visibility_in town was atso•poor When.the snow was flying.and the wind
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of labour is unable, to compensate unpaid take a number of steps to avoid a similar
ed only in cases where the Ministry; of
Labour has completed its investigations and
has determined that the claim is valid. Ile
said the ministry is aware of at least one
case where a company refused to pay
employees because they failed to plant
seedlings properly. As a result, the ministry
reduced its payments to the contractor.
"Obviously, we will only provide payment in
cases where we know trees were plranted,"
= he said.
tree planters, promptly, the Ministry of situation in the 1986 planting season. ThesMr, Kerrio urged' the House
es
to advise both his ministry or the Employ -
directly.
Natural Resources will make compensation include regional seminars for contractors to
make them fully aware of pertinent legisla- ment Standards Branch of the Ministry of
"My- strong; -is -is -to -get -the tion-and-regulations-and-the-possibility-
Tin
possibility of -where
-learn of -any -other -cases
disputed funds into -the hands of the unpaid bonding.
where employees hired to plant trees feel
tree nlanter� ii�i.nll rkly :i� nnecihla while
u , ti.,,. ,.,r,,,.' " 1 -int r„„oto ,.an r,., ....,.,,i.l_ they were similarly wronged.
Connelly attends Heart and Stroke annual meeting
Stan-Gonnelly-president--of. the-lluron
('aunty: chapter of the I -Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Ontario, was one of 150 people
attending, the foundatiion's annual con-
ference.heldrecently in Toronto.
`'The, foundation raises funds foil
rnedicl
research and public education 'on heart
disease and stroke through its February
ii )or -to -dour campaign, Connelly said.
'1'he.annual.cun f erence_draws _volunteers
and staff frons across Ontario to meet,
discuss their work and the future direction
(if the foundation.
The theme of the conference was
'Marketing Magic'=and int, day of the two-.=
- day-conference-was-devoted-to
understanding the concept of marketing and
how it might be used to meet the needs of
donors and volunteers,
Another highlight was a verbal and poster
- presentation by -medical researchers funded
by the 1,undation. These included presenta-
tions on the use of lasers in heart surgery as
well as the discovery of a heart hormone
that_helps_to_regulate the body's salt and
water content..
Laurie Skreslet, the first Canadian to
reacn the summit of Mount Everest, °ad-
dressed the closing luncheon and spoke of
the role=teamwork=and excellence=shniild
play_ in _volunteer_ activities. _ His. present•
tion was the highlight of the conventio
keeping those attending in total suspense for
nearly two hours. •
Locally, the Heart and Stroke Foundation
-Huron County= chapter has =700 volunteers
and in addition to organizing the annual
February. fund-raising ,campaign, it sup-
ports the following educational programs:
Heart To Heart, CPR, Blood Pressure
Clinics and.Culinary'Kitchen Workshops, in
co-operation with the Huron County Health
Unit.
Connelly will be reporting on the con-
ference in more detail at the next chapter
= meeting on Dec. 4.
Canada's first national park turns 100
This week marks the 100th anniversary of
e establish
park
Sir John A, Macdonald signed an order-in-
th anent of Canada's first national
' On November, 25, 1885,. the government of
NDP looks for :improyements
KINCARDINE - The. Huron -Bruce New-
t) emo .rats—held-their-annual-general
• meeting at,the. Boy Scout Hall in Kincar-
dine. David Ramsay, MPP•fron! Teniiskam-
ing, farnmer and NDP Agriculture Critic
spoke on theproblems facing farmers and
• the need.for long term solutions which dealt,
with farm prices and commodity supplies.
"Bandaid solutions won't solve .the pro-
blenis though they u)ay buy snide tinsel'.
said Mr. lianisay.
I. allowing Mrltarnsay's-speech-a-lively
discussion developed on the topics Of :supply
management and farm aid, Concerns were
expressed,that far'rners whose only- income
came from their farm were at greater risk
.council setting aside 26 square kilometres of
land around the ('ave and Basin Hotsprings
in Banff, Alberta for the i` sanitary
advantage tri the_public".
At the tune. Macdonald's move was
eonsi(lered' progressive: only two national
parks existed in the World, one in Australia
and another in the United States, But his
boldness was to pay off ; today Canada is at
the forefront in national park development.
The first park's beginnings were
contentious ones. The Cave and Basin
Hotsprings were diseovered in an era when
people -believed -them -to -have -pow erf
mul
.e(licinal ° properties, In 1883, two
'employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
William McCardell and Frank McCabe
stumbled across the. springs while climbing
the=slopes=of Terrace- (renamed=Sulphur)
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While the embers present recognized that
financial _pressures have furred many
farmers to.takc off faro) jobs there was a
feeling; that0 tarn) ought lube able to pro-
vide.
vide. a living for the family on it. it was a15(1
._felt that off farm income created an unfair
=.advantage for people who hadgood jobs and =
shouldn't be competing with those trying to
make a living from their farm. •
Y. After considerable' debate ..the Huron -
Bruce Riding passed the following motion,
.-1 he Huron Br uce-N1)1'-Agriculture-Uritis,
.f)avtcl Ramsay, continue to expltore:ways to
ensure thee? the support' which agriculture
• receives from government benefits family'
• fauns whose. labia. i5 primarily invested in
• than ftirmers who had secure off fa.lobs.-
the farm."
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Mountain. McCabe and Mccardell were
quick to recognize the springs' potential as a
site on which to build a profitable resort.
Unfortunately for McCabend McCardell,
so did a lot of -other people. By 1885, several
interested Parties had laid claim to the
springs, in some cases only because they
had built -a dwelling or blazed a trail in the
nearby a inity.
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11 an ettorl ro r
control over the developt of -the park
area. The federal `gove ent built
bathhouses to accommodate ers and in
1904 a larger pool was excavated at the
Basin. = Most_ of the= present structure was
completed in -1914, with additions made in
1936 and 1954.. Parks Canada has since
rebuilt the swimming pool and returned.the
buildings, to their 1914 appearance in
celebration of this year's centennial.
Over the years the Canadian Pacific
di pone the 1885 which
signed aside'the the arean- Railway f CPR) also played a major role in
e.vu, ring ir 1885 which set area ment. Fora while,
ark's develothe
ii,:aaedir►tely surrounding the hotsprings as the P PB
k effoctrvely thwarting any only way to, reach the park was by CR
a puuuC par ,
1lrivate a4weiopmen boarded CPR 'tally ho'wagons anal.
McCardell and. the other interested parties to CPR lodgings such as the
were not forgotten. After considering 'the proceeded
evidence, the government awarded them beautiful Banff Springs Hotel. The CPR ex.:
fiinancial compensation for the time- and eo':utive must have rejoiced to learn of the
money they had already spent t i developing-oPPortunities-presented-tb them -by -the,
thepark sfoundi
tschemes:ButMcCabe, train.= From- the =train -station -visito
I spring's: By1902, !hepark had been expanded to
In 1887, the park - was enlarged and§ P
renamed, Rocky' Mountain National Park. meet increased visitor traffic demands. The
F:xpansion=gave the_government= greater_ new boundaries included many outstanding
scenic -areas,=among them=Lake -Louise, a
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53 West St., Goderich.
glacier -fed lake nestled among the snow-
capped peaks of the continental divide.
- The .park boundaries were to continue to ,.
change, depending on the g4vernrnerit in
power, until -1930 -when -the National.Parks-
Act brought the park to its present size of
°6641 square kilometres and renamed it
Banff National Park.
The .creation of Canada's first national
park was followed= by=othersIn=Ontario,
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park was
estabiished in 1994, Point Pelee National
Park in 1918, Georgian Bay Islands National
Parkin 19.29, and Pukaskwa National Park
in 1983.
As the parks system grew, its mandate
became riiore defined. Under'the auspices of
-'Environment Canada, . Parks Canada was
charged _with =the= responsibility of =w=
preserving special' places so as to leave
them,unimpaired for the• enjoyment, of
future generations. ,The term -special
places" includes not only national parks, but 3
-national-historic-parks -and-sites_such -as -:—
Kingston's Bellevue House orFort George
at, Niagara -on -the -Lake. By . the 1970's
hritage ;canals were also added. to the
' national parks system. In Ontario, the ,
=Rideau C'anal,=the_Trent-Severn =Waterway
and the,Sault Canal have been dedicated
primarily for the enjoyment of recreation'
In the 100 years since the creation of a
national.park'at.the.hotsprings.in.Bhnff,.the
national parks'systeni has grown to include
31 national parks and., 73 national historic.
parks, sites and heritage canals across the
country thereby .establishing Canada as a
world, leader= in- heritage = and =wilderness
conservation.
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