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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-11-25, Page 23New manager for transition Arthur Loughton, director of the Hor- ticultural Experiment Station in Simcoe, has been appointed manager of the ministry's new transition crop team. Loughton, who has been head of the Sim- coe station for 11.5 years, has been responsi- ble for the station's research program stu- dying the feasibility of different vegetable crops as alternatives to tobacco in the cen- tral Lake Erie counties. Arthur Loughton has been closely iden- tified with the increased horticultural out- put in the tobacco belt and has been involved in providing technical advice to new growers. The team, which has a three-year man- date, will act as an information unit, co- ordinating and collecting the best informa- tion available on crop options. It will assist farmers with the necessary production technology during crop planning, help the producer identify markets and assemble relevant market information. The new team — to be located in Simcoe — will include two other professional ministry staff, one from the plant industry extension service and the other from the market development section. ONTARIO FIGHTS DUTY The Ontario Government is opposing the recent decision by the U.S. to impose new trade barriers on goods entering the U.S. from Ontario and Canada. The U.S. Department of Commerce's 15 per cent countervailing duty on Canada's softwood lumber exports to the United States will affect an estimated $600 million worth of Ontario softwood lumber exports. Natural Resources Minister Vince Kerrio told members of the Legislature this deci- sion is unfair and unacceptable. "We are adamantly opposed to this unfair ruling and we will fight it with all the resources at our command." Already, both Mr. Kerrio and Industry, Trade and Technology Minister Hugh O'Neil have met with their federal and provincial counterparts, as well as Ontario forest in- dustry officials, to develop ways to reverse the U.S. decision. Also arbitrary and unacceptable is the U.S. Congressional action which saw both the House of Representatives and the Senate pass legislation. which would allow the U.S. Customs Service to charge an import surtax on all imports entering the U.S. for a period of three years. Mr. O'Neil said this latest U.S. action should be interpreted by all Canadians as nothing less than a further non -tariff protec- tionist barrier aimed at Canadian exports, and that Ontario will continue to vigorously pursue all avenues for fending off this un- justified attack on fair trade. EMPHASIS ON EDUCATION Three recently -announced programs demonstrate the importance the Liberal Government at Queen's Park places on all levels of education in Ontario. At the post secondary level, Colleges and Universities Minister Gregory Sorbara an- nounced the government will provide up to $25 million over the next three years for the University Research Incentive Fund. This fund will match each dollar invested by in- dustry or business in an approved research r:oject at an Ontario university. The fund is an improvement over the previous program which required two dollars from the private sector for every dollar provided by the crop team government. Mr. Sorbara said university based research is one of the keys to maintaining Ontario's leading role in the development of new technologies that willensure the pro- vince's continued economic growth. "On- tario, if it is to remain competitive, must develop and utilize scientific and technical expertise," he said. In order to ensure that science is a part of the educational experience of every child in every school in Ontario, Education Minister Sean Conway announced a 29 -point plan of action aimed at enhancing the teaching of science in Ontario's elementary schools. This program will have a budget of $3 million and will include a province -wide plan to provide science kits for student use, a new qualifications course for teachers of Science in Primary and Junior Education, and special workshops for principals and superintendents. To encourage more girls to participate in science, the Education Ministry will establish in inventory of On- tario women in science who will visit schools to talk with children and teachers. In a joint announcement, Mr. Conway and Mr. Sorbara said the Ontario Government will provide $20 million over the next four years to establish an access network for long distance education in Northern On- tario. The concept of the project is simple: provide residents who want to continue their secondary or post -secondary with the ac- cess resources to do so, in English or French. With this project, the Ontario Liberal Government is fulfilling a commitment it made in the Throne Speech to expand access to educational opportunities in Northern Ontario. Great Lakes continue seasonal decline The Great Lakes continued their seasonal decline at an accelerated rate through October, says Environment Canada in its monthly news release on Great Lakes water levels. "Even though precipitation over most of the Great Lakes Basin was slightly above the long-term average in October, dry weather over the drainage basin since the latter part of 1986 has meant much of the rainfall that would normally have reached the lakes has been absorbed. This, combin- ed with high evaporation rates, helped speed up the seasonal decline," said Ralph Moulton, Manager of Environment Canada's Water Level Communications Centre. The decline will continue into early next year when lake levels begin their seasonal rise. The October monthly mean levels of Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie declined to be between 48 and 67 centimetres below levels recorded a year earlier. However, they remain between 20 and 30 cm above their long-term averages. Lakes Superior and Ontario were 10 and 13 centimetres, respectively, below average, well below their levels of the same period in 1986. Assuming average supplies, Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie will remain above average levels for the next six mon- ths, although they will stay well below those recorded over a similar period a year earlier. Lake Superior is expected to remain slightly below average, while Lake Ontario's level will keep close to its long- term average levels. Even very wet conditions would not like- ly result in record high levels on any of the Great Lakes. Extremely dry weather for the forecast period would bring Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie closer to their long-term averages and would further lower Lakes Superior and Ontario. Outflow from Lake Superior continued through October at the minimum specified by its regulation plan, the same rate main- tained for the previous four months. The flow from Lake Ontario was reduced from 7,960 cubic metres per second at the beginning of October to 7,190 cubic metres per second at month's end. November outflows are expected to be about 7,080 cubic metres per second. This will be below the November average since regula- tion of that lake began in 1960. Because the risk of flooding and erosion damage along Great Lakes shorelines re- mains, Environment Canada continues to operate the Great Lakes Water Level Forecast Centre in Toronto and the Great Lakes Water Level Communications Cen- tre in Burlington. 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