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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-10-27, Page 14PAGE 14 ---GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1982 Developmentally handicapped will BY JACK RIDDELL, MPP During the next five years, six Ontario centres for the developmentally han- dicapped are slated to be closed, at a net saving of $23.7 million, according to a document prepared for the QUEEN'S PARK • Cabinet by the Minister of Community and Social Services, Frank Drea. The closures, combined with a reduction in beds at another centre, would eliminate 989 beds, and 1,163 staff positions. More of Ontario's developmentally han- dicapped are to be cared for in the community under the five year plan outlined in the document. , Responding to questions in the Legislature, the Minister said that the closing of the institutions for the developmentally han- dicapped is a continuation of the de -institutionalization policy of his ministry which started six and a half years ago. More than 3,800 developmentally han- dicapped people have been placed in a community setting from an institutional environment. In the next four or five years the ministry intends to place another 924 people most of them adults who have been trained to live in a community setting while being in an institution. The Minister indicated that the Association for the Mentally Retarded is wholeheartedly in 'support of •de - institutionalizing develop- mentally. handicapped people. I asked the Minister what plans he had for the han- dicapped people in the Bluewater Centre in Goderich who were unable and unprepared at this time to live in a community KISS -514 LBS. • GOO. .BYE. You could lose 5 to 14 lbs. in the next 2 weeks. And that's not just lip service. The No Nonsense Diet is a quick, convenient way to lose weight... Successfully. And it's been used by thousands of people. What's more, it'S 'safe. 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In the brief, the union accused the government of adopting a policy which will lead to economic collapse, charging that through controls the governmenthas "signalled a depression -era economic policy framework which will lead not to recovery, but to the Davis Depression". It was noted by the union that the government's restraint bill will hit the union's lowest -paid mem- bers the hardest, that the average • clerk or stenographer will lose more than$1,000 in /wages next year, comPaped with the increase that would have been received under a signed contract. The Liberals • supported the bill on second reading, with the insistance that it be sent to committee so that amendments could be made to make the bill more fair andequaable: • W.J.:Denomnie FLOWER SHOO Phone 5244132 DAY OR NIGHT Agent for 24 hr. - FILM DEVELOPING. • \ e transferred to small York South By-election James Bradley, Liberal Member for St. Catharines, has charged the President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation with taking the Federation in a new and damaging direction by aligning it with the New Democratic Party through his letter of en- dorsement of the NDP in the York South by-election. "The OSSTF has", he said "earned a fine reputation as a well-informed, influential organization dedicated to the welfare of its membership and to the promotion of quality in education....By urging members of the OSSTF, in his capacity as President, .to support and vote for the NDP candidate in York South, Mr. Buchanan has clearly departed from that tradition and has quite • obviously affiliated the Federation with a political party ... By injecting par- tisanship into his role as President, Mr. Buchanan has set back the Consultative process many years and has failed to represent those OSSTF Members whose politcal philosophy and principles are in adamant opposition to those of the NDP". BM 127 Protest Demonstrators, waving placards and chanting slogans, stood in the ram at Queen's Park to demand the withdrawal of the provincial government's Bill 127. The Bill, which was introduced in the Ontario Legislature' last May, would force teachers into Metro -wide bargaining on wages and determine the staffing formulae on ' the number of teachers which •,each of Metro's six local boards of education can hire. • Subsequently, the Minister 'of Education withdrew proposals which would have . unposed tighter ..controls on . school boards' spending on.. • teachers. Although Dr. • Stephenson did not agree • that the proposed amend- ments would force the Toronto Board of Education to fire 47 teachers and cancel • some classes, the Minister • said she wanted to be sen- sitive to fears. Battered Wives During the Aurither, a legislative . subdOlmnittee held hearings on wife beating, 'and the sikb- committee's report is to .be presenttd to the Social Development Committee in a few days. The committee members, two of them Coniservative, want the Attorney -General, Mr. •Roy MARIA METCALFE FOR TOWN COUNCIL 1 AN CONCERNED 1 AM COMMITTED TO FAMILY CHURCH SCHOOL ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN AND THEIR EDUCATION? My Qualifications Include • Past Chairman of St. Peters Advisory Board• •Past Treasurer of St. Marys P.T. A.• •Chairman of Stratford Lay Deanery' •4 Year Resident* MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 VOTE ANNES TRUSTEE HURON/PERTH SEPARATE SCHOOL BOARD McMurtry, to take stronger action in fighting. violence against women. They cork- sider his promise to make every effort to encourage police officers to lay charges Sheila Copps (Hamilton Centre) expressed concern that many of the report's recommendations were vqgue, and stressed that it was up to the committee to highlight critical problems facing assaulted women, and to push the Attorney General into becoming a stronger leader in solving some of them. Equal Pay Not Improved Last March, the provincial r facilities government said that there was to be a plan to beef up Ontario's equal pay provisions this year. However, it now appears that the Cabinet has not studied any such proposals. The Minister of Labour, Russ Ramsay, has stated that he has a plan which would take into account skill, strength, working conditions and responsibility in deciding pay for similar jobs. Since women's groups oppose this composite test, the Minister has stated that he has put it on hold even though "we feel it would give women a better opportunity to compete with men. A man might need more strength in his job, but a woman might have greater skills." Canada Post Corporation President writes concerning Saturday mail Editor's note: Subsequent to many inquiries on the part of constituents, Huron - Middlesex MPP, Jack Rid- dell, wrote to Mr. Warren concerning the cancellation of Saturday rural mail delivery. The following reply • was offered to Mr. Riddell by Mr. Warren. Dear Mr. Riddell: Thank you for your letter of September 15, expressing your concerns over the elimination of Saturday mail delivery on rural routes. • I can assure you that before the decision was made to discontinue Satur- day mail delivery, many fac- tors were considered. I would like to explain first of all a bit of the background of this situation. Two goals that are being given top priority by the new Canada Post Corporation are the im- provement of mail service to our customers and the achievement of financial self-sufficiency. In ouref- forts to achieve these objec- tives, we must examine all areas of our operation in which savings can be made without jeopardizing the ser- vice we provide. What we are trying to do is to offer Canadians better service than we have provided in the past while still protecting our source 'of revenue. This is a delicate and very dif- ficult balance to strike. I think it is important to mention here that our ,overall national perfor- mance for first class Mail delivery is showing steady. improvement. In the first four months of 1982, the out time • delivery. was con- sistently approximately 8 percent better than for;.the same period the year before. This does not yet meet the standards we have set for the new Corporation, but it is encouraging to know that we. are moving in the right direction. TOWN OF GODERICH PUBLIC MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SEAMEN Who lost *their lives in , the Great Lakes s-t—ro 'Navember14-13:—T--'— , TIME: Friday, November 12, 1982. 3:00 p.m. PLACE: Maitland Cemetery Unknown Seaman's Plot Councillor John Doherty Chairman, Parks Committee Vote Cletus Dalton FOR E)eputy - Reeve IN Ashfield Township 1 will be proud to be of service as your Deputy -Reeve. WITH THANKS, Cletus Dalton ° Regarding the question of rural route delivery in par- ticular, our studies have shown that, on a national basis, the elimination of Saturday delivery on rural routes will result\ in an im- mediate savings of approx- imately $4 million. In addi- tion to this, we estimate that the fuel requirements of our contractors will be reduced by about 3 million litres. These savings to Canada Post will be used across the country to respond to the needs of our customers - to improve the reliability of the postal service and to minimize future rate in- creases. While the decision to move to a five-day delivery schedule on rural routes is regrettable, it is important to note that rural customers 'will receive the same number of deliveries ' that most Canadians now receive. Our urban customers receive five-day delivery now and since June 1976, some 300 rural routes have had the frequency of delivery reduced from Six to five days. Our experience has been that those customers now receiving five-day service find that this meets their basic postal needs I should also mention that in the mid-1970s, Canada Post began to have difficulty in retaining rural route contractors and in at- tracting new ones. The main reason for this was the re- quirement that they had .to work six days a week. By discontinuing Saturday ser- vice, rural delivery will be in line with letter carrier ser- vice in urban communities, and rural contractors will enjoy a two-day weekend. In locations where the delivery schedule includes a Satur- day, but is less than six days a week, delivery will be rescheduled to a weekday. The frequency of delivery will not be reduced in those cases. I hope my comments will help to convince you that Canada Post is trying to be as fair and reasonable as possible. We are committed to improving postal service and to reducing our deficit - the cost to the taxpaying public. While most of our cost-cutting will be done in- ternally, some of the measures we take will unfor- tunately have to be shared with our customers, although I can assure you that these will be kept to a minimuiTL I would ask for your understanding and support during this critical period of transition, confident that the service we all deserve will result. Yours sincerely, R. Michael Warren President Emergency info Would you know what to do in an emergency? The In- dustrial Accident Prevention Association urges everyone to be prepared for prompt action in case of an accident. So check to be sure you know how to cope in an emergency. If you're phon- ing for help, these- are 'four points to remember: . Tell where it happened. Give street number and name of street. Repeat it. Tell what has happened. Is your house on fire? Has your furnace exploded? Has so- meone had a heart attack? Tell what kind of help is -needed. 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