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12 of the 123 associations in tions and the integration of
Ontario.. • retarded people into the
As my •colleague Don community.
Boudria, ,Community' and By 1977, the number of
Social services Critic and I mentally retarded people in
pointed out at the time of the
announcement, although our
Party supports the principle,
of deinstitutionalization,
resources must be available
to. support thcr people who
leave institutions. The
Minister, Mr. Frank Drea,
announced that nearly 1,000
institutional beds would be
emptied, and• indicated that
some 1,000 community beds
BY JACKItIIDDELL, would be provided.
iVIPP However, no mention was
At the, end of October 1982 made of the hundreds of peo-
the Minister of Community ple on waiting lists.
and Social.Sekvices announc-
It's interesting to consider
ed that six facilities. for the the Minister's announce -
mentally retarded would be ment of October 1982 against
•closed over the next five chronological developments
years. The planned schedule on this question over the past
was as follows: decade or more. '
.1983/4 the St. Lawrence In 1971, the government -
Regional Centre, Brockville. commissioned Williston
.1984/5 Bluewater Centre in Report advocated the move
Goderich ment of mentally retarded
•1984/5 S T A R T Centre St. people into community
A mail canvass for the March of Dimes began in Goderich
on Monday and these ladies spent last week preparing the
3600 letters which were sent out for the second year hi a
row. Left to right, they are Pat Dockstader, Shirley
Baechler, Ellen Connelly (campaign chairman), Pat
Spence and Mary Ann Dempsey. Absent for photo were
Connie Connelly and Sue Gower. (Photo by Joanne
Buchanan)
Evangelists visit Huronview residents
On Friday Lionel Reeves, old time music, then the, finalists and Grace was the Angus Alexander Ross from
his wife Iris (Evangelists place to be was in the new winner. Lucknow who has come to
from Lucknow) and Mr. auditorium Monday af-
We warmly welcome Mr. live at Huronview.
Norman Hoy of Goderich ternoon., Warren. Whitmore;
visited Huronview. They Wilson McCartney, Stan C1, celebrate
conducted a service of Hillen, Ray Cantelon, i �/A/ 111.7
worship in song and music. Stewart > McCaul, Bill
The attendance was small Marshall, Jim Ruddick with 75th birtlicla.y• and in future evenings it is Gladys VanEgmond at thehoped more redents will Piano entertained the
come to hear the music and residents. Several old time Vera ( Mrs. Harold William Desjardins and wife
favorites with' a fast moving Larder)' of Goderich and Nancy and Robert Desjiar-
song of these two fine people.
Mr. Reeves, with guitar pauecl ere played by the Verna (Mrs. Wilfred dins and wife Barbara; one
accompaniment, sang -
Glazier) of Clinton were 75 granddaughter, Vera and
on January
duets with his wife. Mrs. VanEgmond played 10. In honor of husband John Kelly; also
Mrs. Reeves sang two solos. several accordion .solos. the was held occasion, a family
Christmas.Evenner ivela, Richve ard andh1Vlidren,
Elsie Henderson played Special Care friends met
ehael
the piano for the song Tuesday afternoon for . a " the MacKay Centre in Desjardins and Nicole and
worship and Sarah Carter - social hour. Peg Coombs Goderich. Vera Kelly had Renee Kelly.
repeated the 23rd Psalm. from'Seaforth was the holder the hall decorated with a Verna has two daughters
Each Friday evening at 6:30 of the winning ticket on the large 75t1) happy birthday and sons-in-law, Clayton and
p.m. in the new auditorium painting. This lovely picture sign and la birthday cake, Ruth Hodgins of Clinton and
the Reeves .family will be was the work of Grace Peck deign. a ycSSherry Potablest a, Rick and
ndgIvathreee Newman of
here for a worship in song and donated by her to the gs
andanusic. Residents' Council. The cake depicted two ladies and sons, Nick Hodgins and wife
Sunday morning church draw took place at the New conveyed happy 75th Karen, Kim Hodgins and
service was held in the Year's Party: , greetings. wife Barbara and Timothy
chapel with Reverend Wednesday afternoon a, Gifts
f is wtu ere
openedand
was d an daughters, Sherry agr grand-
-
Pick in charge. The . spelling match turned out to unp
hus
flowers in the sanctuary • be a lot of fun. Mary Van by the great-grandchildren. With Pete Postma and
were placed there through lamp acted as commentator Vera has one daughter and Shawn Newman; also four
the kindness of Sarah Carter . and really put the power of, Eugenia Desjardins Clement
a od grea and randchi dretma and
An-
and Margaret McQueen. ' thinking to use. Mdrk Sproat
' ' If you like the rhythm of and Grace Peck • were the Goderich; two ..grandsons, Jennifer and Jamie Hodgins.
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Thomas oriented residences, a pro -
.1985/6 Pine Ridges Centre, cess commonly referred to
Aurora as "deinstitutionalization".
The Minister of Health at
•1985/6 . D'Arcy Place
Cobourg ' that time, responded to the
•1986/7 Durham Regional Report by promising that the
Centre, Whitby. 11,300 people in large in -
None of the six local stitutions would be reduced
associations for the mentally by 60 per cent by 1976.
retarded in the areas af- Two years later, in 1973, a
fected were consulted ahead new policy focus was an -
of time or even warned of pounced by the Ministry of
the Ministry's plans Nor Health which led to the
was the Ontario Association transfer of government ser -
for the Mentally Retarded vices for the mentally
contacted in the planning retarded to the Ministry of
stages. In fct, the Associa- Community and Social Ser -
tion was nit notified until vices.
after the information was In 1974, legislation passed trying, in vain, for weeks to
leaked to the press. included 'The Homes for arrange such meetings, and
Retarded Persons Act, The referred to the Minister as
Local associations reacted
rapidly to the news. Mere Day Nurseries Act, and The acting like Pontius Pilate
Vocational Rehabilitation and washing his hands of the
hours after the announce- Act. The Development Ser- responsibility, leaving it to
ment, the St. Thomas vices Act was, drafted, allow- his senior staff.
Association passed a motion Ing for the provision of'new Doig Boudria, Sheila Copps
opposing the Ministry's plan services in the community and I will be touring the cen-
until "proper consultation for the mentally retarded. tres on the Minister's list on
and clarification" had taken However; in 1976 the January 19 and 20,; in an at -
place. It was not only a quer- Ministry of Community and • tempt to gather further in -
tion of the associations being Social Services announced formation. Discussions will
angered about the lack of severe cut cks in programs be held with staff and local
consultation. There wasa
for comm city -based opera-, community groups. ,
very real fear that there
would be inadequate alloca-
tion of resources ,for the
creation of ' community
residences. It was revealed,
moreover, that 623 mentally
retarded ,people were
already on waiting lists for
institutions was 7,191 a
decrease of 36.4 per cent
from 1971, 23.6 per cent
below the level anticipated.
In 1981, the Ministry of
Community and Social Ser-
vices submitted to the On-
tario Cabinet a multi-year
plan' for eontiaittnity based
services in response; to conti-
Anuing demands for service.
$66 million in funding was re-
quested, over a .three year
period, and there was no pro-
vision for the closure of
facilities. The Cabinet ap-
proved $10 million for one
year.
Opposition Members have
challenged the government
on the October 1982 an-
nouncement on a number of
occasions.
For example, on
November 23, I referred to
the decision to close six cen-
tres as "ill-advised", asking
the Provincial Secretary for
Social Development how she
could, "in all conscience"
reconcile the fact that only a
year prior to the announce-
ment the Minister Frank
Drea, on touring the
Bluewater Centre, called the
facilities excellent, assured
parents of residents that
care would, continue, and
congratulated the staff on
their wonderful work. I also
requested that .the Provin-
cial Secretary impress upon
the Minister the need for him
to meet with municipal coun-
cils and others who had been
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