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lids and always throw .the HOW •MANY. MORE
cans down on Miff side. Last MILLIONS (OR BILLIONS)"
. Week they threw our piastre •has it spent on the' airlines,
garbage can down on its side airports,. MirabeL, and
and broke,thehandle. P' oke 'ngl!!) he as 3.0r 4' •
The consultation with local
essicials will surely prevent
any further, ascu�s�.tions that
your government'"has acted in
an arbitrary 'and unilateral
fashion
Respectfully,
Paul Carroll -
Chairman
Committee of
Concerned' Citizens
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C,UI.al;ftICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURr. AY,.•E'
closing 'a controversial
felt like the dirtiest dirt and
had really brol en` both my ' •
Parents. . "I'll, Change;' I
swore to myself, and wouldn't
go !sear`` that ever main..
Never snore.
I thought of all the'parents.
who didn't:.know what their
kids got into on weekends;
They probably would never
; an e: dream• of half the stuff kids do '
these"days:.I was.` lad m
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Def>nstely would think the. be an cc. The Hon. Ste n L •^ Close t onemonth...a• o
Y )she ew,is• � g
•• arnts had found`out.
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.r= ..Pea.. er, thes.e• mg'tter&., are
- .always difficult,wheiever a
•go.vernment'Or a ministry is'
endeavouring • .to effect
economies; and this is truein
the health field as .well as'eny
other,;'th•ere is no question
that it causes•; some
ficul.ties. I have . had some
'representation made to me
from peo.ple—1 think can,
say in Goderich although they
may. be just.,,�outside of
Goderich—related . to this
'mat-t-er. I would ,not want to -
,'hold out any hope there would
be' a change in decision` or
policy, but . these represen--
tations ,have been made . to
me
Jack Riddell.: A sup-.
plei•nentary: Is .the Premier
aware that. 10 or 12 years ago
this g- overnment stood for
equality,. of op-
portunity—whether we are
talking .in terms of medical
health care . or
education—And that the .
• closing of .this hospital is
setting rural 'Q-nt.anio--back
another 10 or 12 years? Why
Were . these hospitals built in.
, the first place,? :.,,
• Hon. • Mr. Davis.• •-Mr.
Speaker, I can certainly
answer the first part of that
question. -.-does this. gover-
n-ment believe in equality and
opportunity:. The answer to
that is, very simply:,, yes.
Mrs. ' Margaret Campbell:
For whom?
Mr. Lewis: A.' . uestion of.
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the Minister''o1' Health' if I.
-#crops, eskvle .getw.sord-414c- :�> r J y
" iflTl�e"`at"efUl �C7tth .5tsr° Y . L -ceder st,he.p• o5itiam- �- ' _..i•anuary
"'� pP H'r'_".--'-�••„"f�lt " rot�t�► anal°•e-ven ••----. t,_..,_ -.I,. �1r e r avi
't' s fro O S
garbage:'cans, .becaa4§e: • theyei izen ay, om wen; Sound ;Stuart, Smith; Leader of of Ontarjo Wag hopping ad jS k
b'. 2 the,' wanted to. die:. D rein it. PA $m.
break.'easll in the whiter rf. to Tororlto..,.Where,.are ,the Liber' •l Party i a
Y to , �� a.. a ty of Ontarisj; •The ati .wa • . ! n ebate:'over the.,cutback
thrown dow lin their si promised trains... • = H .. . F Y of
n .°des OS rank Miller,,,Minister , .psychiatric services in
• J sthow ' Come •on,..fellow citizens - .sof . ,. x G: '
u .much<is #.persona,. Health, ,.:.Goderich •
u o e a, After write .a' letter of protest to (,1tUrfS' - ..H' ns r'
•
s pp s d to take iter all, ` "•Q(�(i S 11 a a d, the officialecaxtl
the can even, if they ' are : $'otir M'.P.:, thee:-. Prime �. of . all.' t is officials.
s. en, ey YOUn . Z,le 111t that adin.the
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• Minister • The. -Ministerf
plastic belong to m•e'not this.
Trans ort
• Editor's Note: The :Si nal- :Ontario• :Legislature, gave a
p ,• etc. .Simply. ad•, .g: full .' ,account of . • the•
town: 'And..besides thatrI m BOOZE 1S D.ITM13 Star? -this 'Week received an
proceedings -that
paying for the service. dress to the House of Com
Editor's, Note: The unsigned •:letter from "two tJ u Thursday
ns,•Ottawa,�Ont, and mail In part, the .questions' and
following item was take seared skippers". The a'
• These garbagemen:are just .. mons,
sal, careless. Bylookingu is postage free whsle n ,� pp pair their answers were as
ael e .Parliantent is in Session.. from the Exeter • Time's- are,,GDCI students:'Although •:their
and down mystret•I sari see Remember that the wheel. Advocate High school page. the letters in this:column do Stephen Lewis: MayRask
I'm not .the-Only°one with the Since a recent Dear• Readers not have to beer the,•name.of P
above •problem: Mayor Deb v'hich,doesn.'t squeak; does, t column dealt with teenagethe letter -writers, it°is sic the Premier: How did the
"•Sl ewfelt is going to get.'a getgreased'. policy government and the -Ministry
Remember also that the •so= drinking, it. is felt the:'com that all letters to the editor of Health arrive at and justify
letter - about this .problem , . ments in the accom ari in must b•e,� si. ned . to be y
also. called big wheels in. the P y• g g the decision 'to close down -the
Surely somethin. can •• be Department of Transport are ' .article 'are interesting and . published. If the students.Goderich e P s y c h i a t r i e
done about the arbage men away up there someplace .in worthy of in:clusion'here even wish, to come into the signal Hospital. - .let me deal with
g > the ' clouds. Let's puncture though at is not strictly - a star and sign the letter they them orie'by one - without
being • .negligent .with my, those clouds"with missives of Letter to the Editor, have ,written, it will be any •advance Warning
garbage. • cans and other . published : in next_ : week's
people's too. After all they protest, and get them on the + + edition: whatsoever to the community
are my personal property!
right track once, again. And or. •tosthe staff of the hospital
I wonder how the town let us not forget, that . it was ' And what is. more; to d� it .on
• • I had a bottle f b JUL' Pl h t�
would like to reimburse me the building of the• ° ooze s eU�e e P ' the morning of. Dec: 19, with
for my garbage can!.Damage great got so tight, I couldn't see if .I Dear Editor:• the Legislature adjourning on
done to my personal country, that made Canada A putting This is an" appeal to the the evening of Dec. 18?
RAILWAYS across this ret before the dance started, and
s.
UNITED �NATION.IN' THE.. was pu mg my feet infront Hon: William Davis: M'.
property. 'This pro.ble.m or behind me. I decided to sit people -not • to ' wait for �
definitelyneeds sornethingFIRST PLACE'. "George"' to do it all. Perhaps Speeke'Il I can answer.; the
Committee for Train Travel'` ` the dance out and just, let the • last of the uestio The
done about it, in my opinion!booze ,wear' off. I sat down George" is overworked. partq . >?•
- 'Sinoerely, Roberts. Cherry. against the -.Wall a es•`about ' If you are concerned about .M'intster of Health is here and
Mrs. Greg,Potter.. Y
write
now
Dear Editor, •
Traits In earlyC June 1972 the
port ommittee: of the
245 Queen St. South,.
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Palmerston, Ontario. quarter open, but every once the health' care: situation in the first
be part delighted
f theter
in a while I was forced to rise our Province in general. andquestion.
Ph.343-2600. or 343-2437. in the Huron .County and I .can only tell the Leader of
and go to the washroom: the • Opposition that the
Unfortunately I got 'the re.:.surrounding • areas in par- pP
oo`late'and threw up allover ocular, if.vo•u would like to M• !
Open lies ter
The following .is the'letter
House of Commons in Ottawa . sent by the Committee of•
tabled in the House the
Concerned Citizens' to
following -motion. in the form..Prernier• W.iiliam Davis
of,,a recommendation. to. the . concerning. the :--announced'
G, -• closing of GPH:
Government.
This Committee (com:posetl
• , of.. a-rriajor•ity of Liberal
M,P.'s) UNANIMOUSLY' -
urged the ,Federal Governs • Honourable Sir
Ment to implement at once The undersigned com
the Coremittee s reconi.
mittee is a representative•,
rnendatioti• THATKLL-RAIL- :, group" of, citizens -Iron -1 local
PASSENGER SERVICE IN ' councils,., the medical .comm-
SOUTHWESTERN .O N= \munity and social agencies
• - I'�1*IO,:. which lia-d- been who :.I 'e-- e sed their'
totally eliminated on Nov. l;. concern regarding the fate of -
1970, BE RE -INSTATED the • Goderich: Psychiatric.
COMPLETELY, • AND ` AT ' Hospital and .other an -
ONCE, This recommendation an-
ticipated healthcare cut= -
and motion came only. after 'backs. We wish to thank, the
the• Parliamentary. Goin Premier for his Y eco,•got .to my house. We both. and consternation through
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nister of . Health had
• see , a well -considered and scheduled. a meeting.. with .
the main hall. What a mess: trustees and hospital ad
:How vulgar a taste I can't • sensibly sponsible_ policy P
, describe, and the. ens-:°. ' set in s .` platter of vital „ministrators for Dec. 19. That
importance to'us.'all -please meeting .had been. laid Miler
barrassment. find a way to support the some, period of time: 4t was'
I had a friend with'me who . not related to when, the House
had Coked' uR; the same time activities of the •Concerned.
: Citizens' Comrnittee. Just an'',
might or might not•,finisli its
hI'd:got drunk. He Olid, t come hour or twoat the Commbusiness` The had
of •
d• own off--high-unt3 ss.ro-after__.- e
th d room ielephne call==a Ed!�cation:�had laid' on a.
•of•.pssieniat :i.c'treatment had:
u.
M _on. Many Recuse .who
• were ih e�f'kect• c_
patients. in the. past had been
move�dsbat .of the'hospital's,
reducing them to roughly half'
the • inpatieot:levels they were
at previously,
We have 15 t institutions
around the provi'nce',` most of
which are very' fine hospitals,
most of,'•whigh are running
somewhere between 50 arid 50
Percent ° of their •. original
designed;cappacity, It seemed
,'that we had one .of two
elter'natjves: either we. could
cut the entire system back;
prorating a certain'number of
beds at . every hospital, in
which case a certain number
of dollar savings would be
• achieved, or we could elect to
close . one or' two- or more
hospitals totally as units and
thereby effecting many more
dollars in saving per 'bed
Closed
Many'.'of the services the
Member talked about, which
are , v-ery fine, , are not
:necessarily dependent, upona
per -son -being in the in-
stitution. The record of this
particular' hospital shows it
has a • very :active outpatient
treatment programme. The..
.alcoholism programme,
which is in limbo right now, I'
will' be -first to. admit, in terms
of need or where'it should_go,•'
is there •based ori' inpatient.
treatment: In Timmins, it is
basjcally , outpatient treats.
inert. , •
One, wcould :argue •whose
'philosophy• was better. I, am
- Trot going—to-•-get-i-n-ta-•gilt
argument. 'I think it is a
medical ,ane.' rather. than
mine., I simply say that when
we. `loo'ked at'th e- sector of :the
Province of'.Ontario we had'
four psychiatric• hospitals • irk
the southwestern region, two
of which were -very large -acrd
ob'viousl'y• we didn't •have :the
- ability ,,to close them -St.
Thomas arid .London—two ,of
then' were twins,'' and .'• they.
were Owen .Sound ,and
�U arse was: over, signature -any kind of hes similar meeting,' I guTess two
,fortunately .we weren't P da s before the .House con-
the only two there, *ho had will be •a most welcome Y„
cont:ribution..•: • . cluded,.butahatwls also:done
gotten boozed rt high.' Maybe without ='really knowing when
• I could say. fortunately since'. Thi Committee roam is at,
the House was'_gpingto finish
.. nobody felt too out'.of place Suncoast_:MaTI,-the tclep•Itone=-�---- --
There' was ` no. relationship '
except the people . Who had number is 529„6265. There is . between .the two. Aa to the
come just to. hive . a good other”"coverage of the matter Ifirst etwepart of the question;Lain
time, elsewhere iii the:local pa r
as welt as b other media. a the -7 -Minister -of Health
They Cooked at the tribe of: Y would' be delighted to answer,
us in disgust and left. quickly. ' There is so little time. This Mr. de.Lewis:By way. of
They didn't know what they Week and the next:Will be' su em is: :. as the
were missing., About ;12:30 .. most likely the most crucial ppj y
Premier been made aware, of
.a.m. me and my stoned friend °Gine to impress upon the, the .enormous -public .anger
overnment • our views
,sideration of ; the Goderich:reasonably' and politely; , but out
mittee hadheldEXTENSIVE walked insidecalmly,•. And'tb .p y the community of Goderich, < .
AND EXPENSIVE PUBLIC hospital matter'and `look my horror I foundad• .and with 'great emphasis; -Itis riot the universal ob'ec"tions of the
forward to his overnment's
enough to 'talk #mon our 1 °'
HEARINGS TN ` SOUTH- g mom 'still -'up • watching 1 , g g whole medical: profession
'WESTERN : ONTARIO in final decision with the con- television. selves whenever, we are not through Huron : county, and
sa is le wi t e Dings. o the general state of anxiety •
governments: we must 'let .over the closing. of that
them know ~hospital; .which was highly
The Concerned' Citizens regarded in . -every ' 'single
Committee 'is doingjust• that. .•
report made' by the Ministry
Do support our `efforts. -The• of Health?.. Is it passible that
matter. concerns us all. the cabinet.migfit reconsider •
Yours sincerely, • what was done, since it seems
• Elsa Hayden. as . though there won't even be
;,-ir-S' the Minister of:
• Health aware • of the•
astonishing : and almost- un-
precedented tributes paid to •
_,the: Goderich ••psychiatric'
• facility .over the. years by the
various., councils, on health.
accreditation, andthe feeling.
-tlrart-i t wa a rrro-0.1-of its' kind
throu hout ' this' province?
g m
Why: does he choose that'
facility to close do+.n,when.it
has .probably, greater corn-
munity.
alcohol and •drug
addiction adolescent • treat-
ment and geriatric facilities
than any institution , of
comparable size• perhaps i
this country?
:Y Hon. F.S. :'Miller: ' Mr.
Speaker first, 'I am aware,
yes;. and secondly, I would
suggest that one needs to read
the •tributes paid • to .other
facilities as well.
It is an excellent hospital;
that is not- the issue in the
sense of its choke. We were.
looking .around they province
realizing that oyer the past•
few years changes in the type
volvingthousands.of ordinary fidence that it will recognize My dad.' spoke first,' after
citizens, as well as municipal . the. many concerns expressed about forty. seconds' ``What
councils, county' .councils, by the Communitiesaffected. the hell' happen -ed to• you?
boards of trade, and the We wish to advise that our • .1 wondered . if' that was 'a
Government of. Ontario, • ° projected activities include question or an. exclamation. :-
This .good'Parliamentar•y the continued monitoring of ,•My•mother mumbled a few
this issue as •it develo s The
Committee found that there P `.`Oh my gods"' and ran into
was an imtriediate desire and
level -of -services provided to 'herbedroom.::•'
need for therestoPation of rail the; 160;000 citizens in• this _ . By. now my stoned friend
passenger service 'in South-
Western
outh hospital catchment areamust ` had reached the door and let
western.. Ont. What • do we continue in some form.• himself out, mumbling a
'have in.the ..way of Govern-' Further, we,readily con- ."S'leepWell" tome. •
ment;espon'se and"acti"on on .cede.that financial restraint With my father's idace in _
this motion after nearly four Fs necessary at this time..In • shock he left..the room arid.
years? Answer - A great, big order, to guarantee that the •followed my mother to the
over -sized zero: issues involved receive the bedroom. That was all.
• M'ay. we ' ask? Howe •in- fullest ' consideration, we • I. went to the bathroom arid •.
• terested and concerned is our would urge the Premier to re- looked at my bulging red eyes.
Federal Government . on - convene the• Legislature and which were getting hard to'"
(gas) conservation; reduction .subject his programme' to keep open.,VIy smelly clothes t
of air pollution,. travel safety, democratic debate in the.
economy in travel, preset.,
House prior' o to its. 'inr
•, vation of. • the ecolog•y,: pierneatation.
• preservation , of ::.valuable Finally, it is our request,.
farmland (from becoming ,' that - some mechanism be'
asphalt strips), travel safety established that will permit a•
and•'the lessening of crowded. degree of community in-
•. '•highways, and the honouring . volvernentin areas where the
'.of this, and past •com- restraint programme .rna'
:: initments??? HOW CON-
have • adverse social' ' at'
CERNED ARE WE, AS FAR,,.. econorhic effects. The
AS THATGC5ES??? • citizens of Ontario are
If, - as ' is suggested, the rational citizens and all of.us
Government subsidizes the • are prepared to swallow .any
Railways to the tune of:. ,justified 'dose of medicine'.
and. aching head didn't help (^ontinue.d'froni' page 4) That office obviously doesnot
matters. 7. ;,We suspect that the fund..._think it is overstaffed.
So -this was a good time, I is.largely overstaffed,. and the - But still there are those who •
thought. -I felt.' low,. cheap, government 'should cut' the would disagree..:. and even
and anything else' un'd •`tI`iat"'"d'ead.w,opd . from its own suspect that something .ig
category. staff." being mismanaged :when
My , parents - had::always - Certainly, the 'gelye.rnment such great numbers of people •
thought 'I went •tb dances ,to deserves this•criticism.. Mostcanna complete the job 'iii
dance, net•to get boozed out Of 'government o•fficestend to be • fiveswork days: ,__,
my mind. Tough break for Overstaffed. and in. recent But; surely
nment
them, I thought. months, there :has • been in-- • must take -a look at staffing
I wondered what 'my stoned creasing concern' among the • :needs and, asthe retailers
friend's parents would say or tapaers aout.
xybthis very suggest, cut the deadwood:
do. Some friend. thing:`
I hadn't had a good time,, I There may ,also be reason • Finally, the retailers say
to criticise the centralization 'they .believe that•'Canadians
of govern.rnept offices .... not who are genuinely unem
to mentiD. the` iriove to• put ' 'ployed should'have adequate
job hunters under adifferent .income to permit them to find
department (Manpower) ='new • e•mployment _ in a
than the jobless (UIC). There •• dignified manner. .
are these 'who still believe Most people would agree:•.
that the two go hand in hand, Bravo for the retailers. .
and• that the ;same: staff and ' They go on to say, however,
-office, facilities can and that thosewhoarevoluntarily
should accom-modate both. unemployed should be pushed
In talking with the London off the' backs of premierie
office of the. UIC recently; it • • payers and taxpayers across
was learned that a, staff of 180 C'an?da. . -
• persons. i:s working as much . I tried to get some idea of`
as two nights a week to keep `the numbers of people in our
abreast of the dirties there. own area who could be
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;•Announcement's of a civic nature are printed free of
charge in :this space in the hope that increased public ,
awarene,ss and participation wili be the result. -
Monday, Iebruary 16, Town Council 'meeting,• 7:30 _
,p•iririn the ttouncil chambers; .
Wednesday, h'ebr•uary 18, Police Commission, 12 noon
in the council chambers:
meeting that•'nothin wo, Id''
be reieased` until ether the:
mister of"'"'11ea`,Ith�4xt
Premier released 10',Whiat
business has he gotin stickling
his nose tn,it?'
M.r.. • Speaker: Order,
please.:
' Hon . Lori' 1-Iendersan. ''•
e
Sornebody . Bias "' got • to
represent them.• -
Jack Riddell Well?
Mrs.. Campbell: Well?"•
• Mr, Singer; Well? No aia-
sver: .
Mrs.. franipbel1:' It _was a
political'dec.ision then.
Mr. Speakers-. Order,
please.
Hon, F.S.. Miller: Ona point
of privilege, that -was not a
political decision. I have'
three parties against me.,
Mr. Lewis,: Can .I. 'ask the
:minister, given the
questionable saving of :•
money, the response-• in the
northeastern psychiatric
hospital =area in :Timmins_
South Porcupine, the reaction
he has had from Goderich and ...
his admission.that the. way it
was ' done was': perhaps
inappropriate, is it possible
for him to reconsider the -
situation or to provide' the ••
rationalization. document;'
Which- I gather" he has, on
which the decision was based, . :
because I have ;never . seen
communities so up in ar•ms-as.',
they are 'about.. • their ;
psychiatric hospitals?
Hon. F'.5.. Miller: Mr,
Speaker,' I. have listened
very • thought•fu.I argurne.nts
rich a a .on
Several occasions: •The --book
,isn't°Closed yet, I think the
:mernb'er heard, the Prei'nier
say a:few•moments•ago'hedid
not -want -to give- anybody.any---
hope
airy-=--
-hope that their decision would
be changed.• •
Mrs. Campbell: Nobody
has hope whoerttershere.
Hon. F.S."'..Miller. ` But.
�m promises nave' been
made to listen to a, few more'
arguments; those promises '.
will- be met and honoured i•
G-oderich. - before the decision is final:
Jaek. Riddell:Sup- Mr.: Riddell__ Did I_..._an:_:_
• #'ementary: -Could;--th-e—
P -.erstand�the • . minister
n` minister tell me 'what "..orrectly. when he said, that ,
:authority the member for. further 'arguments will be
classified as :"volu`ntarily
unemployed", And, that, as
readers, can'' imagine, is a
near 'impossible statistic . to
find. ;
But a .few -facts carne_ -to.
light.•
It would. take. a, very
Lambton : (Mr.' Henderson) listened• to, and that the
has• to take it upon hirnself to' decision is not final as yet to
disclose information to
close the • Goderich.
certain Tory repugnants. in. Psychiatric Hospital, as is the
Huron -Middlesex riding " Northeastern•HospitaI? < e'
Mr. J.M. Singer: That's a Hon. F.S. Miller: Let me
•,good"word, a•g.00d-word: say ,this, my 'decision was
Mr..' D. Moffatt:. •He's the. final—but' there.. were
leader of them... promises made to see•. some
Jack Riddell; • =about "the people •who felt •they had the
- 'closing of'thishospital when it right to be heard, individuals
was. !greeds -at a cabinet of a t'
They,will•be heard. • . •
Mr." -Lewis: A sup -
unusual 'person. in this ared to
go voluntarily on unem•
ployrnent insiiran'ce benefits...
First of all; the person would
,likely Have to quit a, job.`The
penalty, as far as.UIC berlefits
is concerned'for quitting is,six
weeks .... plus the regular two
'week waiting period .•.•. plus
as m•tich as two more weeks
before eny..actual money is'
,received. In short. �-pers•oh
would wait as much as.. 10.
week's • to colleot a maximum",
:Of $123 (present rates) for a
maximum of '51: weeks. (To
get'the new.max-imurn of.$133"`'
p•er week. the person 'would
.have to•pay into the U IC f.und•
'under the ne.w_premium rate,
for a minimum o1 O weeks.) • •
} + + .
What about the claim that a .
person; 'can. make, more
•u
money , on nemployment
than working?
Let'.s a.�,'ume `that th-e
unerepl,oyed person. 'is, a
•
woman. She's. Collecting $123 .
per week','from UIC. It 'is
entirely possible that she
could not go to 'work pay
transportation; ,baby sitters,
a housekeeper, ;buy • clothing
ni cossary-to work• and spend
• more for groceries.- and have
e"any ,Yore moneythan $123 at
the end of the week. - •
Cf that 'Woi•nan happens also.
to have a working husband,
Sher may be. much, much
further ahead to be' at hone
on "•pogey'•` inst.rati of at the
job. • • i
Cf' the' unemployed person,
however, -happens. to bc' the
Soul• breadwinner . in the
family `=.ii rnan perhaps with a
vti'ifc• who doesn't work and 0.
-:three or four children •-•$!123
fboks like a pretty 'paltry
n r presen rag any group.
amount on which to live. plementary and then I am
In this connection, •there finished. • Why, does• the
maybe reason• to_suggest.that • ministry say these kinds: 'of--
government ; Look toward things' when the 'Ministry'of
some sort of sealed System of Community and Social
benefits: by which the soul ,Services 'i's already issuing
breadwinner with dependants. press releases announcing
could collect more than other "the transfer to a mental
recipients. - •retardation resource: centre,
•••At $123 for 51 weeks, that's when the minister has '
an annual. incense of $6;273. members of his staff in -
Not an, earth shakingamount.' teieViewing,.the ein°ployees., at
At the new. rates; •it is .$6,783.the Goderich" hnspital for
Still not the grand sum some "transfers—they have a form
people say it• is, especially if calleda surplus staff -form-
you h ave,a. family to feed and and,when. . everybody knows
clothe. -And the ,benefits do' they're moving. and he con -
run out. 'sta-ntly suggests these
-glimmering hopes? Is the
• -1- + + " ,minister oris he not final in
There is one -viewpoint I his decision about Goderich? ..
encountered while wcJ,rking on . Hon.. ' F.S. Miller:. Mr. :
this column that bothered me. Speaker," what I said 'vile-
That .is the concern of some- true. _
that the greatest misuse of
the UIC benefits comes from,, -
the young people who have
come to expectit is their right
•
to have adecent living
handed to them Ori a. platter
foe very little effort en their
part. •
., A man to whom •I was
speaking.a:.fcw days .ago'put.it ;:
Council Briefs
another. way. He. said -that
today's : young people . are
Constantly 'dieting: - picking
.away like birds at the food put
before them.- ,•
"And. they. work •that. way,
too," this • old gentleman
observed. "Picky and weak."
Social workers have known
for years that children who.
are ,brought - up in homes
where welfare is a way of life,
very often' go on to he welfare
recipients thccrnselves." • It.
could he we're seeing
something 'similar to this 'in
regard to unemployment
Insurance. ti. • •
• --•The workethic seems to be
strongest. in the" older
gt'nef dtion. What will happen
when today's, youth . is the
.older gee/oration?' ation?, `i'hat : ;
worrisome thought,'
especially if 'it is• trite th9t
The Township of Grey
submitted eletter to cduncil
stating they passed a
resolution, .bppo-sing: the
closing of the Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital.
•
some young people are not as
energetic as' they could be.
In the meantime, UIC
• benefits . are •necessary and
important, to the. growth of.this great nation. There may
be room for improverrient in
the dispensation of -the funds,,
but .some of the ideas of the '
Retail Merchants Association
of Ontario just dlifi't. make
sense. I'd suggest- they go
back to tiie drawing board,
ire study the Clic' policies arid
re -think some of .their
proposals.
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