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companies first became a
political issue when Ford
Motor Co. received $68
million from the province
and the federal gover-
nment to build an engine
plant in Windsor after the
Company had said the
plant would be built in the
United States if no
assistance were received.
In addition to the engine
plant, Ford is also
thinking of building a
casting plant in Windsor.
Dr. Smith believes that
the government must
develop a basis for
determining whether
companies are eligible
for cash incentives. He
wants assurances that
money will not
automatically "be
forked" over just because
a company comes to the
province for aid claiming
it wants to locate here.
What will prevent
existing companies from
going to the government
and threatening to sleeve
the province if similar
assistance is not offered
to them, he asked and
wanted to knew whether
cash grants will be
limited to the auto in-
dustry. Everyone should
know the rules of the
game.
The Ontario govern-
ment is to review its
spending guidelines for
royal commissions. This
week the Liberal
members questioned the
Premier about the latest
provincial auditor's
report, which showed
that one member of the
Royal Commission on
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hird and final
n
g given to new bill
by Jack Riddell
Third and final reading
has now been given to the
controversial bill on
healltb and safety in the
workplace. This
legislation had been
delayed by the govern -
Ment for some months,
following debate in
committee, when the
three parties failed to
agree upon which
categories of workers
should be covered. Six
essential principles were
proposed •by us: (1)
coverage of all non-
agricultural workers; (2)
limitation on the right to
refuse work by
policemen, firemen and
others where life or
safety of the public is in
jeopardy; (3). mandatory
health and safety com-
mittees for all industrial
work places and mines
with more than 20 em-
ployees, and health and
safety representatives
for construction sites; (4)
pre -testing of all new
substances introduced
into the workplace; (5)
recognition that em-
ployers and supervisors
may advance the taking
of every reasonable
precaution as a defence
in appropriate situations;
(6) assessment of con-
tractors on an equal basis
with other employers.
Workers are given the
right to refuse to perform
unsafe work but the
following exceptions are
specified: policemen,
firemen, workers in
correctional institutions
and training schools and
employees in health or
!eop!e
inparticul
health-related jobs.
Provision is made for
health and safety com-
mittees to be established
in all workplaces
wherever a dangerous
substance subject to
control orders is present.
Committees are also
provided for where there
are 20 or more em-
ployees, except in offices,
stores, apartment
buildings, libraries,
museums, theatres,
private clubs,
restaurants and hotels.
Under the bill the
Minister . of Labor, Dr.
Robert Elgie has the.
authority to create health
and safety committees at
any workplace.
Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith has warned the
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government that, unless
there is an established
policy with respect to
cash grants to companies
as an incentive to locate
in this province, such
grants may well create
chaos. He charged that
the government has
engaged in an "ad hoc
scramble" to provide
grants to companies who
might wish to locate here,
without providing
guidelines to government
officials who have to
decide whether the
money is legitimately
required. Stuart Smith
cited the case of the
Hayes -Dana arts Co.
Ltd. an auto parts maker,
which has been given a $1
million loan interest free
for five years toward
construction of an $8
million plant in Barrie.
About 800 jobs are ex-
pected to be created by
the plant, which is
scheduled to open next
year. The loan which is to
be repaid at 11.75 percent
starting in 1983, was
provided by the Ontario
Development Cor-
poration under the
Ontario Business
Incentives Program.
Replying in the
Legislature, the Minister
of Industry and Tourism,
Larry Grossman, said
that chaos will not be
prevented by losing
thousands of jobs to U.S.
vying for •_, industrial
development and offering
-cash incentives. His
ministry is now trying to.
develop some ground •
rules for giving grants to
industry.
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personal expenses spent
by the commission
members. The Premier
told. MPPs that royal
commissions fall into two
categories - those that
study certain things and
those that investigate
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