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Andrew, 4. Princess Anne, 13, now
takes fourth position.
Miss Anna McDonald, . women's
editor at CKNX, has been named as
a member of the board of directors
of th'e Conference of Women of
Ontario. The Conference isan ad-
visory body, working in conjunction
with the Ontario Trade Crusade,
under the Ministry of Trade and
Development.
At .the annual meeting of the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority held at Wingham, Robert
Wenger was elected chairman by
acclamation. Alvin Smith of Turn -
berry was elected vice-chairman.
The resignations of Harley Gaunt
and Don Sallows were tendered at
the last meeting of the Wingham
Fire Department. Jack Shaw of
Wingham was accepted as a
fireman.
MARCH 1974
At Turnberry Central School, Ross
Baird from Grade 8 went from class
to class and Showed a beaver to the
students. The rodent was, caught in
Turnberry Township, weighed 45
pounds and was four feet long. The
children touched the animal's thick
fur and peculiar tail and a lot of
questions were asked.
Two new wheelchairs have been
donated to the Wingham and District
Hospital in memory of Mrs. Norma
Anderson by her husband, Wilfrid.
The wheelchairs have special
removable sides which make
moving from bed to chair or vice
versa easier.
'" Rev. R. H. Armstrong of St.
Andrew's. Presbyterian Church is a
patient in Guelph General Hospital
following a tar accident near that
city. Mrs. Armstrong was also in-
jured in the accident. She was
released from hospital on Tuesday
and it is hoped he will be able to
return to Wingham ,by the weekend.
The car was extensively damaged.
Miss_ Mary Ellen Walsh, of
Belgrave returned home last week
from the Northwest Territories,
Fort Smith, where she was doing
social work among Indian children.
Murray Wilson was named to
replace the ,late Donald Thompson
as a livestock evaluator for the
township of West Wawanosh when
members of township council held
their March meeting
Canadians know from experience
that trade brings great benefits to
all. Our country was built on it.
Foreign trade is the basis of our
current prosperity. In fact, exports
account for roughly 30 per cent of
our income and trade with the
United States; our biggest customer
by far, brings in roughly a quarter of
every dollar we earn.
For the past 50 years, Canada has
been seeking to gradually reduce
barriers to trade through bilateral
and multilateral negotiations. The
new trade agreement that has been
negotiated with the United States is
the most significant step in this
process — a process which will
ensure that trade with our major
partner will flow more freely and
securely by the end of the- 20th
century. It is an agreement designed
to prepare Canada for .the 21st
century.
The agreement will:
-Ensure our industries can grow
from their Canadian base.
-Encourage new investment in
world-class Canadian enterprise.
-Create a more stable and certain
framework for co-operative
relations between Canada aid the
United States.
--Set a bilateral precedent for
global action.
This agreement will give us im-
proved and more secure access to
the world's largest market. It will
encourage Canadian producers to
improve their competitiveness, and
give them a market large enough to
create the economies of scale and
specialization necessary to be
competitive in markets around the
world. And aboYe all., it will lead to
the creation of hundreds of
thousands of new jobs, according to
the Ecoribiinic Council of Canada.
Of fundamental importance, the
free trade agreement respects
Canada's political independence and
cultural sovereignty, Our system of
social programs, and Our regional
development policies. It preserves
theseinstitutionS and values which
define us as Canadians, and it does
so in a way that increases our ability
to maintain our way of life.
One of the best analogies I have
heard about what is being ac-
complished here was by Charlie
Mayer during his recent visit to
Huron and Bruce Counties. Charlie,
the Minister of State for Grains and
Oilseeds, referred to the
establishing of trade rules. He said
that up until now, we virtually do not
have any trading rules in
agriculture. As an example:
"Everybody knows thatNumber 99
(Wayne Gretzky) is the best hockey
player in the world and he shows it
every night when he goes out and
plays. Every time he laces on the
skates he shows the world how good
he is, and one of the reasons he is
able to do that is that he is playing a
game that has some rules."
No matter how good our product
is, we can be the best in the world,
but if we have to "keep our bulls hi a
pen in a slab fence behind the barn
because we can't get 'em out in the
international marketplace to
compete", literally it doesn't matter
how good we are, we can't compete
in a world that has no rules.
We cannot ignore actions by the
Europeans and Americans. The
vastness of that competition is more
than we could take on withoutrules.
The.only sensible thing for us to do is
to sit down and work out a deal so we
can compete with a common un-
derstanding of what the rules are.
That's essentially what we are
doing!
Ontario's future looks very good
indeed under the free trade
agreement. Right now; the
Americans sell as much to the
Province of Ontario as they do to the
country of Japan. We;, are very
important to: them. The American
market is equally as impotent t
lad: _SAA new study released by the
Ontario Treasury Department says
that Ontario's economy has, been
outproducing all its U.S. coun-
terparts, and Will continue to expand
under the .agreement. The study
indicates that free trade for Ontario
will result in lower consumer prices,
increased real incomes, a stimulant
for industry in general, a tom
petitive boost to some Canadian
industries in the U.S., and a positive
net effect for Ontario.
Despite Premier David Peterson's
allegation that free trade will hurt
the automotive industry, his own
treasury department expects the
Ontario share of North American
auto sales and . production to in-
crease in the coming years.
The main concern in the farming
communities seems to be supply
management. The question rural
members of Parliament are hearing
is: "Willour supply management
programs survive in the free trade
agreement?"
I can answer that with an
unequivocal yes! This is specifically
addressed in the agreement. It
recognizes Article 11 under the
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT) which makes
provisions for countries to impose
controls in order to protect the in-
tegrity of their supply management
systems.
This was demonstrated by the
recent announcement that the im-
portcontrol list is being amended to
include ice cream, ice cream mixes,
ice cream novelties, ice milk and
mixes, and yogurt. Also, liquid
forms of skim milk, buttermilk, and
blends of these products.
I am convinced that the free trade
agreement and the trade rulings
established will create solid op-
portunitiesfor Canada's agriculture
and export industries. The major
(concerns have been addressed.
Supply *MOtl09bA,�Aw.-... ra ■4
a=ataaea�,Ci[1Cn6 will be
maintained. The underpinnings,
including quotas, have been retained
and we retain the .right to introduce
the new supply management
systems. That is all good news for
agriculture!
Important note: The Free 'bade
Hotline numbers as printed in my
February Householder have been
changed. The hew numbers are: 1®
806-261.8527, 1,600.26782, 140467 -
country
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country. —John FKennedy
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a a . or�h keyparent coach . and
who become .appalled at the co!ntaet'
violence w lie.h Deems to have in- ' I hav+
filtrated the game. At present,, I aria : sesta tl ,
trying ,conduct a s roviace-wide Devel
+tlp�t
survey to see if there are others who help de rLsl
feel as: I do--- that a major change is �--'dere n
needed in minor hockey. players: regj -
The only plausible way I cap see to andanother Iii
do this.survey is through the:local.
papers of Ontario. Therefore, I ate
writing you to ask for your help by
carrying this accompanying letter in
your newspaper..By doing so, you
may be helping the. development of
Canada's greatest game, and
making it more fun for thousands of
children.
Please rest assured that my only
motive for this survey is to make
hockey safer and more fun for the
thousands of or children who love to
play this game.
Sincerely
Kevin Dunlop
Concerned Parent
Editor's note: Following is. Mr.
Dunlop's open letter, addressed.to
all minor hockey parents in. Ontario.
"I am writing this letter to you as
a fellow minor hockey parent and
coach, because I need your opinion
and your help. Over the past six or
seven years, I have become in-
creasingly appalled at the amount of
unnecessary violence and the use of
intimidation, tactics which seem to
have become part of minor hockey.
"I am at the point where I have
decided that, my three boys will not
be allowed to play 'OMHA' hockey
beyond the Atom level (body contact
starts at the . PeeWee.rage _ group)
unless something is done to clean up
the game.If you have had, or are
having the same thoughts, then
perhaps we can join together and
help change this great game for the
better.
"What I am proposing to you is the
elimination of body contact in all
levels of minor hockey. Tyke,
Novice, Atom, Oldthners, and most
men's recreation leagues now play
no -contact hockey and I don't think
you'd find many of them saying the
game has deteriorated _ because of
the lack of hitting. To the contrary,
most will tell you that both thespeed
of the game and the skill of the
players have increased. My per-
sonaI opinion is that a combination t
of high emotions, sometimes e
questionable coaching tactics, a e
feeling of invulnerability, and in-
consistent officiating, all combine to
present a problem with too many s
variables to allow for a quick
solution under the present format. I
re are 0,
(Major tinnier ) w
main feeding ' ground
professional -hockey..
—Less than one ' per cent I
amateur boekey playersin
will turn.prooessianal: and
only 0,1 per cent played'in the
"My point is this: over r cent.
of all amateur haokey players play'
the game for fun and recreation': It
is not a means of earning a laving! Itr
is a game! I feel we should do
whatever is necessary to keep it as
much fun as possible, and let: those -
few who' decide to make hockey a
career, learn the hitting skids from
professional coaches;
"My Main- Concerns are: 1. To
keep the game fun for:all players; 2.
To ell. to .the fear factor and
intimidation tactic, 3. To :protect
the smaller players; 4. To allow for
greater skills developmentby taking
the emphasis off hitting.
"If you are also a concerned minor
hockey parent -- whether or not you
agree with my opinion --please take
a minute of . your time and answer
the following questions. Then, mail
your reply to Kevin Dunlop, Box
1168, Bracebridge, Ontario, POB 1C).
"MY goal is-to-have12 ,000 or more
responses, compile the data, and
take the : exults ..,io__..the-- OMHA
general meeting in. June. Hopefully,
with a' united effort we can affect a
major change in time for the next
hockey season.
"Thank you all for your help"
Questionnaire
Name and address.
Number of children in minor
hockey and their ages.
Leagues — OMHA, MTHL, ODHA,
NOHA, Other?
Are you concerned about the
violence in minor hockey? Yes or No
Would you like to see body contact
eliminated from all levels of minor
hockey? Yes or No "
May I use your name on a petition
o the OMHA and other league
xecutives requesting the
limination of body contact in all
levels? Yes or No
Can you think of any other possible
olutions to this problem?
Further comments.
Kevin Dunlop
calls latest
Reader upset,
C•UPW plan outrageous
Dear Editor:
The plan by the Canadian Union of
Postal Workers to use $2 million in^
wurkerst. forced dues to campaign
against 49 MPs in the next federal
election is an outrageous affront to
democracy in Canada.
An overwhelming majority of
Canadians — including members of
unionized households — oppose the
use of forced union dues for political
purposes, polls have repeatedly
shown.
On July 4, 1986 Justice White of the
Supreme Court of Ontario ruled in
my favour when he decided that
"the use of compulsory dues for pur-
poses other than collective bargain-
ing and collective agreement ad-
ministration cannot be justified in a
free and democratic society; where
the individual objects to arch 'ase,"
I've urged federal Labour Minis-
ter Pierre Cadieux to live up to the
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And so, my fellow Americans, ask
not what your country can do for
you; ask what you can do for your
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spirit of Justice White's decision by
amending labour law without delay.
I ask your readers, if they agree
with roe, to urge him likewise. ...,
Sincerely
Mery Lavinge,
580 Brewster Street,
Haileybury, Ont.
PUC to pay
for employee's
benefit package
The Wingham Public Utilities
Commission has agreed to pay a
retiring employee's benefit package
for one year in view of his long
service.
Ken Simmons retires this May
after ahm sst 30 years with the PUC.
Even though at 64 years of age he is
taking an early retirement, the
commission will pay Mr. Sinnnons'
hospitalization and dental benefits
for one year. The premiums will
amount to approximately $600 per
year, according to Ken Saxton, PUC.
manager.
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