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ve answer?
The substantially increased budget for Huron County must
have everyone buzzing. No one likes to pay more taxes. Few
citizens enjoy forking over hard-earned dollars and cents even
for services that are generally thought to be vital and necessary.
There's something about paying taxes which irks everybody.
The County of Huron budget is a shocker. It is going to mean
people in Huron will be digging much deeper into their pockets
for county tax dollars this year... and there is little indication
that municipal taxes or educational taxes will remain static
either.
What to do?
The Warden of Huron County has a suggestion. Bill Elston
urged all county committee members to make every effort to
curtain the introduction of new services. Warden Elston feels
that it will be burden enough for Huron's people to finance the
programs already begun over the next decade or so without add-
ing to the bill by approving schemes which could be deferred.
But is that the answer?
Huron County, despite what many residents may say, is one
of the most progressive counties in the province of Ontario. In
many ways, Huron leads the pack with programs and services
for the people who live here. Yes, it has taken money and
planning to reach these pinnacles but the good life in Huron
reflects the wisdom of these costly decisions.
With the price of goods and services on all sides mounting
at a frightening pace, it is only natural that government costs
would also rise. But to rule to stand pat --remain constant and
unchanging --may be too dangerous to be frugal.
In fact, the day may be fast approaching when taxpayers
everywhere will pay a much increased portion of their income
for tax purposes simply to stay ahead --and live in the style to
which we'd like to become more accustomed,
(Goderich Signal Star)
Changes in appy vats
Responsibility for approval
of private sewage installations
such as septic tanks will be
transferred, as of April 15,
from Ontario's local health
units to the Ministry of the
Environment, the Honourable
William Newman announced.
"It is the intention of the
government to proclaim Part
VII of the Environmental Prot-
ection Act, 1971, on April 15,
bringing into force, regulations
establishing uniform provincial
standards for private sewage
disposal systems," Mr. Newman
stated. The Ministryof the
Environment will be responsible
for the inspection and control
of all systems in the province.
Mr. Newman emphasized
that these changes would have
no effect on systems already
installed and operating, but
would cover future installations.
This approval and inspection
program will be carried out in
three ways. First, where poss-
ible, it will be handled by
Ministry staff. Secondly, in
some cases, due to shortages of
trained personnel, the Ministry
will enter into agreements with
local health authorities to cont-
inue this program on its behalf.
"This will be a temporary
measure until the number of
Ministry inspectors is sufficient
to perform this service' we see
the maximum length of such
agreements being three years."
the Minister underlined.
Thirdly, in areas where there
are regional governments, Mr.
Newman outlined plans to have
the Medical Officers of Health
carry on this function until the
regional government can acq-
uire the necessary people. "It
is our intention that these insp-
ections and approvals would be
handled by the regional govern-
ments concerned," he added.
Under the new provincial stan-
dards, a certificate of approval
would be required before const-
ruction could begin on a new
private sewage disposal system,
or any building served by such
a system. After construction,
the installation would be inspec-
ted to ensure it complied with
the plans originally approved
and a use permit issued. Proc-
essing of an application would
cost $15 including inspections
and issuance of a use permit.
Also, under Part VII, and
the accompanying regulations,
will be provision for the Min-
istry to evaluate the suitability
of land proposed for subdivision
where this land would be served
by private sewage systems.
There would be a fee of $10 per
lot for this assessment and
evaluation.
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1974
International Scene
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RAYMOND CANON)
FOREIGN PRESS LOOKS AT
CANADA
I have access to a fair numb-
er of foreign newspapers includ-
ing Pravda, the official organ
of the Communist Party of Rus-
sia. It is always interesting,
therefore, to see what other
newspaper writers have to say
about us and our country.
Frankly, we are nor the most
newsworthy nation in the world
although Prime Minister Trud-
eau manages to get a better
press abroad than be does at
home. Perhaps that is because
he has had more success in his
foreign relations than he has
with his domestic policies.
Furthermore, foreign journalists
have always found him colour-
ful, more so than say, President
Nixon or other well know lead-
ers.
Right now, a great deal of
attention, mixed with humour,
is being paid to Premier Lough-
eed of Alberta who has been du-
bbed by more than one corres-
pondent as the Sheikh of Alberta
The province has also been
referred to as Canada's Kuwait,
If you don't know exactly where
Kuwait is, get a good map out
of the Guld of Persia and you
will find it, if you look care-
fully, and it will also give you
some hint as to why it is so
important.
All this has come about, of
course, because Alberta stands
to gain about two billion doll-
ars this year in oil revenues, as
a result of the recent premiers'
Boxes ready for
blue bird lovers
The Bayfield Area Bluebird
Society has constructed 450
boxes designed for bluebird
nestings during the past winter.
Now is the time to lay out the
trails. The first three pairs of
birds were sighted on the 20th
of Stanley last week.
Members of the Society are
placing boxes on Highways 8
and 21 within the boundaries
of Goderich and Stanley Town-
ships. Should the tree or post
have to be removed, it is req-
uested that local residents not-
ify the society in order that the
box may be recovered.
Each box is labelled and
numbered, and its location
neted, in order to record all
nestings and find out the most
favourable areas. Boxes are
being set out in agricultural
areas, since the bluebird likes
to range the open fields. They
are jealous of their territorial
rights, and the boxes should not
be placed much closer than
200 feet. The bluebird does
not appear to nest in woods or
in built-up areas, although the
edges of woods bordering open
fields appear to be favorable.
The society would appreciate
help from residents of Goder-
ich and Stanley Townships who
would be prepared to lay out
a dozen or more boxes in their
own area. The society will
provide the boxes and technical
advice, and would like to
have a record of the locations
selected and the resulting nest -
lags at the end of the year.
If interested people in other
than the Bayfield area are
prepared to manufacture boxes
and lay out their own trails,
directions for construction may
be obtained, and a sample box
borrowed from Harvey Mac-
Dougall, Bayfield, 565-2555;
or Philip DuBoulay, Bayfield,
565-2848.
conference in Ottawa to settle
the country's oil problem.
This is not bad for a province of
fewer than two million people
and is a real increase over the
300 million dollars that the
province got in 1972. All this
has earned Mr. Lougheed the
title of the "blue eyed Arab of
the west" and his officials at
the conference in Ottawa were
obliging enough to wear sun-
glasses as proper sheikhs ate
supposed to.
While the foreign press has
a bit of fun about Sheikh Loug-
heed, there is more envy than
humour in the articles about
the fortunate positionof our
country compared with many
other nations. We are envied for
our oil, a commodity which is
not produced in too many other
places in the world, least of
all in industrialized countries.
We are also envied for our
small population with plenty
of living space which means
that we are in the position to
grow most of what we need. We
have a high standard of living,
about the highest in the world
for that matter. There are rel-
atively few tensions here and
all this does most assuredly not
go unnoticed in the foreign
press.
Getting back to Mr. Lougheed
it has also been mentioned in
the foreign press that, because
of his success, he may well
become the next leader of the
federal Conservative party,
This is a thought shared by
more than a few Canadians who
take an active interest in polit-
ics. llowever, nobody is writ-
ing off Robert Stanfield as yet.
Charles Lynch once made the
comment that Stanfield was a
hard man to get elected but once
elected, it was impossible to
vote him out. That may well
turn out to be a very astute ob-
servation.
Right now I'm sitting back
to see what the foreign journa-
lists will say about the new land
transfer tax of 2Ca7o that the
Ontario government is levying
on property bought by non-
residents of this country. Since
foreigners have been over here
in droves buying up prime real
estate, this should make every-
body pause a bit and give the
goreign writers something else
beside Lougheed or Trudeau to
write about.
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