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April 28/7'e
In continued efforts to save
the Clinton Public Hospital,
the Administrator of the hospital,
medical staff, the Chairman of
the Hospital Board and other
members of the Board, business
Jottings by Jack - from Queen's Park
Problems with the drain loans
at $13 million. The Minister
that a letter was being dire
to all municipalities in the
vince asking them what they
committed and what they
not at this point in time.
1 further asked the Mini
that because of the budget
taints the manufacturer of
tile and the drainage contra
night well have to take fore
action with the farmers pla
them in a position to eit
borrow from the bank at hig
ates of interest, assuming t
ad sufficient credit worthin
o do so, or remortgage t
ssets to obtain money to
oth the contractor and the
upplier.
The Minister said that nobody
especially him, wants to create
undue hardships for the agri-
culture community. Some of the
municipalities, he said, have
overcommitted and some have
not committed their" total alloca-
tion and when all the facts and
figures are put together the whole
situation can be assessed and
an equitable basis can be worked
out within the means they had.
Ontario may start issuing
driver's licences which carry a
picture of the driver, according
to the Minister of Transpor-
tation and Communications, who
has been considering such a
scheme for sometime. He has
ordered his officials to speed up
their investigation of the sc-
heme's implications following
this week's report on the pro-
blems of alcohol abuse among
young people, which recommend-
ed the legal drinking age be
raised from 18 to 19 years of
age and young drivers should
be required to carry identification
cards. Both Opposition Leaders
indicated that they are concerned
that ID cards for young drinkers
may infringe on the civil rights
of young people.
Anyone selling meat for human
consumption from animals which
died from causes other than
slaughtering will be subject
to suspension or revocation of
his licence to collect and process
such animals. This new rule
art of a bill passed by the
ario Legislature, which
rding to the Minister of
iculture tightens up protec-
'at present afforded under the
d Animal Disposal Act.
ntario was made "a laughing
k" in Ottawa by refuting
obsolete federal government
osal for a guaranteed annual
me plan, Liberal Leader
rt Smith said ; • the Legi-
re when he asked the
ster of Community and Social
ices why he had not advised
Treasurer of the new federal
said proposal' in advance of Ontario's
cted April 1st presentation. The
Pro- Treasurer had told a meeting of
have finance ministers that Ontario
have estimated the plan would have
cost almost three times the
ster $1.1 billion estimated by Ottawa.
res- The Minister of Community and
the Social Services said the most
ctor recent federal proposal' introduc-
eful ed in February had not been un-
cing iversally accepted by the Pro -
her vinces.
her Albert Roy, Liberal M.P.P.
hey (Ottawa East) called attention
ess to the fact that former MPPs
heir now employed on various pro -
pay vincial boards and commissions
should not be allowed to collect
government pension, the amount
depending on the length of' time
served in the House, and some
firmer Members receive up to
340,000 a year for sitting on
various boards and commissions.
The Minister of Government
Services told the House she. will
investigate the situation and
report back to the Members.
The Minister of Colleges and
Universities said in the Legi-
slature that there is a gap be-
tween school and work which
is not bridged, and he feels
that industrial training needs
in Ontario are not being met.
As a first step he is appointing a
new Industrial Training Council
to advise the Government and he
r
people of the Town, and I nlet h
with the Acting Minister of 't
Health, Dr. Bette Stephenson a
this week. b
With due respect we had a I s
very good hearing as we met
with the Acting Minister from
4 o'clock to 6 o'clock. We em-
phasized the economic impact
the closing of the hospital would
have on the community as it
was the largest employer in
Clinton, and that the closing of
the hospital could quite conceiv-
ably lead to the disintegration
of the community. This is evident
from the number of hones that
have gone up for sale since the
announced closing.
Failing our efforts to keep the
hospital as an active treatment
facility we asked the Minister
to define the extent of the am-
bulatory services.
The Minister went into sonic
detail on this particular matter
with the medical staff who had
private conversation with her,
and to the remainder of the dele-
gation she expressed her sym-
pathies and indicated that she
would have further discussions
with the Minister of Health,
Frank Miller.
I was prompted to direct
a question to the Minister of
Agriculture and Food this week
because of the situation farmers
found themselves in, in view of
the restriction in the availability
of money for farm drainage loans.
I asked the Honourable Bill
Newman whether he could advise
how the townships are expected
to live up to their commitment,
not knowing that there were
going to be restrictions when they
approved the loan applications
and could he advise how the
farmers are expected to pay for
the tile already installed on the
strength of the fact that the loan
would be corning through the
Tow nship.
Mr. Newman replied that the
allocation of the budget is now
$13 million which is approxi -
is p
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mately the same as it was last Stua
year. It's gone up from $4.5 slatu
million about three years ago and Mini
because of constraints within Sery
the Ministry this year it was held the
Easter Se
help
crippled children
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How about a facelift for c , -
that old chesterfield
wants the council to study some commendations of a task force
of the more controversial re- on industrial training.
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