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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-07-21, Page 8. .: .r ... Page 8 -Citizens News, July 21, 1976 Jack Riddell Members of the Legislature were summoned back to an emergency session to consider legislation introduced by the Premier, that would retroactively legalize an arrangement with Ottawa, placing Provincial and Municipal employees under the control of the Federal Anti - Inflation Board. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Ontario's previous arrangement with Ottawa, passed by Cabinet Order -in -Council with- out being referred to the Legis- lature was illegal. The Liberals moved last fall to set up a Pro- vincial Anti -Inflation Board to deal with the Public Sector in Ontario, but the '-NDP opposed the motion'. As a result the Pro- vincial and Municipal workers were placed under the control of the Federal Anti -Inflation Board. The Liberal Party still believes there should be a Provincial Board but indicated in the Debate of this Emergency Legis- lature that it was too late to set one up now, as 82,673 Ontario workers have already been affect- ed by the AIB decisions as of June 25, 1976 and a great many more had been affected since then which are not tabulated yet. Of those 55,290 are in the Public Sector and the remainder obviously in the Private sector. The AIB has made decisions on 987 cases as of June 25th, 1976 of which 186 are Ontario Public :vice and 149 Ontario private sector. In other words about one third of the decisions involved Ontafro workers. The Leader of the Liberal Party, Dr. Stuart Smith, during the debate went on Legislation to legalize anti-inflation controls to say that the Federal A.I.B. has built up a whole backlog of juris- prudence. They have built up the experience, they have trained the staff. They have gained the experience that is necessary. Dr. Smith went on to say that it does not seem reasonable that we should now duplicate all that, start all over again in Ontario„ retrain everyone here, have them go through all the learning pro- cess and duplicate the whole bureaucracy at the Ontario level' at this point. It was a good idea last fall when the Federal A.I.B. was first established but it was too late now and as a result the Liberal Party supported this legislation made necessary when the Supreme Court of Canada rejected Ontario's entry into the program with an Order -In - Council last January. The NDP opposed the Bill because it opposes the Anti - Inflation policy. There , was lengthy debate on the bill but it received third reading and was proclaimed by late afternoon on Thursday. The House will be recessed for the summer months until called back this fall by the Lieutenant 'Governor or earlier if another emergency arises, such as Legislative approval to close hospitals, if the Court of Appeal rules that the Provincial Government acted illegally en- closing Clinton, Durham, e'hesley and Doctors' Hospital in Toronto. However, the closing of Doc- tors' Hospital is being recon- sidered by the Minister of Health, Frank Miller.. Mr. Miller announ- ced in the Legislature this week that the Ontario Council of Health, will take a fresh look at whether Doctors' Hospital should close. Doctors' is one of nine hospitals the Government order- ed closed last spring and one of four that has remained open following a May 10th Divisional Court ruling that the method of closing was not proper. The Government has appealed ,. the ° ruling to the Ontario, -Court of Appeal and expects a decision in September. The .move has been EVEN THE SILOS BEAR THE SCAR of a fire which destroyed Clayton Steckle's dairy barn and five calves last Monday evening. All that is left is a smoldering pile of rubbish and stone. seen by some as preparation by the Government for a fall or winter election precipitated by the hospital closing issue. Mr. Miller{indicated that if the Gover- nment loses its appeal, he wants to introduce whatever legislation is necessary to enable the Gover- nment to close the three other hospitals that had remained opened in 'Durham, Chesley and Clinton. Both Opposition Parties,have said repeatedly that thewill oppose legislation to allow the closing of these hospitals. Liberal Leader Stuart Smith said that he feels the -Government has manag- ed to get aside the thorny issue of Doctors' Hospital thus avoid- ing the loss of Toronto's ethnic vote and is preparing to fight an election on .the closing of the other three. It is my opinion that Doctors' Hospital will be finally rescued by the newly announced study but I believe that if Doctors' Hospital is saved the Government will not be able to avoid similar studies in The areas where the other three hospitals are to be closed. I can see no practical impediments to a Province - wide study. Mr. Miller indicated while the Province may eventual- ly do similar studies elsewhere none will be done in time to save the three small hospitals. The Minister of Health's inten- tion is to close them and he said himself that he feels more secure about the closing of the other three than the closing of Doctors' Hospital. Pending the decision of the Court of Appeal, I believe that the Minister will have to give the same consideration to the other hospitals which appealed the closings in the first place or come to the Legislature for approval to close the hospitals. The Opposition Parties have said repeatedly that they will oppose legislation to allow the closing of these hospitals and this of "course, could be considered as a vote of non -confidence by the Premier which would lead to an election possibly this fall. A select committee of the Ontario Legislature has been established to review Ombuds- man Arthur Maloney's report on provincial government land ac- quisition in North Pickering. The report was presented • to the Legislature by Mr. Maloney after talks between the Ombuds- man and Premier William Davis failed to produce any agree- ment. It is the first time an Ombudsman's report has reached the House, which is the final stage provided for in the legis- lation that created the office of Ombudsman. The proposal of a select com- mittee of eight members from all three parties, under the chair- manship of James Renwick (NDP Riverdale), was passed unanimously. There are three NDP, three Conservative and two Liberal members on the commit- tee. Young beans freeze best The first crop of locally grown beans for the year is ready to be picked. If you are planning to freeze them properly, say food specialists at the Ontario Food Council, Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The first criterion for good home -frozen beans is that the beans be young, tender and stringless. Dull, tough, over- developed beans will yield a dry, tough, frozen product. Remem- ber, the beans, once frozen, will not improve in quality. Prepare quickly. Beans should be picked and frozen on the same day, within a few hours if possi- ble. Wash thoroughly, remove; ends (and strings, if any). Leave the beans whole or cut into one - inch pieces. For julienne style, cut them lengthwise. • Beans must be blanched before freezing to destroy natural enzymes which cause deteriora- tion during storage. Blanching also: deepens the natural color, partially sterilizes the beans, and makes them softer for packaging. 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