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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1975
Jack's jottings
(continued from page 2)
Included with the statement
of July 11, was a report by
Ontario Hydro entitled "Long
Range Planning of the Electric
Power system." This report
is to form the basis for the exp-
ansion program of Ontario Hydrc
from It 12 to 1993. The date
for public hearings into these
plans have not yet been ann-
ounced but are to begin later
this year. At these hearings,
Hydro plans to present for disc-
ussion, a range of possible long
term power growth rates rang-
ing between 4 and 10 per cent
per annum.
While the Nanticoke to Pick-
ering transmission corridor was
extensively studied by Bruce
Howlett Incorporation, an ind-
ependent organization whose
findings were reviewed by the
Solandt Commission; this was
not the case with the Bradley
to Georgetown transmission
route.
The decision of the Provincial
Government to expand facilit-
ies at the Bruce Nuclear Power
Plant to provide hydro -electric
power to the Toronto area will
incur capital costs of many
millions of dollars, and will
necessitate numerous heavier
transmission lines across the
prime agricultural and scenic
areas of South Western Ontario.
The environmental report for
the Bradley to Georgetown
route was released by Ontario
Hydro last January. On this
case, however, Ontario Hydro
has been permitted to do their
own study without the benefit
of an independent group and
without independent public
hearings.
While the "Northern" security
route from the Bruce Station to
Milton has been approved, the
approval of the second or "Sou-
thern" 500 VK corridor to carry
power from the Bruce Station
to Kitchener is being withheld
pending review of Hydro's
long-range plans.
We in the Liberal Party are
greatly concerned and have
raised serious objections to the
fact that Ontario Hydro has
done their study in the absence
of independent consultants or
public hearings. Any route sel-
ected by Hydro will greatly
alter the lives of the people
affected. Yet the manner in
which this route was chosen is
unresponsive to the needs of
the people.
Throughout the Bradley to
Georgetown route hearings
conducted by Ontario Hydro,
the view continually expressed
by them was that the transmiss-
ion lines were being built to
service the local area and prov-
ide power specifically to the
Kitchener area which is the
closest major load centre.
Hydro has further stated that
by 1985, 2, 800 megawatts of
power would be required in the
Kitchener area from the Bruce
Generating station and 5, 600
megawatts by 1995. However,
the present projected "northern"
Bruce line make no effort to
approach the closest load centre
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International Scene
(by Raymond Cannon)
THE DOLE, AMERICAN STYLE
In case you haven't noticed
or read about it, the Americans
have a very bad recession on
their hands and, at present, it
shows no sign of getting better.
This recession has, in fact,
been compared by some to the
depression of the 1930's,
although I hesitate to go so far
as that yet. Nevertheless, it is
much worse than they have had
at any time since World War II,
and one can't blame them for
being concerned.
On thing that is hitting there
rather hard is the lack of any
national unemployment insur-
ance program such as we have
in Canada. Over there, if there
is one, it is run by the state,
not the federal government,
and the benefits vary from
state to state. Just so you can
compare it with what we have
here, I would like to tell you
a little about the American
program,
First of all, about 66 out of
the country's 96 million work
force are currently protected
by state-run unemployment
schemes. These workers are
eligible for compensation --
usually less than half -pay --for
26 weeks, to be paid out of
state funds. Payments for a
further 13 weeks, paid jointly
by state and federal govern-
ments, come into force in tunes
of high unemployment.
However, with close to five
million people drawing unempl-
oyment benefits at the beginn-
ing of 1975, many states were
already running out of money
and have asked Washington to
bail there out. At the time of
writing, four states have already
gone in the hole so much that
they are having to borrow
money to make further payment:
The average unemployment
cheque is $63. per week,
which is far less than in Canada,
This, I might point out, is the
average, not the top payment.
21 or over?
Working
full-time?
Married?
You
should have
your own
OHIP
number!
Ministry of
Health
Ontario
Hon. Frank S. Miller, Minister
Your parent's OHIP insurance no longer
includes you. So apply for your own. Don't
delay, or you could be walking into an
emergency uncovered. Consult your em-
ployer or contact your nearest OHIP Office.
The OHIP Office in your area will answer
any questions you may have.
Barrie
114 Worsley Street
726-0326
Hamilton
25 Main Street West
528-3481
Kingston
1055 Princess Street
546-3811
Kitchener
68 King Street East
745-7379
London
227 Queens Avenue
433.4561
Mississauga
55 City Centre Drive
275-2730
Ottawa
75 Albert Street
237-9190
Peterborough
311 George Street North
743-2140
SL Catharines
15 Church Street
682-6658
Toronto
2195 Yonge Street
tEglinton) 482-1111
Windsor
1427 Ouellette Avenue
258-7560
In Hawaii, it runs as high as
$72. weekly but in Mississippi,
it is only $40. All states have
a maximum benefit which in
New York is $95, a week. Even
the maximum comes nowhere
near the Canadian payments,
and the Americans, themselves,
are discovering that, especially
for higher paid workers who have
been laid off, $95, a week
doesn't go very far.
A few fortunate people are
working for companies which
have some sort of unemploy-
ment insurance program them-
selves. The car industry is a
good example of this, and the
supplementary benefits paid
here bring the unemployment
compensation up to 95% of the
normal take-home pay for
anyone laid off. It depends, of
course, how long a worker has
been with the firm, and such
payments may go on for as long
as a year. However, here, too,
money is running low and Gener-
al Motors alone handed over
$245, 000, 000. in supplement-
ary payments in the first 11
months of 1974.
Some people may say that
Canadian benefits are too gen-
erous, and this may be the case.
However, in the United States
they are in the opposite direct=
ion. In addition, Washington,
as well as the various state cap-
itals, is concerned about the
thirty million workers who have
no protection whatsoever.
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