Zurich Citizens News, 1975-04-24, Page 2PAGE 2 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975
The bill providing for the
payment of grants to first time
home buyers in Ontario received
Third reading in the Legislature
this week. Any individual who
purchases or builds a housing
unit, which includes a mobile
home that meets prescribed
standards defined by the Can-
adian Standards Association,
in Ontario during the period
from April 8, 1975 to December
31, 1975 inclusive, is eligible
to apply for a grant providing
that the housing unit is his
principal residence. As soon as
the housing unit in Ontario is
purchased or built, an individ-
ual may apply to the Minister
of Revenue for thepayinent of
a $1, 000 grant. In each of the
two subsequent years the indiv-
idual upon the anniversary of
the date of possession, may
apply for supplementary grants
of $250. in each year. These
supplementary, grants are cond-
itional upon the individual cont-
inuing to inhabit the original
housing unit as his principal
residence. A grant will be paid
tp a person who purchases either
a new or used housing unit for
the first time. Residents living
outside of Ontario wilinot be
eligible for the grant if they
owned their own homes before
moving to Ontario.
To qualify for the grant the
applicant must be 18 years of
age or over and it must be the
first housing unit owned by the
applicant. Title in or possess-
ion of the housing unit must be
taken by the applicant during
the period of eligibility from
April 8, 1975 to December 31,
1975 inclusive. The purchase
price must be equal to the fair
market value and the applicant
or any person who holds title
with him are eligible for only
one grant in respect of any
housing unit.
Application forms inay be
requested from the Ministry of
Revenue by calling Zenith 8-
2000.
The Government has proposed
changes in the liquor regulations
for Ontario which would require
all bars, taverns and licensed
clubs to offer their patrons a
choice of at least milk, coffee
and soft drinks as well as alco-
holic beverages. The introduct-
ion of licences for recreation
clubs and new cabaret licences
is also proposed. Clubs whose
prime function is live entert-
ainment rather than the provis-
ion of food, would be permit- •
ted to sell less food than is
required at present under the
law if the proposal for a cabaret
licence is put into effect.
Another new licence is a patio
licence which would cover the
provision of alcoholic beverages
at an outdoor site adjoining
existing, already licenced in-
door premises.
For the first time applicants
for liquor licences in Ontario
willbe entitled to public hear-
ings under the new regulations
and will also be able to appeal
decisions of the Liquor Licence
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Board of Ontario to a higher
tribunal to be established by the
Government:
Two permanent advisory
committees are also to be est-
ablished, one to deal specific-
ally with problems related to
special occasion permits and
another to deal with overall
liquor policy.
This week in the Legislature
the Minister of Transportation
and Communications announced
a $436.4 million dollar prog-
ram, which includes work on
849 miles of the Province's
highways. Some $261.7 million
dollars will be spent on highway
construction in the.current year.
Funds have been made avail-
able for the resurfacing of
highway 83 from Russeldale
westerly to Highway 21 at
Brewster.
The major work in southern
Ontario involves development
of the freeway systems. Const-
aiction is continuing•on High-
way 401 east and west of Metro
Toronto, Q.E.W. in the Hamil-
ton and Niagara Falls areas,
Highway 402 east of Sarnia and
Highway 417 in the Ottawa area.
Work will start on Highway
404 in Metro Toronto and High-
way 403 west of Brantford.
Included in this year's program
are projects on the St. Thomas
Expressway in St. Thomas and
the E. C. Rowe Expressway in
Windsor and continued work on
the Hanlon Expressway in
Guelph. The costs of these
major projects are shared by the
Province of Ontario and the
concerned municipality.
The financial critic of the
Liberal Party, James Breithaupt,
of Kitchener, led off the budget
debate and strongly criticized
the Provincial Treasurer for the
budget which was brought down
on the 7th of April. He pointed
out that in this budget the
Davis Government has, for the
fourth consecutive year, under-
estimated its spending require-
ments. Last year's predicted
spending increase was 14.2%
and by the year's end this had
jumped to 20.8%. The record
in thearea of deficit financing
is equally bad and by March 31,
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added more than $3 billion
dollars to the Province's debt.
The Province's accumulated net
debt had more than doubled in
four years from 1.4 billion
dollars to $2.9 billion dollars
he continued. This year the bud;
get will go into debt by a furth-
er $1.6 billion dollars at least,
according to the Treasurer.
The Treasurer had indicated
that this budget is based on
three assumptions; early econ-
omic recovery in the United
States, agreement within Can-
ada to hold the price of gas
and oil at current levels and •
the pursuit of expansionary
policies by the Federal Govern-
ment. All very sweeping ass-
umptions based on situations
which are, to a greater or less
extent, beyond the Provincial
Government's control. At the
energy conference which took
place after the announcement
of the budget, the Premier
stated that Ontario was not in
agreement with an increase in
lheprice of oil, but it seems
impossible that this can be avoi-
ded in view of the opinions
expressed by other provincial
premiers and world-wide develoi
inerts in the energy field. Early
economic recovery in the United
States is considered unlikely
by many expert observers.
In a speech to the Brampton
Rotary Club last week, Ontario's
Labour Minister said "Society
is not completely sold on the
concept of equal pay for equal
work, " and indicated that in his
opinion, "the legislation now in
effect does as riiuch as society
is prepared. to accept." As the
Minister responsible for employ-
ment standards in the Province,
which specifically includes
ensuring that working women
of Ontario have the same pay,
the same status and the same
opportunities' as the working
inen of Ontario, his attitude
carne as a surprise to many
people. There are now some
1.2 million women in the labour
force in Qntario, 617/0 married
and 38% with children. Many
women are virtually the head of
the family, raising children on
their own and in these days of
increasing inflation, two in-
comes are not a luxury but a
necessity.
The Minister of Labour was
questioned in the House about
the statement which he had
made and in an attempt to expl-
ain what he ineant by saying
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society was not completely
sold on the concept of equal
pay for equal work, he turned
to the Bible. "Maybe its tiine"
Mr. MacBeth told the Legislat-
ure, "that I turned to the Bible,
the New Testament, I think.
You remember the parable
about the workers going into
the field? Well, there were
different rates of pay..."
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Mrs. Torn Penhale, Mrs.
Bert Faber and Mrs, Harold Pen -
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Wednesday last week and visited
Mrs. Melvin Bennett in Victoria
Hospital.
Miss Marlene Bennett and
Miss Joan Bennett of Goderich,
visited their grandparents Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Penhale one
day last week.
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