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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 197b
Jottings
by
Jack
from
Queens Park
"Law and the Woman in Ont-
ario" an authoritative question '
and answer guide to women's
rights and responsibilities under
Ontario Law was published by the
Ministry of Labour's Women's
Bureau. This 47 page guide is
a revised and widel};, expanded
version of the booklet "Law and
the Woman in Ontario, " and
covers aspects of law of concern
to women, such as the law and
the consumer, sex, political
rights, labour law, welfare,
property, marriage, legal aid
and law reform. This booklet
presents a more comprehensive
outline of the law than any
previous publication of the Bureai
and includes a list of other use-
ful sources of information. How-
ever, it is no substitute for prof-
essional counsel.
This revised booklet through
the question and answer format
covers the important aspects of
birth control, sterilization,
abortion, artificial insemination
and rape.
Another section in the booklet
covers welfare. Under this gen-
eral heading, there is informat-
ion on family benefits, general
welfare assistance, special aid
and supplementary aid. The
sections on property rights and
labour law have been consider-
ably expanded. The position of
married women and ownership
of property are covered. The
section on pregnancy leave has
been widely revised, and income
tax considerations have been
included for the first time. Und-
er labour law wide coverage is
also given to such subjects as
discrimination, minimum wage
laws, hours of work, termination
of employment and child care.
Consumer rights are outlined
under law and the consumer,
with sections on contracts, cred-
it and bankruptcies and debts.
There is also a more detailed
section on support, which incl-
udes use of credit, debts and
duty to support.
Annulment, separation and
divorce are covered under dis-
solution of marriage.
The four major sections of the
booklet, labour law, support,
property and dissolution of marr-
iage will be available separately
later in leaflet form.
When the Guaranteed Annual
Income System was instroduced
in Ontario last year, disabled,
aged and blind citizens began
receiving much higher allowance;•
VILLAGE OF ZURICH
PU.UC N +TIC
RE: PROPOSED STOPPING .UP ,CLOSING
AND CONVEYANCE OF PART OF EAST
STREET, ZURICH
Notice is hereby given pursuant of Section 446 of The
Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1970, c.284 that the council of
the Corporation of the Village of Zurich proposes to pass
a by-law:
1. To stop up part of East Street designated as Part
of Lot 20, Concession 10, formerly in the Township
of Hay, now in the Village of Zurich.
2, To authorize the conveyance of the freehold of the
stopped up Highway to R.J.T. Holdi':s, Inc. to
the Village of Zurich of the streets laid out in a
Plan of Subdivision of lands abutting the stopped
up part of East Street.
The proposed plan, by-law and description showing the
lands affected may be seen in my office at Village Hall,
Zurich, Ontario.
On the 30th day of June, 1975, at 8 p.m. in the Council
Clambers, Village Hall, the council of the Corporation
of the Village of Zurich will hear, in person, or by counsel,
solicitor or agent, any person who claims his lands will be
prejudicially affected by the said by-law and who applies
to be heard.
Any such person who wishes to be heard should, as soon
as possible, make application to:
Mrs. E.A, Oke,
Village Clerk,
Village Hall,
ZURICH, Ontario.
Dated at Zurich, this 28th day of May A, D„ 1975
E.A. Oke, Village Clerk,
Village Hall,
Zurich, Ontario.
than their Permanently Unempl-
oyed counterparts (prior, to the
introduction of GAINS the allow-
ances were equal,) Consequently
the Ministry of Community and
Social Services was deluged with
requests to reassess permanently
unemployable benefit recipients
as disabled.
The Ministry sent out a form
letter to recipients of benefits
in the Permanently Unemplor
able category, informing them
that cases were being reviewed
and that "in order to complete
the review our Medical Advisory
Board requires tap to date reports.
We have enclosed a medical
form to be completed by your
doctor and return to us." As a
result of the review, some 50/0
of the 10, 000 people in the
Permanently Unemployable
category have been reclassified
as disabled. However, the Min-
istry is refusing to pay the
doctors for the medical examin-
ations which were carried out
as part of the government review,
OHIP has also refused to pay
these bills.
The Minister of the Environ-
ment has announced that the
government is moving ahead with
the program to rid the country-
side of some 400, 000 abandoned
and rusting vehicles. It is hoped
that the programme will event-
ually pay for itself in 16 areas
of the Province, because munic-
ipalities are to collect the ab-
andoned vehicles, tow them to
existing recycling plants or new
ones to be built, and keep what-
ever money they are paid for the
vehicles. Revenues should ev-
entually reduce or eliminate the
provincial subsidy for the prog-
ram. In cases where the munic-
ipalities concerned are reluctant
to participate in the program,
the Ministry will buy land,
collect and hulks and sell thein.
In a brief to the Government
of Ontario, the Ontario Federat-
ion of Labour is demanding an
immediate start to a massive
provincial housing program.
The Federation states that housing
is now out of reach for "thous-
ands upon thousands" of citizens
in the Province, and charges
that the governments Ministry
of Housing has produced more
announcements and publicity
hand-outs than houses over the
past year.
The brief blames "land spec-
ulation, usury in terms of high
interest rates, political buck
passing, lack of planning and
ages of neglect by all levels of
government." The federation
also urges the government to
remove the tax on hornes owned
by pensioners and provide them
with supplemental shelter allow-
ances,
People on fixed incomes,
pensions, disability allowances
and welfare, have had their
incomes so eroded by rising
prices that even doubling their
present income will barely permi
them to live suitably, said the
brief.
"Equal pay for work of equal
value" was also called for by
the Federation's brief, and this
should be legislated and enforc-
ed. The vast majority of the
1, 300, 000 working women in
Ontario are "subsidizing the ec-
onomy with their underpaid lab-
our, " the federation stated. "Last
year women lost close to $1
billion in income discrepancies'
a staggering figure.
Mr. James Breithaupt, Liberal
Member for Kitchener, question-
ed the Minister of Education on
the matter of pensions for retir-
ed teachers. He asked whether
any changes will be made to the
benefits received by those teach-
ers who retired some years ago
to catch up with the cost of
living. Mr. Wells, the Minister
of Education replied that for the
past number of months there
has been a committee meeting
with the Ontario Teachers°
Federation working on this probl-
em. They have come to some
conclusions which are now being
studies and there will be some
determination on them very
shortly.
For the past 10 years Liberal
Member for Downsview, Vern
Singer has proposed a Private
Members Bill. Establishment of
the position of Provincial Ombud-
sman. Premier Davis announced
this week the Government's
ention to establish such a posit-
ion, Ombudsman for Ontario.
The Premier said that as society
and government increase in
complexity, it became apparent
that a number of complaints with
regard to administrative matters
are not within the ambit of the
earlier legislation. Therefore, to
ensure the rights of the individ-
ual in this area, the office of
Ombudsman will be a necessary
additional tool to the already
extensive programme for the
protection of civil rights which
exists under the law of this prov-
ince. As proposed by the Govern-
ment, as in all other parliamen-
tary systems, the Ombudsman
will not have supervisory power
over the administration of justice
The principal role of Ontario's
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