Zurich Citizens News, 1975-09-11, Page 14Page 14 - Zuric-o Citizens News, September 11, 1975
Jock Riddell
liberal candidate opposes plan
(by Jack Riddell)
Since the election was call-
ed, I have been asked on
several occasions whether
regional government was still
an issue in the riding of
Huron -Middlesex.
My Progressive Conserv-
ative opponent in this election
has been quoted as saying
that regional government is
a dead issue since the people
of Huron -Middlesex have
made their point in Toronto,
Premier Davis, when he was
in Goderich recently, stated
that the voters in this Riding
faced no danger in having
regionalism imposed on them.
I disagree violently with
both of these positions. Reg-
ional Government is an issue
and will remain an issue in
the Huron -Middlesex Riding
as long as the Davis Govern-
ment remains in power. I do
agree that since my election
in the rcent by-election, the
present government has post-
poned efforts for having
regional restructuring in this
area because of the unpopul-
arity with the voters,
Regional government, how-
ever, is still being forced
on us in a more insidious
way. As an example, at the
present time, the Huron Board
of Health receives a subsidy
from the Government of 50%.
We have been told that if we
amalgamated with another
Health Unit, we could obtain a
75% subsidy.
Discussions were held with
the County of Perth and while
those discussions were being
carried on, the County of
Perth, the City of Stratford,
and the Town of St. Marys
formed a single Health Unit
and received a 75% subsidy.
As a result of that, negotiat-
ions did not continue and the
taxpayer in Huron County is
still paying 50% of the costs
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According to the depart-
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of the Board of Health while
in Perth County and other
amalgamated Counties, the
taxpayer only pays 25% and
the Government pays a ,75%
subsidy.
In other words, the Govern-
ment is saying to the people
of Huron County, either
amalgamate and form a large
regional health unit or pay
the price for wanting local
autonomy.
Because Huron has not giv-
en in to the Davis Govern-
ment' s pressure to regionalize
our County Health Unit, you
and I, as taxpayers in Huron
County, will pay an additional
$125,000.00 from local rev-
enue in 1975, that would have
been received as a provincial
grant had we regionalized.
In addition, Family Plan-
ning grants have been made
to Boards of Health in the
large Metropolitan Municip-
alities, but no grants have
been made to Huron and I can
only assume it is because we
have not amalgamated with
another Board of Health.
Little has been said in this
election about the Mustard
Report and its far reaching
recommendations for area
Health Councils. The result
of the recommendations, of
course, would be the eventual
disappearance of the local
hospital boards.
The Minister of Health,,
Frank Miller, has said publ-
icly on many occasions that
district Health Councils
would not be forced on mun-
icipalities for at least another
two or three years. The
result of this, of course,
is that it has forced areas to
study district Health Councils
in the hope that if they form a
small district Health Council,
it will stop the Ministry
from imposing a district
Health Council on them. The
Ministry, of course, has power
to halt all capital expendit-
ures in connection with hosp-
itals unless a district Health
Council is formed.
If Premier Davis really
believes what he says in con-
nection with regional govern-
ment, he would immed-
iately announce that Huron
County would be entitled to
the same 75% grant for their
board of Health as other
amalgamated Counties rec-
eive. If Premier Davis really
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believes what he says, he
would have the Ministry of
Health advise the County of
Huron that it would not be
necessary to form a district
Health Council.
There are many other imp-
ortant issues in this election,
such as the Liberal Govern-
ment's promise to abolish
the super. Ministries, to red-
uce by 7.5 million dollars the
Government's public relat-
ions budget, and to improve
the quality of education.
Who can say that the qaul-
ity of education is not an
issue, when universities are
forced to institute classes in
remedial reading and arith-
metic in order to accept
students. As a former high
school teacher, let me make
it quite clear that I am not
critical of the teaching prof-
ession which I consider dedic-
ated and well qualified. What
I am condemning are the
Davis educational exper-
iments, which continue to
lower educational standards
across this Province.
I .- will end up, however,
by saying what I said in the
beginning. Regional Govern-
ment still is, and will remain
an issue in Huron -Middlesex
as long as the Davis Govern-
ment remains in power.
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Corn
silage
A dairy herd sometimes
consists of some very fussy
eaters. If they find the feed
you store unpalatable, the
amount they eat will de-
crease --and so will your prof-
its.
Dairy cows eat more corn
silage when it contains 30
to 40 percent dry matter. If
silage has more or less dry
matter than this, the animals
eat less because it is not as
palatable to them.
The ability of dairy cows
to produce butterfat will
also be reduced if corn sil-
age is chopped too finely.
"Do not chop to less than
a quarter -inch theoretical
cut," warns Mr. Lang. "A
three -eighths -inch theoretical
cut is best. Never put corn'
silage for dairy cows through
a recutter screen, even if you
are tempted to do so for
better packing."
There is some evidence
that roughage chopped too
finely contributes to a higher
incidence of displaced abo-
masum, Mr. Lang says.
Although this has not yet
been proved, it should deter
farmers from feeding finely
processed roughage.
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