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Equal Credit Opportunity
guidelines endorsed by the Ont-
ario Credit granting industry,
have been tabled in the Legislat-
ure this week. The guidelines
ensure that women will have
equal access to credit and will
allow them to take full advant-
age of their economic status
in the market -place of this prov-
ince.
The guidelines allow a married
woman to be granted credit
in her own name if her credit
qualifications, including her
earnings or her separate property
are such that a man possessing
the same credit qualifications and
property or earnings would rec-
eive credit.
An unmarried woman shall be
granted credit if her credit qual-
ifications, property and earnings
are such that a man possessing
the same credit qualifications,
property or earnings would rec-
eive credit. The Minister of
Consumer and Commercial Rel-
ations, Sidney Handleman,
who undertook to develop these
guidelines, said no special cons-
ideration will be given to any
group, that regardless of sex, or
marital status, they will have
the same eqaulity of access to
credit and have the same stand-
ards applied to his or her applic-
ation. The development of these
guidelines was undertaken by his
Ministry as their International
Women's Year project.
Mr. Wiseman, P.C. Member
for Lanark, asked the Minister
of Agriculture and Food to inform
the House what the average price
has been on heavy calves,
heifers and steers to date in
regards to the cow -calf program.
Mr. Newman, the Minister of
Agriculture and Food, said as
far as he knew it was somewhere
between 33 and 34 cents at this
time but that final calculations
will be done next week.
Mr. Wiseman wanted to know
whether farmers could expect
cheques before the end of the
year. The Minister replied that
he would like to have it out before
the end of the year and that
they are going to do their utmost
to have it dated and in the mail
but whether the farmers will
receive it at that point in time will
depend on circumstances. How-
ever, .Mr. Newman said, they
anticipate to have them done by
the end of the year.
Mr. Robert McKessock, Lib-
eral Member for Grey, asked the
Minister whether he would cons-
ider bringing into the program
farmers who did not enlist, and
would now like to get into the
program, seeing no money has
changed hands. The Minister
said that the program and the
cut off date got a fair amount of
publicity and that they are abid-
ing to that cut off date but he
said the farmers would be wel-
comed into the program next
year.
The Report of the Special Pro-
gram Review Committee, headed
by Maxwell Henderson, former
auditor -general, has been tabled
Pears pieralflul
With pears in peak supply,
food specialists at the Ontario
Food Council, Ministry of
Agriculture and Food suggest
canning them rather than
freezing. Pears tend to become
somewhat mushy after
freezing, say the home
economists.
To home -can pears, wash,
peel and cut into halves or
quarters. Remove core. Bring
to a boil in a thin syrup (one cup
sugar to two cups water).
Simmer for three minutes.
Quickly fill hot mason jars,
applying the lid tightly after
each jar is filled.
Jottings by Jack - from Queen's Park
Women to have equal access to credit
in the Legislature. This commit
tee had been appointed in June
this year to examine the govern
ment's expenditures and to make
recommendations for improve
ments in productivity. The com-
mittee made 184 specific recom-
mendations for restraints and
some of these are -
Reduce spending by reducing
or postponing program growth
and by shifting certain respon-
sibilities to other governments,
agencies or individuals.
Merging ministries.
Improving efficiency and prod-
uctivity of civil servants. Dis-
continue low priority programs.
Zero growth restraints of adm-
inistrative support and on certain
government programs.
Phasing our expensive facil-
ities in some hospitals.
Higher tuition fees for coll-
eges and universities.
Transferring the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Educat-
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ion (OISE) to the University, of
Toronto.
Discouraging unnecessary
use of health services by impos-
ition of $2 and $5 fees for doctor
and hospital visits, plus higher
fees for private and semi -private
hospital care. Also a 1,500
reduction in jail and health instit-
ution staffs within the next
three years.
Cutting back educational TV
programs.
Tightening up social security
programs.
Less government responsibil-
ity for solving social problems.
Some of the recommendat-
ions. the treasurer Mr. Mc -
Keough said, will be regarded in
some quarters as "pretty strong
medicine" and it remains to be
seen how much support they get
either in the Legislature or
throughout the Province to make
their adoption feasible.
The provincial cabinet cannot
account for up to $51 million
received from the federal govern-
ment for social welfare programs.
which was intended to be spent
on assistance for mentally retard-
ed people. The Minister of
Community and Social Services
stated that his ministry received
$30 million in 1974-75 and $18
million for the first six months of
this year from Ottawa under
the Canada Assistance Plan, and
that the Ministry's projected
spending for the rest of the year
was $15.4 million, increasing over
the next few years up to $64.9
million in 1978-79.
Assuming the $18 million for
the first six months would be
matched by a further $18 million
for the second six months, this
would mean a total of $66.
million received for the retarded
over the year, of which only
$15.4 million was to be spent.
Provincial Treasurer Darcy
McKeough has stated that these
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funds will be spent on programs
for the mentally retarded prob-
ably over four or five years, but
he said the Province is under no
obligation to spend the funds on
specific programmes.
Two NDP Members, Michael
Cassidy (Ottawa Centre) and
Elie Martel (Sudbury East)
this week circulated, to a legisl-
ative committee, statistics show-
ing the inroads being made by
inflation on the economic stand-
ing of M.P.P.'s. They maintain
that some method must be found
to adjust Members salaries
annually to keep pace with the
cost of living. Two years ago
M.P.P.'s salaries and expenses
were increased from $18,000
to $22,500. The current move
by the N.D.P. Members runs
counter to the September election
campaign promise by Premier
Davis that M.P.P.'s salaries
would be frozen for two or more
years.
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