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E HURON EXPOSITOR,, 'NOVEMBER 1, 1979.1
1ACICRIDDELL, M.P.P.
When the Legislature re,
slimed after the summer
recess. Liberal' Leader Stuart
Stnith asked the Premier to
lentinciate his Oovernmont's
pOSition on the right of
teachers to strike and of
school boards to lOck out,
now that the Ministry of
Ftlticatiou's internal review
of Bill 1,00 has been com-
pleted.
Should; school teachers go
on strike? This uestion
dominated much of the
thinking at Queen's Parlt, last
week as 'the Province's 'first
elementary school teacher
strike completed its second
weelt. in Peel County.
Since 49'4 when the right
to strike was approved by the
Ontario legislatnre, there
have been 49 strikes in.
volving more than 3430.000
students with an average of
seven to eight NI, (Tics of lost
schonling. A recent report
analyzed the long and bitter
secondary school teachers
strike m Toronto and con-
elnded that nany students
did not return to school and
those 1,‘ ho went on to.
University experienced more
difficulties with their studies.
There were also signs of
reduced respect for teachers
•by their students,
• The issue is not an easy
one to settle. Both the,
teachers and the school
boards has e genuine.
concerns that need to be
resolved. The teachers are
looking for a fair and just
'wage settlement that re-
congnizes todays runaway
inflation. In a time of de-
clining enrollment, they also
want some fair and equitable
arrangement for deciding
which teachers are to be let
go. The school board,on the
other hand. must be aware of
its stewardship of the tax-
payersononey. especiatry at a
time when a larger share of
the cosi of education is being -
borne bv local property tax-
payers:\ The board is also
responsiblefor providing the
best quality education it can
and :therefore, wants to re-
tain•its best teachers. The
• issue is not black and white -,
• both sides have strong
feeling's about the rightness
of their case.
The real question then is :
not who b right or who is
Wrong, but rather how. to
resolve the differences in
fair way, .We have now had
five years Of experience in
using strikes as the settle-
ment procedure. shady
• seems satiSfiedVith the re.
• sults. Teachers are pro-
• fessionals; they are aware of
their responsibilities to their
students; and they do not like
the disruptive effect of a
Strike on the learning
proeeSS. TrUstees are elected
to keep schools open,, not
closed; they are deeply
aware Of public ,animosity to
a strike situation; and they
too •clo not :Want students
UhOolhig to 1/0 so violently
disrupted.
Students and their parents
see themselves as Me in-
nocent victims in this power
struggle. Students, become
skeptical and disenchanted
with. be value of education
when they see that it on be
interrupted for almost tun
months. Parents see their
family life seriouslv dts•
rupted. especially in
families where both parLics
must work outside the throw%
The social -and mor.it ,,m-
setluenees of large numbers
of children having so much
free time on their hands has
not yet been measured, but it
must surely be detrimental.
As we move into the
19Ws, it seems clear to xna
at least that a better way
must be found to resolve
Such disputes. 1 have re-
commended that the
provincial government
establish a permanent hoard
Of arbitratOrs from u Inch tuo
or three Members could be.
drawn when o loeat
negotiation breaks dovv
Such. board members ,ould
quicklv become •
ery
know ledgeable about the
education process and
become understanding of the
toncerns of both teachers
and school trustees. Simi:
then could not disappear
O'er making their settlement 'At
decisions., the s would quickly
tend to arrive at fair and
responsible deeisions.
'o process is going to
satisfy ever) one all the time
but I believe the alternative
proposed is preferable to
Strikes.- In this international
year Of the child, let us in
Ontario really pin the needs
kids at the forefront.
I t us as, responsible
adiths really give them some
good. ot Iniman
relations.
The question ot
in-
atIeqius. fondling for
Chddren's Aid Sodeties wAs
ratsed m the first day's.
question period. :Farber, lite,
Minister 01 Communiq and
Social Services had released
the report of the study group,
on iiId welfare in. Ontario.
network of quasi -public
Societies. and found. the
system. wanting. Strengths
and weaknesses of three
other models which might
eoliceiVabiy replace the Pre -
Sent system vv ere 'Weighed,
so that public discussion
could lead eventually to re-
form,
However, the Minister's
response to the report is
indicated in the following
excerpt froni his introduction
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to the document: -Let me
now assure. you that the
provincial Government has
no intention, of transferring
responsibility for the pro,
vision of child welfare
services to any body other
than the Soeieties,- Yet the
report itself states:
"S'ocieties have failed to
prevent human tragedies. .
',most major governmental
planning studies over the
past dee e have called for
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drastic ehanges in the re-
lationShipS between the
Societies 00 the putfliq. Yet
fmchangeS have Oceuned
—Public confidence .in
Societies appears to be
waning and many members
-n4 staff of 'Societies are
confitsed. frustrated and
demoralized about their NIPS'
.10 the interests of the
children amt. their families
win) become by default the
victims of the uncertainty
and controversy surrounding
the Children's Aid Societies.
we would hope that this
study will be the last in the
series,"
Opposition Members also
raised, among other matters,
the situation with respect to,
health care in the Province.
the security of oil supplies for
tIle'rtrtheoming winter, and
(iovernment'S Policy with
“." re t to French Language
euucation Ontat o.
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Stuart Smith asked the
Premier for his
Governtrient's policy with re.
spec* to the decision of the
Prime Minister Of Canada to
gaoil
iven control off -shore o
and mineral resources to the
coastal provinces, The
Premier stated that the
aovernment of Canada could
not. unilaterally, give up
anything which constitution-
ally came within its jurisdic-
tion,
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s,uss on the manner n
uinch this province w pro- •
leo its children.
In essence, the study :-
group had examined child •
w eltare as it is 1:urrently
administed 1.1.‘ Ontario's
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