Clinton News Record, 2014-10-29, Page 7Wednesday, October 29, 2014 • News Record 7
Ontario Child Council displeased with letter from Ministry of Energy
Health Stud
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to participate in the
2014 Ontario Child Health
Study and School Mental
Health Surveys.
The 1983 Ontario Child
Health Study told us that 1 in 5
children and youth experi-
enced serious mental health
challenges. This estimate is out-
dated as is much of what we
know about child and youth
mental health in Ontario. The
2014 Ontario Child Health
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The results will be used to
develop programs and ser-
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health of young people in
Ontario. Results from the 1983
Study were partially responsi-
ble for over 3 billion dollars of
investment in federal and pro-
vincial programs and services,
resulting in the creation of
programmes such as the
Ontario EarlyYears Centres.
Participation in the 1983
Ontario Child Health Study
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Tara OSMer
Tara Ostner
The Clinton News Record
In response to a letter that
Central Huron council sent the
Ministry of Energy regarding
the Green EnergyAct, Bob Chi-
arelli, Minister of Energy,
attempted to address some of
council's concerns in his own
letter which was discussed at
the Central Huron council
meeting on October 20.
In general, the letter
describes measures that the
provincialgovemmenc � it
govemment claims it
is taking to ensure that munici-
palities have the ability to pro-
vide input when it comes to the
development of renewable
energy products.
Chiarelli ends the letter by
stating the following: "We
believe that the Green Energy
Act and its regulations have
been a success, and have
helped establish Ontario as a
North Americanleader in clean
energy. We have no plans to
change this course of action.
That said, we welcome and
That said, we welcome and
appreciate the involvement of
our municipal partners in these
crucial decisions about our
electricity grid."
Councillor Metzger chal-
lenged the letter. He stated that
he does not see the success of
the Green Energy Act and
pointed to the cost of power in
Ontario as an example of why.
Metzger went on to compare
his company located in Ontario
to his company located in the
United States and explained
how associated costs were sig-
nificantly
associated costs were sig-
nificantly lower in the United
States. 'Am I happy with this
response? Absolutely not,"
Metzger said in reply to the
ministry's letter
Councillor Anderson then
asked whether the clerk or
CAO could write a further let-
ter to the Ministry of Energy
on behalf of council by the
specified deadline and, at the
end of the discussion, it was
agreed that this could be
done.
Mayor Ginn offers brief update on Bluewater Youth Centre
Tara Ostner
The Clinton News Record
At a recent visit to the Blue -
water Youth Centre located just
outside of Goderich, Mayor
Jim Ginn learned about some
of the preliminary develop-
ments concerning the decom-
missioning of the centre. He
explained these developments
at the Central Huron council
meeting on October 20.
As Ginn said, "it will be a
full year before they're fin-
ished their work on site."
Ginn also described how
the prospective buyer of the
property is in fact interested
in keeping the existing
building.
As the mayor pointed out,
his last visit to the centre was
over a year ago. "Not too
much decommissioning has
occurred since then," he said.
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