The Huron Expositor, 1976-05-20, Page 17Jack s Jottings
Speeding charges rise by 36%
By Jack Riddell M.P.P.
The Minister'of Transportation
• and COmmunications has
announced that lower speed.
limits and compulsory use of
seatbelts in the Province have
saved almost a life a day. Also the
• number of speeding charges laid
by Ontario Provincial Police has
risen 36 percent in the three
months during which reduced
speed limits have been in effect
on our highways, according to a
polite spokesman, who also said
that the' total was .55 per cent
higher for.Atiril this year than forl
April 1975.. Speed limits in
Ontario were reduced to 60
m.p.h. from 70 m.p.h. on
freeways and-to50 m.p.h. from 60
m.p.h. on' other highways on
February 1st.
According to a report 'tabled in
the Legislature by the Minister of
the Environment, it has been
recommended that, continued
efforts be made. to reduce lead
emissions .. from smelters. An
Ontario inquiry -board has
recommended that tests of
children and preg nant women
for undue intakes of lead be built
into routine public health
procedures in the area close .to
Toronto smelters. The, goves,n-
ment expects ,companies to pay
for the work of replacing heavily
contaminated top soil around lead
plants in' Metro, replacing it, or
paving over the area. 'If the
' Companies refuse,to pay for the
work, the Government will have it
done and try tiNe.cover the money
from the companies, It is also
possible the work could be done
by the ' companies under thy,.
• pressure of provincial control
orders. a
,The Minister of Colleges and
Universities has told the
Legislature that more than 14, per.
cent of tht2 16,500 full-time
graduate students at Ontario's
universities are foreigners. Some
5 percent of the province's
130,600 undergraduate students
arc foreigners. The figure for the
55;300 community college
students is about. 4 percent. He
has also . announced ' that
university tees for new, foreign
students will incre4se from $585
to . $.1,500 next ,January and
community college fees for such
students wilig o front $250 to $750
'this fall,Foreign 'graduate
students Will have 'their fees
raised from.an Average of $877 to
0.250:00.
Mr. Hugh O'Neill. (1,,Ouinte)
askedthe Minster .of
Transportation and
Communications, whether he was
fuel prices generally.
Mr. Snow responded that he
was aware of the substantial
differential between the prices.
charged'. He said there artk 23
service centres on our
ekpressways and the reasons the
gasoline prices are higher at the:
23 service stations on Highway
400 and 401 than elsewhere, is
the leasing arr-angement the
companies • ha‘',e with the
ministry. The lease agreetnents
call for a percentage of gross
sales, not'a per gallon rate. When
roost of these leases or contractst
were drawn up, some of them
quite a number of years ago, fuel
was at a much more reasonable
price_than it is today.
Mr. Snow said that the revenue,,,e
the Province is receiving
for these leases has gone' up .
considerably with the increase in
the price of fuel. He said they are
looking into sotn„se way to alleviate
some of this situation, Undthat he
has had a full investigation
awareof the differential 'in the
price of gasoline, between
highway service centres and
,off-highway service stations and
what action the Minister
proposed to take. He also .tynted
to know what effect government
leases with oil companies have on
the prices charged for gasoline at
service stations, in 'yiew of the
increases in federal excise tax and
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Many people in this province feel that-it is a democratic
right to own a gun.
Legislation is underway right now to tighten gun control
laws. Most farmers, especially a group in southwestern Gn- '
tario, feel the legislation is a mistake and will place an un-
fair burden on farMers who keep a rifle to rid their land of
pesky varmints such as groundhogs and brush wolves,
Personally, I hate guns:
They are ugly weapons of destruction, almost obscene.
I have not owned a gun since I was 14 years old and shot
my sister in the you-kiiow-where with a BB pellet. Like all •
gun tragedies with bigger and more powerful guns, it was an
accident.
As a youngster growing up in 'the Kawartha Lakes area,
my peers had three major ambitions: To own a good bicycle,
4 good dog and 'a BB gun. I worked like a dog to buy my own
bicycle after "fours" and Saturdays. I paid for that bicycle
at $1.25 a week. I bought d'dog for 25 cents and a second-hand
BB gun for $2.
After popping my kid sister on the behind. with the BB pel-
let, the gun was confikated and I have never owned one
since. I find hunting for sport distasteful and get a little sick
at the stomach sometimes when the big, white hunters return
from-the hunt in Noyeinber and regale any one who will lis-
ten with stories about their prowess with a rifle.,
This is a personal viewpoint and many farmers will find
'great room-to argue with me but, I simply do not see the need
• for any one in an urban setting to own a gun. In addition, I
think if the truth were known, few farmers need a rifle and
nobody needs to own a handgun.
And yes, I know how much harm groundhog holes can do
to farm equipment such as flat tires and broken axles and
stalled machinery. The cost of repairs has a lot to do with it,
too. But a gun is designed as a weapon of destruction and it
seems U;) me that there are too many people bent on-destroy:.
ing things —anything — these days.
I view these modern, vigilante movies with .disgust and
sometimes despair at the state of the human race. Movie-
goers scream with glee and applaud with gusto when the
anti-heroes take the law into their own hands. They maim
and murder and the audience loves it.
I agree that any gun legislation will hit those people who
may have a legitimate reason to own a rifle. Those who want
a, gun to bolster their egos or for illegitimate reasons or
unlawful reasons will get a weapon no matter what the law
states. •
But if the lawmakers make it even a little more difficult
for anybody to own a gun, a life or two may be saved. A d it
will be worth'it, . .
Dozens of farmers do .not feel as I do. Many gun . aficion
dos will put me down as a peacenik who would rather run
than fight But I agree with any legislation Which will make
it more difficult for any one to either beg, borrow, buy or
steal a gun.
In the Excited States, a country born in violence: the feel-
ing in faVor of loose gun controls runs much higher than it
does in Canada, Far more Americans feel that a man, has the
right to defend his own property, by violence if necessary,
than do Canadians. Our history is different and thank God
for the difference. Canada was born at th'e negotiation table
by people-discussing their differences peacefully.
This is a heritage that I cherish.
A cow cannot give birth to a colt.
Violence only breeds violence.,
Guns were manufactured originally for violent purposes
and I see no reason to perpetuate thatviolence. .
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