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The Citizen, 1987-08-26, Page 24PAGE 24. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987. The Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Pool was the scene of some comic antics last week, as members of a team from Associated Canadian Travellers of London presented several demonstrations of what NOT to do in handling small boats. The light approach brings home the message to the young swimmers the team is attempting to educate in safety techniques. At right, BMG instructor Karla King watches as Wilma VandenBoomen gets ready to launch the craft in front of a group of local children. -Photo by Janice Gibson. Homemakers win contract Bilingualism stirs debate at all-candidates meeting Bilingualism proved one of the hottest topics of debate when candidates of all three parties in theOntarioelection of Sept. lOtook part in a debate sponsored by the Huron County Federation of Agri­ culture. Nico Peters brought hearty response from his supporters when he declared, in answer to a question from the floor, that he was against bilingualism for Ontario. He said that if Huron County Board of Education had approved French immersion classes for the county schools he would have enrolled his children in it but he did not agree with having French “rammed down people’s throats.’’ Paul Klopp for the NDP said he didn't recall anybody trying to ram anything down anybody’s throats. He said he hadn’t been “mature enough’’ when he was in grade nine to decide to take French while his friends in the separate school system had had French all through elementary school and now he regretted his loss. “1 think we can have French and English in this province and get along,’’ he said. Jack Riddell for the Liberals quoted extensively from a Toronto Star column that accused the Progressive Conservatives of fear mongering. David Peterson, he said, was trying to bring people together, not divide them. He pointed out that Bill 8, the bill extending French language rights to government services, had been approved unanimously by all three parties and provided government services in both languages where numbers of French speaking peo­ ple warranted it. That brought a question from the floor from Grant Sparling, Blyth businessman, who asked why Ontario should provide services in both French and English when the Quebec government prints it docu­ ments only in French. He said his company does thousands of dollars of business with Quebec and can’t understand the documents it gets from the government. (Later another member of the audience stood up and offered to translate the documents if Mr. Sparling needed help.) Mr. Riddell replied that he felt the attitude was changing in Quebec now that the Parti Que­ becois was no longer in power. When he was in Quebec for a conference he said, people quickly switched to English to accommo­ date him when they found out how poor his French was. This was a big improvement since the PQ days when people wouldn't speak En­ glish, he said. He said he would be surprised ifMr. Sparling didn’t find things improving more yet under the current Quebec govern­ ment. Mr. Peters got the last word in the debate. He claimed the Liberals were misleading people equating Bill 8 with bilingualism and said Bill 8 was fine but official bilingualism was wrong. Continued from page 1 mitted a proposal to the Board of Health. As well as Mr. Stirling, the committee reviewing the propo­ sals consisted of Betty Cardno, executive director of the Huron County Health Unit’s Home Care Program, the county’s largest purchaser of home care services, and Bill Morley, provincial repre­ sentative of the county health board. This committee made its re­ commendation to the Board of Health last Wednesday, and the Board in turn will recommend the continuing use of Town and Country Homemakers to County Council, when it meets next on September 3. Since the Board of Health is not a committee of council, Mr. Stirling says that making the recommen­ dation to council is merely a formality, but one that he feels is important to a good working relationship between the two bodies. “If you keep everyone informed ofwhatyouare doing, everyone benefits,’’ he said. When the matter of inviting submissions from home care pro­ viders first came up at county council in July, Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle and Deputy-reeve Lossy Fuller objected to what they perceived as a duplication of services, as well as to the idea of inviting private firms to compete with the non-profit Town and Country. However, County Warden Brian McBurney said that there is a growing demand for home care services within the county, and that all proposals should be considered in the interests of providing the best possible service to county residents. Whether the service was publicly or privately funded was irrelevant, he said, since any Huron County resident requiring care would be granted a subsidy to pay for it, if one were needed. At press time, Jean Young, executive director of Town and Country Homemakers, could not be reached for comment on the continuing demand for her organ- ization’s services within the county. Met’s new Universal Plus plan lets you build your life insurance policy the way you want it. Met's new Universal Plus life insurance lets you design a policy to suit your specific needs and objectives. Universal Plus lets you choose the amount of life insurance you want, as well as the amount and term of your premiums. It will also allow you to select the type of investment fund you d like to use to make your money grow. So call your Metropolitan Life sales representative today to find out how you can build a policy to suit your own require­ ments with Universal Plus. 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