The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-17, Page 6Page 6—eLuckuow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 17, 1979
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Report from Queens Park.
Teachers' right ht to strike
BY MURRAY GAUNT-
--When the Legislature resumed this
week after the . summerrecess, the
Ministry of Industry and Tourism ' an-
nounced that G. M. of Canada is . to
undertake a'S2 billion expenditure pro-
gram during 1979 and the ensuing three
years..A•substantial portion of the invest-,
ment will be, allotted to present opera-
tions .in Windsor St. Catharines and
Oshawa. ' Some 2,600 new jobs will be
created in Windsor and 700 new jobs will
occur in St. Catharines between now and
1982. These are to be stable, secure jobs.,
Some of the money will also be directed to.•
the new paint facility in Oshawa, where in
addition to the 330 new:fobs thus created,
there will be .several thousand supple -
'mental jobs in supply and support
industries,
Liberal Leader Stuart Smith asked. the
Premier to enunciate his government's'
position on .the ;right of teachers to strike
'and of schoolboards to lock out, nowthat
the Ministry' 'of ..Education's internal
review of Bill .100has, been completed.
The Premier .reminded' the House of
. the situation prior to introduction and
passage of Bill ,100. ".when there were ,a
number of .serious' confrontations, with,.
• apparently, no ;reasonable manner of
finding a solution to differences -between
teachers and school boards.'
On the eve of the resumption of the
Legislature, Stuart Smith had called a
press conference at which he called ..for
•immediate legislation to endan elemen-
tary schoo'' teachers' strike in •Peel;Region
and send that dispute to arbitration. Her
pointed outthat the Liberal .Party had.
changed its view on this question because
of the harm done to school children .when
schools are closed by labour disputes.
"For one thing, 'the right `to strike has
• been used far More frequently than
perhaps even the most • dissatisfied
teachers might have imagined in 1975,
Since then, and not including Peel, there
have been eighteen "separate teachers'
strikes and lockouts in Ontario, .involving
almost 20,000 teachers and close to
250;000 of their student On average,
each strike has lasted more than 37 days.
We believe this has , done considerable
damage to the entire education system in
the province." 1
The question of inadequate funding for -
Children's AidSocieties
oswChildren'sAid,Societies was raised in the
first day's question .period. Earlier, the
Minister of Community and Social Ser-
vices had released the report of the study
group on child welfare in Ontario, which
had been a year in preparation. This
report sets the stage for constructive .and
informed public discussion of the manner
in which this province will protect its
Children.
i 1n.. -essence, the study group had
examined child welfare as it is .currently.
administered by Ontario's network of
quasi -public societies, and found the'
system -wanting. Strengths and weaknes-
ses of three other models which might
conceivably replace the present system
were weighed.,' so that public. discussion.
could lead eventually to reform.
However. the Minister's response is
indicated in the following excerpt from
his introduction..:to the document: •'Let.
me now assure you 'that the Provincial
.government has no intention of transfer-
ring responsibility for fire- provision` of
child welfare services toany body other
than the Societies." Yet the report itself
states': "Societies have failed to prevent
human tragedies...most ` Major govern-
mental ,planning studies over the past
decade have called for drastic changes in
the •relationships between the Societies '.
and .'the public. Yet' few, changes have.
occurred..,Public confidence in ,Societies
appears to be waning and manylMembers,
and staff of Societies are confused,
frustrated and demoralized about their
role,..In.the interests of the children arid:
their families who become by: defaelt the
victims of: the. uncertainty: and controver-
sy surrounding the Children's Aid Societ-
ies; wewould 'hope thatthis study will be
the last in the series:' � .
Except in the most unusual ,circum-
stances; Ontario Hydro should tender all
contracts, an Ontario Legislature com-
mittee recommends.. The resources' de-
velopment committee has been investi-
gating: for months boiler contracts that'
the public utility made with Babcock and
Wilcox Canada Ltd.:'
Hydro awarded the.company a contract
to, build boilers -for •.,the " Pickering B.
generatingstation without calling-, tend-
ers. Later, the boilers werefound to 'be
faulty. After weeks of negotiations, the
company and Hydro worked out a condi-
tional settlement, whereby Hydro would
have to put up S10 million of the $45
million direct- cost of repairing the
boilers.
In its report, the committee recom—
mends also that Hydro:
- Conduct its business so that more than
one nuclear supplier is .available.
- Require suppliers to provide perform-
ance bonds.
- "Never again expose itself to the
substantial risks and potentially harmful
repercussions flowing from an unhealthy
and unwise dependence upon one
supplier."
- Exchange more information with other
provincial utilities and Atomic Energy of
Canada Ltd.
Treasurer . Frank Miller has expressed
support of the study being rion'dUcted by a
committee .of the Federal House into the
latest interest rate increase.
In nearly every edition, weekly news-
papers announce campaigns to raise
money, to assist worthy causes . and
reports of campaign results are published
indicating the local community is highly
supportive.
The Canadian. Hemophilia Society,
however, has not received widespread
recognition, primarily because hemo-
philia is not a disease that strikes millions
of Canadians. According to. the Society,
this lack of recognition is also a result of
misinformation about hemophilia.,
To encounter this, the South Western
Ontario Hemophilia Auxiliary is embark-
ing
mbarking on a major campaign to increase the
public's awareness of the real nature of
hemophilia and to decrease the suffering
of those unfortunate individuals in this
area who are afflicted.
The South Western Ontario Hemo-
philia Program provides services;
throughout the counties of Elgin, Essex,
Kent, Middlesex, Oxford, Lambton,
Perth and Huron.
The Program addresses itself to the
following goals: to ensure an adequate
supply of high quality blood products are
always available for Canadian Hemophil-
iacs; the . prevention of crippling and
reduction of pain and premature deathof'
the Canadian Hemophiliac; promotion of
research and development to increase the
effectiveness of 'current treatment for
Canadian. Hemophiliacs and the educa- -
tion Of the hemophiliac, his family;
government and health care teams to
promote, a normal :life and equal oppor-
tunity for the' hemophiliac.
The Program's activities include an
assessment program, which evaluates the
hemophiliacs joints, blood organs, blood
transfusion' requirements and treatment
patterns, advising his physiciansof the
problems that require treatment or
correction.
Through this Program, the eligible
hemophiliac . is able to administer the
missingclotting factor of his blood at
horn e. The Program supports the special
training andeducation pecessaty to
commence home or- self infusion as well
as the production of a standardized and
regularly updated Home Infusion Man-
ual.
'..Access to a carrier detection program is
available for all families and physicians in
South Western Ontario through the
Program. Approximately one-third of the
new cases occur in families with no
previous history.
The Program provides . financial sup-
port for those hemophiliacs who wish , to
participate in an active ramp experience
through the Summer Camp Program for
boys with hemophilia.
Large amounts of blood products are.
neededby the hemophiliac population,
and the Program works closely with the
Canadian Red Cross to obtain the
necessary volunteer blood donations.
Your assistance will ensure the contin-
uation of the South Western Ontario
Hemophiliac, Program. •It will alsohelp
hemophiliacs to `become self-sufficient
and full—productive members of our
society.
BY SANDY NICHOLSON
Forty-eight years ago., .. John Joynt,
M.P:P,•of Lucknow sent..a cheque for fifty
dollars to the United Church Missionary
Serving the Hudson : Bay. Junction area.
This was in response to an: appeal to the
United Church in Lucknow to send used
clothing to the Saskatchewan pioneers in
the bush. Relief at that time was limited
to five :dollars per couple plus one dollar
per child with a .m'axi'mum of ten dollars
per month. Relief Officers were not able
to issue orders for clothing. Mr. Joynt's
chequemade it. possible .to buy the
''Missionary Cow".
On February 21 of . this Year the
Sentinel carried a story and picture. of .the
group at the. Lukinchuk -home in 1931.
This story told.that Mrs. Lukinchuk is still
living, at Somme. Eva, the baby, is now
Mrs. Harris of Somme also. She and her
husband are grandparents and have
recently adopted a little Indian girl.
My wife and I were invited to attend
the Nixonville School Reunion in August.
It was the first two hundred dollar school
to be built near where H. K. Webb lived
in a big log house. We had a church
service in the Webb home the first
Monday of each month, Plans for the
school building were made after'a church
service. While the school has ..been closed
since '1931 ,about 600 former students 4nd
residents of the 'area returned. The
prospect, of seeing . Mrs. Lukinchuk and
Eva' again and the opportunityformy
wife to meet them persuaded us to be
there.,
For twonights we were, the guests' of ,
Stanley Webb, grandson of :the -gentle-
man in the original picture. Staniey and
his wife, Isobel are residing in a beautiful.
house where Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Webb
resided, Theyhad pioneered, in .Mani-
toba, again at Kelvington and made the
neighbours welcome for' a service the first
Monday each month till a school was
available,- The first teacher, - Mr. Hunt,
has died. ' His salary was two hundred
dollars a year.
It gave us great . pleasure to meet -..
children and grandchildren • who had
come from as far as California and North
West Territories to pay tribute to the.
pioneers. We were delighted to find Mrs.
Lukinchuk and her baby of forty-eight
years ago looking' so well.
John Joynt made many good invest-
inents during his life. The last time isaw
him he saidthat the money to buy the.
Missionary Cow gave him a great deal of
pleasure.
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