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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1996
No increase in Brussels dog licenses for 1997
There will be no increase in dog
licence fees in 1997 despite the fact
animal control will likely lose
money this year, Brussels council-
lors decided at their Dec. 2 meet-
ing.
The higher costs this year are
because owners could not be found
for four dogs caught during the
year and they had to be put down
by a veterinarian after being board-
ed for the required waiting period.
Animal Control Officer Bob
Trick told council that he had
picked up nine dogs so far (includ-
ing one on the way to the meeting)
and been able to find the owners of
four. In some cases, he explained,
the dogs may belong to someone
outside the municipality but,
because they are not wearing tags,
their origin is unknown.
That reality caused Councillor
Greg Wilson to decide against rais-
ing dog licences to cover all animal
control costs. "I don't think dog
owners are totally responsible for
dogs coming in from the town-
ships," he said. "I think there
should be some responsibility on
the municipality." He pointed out
Trick is also called to deal with
problems with cats, raccoons and
foxes.
Council will consider changes to
the dog bylaw in January, particu-
larly one to limit the number of
adult dogs in a household to four,
(an exception is made for a mother
with pups). Trick also discussed
moves by other municipalities to
pass bylaws to regulate owners of
vicious dogs (those which have
already bitten someone).
Blyth council pledges to keep close eye on hospital issue
Actions by Blyth council over the
coming weeks and months will be
geared to keeping well informed of
the continuing changes to services
and infrastructure which affect
Blyth residents.
Councillors Gerald Kerr and
Doug Scrimgeour were designated
at the Dec. 2 meeting, to attend
local meetings regarding health
care services, both from Wingham
and District Hospital and Seaforth
Community Hospital.
"There will be huge financial
ramifications (if hospitals close),"
said Councillor Scrimgeour. "We
have to be informed and take an
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other circumstances.
Yet you have, once again, gone
in exactly the opposite direction.
You've chosen exactly the
antiethical technique. As you
promised, you've invented a crisis
that comes close to de-stabilizing
the entire system and alt the
stakeholders in it. Instead of
building consensus you've
fermented division. Teachers are
enraged, parents anxious, trustees
fearful, the public bewildered. You
don't have to take my word for it.
Listen to the furious words of the
chair of the Toronto Board of
Education, who complains that
"rumours and insinuations about
education have been seeping out of
Queen's Park like toxic waste. This
(government's) commando style of
governing with its press releases,
media leaks, short timelines and no
consultation has been detrimental
to schools and their students.
Deliberately undermining the
public's faith in its school system is
unconscionable and unworthy."
. As you know, the writer, David
Moll, describes himself as "a life-
long Conservative." Other
prominent Conservatives, like the
chairs of the Peel Board of
Education and the Metro Board of
Education, have been equally
scathing in their attacks. These
criticisms from members of your
own party reflect the non-partisan
commitment to the public
education system that has
traditionally been shared by all
political parties in Ontario. Our
report too was a product of that
non-partisan tradition. And that, no
doubt, is why you are under attack
today from all directions.
As for mobilizing teachers
behind the reforms they must
implement, your record couldn't be
more plain. Teachers are in a
virtual state of war against you; I've
been around the province and have
never seen them more united and
bitter. And no wonder. What have
they gotten from you? Incessant
threats of rolled back salaries,
slashed benefits, reduced
preparation time — all have
predictably succeeded in alienating,
infuriating and increasing the
burden on every teacher in this
province. On top of this, you have
interest."
The most serious implication of
the removal of $18 million from
hospitals in Huron County is the
fact that there will be $18 million
out of payrolls, said Reeve Mason
Bailey. "Huron County will be
hurt."
Council's involvement in the
public meetings also stems from
concerns from residents, heard by
Reeve Bailey, who fear that once
the recommendations are presented
to the ministry, it's all over.
People fear they will have little
input, said Reeve Bailey.
In keeping abreast of other
pitted teachers against their boards
just about everywhere, instead of
championing teachers as the
indispensible key to better
education for our .kids, as our
Commission stressed repeatedly,
you and your government have
deliberately chosen to target them
as the enemy. No wonder an
estimated 30 - 40 per cent of all
Toronto teachers gave up a day's
pay to join the Toronto protest
against your government's policies.
We recommend that children
with special needs continue to
receive special attention; yet
special education is being slashed.
We recommend that adult
education remain a priority — it's
one of the great success stories of
the decades; yet adult education is
being slashed. We recommend a
series of initiatives to offer kids in
school more individual attention;
yet class size is soaring
everywhere. Everything that was
most important to our vision of
education, you have violated.
On top of that, you continue to
exaggerate grossly how wretched
our schools are, you belittle the
important improvements of recent
decades, and you insist in the face
of accumulating evidence from
everywhere in the province that
your government's cuts to
education haven't already done
significant harm to our kids'
learning.
So please, stop pretending that
your destructive work has any
relationship to our report. Stop
using us to legitimize your actions.
Stop misrepresenting our work.
After consulting with thousands of
Ontarians, and with no hidden
agendas, our Commission offered
some ideas for improving teaching
and learning in Ontario so that
schools could cope with their
enormous burdens and with the
never-ending changes around them.
You have violated the spirit and
undermined much of the substance
of our report. You are in the
process of inflicting severe damage
on our schools, our kids, and the
future of this province, and as I
intend to tell anyone who will
listen, you have no right to pretend
that we share any responsibility for
this regrettable legacy.
Yours sincerely,
Gerald Caplan.
changes on the horizon, Reeve Bai-
ley has attended restructuring meet-
ings at the-county level. Most
recently, reeves from across the
county informed county adminis-
trators there was no need for further
meetings until some issues were
settled through the "Who Does
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Caplan states his case