The Citizen, 1998-07-08, Page 6REBECCA VANCAMP
Rebecca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Gary Van Camp of RR4, Brussels,
will study Health Sciences at the
University of Western Ontario in
hopes of becoming a nurse.
JAMES THOMAS
James, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Thomas of RR1, Ethel, will attend
Wilfrid Laurier to study Honours
Computing and Computer
Electronics.
ADAM GARNISS
Adam, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Garniss of RR4, Wingham,
will study Agriculture at the
University of Guelph.
CHRISTOPHER ARMSTRONG
Christopher, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Brian Armstrong of RR1, Ethel,
will study Civil Engineering at the
University of Waterloo.
COREY NEWMAN
Corey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale
Newman of RR3, Brussels, will
study English at the University of
Western Ontario.
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Letters
THE EDITOR,
I recently went with a friend and
my daughter to the Blyth Theatre to
see Wilbur County Blues and was
so moved by this play that I had to
write and encourage others to take
the time to enjoy it also.
This play covers a whole host of
important and timely issues
including single parenting, the love
parents have for their children
(even through the dreaded teenage
years), racism, the flight from a
large city to a rural environment,
and hard and real decisions that
every family must face. The
playwright dealt with these and
other issues with such sensitivity
and caring that when it was over, I
couldn't help feeling a personal and
lingering connection to the
messages he presented.
In addition, the cast and crew did
an excellent job of ensuring the
integrity of the message was left
intact with their professional and
dynamic performances.
I intend to see this play again,
and would like to invite others to
take part in this positive and
touching experience also.
Sincerely,
Kathey Cochrane.
THE EDITOR,
Upon reading the editorial
written in the June 24 Citizen, I
believe some clarification must
occur. It incorrectly asserts that
provincial revenues have declined
as a result of a tax cut to the people
of Ontario.
Let me be perfectly clear, tax
revenues have increased since the
Harris government was elected in
1995.
How could this be, even when we
are taking fewer and fewer dollars
from the hard working people of
Ontario? The answer of course is
that more and more people are
working, more jobs are being
created and consumer confidence is
up — so more people are spending
dollars. If we followed your
premise, as the NDP and Liberals
increased taxes 65 times in the 10
years they governed, revenue
would have increased substantially
but in fact revenue fell.
The editorial also that the
provincial government has a
radically different vision of
Ontario. It would agree. In 1995,
the province was spending $11
billion more each year than they
were collecting in revenue and the
province was $100 billion in debt.
Interest payments were larger than
what was spent in hospitals or in
classroom education.
How could we continue on? I
believe that eventually interest
payments, that must be paid, would
take money away from health care
and education and this is not what
any of us want to see.
So, how is this government
radically different? It has managed
the province and will have the
deficit balanced by 2000, jobs are
being created by the private sector
and we have had a net increase in
jobs of 350,000 compared to the
10,000 net loss in jobs in the NDP
term in office. In health care the
province has increased its spending
from $17.2 billion in 1995 to $18.6
billion this year. This is in spite of
the fact that the federal government
has reduced transfer payments to
Ontario. Not only have they been
reduced to this province, but, on a
percentage basis Ontarians have
taken a far greater reduction than
the balance of the provinces.
The province has increased
health care spending by $1.6 billion
from 1995 and the federal
government has decreased transfers
to education and health by $2.1
billion. Therefore the taxpayers of
Ontario have increased their
spending in health care by $3.7
billion.
The last point is that
municipalities have suffered
reductions and you believe the
provincial government should
return funds to them. Let me be
very clear — the provincial
government reduced office wages
for MPPs by 20 per cent,
eliminated gold plated pension
plans for MPPs and consolidated
regions moving from 130 MPPs to
103.
In Huron County despite the hard
work of some council members and
the warden, there has still been no
'-consolidation. We still have 26
clerk-treasurers and in fact Seaforth
who has just had their clerk-
treasurer leave is looking for a new
one. Why can they not utilize one
of the other clerk treasurers?
We have approximately 200
municipal politicians and we have
road superintendents, secretaries,
etc. The years of swelling
governments are over and it is time
that we look long and hard at the
municipal situation.
Put more money into the system?
I don't think so, I believe the
taxpayers want us to look for
government efficiencies.
Will the provincial government
use the money wisely? I believe we
have proven that we will.
Yours truly,
Helen Johns, MPP Huron.
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