Times-Advocate, 1978-08-17, Page 14 (2)• 14 � .y„- _._Titln•s-Advocate, August 17, 1978 -.
By JACK RIDDELL
MPP Huron -Middlesex
The -Select Committee
studying Ontario's Health
Care system has completed
three weeks of hearings and
with the number of groups
and individuals who have
expressed an interest. in
making a submission. it
"appears that the Committee
is going to be hard pressed to
report its findings to the
Legislature by mid-October.
This Select Committee was
the product of a major
confrontatiA• in • the
Legislation this past spring.
At that ti*e Treasurer
Darcy McKeoughannouiced
in his budget an increase in
OHIP premiums at 37 5
percent which was strongly
resisted by the two Op-
positioq Parties. When an
election was threatened over
the premium increase.
Treasurer. McKeough.
retreated from his earlier
position. offered a much
reduced premium increase
. which was accepted and the
Legisla4ure referred the •
entire matter • to a Select
Committee. -
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Seek opinions on health care system
mittee is chaired by the
Conservative Member for
York East. Dr. Robert Elgie.
and being a member of that
eomrtttee. 1 thought that I
night comment on the
heatrings-to date
I have been pleased with
the development of our
enquiry as we have already
had before us a number of
expert witnesses who have
explained both sides of the
premium qaestion. For my,
part -I feel very strongly that
we must tind the most fair
and reason;}blt way to
!mance our •health care
system It seems to nie that
the present premium
mechanism has some very
unfair and inequitable
features about it -
The most startling
inequity is, of course, that
which Involves the OHIP
subscriber who must pay -the
entire premium directly.
This contrasts very sharply
with another subscriber who
may have his. or her OHIP
premiums paid in full or in
part by an employer.
Because health care is such
an important and fun-
darnental pari It our social
service system. t feel that no
orae person should be
discriminated against in this
way when it comes to
financing health-care.
:as one member of jhe
Committee lam interested
la examining all possible
alternatives and the alter-
rtab%es certainly include a
substantial reform - of • the
premium system Other
alternatives would involve
the abolition of the prem-
iums .and their replac-
YeMent with a- payroll tax
dellucatioie or the abolition of
premtuth/s and their
replacement by a general
income' tax provision.
It is also possible to shift
the burden away from the
premiums to some kind of
shared base that would
reflect increases -in personal
optidhs. This is what the
conunittee will be en-
tertaining for the next
several xveeks
In addition to the financing
of OHIP the committee will -
be examining ways and
means of controlling the
costs of the Health
care
system. 1 would certainly
encourage any local resident
who has strong views, about
these matters relating to the
health care system to
communicate them to me-VS--
that
e-s-b-
that 'they can be taken into
consideration- during the
course of this enquiry.
We were, of coarse. all
pleased to learn this week
that Ontario has been
selected as the site for a new
Ford Motor Company engine
plant, which will employ 2.-
600 people and produce in ex-
cess of $60 million in taxes
each year • .
'You will remember that a
special debate took place in
the•Legislature on the last
'day of , the- session. The
Minister of Industry and
Tourism had informed us of
the negotiations which had
been taking place wjth
respect to location of this
new $535 million plant.
Ford had been offered
considerable financial in-
centive to locate the facility
in the U.S. and the Canadian
Government had
recommended ttfMt an -incen-
tive be offered to persuade
the company to locate in this
country - an incentive to be
financed jointly by the
Federal Government and
the Government of Ontario.
-the Ford Motor Company
had originally wanted $30
million and the Federal
Government had expressed
a willingness to pay three-
quarters of that cost. provid-
ed the Government of On-
tario -paid `one-quarter.
While the Ontario Govern-
ment .was deciding how 'to
proceed, the Federal
Government offered the en-
tire $30 -million itself.
However. the Ford Com-
pany increased jhe required
amount to $7 million• and
the Federal Covernme4tt
subsequently proposed that
Ontario and Ottawa pay
$37.5 million each.
Announcing the location of _
the plant in Ontario. the
Premier indicated that this
$75 million figure had. dur- -
ing discussions between
Federal. Provincial and
Ford officials. been
modified to $68 -million - the
figure. which was eventually
offered and accepted.
Of the total. the Federal
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Huron tops ag statkti+
Huron County maintained
itS position.as the leader in
many categories as detailed
recently . in. -the 1977
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agricultural statistics for
Ontario.
• Huron farmers had 518.940
acres under crops and 1.822
farms sold products valued
at S25,000 or over during the
year,. Another 9.46 had sales
of" between S10.000 and
S24.999 and there were 777
with sales under' $10.000,
Despite unfavorable_
weather conditions,
production was above the
live -year average in many
crops.
The county was sixth in
.sinter wheat production
utth 1.800.000. bushel, valued
at • $-1.320.i no The average
yield was 50 bushel per acre.
Oats averaged 55 bushel per
acre and the county
production was valued at
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Huron tops the province in
barley prodpction with 38,000
acres. The average yield was
513 bushel and the -crop value
in 1977 was $3,747.000. Mixed
grains with an average of 63
bushel Were valued at
S6,303,000. The county is
third in that category behind
Perth and Wellington.
- Farmers Farmers had.143,000 acres
of grain corn. fourth highest
in the province. It yielded 92
bushel per acre for a value of
$26.312,0(N1.'The county leads
the production of • fodder
corn, which averaged 15 tons•
per. acre. for a value of
513.552.000. ' -
While Huron continues do
lead Ontdrio's white bean
production. the wet fall of
last year. drastically cur-
tailed yields. The average on
Huron's 62,000 acres 'was 5.3
cwt.: compared to the five-
year average of 13.4. The
crop last year was valued at.
$4,935,000 at a price of $15 per
cwt.
Farmers had 209,800 dairy
and beef cattle with a value
of $65,1552.000, which is
second only to Bruce
county's total of 247,300
animals. Their 190,500 -pigs,
valued at $13.033,000- was
second only to Perth with a
total of 222.600.
Huron had 5,300 sheep and
lambs valued at 5212,000.
which is sixth in the
province.
Committee to study
use of antibiotics
A committee has been es-
tablished to study the use of
antibiotics in livestock
production and the effect of
such' use on animal and
human health.
The committee. which
was announced jointly by
the Agriculture and Food
Minister Bill Newman and
Health Minister Dennis
Timbrell. has been es-
tablished in response to a
.recommendation in Dr.
E.H. Botterell's report,
"Maintenance of Animal
Health for Food Produc-
tion".
In making the announce-
ment, Mr. Newman said
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'that the committee will
assess the effectiveness of
existinglegislation and
regulations governing the
sale and use of antibiotics
for livestock. .
Mr. Timbrell said that the
safeguarding of human
health was the major con-
cern. "To ensure that every
aspect is examined," he
said, "the committee in-
cludes a wide range of ex-
perts from related fields."
St. John Ambulance Brigade
Ais a body of volunteers —
men, women and teenagers
— who devote a large part of
their spare time providing
First Aid and Home Nursing
to the public. If you are in-
terested in joining these
•dedicated people as a St.
John Ambulance volunteer,
contact St. John Ambulance,
'48 Wellesley 'Street East,
Toronto, M4Y 1G5.
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Government had agreed to
contribute $40 million and
the Ontario Government the
remaining 528 million,
equivalent to approximately
a 60-40 sharing agreement.
While the establishment of
this new facility will create
some 2.600 new jobs directly-
when
irectlywhen it becomes fully
operational. it is also es-
timated that there will be a
further 2.600 jobs in feeder: -.—
industries. The annual
payroll in the Ford plant
will be approximately 565
million. • with a similar
amount generated in the
feeder companies. The con-
struction industry will
benefit from the 18-24
months construction phase.
In making the decision to
locate in Ontario, Ford
Motor Company chose to ig-
nore powerful U.S. protests.
Senior American officials
also protested to the Cana-
dian Government about this
country's cash incentives
offered to obtain more auto
industry jobs.
The offipials were in Ot-
tawa for discussions on the •
subject of the 13 -year-old
Auto Pact which. with ex-
ceptions: provides for free
trade in parts and vehicles
between Canada and the
United States.
Canada, suffered- a 51 -
billion trade deficit on the
arrangement last year. and
former Deputy Finance
Minister Simon Reisman.
who led the team which
negotiated the• Auto Pact.
has been appointed to
review it.
There has. as you know.
been considerable discus-
sion"about the Auto Pact
recently. This is because the
industry is expected to ex-
perience investment of an
estimated $60 -billion - over
the nein decade. '
The Premier has express-
ed the belief . that: ,"While
there .may be those who
question the , principle of
governments providing
direct financial incentives,
to large and profitable cor-
porations. this must be
weighed against the ongoing
sgcial and economic benefits
of increased primary and
secondary employment. and
improvement in municipal,
provincial and federal tax
revenges".
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Wheat oats, barley or quackgrass.
Whatareyou
harvesting next year?
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ROUNDUP' WILL CONTROL
Q(JACKGRASS THIS FALL, FOR A
CLEAN START CONTE SPRING.
Next spring, nothing will be
more important than getting in and
planting as early as possible. (Jn-
fortunately, that doesn't
leave much time for
dealing with
quackgrass.
Unless you
apply Roundup®
herbicide by
Monsanto this fall
after harvest.
Simply allow the
quackgrass to re-
grow undisturbed ire
the crop stubble until
the majority of plants
are actively growing(
and at least 8 inches
high (3-4 leaf stage).
But treat before the
first killing frost.
Properly
applied, Roundup will
be absorbed and
"translocated" down into
the network of rhizomes — de-
stroying the entire plant, above
and be ow ground. Five days after
treatment, you can resume fall
tillage operations.
Since Roundup has no re-
sidual soil activity, you can plaltt
wheat, oats or barley next spring —
without risk of crop in-
jury.
What's more,
many farmers using
Roundup -as the
key element in a
quackgrass con-
trol program,
have been able to
achieve manage-
able quackgrass
control for as long
as three years.
Don't think of
• treating quack -
grass as one more
chore in the fall.
Think of it as one less
chore in the spring.
See your dealer
about Roundup. The
herbicide that gets to
the root of the problern.
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Mons
There's never been a
herbicide like this before.
ALWAYS READ AND CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE LABEL
RECTiONS FOR ROUNDUP HERBICIDE.
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