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By Jack Riddell ;1I.P.P.
While the Legislature moves
toward a vote that will determine the
fate of the government, Liberal
Leader David Peterson's Transition
Advisory Group is moving smoothly
along in its work.
The Advisory Group is charged
with the responsibility of assisting the
Liberal leader in preparations to
assume the duties of government
should he be asked to do so.
"The work of the transition group
is progressing very smoothly," Mr.
Peterson said. "They are giving con-
siderable time to analyzing the pro-
blems a new government would face
immediately, and devising ways to
clear up the administrative
machinery to allow it to function
smoothly.
THE PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS COUNCIL
G.D. WHITE, FCA
The Public Accountants
Council for the Province of
Ontario announces the elec-
tion of the following officers
and members: President, G.D.
White, FCA, Kitchener, Vice -
President, J.R. Rathwell,
FCA, Lindsay, Secretary, A.J.
Dilworth, FCA, Toronto,
Treasurer, A.C. Ryley, FCA,
Toronto, Pat President, W.H.
Broadhurst, FCA, Toronto,
Member of the Executive,
F.G. Whitley, CGA, Hamilton.
Messrs. W.P. Fazackerley,
FCGA, Windsor, J.P. Laten-
dresse, FCA, Ottawa, J.G.
McBride, FCA, St. Catharines,
W.J. Troop, CGA, Colborne,
W.J. Wilkinson, FCA, Trenton,
W.A. Witham, FCA, Lindsay,
R.P. Cohen, FCA, I.L. Rosen,
FCA and L.D. Freedman, FCA,
Toronto.
All persons who practise
as public accountants In
Ontario must be licensed
under the Public Accoun-
tancy Act and must observe
the Rules of Professional
Conduct laid down by Coun-
cil. Any information regard-
ing these matters and the
penalties for non -observance
of the Act and regulations
may be obtained from Mr. C.
Doughty, Registrar, The
Public Accountants Council
for the Province of Ontario, 45
Charles Street East, Toronto
M4Y 152.
Planning for change
"1 am pleased with the progress
that has been made, and appreciative
of the efforts that members have
made".
The transition group - the members
of which are giving their time freely
- is primarily studying the structure
of government, the structure of the
premier's office, and the functioning
of the decision-making process.
Members have formed small work-
ing groups in order to deal with
specific problem areas and tackle
their task with maximum efficiency.
They have met almost every day
since taking on the job on May 31.
In appointing the 10 -member group,
David Peterson took a major step
toward his goal of making the govern-
ment of Ontario representative of the
new face of Ontario.
The group is well-prepared for that
task. It includes women and men
from every region of Ontario, people
with successful track records in a
broad range of public and private
endeavours.
The transition group includes
members who have served and advis-
ed governments at all levels. Their
ranks include municipal councillors
who have had extensive experience in
dealing with the provincial
government.
In appointing the group, David
Peterson said: "When I consider their
backgrounds, two things come to
mind - competence and concern. The
range of their activities and the scope
of their community involvement
represent the best head start ohe
would get in providing good
government.
"They also help prove the adage
that if you have an important task,
you should look for a busy person".
The group is chaired by Martin
Connell, chairman of the board of
directors of Conwest Exploration
Company Limited. Connell, 44, of
Brantford, has an impressive record
of serving the community. His com-
mitment to community service in-
cluds work as .: Past chairman,
Festival of Festivals; Member, board
of directors of Canadian Save the
Children Fund (past chairman, fun-
draising and promotion); Member,
Board of Directors, Foundation of In-
ternational Training; president and
founder, Calmeadow Charitable
Foundation; Campaign Committee
Chairman, Scarborough Grace
Hospital, 1984, Metro Red Shield
Campaign, 1984.
Mr. Connell has also served on the
Advisory Board of the Metro Toron-
to Salvation Army.
The Transition Advisory Group also
includes: educator Jean Augustine of
Toronto; Lawyer Mary Eberts of
Toronto (originally from St.
Thomas); farm operator Peter Han-
nam of Guelph; Dr. Ronald W. lanni,
Q.C., president of the University of
Windsor; Sudbury Regional Coun-
cillor Diane Marleau; teacher Joe
Miskokomon, Grand Council Chief of
Aishinabek; I)r. Ratna Ray, Calcutta -
born former executive secretary to
the National Unity Task Force;
Toronto Executive Alderman June
Rowlands; and business executive
Abe Schwartz, of Mississauga,
founder and president of the Com-
puter Museum of Canada.
"This is the kind of talent that is
needed to help pave the way for deal-
ing with the major issues that face
this province," David Peterson said.
Power Corridor report
A previous column which I submit-
ted pertaining to Ontario liydro's pro-
posal for a power corridor was
basically the contents of a report sub-
mitted by Brian Tuckey of the Mid-
dlesex Planning Department to the
Middlesex ('ounly Planning Commit -
tee. Mr. Tuckey was hired by the
County to monitor the Planner
Review Committee meetings.
1 added my own personal feelings
to that report as I believe very strong-
ly that government must make every
effort to preserve good agricultural
land wherever possible. I do not feel
that the corridor should be establish-
ed on high class agricultural land,
such as that in Huron and Middlesex
Counties.
In previous columns, I tried to
stress the importance of the
agricultural industry to the Ontario
economy and the necessity of preser-
ving good farmland. All too often the
production of food is taken for granted
in this country. In Ontario we have a
valuable agricultural industry that is
based on a very 5tnall total acreage
of prime farmland. Only .5 percent of
Canadian farmland is Class 1 and
more than one half of this land is ,
located in Southern Ontario.
Class 1 to 3 makes up approximate-
ly 10 percent of Ontario's land base.
The logic of preserving this good
farmland becomes very obvious and
people should become concerned
about anything that would tend to
disrupt the production of food from a
very limited amount of prime food
producing land.
Haugh trip
Continued from page 4
times as large as most in Ontario.
One could easily handle one
sheep.
Pumpkin is a very popular
item on food menus. It's more
like squash than our pumpkin. In
the six weeks we never saw corn
in a restaurant and peas only
once. Corn is considered cattle
feed over there.
At one of the sheep farms they
were . shearing the Tookedale
breed. The wool on these sheep
grows as much as one inch per
month and shearing takes place
twice a year. This wool is coarser
than normal and is used ex-
culsively for carpets. -
We enjoyed a visit to a large
newspaper production plant in
Orange. It was McQuarrie
Publications and they- published
a number of weekly newspapers
and magazines.
On the way from Madnildrato
Canberra we spent a half hour at
the Killarney Stud Farm, owned
and operated by the Honan
family.
Although Mr. Honan was not at
home, we learned he makes fre-
quent trips to North America to
purchase standardbred horses.
We saw one yearling pacer
named Lexington Belle which
Honan owns in partnership with
John Haves of Ontario.
,Serving the Community since 1970
NESBIT
E ectric Motor Repairs
• Rewinding - Single & Three Phase
Motor
• Power Tools
• Sales & Service
• Inventory of new motor (farm duty
& three phase)
• Electrical Contracting
• Pole Line Construction
• Hydro Poles
• Pole Top Switches
• Electrical Heating
• Tingle Voltage Filter
• Farm Ventilation
• Complete Electrical Supplies for the
Handyman (Wire, Boxes, Switches,
Panels, Breakers, etc.)
229-8222
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