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The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-02-26, Page 15• l'+ r, d (Continued from pnge.4) • Ontario Government's own research contradicts such an ° argumen-t. For example: ' 1, The expenditures of the Ontario Government as. a percentage : of the Gross Provincial .Product have"been declining since L973.S e e the 0 f theS _Report. pecial' P:rogratr.i Review, • or Hen- derson Report)- :: The Qn.tario. Govern-• meet's expenditures ' as':_,a; percentage, of the total outp•ui of the provincial'economy is fully 33 and one-third percent below that of.the. other Provincial Governments 'in 'Canada. (see Report ,of .the °Spec•ial Prograrn • Review, page 21) 3. The Ontario' Gover'be meet's r,.:expenditures for transrer payments to municipal government• for all . income maintenance programs as a percentage of the total provincial .budget has.,. declined by,22 percent between 1970-71 and 19.79-7• (see Special . Program Review page --169) 4: The allowances for Social Assistance programs in. Ontario have failed to keep pace with. the Consumer Price • Index through' the period 1961 to 1975. These facts . clearly demonstrate . that social services have ,.not -been the recipients of • the Ontario Governments `supposed'. o.v e r,expen d.i;tur e s :- We would suggest that the 'problem' may lie on the revenue' side' of the budget. equation. It is .here that'one finds:the operative: principle that those y ho carf least .Af- ford It pay: the most, and' vice versa. , Behind a facade' • of in- suffiCient' revenues; and ce operation with' Federal. Anti - Inflation Guidelines, the Ontario Cabinet•appears to be w_...._.la nela-ing-a-.rn-aibe-assault•ctn..- the .poor and,-wor king people of' this province. Between •_1962 and 1972.,the• corporate .share . of taxes Ontafio fell from 62 percent to 29 percent while 'the in- dividuals' Share. rose froth 38 : percent toil percent. While corporation taxes contributed 12 cents of : each • revenue dollar . collected' in ' Ontario ih '• 1975, ':pe;rsenal •iricorne tax alone contributed 23 cents, • • Grants to municipalities for social services are being held to 5.5 percent ceilings while, the. provincial budget. grows by 10• percent. Tax.. corn cessions for. the multinational corporations Continue; (from 1970 • to 1974, .. corp•oration profits in: Canada rosea to. $18,330 millions, an increase of 1.38 percent). At the Same tim-e. Darcy. McKeough, Provincial. Treasurer,' in _ 1975 1975 budget, calls for a bigger 1slice . of the pie for the Petroleum Coi:porations, I his1975 .budget °budget address Mr. Mc•Keough ,also stated - that: -"In local .government spending 'from.- 19-70 to 1974; the • slowest growing major function Was in health _ander.. social services." How are -we to. reconcile these words with • ' today's' • claims •that.'ex-'. penditures in these areas are out of proportion with •other • ---government-• pend -i -ng. -7 --- Government exaenditures- 17 7,4 , • • EDItOR •pound fiscal n}anagernent' demands limits ori. borrowing. The Ontario Government Lias chosen to place the burden on ' working people, It attempts to disguis.e its relationship to the corporations by,•forcing tnunicipalities• to'. • threaten •working„ _People- with in - 'creased taxes. .unless' • progr.arn•,s to the needy.. ,ar:e': cut: This•would appear to'be a. 'massive `s,now•jo1�; designed' to. turn • working people•- • against those in need of assistance. As.. the United ;:Church of Canada' in' its brief .ori.social- services to the :Minister of. • Health and Welfare. has said:: 'Unless the present trend is clearly, reversed immediiately. • -we will see social welfare set back at least twenty y.ear's• within the nextfew months.'" We are calling or the im- mediate•lifting , of ' the proposed ceilings:' For the reversal • of the •ad- ministrative directives that will undermine basic social services. For a re -ordering spending. priorities to meet human`' needs. 'And a re- exarnination of the tax • structure- toward a 're structuring that places costs - where they belong. We intend to join together with those who, are fighting the 'provincial proposals in health care and education as well. We urge all people across Ontario who are being victimized by the proposals to 1oin:' with •us -to secure -the` reversal of these arbitrary, heartless. 'and„ irresponsible policies,'and to obtain social. ;olicies .that are rational, humane and just`: • ' It is our 'sincere hope that you will publish our letter in order that' people in :'Your community :can assess the situation in•light of the facts ' r•nbt• myths and cheap: deceptions=` • Yours •truly; • • •.: rBob•luleA-rthur:�-• - 're Stroh but ncrurable.Frank Millet-; In - what . has become the' traditional -method of ;response, I see that today you have is:sued your final statement to the media which `seals the fate -of Goderich Psychiatric Hospital. It' is depressing to realizet.hat the doors to a model institution will close and•precipitate the destruction of one of the most • 'exciting • and encouraging menta•lhealth programmes, in the country. It is a15'o• sad to note that the. •termination conies. in spite of widespread, aut.horitative: medical Opinion; . ' combined ' with' anxious community . concern • which have pleaded that.this. ill-advised "decision be reversed. . However, that's • govern- ment, '. I was 'really glad Co Meet you yesterday. It. was really the only'contact '(however forced 'upon you) .:you. acknowledged with our `Concerned Citizens' Com- .mittee'. since- its formation late last year: You seemed surprised, to learn. that you had • ignored . our ,many 'repeated 'requests: that . we - have an opportunity. to ex- press our concerns. I . may ;Paye seemed surprised,:too; • when you suddenly appeared ' to realize ,how •effective•1,. shielded you seem to be from your constituent citizens of Ontario. an any,event, we will know another .,time that the. telephone, the telegraph, and GO•DERIC. SIGNAL -S AR; fir;, t ltlil,tl11'Y LiA the mails will not suffice Perhaps our bodily present may turn.the trick, •-AI•©w that you know that w have a •number•.of Municipal • have to learn to be more councils. in this hinterland,• aware and a .number:'of effective rr"ris: :47,311_e,;r,itte.i.aletitlinqt. a ..l'ridllam .noted my int,crest. thing could hathis bceemprarylapsoand'' 'kindly called me and ppenrn.wtaa'.tis w.lth considerable stilt hailedas a'democratic 'justifi.catipn, just as: we are into an teso+ ial plane nutonlyverlfi tedy uesses.ountrir _ "`sl4eptrcaicFfth, nEeCiolFtI:_gubfie_: _ akso• .tderrtrfisd'.- 'trsio __ _ , ' Owers Of our' :),es'aerrys.Without. past history,thereMillion dd'llarl ospatal in;Mr..unlimited pPridhu er of the group.' cane -be no future, 'so letu Millers own idingovernment • and its right -to•- .ir.I r7dhamhasbEenanthink back to the tirrie whena geissueunjustifibre'memberfprrrianthese has 't l Ihavenot` n :njudgementsof major social Pt a s Were built, not, gp .e r to the fact. e and economic impact, We will Here is' the list:. by government, but by the,that .we• are in a sno.wbelt P s ft°ont row ' people of this area for the area: where gettin even to •from left, Harr Washin ton, Will MacEwanyBob C• people, •,„4f phis area. ,Even ...Clintonlitcoul.d.be a'hardship, Yeti GPH was ` ,call' yvl,he Millar The rargie, ,today' much of the equipment let. • aione. having" to get to know, Y. ( he Scotch Store), in the Clinton hospital was not ra or , on ,, or even e rail d e.nceless. W.e•.didn't ),1VIr.:Roth., •l~ red Sturdy. aridJ� rriesF installed by the mjnistry: of the local. hospitals .. ;at a1 have a,'iiospitat.l oard:te rally a Thom.pspn (The • Go s,' to' its defence. And•bo:w many MttSic• .Store): middle' row health, butbythe, auxiliary .Goderich Wingham,' or. from left;,; W the hospital, .through the.S•eaforth and ' what indeed a civil servants. could rally toalter Saults;Would- be : the h' stated`arlow; Ho.lrn•es Wal assistance. -of .the,•people. of h sense of'at the cause under t eter Cl. tempting. Exe r w ^m-'e1jy•'` J.L. ' .l{illorari Dr,. rnto,n and. the surrounding P g to here about duress of threatened. e , 'area. Let u e lookat some 'all ;the . •are equipped" WaltEr. Turnbull, Dr., s•_ne yto. t eat ::opportunities? ' . T • .handle are ma•ternit c s eguessyou are still surprised • Lionel Parsons, arid Roy oP the benefits of tare Clinton y a es, Adan s. Back `Hospital. D•ier .sl; and' tonsill,ectomies. about -' how the cornmurtity . row • from` left,• ^ WhEn I Casw o OPERATING • ROOMS say 'this .. am `not rallied though... In any.event• ell Rumbah, Will F attem: 'tin. to we've: fought ,a. good, clean . H. Robertson'(Editor of the ully equipped, the best in• p g pull down g Sinal), Charles K. Saunders, Huron County which is' .at Exeter but merely porntm'g „batt e:.,and our 'determination John Acheson, tested to by the doctors of the out the inadequacies of 'this has not waned. .. hesoh, lack Page, - ?. Monte Colborne, ----?, Jack area hospital as g n alternative to ou visited Clinton, '_Tait,andPercyWalton. X RAY -The most modern what is at Clinton, .. yesterday:: , Publication of these old and. efficient • outside, of. the In our 'exchange about largestcity hospitals. What of the future GPH; :you tiled •the word photographs.. and' the '.of the historica'l., articles by1V r: • , HEART MACHINES - The. personnel at the hospital? I -`consultation in a very W.E. Elliott and,others are : only hospital- in. Huron- think of • those nearing, strange way. You stat'consulthated features' that are much' a equipped ,and staffed by retirement. age, what chance you• had indeed `consulted' P p qualified -personnel, who • have theyin obtaining". • with our Medical community • reciated and it is a bit about the 20 bed proposal; Is disappointing when 'long. when not required. to operate • Sui.table employment at these thrusting a political sop on an ;winded correspondents (like .the equipment are still -other hospitals which are unwilling :recipient to.` be' ,a`r certain Wilson last week) carrying on their other •.. already staffed. These people classed as `consultation'? I Pre-empt •th'e. •'space usually ` duties. • _ are going 'to be forced to • occupied by ''items from DIALYSIS -One of the few accept • unemployment:. in wish we' had had time to:talk ancient issues of: the Sinal non city hospitals so equip- surance which I realize is not about advice' - the..advice- . g . yours, but rther the federal suppose that for the present , •TF E -.COST - S•tandard ward - responsibility, but then wh.o ' social agencies;: including th •:usual gamut ,'of hospita police commission children''s aid' societies and .number , of community orgariiaatrons•.'; concerned about•health care; you ,nigh be better able to'devise som way of communicating with us about. future'government decisions. :I : think -.that you have learned quite well that talking. to political allies in :secret'•conversations is• hot quite the"'same as talking in • public with the leadets of our communities. You .did claim that rather devious route was the.the. way you talked to us. • way didn't get through. -- • We're all a little sorry that you didn't ever get to. GPH. -You know, it's quite •a sen- sation to elevate one's self from supposed facts, figures and statistics and deal with these issues in very human terms.. You missed an op- portunity to see'rehabilitati•ve ;care in action: You missed a chance to 'feel', the impact of what your cold and calculated statements have done.. Would :you consider a final request to.elaborate• in some detail,- your- plan to . provide our,�rural'.. cern .mu:n:ities :with mental health care? Would you speak, in writing, : iii' realistic terms to the 160,000 people'in the GP•H catchment' area about the plans' for' alternate. services? We know about the 20 bed unit for ANIG...the papers' said for "chronic.," care. Will it meet emergency, needs? Will it. serve the need for 'crises intervention?. W ill: it••. meet' the - demands •for. a'leolrolie-care arid; drug' detoxification?' Will ;it. serve the court referrals? How far along the path will it•go to maintain those •1ia00. out- patient • contact per month? Will it serve the needs of • children and the huncir•ed-or- sa._...fam•ilies rregistered for counselling ser`Yices?` • How will the- replacement unit -relate -to social agencies? Will there b.e.a continuing tie with CAS, the schools, the nursing homes; the • special care homes; -or, will you provide additional funds :•to add psychological and psychiatric staff to 'the area teams charged .with the social welfare of our residents? Will we get a team, to .travel throughout our counties :t;o serve the special counselling needs?. Where do you' plah to re -locate our senior citizens requiring Active p.'sycho- geriatric care?' Will there be provision for the continuation of . manpower placement services' for the physically and' mentally :handicapped? Which hospitals will provide the alternate training ground for .the five educational units 'that use the • facilities at GPH? A number of questions; 'sir, but each of them valid... • •We have 'had it toughy understanding the 'timing of your closure,pl'ans.•If I recall correctly; ,. the Legislature: adjourned the day before you started the execution,of your master plan. And, if I surmise •correctly, phase I & IT will be a fait accompli. by the time the democratic .process of' require.. - revenue, T.hree avenues are available: borrowing, tax corporate • profits and tax working people •(inc.orne;-. -sales and - property taxes) • • and the Star. However I • Ped, .. ' provided by your own ministry ' that we• have a • deficit of 1132 acute . psychiatric beds in' Ontario (Nov.; '75) - or the advice Provided to your confrere, Mr, Taylor, by his own ad- visory group ,that MR unit to - be establishedat Goderich is neither needednor,useful. • Itwas -really:: annoy.ing--tee senariensmamest T.E N -D E R _. ' • St��OrN srEAK 6 BABY BEEF LIVER LB 79c FRESH WHOLE BACK BACON' ,. HAMS LB:99c 8! 1.98 SLIE .RK.ET LB. $•'1.49 ROUND STEAK 'CUBE STEAK LB 41.29' BONELESS RUMP ROAST x.1.59 PEA MEAL LIMITED - CALL 524.8551 Home Dtessed Ins peeted Meuts at Wholesale Prites ¢•,.: W , k yes • generation, discussion of... rate CLINTON - Under will still be payingfor this? existing problems is more . $55.00 per. day. ,, LONDON We the taxpayer. Where then important than recaIling long . VICTORIA - Over $140.00 per does, all the saving then • go past events. day that Mr:. Milleris ad° R.J.G. Wilson. .OPERATIN.G' RESULTS - • vocating? Your ministry has. :Complete lack of cases where failed to take into'aceount the rir' ., • post operative, patients have personal touch which re-su1f had to return because of 'in more vapid' recovery infection. Can Stratford, resulting:in less atient • • D•earEdrtar, Landon oreven:T"oron-toMake Spent at the hos.pital.. You hear the . ground rules laid Though notes. •have been this claim?. might ask• how 1 arn• so well before the Clinton $oard. You ' gathered for some years now, As an accountant by trade I versed?: Mr. Davis I spent •Very clearly placed the onus I.' have not .'enough in- am • deeply. ; interested' in: four weeks in the Clinton on 'them •to prove to you that ".formation to. write a ,con-:- ,earning : More about the', hospital in 1972•. following a your decision should not hold. necte.d. story about; William .figures ,given out by Mr.: coronary attack, .a.nd our son Have you not mixed up the Fisher ••Gooding and his Miller and yet in watching the • has, spent close to 365 days in., rules, sir? Isn't it the more family. It ought to be written, ,news I see that these figures Victoria Hospital at London, • rational position to have you for' Gooding was this 'town's'•. are not even being• given to over the period of 16 years.:I ;justifyyour decision and first , citizen here before the members of the . op do, know the differen convince Clinton thatou are : Galt and Dunlo There -must- = ce, Mr.. Y'• ,- P�-' position so I .would not have Davis.. right?.•It• seen -is .to:. me that be descendants in this area', much hope of being allowed: • you re assuming guilt with .still, though- not bearing the access' •to them. Sir; if .you. I realize Sir that your time the :onus on the defendant to name. Any dates ''of .. death., 'expect .us to believe ':' thG ,is valuable- but I urge you to -,prove-�rntso-c i�hat`s-trot`--ski be welcome ashleading'fi`"ores, then ut't}lem''u fol= "Cecu dei "rlre of fri'g of stirs . the way our system works, to useful obituary articles in „scrutiny and p allow usp the :institution, as it appears that Mr. Miller. You are changing Goderich newspapers.E : privilege of determining Without further proof this is all rules; (Lott whether they• are in fact true much more of a political --I' was glad ;.to hear you r • ' Or not. You might well ask nature than a .truly financial.. admit further culpability in ill('l' lP..�SS11P,Sti whywe should doubt these one. When one 'se,es••th.at nine choosing Clinton. You asked figures, I always remember of the ten hospitals closed are them to further divide our Dear Mr, Davis; the old axiotii that `!fi ores lie' in ridings currently .'held by 'Count• e findingthe• $800,000 '. As a'..lifelon resident of g members of.` the opposition, Y Yg and liars figure" and when PP . saving in ..other ways. Hasn't Huron County, it was with a we thinkback to just a short and the tenth, though held -by there been 'a di,sapropor- sense •of ''deep loss when l time before the last Your party, is ina' riding tionate burden .placed in our . heard that Mr. 'Miller was. Provincial election when Mr, where the, majority. of people • hands:ai-ready? How much of . closing the Public Hospital -at . Miller stated that no hospitals are not of Canadian birth, one . the $50°million dollars do. you Clinton: Like all my • neigh= • would be closed in Huron, yet wonders. Perhaps b.y'nowyou-.1 want Huron Countytq'bear? hours we•were left in a state: now we, have two of them. think -this comes from a long This:. is number, two, don't of -helplessness that such• a • Skeptical, YES, and I believe' time Liberal supporter, but I: forget. . . We're strong, but not that • assure you thea t>3 zr4t case,; as i.....ilrar Qt1tefh -�rotiag ,.de•1e�gaxon,.•-.h+a--•gid 'fs)r Mr M•oNaug tl4n • at 1a1 election to be the :member your party in •}uron; • ,and , . never failed to vote fo•r him in any, succeeding election, I ..;..... respected and admired Mr, McNaughton but the words which he spoke' on .the :n•i:ght :.; that; :.Tacit 'i idd'el1 the iiuron 13y election will never be • forgotten., when he said someday• 'the people;: of•. Karon: will regretthis", rs:•this t4ien. what he' predicted;?; what • &f'. •Mr, M ller's't',. statement that,"It is cheaper' to bury the:people' than :fjx • them up". Oh I realize that . both • of . these •staternents - • could have been given in. the', heat of the moment, but one _wonders.. At the time of your election as leader of the Conservative party, I: heard you speak of • the future of Ontario_ and whatyou and your party ' could .do far it. Where is that vision today?.I would •suggest that possibly you are spen-... ' ding so much time thinking of -' today that you are not taking. a good honest look atthe future. I agree wholehear- tedly with you th have to be made. I believe itis up to each one of us 'to help, but let us spread this over a wider area; let us keep democracy alive. Surely in every area of government there could be cutbacks made that would effect. the savings you are attempting • to make, and would be s read over an area that would mean every -one was' doing his part,, not merely the health 'ministry. Surely what this°ministry has :proposed, is not democracy. • but the first stirring breeze of - cornmunism,• a thing that; T- am 'sure' you abhor as- touch as I do `myself:... • The province•:of Ontario and the town' of Clinton MUST have 'a future: Perhaps this future. ;could . be'in..editing back, with this I would agree, '' but. complete closure -- NEVER:" It might 'also be 'a time when ..•a minority - 'government is . in power to have all,thtee 'parties forget. ' their lust for power at any cost, and get back`to..the idea ocgovernment by the people, for the people. strong tri :s ' . CANTDU spokesman at CNA serniinar- orry I didn't Have the ' courage to join you Am your Walk back • to .the .,Car •at Clinton public yesterday. I • erripathized with the anger -expressed by local residents,: though; • and 'sincerely• hope. that you noticed that some of the loudest' wails .ofLprotest • originated 'from• the senior citizens who waited patiently there. They are the• one large group -most severely affected by this new decision and have the largest• ligitimate 'com- plaint to make. Yes,' Mr, Miller, I admire your courage.. You . are • making tough •decisions, but you somehow seem to have forgotten the foundations•on_. which this country was' built and the socially- acceptable •Tway to make decisions. 150 years, ago;• you -would have fit. . •right .,in with those aristocratic 'autocrats -that fired the MacKenzics and the Van Egmonds of that day to futile hostilities:• • • • Thank God for the 'deter- mi'nation• of our••forefathers, We do have responsible government in this country. Today, . it does not •appear very democratic,: yet the people of this province:wi'll • Survive • this • terdporary aberration, I. think you made our • history hooks this. week. The • wilful destruction of social :fabric and the resultant .di'strust for. government authority , have ' not, been repeated since the 1830's. I wish you the best on March 9 and the' days following.' The legislative process gets rolling again arid, . a' number of your peers in the Government of Ontario may ' .well call you.to task for acting without their consent, Respectfully, Paul Carroll Picture identified • 'Dear Editor, l crrkY ou' sugg ested. .. ,that t ,seri you the names of the few • members 1 recognized in the Menesetung • Canoe CIO picture .that.,was, published on .November 20, 19, 5. Fortunately, Mr F a. srei.sed by AECB F ROM HYDRO NEWS The Atomic Energy Control Board plans tighter regulatior.of nuclear • power plants,. stricter security. guidelines to thwart terrorists, and broader supervision of • uranium raining and .. radioactive wastes.,•• In an :address to a Canadian Nuclear Association seminar• on .Public..'concern and' Nuclear Energy, Dr. A, T. .Prince, ' president of the A.EC13, also forecast' a wider role for Canada's regulatory. ,authority- in communications and .responsiveness to- the public. and in "mission - oriented :research and •devel.opmen`'t ir, support of•our licensing. efforts." The'AECB jsues licences Co build and operate power. plants •and other nuclear facilities. .Yw:o nuclear:,- smitics • representing Energy Probe and the Cantdu group took part in the Etobicoke seminar, which was designed to ' help CNA member organizations-- to.. improve . their .effectiveness . in corn= municating with the public. Two of the issues raised were alleged" incompetency .of regulatory groups. •and secrecy. ' Dr. Prince•..• described competence • as "a "prime component of the confidence level maintained by any regulatory 'agency: We have : developed through the 'years a small but highly competent, staff and we are endeavoring to further expand and develop that carY1'petence," Dr. Prince, who was ap- pointed head of th'e AECB last February; said `.'regulatory nderit on• • effectiveness •rs d priblic 'awarenes 's• of and° und:er.st-a•nding ",+t he regulatory process.T-o is •end, =we must investigate ways and • means 'of more effective • public .information, •programs and opportunities for ..the public' to express its • views.. . "We must b.e'sensitive and responsive to. the, social- • impacts bf our actions and to •The needs' of all. Canadians, including anti- or pro- nuclear. advocates, atomic radiation '. workers, applicants, sees, and • concerned citizens." Dr. Prince ..described communication as an • ex- tremely important aspect of the level•of.public confidence Which a .regulatory agency ti7ayenjoy. ,, ...... .• "We must clearlyrecognize• that regulatory ,matters, whether . nuclear er other- ' wise,• ..are •the public's busines, and that the •public has a right• to full•,°objective and timely information... •"A ' well-informed' public will help us to achieve a more effective regulatory system and ,the hest level of corn, pliance.perform•ance." Callingfor communication••• "with ope.en'ess and -candor." Dr. Prince• said •."we must .m.ake a strong effort,to have justice • done and to -have ,justice seen to be•done." Dr, Prince said "a reasonable.balance roust he found between responding to public concert and meeting , the publics needs for•energly and. between dangers of • information obstructionism on, the one hand and tactics of bulldozing --through- 'nuclear developmentson the•other•, • "The AECB .does not . promote, it regulates 'and controls: _ we say bow and underwhat • conditions nuclear energy may be used , if others make tha.t'choice as their energy source.:' • • Dr, Prince told the semi-nar, which was attended by more than' 100 represen- tatives of the nuclear in- dustry; that all'of them had a responsibility to. respond to public • concerns ' about nuclear energy" and urged, "free and reasoned, •com-. munication amongthe public,' the • news m'edia,the nuclear industry. •and the ,regulatory authority." • • '• DEAL°OPENL'Y Opening the seminar, CNA president C. A, Dagenais said 'the industry' .is making in- creasing efforts to, -:deal openly with the public, the media and special inferest groups. "We cannot and should not take the attitude that people should leave nuclear energy policies and•decisions in the hands of those who know best, that is. the government or the scientists or the engineers. •"T1'tey have aright to know what may affect their.liges and it -is up to us to provide • reliable information for them to come to their own con- clusions." • William Peden, executive director itif Energy Probe, Yours truly . " Harry Lear Box 201,. Londesboro, Ontario, no hea alleged there was '1a great deal "6f incompetency" in the over -a11 management of nuclear power, not at ,the engineering level but at the, goverir.•m.ent ..and, regulatory levels. " He cited hazards to uranium. .miners' at Elliot. Lake and dumping' of radioactive ' wastes near a Port Hope refinery and charged that nothing was done about it. '• - "That` scare's. thepublic, he said.. Mr,• Peden said there was "a great deal of secrecy and cover-up" over nuclear apower. • He,,, was , later challenged on this'point bya member -of . the audience, Derry Ironside of Ontario Hydro, who said that in one instance- the information requested by Energy. Probe on radioactive emissions. at Pickering generating station. was -on computer tapes atthe. time. -'It was later made available in a written report,. Mr. Peden, who said Energy Probe isn't an ,anti-: nuclear group, favored growth in' the use of Wind and solar teihnologies. Energy Probe opposes enevgy- intensive industries and life- - styles and generally favors lower 'environmental impact, new sways of •using scarce ' resources, and 'helpitii,' the third world." t•, CAR ROLLSii,EAKg Paul CE•,roll, Vice prrnci'pal • of Seaforth Pub1Sc: gchool, warned that the dede'rirh based Cantdu group is "nota . • '(continued on pa16 . 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