The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-09, Page 9Jack's Joffiogs
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Regulations were filed this
week,by the Honourable
James Snow, Minister of
Transportation and 'Com-
munications, . to improve
school bus transportation..
One of the main areas the
regulations concentrate on is
the school bus drivers driving
record as 'vlreil . 'as i the
operator's Moral character.
- The .Regulations setting
forth measures to improve
school bus safety will come
into effect. February 1st, 1977.
These measures are:
Any applicant for a school •
bus licence will be refused if1,
that person's driving record
*lows more than six demerit
points. i.
A licence will be withdrawn
from the,. holder if that per-
son's driving record shows an
accumulation of at least nine
demerit points.
Any applicant will be
denied • a licence to drive a
school bus if he or she has had
a licence 'suspension within
the past year resulting from a
driving offence under The
Highway Traffic Act or. the
Criminal Code.
A School Bus Operator's
-licence will also be with-
drawn should any bus driver
beconvicted or two or more
motor vehicle related of-
fences under the Criminal
Code of Canada within 'the
past five years.
A licence will also be denied
or withdrawn,- should an
applicant or driver have been
convicted of a moral offence
such as rape or indecent
assault or conviction of im-
porting or trafficking in'
narcotics.
The reasoning behind these
measures is that a driver
.considered to be a poor risk to
drive his or her family car, is •
also an equally poor risk to
transport children daily on a
school bus. In the case of the
denial or withdrawal of
licences because' of moral
offence convictions, the
Minister said that weowe it to
the children being trap -
sported daily to see that they
are safe in every sense of the
word.
In addition the regulations
require tat• a Defensive
Driving Course or a.. School
Bus Driver • Improvement
Course, on a one time basis,
be taken before a licence is
granted to operate a school
bus.
It will also be necessary to
carry on every school bus,' a
First Aid kit, prescribed by
the, Canadian. Standards
Association, for school buses.
There has been con-
siderable discussion this
week about a ruling of. the
Ontario Highway Tran-
sportation to allow
Greyhound Lines of Canada
Ltd. to run buses on routes
between Toronto and Buffalo.
and Toronto. and Sudbury
which are at present served
by Gray. Coach, a subsidiary
of the Toronto Transit
Commission.
Gray Coach spokesmen
have said that the company
will appeal the decision to the
Ontario . Cabinet, but the
Minister. of Transportation
and Communications has told
the Legislature that he agrees
with the Board's reasons for
giving the ruling -'complaints
-if poor ..service by Gray
Coach, and the need ;for,
competition on the routes in.
the public interest.'
Leonard Moynehan,
president of • the
Amalgamated Transit Union
has charged that telegrams of
support for the Greyhound
service from union locals,
read in the House by the
Minister, were paid foil by
Greyhound, and that although
more jobs might be provided.
they would not be in Ontario,
because. Greyhound would
then have a 'bross-Canada
service, with drivers from the
United States, • or from
Winnipeg driving through
Ontario.
A . vice president' of
Greyhound admitted in a
telephone interview, reported
in a Toronto newspaper, that
the company .paid
"thousands" of dollars to
bring 70 witnesses to Toronto
to support the company's
application.
Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith has stated that bus
service to many small
Ontario communities is
threatened by the Transport
Board decision to permit an
American controlled com-
pany to operate on the two
main Ontario routes under
discussion.
"It appears that the Davis
Government is willing to
condone this sell-out to
American • interests at the
expense of a Canadian
Company owned by Ontario
taxpayers," he Said.
Gray. Coach officials said
this week that Greyhound will
skim the profits from these
two money -making routes,..
By Jack Riddell Hufon- IILese-x•MPP
making it impossible for
Gray Coach to continue to
provideservice on money-
losing routes in the rest of the
Province.,
Stuart Smith and • other
Opposition Members • have •
GODE,Ii.ICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 197 Bal G
New laws cover school bus
tried repeatedly to persuade
the Minister of 'tran-
sportation and Com-
munications, or .the Premier,
to delay issuing Greyhound
with the necessary .permits,
until the Cabinet has had an
opportunity to consider the
major policy change.
LiberalMPPfor Kitchener,
JamBres eiih'aupt, raised in
the Legislature the fact that
the. Minister of Government
Services rMargaret Scrivener
had indicated in a recent
newsletter to constituents
that the .Government may
introduce entrance
examinations for univer-
sities, and Ihas asked
Ontario's principals and
headmasters to produce a
plan for a province -wide
investigation of standards in
testing and marking.
The Minister of Colleges
and Uniscersities... has . ad-
mitted that ' university- en-
trance examinations 'may bb+
introduced, that the idea ' is
being studied, but he didn't
care to suggest that "it will
happen next fall," According
to the Education . Minister.
(continued on page 10A)
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