Zurich Citizens News, 1973-04-26, Page 13777-2,
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1973
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 13
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Ontario Treasurer John White
has been under heavy attack
for the past week from the Lib-
eral and NDP Opposition be-
cause he raised the sales tax
from 5 to 7 percent to partially
reduce the large deficit which
exists in the province at the
present time. The 7 percent
sales tax on energy sources
emerged as the most contentious
issue of the 1973 Ontario Budget.
It places the province in a rath-
er precarious position in the
negotiations with Alberta on
gas prices. Premier Davis in
his negotiations with Alberta
Premier Lougheed endeavoured
to prevent such drastic increases
in the prices of gas and oil
coming into this province, but
in fact, he couldn't have been
all that concerned about the
problems of rising energy prices
when he allowed his treasurer to
impose a 7 percent sales tax
on energy. This coupled with
the fact that Premier Davis
allowed hydro rates to increase
20 percent in the past eight
months seems to suggest action
that is just plain hypocrisy.
Jim Breithaupt, Liberal fin-
ancial critic, opened the debate
on the budget stating that there
was no economic need to inc-
rease sales taxes. He said that
federal government tax reduct-
ions will produce a buoyant ec-
onomy and thus would have in-
creased Ontario's revenue at
the pre -budget sales tax rate.
Mr. Breithaupt said the gover-
nment has consistently miscal-
culated its revenues and spendini
during the past few years and
predicted Mr. White will also
be out on his calculation that
Ontario will have a deficit of
about $400 million at the end
of this financial year. 1 -Ie will
probably find in the final analy-
sis that we have an almost bal-
anced budget, Mr. Breithaupt
said. . He said the sales tax
on energy will be particularly
hard on senior citizens and
others living on fixed incomes
at a time when the inflation
rate is high,
Eddie Sargeant, Liberal meml
er from Grey -Bruce, has persist-
ently asked Premier Davis to
table the log books of Govern-
ment planes,but Mr. Davis both
inside and outside the house
would say only that it was a
long standing Government pol-
icy not to table the log books,
and that this policy would cont-
inue. This matter came to the
front due to a comment in the
provincial Auditors report that
Government planes were used to
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transport ministers, their fam-
ilies, and civil servants outside
the province, Mr. Nixon and his
colleagues concluded that in
the light of Mr. Davis' adamant
refusal to table the log books,
Government planes are being
used by ministers and their
friends for purposes other than
Government business. Mr. Nixot
said the refusal indicated the
misuse of the planes was flag-
rant and would be embarassing
to the Government if it became
public knowledge.
A question was asked by the
Opposition to health Minister
Richard Potter on what he was
doing about the problem of
mercury pollution on Indians
eating contaminated fish from
the English River system. Dr.
Potter said a complete study
has been made of the report
and that he would be making a
statement in the House in the
near future. In the meantime
the Indians are still eating mere.
ury contaminated fish in that
area.
Resource Secretary Bert Law-
rence announced that the Ontario
Government will implement a
$50 million loan program to
help property owners build dikes
and breakwaters to fight the
high waters in the Great Lakes
region. The loan will be made
through municipal offices and
repaid with property taxes over
a period of up to 20 years. He
said the individual loan ceiling
would probably be about $20,
000 repayable at the prime gov-
ernment
overnment interest rate of between
six and seven percent.
Wednesday was the last sitting
of the House before the Easter
Weekend break and it was unique
in that it was the first time in
the historyof the Ontario Legis-
lature that a bill was opposed
on its first reading. When Treas-
urer White introduced the amend
ed Sales Tax Act for its first
reading the Liberal Opposition
immediately opposed the bill
and forced a vote. The scurrying
then started as the Tory Whip
had to round up enough of riffs
colleagues to get them back into
their seats for a vote on the bill.
After three-quarters of an hour
had elapsed, the vote was taken
and strange as it may seem,
some Government members
refused to enter the house as
they opposed the tax increase
and wished to abstain from
voting on the bill. One of the
Tories in the house that day
stood up with the opposition to
oppose the act. John White,
seeing that he is lacking support
from many of his own colleagues
indicated later that he would
have to spend some time over
the weekend contemplating
his next move. It was suggested
that John White consult the oth-
er ministers in Government for,
not only does Bill Stewart,
Minister of Agriculture argue
that the energy tax puts farmers
at an unfair disadvantage, but
Tom Wells, minister of educ-
ation, knows that school boards
will also be at a disadvantage
in that they are already operat-
ing under imposed Budget ceil-
ings with no allowance being
made for the tax on energy.
This tax alone amounts to
$18, 000 that the Huron County
Board of Education must set
aside in its budget. This amount
will no doubt exceed the addit-
ional revenue that the Govern-
ment will be turning over to
Consumers' Association of
Canada reminds consumers
that the Ontario government
will make child -resistant cont-
ainers for prescription drugs
mandatory in the province on
April 1, 1973. CAC national
headquarters is located at 100
Gloucester Street, Ottawa.
the Board. The Boards, as yet,
' have not been informed as to
what their individual grants will
be,
As a matter of interest the
resolutions which I submitted
to the Liberal Caucus in Goder-
ich prior to the by-election in
Huron, were accepted in their
entirety by the Liberal Party of
Ontario at their convention in
Ottawa last weekend.
These resolutions read as
follows:
1, The Liberal Party of Ont-
ario reaffirmed its opposition to
Regional Government plans
proposed for Huron County.
2. The Liberal Party of Ont-
ario opposes the replacement
of adequate local services with
regional services, and will fight
to preserve local instiiutions
such as hospitals, P,U.C,'s,
and will fight for a person's
right to file an assessment ap-
peal in his or her own County,
The Liberal party recognizes,
of course, that some services
must be on a regional basis such
as County Planning,
3. The Liberal Government
of Ontario will put a freeze on
all bed and/or staff reductions
in hospitals of less than 125 beds.
Advice
buying beef
Food Specialists at the Ont-
ario Food Council, Ministry of
Agriculture and Food frequently
receive calls from consumers
who want to know why they end
up with only 225 pounds of meat
from a side of beef advertised
as being 300 pounds. The reason
for this difference is that the
price of a side of beef is based
on the "carcass" weight.
Carcass or hanging weight
is the weight before boning,
trimming, shrinkage, and other
cutting losses are figured. These
losses can run about 25 to 30
percent. What this means is that
the actual cost per pound is
higher than the advertised price
per pound, since you will pay
for cutting waste as well as
usable cuts of meat.
To illustrate: if you purchase
a 300 -pound of Grade Al or
B1 beef at 80 cents per pound,
with an average 25 percent
"loss" in fat, bone, and shrink-
age, you will have 225 pounds
of usable cuts of meat at a cost
of . 80 x 3004240 or 1.06 per
pound usable meat (225 pounds).
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