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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-08-15, Page 4PAGE 4 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1974 Pollution and you! For what shall it profit a nation if it doubles its Gross Nat- ional Product in 15 years and allows its physical environment to deteriorate at the same rate at the same time? , says the United Church of Canada. To what extent can we have effective pollution control without seriously slowing down economic growth and increasing unemployment? Suppose that in your community there is a plant manufactur- ing plorial-rods, but that its processes put polluting gases into the atmosphere and poisons into the local river. And suppose that the cost of controlling such pollution is economically proh- ibitive, that it would price those plorial-rods right out of the market. And suppose that the plant employs 200 persons --your friends and neighbors, perhaps you. And suppose you own a few shares in the company. What would you think should be done? Effective pollution control may require some quite radical changes in our economic structures and operations. It is obvious that it will require some public controls which many industries will not like. And large sums of public money will be needed for clean-up programs --and that will touch the purses of all of us. It has been said that smog is a deadly mixture of smoke, fog, and legislative inaction. But we ordinary voters can have quite a bit to do with the action, and the inaction, of the legislators we elect. But politicians are a wily breed, and they know bow easy it is for citizens to make idealistic and compassionate noises without seriously considering the sacrifices they may have to make if those noises are to be acted on. How much pollution are you willing to tolerate rather than accept a drop in your standard of living? Req',. est the government! What will we request of the new government in Ottawa? We often hear elected representatives defend their liberal give-away programs on the requests of the people. They say that's what the people demanded. When asked who demanded it, they are at a Toss to answer. Often subsidies, grants, low interest loans and such, come out in areas people never dreamed of. But the next time an election comes along, the people have become acclima- tized to government give-away gimmicks and they foolishly ask for more. A television viewer" watching the recent federal campaign noted the fact that people were actually asking the candidates what they would give if they were elected. This is an indication of how brain -washed the people of a democratic countryhave become. We seem to hav' for- gotten that no government can give the taxpayer one red cent without first taking it out of the taxpayer's pocket. In otlr Canadian democracy, there is only one re- quest we should be making of our governments in these affluent times, and that is: "keep your cotton-picking noses out of our private business and let us run our own affairs as we think best". Any other requests for government aid of any kind in areas where private enterprise can run the business in a free market, can only mean further erosion of our personal freedom. Sure, there will be times when things will be tough and some businesses, for various reason, will go under. But have you ever thought of how many business are going bankrupt today as a result of faulty government advice or because they were initiated in the wrong place at the wrong time with government assistance, which came out of our own pockets? It is time we quit asking the governments for goody handouts and asked them only to run the country in such a way that we may be free to run our own business and that they give us only one thing — freedom' ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Member:*eats apt ''tip, ` Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association ''4,q'ee`fi Subscription Rates: $5.00 per year in advance in Canada; $G.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 15¢ Huron county council (continued from page 1) Volunteer workers give county hospitals about $20, 000 in equipment and many hours of their time annually, she said. Most hospitals now receive almost 100 per cent of their funds from the province, Dr. Walker said. Volunteers should not feel that district health councils would take their hospitals away, he said. Chief county public health inspector Jim McCaul said that district councils would disband county health units, the only preventative health agencies. The Mustard Report has been criticized for being sickness - oriented instead of preventive - oriented. Dr. Walker said that health unit personnel would become part of a total health care system recommended in the report, Goderich Deputy Reeve Stan Profit asked what advantages district health councils would have over existing systems. If health councils are creat- ed they would prevent duplic- ation of services and co-ordin- ate different areas of health care, Dr. Walker said, Executive director of the Wingharn and District Hospital Norman Mayes asked why more district health councils are proposed when the four in operation have not been app- raised yet. The councils in operation take four different approaches to health care, but more approach4. should be examined, Dr. Walk- er said. Council heard critical pres- entations from several persons who head bodies which would be affected by Mustard Report proposals. Reeve of Bayfield and mem- ber of the county board of healtl- Ed Oldleifson said be attended a meeting in Ottawa recently of representatives from county health boards in Ontario. The representatives conclud- ed, Mr. Oddleifson said, that district health councils would increase costs, discourage volunteer help, cause increased bureaucracy and be sickness tather than health -oriented. Representatives also criticiz- ed the researchers of the report for not gathering information from people already working in health care services. Dr. J,I<. McGregor, of Winghanr, president of the Iluron County Medical Society, said the report contained no criticism of present systems. District health councils would be rigid and inflexible in dec- ision making, he said. Dr. McGregor added his voice to those claiming that a large LIVESTOCK SHIPPING TO TORONTO UNION STOCK YARDS Dunn and Levack Every Monday An Loads Fully insured: CONTACT Campbell McKinley RR 1, ZURICH Phone 262-5430 unnecessary bureaucracy would be created. Dr. Susan Tamblyn, medical officer of health for the Perth District Health Unit, said public health needs more emphasis on improving lifestyles and physic- al fitness. The Mustard report does not consider these improvements in its proposals, she said. The proposals threaten auton- omy, make health care costl- ier and do nothing to improve health, Dr. Tamblyn said, Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron, said the county would be lost in the district proposed by the Mustard Report. Murray Gaunt, MPP for Hur- on -Bruce, agreed with Mr. Riddell when he said that the county "would be completely smothered" when policy decis- ions were made. Experience has shown that regionalization proposed in the report would increase costs, he said. He warned of a "bureaucratic dictatorship" the councils would create. If people don't agree with policies made by their district councils, they can't remove council members in elections because the members are app- ointed, Mr. Gaunt said. Instead of always trying to get the best of a bargain, trying giving the best of it once in a while. angiart, "Kelly, Doig and Co. Chartered Accountants 268 Main St., Exeter ARTHUR W. READ Resident Partner Bus. 235-0120, Res. 238-8075 usiness and Pr® a ssional Direct OPTOMETRISTS J. E. Longstaff OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat- urday a.m.. Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Iasac Street 432-7010 Monday and Wednesday Call either office for appointment. Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9.12 A,M. — 1:30.6 P.M. Closed all day Saturday Phone 235-2433 Exeter ........ .... ...... 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