Zurich Citizens News, 1975-11-19, Page 15The Minister of Revenue,
Arthur Meen, announced in the
Legislature that arrangements
have been made for the distribut-
ion of the November GAINS
cheques during the mail strike.
Senior Citizens who receive
GAINS cheques in the Huron -
Middlesex riding may pick up
their GAINS cheques at their
local municipal office. Recipients
should check with their munic-
ipal office if there is doubt as to
the office hours. GAINS recip-
ients or their representatives will
be required to produce identif-
ication, such as Ontario Senior
Citizens Privilege cards and sign
for receipt of the cheques. The
representative, such as a relative
or friend, should bring a signed
letter from the GAINS recipient
which can be left at the cheque
distribution centre and present
the recipient's Ontario Senior
Citizens Privilege card. The
card will be returned to the rep-
resentative. November GAINS
cheques will be available for pick-
up at the appropriate offices on
and after Tuesday, November 18.
As soon as the postal strike ends
all GAINS cheques which have
not been picked up in person will
be mailed to recipients.
If the strike ends before Tues-
day November 18, GAINS cheq-
ues will be mailed as usual.
These arrangements to pick up
cheques apply only to Ontario
GAINS cheques for persons 65
and over.
For the past two weeks, the
officials in the Ministry of Rev-
enue have been telephoning
Ontario Home Buyers Grant appl-
icants whose applications have
been approved and advising them
of the date on• which their grant
cheque would be available for
pick-up from one of their locat-
ions.
The locations include most
Province of Ontario Saving Off-
ices, Regional Assessment Of-
fices and Retail Sales Tax Dist-
rict Offices, as well as the office
of the Guaranteed Income and
Tax Credit Branch at 77 Bloor
Street West in Toronto.
The Attorney General, Roy
McMurtry informed the Legisl-
ature this week that with the co-
operation of the Minister of Lab-
our, the Honourable Bette
Stephenson, they hope to conv-
vince the Federal Government
that Bill C-71, the proposed
Canadian Human Rights Act,
be amended.
Bill C-72 is presently before
the Parliament of Canada, and
Mr. McMurtry° suggested that
the bill be amended to include
taped hate messages to the list
of discriminatory practices in
Part I of the Bill. He also suggest-
ed that the proposed Canadian
Human Rights Commission be
given over-riding authority upon
ex parte application by any pers-
on, to order Bell Canada or any
similar utility in Canada, to cut
off service forthwith to any numb-
er offering a taped hate message.
He said experience has shown
in recent years that existing
laws, including the hate propag-
anda sections added t the criminal
code, are ineffective, and because
of the loopholes and exceptions a
conviction is almost impossible
to achieve. Mr. McMurtry asked
for the support of all members of
the House to influence the Fed-
eral Parliament with regard
to the proposals to put a stop
to these repugnant activities.
Robert Nixon, Leader of the
Liberal Party, asked the Minister
of Education Thomas Wells to
clarify the present situation
with the secondary school teach-
ers and the extent to which they
come directly under the jurisdict-
ion of the people who are apply-
ing the price and wage control
legislation federally.
Jottings by Jack _ from Queen's Park
GAINS cheques, at local offices
He wanted to know whether
there has been any indication
froth Ottawa that there will be
a partial exemption because of
the dating of the previous agree-
ment, and "whether we are to
accept, at face value, statements
that have been reported and all-
egedly made by the Minister
of Finance, that this particular
situation falls directly under the
regulations and that, in fact, no
wage settlement more than 12%
will be permitted."
Mr. Wells replied that he clar-
ified this to both sides of the
dispute in a meeting he had with
them.
Mr. Wells said that in this part-
icular dispute the guidelines
apply to the secondary school
teachers, and this was agreed to
byboth parties. However, there
are sections in the guidelines
which indicate that, perhaps,
special consideration might be
given. One of these sections ind-
icate that "Special consideration
will be given for those signing a
contract, or negotiating a new
contract for one that was signed
prior to 1974." The other sect-
ion concerns historical relation-
ships and no one has given
any explanation to it as yet.
Under both these sections a case..
can be put to the Anti -Inflation
Board.
Mr. Wells said that proced-
ures as outlined by Ottawa have
been outlined to the parties in
this dispute, that they should get
a settlement, and when they have
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