Zurich Citizens News, 1975-12-10, Page 15The Minister of Energy, Den-
nis Timbrell, this week in the
Legislature said that he did not
want to discourage the pract-
ice of colourful displays of lights
in homes and neighbourhoods at
Christmas but would urge the
economic use of decorative out-
door lights.
He said there is a real need
to prevent the extravagant use
of electrical energy and suggest-
ed that oudoor Christmas lights
be turned on only after dinner
and then switched off at bed-
time. By having them on for three
or four hours in the evening
instead of all day and night,
electricity bills can be kept down
and we can still enjoy the colour
and excitement of Christmas
lights.
Outdoor decorative lights on
provincial government buildings
will be turned on at 7 p.m.
and off again at midnight.
Mr. Timbrell said that municip-
alities can play a vital role in
making this conservation effort
work, and that he is requesting
that Municipal councils direct
that all their buildings observe
the guidelines as well.
Although the cost to the indiv-
idual. to burn one or two strings
of lights day and night, is modest
and the energy used relatively
low. on a province -wide basis,
the peak demand on Ontario
Hydro represented by these
lights is substantial.
Mr. Timbrell said he had no
desire' to darken the Christmas
spirit in any way but the sensible
Ilse of decorative lights is one
example of how better energy
management practices can be
implemented by everyone.
Eddie Sargent, Liberal Memb-
er for Grey -Bruce, speaking not
on party policy, but as a private
member, charged the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Canada with
using tactics parallel to blackmail.
Mr. Sargent stated that Bell Can-
ada is refusing to service thous-
ands of Ontario citizens with
telephone service on the pretext
that they have been refused
their rate increases.
He stated that in view of the
complete monopoly control that
Bell Canada enjoys and this
Quebec based company, sets
its rates for Ontario in Quebec,
that unless Bell can provide
service to enjoy this monopoly,
then the Province of Ontario
should take it over as a public
utility.
Mr. Sargent concluded that a
telephone is as important today
as hydro or gasoline and no one
should be denied this basic nec-
essity. He stated that if we have
been able through technology in
this nuclear age to put a man on
the moon, surely we can provide
out people this basic service and
have Bell stop their blackmailing
practises.
Mr. Sargent also said that he
plans to have the RCMP seize
the file of the Ontario Housing
Corporation dating from 1967
to 1975. Mr. Sargent stated
there is sufficient evidence that
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There is a neighborhood
that's so bad, nobody ever asks
you what time it is ... they just
take your watch, '
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There's no justice -- if you
make out your income tax
correctly, you go to the
poorhouse. If you don't, you go
to jail.
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Instead of raising the price of
postage, why don't they just use
smaller stamps?
Jottings by Jack - from Queen's Park
Energy minister ask for hydro conservation
Citizens News, Dec, 10/75- Page 15
there was an overpayment of
$3 million in land acquisition in
the Salt Fleet Development at
which time the Director of Land
Development resigned because of
political pressure.
Mr. Sargent stated that if the
RCMP in Ottawa could raid the
offices of Cabinet Ministers for
files pertaining to a $95.000
sky shop profit. it is equally
important that a $3 million land
profit be fully investigated.
In the last two years. Mr. Sarg-
ent said the Minister of the day
has refused access to the files
to the Legislature and it is time
that Ontario taxpayers have the
sante protection as matters of
Federal concern.
The Province's seat -belt
legislation has received third
and final reading. Only Royal
Assent is needed to make Ont-
ario the first jurisdiction in North
America to implement the mand-
atory wearing of automobile
scat -belts. The law takes effect
January 1, and the police will be
instructed not to lay charges
during the first month.
Reduced speed limits, being
introduced together with the
scat -belt legislation, will probably
be in effect on all highways in
the Province by mid-January.
A special temporary exempt-
ion from the reduced speeds will
likely be allowed for long-dist-
ance buses until new timetables
and connections can be schedul-
ed.
Although only a few MPP's
actually voted against the seat-
belt legislation, many others
expressed reservations and reluc-
tanec about the measure.
In reply to a question by the
Leader of the Opposition, Steph-
en Lewis, as to what accounted
for the apparent breakdown in
negotiations between the Minist-
ry of Health and the Ontario
Medical Association, the Minister
of Health. Frank Miller replied
that the negotiations have not
really broken down. Mr. Miller
said that the stated positions Of
a 35% fee increase generating
48% more revenue, were in the
opinion of the doctors based upon
studies . they undertook to see
what it would take to catch up
with the level they were at four or
five years ago.
Mr. Miller said he read into
some of their comments the fact
that they were still willing to
live by guidelines but one cannot
ask for 35% and live within
guidelines. He said he cannot
accept that kind of demand.
Mr. Miller was also asked by
the Opposition Members what
action the Government would
take should the doctors pull
out of OHIP. He replied that he
was not convinced that there is
any sizeable change in the numb-
. er of people pulling out. If they
do there may be problems for
certain patients, but he did not
see that there is currently a
problem.
Mr. Miller said the federal
government has a weapon it
has said it will use. It is his under-
standing that certain information
will be required of professionals
in Canada, in terms of their
change in income and change in
billing practice. The federal gov-
ernment said they would tax any
one that broke the guidelines, 100
cents on the dollar.
Stuart Smjth, Liberal Member
for Hamilton West, asked the
Minister of Health that as he had
refused to inform the House of
the list of hospitals he is consider-
ing closing on previous occasions,
could he at least tell the House
the criteria for closing the hosp-
ital. Mr. Miller replied that one of
the most obvious ones would be
the physical condition of the
,hospital.
Another criteria would be to
determine if adequate altern-
ative hospital facilities were with-
in reasonable distance of the facil-
ity to be closed and has the capac-
ity to handle that flow. Mr. Miller
said that insofar as operating
efficiency, that in itself would be
a reason to close a hospital.
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