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the HERALD Home Newspaper of Hills lilt A Division of Canadian Newspapers Company Limited KM Mam South Ontario I I Ill I mills- KlM- Second Clin Mail Number Outdated bill slows contract negotiations regions school teachers are facing their first strike in the regions six- year history this spring unless the of negotiations prove fruitful in coming weeks Clearly should the teachers follow through on last weeks nearly unanimous rejection of the school boards final contract offer students at 16 schools have little hope of seeing an early settlement prevent the apparently imminent strike More importantly the provincial ministry of educations failure thus far to introduce amendments which promise to at least relieve problems associated with teachers contracts and contract renewals confronts those same students and their coun across Ontario with an ominous future of interrupted terms and a disjointed education A year after negotiations began here with the objective of ratifying a teachers contract for the 197980 season they remain stalled somewhere between the six per cent annual pay hike being offered by the board and the 2 per cent hike the teachers say it really represents Last week a staid per cent of the voting teachers effectively turned their collective back on the six per cent across the board offer indicating that in the two months since the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation took over local negotiations it too has made no real progress Today Wednesday final hopes for negotiations flicker but those involved vow that any failure to make significant progress could see permission requested to hold a strike vote early next month The teachers each earning between 13 300 and a year have made it clear that issues concerning salary teacher pupil ratio in the classrooms and maintenance of teachers retirement gratuities are im enough that arbitration is at this point not a viable alter native for them The situation in is typical of the kind of charade which contract negotiations become due to outdated and inadequate provincial legislation Halton board chairman Bill Herd said as much last week and we couldn t agree more Herd and others in urging education minister Bette Stephenson to make her long- awaited move to amend Bill in accordance with the stated wishes of several regional school boards Whether the minister goes out on a limb to back proposals that certified teachers should be hired during strikes or rise simply takes steps to speed up the contract negotiation process she must readily admit that the legislation as is holds much room for im The seemingly interminable studies conducted by factfinders appointed to get things rolling in such cases is a good example of how much time can be spent little if anything Subsequent manoeuvres by both parties constitute a confrontation in no uncertain terms farremoved from the kind of arbitration process legislators no doubt originally had in mind Letter from the Editor Paul Dorsey An afterthought rctounled last week Ihe lion proud pit ntv of J hire in Georgetown literal MP Milne was it pull rsni position o accept i tlori was told lied won and in rik tu it msttatl If Mr by hi ill Jnhn Mil heralds il rclir it would Ik nd In i in Oil i tin it rophont menu jits poll riluiii liirjom in riding lint had narrowly lost his sit mouth old job in uncut lie news accompanied In the rumor that the incumbent was on on rlo liberal headquarters was spiullv to Grits who had told of Mr McDirmids mirks iirlur the of the Already lushed victor ID pin whin It still appiirid he hud margin Mr Milne Mr Mi surprised reporters during an impromptu pics conference in his he idnu hi describing the campaign SI inihu nt w is frankly mi ieil Hi it tin first worils spoken Hi reelected MP were hose HI his politic opponents or what hi rim tin ir liber and organized riorum Tory elcttion indilisinus it rel to i iikii sikns is of rtturring fir ill one which a ixtenl i in no hi on whi ibiril spnkesmm called supporii Mr to immediately pun lis opponents it his moment of glory struck mind dm pelted in signs is i and cnstli ilfur fir but w jliiuuti proof of in organized on those offend none the MP w is perhaps little ton in limbisting his nameless ihtv riniimid si If confident he tome John Ml Dermal one of this riding In ve not your chance sir alt it in thi n this lime let us Ik particular your in iorftttmn when of powtrwashrek lined in Ihis riding How much is an MP worth Salary review full of surprises back MP faces the press How is member of Parliament has been pondering that for the six months Hilts is the Commission to Rene of Members of Parliament and si n ilors for working has just what MP and i Sin r should be paid ippomted last fill is working for under a inn to the House of Commons Sunk Act Tlit mtndminl passed long di Hi both in and out of till Commons on MPs irks for commission to be slI up following wntnl lection report will be in the after the next session of rcsumis on Lin iss buck to ilsi us iks of his m Ik I to MPs three pjrty whips Si iti Commons clerks and sir ill Mis wins Ihe chief olfiur two officials of the presidents of two s itonomists corporation pnsidints nod business association hi ids imp surprised whit MPs sis Hales re all in iks his rtport is far niching presents brand new concept in the ippru ii li In salaries or MPs Sin ilors in of Mis now paid a year plus allowance ranging from a minimum of SI I to 17 St n get an a year and a ixptnse allowance of txtra for Senators is the of different interpretation of the die pay increase MPs and ilors recent every year Parliamtn I tan automatic increase of seven jil rale full opm whit In II lies won he recommends tie fort P irlnment sees his report hut it is tit mi jar thrust of his lions will be in the of allowances limit field from lo and from in MPs riding to telephone illow His timet is with travel allowances Tin Iwo Territories MPs lit allowances of Another MPs from remote ridings receive too on lop of the basic TItUH Not travel expenses come out of hi illow but hung expenses is The ijnnty of MPs tan commute llitir rulinjs says files But in Hit in order in norma famik life like lo bring Those ho bring their families to 111 no place take tin tost of the move and of maintaining a rtsidtnti in riding and in hut from the thing possible in to families says I lies will probably recommend number of MPs receiving extra i illovvance be increased Mtei consultation with Chief Hales came up in to ridings which are ither diffuuli to reach or have difficult travel problims within riding Mis or tht reprtstnta lives from Hit Hi ridings wire asked to show Idles low might qua lif or extra expense mttresling exercise One MP Halts lives in i mount riding his an airport is fomd in most of he lime n in his riding is fogptd in he his to to riding from either or distance of mile Hurt in airport it HO miles from he MPs riding Hut his irivel piv for lights on Tin MP fare onet a for a trip to and from his riding the rent il for the J0O mi It trip tomes oul or illowanct in his ruling the MP problims Roads in riding run north south following Hit villcvs from ejst or west to east in the tin mem thi entire north south distnnct of before tiling to in east west road flu milt costs for those trips out f txpensc illow met as MP with Hit Isl mils in s riding has inolhtr of problem 1 think there s 14 people in tht riding II Ik MP tin go it takes a whole He has to him Thit tomes out of his expense lit is MP or the Out inn ruling of Wtlhnglon from i sen b tint of his listing iccomplish mints is in MP w is of I irlnnuiitirv Program which kins Hi gr students from in eh met lo work for i in MP in MP which keeps sX tiding ha in in of Annual rite of student protest shows need to equalize grants Queens Park By Derek Nelson queen Park Bureau win springtime the here will In once again by students ikmonslntmg displeasure with konrnment spending policies It lias become an annua ritual to boo and universities minister Stephenson and opposition Apparently the Ontario I- of Of- and a number of student councils arc gearing up for run in 1980 the locus will be on money And like previous rallies the students will rum a good ease by miking wild claims based on Ideology Stephenson has announced a per cent tuition fee increase province wide wilh university having the option of adding mother per cent on lop if it Since operating grants to colleges and universities will be up only 7 per two per cent less than the Ontario Council on University Affairs says its members heed it seems likely some extra fee hikes will go through company object even though no ison ixists for students being from of inflation by ktipmg tuition I- or somebody from a lower income hold a tuition bile will hurt so the government has said it will allocate million in student If Or- was to lint amount is too low tear up Ihe Queens Park in protest they might have a point I It id demonstrators will be hi rt irtut for ibolition i f tuition be followed by living intes or all sluduils from the theory is that lower income pi don I attend university in the same proportion as wealthy because lack of montv deters their entry No proof ixists this allegation is true mil common sense indicates that financial reasons such as tack of emphasis on education at home are much important deterrents Hut it is Irue that money is a major i oncern to many when they consider going university That is one reason why we have student grants and loans And here where should be focusing their indignation en student Tones t agree with most OPS silliness believe not enough money is being allocated to student assistance programs In a to Stephenson last November their Ontario PC Campus Association advocated abolish ing loan ceilings ai well as adjusting living allowances for inflation should take heir recommenda the HERALD WILLIAM EVDOKIMOFF Publisher General Manager Managing Editor Phone s History from our files This weeks oldest stormiest Iht wintr to is w I norm 1 Him lllveirold Acton ii p re will in for a lei t m nils ikiissIkks Suits in up hi ilsis J m boused Si ml up Thin is or wild life in In Tin were I shot in lb tow iimn month to keep ai In Hum flocks nil Mis leitr rtporl is unveiled Monday unit luwn itiditorll 1 in riiMM report rid I s rtport on costs of all md prohibit fir 1 prmiiini mil r lint s the of i75 pupils hum stnimi pec ted to increase in next irtilingthi niedrorlwo it wis It irmil at Ive Set Hurl nuttinj tttdntsdii in kilthen will I iiiiuili with tin of in ikui si I i i I dith ttndk JO widow of Sir dud it hi r him i in an mill in ind mil prodssor if gv it si it Is Toronto Hi bis sLitntifit in iwi pounds I Miultr Irtsstil ind itul in four lei I I in Kin mkini ipprtbindtd DA court jury brine l if nut by ii isoimf in the list of in irjt wilh mptinc to inns in lies Water ipirlminl i is also with mdni and mil t li inn The w is si in mi for inmiiullv ins mi squesint until Ided to an pli from then pi inning board ml iv tided to I ir pi t il in istim Hod cost ind SI pi inning nut Hit men tht township in I urged a pi ii insult ml hired to draw up in ofdeiil plin I rtkulatt such ilmittidthtv need he sun lp miimipil iniitirs and 1 mini k to purl pi in In i joint committee of put mil itt trustees would by the intinii stpinle sihinil Ixnrd th s lie wis mounting on the tout lined in tin School Tin toiitroversnl of reeling w disposal pi l on site south is in hinds ol Mondiv HI until to tin then for lions hurt StudtnLs must be for part of llu tosts of their education through tuition at the same time money must In iv ible or poorer students to borrow if tin need it can lor should of equalitv of ojptrlunitv there must be It is too bad I slick to fighting or Ih on of the una resnlinlsprse it th muting suggest it i nurse of The five who mid trip to 1 isl to similar plant tumid disillusion mimously Th Hilton board of il ion told by the ministry of dm iiton that will not Inclusion of i in the iiirriculuin orst ndirv school students I il could impl mi in grades and Hilton Hills and the iti arc now ill of a forthcoming summit minting with lid Davis lie fori to speeifit it Ik in tin to lirucc to Milton hydro msmksion corridor ollowint closeddoor session last regional council further direction from Hilton Kills mini il in the mailer before luting to or continue Its own involuiii in dispute Man igt mint Acton riort I have been ilnrjed Illations Act for firing I they Joined a union Thi Union of Hour real Soil Drink and Distillery Workers charges IB with the He In ions Board against manager Frank Geng and supervisor Weaver for attempting to thill the applicants organizing discharging 13 employees bemuse were members of a trade regional councillors have broken with established policy voting themselves a per cent pay hike although they are entitled lo almost nine per cent Bowing to fiscal restraints council voted last Wednesday lncreaM annual pay stipends Tor all members fry