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if WEEKEND EXTRA Friday October is iNt MPPs report from Queens Park By JULIAN REED SECRET WELFARE REPORT A strongly worded report to the Cabinet con tends that welfare pay meats be Increased across the board before November because bene fits have In recent years been distributed unevenly actually of the most needy people In Ontario The report drafted by the ministry of community and social services In June has not been made public There Is a need for a detailed examination of the ministry s rate struc ture to ensure within available funds the mini Is meeting needs equitably says the report and policy experts have warned that the government will come under severe attack wet fare increases are not tied to Inflation According to the report Rates are coming under criticism far their level of ade quacy This criticism will be heightened by any rite adjustment that is less than inflation In spite of the fact that his own officials have re commended across the- board for he more than 0000Ontari who receive family Com Everything youll need to know This Is true whether the worker Is a dock labourer or a violin maker and yet the violin maker may be completely unable to earn a living while the dock worker could return to the same Job after be or she recovers The Board Just flea this by saying that the of worker to earn a living is similarly Impaired In some cases where earning capacity is unpaired more than Is usual for that sort of Injury the Board may award a pension supple ment But you must co operate with the Board plan tor your tion and look for a job A pension supplement Is also allowed If yoa are dis figured snout the face or head You can receive up to CM per year for damage to your clothing from wearing a back or leg brace and IMS per year for damage from an upper limb brace arc Increased by 10 per cent alter one year so long as they were awarded after June 1981 After that they remain fixed Pensions are also awarded for psychiatric claims brain damage shock from terrible dent reaction to treat longterm depressi on Ions of selfconfidence and anxiety that results from being out of work family problems and so on These pension can be permanent rare tempo rary or paid tat a lump sum Usually bey are quite small The Board offers twd types of rehabilitation to help you after your dent medical and voce tional rehabilitation Medical rehabilitation Involves physiotherapy teaching you how to operate limbs and so on Medical rehabilitation It headquartered at the Board own hospital In the Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre Vocational Is available if you are partially disabled and looking for light work It involves language train ing Job search techniques and Job retraining Your program will depend on your level of education knowledge English dis ability age and moll You can choose to receive your pension In a lump sum though often the Board Is reluctant to so commute the pension on the principle that It must be U your advantage to receive a lump sum The Board will consider what Investment strategies you have whether you Intend to start a business or if you have some other good use for the money The Information In article Is accurate as of September more Information on this and other topics contact COMMUNITY LEGAL EDUCATION ONTARIO S3 Noble Street Toronto MIX For legal advice contact your local lawyer or the Helton Hills Community Legal Aid Georgetown benefits and welfare the Is expected to any increases on a selective basis YACHT CLUB Liberal deputy leader Sean Conway has demand ed lhat the Ontario govern ment crack down on the Urban Transportation Development Corporation which has signed a 30- year lease with a yacht club near Kingston He termed the 120 which the provincial crown corporation will spend for the use of facilities at the club a shameless dlture which seta a wretched example for Ontario poor Us lime he said that the govern ment trimmed the sails of the corporation If the government was serious about restraint It would not allow such outrage ous spending by one of its agencies REFUSAL OF TREATMENT TO RAPE VICTIM II s been announced that the Ontario Hospital Asso ciation is to review services for rape victims after a year old woman was refused treatment at Humber Memorial Hospital In Toronto The doctor on duty in the emergency department at the time Is to face a review from his peers according to the hospital and the AttorneyGeneral has ordered a police report on the case The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons has undertaken to make enquiries about this case A spokesman for the Rape Crisis Centre has charged that it is quite common for treatment to be refused all over Metro Toronto and the police have stated that they would welcome a Mini stry of Health investlga tion because doctors at the hospital have been refus ing to treat rape victims for four or five years Liberal leader David Peterson asked in the Legislature why the government has delayed so In action about this type of Incident in view the fact It has been aware of dis crimination and refusal to give treatment to rape victims Why Is the government not moving with despatch he asked RESTRAINT PROGRAM Opposition members continue to press the government on the subject asking why these have not been Includ ed In the restraint pro gram as administered prices Under what sec lion of the Act are they excluded asked David Peterson While the Libert Caucus has supported the restraint program as a first step we have a committee be struck to consider a number of areas where improvements were necessary including the following broader controls and particularly tougher restraint on administered a rollback of doc- no passthrough price detailed consideration review of the blanket tors fees next year to per increases for Ontario the post control removal of the right to cent if voluntary restraint Hydro above per cent phase guarantee that we strike with is not forthcoming extension of the are prepared to ensure for maintaining 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