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w x to if taxes rising tell davis a minority of ratepayers in esquesing are being adversely affected by the provinces method of apportioning mua lcipal costs for education tru stee william lawson declared this week he pointed out that last year the department recognized es- quesings ability to pay for ed ucation and made grants of 55 per cent this year the depart- meat looks at the whole county and pays enly 47 per cent of the costs agriculture which niakes up only 37 per cent of the town ships assessment is the min ority adversely affected where education costs this year will he mor than the total tax last year the trustee emphasized in tetter to the minister of education esquesing township council protests not only the amount but the division of the proposed levy of the hal ton council board of education the letter protests that the method of distribution of costs using the provincial equalizing factor instead of the county eq ualization bylaw has resulted in an increase in the levy for edu- catotn from esquesing of 3267 per cent thfeisparticularl the farmers in the township in spite of the socalled urban sprawl 37 per cent of our ass essment isstui farm assess ments it would seem that the purpose of this act was to drive the farmers off the land and to make it easier for the specula tors who have been moving in examples of the effects of the educaypn ieffiyori farms of 300 haltanjp rudlwhiting i am writing this column i main contenders in the liberal shortly after the prime minis- leadership race and at one ter announced in tm house of point it appeared that mr hel- commons the resignation of the iyer had a god chance of win- honourable paul hellyer min- ning ister of transport and also the minister in charge of housing mr hellyer plans to re i main as a member of parliam i have a high regard for ent representing the toronto mr hellyer he was an able riding of trinity he is in my minister of the crown he head- opinion the type of man who ed up the task force on housing will continue to fight for the which made its report some two principles he believes in and a half months ago i am most anxious that some of the was my pleasure to at- recommendations in this re- breakfast mecung last port be enacted as soon as pos- monday sponsored by the oak- ible to help alleviate the hous- an district chamber of ing shortage in canada j commerce one of their aims during this week was to in- while the 200000 housing- crease their membership by a start this year is unparalled in hundred and i wish them every history i belive we are still success not building enough housing accommodation for those people the chamber of commer- in the middle and lower income serve a ver hrackets tlon community and all 1 levels of government we have mr hellyers political i halton very active chambers career began in 1949 when he who are making ther contribu won election in the toronto tion riding of davenport at the age of 25 smile he became parliamentary secretary to the defence min ister in 1956 and associate do acres of 200 acres 100 acres and residential lots were cited the examples of a 300 acre farm showed the 1969 education tax of 213013 was up by 34585 over the total 1968 levy for all purposes of 178428 a 200 acre farm was indicated with education tax this year of 122133 compared to last years total levy of 124786 as you can seerfrom these ibl the f esquesing township are going to take a terrific beating because even with the most rigid economy on the part of the council these farms are going to be taxed from 500 to 1000 mere thae they were last year and last years taxes were by no means cheap in the long run it will mean that the farmer will have to sell out and go some where else and the politfcal repercussions wll be tremen- dous the esquesing letter tells the minister halton joins protest too costly halton county council has joined the tight against soaring education costs in the county the council agreed at a meet ing tuesday april 22nd to have its finance committee prepare a brief to be presented to edu cation minister william davis councl took the action after endorsing an ontario county resolution protesting increased school costs under the new re gional boards of education five of the seven municipal ities in halton including geor getown esquesing- oakville milton and nassagaweya have already balked at accepting the halton board of educations bud- let oakville deputy reeve wik liam gillies said the county should become the focal point for protests to the education minister he urged the county to bring the municipalities to gether and arrange a meeting with davis gillies urged that the brief be presented in person by as many people as possible reeve george gallagher of burlington disagreed saying it is up to the halton board of education to protest if it is not getting enough money from the province other county council mem bers replied that it is the munr ic which h to raise the money for education and not the board which just pres ents the bill first year this is the first year of the regional education boards t and across the province r there has been much criticism of the boards first budgets in halton where 10 local school boards were consolidated into the one regional boad the criticism has been as strong as anywhere in ontario board chairman halton board chairman fred armitage said last week that criticism of high municipal tax es for education should be- aim ed at the provincial government anl not the board the board has complained the georgetown herald thursday may 1st 1969 pages that the provincial government is favoring ontarios city areas over smaller- urban and rural aeas when it comes to paying smi li did the audience call for the author to come out at the play last night yeah they dared him to come out ujflslfcc from 23 main st south 8774616 fence minister in 1957 just six weeks before the liberal gov ernment was defeated he him self was defeated both in 1957 and 1958 but came back with a byelection victory late in 1958 as defence minister in 1984 he introduced a white pa per on the integration of the armed forces the final act unifying the three forces pass ed through parliament tn 1967 during that time he was the storm centre of opposition from within the forces from the commons opposition and from some within the liberal party just a little over a year ago paul hellyer was one of the dont you remember me well you do seem rather fresh in my mind lakeview discount centre 126 main n aden paint wallpaper prefimhed panels flooring 0 carpets 3531190 open sat to 5j0 pjm free delivery the house with a different atmosphere i home tannenhof restaurant tavern mississauga rd formerly straatsvllla rd huttonvill opan 7 days a waefcter businessmans luncheons a dinners banquet facilities available each friday and saturday dance to rudys electric accordion for reservation desired call george at 845810 plaase reserve now for mothers day dinner before ifi too late proclamation 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