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Draft bill of rights for children delayed while legal aspects resolved Provincial 1 eg Is la I ion has been hailed the begin a children bill of probably won be ready tor I he predicted April pro clam a lion dale according to a spokesman Tor the Ministry or Social and Family Services Speaking at the annual meet of the Halton Children Aid Sociely CAS Monday evening Bruce said thai passage of Bill IN will ly be delayed May 1 or even June I because such Hems ai how the courts are the new legislaiurc have been worked completely He said that the new I eg is la lion won I be too tiring for most of the pro CAS branches il is recognizing good rules of practise these societies have using or the past couple of years SIX MONTHS The bill will provide for independent legal represents tlon or children when needed he said It will allow children over the age of 12 to institute review of a court disposition order concerning themselves six months alter the order been made It will provide for the licencing of adoption besides CAS It will allow the news media to court matters although what details are pub is lied will be carefully monitored to pro tect children It also puts penal on the books concern professionals who fall to report cases of suspected child abuse and stipulates thai the ministry must review oris concerning Crown wards even two years family court judge James Fuller expressed cone em over the fact that year olds would have the right to direct their own lawyer under the new legislation and questioned whether a law ycr would have take this direction whether or not he feels It is In he besl interest of the child CAS executive dircc tor Ron expressed concern over he number of extra cases of child abuse which professionals such as teachers and hospital staff members may report not bee hey sec more abuse but because they are trying to protect themselves from pros for failing to report Mr tleath suggested that cation of these people through their own ministries will take care of the problem eventually and he suspects his ary reporting may have reached its peak as these people prepare for the passage of he legislation Mr also expressed the concern that licencing agencies could result in agencies catering to a particular race or religion as happens In other countries Villi HOMES We work for kids in search of homes not homes looking for kids he said Mr Heath said he had heard others suggest that the leg I si a will result In wo types of agencies those which cater to the wealthier section of society and CAS who will be left to handle harder place child ren such as hose with handle or those of mixed races Trie ministry had to decide whether enshrine the rights of CAS to be the only ones to place children up for adoption or whether to open up to any agency which could meet the standards CAS has maintained II was decided to open it up he said In conclusion Mr said he felt the new legislation Is a long step forward In prelecting children It is the exact opposite of Roman law which allowed a father o sell Ills child into slavery because it makes a child a of the slate before he is a member of his family The executive for the 1979 Board of directors will be Mike Burlington president John Graham of vice president Leslie Corbet of Burlington secretary Will iam of res and Bryan Clarke of Burlington past president Regional council are Walter Mulkewich of Burlington Carol Gooding of Gus of Milton and Ed Wood of Hills CM CLUB TACHMEN SPONSOR MOTION 79 rtii- tub of hud a display of its Motion rod and show In in Mutton but had a lot more Jboul Mian just own club is Ihr group renpon for organizing Ihe whole Hub president Don hi Ihr club doesnt figures for he over Ihr threeda eient I he do know thai Ihey have records for Ihe International opposes SWAT team after Burlington shooting I In former head of Hilton it Polite special wti pons is urging forma I urn of a tat I leal squid following Ihe of a Police officer in Burlington Thursday Chief Ken Skerrett has said he opposes the concept of a SWAT team but he would be willing to Marl up the special weapons learn which was put into fall Ik muse mm on Ihe team could tram and have range facilities the head of the weapons group and other members were on the Thursday afier a sniper shot a policeman and rifle and shotgun fire an building on Elgin Constable Martin Brown in the forehead and lefi The gunman was hemic hy two unarmed nits who grabbed hold of him after talking lo him for about cuts budget INS man Ind hast guns in Ins possession during tin including a 12 gaugi and a rifle He was hidden vehicles in a parking lot andflrcdanumberof shots in the Constable Brown was the third polite man answering a rtport of whin he was Inspector said that lb a section of an urban area where gun tails are becoming more frequent and hi- fills a weapons train id in tactical issntiU should be mailable to handle such tails if thief said four men Iht weapons team recent Ik- trained in handling negotiations A special weapons van i quipped with extra armaments ind liar gis was available on the way to the scene Thursday but wasnol needed district has three guns and several rifles which point con use of in calls The special weapons Kami h is been called out about four times since its formation four ago then situation lntil thing the said and it is always an by i lit squad could prompt Inspeclor said it would bo viry nice if no silualions occurred which required tht use of a special pons team Id still like lo have a special squad available The Credit Valley Conserve lion Authority approved a 1979 budget Thursday which was substantially smaller than last budget Thi total budget for 1979 of 111 is down about per from last years H million budget The largest single in the budge is water and related land man projects which counts for almost SI million of the budget Included in the budget arc studies of the erosion problem on Armstrong Avenue Glen Williams flooding and the pa per mill dam and Metcalfe it mine instruction work is also budgeted for those project in The budgets for the various conservation areas under control Is mainly for maintenance and Includes work at Terra Lime house andbiKer Creek Hills ranks third among he municipalities a long the Credit as to population in the watershed tint equalized assessment in the watershed According to figures ill old people live in been Hal said ssault silua 1 1 hough pcihti headquarters has a pis tohauge the special weapons team act needs a range such as those used by tilt Department or National Defence Chief has said he would lake a long look at an issaull squad before agreeing to the formation of a unit The situation Thursday was handled will plainclothes officers he said In the someone barricaded him self in a house It would be a SLIDING MIRROR DOORS ON SALE Limited Time Now the time to Provide extra storage expand a hallway- Replace Old Closet Doors Brighten up any room I These doors are easy to install feature 5mm 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