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2-ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, NOVEMBER 27th, 1974 o o aow e e k1y t im e s DIII addS15 Seats Secondi Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published Ev eryN Wednesday At the Office of Publication SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada $3.00 U.S.A. $4.50 A POOR SHOWING Last Friday in the Ontario Legislature attention was considerably less than antique to rua the affairs of this province. At the opening two Ministers were present along with nine Conservative members and. a total of 28 members from the two opposition parties-. The first vote of the day saw some 55 members voting.ý -_ t is impossible for anysession of the législature to bave any meaning whatsoever with such a small turnout and especially of ministers of the goverument. t would be a waste of time for members to even consider debating any item of business. There is no doubt that many sessions of the legislature' is a real waste of time taking Up with what may be termed nonsense and quibbling debate. This however does flot excuss hordes of members not attending thus making the exercise one of futilitv. It could well be that if memnbers got down to work they could completé legislation a lot faster thus allowing for fewer meetings with no meaning. EXPORT CUT-OFF WONT SOLVE OIL PROBLEM' The federal goverument has not by auy means solved Canada's energyý problems with is latest decision to start, phasing out oil exports to the United States. The main challenege stili, faces us, that of a decreasing energy shortage. For too lon Canadiaus have dehuded themselves with a lot of belp from Ottawa that the oil wells of Alberta were bottomhess. And on that distant and unthinkable day wheu they did run out, we would simply run a pipeline up to the Artic or out into the Atantic to tap those new rich reservoirs. Both those premises have been shattered by the National Eriergy Board. After a year's study of oil reserves, the board says oil in the western sèdimentary basin won't be able to meet demand in eight years. And it adds that its unli kley the frontier sources can be tapped in time to pick up the shortage. In other words, instead of becoming a self-sufficient in dil, an objective which-is the fo undation .of a national energy policy, Canada will becomn'e a net importer in the early 1980s. Aud it may remain'that way iudefînitely, subject to -the whims of the worhd's other oul prodlucingnations,,untess the federal goverrument does something to induce a crash program of exploration and development in Canada. At the moment, Just the onnosite is hanneneine. The battler between Ottawa ,and the petroleumn provinces-to see who can get the most in tax and royalty revenues isa positive dterrent to any new exploration projects. Companies are actualhy cutting back on existing programs and eau hardly be expected to do otherwise. Even Panartic Oils Ltd., an Artic exploration company that is 45 pe rcent owned' by the federal goverument, is meeting this week to review.its capital spending plans for the next year. SBy cutting back on exports to the US Canada is only bung a little time, two or three years, at the most. The queiin is now, how is Canada going to use this-period of Gouveruments cannot afford to stiffle the baud of free en1trprise to theýppint where it caunot operate or fails to oJeýate. ELECTION ON DECEMBER 2nd Surely there is no need in this day and age to remiud' people of the area that it is a duty to vote in the forth coming election for trustees for -the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. Lt is however expected that the vote for trustees may be below usuahly due to the fact that municipal elections are not being beld this year. Bu t certainly the concerus for education must be as great as they are for municipal council. Lu tbe first place the budget of education represents some sixty perc ent of the- local, tax bihl plus another sizeable grant from the province. If this is not euough theu is there anytbiug more important than tbe education of the children of the community. The latter, of course, is the important factor aud more and more people are beginniug to recognize that there are fundimentais in education tLhat cannot be passed over. These fundamentals are not in themselves costly items but are basic to education, the Three Rs. The local system bhas not been that bad and lu fact the Orono Sebool is bield up as one of the best in the area. Sucli frilîs, however as the frenchi immersion course, do appear at times and it is sucb items, costhy and questionable, as feit by mnost of the local candidiates, that should receive a sound investigation and witb decisions by board members dedicated to sound education in the area. Doni't forget your vote counts on MoIndayl, December 2nd if you place it in the ballot box. to Commons by '78 A bill that would expand the Commons beginning with the next election is not expected t oencounter much opposition, gov erument House Leader Mitchell Sharp said Friday. "I discussed the legislatiou with the other House leaders and tbeytook no objection to us proceeding with it immed- iateîy," lie said lu an inter- view. Intrôduceçl earlier Friday, the bil wouId add another 15 seats to the 264-seat Commous for the next election, expected in 1978, and another 30 for the first election after 1983. No province would, lose seats under the- proposed system, but larger provinces would gain more equitable represeutation. The bill is based on the belief that the present system limnits the representation of harger pro- vinces relative to smnaller ones. Under a rule adopted prev- iously lit must be passed by the end of the y ear or the present system will continue. Only the provinces are c*ývered by the bill, but Mr. Sharp confirnfied that the NOrthwest Territories is ex- pected to gain a second seat by the time the next redistri- bution occurs. That seat, plus the expans- ion provided for in the bill,, would result in a 280-seat Commrrous for the next ehect- ion and a 310 seat, buse by the end of 1983 if population ýýiojeetîons fqr thle1981 census ýialcurate/î about us! PORT HOPE srýEKS NEW BOUNDARIES The Town of Port Hope ast week passed a resohution asking for extended bound- aftes of the Minister of Hlousing, Donald Irvine. Hope Township and the Town have agreed on the western boundaries and the north boundary of these two miunicipalities. No agreement bas been settled on the western boundary with Hamn- ilton Township. Port Hope however i s asking that the Minister consider the Theatre road on the east to be the eastern boundary of the Town. $600,00f) BUBBLE TOP PRIORITY In discuissing the budget for the new year for the City of Oshawa some top prioity was given for a sum of $600,000 to construct an air-supported buffle for the lower Civic Fields. Ilt was pointed out that the bubble or dome would allow peuphe of ages to have year round use of present facii ties.ý It was also pointed out that in general Canadian copie close to tlie bottom of the fitness sca le in the world. It may be that council mnay consider renting a bubb]e for a year to ascertain what use will be made of it before mnaking it apermanent fea- ture. SIX WVOULD GAIN Otario would gain seven seats, British Cohumbima four and Quebec, Manitobai Sask- atchewan and Aibertaý one each 'for'the next elelction. The other prov-inces would be held-constant. Newfoundland w,\ould keep its seven seats for the next f ew years, gaining one after the post 1981 census adjust- ment. Prince Edward sland and New Brunswick, with four and eight seats respectively would remain at that level. Nova Scotia would keep its ilseats until the second redistribution under the new system wben it would gain one. Quebec wouhd go from, 74 seats now to 75 lu the niext redistribution and 79 in the, one after that wbile Ontario's' 88 seats would be boosted to 95 and then 110. B.C. would add four to its 27 seats for the next election and .32 by the end of 1983. M'anitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, with.-13, 13. and 19 seats respectively, eacb w,ýouldgain a seat for the rext eeto.Saksatchewýan %would stay at 14, NManlitobaý would go to 157 and Aberta would gain thiree to 23 in the piost 1983 redistribution. The, plan.is based on four principles; -o priov-ince shall lose seats. No province shall have fewer seats thian a provine with ,a, smialler population -No pr'ovince's average const- ituency population shail ex- ceed Quebec's. -Fracti1ons resulting from cal- culations shail bc droppedl. If the present systemr con- tinued, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Sask- atchewan each would lose one seat and Quebec two in the next redistribution based on the 1971 census. Outario band B.C. would gain three each and the others remain con- stant, as would the size of the Commons. The four Atlantic provinces then would be at their constitutional' minimum which prevents a province having fewer seats in the Commons than it has in the Senate. Carrying the present sys- tem into the post 1981 census redistribution would cause Manitoba and Saskatchewan to lose another seat each and Quebec to drop four. Ontario would gain three, Aberta one and B.C. six.-1 On December 2nd, RE-ELECT ,W. L. GÉR"EENWOODI TO THE NORTHUMBERLýAND AND NEWCASTLE BOARD OF~ EDUCATION To represlent Ward 3, Town of Newcastle 1 pledge to use iniy experience to serve you and to wvork for- quality educationi. Willam C Hal, B.Comm. Chartered Accountant Phone Newcastle 987-4240 ALL DAY WEDNESIIAY and SATURDAY :»X SERVICE STATION' 1 HighWay 35,,and 11-5, just north, of Newcasle I * _____Featuring: Preiim QuaýîýlitYP1dci ~<1J, ~ At the Most ReasonabIk * [A _ PicesI I ~ ~ Stove 011 ' * ~Diesel 011 Avaijable in aniy quantityI Phione 987-4215 I c , - ý m 2440OCT-73 M.P. 20 Piinting In Good Form Quality print- ing at reason- aible prices. In- vitat ions, social notes. 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