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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 19th, 1978 Orono Weeklv Times A MEETING OF INTEREST IN TORONTO This Thursday the Town of Newcastle is to meet with the provincial government over inequalities in taxation within the Town with the hope, as expressed by some members of council on Monday evening at a committee meeting, that some form of change can be instituted this year. The solution appears to be directly in the hands of the provincial government and council, if to make any change, will have to get approval of some change from the province. The treasurer, Klaas DeGroot, pointed out on Monday that the Town had sought some changes on two former occasions but these requests were denied by the province. The hope may be slim for change in tax distribution in the Town this year and only a report from the Thursday meeting w;vill outline the province's stand. Of course the Town has a new factor in their favour this time around to the province. Two ratepayer associations have made representation to the province. Although they gained little in any suggestion that change can come about overnight their attendance may prompt the government to bend their former rules to a slight degree. It now appears that the inequalities from ward to ward in the Town is overshadowed by inequalities within the wards themselves. The treasurer outlined this when he presented figures showing a variance in Clarke in taxation for similar properties in value from $230 to $1,400 when the average this year should only be some $620.00. There is no doubt that taxpayers in this area and in Darlington will be interested in the outcome of the meeting in Toronto this Thursday. In the long term and a project which the province bas had.before it for a number of years is that of market value assessment. The issue has been a hot issue and one that the province has continually had on the shelve but on the other hand they realize something had to be done for as in the Town of Newcastle taxpayers are also aware of the inequalities that now exist. Councillors on Monday seemed genuinely interested to have the Region institute market value assessment for the year 1979 and will consider such a resolution at their next regular meeting of council. Such action by a Region will take the pressure off the province but the question mark may remain ... will the Region accept this responsibility which is surely being passed down to theni by the province. If there was an uproar over water and sewers we can certainly expect a much greater uproar over the use of market value assessment for taxation especially when everyone daims such wide spread inequities throughout the wards, Town and province. LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY A Toronto Star story on Monday outlined that some 57,000 former University students have defaulted on their government-guaranteed students loans which have cost the taxpayers of the nation at least $60 million. Not that this is bad enough but the attitude is one of lack of responsibility and because in the majority of cases they just don't feel like paying it back. Many of the defaulters now operate successful businesses and are employed in the professional Sector for the nation. It is not a case of not being able to pay off the loans but rather that they do not wish to accept the responsibility. In all cases society and the nations taxpayers provided them the opportunity to equip themselves for a better-than- average job at a better-than-average pay scale. The defaulters attitudes shows no appreciation of this opportunity or concern for those who may have well withheld their monies for themselves rather than supporting student loans. The Star article also points out that many are indignant when approached over the fact of their loan because the government starts to charge interest six months after leaving school or they do not like the approach made in an effort to collect the defaulters monies. Surely there should be an appreciation of the opportunity provided these students and one of their first responsibilities to the nation that natured their education would be consideration of repayment of the guaranteed loans. It Is often heard that these are the future leaders of our nation, those with a higher education. All we can say.. . what a future with this disregard of responsibility. PLEDGES NOW REST AT $143,980.00 According to Mr. Ray Dickson pledges and cash for the new arena complex now rest at a total of $143,980.00. Of this amount $84,237 is in cash with $59,743 in pledges. JOHN DIEFENBAKER TO BOWMANVILLE It is now understood that John George Diefenbaker will be in attendance at the Progressive Conservative nomination meeting to be held in Bowmanville on May 2nd. Allan Lawrence is to stand for nomination for candidate for the PC for the Durham Northumberland riding. No doubt John Diefenbaker will be a highlight of the evening with his wit and retoric. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Orono and Area Chamber of Commerce are interested in encouraging more to join the chamber at an annual fee of $10.00 to bolster the activity of the Chamber during the year. Interested parties may contact any of the öfficers or attend the regular meeting, the second Tuesday of the month. Officers for 1978 are President, Robert Hazelden, Vice-Pres. Ray Swan; Clair Gunter, treasurer; and Roberta Sharp, secretary. [ SAM'ATQUEEN'SP Report from Queen's Park Sam Cureatz, M.P.P., Durham East ACT TO AMEND PETTY TRESPASS ACT As demands for more recreational land have inc- reased so bas the incidence of trespassing on rural proper- ties. This has resulted in damage to property, equip- ment and livestock. In some instances, it bas also resulted in accidents to those trespas- sers unfamiliar with the land and farm equipment and sometimes, illness to those unaware of the chemicals used to protect crops in the normal day-to-day operation of a farm. In order to rectify this situation, a Private Mem- ber's Bill bas been introduced by a fellow colleague, Robert Eaton, from Middlesex. Ent- itled, "An Act to Amend the Petty Trespass Act" the purpose of the Bill is to remove from the current Petty Trespass Act, the stipulation which requires the land be enclosed or posted before an intruder can be. charged with trespassing. Enclosing and posting are costly processes. Often posted signs are destroyed and need to be replaced. With the current trend towards exp- anding single-farm operat- ions by adding two or three farms to the operation - often located at a distance from the central farm, enclosin'g is not TORIES WOULD BE A DISASTER I from page 1) eign minister said his con- tacts with foreign leaderg leads him to point out the esteem and respect that Prime MiniSter Trudeau is held throughout the world. He said that Trudeau was the most senior leader in the free world today and was the only Canadian leader capable of meeting other world leaders head-on. The minister of External Affairs asked his audience when you have Carter of the United States, Giscard d'- Estain of France, Callaghan of Great Britain and other such world leaders who do you put in from Canada? "Joe Who?" It was pointed out by the speaker that the Tories blame the government for every ill facing Canada and do not realize the effect of world economics and political decis- ions on Canada. He said Canada was vulnerable to the rest of the world and that was a reality. He said when the Conserv- atives talk of the devalued Canadian dollar they must also point to what has happened to the American dollar which is the strongest dollar in the world. He asked if any sensible person could believe the Conservatives could protect our dollar while the Japanese yen and Ameri- can dollar are also having problems. Jamieson said there had been mistakes and faults and that there would likely be more but they were not so great as which would happen under a Conservative regime in Ottawa. "We are the most fortunate people in the world", said Jamieson. He said today's standard of living cannot be always possible. Should this legislation be passed after it's clause by clause debate in Committee, it will alleviate the problem of illegal trespassers by placing the onus upon the person wishing to use the land to obtain written permission from the owner or occupier of that land. The proposed amendment would also relieve the farmer or land owner of liability should an accident occur to a trespasser or his property, unless of course, there was a delibérate attempt made to cause injury to the intruder. Another problem which this legislation hopes to address itself to is that of rogue hunters who, unlike most hunters, do not ask for permission to use a farmer's land. These people are often trigger-happy and refuse to abide by the strict code ebserved by many sports- men. Should an intruder be compared with the 30's. He said the people of his pro- vince, Newfoundland are now more secure than the best-off in the 1930s. The attacks by the Conservatives on the decline of the Canadian economy was called "Tory Balderdash" by Jamieson. He said Canadians run the risk of becoming so pre- occupied with the future they will lose the capacity to enjoy the present. convicted of trespassing the Bill calls for an increase in the maximum fine of $1,000 from the present $100. To many this may seem excessive but it is designed to act as a deterrent and to give current legislation some teeth. The amount of the fine, however, is still left to the discretion of a Judge, hearing the individual case. This legislation is similar in scope to the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, 1974. Snow- mobilers must obtain written permission before opening trails over a farmer's field. This worked out very well for those engaged in the sport. Since many have been able to get permission as clubs, and repair any damage the mem- bers might do, the complaints of many farmers have drop- ped off completely. Thus in the same manner, an Act to Amend the Petty Trespass Act is not intended to stop the legitimate sports- man or hunter from going out in the country and having a good time, it is only to make him responsible to those who own the property. Of great concern to constit- uents in . the Village of Newcastle is Hydro's plan to construct lattice towers in place of single pole power construction. In this respect, I am trying to arrange a meeting with Ontario Hydro so the matter can be discus- sed with the residents of Newcastle and the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. I recently had the pleasure of making a speech to the Westmount Kiwanis Club in Oshawa. The topic of discus- sion was local issues and I wish to thank President Jack Rothery for inviting me. 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