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4, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 3, 1982 Entertain Orono Public School students Rick and Judy Avery frein Public School in Orono last ticîpat the Prologue to the Perform- week. teresti ing Arts entertamned students The program had lots of studer, at the Lockharts Orono rhythm with student par- Sam at Quen's Park Greater Efflciency Provinces' Alm When people complain about thse size and influence governiment has in their lives, frequently their comments are directed agalnst govern- ment regulations. Governments regulate a wide variety of activities. One form of regulation is speed limnits on our highways, while there are other rules govern- ing finance, thse retail trade, employment and even thse way governments do business with the community and each other. A report released by Norm Sterling, formerly Mfinister without Portfolio, and now Provincial Secretary for Justice, with responsibility for regulatory reform, outlines thse hard look On- tario has been giving provin- cial regulations. The Ontario government's examination of its own regulations has resulted in more than 200 significant achievements in thse past three years. These achievemnents il- lustrate thse clear commitment of Ontario government as a whole to consolidate legisla- tion, eliminate overlapping regulations and to return to the private sector respon- sibilities that is better equip- ped to handle. In short, tIse aim of On- tario's regulatory reform is to simplify the publlc's dealings with government, and make the services of government more accessible and understandable. j Somne examples of the reforms carried out by thse '~province are streamlining the Municipal Act to eliminate obsoet sections, amnd regulations to increase the responsibility for each home to its clients, and the creation of a self-regulatory body for insurance brokers offering other than life protection. Another reform worthy of notice is a change in provin- cial policy towards businesses providing goods or servicesto tIse Ontario government. As of August 1980, thse provinces must pay its bills within 30 calendar days. if this schedule is not met, thse yen- dor of goods or services is en- titled to collection of interest on overdue accounts. These accomplishments and others outlined in Mr. Sterlîng's report do not mark an end to tIse province s ex- amînation of its own regula- tions. Ail members at Queen's Park realise that tIse regulatory process is by no means perfect in Ontario. However, we have made con- sîderable progress and intend to keep up the battle of brîng- ing governmnent dloser to the people. Might 1. inform residents of the Village of Newcastle that 1 had a very worthwhile meeting with Mayor Garnet Rickard, Counicillors HuIs- bard and Harare and Town of Newcastle staff, including Don Smith, Town Manager, and represent at ives fromy, the Ministry of Transportation and Communicationls eoncer'- ning the upgrading of Highway 2 through thse Village of Newcastle. Tentatively, it would ap- pear that the upgrading might commence as early as 1983. Might 1 thank Citcil Russell, Head Coachs of the Oshawa Aquatic Club for in- viting me to "splash" in théir swimn-a-thon. A good time was had by ahl. YWAKEFIELD INSURANCE AGENCY 9830438 Followinig a meeting with the Minister of Natural resources, Alan Pope,' last. week Gerry Houston, Chair- man of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority, is hopeful the channelization programn in Port Hope on the Qanaraska will proceed this year. MPP's Howard Sheppard, Sami Cureatz as well represen- tatives from the Authority met with the minister. Somne two weeks ago the Minister had announced that the channelization programn hadi been cut fromn the pro- vincial budget for 1982 and would possibly be held in abeyance until 1984. Although Pope did not release his hold on the project he did give an indication last week at the Toronto meeting that it could go ahead this year. Pope is withholding his final decision until the results of the Environment Assess- ment study is completed by the Ministry of the Environ- ment. The review and report of thse study is expected to be completed within thse next two weeks. The Minister did approve last week from $330,000 to $340,000 to cover engineering costs of phase one of the pro- ject between Walton Street and the Reynolds bridge. Town Iikely to form ' Monîtoring committee Mr. John Veldhuis, memnber of SEAP organiza- tion, addressed council on Monday evening calling for the formation of a monitor- ing committee as to thse use of thse Port Granby dump in thse municipality for radioactive soil from Eldorado Ltd. in Port Hope. Drafts and cold spots in your home are where your heat is escaping. Whether your house ïs old or new, tiny cracks and holes - in the attic and U;semticit, around windowis, at electrical outlets - are illoiving a substantial amounit of your heat to, leak out. Why waste energy heating thse outdoo-rs? Be more comfortable, and weatherize your home. YouI can- do it yourself for very little cost <and effort. AIl YOuI need are a caulking gun, caulking, and good quality weatherstripping. 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He also referred to a recent report in which il had been stated that radioactive runoff fromn the site into Lake On- tario had increased on one occasion to 125 percent over normal. Veldhuis also suggested that the monitoring commit- tee be composed of one to three memnbers from council and three members from SEAP. He also asked that the committee have power to add to their committee as the- need arose. Veldhuis agreed with Counc. Hamre that the comn- mittee was to improve com- munications and understan- ding before crisis happen and that the comnmittee would have no power and would be only an advisory commiÎttee. On motion by Councs. Hamre and Taylor the matter was referred to the next General Purpose commnittee for action. This action to be ratified by counicil in two weeks time. The Town does have a comprehiensive report* from the Town Administrator on the matter. -1 1 1