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- ~-., I-«~---..-. - ---- 10-Oýro Wýekly Tmes, Wednesýday, Feýbruary ý10, 19ý93ým Orono Public -School Volleyball -.Teains by Carol-Ann Oster Orono Public School made a strong showing at the Bowmanvile Kinsmen Volicybal Tournament last Saturday, at Bowmanvillc High School. The girl's leam played wll The members of the Orono Public girls' volleyball îcam: back row (1-r) Miranda Pattison, Erin ,Wilson, Ashlcy West, Alecia beating Lord, Elgin, Vincent Massey, and Ontario Street schools, two games ta none. They lost to Newcastle in the final but still won the silver medal. They won the first game of the final, with a score of 15-13. They came close; in the next îtW0 games losing onl y uarginally . Tjb scores were 15-11 and 15-13. The boy's leâml met Knox Christian Schoolinif the consolation final. They placed second overali. Staples, Meghan Crookshank and Mcghan, MacDonald, Eryn Mr. P. Martin; front row (1-r) McGlynn and Èrodîe Hulton. Wcndy Becre, Erica Coghill, Absent Julie Pcacôck. Ottawa and Qucen's Park. This brought' a rather surprising response from Durham Centre MPP Drummond White. In claiming 1 wasn't protecting the interests of Ontario and the Durham Reg*n, he stated thaI of every federai dollar, 46 cents corne from Ontario and only 30 cents are spent here. (According ta my sources, the correct figures are 47 cents and 39 cents, respectively.) Mr. White continued with a rather amazîng statement: "Ask any businessmen how-long their, 'business would survive at that rate of returfi." One bas to assume he's arguing that Ontario should get back at lcast as muchi, or even more than, its taxpayers contribule ta Ottawa. Carrying such logic ta ils conclusion, he then prcsumably is talking about Ontario separaling itsclf economically (and politically) from the rest of Canada. That would- mean substantially slashing federai aid ta Atlantic Canada and other poorer arcas. I'd be very surpriscd if Mr. Wbitc's federal NP leader agréees with that. His criticismn of me stems from the Ontario NDP govcrnmcnt's contention that Ottawa owes il another $4 billion in annual transfer paymcnts. As 1 said in the previaus column, ail governments right now are cxtrcmcly tigbt for money, and they'rc ail lcanmng on the same taxpayers. If Ottawa was to give the -province such an amount, whule it mighî help the Ontario govemnment financially, it also would mean a whopping increase in federal taxes for Ontario residents. So who gains? I'm satisfied Ottawa is being as generous ta Ontario as currcntly is po ssible. For exampie, aside fromt grants ad transfers, more than haif of all federal contract spending is donc in this province. (Qucbc gels about 20 per cent.) And while not denying the rccession's impact locally, il is a' fact that just over 40 per cent of the total national cconom y is made up of businesses and industries located in Ontario. Recent figures on inter-provincial trade show that during the second haîf of the last decade, Ontario enjoyed a $ 12.5 billion annual surplus in sales ta ather parts of Canada. Ail the other provinces had significant trade deficits, except tor Quebec with a $2.5 billion surplus. Whatcver ils present problems, Ontario still is doing considerably better than most of the rest of Canada. It's cncouraging t sece that the Ontario NDP govemrment, after uts earlicr profligacy, now is slriving ta contrai spcnding -- as the current federai governmenî has done since taking office in 1984. 1 wish Mr. White and bis coleagues every success in that regard. UNITED WAY CUTTING FUNDING (Continued from page 5) The Food Bank that provides food for 14,000 people which bas received $325,000 from the United Way also expeet 10 cut back services and possibly lay-off staff. Numbers increased by 35 percent over the past year at the Food Bank,. h is expeclcd Ihere will be a lay-off of eight people at the Hostel Services. The Centre will also eliminate a serving of meals and close the drap-in centre. The eut will hurt Ibose that Peed and bave depended on services provided by the 42 agencies. It is not only the cut by the United Way but also culs from allier sources of assistance thlai had been provided in Uic past. Report f rom Ottawa by Ross Stevenson, M.P. for Durham one bf my major interest sincc bcing elecîcd an M.P. is how federal spcnding is sharcd bcîwccn Ontario and other provinces. I'm concerncd about thc well-being of my home province. Also, from several years as member of the Legisialure and somne experience as a provincial cabinet minister, 1 believe I've a prelty good understandiiig of the Ontario gavernmenl's operalions and requiremntts. One îhing 1 have found since coming ta Ottawa is that, like many others, I'd been harbouring srnie misunderslandiîig about what parts of Canada gel the greatest benefits froni Confederation. This was lcamned from examining flot only federal gavernment statistics, but also studies donc by the independent groups such as the Fraser Institute and Uic aI University of Calgary. Contrary ta whal many secem ta think, Qucbec bias not been the biggcsl bencficiary of Oltawa's grants and spcnding. On a dollars- per-person basis -- the fairest mneasurement -- Manitoba has donc better. But in the overaîl, picture the grealest portion af Ottawa money bas been gaing t0 Atlantic Canada The shouldn'l be surprising, when anc considcrs the comparatively poor ecanomic conditions on the casl coast. 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