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Orono Weekly Timnes, Wednesday, June 2,1993 . Ail the way and undefeated The Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen during the season play in the Tri- Tawnie Trayor, Lindsey Cowan, Tri-County Hockey team were C.ounty league with gamnes as far Krita Traynor, Liz Milîson; (front guests of honour of the Club at the away as Belleville and-Pickering. row) Erin Moore, Maranda Forum Restaurant la st Thursday Further the club won the league Johnson, Tania Lelievre, Gina evening for dinner and the championship stili undefeated. King, Captain, Alicia Hart, and presentation of trophies. Pictured above (back row) Jessica Andrews, both asst. The club was undefeated Karen Rickard, Kristy Thompson, Captains and Nicole Pot. A tableful of trophies The-trophy table was loaded for the Kinsmen Tri-County Hockey team with both individual and team trophies. Pictured above with the trophies and with some of the team members are Gary Thompson, manager, Dave King and Mike Kessel, coaches. Queen's Park Report from Gord Mills, MPP Durham East Last week, the week following the Victoria Day Holiday is by, tradition "Constituency Week". No goverument business, ither in the, House or in Committee, is carried out and this allows members to spend a few days in their riding. I spent some of the week meeting with different elected municipal people to discuss the impact of the budget on their operations. I spent time with local doctors, hearing the concerns of their profession. I spent time with members of the Regional Social Services Committee, again listening to their concerns about some programs. I was also asked to be one of the Judges for Durham Geography Teachers Association Fair at Port Perry High School. On Friday, at the Oshawa Centre, I received over 15,000 signatures on a petition-from the Citizens for Cancer Centre, which is very much needed in our area. I also represented the Solicitor General at a retirement party for three retiring Scugog Fire Chiefs. Then there was the regular Port Perry constituency clinic on Saturday, attendance at the Courtice Carnival to help to raise money for a Community Centre, and finally, the Annual Bowmanville Sea' Cadet Inspection at Newcastle Arena. Interlaced with all -those activities, 1 spent time in the constituency office meeting with constituents, and 1 also found time to visit with some constituents in their homes. Next week its back to the Legislature, more debate on Bill 38 (Sunday Shopping) and no doubt some real shenanigans over the budget and the Social Contract! In last week's column I saîd I would make some comment this week about the "big issue" doctors. No doubt you have seen the advertisements in the newspapers which condemn the NDP for the present situation., That doesn't surprise me at aIl, we get blamed for everything past, present and even the weather! I heard someone refer to the rain last week as being a curse on society from the NDP - bev. corne. on now! 1 don't think there is any doubt that along with the other provinces, we recognize the need to manage the supply and distribution of physicians. Ontario is,,and bas been for several years (long before the NDP) oversupplied in doctors. In 1975, there were 14,500 licensed doctors in Ontario. By 1990, there were 21,400 - an increase of 47.3%. The population of the province increased by only 19.4% during the same period. Other provinces have already introduced measures to restrict the numbers of practisingdoctors resulting in increasing numbers of physicians from other provinces establishing practices here. Using guidelines established by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Canadian Medical Association, Ontario, currently bas an oversupply of, approximately 3,100 physicians. In spite of this, there is an average of 1, 150 new OHIP physician registrants each year. Each new doctor who opens a fee-for-service practise in Ontario bas the potential to generate $500,000 in costs to the health care systemf. Approximately haîf of this represents fées for service, and the balance is due to laboratory and other charges. This means that each year more and more money is needed to, pay more, and more doctors, mostly concentrated in the same areas of the province, while remote regions go without adequate medical care. At the presenit time, Ontario bas over 2,000 physicians. aged over 65 billing 0H11> a total in excess of $200 million in professional fees. There are about 1,100 physicians aged betwcen 65 and 69 billing a total of $150 million in professional fees. There are 600 physicians 75- and over billing a total of about $25 million. Rather Proposai fizzles at regional council Councs. Jim Potticary, Oshawa and Kip VanKempen of Pickering are somewhat suiprised that their suggestion calling for a committee to review regional and local government for top-heavy bureaucracy fell flat with fellow regional councillors. Potticary said people complain of too much big govemnment at the federal and provincial levels of govemmient which, hie said, is just as bad at the regional and local levels of government. He points to a Regional population of 409,000 people being governed by 68 elected councillors and this doesn't count school trustees and PUC commissioners. than blame this government for the present problems facing young new doctors, shouldn't the Medical Association themselves be developing appropriate and fair exit policies for their older physiciani...Shouldn't previous governments have warned the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the Canadian Medical Association years ago, that their physician-to-population was getting out of whack? Dentists saw this potential in their profession years ago and took the necessary steps to avert the problem, why didn't the medical profession do like wise? Believe me, we can only preserve Ontario's outstanding systemn of public health if we can control costs to keep the provision of services to patients efficient and affordable. Maintaining it as a guaranteed job and guaranteed high-income program for an unlimited number of doctors is not good for patients and not good for doctors because we will simply not be able to preserve our health care system. 1 get really ticked off to hear people continually blame the NDP for the present doctor's dilemma. To dîscuss educalonal issues The public school board is currently interested in discussing possible concerns or obligations regarding the educational system. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board bas devised a new plan called "A Dialogue On Education", expected to bring together board staff and community.members in small focus groups. 1 We needed'a way to address some of the concerns being expressed by the public about the education system", board spokesperson Pauline Janitch states. Most recently, negative reaction focused upon Ontario's education system have been created by those people concerned about the cost of education and their interpretation of the drop in quality along with programs such as child-centred learning and the whole-language approach to teaching reading. ~' Carperttry CUSTOM HOME BUILDING RENOVATIONS "SmaiI Jobs and Large l'il Take Charge" 1-705-277-2397 JOE H. 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