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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 11, 1993 -9 SALLY STAPLES associate broker 6213-6000 24 hour pager RE/MAX CORNERSTONE REALTY LTDU, REALTOR DISTINCTIVE CUISTOM HOMES *Top Quality - Built To Your Specificationsi ?-4 Prices from $1 62,500 - many house styles available. Sites for these fabulous new homes include: 2.1 acres, east of Newcastle - oln onor,âm i ~~trees, beautiful lake viewl oln otus oe - M Over 5 acres, Main St., Orono, terrific exposure for ~I ~1~ !~l~[I omebusiness, gas availablel *1.8 acres in the estate subdivision "Woodlands of _____BANK ST. MILLBROOK S' - ~Garden Hill", easy commute! Congratulations Cathy and Dar"i NDP candidate- unveils Child Care proposai The federal New Democratic Party's proposed national child care program wouid provide care, for 600,000 children and create somne 70,000 jobs, says Durham candidate Lucy Rybka-Becker. "Carnada's children and parents deserve quality chiid care. It is not a friil, but a necessity forCanadian families," says Ms.,Rybka-Becker. "Child care shouid flot only be School staff shuffle (Continued from page 8) August to assumxe the post of Director of Educatio n for Lambton County Board of Education will flot be replaced for "at least the next three year p eriod." The Board is also eiiminating the contract for the services of a professional board negotiator and is eliminating the position of Cà- ordinator of Learning Technology through melding the education and business computer departmrents. The board is to reorganize the remaining five- academie superintendents.,with the creation of three Superintendents of Schools who will be freed from the central office responsibilities anti will n 0w be able to work more freely with the' schools, students, parents and communiies. To replace the Chief Superin- tendent new responsibilities will be added to the enlarged port- folios' of the other two remnaining Superintendents. The Director of Education has indicated that in these two system portfolios,1 the Superintendents respons iblc wîll have six'months to further review the new departments to achieve further efficiencies and improve overali effectivcncss. The Director of Education will now. have more, responsibility for ovcrall day-to- day systcm co-ordination, currcntly the responsibilîty of the Chief Superintendent. Howcvcr to assîst with the changes the board is to engage two new' positions at a significantly lowcr cost. viewed as an important social program, but as an essential element of a strong economy." This proposai is part of the federal New Democrat Jobs Plan, a 60-page practical strategy for full employment. The child care program would double the number of child care spaces available to parents during the next four or five years, with growth targeted to the non-profit sector. .Ms. Rybka-Becker points out that in recent years there has been a marked increase in the number of womnen with children entering the workforce. Accordîng to Statistics Canada, in 1991, 68% of ahl women with chîldren living at home were in the paid labour force, upfrom 61% in 1986 and 52% in 1981. "More than ever before there is a great need for affordable,- accessible and quality child care," says Ms. Rybka- Becker. She also points to the current Conservative government which has acknowledged the need for child care since first elected. "yet, the Mulroney goverfiment has alloweda whole generation of children to do without," she says. "Thereal Tory commitment is to reduce the federal role in as many social programs as possible." >In a $3.75 billion framework, Report from Ottawa by Ross Stevenson M.P. for Durham Last week we had furdier clear evidence of' how effectively the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement is working on our behalf. On Monday a frce trade disputes panel -- a majority of its five members were from the U.S. -- ruled strongly against a special U.S. duty imposed on softwood lumber from Canada. The duty totalled about $250 million, which wil have to be refunded to Canadian suppliers. While exports of softwood lumber may flot excite miany Durham residents, in fact they're important to ail Canadianis. Last year we sold about $4 billion worth to U.S. buyers, principally for construction purposes. In an average year, forest products generaliy account for close to the federai government would provide 40% of the funding, with provinces and territories matching that. The remaining 20% would be paid by parents: "Under the NDP Jobs Plan, more parents could afford to work as jobs become available, more children wouid have the lifetime advantage of quality care, andý there would bc more jobs for chilId care workers," says Ms. Rybka-- Becker. r~.The CLARKE CONNECTION MORE. THAN A STORE A UNIQUE. EXPERIENCE ONE 0F A KIND-HLAND MADE CANADIAN CRAFTS POTTERY- WOOD - SILKS - TOYS AND MUJCH MUCH MORE MAIN STREET, ORGNO 983- 9314 TUES. -FR.llto 6 SAT. 9to 5 one-quarter of our, total exports, so significant numbers of Canadians depend one way or the other on these industriesfor empioyment. U.S. lumber companies had ciaimed our wood suppliers charged unduly iow royalties' for' cutting timber on Crown lands, therefore are being subsidized by Canadian goverriments, and competing unfairly. The disputes panel disagreed, so what is essentiaily a protectionist duty wili be removed. Ironicaily, though U.S. officiais seem to have ignored this, the protectionist duty also adversely affected home builders and buyers in their country, because domestic wood suppliers jacked up their own prices proprtionately. 1Without the free trade agreement's disputes panel, this is, an argument Canada almost, certainly would have lost. Our steel manufacturers won a somewhat similar battle later in the week, when the U.S.'s own International %Trade Commission ruled that Canadian exports of hot and cold-rolled steel, worth $455 million a year, were not being "dumped"' -- sold at an unfairly Michael Spooner and Shela Stephens Spoener ROSE* ARBAOR -ANTIQUES EARLY CANADIAN PINE OIL LAMPS- QUILTS OPEN APRIL TO DECEMBER HOURS: Saturday, Sunday and Hoidays - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ALSO BY APPOINFMENT OR BY CHANCE (416) 983-9091 6179 Andrews Rd. 48km. east o fHwy. 115/35 R.R. 1, Kendal, Ont. LOA 1EO on Clarke 6th Conc. J20NES mel r to buy or seil ... 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