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PAGE 4 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, NOVEMBER 7,2001 Ontario still on track for balanced 2001/2002 budget ONTARIO from page I a slowing economy, we can no longer afford to do so. "To be blunt, I hold out little hope that the federal Minister of Finance will make the necessary financial financial commitment to health care," lie said. The finance minister formally announced plans to assist low and middle income working families this holiday season by giving giving a one-time payment of $100 for each child under seven years old. "It is our goal to get these payments in the hands of families in time for December holiday shopping," he said. Approximately Approximately 367,000 children children would benefit from the payments. "I think it's wonderful," says Tammy Rogers, community community coordinator for the Durham Child Poverty Task Force. "A lot of these families will be very happy to receive any extra money at this time of year for winter clothing, and if there is any left over, for Christmas shopping." According to the task force's 2001 report on child poverty in the region, region, more than one in seven Durham children live in a poor family. "There are about 1,000 families at this time," she says. The number denotes families earning low wages as well as families depending on social assistance, assistance, Ontario Works, for their income. Although the one-time, tax-free payment proposed by Minister Flaherty yesterday yesterday to assist only lower income working families, the task force's statistics say 75 per cent of poor people's income does come from wages, not welfare. In Durham Region, of the 16,288 persons receiving receiving Ontario Works as of November 2000, more than half were children. Minister Flaherty also announced the government government will spend $30 million million on anti-terrorism and emergency measures, including including assistance for municipalities municipalities in community emergency planning, as well as additional training for police, firefighters and ambulance workers. Ontario's flagging tourism industry will receive receive a $10 million helping helping hand through two separate separate programs aimed at promoting travel within the province and from border border slates. The minister encouraged families to visit Ontario attractions, including the Festival of Lights at Whitby's Cullen Gardens. Storing nuclear waste STORING from page I mayor of Kincardine (where the Bruce generating generating station is located) will make a delegation before a standing committee in Ottawa Ottawa Thursday. "Our goal is to change the legislation as far as membership on the board, compensation for the municipalities and identifying identifying the municipalities as a stakeholder," says Mayor Mutton. Mr. Shepherd says he does not feel Clarington or Pickering should be compensated compensated if the storage does remain on-site. "If we look at the economic economic facts, the reality is if you take the pure cost of Darlington, the compensation compensation to Clarington has been tremendous. Money was spent there, jobs were created created there." Irene Kock of the Sierra Club of Canada says her organization organization has concerns with the bill. Primarily, she says, is the fact it is industry industry members who will form the committee reviewing site selection over the next three years and making final recommendations for the government's consideration. consideration. A commission created created in the mid-90s to examine examine the issue specifically recommended an . arms- length committee determine, determine, the final disposal method, she says. -, : Mayor Mutton says he is also concerned about the composition of the committee. committee. "It's putting the fox in charge of the hen house," he suggests, noting the mayors want representation for the municipalities on the committee. "I think industry has been influencing the legislation," legislation," suggests Mayor Arthurs. John Earl, a spokesman for Ontario Power Generation, Generation, points out that ultimately ultimately it will be the federal government that will make the decision on how and where the waste is stored. "We anticipate this will be a very open process in terms of public input," he says. Candlelight vigil planned The CAW Local 222 Women's Committee Committee and the Oshawa YWCA are asking asking members of the community to join them Dec. 6 for a Candlelight Vigil in memory of the victims of the Montreal Massacre. On Dec. 6, 1989, 23 young women were gunned down as they studied in the University of Montreal's School of En gineering building. By the end of his shooting spree, the young shooter who said feminists had mined his life, had murdered 14 women and wounded 13 others including four men, before killing himself. The vigil will take place in the main hall of Local 222's Union Mall, 1425 Phillip Murray Avc., beginning at 6:30 p.rn. 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