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as toe see it the colborne citizen Parliament Hill It'll help in the long run By Peter Ward One of the fascinating things about covering Federal politics in Canada is the observation of how centers of interest shift from one department to another, moving in cycles. Four years of a new Department of the Environment produced plenty of newswor thy stories. The Canada Water Act, and the Clean Air Act were being debated, and the country's environmental standards were being set. The Finance Department has come in for periodic attention because it is, after all, the heart of the whole system, and in these days of relatively unstable economic conditions, financial stories have found their way from the business pages to the front page news columns: Odds-on favorite for news-making during the past six months has obviously been the Energy Department, what with the world's preoccupation with oil. Now a relatively little-publicized area of the energy side of things is going to produce news stories. I'm thinking of .Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. and Canadian technological advances in nuclear power stations. Long-touted as the energy source of the future, nuclear power seemed to fizzle out as a major factor, failing to live up to its scientific promise. Now, with the price of energy driven sky-high, nuclear power is suddenly big, both in the news and in the government thinking. The Canadian-developed CANDU system, which uses natural uranium and heavy water, is proving extremely popular internationally and could become a major source of trade revenue for Canada. The U.S. reactor system -- our major competitor -- uses more expensive enriched uranium for fuel, and enriching uranium requires tremendous capital investment, as well as huge amounts of electric power. Many say it is not as safe a system as the CANDU reactor. U.S. reactors, though, use ordinary water as the moderator, as opposed to heavy water in CANDU reactors. Heavy water is not exactly cheap -- $39 a pound is the current price -- and even Canada, the world's largest producer at close to 900 tons annually, is having trouble producing sufficient quantities for her own needs. Canadian sales teams have recently been shooting all over the world with the pitch for CANDU reactors, and every time we sell one, we sell it with the guarantee of a heavy water supply. That means that within the next few years, Canada's construction industry is going to see a bonanza in the specialized work of building heavy water plants. It's one of those nice spin-offs from the world energy crisis, which will help Canadians in the long run, provided sufficient government planning is done. As we see it.... Queen's Park Why the inconsistency? No increase in OH IP Why is the federal govern ment so eager to keep the World Football League out of Toronto? "To protect the Canadian Football League," is the answer. Why the inconsistency? The government has said nothing about the publical-ly owned CBC carrying NFL games into CFL areas every Sunday. And it said nothing about the World Hockey Association coming into Canadian cities and competing against Canadian clubs and leagues. We think the government should change its mind and let the WFL in. The CFL is good enough to stand on its own two feet without having to have gov't aid as crutches. By Donald Fredericks National Dream a big disappointment Ouch! The CBC's long awaited 'National Dream' story on the building of the Canadian Pacific opened Sunday night, and really hurt. With all the advance buildup the series received, we thought it would really be something. But - ugh! It was a typical CBC letdown on what could have been a very exciting story. There is hope, however. The series still has seven weeks to go, and its unlikely they'll all be as uncordinated - and as undramtic - as the first. Premier Davis has" announced that Ontario doctors are going to get a fee increase amounting to 11.75 per cent over the next two years. This will be the first fee increase for doctors in three years. The last increase was 4.5 per cent in 1971. The first increase of 7.75 per cent takes place May 1 and an additional 4 per cent will be granted on May 1, 1975. Payments for medical services under the Ontario Health Insurance Plan for the last fiscal year were more than $516 million. "Davis safd there would be no increase in OHIP premium payments by the public during the period. Dr. John Saunders, an Ontario Medical Association spokesman said the Ontario government is being urged to develop a single act with uniform regulations to cover both nursing homes and homes for the aged. The two services now come under different categories and treatment may differ in each. "All nursing homes are regulated by the Nursing Homes Act," Saunders said. "They have to meet certain regulations and standards. Inspectors pay regular calls." He said homes for the aged are not required to meet the same high standards even though they may have patients requiring nursing home care. He said the OMA is also asking the government to carefully review the definitions in the Nursing Home Act relating to the type of patient to be admitted. The act requires eligible patients to need between lVfe and 2'2 hours of nursing care per day. The Colborne Citizen New cabinet faces, but a new image? Willie Davis really cleaned house in his recent Ontario cabinet shakeup. Whether it will give the government the new image that Davis is hoping for is something else again, however. With a provincial election not that many more months away, and his government's popularity not exactly riding high crest of the waves, the premier cannot afford anv more slip- ups. 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