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Page 2 - June 19, 1974 Demolish gate-house Vandals virtually demolished the gatehouse leading into the Crowe Bridge Conservation Area last week, Campbell-ford OPP report. The incident, occuring on the evening of June 11, was reported to the police by the park's supervisor who claimed to have heard a party going on in the area. A number of local residents were interviewed but with no results. PLEASANT BAY CAMP Girls & Boys 8-14 For brochure, contact: Mrs. M. Ogden RR 3, Brighton KOK lhO or phone Norwood (705) 639-5258 Municipalities can stop home demolitions Legislation to allow municipalities to prohibit demolition to a residential building until a building permit has been issued to replace it was introduced last week in the Ontario Legislature. Under the Planning Act amendments, time limits may be specified for completion of the reconstruction. Property owners may appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board if a local council rejects or does not act on their request for a demolition permit or prescribes what they believe to be unreasonable time limits for reconstruction. Unauthorized demolitions might result in a fine up to $20,000 or six months in prison or both. The government has ruled out a free province-wide universal day-care service as prohibitively expensive according to Margaret Birch, social development secretary. A universal system would cost as much as •$1 billion . In addition, such a system wouldn't have the flexibility to give parents a choice of the type of care their children received. Mrs. Birch told the Legislature the government will take a new direction in day-care services, however, to make such services available to as many persons as possible. She announced a policy shift to reduce red tape, ease present day-care centre regulations and provide an extra $15 million this year for capital grants and aid to low-income families for day-care services. In a 16-page statement read in the Legislature, Mrs. Birch said grants will be available for non-profit groups that wish to expand or establish day-care facilities. CONNOR HOME CENTRE 166 Grand Rd. Oampbellford 65:2-:! 140 WEEKLY SPECIAL B.P.SELFSEAL SHINGLES. ENDOF LINE. $7.00 per square OFFER ENDS JUNE26. AUCTION SALES Every Sat. at 1 pm Every Tues. at 7pm at Brighton Auction Hall Open for consignments or sales at your address Antiques our Specialty For information call: Central Auction Qq. 475-1735 Ltd. 166 Main St. Brighton Family property laws affect every one of us. These are the proposals Ontario is considering to improve them. Have you ever thought about how much your life is affected by family property law? Probably not. Yet, hardly anything you have goes untouched by these laws-the property you owned before you were married, the property you've acquired since, your home, your joint bank account, your credit, even survivor's rights when your husband or wife dies. Because family law is so fundamental, several years ago the Ontario Government asked the Ontario Law Reform Commission (OLRC) to consider the relevance of the existing laws to today's needs and to recommend appropriate changes. The Commission has reported and now the government is interested in learning your reaction to these recommendations. Should ownership of family property including the family home depend on who actually paid for it?.. .or should a system of co-ownership of assets be developed on the basis of marriage as a social and economic partnership? Should a spouse be entitled to an interest in the property of the marriage even when he or she has been unfair or unfaithful? How should the wife's non-monetary contribution to the development of the husband's business be recognized? If a system of co-ownership of property were introduced, should a couple have the option to draw up their own contract or make other arrangements to govern the property of their marriage? Should the proposed changes apply to existing marriages or only to future marriages? The Commission did consider other kinds of community property systems including those in which sharing would take place from the time of marriage. As the OLRC proposals now stand, assets acquired during the marriage would be shared only when the marriage ends. The Commission also recommends that both husband and wife have a duty to support their children, and to support each other, when the other is in need and is unable to work. Do you agree with these proposals? We want to know what you think. To enable you to learn more about the OLRC proposals, your Ontario Government now offers a concise, easy-to-understand booklet, as well as a film on the subject for group discussions. We invite you to send for the booklet or borrow the film for your group. And, we'd like to know what you think of the OLRC's proposals, as well as other changes you'd like to see in family property law. After all. the laws are designed to serve you. Write to: Ministry of the Attorney General Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A1T5 Government of Ontario William Davis, Premier