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; WES AP BA Ee nS VER SRE AP A "4 <a w! «0 3 6 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 25, 1975 Readers 's viewpoint Questions wisdom of hosting penitentiary here Dear Editor: Last week at the township council meeting, Monday June 16th, the representative of the federal penitentiary services, Mr. Bennett, said that he could give no guaran- tee that if a penitentiary was located here, that it would stay as a reception centre for processing its 180 inmates. Who's to say that with our rapidly changing laws, a change in government, or some economic crisis, that this penitentiary might grow in size or change in its usage. At an 180 man capacity, there could be continual arrivals and departures of possibly 1,100 offenders per year or more. He stated that no weekend passes would be given to inmates, however, if this penitentiary's purpose was changed, and he can give no guarantee that it won't be, then we could possible have these offenders walking our streets. ' In response to a specific question from the floor about the minimum distance of the location of related peniten- tiaries, (example maxi- mum and minimum security penitentiaries and womens' prisons) he could give no answer. In other words, if this reception centre is the central site, then other peni- tentiaries could be located close to us. According to Mr. Bennett, there are 13 penitentiaries in the Kingston area. The federal government is plann- ing to decentralize this con- centration and phase out Kingston Pen by 1979. In order to do this, they have decided to build smaller insti- tutions, and the first area examined has been Scugog. In answering a question as to what other areas were looked at besides Scugog township, he replied that no other areas were looked at. Mr. Bennett also stated, that if he met any opposition to this plan, he would move quietly away. In questioning why this Margaret Wilbur re-elected president of local NDP specific penitentiary is important, and why this area, Mr. Bennett replied that this was the key site and that they could not go ahead with any further locations of other kinds of penitentiaries until the reception centre's location was decided upon. This must certainly imply that other penitentiaries will be located in and around this area. Do you want this for our community? Would you like -to live next door to a federal pen that houses offenders with sentences from 2 years to life? Will this affect the value of your property? How will this affect the present and future D. MacDonald in defence of Ontario farmers by Katherine Anderson The Ontario government has failed to make sure that farmers are paid enough for their effort to keep them on the land, Donald Mac- Donald, the New Democratic Party's spokesman on agri- culture told the first annual meeting of the Durham North NDP riding associa- tion last week at Uxbridge Secondary School Mrs. Margaret Wilbur, Port Perry, will again serve as president of the executive named at the meeting to serve the new riding of Dur- ham North formed by recent boundary changes. MacDonald, MPP for York South and former prov- incial NDP leader, delivered a tough attack on the agricul- tural policies of the Conser- vative government, describ- ing them as "ad hoc mea- sures which do nothing more than react to crises as they arise." These are lean times for Ontario's farm community, MacDonald pointed out and the erosion of farm income is why many established farm- ers are leaving the land. As one local farmer at the meet- ing said, "The only way you can make money out of farming today is to sell the farm." The average net income for an Ontario farm in 1973 was $7,900, MacDonald stat- ed, adding that such a figure represented $800 less than the net income of the aver- age industrial worker. The figure dropped to $6,200 for the farmer for 1974, he sad, "and that's why 2,100 dairy farmers chucked it last year." The farmer must be rescu- ed _ from the boom-bust cycle," MacDonald said, and one way of doing this is to implement a farm income protection policy. This is already being done by the NDP government in British Columbia, in such a satis- factory manner as to have sold the idea to the Ontario Pentland Jewellery Limited Wishes to announce that 'WE ARE MOVING to 174 Queen Street WE WILL BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS AT OUR NEW PREMISES (LOCATED BETWEEN BROCKS DEPT. STORE & "CARL THE BUTCHER") ON THURSDAY JULY 3rd AT 9:00 A.M. COME AND SEE US AT OUR NEW LOCATION AND RECEIVE YOUR FREE DRAW TICKET ON A LADIES OR GENTS WRISTWATCH. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Federation of Agriculture, MacDonald said. As a result the OF A has been pressuring the Ontario government to bring in a similar plan. Since Ontario Agriculture Minister William Stewart has still not brought in such a plan and has been criticizing the B.C. plan, MacDonald has been hot on the heels of Stewart to explain why. The B.C. plan allows farm- ers to take part voluntarily by paying a yearly premium which is matched and doubl- ed by the provincial govern- ment. The plan protects them from going bankrupt by guaranteeing them the -cost of production if the marketplace doesn't provide it. It is estimated such a plan will cost B.C. $27,000,000 by the end of the year, or $10 per capita. In Ontario, both Mac- Donald and Stewart agree, a B.C.-style plan would cost $140,000,000 (or $17 per cap- ita) because the agriculture industry is roughly seven time larger here. "Admittedly, $140,000,000 _ is alot of money. But is it too rich for our blood? Out of a budget of over $10 billion to underpin the economic se- curity of the basic industry of foof production? We in the NDP don't think so. INVEST NOW! Victoria & Grey Trust Guaranteed Investments 1 % 5 Years INTEREST is payable half yearly ot may be left to compound -- EMMERSON INSURANCE AGENCY LIMITED 191 Queen St. Port Perry Telephone 985-7306 development of our area? Will this affect your family and home? Will you worry about your children coming home from school, going to the store, or just playing in the area? Mr. Bennett was asked what benefits this peniten- tiary would bring to the community and he stated that property prices would probably rise and that no future development or industry would be driven away, however, he did not have any evidence to back up his statement. mere speculation? This is an issue that con- cerns every person in our community. Maybe we should do something about this before it is out of our hands. Frank Baxter, R.R.2, Port Perry Bastiaan Benschop, Jr., R.R.2, Port Perry GRADALL RENTAL DITCHING, POOLS, BASEMENTS or SLOPING BANKS DON CORDINGLEY PHONE 985-2042 or 852-6907 NOTICE Selected to teach students of Marie (Taylor) Devereux Miss Janice Stone, Mus. Bac.; singing, theory, piano Mrs. Linda Kyte, A. Mus. Paed.; theory, piano Mrs. Enid Martyn, ATCM, RMT; piano, theory Mrs. Kathy Malcolm, A. Mus. student; piano Mrs. Eleanor Bailey, Grade 10 Voice student; singing Miss Paula Jeffrey, Grade 10 piano student; piano To register - call M. 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