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MacDonakj Tells House . . . Nov D-emtie My 1-4.? WC. “Dom“ Wont nan-mm! to Hannah atriatimtPtoeqdum.Aettormirtqit Wt... [during to union by a. Cu- Bervation Authority 0:me had in the Humber Vallq. Mr. lubcnnld said the situation had hem ludicrous. . Conservation Authority Bungling Spanking during the debate on estimates for the Department of Energy and We!“ no. mureu, Mr. MacDonald told the Home: _ "I know of no one who doe! not support the objectives of our conservation authorities. A: the ngenciu which are seeking to cope with the sins of omiuion and commission in min; our river valleys, they In among the most important public bodies in the province. Unfortunately, the pro- cedures which have been and in land acquisition have created bad public relations. Even more im- portant, the basic civic and prop- erty rights of individuals have been seriously impaired by these procedures." "Publie attention has tended to be focused on the situation in relation to land acquisition for the Pittock Dam at Woodstock. Under date of January 18, 1965, 3 Com- mittee of Conservation Authority Chairmen stated that "This con- troversy is an isolated instance of dissatisfaction in the many years of work of Authorities and the many pmjects of inestimable good to the communities". Unfortunate- ly, this is simply not true." "As I shall detail. there is a situation with regard to the land acquisition procedures of the Metro Toronto and Region Con- servation Authority which is as bad, if not worse, that of the Upper Thames Authority in connection with the Pittock Dam," he said. Three Areas He continued: “I shall docu- ment this by reference to three areas in the Humber Valley: first, in the so-called Summerville area along Etobicoke Creek, on Dun- das Street. just west of Highway 27 in Toronto Township; in the area from Woodbridge through to Kleinburg; and finally, in the Eg- linton Flats, in my own riding .'. ." He said the situation in the Eg- linton Flats was created by Hurri- cane Hazel in 1954. The debris piled up against the bridge over the Humber on Scarlett Road, add- ing to the already swollen waters treated by Hurricane Hazel so that they backed up into the flats which have long been the prize market-gardening area in Metro. "York Township had had no zoning by-law before 1958," he stated, "and when their by-Iaw did come into effect that year, the confusion and uncertainty was so great with regard to the Flats that they were zoned MC2G. In short, it was a blanket zoning cov- ering not only commercial and in- dustrial, but also Greenbelt be- Through 5,650 branches, all across Canada. the chartered banks bring full-range banking within the reach of everyone. THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY Like almost everyone else, you use your local chartered bank as a safe and handy place to build the savings reserve that is so important to your financial future. In doing so, you do more than build a solid founda- tion for financial plans. You are building a valuable banking relationship and helping to establish your credit. And as you get to know the manager and staff - " you use other banking services to meet personal or business needs - your banking contacts become even more useful to you. And it all starts with a savings account! Successful banking begins with a savings account e-erethed-ietitta-. 'Hr.H.eDiiitteRdtheugiau. tumtuG-baltatmi9irrsmadi- Italy "si-id-ttotitis":." ture-ti-ttt_-to- Ratepayers Needed As Sounding- Board m for who: paint“ to as high a $40,000 to 850,000 In gen for commonid or Iguana“ pub you. dropped overnight. Tho Jams-EW-t Ratepayer- Auodntlon append this Greenbelt zoning. but for five yours, on 3 you to yen extension but, the Ontario Municipd Bond upheld an Greenbelt while I seemingly North York Controller Everyone is organizing these days, and we read much in the newspaper: about Trade and Labour Unions, Sports and Busi- ness Associations. But not the Ratepayers! I brake or a spur (and certainly an adviser) to Mupicipal, Provin- cial and even Federally-appointed representatives. Yet the Ratepayers' groups should be the grass-roots of our whole political system, acting as Political representation in our community has grown in both size. and importance, and a new group known as Controllers has arisen-- made necessary solely because of the immense, and growing pres- sures on the office of the Reeve, and to assist in co-ordinating the work of the Councillors. These representatives need the “ears and eyes" of those who vote for them, so that they can test out public feeling and obtain "s-action to measures about to be introduced on new plans about to be approved. It should be possible for a Council- lor or Controller to pick up his telephone and, by ringing up a number of Ratepayerts' Associa- tions, to know exactly how his 'sup- porters would re-act to some measure which has been (or is about to be) introduced. And, if the Ratepayers' repre- sentative believes the matter to be too important fair a snap decision, or where he (or she) feels uncer- tain of the issue, then he should be able, as a matter of routine, to call together an early meeting to dis- cuss the subject in detail and obtain a ruling or decision. This would be democracy at work. Similarly, when important mat- ters arise which vitally affect any special community (e.g. zoning, housing, roads, taxation, indus- tries) it should be natural for the Ratepayers' Association to meet and inform their Councillor or Con- troller of their feelings, asking by Irving Paisley OlBordcrlnpud.nndainc-tlnn. mismatch nu, huhdu mitt“. ”Mirth "No but. - eould be hand by the Tun-hip." h. stat- ed. “Momwonldmkmil- prov. ”from. or - hop up the normal mm. What's the on of painting, or ro- piring, if I.“ the building. no going to disappear? The net n- Iult. whether deliberate or led- dental, was a depmeiatiors of him to act in accordance with them. This should, in other words, be a two-way means of communication. There are no less than 80 Rate- plyers' (my: in North York, some with only one or two dormant members, and some with a large,j native membership. But the maior- ity are with the "ia-betweems", only activated out of lethargy when some drastic issue touching their pockets or their homes is under immediate legislation. This should not be so, and I deplore it. It reminds me of the present de- plorable trend not to intervene in any way when someone is molested on the streets-a "leave it to the police" attitude which is supposed to relieve the passive by-stander of all moral responsibility. In the some way a "leave it to the poli- ticians" attitude can easily develop, even in a dynamically growing community like North York. Politicians are not experts in some abstract art, remote from public understanding. They are the public-expressed in its lowest common denominator-the Council- lor, Trustee or the Controller. After all, they dispense your own dollars, so surely each taxpayer should insist on his "say", express- ed through his Ratepayers' group, as to how this should be done. The opportunity is there, and the Poli- tieian is beckoning. He needs ad- vice and assistance in his respon- sible, and, at times, exacting work. There is another duty, too, which the Ratepayers' Associations ful- fill. They act as the training ground for future legislators and community leaders in this great Municipality and Metropolis, Rate- payers' Associations should not only be pressure<groups in times of stress, but training grounds for new politicians and new leaders of men. An aspiring Councillor or Controller can best gain the pub- lic’s confidence by first becoming locally known as a successful worker in a group of Ratepayers, for how else can he acquire his initial experience? . . . Amendment Inadquate No Permits Brtimntioa, Maui-mum!- "Tharhtethi-4erdodermti-d -taintntimiuhtta.-um toeeret.ilit_ttatatr'utrateu- wunb'hidtbmwty arm-vacuum Unil- hum. whit-I‘M on: than: that of Mr. at! In. Bar. old Mr, at 1100 Jun Strut.” On In, IO, 1960, their neigh- bour m an mad, Mr. & M. sum. in his annuity u m " tieee of the Ratepayers Anodi- tion. waived u nply from the Commtiou Authority concerning the Eglinton mm. _ “The Authority'. Director of "The Authority's Director of Operations, K. G. Biggs, mud: "Tho Conservation Authority bu not let aide any qreeifie mm tor the aequiaition of the Eglinton Fun. The presentation before the Metropolitan Parka Committee wu to obtain approval in principle for the project, in order that the Con- servation Authority could finalise its scheme and in this connec- tion have valuations made of the Eglinton Plata." Though the project had been ap- proved in principle, he said, 20 months passed before any further action to]: pllee: on December 14, 1961, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler received a letter from the Auth- ority stating that "they were now in a position to commence ac- quisition of flood plain and con- servation lands in the valley of the Humber River . . ." The Au- thority staff or agents are prepar- ed to negotiate options for the purchase of these lands", the let- ter explained. And it concluded: "The Author- ity is hopeful that themajority of properties can be settled on tn equitable basis and that the ac- quisition program will result in a minimum of inconvenience to the landowners concerned." laughable Mr. MacDonald said: "ht light of what has since happened, that comment becomes almast laugh- able. Consider the prolonged se- quence of events: I. More than a year later. on June 26, 1963, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler received a registered let- ter notifying them that two months before, on April 24, 1968, a Plan of Expropriation was re- gistered at the Registry Office. 2. Another year and one half lapsed, with no offer being made, no negotiations attempted, and on December 11, 1964, Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler received notification, with the stem warning: "Take Notice That you are required to deliver up vacant possession on or before the 3lst day of December, 1965 . . .". 3. The Wheeler's solicitor wrote to the Authority on December 31, 1964: " . . . may we respectfully request the Authority to serve us. on behalf of each of the registered owners, with an offer of compen- sation in accordance with Section nun" I“. loath: 'mrtr_tertttrai-t*, dumodqr.ggl- I. Ill-.mhd-HN-llb "rtiir,ktt-it-t -kiedMthtb.tmr., - __ - Asttheteitr-dt_6a.- tieitortut"arsodhreee-- mutualihhmh-bo- or balm Jun-r7 81, IME" Itu-Arit,auatarardN" numb-magnum lawman-goal?” No - Pttouid Mg their property and civil right- my“ on irsthinNahiots. Inuit,“ it in our obligation " tho lacin- htivo level to nah curtain that the Expropriation Procedures Act is amended to lay down standard- ized procedures to that this kind of thing cannot happen. The gov- ernment's mum-lent this you. merely to introduce into this pro- cedure a committee of mothtion. is obviously inadequate. It pro- vides no guarantees against the wide range of abuse! that have arJeared in the experience which I have just outlined," he and. "indeed, if you think I have exaggerated the gnawing exaspera- tion with what has happened, let me inform the hon, members that at a recent meeting of the Metro Execu- tive Committee, it was agreed to withhold this year's Metro grant of $800,000 to the Authority until : reporthnsbeenmndeontheirland acquisition program." t "This action was taken on the motion of We Campbell, of Scar- boro, and was seconded by Reeve Mould of York Township, within which the Eglinton Flats are located. Apparently, committees within the Authority have been seeking clarification of the land acquisition program under the old expropriation by-law since last January-and to date this has not become available. So the Metro Executive Committee has simply cut off the current. appropriation until a report has been made." "To put it bluntly, this is a remarkable expression of growing dissatisfaction. It reflects 1 sinu- tion which cries out for review, and action, by this Legislature. The amendments before us in the Exprri- priation Prmedures Art, 1965, are inadequate; and the Govemment's proposal to set up n select com- mittee will result in still further delay. The situation demands action NOW," he concluded. (Continued from page I) lation and in reply to a question involving “any objections to the name Weston Secondary", Mr. Christie replied that he had no strong objections but that he would not be happy about it. No strong objections were regis- tered by any other member present either. However, Trustee Norma Lynes observed that the word “col- legiate" was more "euphoniouis" than "seeondary". WCVS Name "attiai..ttrdi-aitmtietat. On m important occasion the chairman of Metropolitan Toronto had something important to say about the town of Weston. manta-mino- it W a lull I”. ad the a. was to all It. is My and!“ to Mam “I duties The an... In, run up and that Mr. Wan-y " look Mter their ham and no that won-you [an full “In. to: their money. mum forward move we m an would not. with public‘llvor, and that in tho Imillmt o! I lint In- W. Th multim- from Wmmemuotlomuhfot quantity as for quality. Puma- ny that they do not (at batter- fat in sufficient quantities in their milk to meet the Inquire- menu of the law. By having a live inapeetor appointed to look after thU bulinens might mean tho removal of the cause of the“ complaints. His words before the Metro Royal Commission have not been lost but have been given respected consideration. Metro Chairman Allen said Weston should become part of a redesignated city of North York. With the fairly new township ward system, believes the Metro chairman, the people of Weston Marcotte fitted into all three. He had murdered a policeman, he had been convicted and he is now being tried on a second charge of mur- dering a policeman. Pre-Printing View Could I suggest to the Minister of Justice or the Department“ in order that this pamphlet may be as fair as possible, before it is pub- lished, and certainly before it is printed, that it be shown to and considered by one or two, or three representatives of that school of thought who still believe in the moral law. Cowan Wants We do not think it is a good pol- icy to appoint cats as guardians of goldfish bowls. and since the United Church Observer states that those who favour the reten- tion of capital punishment are fundamentalists or policemen, I would suggest the Department of ( Justice might ask Mr. George A. Shea. secretary of the Canadian Association of the Chiefs of Police.‘ of Montreal, to consider the pain- phlet before giving it to the printers; or the Rev. Perry Rock- wood, of Halifax. Nova Scotia; or Hon: Claude Wagner, Attorney General of Quebec, the man who prosecuted the Santa Claus mur- derer in the first case; and I would .snggest with all respect Mr. Heath Maequarrie, the hon. member for Queens. P.E.I. I would even sug- gest the name of Mr. Cassidy of Ottawa, president of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Veterans' Association. Another man I would name is the Attorney General of Newfoundland. the Hon. L. R. Curtis, and Elmer L Steeves of Moncton, New Brunswick-and in passing ‘m-y I say one of the Steevea was . Father of Con- federation. (Continued from page fl ishment except in three specific instances, which he mentioned. Several summonses were is- sued tor trespassers on the Tretheway farm, and one for assault. All of them pleaded guilty before Matritrtraste Taylor; after receiving . warning, they were all let off on payment of costs. (Motion in Council-Inch- Harris-That all bread seized by our inspector be given to the poor under the direction of the chairman of the charity commission. Favor Retention l They are men of the utmost probity and integrity who favour the retention of capital punishment) in this country. I believe this ill-l formation pamphlet will be open to criticism on the grounds that it is hissed. unless it in considered by the representative. of the school of thought that I represent before it is sent to the printer: Two weeks Ago'todly the Home of Commons debute- corried I Went in to the " cute: in the world which have eboliohd capitol punilhmont. The list In no can“ enough. but no emphuin in pineal on the {out that it contain. eueh Woody nit-governing m to tho Double-a (Reptile. Gradual. the Nether!“ An- itllleo. which on two that of! South Anemia. the (not run ie lot Sun Inrino. “hail, inane-burg. . . ." i Mr. Cunn‘o tin. dlotlnent - rind. 50 Years A. M23. ms From Our would have the opportunity to maintain their local pride while fulfilling a more appropriate tune- tion in local government, There is also the possibility, that the com- mission may suggest dividing North York into two municipalities. York Township Reeve Jack Mould and other suburban Metro representatives ue beginning to have some strong doubts about the Metro conservation nuthority. With Metro providing 90 percent of the municipal funds, Mr. Mould figures Metro mould have a stronger voice on the executive of the authority. The reeve also feels the authority has become involved in poor public relations in the way it acquires land from people. manor "u-tsb-utr-ll)- “lib-dbl”. (Node. at Detgbt his 'Y'aaoeti-httoaaseth-oarN A reservoir at Richview in Eto- bicoke will be supplying water to York University Ind other western sections of North York. Metro plans to build a $675,000 watermain on Finch Ave. from Keele to Jane Street which is a key link in the supply of water to the area. Metro will open the way for the installation of household garbage grinders but intends to have the local municipalities control my in- stallations, depending on local sewer conditions. Weston is against the garbage grinders but surprisingly York Township supports their use. Eto- hicoke believes they will be satis- factory only in certain In”. North York has no objections to garbage grinders providing certain regulations are passed. atqeeVmmlhhqhttredirtr6a. Markham-on“. It isApeitNtHtNgtigttttivi_ artifqlttandd.rtotb.tiuetr mnbvcbudinpnye‘n who its-mud: lunar to em. (hailed for hyliallz meterth.6mtrrtrrretne*aet- hmsrttegttmyotamttmmst%t- Charging that the main street of Weston was being turned into a “gasoline ntlen" three peti- tions bearing - of names of residents and a deputation from Central United church, urged Council last night to adhere to present bylaws and refuse a per- mit for a filling station at Main Street and King's Crescent. S. Macklin representing the trustees, officials and members of the church, protested the noise created by such a station, with cars being serviced and the refreshment booth selling goods on Sunday, would interfere with church worship and provide a hazard to children going to and from Sunday school. Metro civil defense organization is worried about its public image. Director John Pollard says; “May- be we don't blow sirens and flash "virtgtherNatematdn'tdseHs tel'.""'"""""""'""' / tiiiiiiiiiiiii. Something old, something new. And we promise a won- derful wedding for you. Make it a carefree day that you and yours can enjoy with your guests . . . while WE manage all the details. Please do come in and talk with us about it. There is no obligation. Arm " Tradition Is Our Business 25 Years Ago, Phone 241 - s 591 1671 Wilton Av... not! the Junction of Highway 400 and MI lunch-'0 A GIFT canteen! on the mom. sum on ttteh mum my In - d an 60' Mtar9t MPMWMIIR... I When was the last time {in ‘drills were conducted in WI“. (Etobieokt and North York Immi- 'cipnl offices? Also, do you - ithe location of your nearest publh ‘fallout shelter in the event of disaster? lights enough." A court has undo ed a steel company $1,600,000 .1. interest tmm 1963 for being div-f located because of 1 Metro rod project. j maid-nut undo-Huh: Among items that get lost ails: mislaid in the Metro civic itsngt a% the new metro air pollution eonE bylaw with more and sharper tmthi? U.S. and Canadian air pomnuri'?,), control experts will meet in Heavy} this summqr, maybe the bylaw will; be ready by then. - _', TutetWre-d- unattainable! thin-cum. Ci) Winn-5w foul hula-13min}! I...“mequ MI! in m m municipalities in out I. eoeromtiemwiliurslr_ eoataettset-neggieiV pr'htie,andtheemtti-d" eneeuthiahutrseieeor+ "usitnperatiee. Metro will spend $125,000 this" year to fill potholes in the road, US. and Canadian planners will meet in Metro Inter this month. Metro planning staff plans to bk. a room in a downtown hotel tn greet some of the visitors. Hem will also contribute $3,000 to tran- port the planner: on tour: of tho Metro area. North York is again makintr . pitch for the single transit (are, a long hoped for dream of the sub- urbs. Local munieipal councils no. estimate they have less than a per cent control over civic but“! with most of the money going a: for debt chm-yes, Mam [oval- ment and schools. One of North York'l . durum-um my be to“ shut down due to lack of t Sunnydnle Numery, 22 Cate . ton Drive, 1 non-profit c tion operand by In. I I Shiner and her hm u; been unable to obtain Ill -trl'sl, intt license from the reGir,esAj: government and that qualify. tat), grants from Ontu'io and Not“; York Township. . "t Metro conservation authoritr'B plans for the Humber River inehrd. 31.300000 for flood land amtm'aititm and $14,600,000 for dams and renn- voirs. Metro has bought a 400 - site in one suburb on yhich to - garbage. _ A Inn-huh- [(illil,l chair-Ia MOTOR HOTEL ,