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MEDICAL BUILDING 2160 Weston Rd. (at Church St. Traffic Light) Politics has often been described as the art of compromise, and, there certainly is no‘ better place to practise this art than in the thorny issue of medicare. Following Finance Minister Sharp‘s statement last year that National Medicare will have to wait. wntil July, 1968, a citizen‘s committee, called the Congress of Concerned Canadians, suggested to Federal memâ€" bers of parliament a straight forward alternative_to the government‘s proâ€" mised massive and complex health scheme. Simply, suggested the Congress, alâ€" low persons to deduct their medical bills from their income taxes. In cases where a person does not file a tax reâ€" turn, or where his income taxes amount to $200 and his family mediâ€" cal expenses are $300, allow him to make a claim to the government for the $100 difference. , _ the $100 difference. â€" 2t The public should also liké the plan According to the Congress, and the > because, for the first time since the Weston Times is inclined to agree, _ introduction of the Income Tax Act, the claims alone under this program, wafes devoted to keeping the family would amount to less than the great in good health, would not be taken in army of bookkeepers, accountarts, i es which theâ€"family cannot afford spectors and assistant depa to pay. heads necessary to run the eme The proposal, so far as we can figâ€" Mr. Sharp has in mind. re, ‘will h‘a've only one objector â€" The ‘deduct medical expenses from your income taxes‘ proposal has the great advantage of not threateninj to ruin people because they have t pay income taxes on top of their mediâ€" cal bills. The idea in fact appears to The Borough of York‘s bill, curâ€" rently before the private member‘s committee of the Ontario Legislature, certainly should be approved. The bill;â€"asks Ontario governâ€" ment permission to give homeâ€"owner pensioners who have reached their 7Oth birthday, a $100 tax exemption on muniqipaNtaxes. 0 _ As M;lyor ck Mould said, most senior citizens have worked hard and NEIL ~J. ~MOREAU BA., 9.C., Barrister â€" Solicitor Notary Public Evenings by appointment 1938 Weston Rd. (at John St.) DISPENSING OPTICIAN f BARRISTERS and SOLICITTORS Howard G. Ashbourne, B.A. Carl W. Caskey, B.A., QC. ‘%077 LAWRENCE AVE. W. (Just West of Weston Rd.) Alfred H. Herman Completed â€" Repairs â€" Duplications & Fittings Shutâ€"In Service Oculist . Prescriptions Fraser & Simms Barristers â€" Solicitors 1944 Weston Road Opposite John Street ston, Ont. ... CH 1â€"1911 A Healthy Approach to Medicare 248â€"1821 ASHBOURNE and CASKEY $100 Tax Exemption Is Warranted * Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday V. J. McMillan, President and Publisher J. M. Jordan, General Manager B..M. Holmes, Editor Telephone CH 1â€"5211 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Dept. Ottawa, Ont., and for payment cf postage in cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 per year in advance to any address in Canads $ Other countries $6.00 Professional â€" Business Directory Editorial Page BARRISTERS ONT. â€" 2476677 â€"â€" Thursday, March 16, 1967 Better Mail Service for Janeâ€" Driftwood Downsview Area James E. Walker, MP.. anâ€" Grandravine Drive, ; nounced â€" yesterday tWat Jeanâ€" Grandravine ‘Wive (/â€" be Pierre Cote, Postmaster General, tween Jane and Driftwood. doorâ€"toâ€"door delivery service by\ ‘This improved postal service has authorized the extension of«;! commence when 80% of the Letter Carrier to 517 points of homes have been equipped with call located on the followinE suitable .mail receiving facilities. streets in Downsview, Ontario: \ Forms will be distributed to the Jane Street ~_| patrons concerned informing Exbury Drive, | them of impending service and of Driftwood Avenue â€" beâ€"| the requirements to be met for tween Yorkwoods Gate and‘ the receipt of mail. George W. Bull Mt. Barrister and Solicitor Suite 202 The Westlaw Bldg. 1920 Weston Rd. Weston, Ontario CH 4â€"5547â€"8â€"9 Piano Tuning And Repairing Wm. A. Riggs Work Guaranteed MUSIC It should satisfy the New Demo« cratic Party since the poor and sick would have all their medical bills a paid which is the reason for having medicare in the first place. troduced years ago. be so fair, it is amazing it wasn‘t inâ€" It should satisfy the Liberal governâ€" ment since the Liberals would still be able to claim credit for introducing medicare. It should also receive the approval of most doctors since it won‘t force medical practitioners into becoming civil servants and because every patâ€" ient will know exactly what his mediâ€" cal bill.is. , voe It should satisfy the Progressive Conservatives because it would be cheap, efficient and easy.to operate. It should satisfy labor because laâ€" bor pays most of the taxes and would benefit most under the plan. 0_ to pay. The proposal, so far as we can figâ€" ?re. will have only one objector â€" the tax collector. But perhaps even the tax collector can be consoled, if the numerous other departments of go ent agree to exercise a little onepty and restraint in their spendâ€" ing programs. paid taxes all their lives and should be given at least some tax relief, since they are no longer working. _ If there is a flaw in the bill, it is simply that it does not go far enough. In our opinion, if the exempâ€" tion is allowed by the Ontario Legisâ€" lature (which it should be), it must be extended to North York and the other Metro municipalities, since York has no monopoly on senior citiâ€" zens struggling to make ends meet. Weston Walter‘s Garage FULL GUARANTEE Motor & Automatic Repair Wheel Alignment â€" $9.50 FREE Courtesy Car, Pickâ€"up 1778 Jane St. CH 7â€"6590 Weston ACCOUNTANTS Marsh, Goulding Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountant 1730 Weston Road C.W. LEASK 1969 Weston lon’ GARAGES SKYLINE HOTEL BRANCH 5 Dixon Road, Rexdale, Ontario m.n 241â€"3522 Res, 2412891 | ber Toronto Stock Exchange § J. Harry: Frogley, manager. CH 4â€"6061 CH 141129 Dear Sir ~ Though he appears to be réâ€" ceiving consistently poor support from his colleagues, Trustee Norman Harris serves the elecâ€" torate well, and your paper is to be commended for frank reâ€" porting on recent issues at the York Board of Education â€" parâ€" ficularly with regard to the pub lishing of minutes and travel exâ€" penses of convention bound deleâ€" gates. â€" | BOAT PAINTING HINTS | When painting your boat, use \ marine paint on all surfaces, whether they actually come in contact with water or not. Maâ€" rine saints are designed to with stand real punishment from sun. waves, marine growth, rain and | abrasion. ¢ Letters Strange that a motion to use economy travel should have been necessary at all; since it is no hardship to travel economy class in North America, one would exâ€" pect any conscientious trustee to do so. The argument about last minute bookings is not valid as there is always plenty of notice â€" weeks and often months â€" of the dates of trustees‘ conferâ€" }encgs and conventions. In some instances, theâ€"dates are set a year ahead. . Few would argue the imporâ€" tance of having informed trusâ€" tees; it is their duty to broaden their outlook. Board meetings are fraught with debate, discusâ€" sion and decisionâ€"making. Their expenses must be paid, of course, but the difference between economy and luxury . travel is considerable in cost, minimal in physical. fact. In fact, it would defray many times over the cost of posting minutes in the Public Libraries so that all could read Scarlat Albright, O.D. 1894 Weston Rd., Weston ..__. Optometrist 2936 Dundas St. West (Dundas â€" Keele) Evenings By Appointment J. R. Currie, O.D. For Appointment Call CH 1â€"0701 INVESTMENTS OPTOMETRY 766â€"2946 CO. them. If even six people went;have never before had to conâ€" to the Adminstration Office in template paying for luxury one day to peruse them, I nmltravel for their trustees, nor for sure a change would be sought. |any allowance at Toronto and ~ 4e farâ€"daily aliawances in at| area meetings. _ As for daily allowances to at tend Toronto and area conâ€" ferences â€" that is pure nonâ€" sense. The Board pays the regisâ€" tration fee which always includes lunch and/or dinner, and the new honorarium is more than adeâ€" quate to cover any outâ€"ofâ€"pocket expenses! The people of Weston will be interested to know that they WESTON TRAVEL SERVICE O C ol:ho;ie_ 2;4-5324 To C BOOK NOW . AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT ASK GAG At your GAC office, it‘s a simple matter to get the money you need to buy a bit of better living...a dryer or dishwasher for your home, a new boat for family fun, a color TV set, or new furnishings for any room in the house. You get prompt, personal service and convenient monthly payments to fit your budget. Stop in or call. Get a cash advance from GAC to help your family enjoy better living . . . or for any good reason. GOING OVERSEAS? for a cash advance 4 JOHN _ ST. WESTON 249â€"8341 GAC INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP., LTD I am an enthusiastic supporter of education, but I deplore the spending of people‘s money in the namewof education on things that do nothing to further the development of our youth, nor the enrichment of our adult lives. LOANS UP TO 15000 Mrs. Norma M. Lynes, Boyd Ave., Weston. The CNE: A Twoâ€"Bit Fair Run By Second Rate Bosses The Weston Times was extended an invitaâ€" tion to visit the Sportmen‘s Show in the Canadian National Exhibition grounds last weekâ€"end and gladly accepted the offer. The show was excellent. The very, latest in reasonably priced gummer cottages and camping trailers were on display. There was a fashion show for women. The Department of Lands and Forests exhibited acquariums full of a half dozen different species of popular Ontario trout. There were dog trials and fishermen‘s casting contests. The conservation authorities and Scouts and Cubs had excellent outdoor‘s booths. The popularity of the whole show can be attestâ€" ed to by the tens of thousands who paid for their admission tickets and battled their way through crowds to examine exhibits. Long since that time however, the es has been buried under asphalt for parking. The "Ex" has deteriorated to such an extent that it would be The only flaw in the whole thing was the barn of an edifice that the show was staged in â€" the Coliseum building. Most of the buildings in the CNE grounds were build 50 to 60 years ago to serve the public of that time. In the 1910‘s and 1920‘s, the CNE was the great pride of Toronto and justifiably earhed its reputation of being one of the greatâ€" est expositions on earth. an insult {o-éc;r;p;;; it favorably to a rural fall fair. # ; The CNE often attempts to excuse its deâ€" plorable, runâ€"down condition on the basis that it does not have the money to erect inspiring structâ€" ures and to put the cars underground where they This apology has very little merit for a num» ber of reasons. First, the CNE ‘charges exceptâ€" ionally high rates for display space and concesâ€" sn booths â€" charges that could be used for constructing at least a few impressive buildings. Second, the CNE steadfastly refuses to open its gates to the public Sundays, which, from a moneâ€" tary point of view, would be far preferable to a Monday or a Tuesday. Third, the dieâ€"hard, conâ€" servative element of the CNE board of directors continue to keep the doors shut of the director‘s meetings to the public and press even though their decisions effect valuable property and funds belonging to the public. _ belong. The CNE is a backward, twoâ€"bit, smallâ€"time fair, operated by a bunch of second rate bosses. With aggressive municipal politicians like Mayors James Service, Jack Mould and William Dennison, now on its board of directors, we hope that the directors‘ meetings will be thrown open to the public and that public opinion will make it one of the world‘s leading expositions once again. been mailed to sharehoiders. Some of you may have received one since more than a quarterâ€"â€"million shareâ€" holders hold stock in Bell Canada. 1 thought some of the items covered in the report might be of interest to you, For, behind the report of Bell Canada‘s financial standâ€" ing, program of activities during 1966 and plans for the future is the record of our employees. Their dayâ€"toâ€"day jobs, whether driving massive cableâ€"laying machinery, answering a question about your account at our Business Olâ€";ic;-;:p;lfin; or installing a telephone in your home, or assisting youwlmatdepboneedl,ueullnfleeuh Some may be your friends, neighbors or relatives. Their work in widelyâ€"diversified jobs helps to bring communications services to your homes and places of business. And it is through their work during 1966 that the Annual Report can relate the continued growth of telephone service in our territory; the story of how we are continuing to help Canadians keep in touch even in sparsely settled parts of our country; new technology that will bring added communications benefits to our subscribers; â€" innovations resulting from Bell Canadaâ€" Northern Electric teamwork and a program for sateilite communications. In telling our story of 1966, the Annual Report also looks forward to the future. A future which will see communications advances unimagined just 87 years ago when Bell Canada was begun. Years ago when one Operator could and did handle all calls in many small towns, she was often asked for special services and information. One such Opérator got a daily request from the same voice, always just before noon, for the exact time. Finally she became curious and decided to ask the man why he called day after day. Ever stop to think how useless just one telephone would be? You could use it for a rperwelm or wall hanging, maybe, but that‘s about all. There‘d be nobody to call and nobody who could call you. It‘s the many millions of other telephones, all over the country, that make your telephone valuable to you. A. "It‘s my job to blow the noon whistle," he told her, "and I want to be sure when its twelve o‘clock." "That‘s funny." laughed the Operator. "Every day I set my clock by the noon whistle!" Our Company‘s Annual Report for 1966 has recently Mr. B. E. Brackenbury, your telephone manager BELL _ LINES â€" Area manager.