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Became Controller Boddington has permitted planners to needleaaly recommend expropriation of acorea of homea and becauae he allowed planners to indhcrhninately color huge area in the borough “W", he is moot unpopular with many ratepayers 'ttttt now. Witnou the hundreda of enraged citizena who have turned out to recent planning meetings demanding to know who h planning for whom. York conned ahould take the bull by the horns and - that planning board only recommend rezoning: m h b honestly of the opinion that " area has deteriorated to aneh an extent that redevelopment alone I. an it. The - of bluff in the field of plahning la um 'rmtrkirtg and uncalled. _ In the borough of York, planning board chairman Wes Ioddln'ton' hu turned out to be the world‘s worst diplomat. . Unfortunately the civic redevelopment scheme is still a little too vague for Willowdale residents to know how it will affect their homes, schools, and property values, and, North York taxpayers have no idea how the plan, if it comes to pass, will affect the mill rate. Will it lower taxes? There are serious doubts for several reasons. Will it increase tsxes? Probably. These questions insist on answers in the early months of 1969. Council should demand them before it spends another nickel on the scheme. A few years ago, the Pearson government introduced the ll per cent building materials sales tax which adds hundreds of dollars to the price of a new home. Despite universal opposition to this regressive tax, there is little likelihood the present government will remove it. The other Ottawa influence over spiraling housing costs is, of course, fantastically high interest rates. In this field too, the Liberal regime has dismally failed Mr. and Mrs. Potential Housebuyer. . At Queen's Park level, the Robarts government and a spineless opposition are responsible for galloping land inflation which is putting the price of potential building lots beyond the reach of Metro's hundreds of thousands of middle and low income wage earners. . , A few years ago a family could purchase a building lot for $5,000 in North York. today you can't find a lot anywhere in the borough for less than $15,000. The opposition ‘could vociferously urge the government to impose a heavy land tax on all vacant land holdings in Metro to stamp out this anti-social form of speculation. But if past experience is any guide it is doubtful that this will happen soon. F At the municipal level, mayors and aldermen could help the tight' housing situation by imposing less rigid controls on specifications and lot sizes for new single family residences. All Metro municipalities know that the biggest demand is for $18,000 housing, units. Yet municipal planers won't even look at a plan of subdivision unless the houses sit on 50 x 120 foot lots and are priced at $32,000 and up. C During the past few years the cost of housing has literally skyrocketed in Metropolitan Toronto but the three levels of government have done nothing to stop it. In fact, it is probably fair to suggest that the Metro, Ontario and Federal governments have actually gone out of their way to increase the" price of accommodation. Here's proof : In 1965, according to the Tdronto real estate' board, the average house in Metro sold for $18,883. December, 1968, Treb says, cost of an average resale was $28,731 -- up almost 310,000. If the.three levels of government actively encourage this shocking trend to continue much longer, three out of every four families in Metro will be clamoring for public housing. Ordinary housing will be beyond their reach. When this day arrives, Lord help us. Resolutions for planners In North York, $165,000 has been spent on a Yonge St. plan of high rise commercial-residential development which may eventually change the face of Willowdale. With this in mind, we have proposed two resolutions ..- one for the planners and councillors of the borough of North York and the other for the planners and councillors of.the borough of York. It may be too late for any more New Year's resolutions but it is never too late to make resolutions in a new year. 1'utmshed at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday Walton Authqtr+ as Second Cla- Mall, Po" Office 0091. Ottawa. Ont" and for payment of Donna In can. ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 on you In advance to any add". In Canada _ Other cannula $9.00 The truth about housing prices W. K. Wilson. 6mm! Mm Sum Cunt. Mona" BAA. Helm, Echo: Telephone 241-521 1 s. 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On the evening in question, all sorts of things happened which proved, at least to my satisfaction, that the emergency treatment department is perhaps the most important branch of a hospital. A couple came in with their three-month-old baby. He had turned blue because mucus in his throat had nearly suffocated him. The couple wanted the baby's throat cleaned as well as advice on how to prevent future blockages, A woman was brought in by police and she was nearly in hysterics. A few minutes earlier she was sitting in her idling car in a nearby shopping centre. The car was creeping forward so she went to hit her brakes and hit the, accelerator instead. The car leaped forward striking several pedestrians, and three vehicles before it came to a halt against a pole. Fortunately no one was seriously injured. ' A twthyear-old boy had somehow rammed his top teeth into his upper arm. His parents were,, told that a dental surgeon would be around in half an hour to examine him. I . Are things as hectic at NorthWestem einerg,ency? I asked him. ' She slipped, fell four feet to the floor and later telephoned to ask me to drive her to Humber Memorial Hospital. During the two-hour time span that it took to develop her x-ray pictures and build up a plaster of paris arm cast, I had plenty of time in the waiting room to dream up flaws in the hospital's emergency treatment set-up. l A man was wheeled in on a stretcher. A sobbing wife and daughter came in behind him. ' It was very busy at emergency in Humber Memorial that night but no more so than many other nights said the policeman who had brought in the sobbing woman. I discussed these similu' situations with s friend recently and l was surprised that he hss had identical experiences in several Metro hospitals. Well, then, I asked, Several years ago I had my appendix out at St. Joseph's hospital on Lakeshore Blvd. W. Before being diagnosed for the operation I waited in the emergency ward. Things were in turmoil there too. Northwestern oil Keele St. gets a large portion of the injured victims in Highway 401 Metro smashups. Sometimes things get "yrtttt bad" the constable'replied. CEEs%'s%bMPsr.ssssssst'if.ssy". Hospitalsshould redesign emergency _ wards ................................................-....-vâ€"vn..-....-...-..-'o' .;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.:.;.:.;._.;.;.;.;.:.:.:.:.....:-:..o.-:-.-:-.-.-:-.-.-:-..:-:-:-:-:-:.:~:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:.:-:-:-:o:-:o:-:-:~:-:~:-:o:-:-t~' 'I'C-O'I-l'.‘.'.’i‘...-..I'I‘l'.'.-.-.-I-O'O'O'D-D...0.0.0.9-I...-'0'0'..0'.'I'O'D'O-I‘D'O'D'O-O.I'O'O...C'b'.‘.‘O...0"...O.I'l'D'O'I‘I‘I'D'O'O'Q' f Luz-3333:.-.-3.-sauna-:22.-was.v.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.'...-.-.~.‘.'.’.'.'.'.-.'.'.'.'.'.'.‘.‘.’.'.‘.'.'.'.'.-.'.'.'.-.'.-.'.'.'.g.1 I believe hospitals can and should have a large comfortable room off to the side with potted plants, good coffee service and the works for everyone using emergency services. There should also be an improved form of communication between friends and relatives of a sick person and the hospital staff looking after him. It is not an easy thing to wait an hour or two to hear whether cousin John Doe is going to pull through. A nurse at a reception desk could do a lot to relieve anxiety. Most hospitals have or had enough funds to build a swanky main entrance and lobby. Surely they should also be able to raise enough to build a half decent emergency ward. That's where the real action is. Fine says a typical hospital board. But where do we get the money to do all this? M»; It was his theory that hospital boards and the Ontario health department are of the opinion that if hospitals equip emergency wards with sofas instead of hard wooden chairs, current periodicals rather than 1966 copies of Readers' Digest, coffee and restaurant service rather than a water cooler, people will visit them rather than their own doctors. If, my friend added, hospital boards can make conditions as uncomfortable as possible, with the dead and injured, drunk and crippled all being wheeled through a common room I where dozens of relatives and friends await news, you are not likely to use emergency services again unless it is absolutely essential. His theory seems to make sense. why don't hospitals design their emergency departments to properly perform the tasks that they are required to do? 55:2:::::::::1:2:1:=:i:l:35:i:2::2155:k::2::55:23:15:$55:35:;2:223:35:3:35:::1:i:i:2:2:3:i::::5:;:=".-:2:2:I: Dear Sir: V These few lines are dedicated to municipal snow plow operators. . This we endure But I'm really not sure That the Boro' should Fill in my driveway. Each year we know That we shall have snow On the sidewalks, road and highway. Beautiful snow Barry Holmes. Sincerely , Inc Teri.