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i 5 '“t:‘-i 1§90, incorporating the Weston Times and County of York / 1B the Times and Guide, and Weston Times Advertiser. and the _ Weston Times __ Strikes harm too many innocent bystanders. There‘s got to be another way. How long are we going to be shoved around? When is labor and management going to find other alternatives other than strikes and lockâ€" outs to settle their disputes? â€" i It‘s no longer a simple case of one side hurting the other in employeeâ€"management wage or fringe benefit breakdowns. _ _ Now, far too often it is John Q. Public who takes it on the chin every time some union or other feels it must have more and more for its membership and their places of employment say that they can‘t afford it. Unions have been receiving most of the adverse publicity and have fallen out of favor with the general populace by causing a great deal of inconvenience over the past several years. â€" + Any shut down in our communications systems â€" rail and air services, in particular â€" can create havoc with this nation‘s economy. Transportation in the North West Metro corridor is just like the weather â€" everyone keeps talking about it but nobody seems to be doing anything about it. There have been lots of promises and little action and still the number of motor vehicles continue to mount. We‘re still awaiting another promise â€" the GO train service. Few have yet to feel any side effects of the current hydro strike. The utility has been able to maintain constant service with supervisory personnel but there is a backlog of work piling up and we may well all be affected before things are finally settled. But how long will strikes be allowed to be the final method of settling grievances? Since Davis‘ decision to shut down the Spadina Expressway almost a year ago nothing‘s been done. Nothing, that is, except _ Could it be that this neck of the woods voted against the Davis government and we‘re being punished? Could it be that this neck of the woods voted against the Davis government because the Conservatives have ignored us in the past? _ Mail strikes inconvenience everyone and few have any sympathies left for postmen. And what‘s happened to the 400 extension southward? Why are we being ignored at Queen‘s Park? â€" â€" What came first, the chicken or the egg? 2159 Weston Road, Wesion, each Thursday by Principal Mid July Questions V J MacMillan, President and Publisher Bill Basley. Editor Moily Fenton, General Manager Telephone 241 5211 July 13, 1972 mittees investigating the work of the Provincial Auditor and the Workmen‘s Compensation Board. I postponed any detailed comment on these two imâ€" portant topics until the committees had completed their investigations and had with: I was a member of the Public Accounts Committee last year and we spent a great deal of time trying to get to the bottom of a number of issues. We didn‘t succeed because those on the inside who had the inâ€" formation chose to sit on it. I stated quite bluntly in the legislature that I was never able to escape the feeling that the committee was snowed during last year‘s sittings. This year I was not a member of the committee, but all ‘members of the legislature have the right to attend any committee, with In an earlier weekly report I mentioned that some of the most useful and newsworthy work of the 1972 session was done so. Let‘s consider the report of the Standing Committee on _ Public Accounts which reviewed the work of the Provincial Auditor‘s department. A personal note to begin Despite the announcement by the Hon. Darcy McKeough that the wolf bounty would be terminated, payment is still being made, according to Gerald B. McKeating, _ executive director of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. According to McKeating, legislation must be passed to repeal the Wolf and Bear Bounty Act before the bounty is â€" officially _ cancelled. "Despite assurances by the Ministry of Natural Resources that legislation would be introduced during this session, the bill has not as yet appeared," he stated. The reason for the delay is reported to be ,opposition from within the P.C. caucus. McKeating claimed that many interested citizens in Ontario are under the imâ€" pression that the wolf bounty is cancelled, but such is not the case. ‘"The ethical question of a government subsidizing the widespread killing of any animal, especially _ a _ socially developed and intelligent animal like a wolf or a coyote can no longér be ignored. The bounty, long;discredited as a mangement tool by informed biologists, also fosters _ a _ completely negative image towards this All eyes on the provinciai auditor Sorge ENCHANTED EVENING you rIAY . SEE A STRANGER" ic C HRTE Wc NR iRA e g y are + ya Aiipe oo PC NTA _ 0 Yalp ‘?:,t?«‘n! 15 is $ Apy S a We o ho casy Atiteri ty Ne oo hy s B x ge h fagh es Wolf bounty still paid i This year‘s committee got off to a flying start because a lowly clerk in the Provincial Auditor‘s Department, ‘Thomas Smith by name, had the courage to lay his job on the line and come voluntarily before the committee to provide some of the inâ€" formation denied to the committee last year. As usual with such persons, he was pilloried to begin with, but ended up something of a hero whose actions represented a rare public service. His testimony opened up the whole situation which was so inâ€" defensible that the comâ€" mittee, despite its governâ€" ment majority which is normally inclined to keep the dirty linen hidden in the cupboard, completed the job which last year‘s committee was frustrated in doing. voice but no vote, and I did so for the first few weeks because I was, quite frankly, highly indignant at the way in which b‘ifimltemlor- species which becomes more and more fascinating to man as research unlocks the truth of its existence. Most biologists hold the view that if man is to escape enâ€" vironmental disaster, he must recognize that he is The aim of the fellowship is to provide students with an opportunity for immersion in the milieu of their second language in any discipline. It is open to Ontario residents The Student Awards Branch of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities has announced the inâ€" troduction _ of a _ new Fellowship for Second Language Study, and a travel bursary for Frenchâ€" speaking students. These awards are funded by the federal government and administered _ provincially. Effective with July 1, Canada‘s chartered banks will quote actual Canadian dollar prices for foreign exchange transactions inâ€" volving U.S. dollars rather than stating discounts or Second language incentives Donald C. MacDonald QUEEN‘S PARK REPORT MPP for York South Canadian dollar prices practice of government departments rushing in Much of the detail is highly technical and rather tedious, but in laymen‘s terms one of the basic irregularities now solidly documented was the orders at the end of the fiscal year, for which delivery was not made until the fiscal year had ended. Invoices were deliberately backâ€"dated in order to make payment from unexpended money from the lapsed year‘s apâ€" propriation.This â€" amounted to falsification of documents. In addition, there was a great suspicion that money was spent on goods and services that weren‘t really needed, in order to avoid an argument that the apâ€" propriation had been too big, and should be reduced. This was the situation which _ Thomas _ Smith claimed to exist, and comâ€" mittee hearing proved he was absolutely right. In fact, one of the most bizarre bits of testimony was that of George Spence, Provincial Auditor, who very early in part of nature rather than above nature. premiums on the American currency, the Canadian Bankers; Association anâ€" nounced. who are undergraduate or graduate students registered in Canadian universities. Approximately 100 fellowships will be awarded, to a maximum amount of $2,000. The purpose of the travel bursary is to help French speaking students, who cannot pursue university studies in French in Ontario, to study in their own language in Quebec. The amount of the bursary will not exceed the equivalent of two economy round trips annually from the student‘s The â€" bounty _ system therefore, discredited as a valid management tool, and repugnant to the ethics of those individuals who have a The C.B.A.‘s foreign exâ€" change committee, representing all nine banks, In short, the Provincial Auditor never operated as the ruthless watchdog of the public treasury, in the manner which the Auditor General in Ottawa has always operated, with the result that this annual reports are always awaited by the media and the opâ€" position with great anâ€" ticipation, and the governâ€" ment with great trepidation. Invariably a lot of dirty linen is dragged out of the departmental cupboards. As a result of the comâ€" mittee‘s work this year, the Provincial Auditor will likely act more in the federal tradition. The present inâ€" cumbent is due to retire during the next year, which is just as well, because nowhere is a fresh start more urgently needed. In fact, it is a safe bit of speculation that if Mr. Spence were not going to retire shortly, the pressure would have been very great to replace him. One of the advantages of such an investigation is that the public spotlight wiil be turned on the Provincial Auditor‘s work for the next few years. The public can rest assured that this careful watch, combined with the prospective appointment of a successor to Mr. Spence, has at least eliminated the irregular practices. deep regard for wildlife, must be repealed. It is imâ€" perative that the provincial government take this opâ€" portunity to give substance to its stated intentions and repeal the Wolf and Bear Bounty Act." place of residence to the university chosen. Deadline date for the fellowship is October 31, 1972, and for the travel bursary is December 31, 1972.. Both awards are available for the 1972473 academic year. Application forms and further information may be obtained from Mr. D.S. Bethune, Director of Student Awards, Ministry of Colleges and Universities, 8th floot, Mowat Block, Queen‘s Park, Toronto ( telephone 965â€"5241). ! recently decided that the new method would simplify public understanding of such transactions _ and _ was desirable to conform to widespread international practice. The study concludes that federal programs have successfully created more educational hardware, includ.ag buildings, but often "‘did not encourage, and in some ways discouraged, a high standard of inâ€" struction." A study of federal financing for secondary education published recently urges creation of a nonâ€"governmental organization of educators to act as a watchdog over growing federal involvement in education. The study recommends that a central organization, consisting of representatives from all levels of education, be created to evaluate federal programs and to distribute information so that ‘"all of Canada could be made aware of all federal support programs." The federal government, the study argues, is deliberately maintaining a low profile in its education spending programs to avoid a public debat> over federal enâ€" croachment into provincial responsibilities for education. Under the Britsh North America Act, education is the exclusive jurisdiction of the provinces. The 168â€"page study was commissioned by the Ontario Teachers‘ Federation in cooperation with the Canadian Teachers‘ Federation. Howard Fluxgold, author of the study, says the proposed independent organization should also be prepared to conduct research on education issues that are national in scope â€" such as education financing. Mr. Fluxgold is a research assistant with 105,000â€"member _ Ontario _ Teachers‘ Federation. * The study examines federal assistance programs to secondary education from the early 1900s when the Royal Commission on Industrial Training and â€" Technical Education was established in response to pressure frorm business and labor for federal aid to technical education. ‘"Although both (former Prime Minister) Pearson and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau have said that the federal governâ€" ment ought not to interfere with the provincial education policy, the present Liberal government continues to do just that," the study charged. â€" ‘"‘The federal government signed an agreement with Manitoba in March, 1972, to subsidize the capital and operating costs of a teacherâ€"training institution for Frenchâ€" language teachers. ‘‘Funds for this project come from the budget of the Language Administration Branch of the Department of the Secretary of State. There is no specific legislative authority, other than approval of the department‘s budget, for this project,"‘ the study stated. Another recent federal project cited in the study is the Local Initiative Program of the Education not federal government responsibility "An act is passed which is often imâ€" possible to administer efficiently ... A termination date for the program is usually written into the legislation, but in almost all cases a change in the party in power at the federal level leads to termination of the program. > Department of Manpower and Immigration which has been supplying funds to pay for teacher aides. "It is obvious, therefore, that the federal government continues to avoid the very real problem of constitutional responsibility for education," the study observed. Over the years, the study noted, a definite pattern of federal involvement has emerged. It starts off with the federal government stepping in to provide for a perceived need which the provinces are unable or unwilling to satisfy. ‘"Uncertainty over the termination date often has had a detrimental effect on the whole program," the study states. The overriding reason for lack of suctess of federal programs has been jurisdictional or constitutional difficulties, the study maintains. Ontario was cited as the one province that has managed to benefit fully from federal assistance programs. The study attributes Ontario‘s success to: Ontario‘s financial resources to match federal grants in the available costâ€"sharing programs; and Ontario‘s ability to initiate its own programs so that when the federal government offers financial help, the province can quickly take advantage of the extra funds and mesh the federal program with its own program. ‘"Federal legislation was enacted to provide a uniform set of rules and regulations across the country; however, some provinces could not or would not adhere to the rules. "It seems that the federal government was almost powerless to control either the expenditure of funds or the content or quality of the courses provided by the provinces effectively." Despite the relative lack of success, the federal government is continuing to support education in much the same way as it has in the past, the study concludes. Recent examples of federal education grants cited in the study include: $35,681 to the Board of School Commissioners of Ambherst to hire 20 teacher aides; $68,925 to the Halifax County Board to hire 34 teacher aidés; and a grant to cover 75 per cent of the total capital costs for a Frenchâ€"language teacher training institution in Manitoba. ‘‘Without doubt," the study concludes, "other school boards have applied for and received grants. While there seems to be a great willingness to accept the grants, there appears to be little consideration given to the disruptive effect on the termination or failure to renew them."