Inkpen brings honor te Whitby WIIITBY LRi RSTIIURSI)AY, APRIL 19, 1973, PAGE 3 No Government secrets TORONTO--Ail the Ontario government's plans for region- al goveriiiient have been laid righit out on the table for all to see, the Honiourable Johin White, Minister of Treasury, Econornics and lntergovern- mental A'f'airs, said this week. He told the Association of' Counities and Regions of' On- tario that hie hopes ho correct "the erroneous notions that sonie people have about our policies; our timing and our intentions" regarding regional goverrnmen t. The iniister said sonie people seeni convinced that "&somiewhiere, in somne dark corner of Queeni's Park, there exists a plan with notations saying, 'Regional goverinment hiere, hiere, here and liere'. "Thiere is no such plan," Mr. White decîared. Rather. lie said, the gov- Harry lnkpen, (left) Safety Officer of Dunlop Canada Limited, Whitby, accepts the 1972 Industrial Accident Prevention Association Achievemnent Award for the Leather, Rubber and Tanners Class of Indus- try from William J. Burgess, lass Chairman, during a luncheon at the I.A.PA. annual safety conference, Toronto, April 10. WHITBY: A Witby firn was honoured at the recent Annual Conférence of the Industrial Accident Prevention Association, at the Royal York Hotel. hcere. Dunlop Canada Limiited, won the I1972 Achiievemient Award of the Leather, Rubher and Tanners Class of' the Association. This award went to thein for achiievinig the best safeéty record of al the companies in their class of industry during 1 972. L. Harry Inkpen, &ifety Officer of Dunlop Caniada. accepted the award on behiaîf of blis company. froni W.J. Burgess, incorning Class Chaîrmnan, during thie Leathier, Rubber and Tanners Luntchieoni, April I1O. C.HOO ( 1390 AJAX SPORTS *PIus the In < COUNTRY PERSON TO PERSON .,CMMNITY RADIO CHOO 1390 ernment's proposais in Janu- ary for* regional governments west oft'Me tropolitaniiToronto were "tlie last of our hîgh-, priority items". "In certain other areas, such as Haîdimand-Norfolk, we have comirnissioned studics that could very well prompt us Io issue proposais. But there are no secret studios in the works, anid we have no specific plans for local government reformi in any part of Ontario flot already covered by our published pro- posais. "We intend to look thoughtfully and carefully at every part of the province where local government re- formi would do the best job of meeting those needs," the minister said. He said the government is "capable of' being convinced" Copyright Figurmagic International 1970 OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEI< Unliinited Visits MON. - FRI. SATURDAY 9 &r.. b 9 p.m. 9 ar.. 0 3 p.m. WHITBY MALL 579-2617 that in some cases 'other re- formi measures, such as con- solidations of neighbouring communities, would serve lo- cal needs better than regional governmiient would. "We recognize that the an- swers for Metro Toronto or Oshawa or Niagara or Water- loo are flot going to be the best answers for other parts of Ontario." He said the government hopes within the next two or three years to be able to draw a niap showing "how we think sou thern Ontario should even- tually take shape in termis of refornied local governments." But the govemment, lie added, would flot attempt to draw such a miap without first seekîng "a great deal of gui- dance and advice" froin the municipalities. 117 SALONS OPEN INCHES LOST 395#286 POUNDS LOST OSHAWA CENTRE 579-2052 *LOCAL NEWS