WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1985, PAGE 3 In this year's municipal elections.... Psychiatrie hospital ]patients seeking By JAN DODGE November election. Brian Davidson, "Given the charter of the bouse resumes on Free Press Staff The Canadian Mental social policy analyst for rigbts and freèdoms, Oct. 15. Whitby could gain 400 Health Association CMHA said in a section 3 guarantees tbe 'It is possible that if new voters fromn the (CMHA) is leading the .telephone interview, right to vote for every the act were passed the Psychiatrie Hospital if drive for enfran- 'The main thrust is to citizen, and section 15 day before the advanced ammendînents to the chisement of 4,000 On- give Psychiatrie patien- prohibits discrimination polI, patients would be municipal election act tario psyciatric ain ts the samne rights as on the basis of mental qualified to vote," Mar- are passed before the tsptie any other citizen. disability. tin said. "Also a precedent bas Bill Hogle, assistant D urh m b ard to aun h o ïM een set. In December, administrator of clinical Dur am bo rdtola nc O fl 1984, tbere was a change services at Whitby in the provincial elec- Psychiatrie, said, "Con- protest of R C f n i g h tion act, wbich permit- sidering the interest this ted patients to vote at year wben patients were By JAN DODGE we retain Roman commissions at the polling stations in enfrancbised under Bill Free Press Staff Catholic students in samne time: the psychiatrie hospitals 17 for the provincial The Durham Board of those programs, if tbey Newnham Commission, during the May provin- election, 1 believe it is a Education is going to aren't being offered at to implemnent the exten- cial election. process ... The logic make their own protest separate scbools, bow sion of separate scbool "One of the main could apply to any elec- to legislative hearings wili we be paid? " funding; Dr. Shapiro problems bas been there tion." on Bill 30, against the Lafarga said since the Commission to report on was no enumerating Karen Walker, patient extension of funding for board gets separate the extension of funding done at the bospital. In advocate, said, "Just separate schools. scbool supporters' to private scbools; and the last provincial elec- because people bave At a special meeting taxes at the secondary the MacDonald comn- tion enumerators and emotional probiems, I last week, the board level, it provides aduit mission to study the politicians went into tbe don't see any reason struck a committee to and continuing wbole side range of bospital," Davidson why tbey sbould be work on a brief to education programs financing of education. said. restricted in exercising present at the hearings for ail. She wondered if Tbis government bas Previously, bie said, their voting rigbts.. on Oct. 1. that could continue or if not waited for the latter patients in a psychiatrie "The patients were in- In a telephone inter- it would be necessary to two to report, Lafarga facility wbo bad issued a terested in the spring view, Chairman Ruth charge. If the board said. certificate of incom- election and asked, Lafarga said the board were not getting the Sbe said these com- petence under the men- 'Wby isn't there an aIl- iqnnosd othe. evten- vn ue wull if havue missionse o nt w- tal bealtb act bad not candidates meeting sion of funding to separate scbools because it is divisive on religious Uines, and it duplicates the system of education. She said the separate scbool system in- cuicates one belief whereas the public system caters to a multipiicity of beliefs. Lafarga said it was im- portant that there be a common educationai system. She said Bill 30 would be expensive, and would iead to tbe funding of other speciai interest groups, which would resuit in a fracturing of the public education system. "The wbole con- stitutional question bas not been resolved. It bas been referred to the courts, however the government is moving ahead anyway. "«It is incredible that the government is moving ahead before waiting for a ruling... "The government is cbanging the regulations arbitrariiy for scbool board grants to allow funding of separate scbools in Sep- tember ... There will be no legisiation approved until sometime later tbis year. " Lafarga said the government shouid follow precedent. Wbhef two years ago - the question of baving fran- cophone trustees on schooi boards arose, -they wouldn't' act.right away; they waited for the decision fromf the courts." There bas been a cer- tain tax levy from separate schooi sup- porters whicb bas gone to the public board, she said. Would it continue? Lafarga asked where the money for the exten- sion of funding would come from. She said it' would be' an additionai burden on taxpayers. She asked. would the board be paid on the ful cost of providing a program or would it be paid on a per student basis. "The academic program is the Ieast ex- pnieto offer. The peileducation and th tcnical programs are more expensive. If to ask separate scbool boards to provide for their own continuing education? Would there be a duplication of services in wicb case there might be insufficient enrolîment to run al courses? ,How wouid facilities, such as scbool buildings, be tran- sferred? - by the current market valuie, or by a token dollar? Would the same rules apply to public schools as separate schools whicb are not publicly owned but are owned by the church? Lafarga said that Davis had announced the creation of tbree countable since tbey are not eîected, yet tbey have extensive power. Sbe said the Newnbam Commission could make policy for the extension of funding and bad tbe final word on arbitrating disputes between school boards. Staffing is another problem area Lafarga said. "The board currentiy bas contrac- tuai agreements with our staff but Bill 30 ignores the fact that we bave clauses that deal witb redundant teachers. "That proposed legislation ignores the agreements aiready negotiated between our board and staff." Prout saddened by board's decision Whitby's separate school trustees have lit- tde to say in response to the public board's decision to protest the extension of funding before legisiative bearings. Trustee Andrew Miller would make no comment on the decision since he said be bad just returned from bolidays, but said the two boards were in agreement until recen- tly on their submissions. Trustee Joanne Prout said, 'II can onlyreact witb sadness that tbey wouid do that, but if tbey feel tbey have to, I guess that's what tbey must do. " She said it was the fir- st sbebhad heard of it. been allowed to vote, according to Section 14,2 of the Municipal Elec- tion Act. "A certificate of in- compentence just means one is incom- petent to manage one's financial affairs." He said there are many other people living in the community who have such certificates, but of the people who have these cetificates it is oniy psychiatrie patients who have not been allowed to vote. Don McKay, town clerk, said the Equal Rights Statute Law Amendment Act 1985 has receîved ils first reading and if passed he would be required to establish a polling place at Whitby Psychiatrie. David Martin, manager of organization policy sec- tion of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. said ~i 1>1CORPORATION OF THE TOWN 0F WHITBY TOWN OF WHITBY PUBLIC SWIMMING INFORMATION Anne Ottenbrite Indoor) Pool 668-7765 Knsmen (Outdoor) Pool 666-2131 DR. H. 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He is hopeful terns of psychiatric that the association will patients are the same as support the enfran- those in other ridings. chisement and will Referring to the bring pressure on the reasons behind preveri- provincial government ting patients from to make the act a voting Davidson said, "I1 priority item so it can be guess it's just anotber of cbanged before the the old mytbs about November election. people in psychiatrie: Toronto and Windsor facilities." TAKE NOTICE THAT a Public Meeting et the Liquor Lic- ence Board of Ontario will be held ai the CITY HALL. 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