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Pags 30. WNUy Fiee Preos, Weclnesday, Decemnber2. 1932 Lasco: TimeÇfo Hydro to becorne 'business-iefficient',- I Do you tikthe town Planning system, I(A)works.well, (Bworks asý well as çan' be expected, (C)needs some Umproveinient, . I QJ)ueeds a draàstic overliaul? I - Jus one of the quSt.onsin i ila s t, wek-s9reSdesurvey.i Tell us what youthink -of this and other issues Iand what you lilce and dislike about the Free PressI I Please return-your survey Boon! To thse editun O(ntorlo Hydro rates are e.catngs.minly out dl costrlungaiveyiping jobs sund ivsmn n Dmrham' Regios sud-across'tue province. Ontario Hydre must commit t resuc-.turing ta lowee costs sd the rates, that are paueéd os ta BSie. 1075, HFydro rates have been ýmore thoni double thw rate cf inflation. ii. averagé -househod or usnes wlpay 428par cn more for "éeetricity in 1993 thsu TRYREADIN THIS AD WITH A BAGO GRO CERtES &- A KÎD IN YOU,-R ARMS. T 'here aregood times to seli. And there are bad timnes'to seli. The best time to seli is when a person is ready to buy. And when people are ready,fo buy, they tumn to'their newspaper., Not. their maibox. Too mrany tîmes, advertising mail cornes at exactly the wrong time, mixeèd among your, important, dailY, mail. 'Perhaps that explains why three ti'mes as many people -'woulcf prefer to receive their .advertising information fromn a paper. Newspaper- reàders share. a common curiosity about- people, places, "facts, figures. ^And prices. People tumn to their newspaper for the latest price informnation, and- they tumn there with interest. Wi.ch means that's where your advertising message needs to be. With ail the choices available, it's difficuit deciding how best to advertise your business. But everything becomes a littie- simpler',when yo.u remember one rule... Over tii. 1991 ta 1993 peiiod aloe, Hydro mecreases wlltota 30 per- cent, while inflation i. prcdectsd tiý increase'by only 10. prcent- - At a timewhen individuals sud buiness.,are la1in t.do more with les., OntriaHydros ceagm amintenance, sud- Samiistatve expenses, Which ttl25- per cent c f- their tota colts,have umedby,86 ,per cent since 198l7, sudlHydro las ncesdIts staff bY more thon 20" per, cent ovor thels fv Cl.overrunsexpegriecdin the building 'Cf tii.Dàlinto faclity have been'ti.ba sfor ruqJor -,p"oro f al 'rate mcéreases anc. 1988. Inde'pendent anlyessuggestt hat teserate increaeusare more than sufficlent ta havïe cnmsind thie entire Dàrlingtýoe station without the 6.4 per cent rate ices I~da neceayta support Drlngton in193 lae Ontia steel came ta Durham Reqgion in 1963 and was o~aigin early 1i964.' On. cf. m *ignificant factors in choosing-.oeir location was"',the veiy cmpetitive hydru rates -thon availabe tao, n energy-intenuav. processsucli as -ours. Electrical energyis. the. single larg.st comnposent cf our variable com-". law s h.Wàeked ve '1y' b.ard ta becomne more energy-effclent over thie peut décodeashaemoot- hlsnees la i time for Ontarlo Hydro ta, becoene business- efiin.Recentanonent byr OntiiôHydro oare uimply înot enouL whatisnedds .enmitaiet' to reducing rates ziow. What. w. need I ini.l Ontaro sicoenmitment to, iti 'èàsboi,«8 con .only b. dsmostrte4through, accera-_ ted, most-cuttlng prgame ta ern,.letriîtyrates back to og.is..afffliated wlth the encvatio f hfqMjor PbmWr Cons3umer. in Ontario . (AMC) whosle ,members provd drc and indirect employRnent fer about 600.000people thruqhot tii. - nc. CollectiveIy, mùembersont over *900 million onelecfricalpow'rin19M. C.D.a Itby Lake Oitanic steeColgmy IROM PAGE 6 threei n mnations agreed*i W ncpe t«i a Noith American' ssi mo;n on Environmental indicatad-'it, will toughen up law nfreent pliis srules regardingthe eênviroànment.., :The bottom 'linâs isathat wiýth the NAPýTA,'economic develcong ini the. membe-r nations will 'b. cariied, out ýwith more concern for the' envaironmeht Because of thé. monitorng and efreetof rules'oround development wifl b. Difficu t timesfaïce boards- * ROM PA GB 1993-94, butin order ta. receive this ya $28 ýmillion, wil] have t oPlywith'gover nment "They,,want us ta maintain &s, avoîd layoffs sud keep ainme dollars,» said Farr, "Your guesa-Jis<asogood »as mine' (about .,ho*, this'c'ainbe achieved),» Phe added. Farr nid. $99, million will go to Ontarié ichool boards, but offi- ciaseý do,.neht yet îknow how the money wifl b. diibursed.' «Our worst fear is the. distribu- tion wilb. according ta their (goernments) agenda. Farr sâaid many *.f,,the p-ro- gronis "w. have corne ta ýen~oy expect sud Mek.ta continue,,,are. threatened. - h n-factý htrs.are holdn meeting. ocr- as. ýtii.regnt gagepbic support lor- non- mandlatory ,program <s(ëe. separate p nlporn offeredlby the board suid.which may b. sub4jectt ta t, hou been ciulatedfor discussion. "Given that ,w. have difficult decisionu u Ïstar. for usý, we're hoping ta make them with tii.e comnmunîty,»soidFarr.lý,. Althouguh. termed it a, "crii situation, Oldman preferrednot ta elaborate at 'tistUme'.. Oldmnan; , a Whitby--y trust..,- sad lie will hav e more ta say-on the. matter foilowing the. board's inauguîal meeting sud électioni of chairon Dec. 7.. "I think the anoneent in important t uct i n sd, in ternis cf 'Catiolic 'education in the. region, wiiihave, a bearig on what we plan on doig, he, said. 1 Witii a student -enr-olm ent appoaiching 21,000and more thànl,700 employees, the separate board in one ;cf 'thi. ftst.growing in Ontarlo, nsid Oldman., The additional fundu for' 1993, ,wiiileave little, 'if asuy'money avoulable for lncreosedsalaries prourama sud operationsý, h.P 1421.§ Durham .Centre )MPP 'Drum- mond ý,,White ,defended hi.e e government's deelsi. 1 W. -have an inflation rate, of t les. thon pr -cent.ý If the Durham (phli),board wanýts ta la, op e off ta ut 'uPan ceret'A ÜR sràil their choice," sald White. (Tii. boorêd ,l building a com- bmnd ami~istto ofie sud secondarz shool. innorth- >Whitby. ne *38-ilinfaci- lity irÀ,scheduled for:copltion i 1994.)ý Whte sadtii ain.concern f the government i., ecaring ser- ,«If theiy wsut ta put money, into caçipl*tal .progrore rather thon servuicesà .up tathem," heý :White referred to the Durham, boarsiopp osito aa- provm-- cialy-ma=natd unior kinder- rcrten propam Ib~y September 'V'i ?ansueducation centre rather thon junior kindergarten I have problems with that, leý said.- Farr nsid the, education -centre issue lias'only been raised on one occasion. 8h. niïd rtepayers, acept the explonation that the board wull, save $3 million by building a new facility rather thon contmieue ta.rent, space for offices. 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