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1H8- Pages Queens Park agenda is packed Dial One solar heating system can save pool owners money The legislative agenda here In Toronto Is jam packed as the government Is trying to complete as many reforms as possible before we all break for the summer recess This has been an exciting week In deed I Besides having the Select Committee on Constitutional Reform submit Its final report changes were made lo Improve health care and make insurance rates fairer while a major set of reforms lo the Workers Compensa tion Act were introduced by Labour Minister Greg Sorbaro First off Health Minister Elinor Caplnn has announced funding of SIS million lo enhance province- wide prevention and treat men l ini tin lives for heart and circulatory diseases The funding will greatly expand our ability to care for Individuals with heart disease and related lions 11 is a further example of a commitment of my Mints to renew the emphasis In Ontario health care on disease prevcnlion and health promotion Mrs Caplnn sold The Inanciol support will enable the expansion of a heart and health promotion program which Is part of a new threeyear healthy lifestyles media campaign being launched by the Ministry this fall The campaign is aimed at reducing smoking and alcohol consumption while incrcas nutrition awareness The initiatives Include the appoint ment of a cardiovascular co ordinator oversee all of the Ministry of Healths heart and disease programs As well a central registry to collect data useful in measuring the effect car dlovascular surgery on the overall health status of Out Brians will be established This financing will dramatically expand heart and circulatory care facilities In Ontarios major hospitals Increased consumer protection against unfair Insurance practices highlights amendments to the In surance Act which were Introduced by Financial Institutions Minister Robert Nixon this week To reduce consumer uncertainly the new law require Insurance companies to provide individual con with the details on how their premiums are determined and lo design application forms that are easily understandable In addition the bill will prohibit the practice of tied selling thai is making the Issuance or amendment of an automobile policy conditional upon the purchase of another In policy The bill Includes provisions which ensure that there Is no discrlmlnn Hon in respect lo age sex family marital status or Handicap with respect lo contracts of automobile Insurance You may recall thai I asked you about those concerns in a recent householder The proposed legislation also ad dresses the existing industry wide practice of penalizing all household members for the driving record of one family member The amend ments provide the consumer with the option of excluding certain per sons for coverage in a policy giving ihe policyholder the opportunity to obtain lower rates Labour Minister Gregory Sorbara has Introduced a package of amend mcnls to the Workers Compensa more workers return will correct problems with the workers compensation system which has been widely criticized for a number of years The proposed amendments create a dual award system for workers with partial permanent disabilities This new approach will compensate workers for loss of earnings suffered as a result of an Injury at work 11 will also explicitly recognize for the first time non economic losses suffered as a of injuries In the workplace The level of earningsloss benefits will be based on the difference bet ween workers pre- injury earnings and post Injury earnings capacity The level of awards for economic loss will vary with a workers degree of disability and age at the lime Injury up to maximum of The ear flings loss provisions replace the current approach com referred lo as Ihe meat chart which calculates Hon levels purely on the basis of the degree of physical Impairment Its lime lo go beyond the meat chart and treat people as human beings Mr said The legislation also establishes a framework for vastly Increased cm pilosis on the goal of helping injured workers return to Ihe workforce earlier and more successfully than in the past Employers will be obligated re instate injured workers Jobs they performed prior lo their Injury or face financial penalties Excluded from these provisions arc small businesses with fewer than employees and Industries such as construction where work patterns make reinstatement unfeasible Employers will be required as well to maintain ihclr share of con Tor health care pension and life Insurance benefits for up lo one year following the date of the in This will serve to strengthen lie relationship between employers their injured employees New responsibilities will be Impos on the Workers Compensation Board to provide Injured workers with vocational rehabilitation vices on timely basis to facilitate re inlo the workforce We re going to make sure that an injury at work does not mean per manent exile from the workplace Mr Sorbara said Kilts can Dial One or solar heat In this season of pools swimming and costly pool heating bills Bill Georgetown resident and pool specialist recommends a solar heating system for every swimming pool You stand save over 10 years with solar healing Its the only pool investment with a payback he said Mr Orr opened a solar heat com pony with his brother In law ago concentrating almost ex on installing solar panels and heater systems ir Toronto The heating system consists of a healing tank onequarter inch linear tubing panels and a valve emptying into the swimming pool The neat and wear resistant pipe Is made of a mixture of and Inside the pipe water generated from Ihe pool is heated and then pumped back into the pool The result warm water healed naturally by the sun Though the initial cost or ihe system can be upward of S3 Mr says it Is money well spent Within two and a half years youre going to break even he said Mr company is the eastern distributor for the American manufacturer of the solar heating systems and pari of the Dial One enterprise a compendium of over trades and services with a common logo The logo on trucks take away the fly by night aspect of our com said Mr Orr Orr described the nearly companies emerging since the seventies wilh the claim of solar heating for life The companies folded and left all solar heat Installers with a bad name he said People say me Friends of mine had that system and it didnt work They don t realize solar is a generic name he said Dial One solar heating installa is above reproach he said The Industry has come and gone and Im still here The customer asking for solar heating will receive panels Installed on the roof In a south west lo south east location northern exposures dont receive light The heat from the sun is absorbed In the plastic tubing and water Is carried through The whole process becomes less expensive than conventional heating systems in the long term said Mr Orr OPP support Special Olympics Halton overturns decision Halton Region has overturned a committee decision to allow a Burl man permission to hook up two houses to a nearby water voir Rudy wants to build two houses on 14 acres of land located just north of the reservoir on the Line in Burlington Mr plans to build one square feet house and one feet house on the pro perty The land would have about Si million worth of landscaping Between them the nouses would have seven Jacuzzis nine bathrooms and three swimming pools one Indoor The houses would cost about S3 million Because the property sits outside the Burlington urban area there is no water services for the land Mr didnt want to drill a well so he applied to have a small pipe placed across private land he had obtained an easement to vice his house which sits Just north of the reservoir Halton s Commissioner of Ing and Development Rash said Ihe proposal violates council policies as well as the policies of the Official Plan The proposal would therefore re quire an official plan amendment That process usually requires on ap plication to amend plan followed by comments from many different agencies then a staff report However the committee voted June to approve the application and prepare an official plan amend ment bypassing the process which calls for comments from other agen cies including the City of Burl ington The decision resulted In phone Calls from residents to Burlington Mayor Bird citing favoratlsm toward Mr who showed up at the committee meeting In white si retch limousine The committee decision was precedent setting because the land Is not eligible for urban services growth is not desirable In the area and it was in direct contrast to a mo tion passed by Regional council one year earlier saying that no further connections to the trunk feeder main be permitted outside of Mr the urban area If such a position is taken In Burl ington the Region would be forced into rethinking its servicing objec tives and looking at other areas where the urban reservoir is located outside the urban area and pressure could be brought to bear lo connect from homes surrounding the reser voir said Mr Mohammed Its approval would be a dangerous precedent Approval would also change another major planning policy because servicing would planning said Mr Mohammed The intent of any planning docu Is to provide for where growth should most appropriately occur and then to determine ihe best method of servicing the land he said Both the Region and the city have said they dont want growth In that area said Mr Mohammed If council Is willing to grant such an application then it can expect pressure from other surrounding HYUNDAI OWNERS For Service Call 8731818 After a lengthy debate which In eluded three recorded votes Regional council overturned Ihe committee decision July That leaves an appeal to the On tario Municipal Board as Mr resource to hook up to the reservoir Burlington Coun Joan Little said July a property owner lo the south closer Ontario Provincial Police officers and other law enforcement officers from across the province are sup porting Special Olympics by running In a series of torch relays culminating In the lighting of the of cauldron at the opening ceremonies In Hamilton Ontario on Friday August 12 30p Special Olympics Is an interna program of physical fitness sports training and athletic competl tlon for children and adults with fnental re tarda Officers from mosl of the OPP detachments across Ontario wilt run over miles while carrying ceremonial torches on eight routes that crisscross Ihe province The support of local area residents schools service clubs business and municipal leaders Is needed lo raise funds for Special Olympics on behalf of a par ticipating officer who then runs in the individual or group name In 1967 the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police instituted a Torch Run Relay for the benefit of Ontario reservoir had previously applied for the hook up but did not proceed with it because they were told Regional staff would not support It Hills Mayor Miller said the vote to lum down the ap plication takes the rights away from Mr to go through the formal application process I feel very guilty about taking somebodys rights away Mayor Miller said WATCH THIS SPACE FOR ALL KIWANIS EVENTS Nells DRIVING SCHOOL Appro by NEXT COURSE STARTS SEPTEMBER 6th to SEPTEMBER 28th Monday Wednesday Nights to 930 For Information About Courses or Private Lessons phone 8772671 Summer Savings Happiness is the HERALD Niagara Palis Canada tir Host Motor Hotel and Conference Centre NIAGARA FALLS CANADA MOVING Also LAWN GARDEN POOL MAINTENANCE Is Our Only Difference Special Olympics athletes The pro gram started In 1381 by the Wichita Kansas police department as a way lo Involve local law enforcement personnel ihe community and with Special Olympics Anyone wishing to sup port a low enforcement officer in the Special Olympics Torch Run should their local police depart BILL 113 RETAIL BUSINESS HOLIDAYS ACT 1988 AND BILL 114 EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS AMENDMENT ACT 1988 Tho Stonding Commtttoa on Administration Justice will meet to consider Bills 113 and 114 commencing Wednesday August 3 In Legislative Building Queens Park Toronto Ontario and other locations throughout the province as may bo required Tho Committee written submissions from individuals groups or organizations wishing to common on the above Bills All briefs should be deposited with the Clark of Committee no later than Wednesday September Requests for to appear before the Commitloo to make an oral presentation should be directed to the Clerk the Commiiteo not later than Friday August 1988 for consider ation of Committee Room 472 Legislative Building Queens Park Toronto Ontario 1A2 Telephono 2977 Collect calls will bo accepted Legislative Assembly of Ontario Below is the professional help and advice youre looking for in your wedding plans These advertisers will provide the experience and expertise to help you with a successful wedding day 8732334 For Beautiful 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