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2-ORONO WEEKLV TIMES, JUNE 26th. 1974 orono weekly times Second Class Mail Registrâtion Number 6368 Published eveiy Wednesday at the office of publication SUBSCRIPTION RATES Canada3.oo.....U.S.A.$4.50 IT WILL SOON BE OVER In less than two weeks the federal election will be a thing of the past. The analyists will have had their day and one of at least two parties will have formed the government ior the next term of office. The recent gallup poll has given an edge to the liberals as of a few days ago but this was also the case in the last federal election which resulted in a draw between the Liberals and the Conservatives. It always appears that the polls do favour the grits to a small degree which in a close election could be deceiving. Nationally the polis at this time seem to be a correct assessment of the result of the coming election. Trudeau's image is c arrying much better than in 1972 and there appears to be little resentment that existed at that time. He has been able to keep his cool and has always appeared one jump ahead of his opponents. He has kept the press and political pundents busy with his grant of $500.00 to housing purchases and with his transit proposais. Both these matter are of concern with those in urban areas with the result that it ias back-paged Robert Stanfield who appears to be having trouble in elevating his proposed prices and wage control program. Trudeaus housing proposal raised some doubts throughout the country but in general he gained support from' the larger centres and from many provincial politicians over his transit plans. These along with his wife Margaret have kept Trudeau in the lime light so far and this often results in votes. Robert Stanfield started the campaign. with some doubts in his own party over price and wage controls and this took some of the steam and impact that might have been expected to arise out of the proposal. Even the recent increase in the cost of living seemed to be accepted as was the increase in some company profits. The proposal bas so far lacked impact. People, we believe are somewhat disappointed over the fact that an election exists and it is quite likely.that they will go for a majority government at Ottawa hopeful that it can rule for the next four or five years. With Trudeaus lead it could well be a majority government for the liberals. HOW FAST WILL THEY MOVE The Town of Newcastle is to participate in the Ontario Housing Action Program, a plan designed to assist municipalities plan specific areas as a community unit. Mayor Rickard in his news conference last week saw this as a means of containing the identity of the community with direction from the municipality rather than the developers. It is not an easy problem to bring the two factions into balance and industrial assessment is often hard to come by This will propose a problem for the area town and one which they may never be able to offset. Another point to consider is the imbalance within this municipality of industrial and commercial assessment which states Mayor Rickard is now around 1 to 40 rather than in the proportion of 1 to 4. The gap'is certainly wide and awesome. It would take years of commercial and industrial development to offset this unfavourable imbalance or even to reduce it to fifty percent of what it is now. The overbalance of residential assessment in new developmënt tends to continue and if the municipality opens its door to more development they will find, according to many politicians, that the extra cost of services will rest with those already settled in the community. The plan certainly has merit but we fail to see it as a means to develop hundreds of homes in the municipality. It appears that the cost of internal planning within the official plan now becomes the responsibility of the municipality rather than the developer. This comes as a cost to taxpayers in the province and within the municipality. True it gives direction to what order is to be followed but his could also be had by councils and their planning advisory boards having had a comprehe'sive official plan. If council takes into consideration this imbalance which exists in the municipality it could well be some time before any large developments come to this area. Disregarding this factor it would be quite easy to have hundreds of homes, even thousands, within a little space of time. Couinuted om page i been in operation for only fourteen months. The installation ceremony was held in the New Dutch Oven Restaurant following a turkey banquet to which the Kinsmen had as their guests, their wives. Kin John Clap- dorp proposed the toast to the ladies. The folliwng slate of offic- ers was installed: President - Don Hyland Vice Presidents - Murray Taylor, and Dennis Abramoff Secretary - Maurice Bradley Treasurer - Bill Reid Registrar - Brain Wier Bulletin Editor - Don Rough- ley Directors - Brian Coiville and Earl Stevens. Kinsmen of the Year Award was presented by president Tony to Kin Dennis Abramoff. Incoming president Don Hy- land presented Kin Del Heut- her with a Merit Award for his work with the club during the yar. Kin Del is the only honourary member of the club. 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3A6 June 24th, 1974 Dear Editor: The article in your paper of last week, submitted by Councillor Lyall, in reference to an application for lot severance by Ceresmore Farms. I have been invited to reply to this and state the facts. The references and implication in this article are inaccurate and misleading. There is one thing I would like to make perfectly clear. I expect to obey the same rules as they are applied to anyone else and in this application I have done exactly that. This application was forwarded to several agencies, approved by ail but one -- the one objection was supported by a. resolution, which in itself is contradict- ory. The policy to which Councillor Lyall is referring is a resolution passed by Reg- ional Council and to which he objected at the time of its passing. Briefiy I shall attempt to make clear a few points. At the present we are living in a house not owned by Ceres- more Farms and which we rent. Plans have been made to build a bouse for us to live in. The question is should the house we live in belong to the Company or to myself. The policies of the Municipality and of the Government dict- ate that upon the Corporation of farm operations I should own the bouse in which I live. The separation asked for will be much less than the 6.6 acres in question and what- ever is severed will continue to be used for Agricultural purposes. The total acreage from which this lot is being severed is 495, not 64. I picked this particular location be- casue it would not interfere, but rather support present farm operations; it will not create an entrance onto a busy highway, but rather from a township road. Mr. Editor this is not a big issue with me. I made the application in good faith as any citizen would. There have been several hundred applic- ations made this year, and I will abide by the decisions based on the policies of the municipality. Who really runs Canada? It's supposed to be you, the individual, through the collective ower of the vote. But it isn't. To an enonmous extent, it's the big corporations. A small, powerful gmup of companies who dictate prices and amass huge profits, without any responsibility towards the ordinary Canadian. Consider this. Last year, while you were reeling from the soaring cost of living, the food processing industry iucreased its average profits over the previous year by 60%. What did the government do about it? While the "energy crisis" pushed up the price of your fuel, the I am more interested i concentrating my energies as I have been day and night, to many problems that confront this new municipality such as, sevice, and correct informat- ion for the public; industrial and commercail development so that the people living here have a place to work; official Plans and Zoning regulations; water pressure in the subdivi- sion in Orono; the Marina situation in Newcastle; the' redevelopment of the down town core of Bowmanville, a drainage study and system for Hampton, community needs of the Courtice area; Community Centres for Browns School and Tyrone; adequate water supply for Newcatle; Garbage collection and disposal sites; Fire Hall in south part of Ward 3; Parks and Recreational facilities; restoration of streets and property in Newcastle and Bowmanville; improving road conditions, hazardous corners, speeding in various areas, level railway crossings property damage around Mosport, etc. etc. These are only a few, I could fill your paper with matters to which we must attend; and this within a tax rate people can afford, thus reviewing and restructuring our tax base so that .it will not continue to be a regressive system, but rather a system that is moving ahead to meet future needs.o'f our environ- ment. I have picked only a few issues at rantlom. Each and every area of this municipal- ity urgently needs our attent- ion. I trust I do not waste space and time over who owns the land on which my house stands. Sincerely, Garnet B. Rickard Mayor The Editor, Port Hope Evening Guide, Port Hope, Ontario Dear Sir: I intended to ignore the editorial appearing in the Evening Guide of June 13tL which had personal overtones but since the article was very misleading, I feel it is my duty to comment. The editorial states, "There is something not quite healthy about a government which seems intent on killine off a (continued page 3 major oil companies all returned massive profit increases. What did the government do about it? And last year, deferred corporate taxes - taxes that just didn't get paid - had accumulated to a staggering $5 billion. And what did the govemment do about that? The NDP believes that people matter more. We want to see stricter corporate tax laws. An excess profits tax. Andlessgenerous tax concessions. And astrongerPrices Review Board, to curb the price setting powers of industries like food processmg. Because we believe that Canada's two traditional parties have been letting the big corporations get away with too much, too long. On July 8, let's tell them. People matter more. Vote NDP For Durham orWe W alkerLx This electionjudge the parties by the compaies they keep.