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Barrie Examiner, 18 Oct 1979, p. 17

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immawws new Smith raps Hydro waste TORONTO CP Op position Leader Stuart Smith says Ontario Hydro is wasting money on propaganda campaign to defend its own mistakes In question period Tuesday at the legislature Liberal Leader Smith asked Energy Minister Bob Welch to tell Hydro to stop advertisements on television and in print which explain the difficulty the utility has in proj ecting future demand for power Welch refused saying the public has right to know the information Hydro sets out in these advertisements Smith said in an interview the ads are costing more than $1 million and the only goal is to improve Ilydros public image Hydro Usually has reserve generating capacity of 25 per cent over normal needs Be cause it overestimated demand for electricity the utility now has reserve capacity of 43 per cent The advertisements which show roller coaster say the surplus capacity came about because of unforeseen events Welch said the advertise ments discuss rates the public will ultimately pay and try to clarify the confusion about the topic think its very respon sible thing for Hydro to do to share this information with the 23mm gv4v qe ¢o gt the examiner Taunday Oct 18 1979 1ZV Some believe provinces too pow TORONTO CPI Many On tario residents believe the prov inces are too powerful and only strong federal government can preserve anadian unity says recent report for the Council on Canadian Unity Outlook Ontario 1979 was pre sented Tuesday by the councils Ontario division to Tom Wells Ontarios intergovernmental affairs minister It is synthesis of opinions erful expressed at public meetings held last spring in Toronto London Kingston Sudbury Windsor and Thunder Bay The report says the 500 par ticipants were almost unani mous in their insistence that it is primarily the federal govern ment that best expreSses the whole Canadian dimension and that any attack on the authority of the central administration is anattack on the idea of Canada itself Theres reason for this Stunt flyer Gordon Price takes his Pitt Special biplane on an upsidedown flight past the CN Tower in Toronto this week He staged the stunt to draw attention to the Canadian Aerobatic Teams need to raise money in order to attend next years world championships in the United States CP Photo STEVIE WONDER Musician Stevie Wonder who was born blind became star at the age of 12 with the release of his first record Call It Sleeping on lawn for safety Children awake early Tuesday morning on the front lawn of this Brawley apartment building because aftershocks from Mondays earthquake in Southern California rendered their residence unsafe The quake which struck at 16 pacific time registered 65 on the Richter scale AP Photo May be last report Screening cost us $37M UlliW CPI 77 It cost tax payers 37 million last year to have 117 federal bureaucrats examine applications by for eigners wanting to move into the Canadian business commu nity They turned down 44 applications and allowed of These figures are in the fifth annual report of the loreign lnr vestiiicnt Review Agency re leased Tuesday The lfltlrpilgt booklet may be the agencys last report The Progressive ton servathe government has announced plans for review of EIRA following complaints from foreign businessmen that scrutiny of their plans by hesitant to invest in Canada The agency subjected more than 650 foreign business pro posals to its screening process last year Hall the applications mainly those involving small stores and service outlets were dealt with in 17 days The remainder which in volved several multimillion dollar merger bids such as the attempt by Simpsons Sears Ltd to take over Simpsons Ltd took several months to rev icw Foreign investors want looser regulations but there is grow ing demand among some politi cians and economists for MPs from all parties have called IrlltA toothless agency which throws open Canadas doors to the vast majority of applicants They say the agency offers Canada little serious protection 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