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Welfare families living of survivol Ievels TORONTO CPI Families in Ontario receiving welfare payments are living near subsistence survival levels report released Tuesday says The report joint effort ot the Ontario Welfare ouncil and the Toronto Social PIan ning founeit calls for review of the provinces social allowances It says that current welfare benefits do not meet even basic needs and have not been improved signifigantly during the last ltiyears The report says that while single person needs $5Ho to live adequately social assistance provides him with $2340 which covers about 13 per cent of his needs twoparent family with two children needs $1047tl but receives $5762 in assistance covering about 33 per cent of its needs SAYS PAYMENTS BICIIINI Anne Barstow vice president of the Ontario Welfare ouncil and one 01 the 15 persons who prepared the report said in an in terview that welfare pay ments since 1961 havcnot kept up with increases in general income in the population or with costof living increases The report says the num ber of people dependent on welfare in the province has doubled in the last 16 years to £911500 from 107000 The report notes 42 per cent of the provinces population currently is on welfare In 1961 the figure was per cent Although the provinces welfare budget has increased since 1961 the report says this reflects an increase in the number ol cases added to the welfare rolls rmtistly in the late 1960s rather than an increase in allowances ategories that Shode the greatest increase of people on welfare over the last 16 years were singleparcnt lamilies headed by mothers and people suffering from poor health oradisability Royal Commission on the north TORONTO The Ill quiry into development in Nor thern Ontario under i1rlustice Patrick Hartt will go ahead ini der an orderinacouncil rather than an amendment to the En vironmental Assessment Act Environment Minister leorgc Kerr said Tuesday Kerr said in statement to the legislature the inqinry will be constituted as royal com mission under the Public InA quiries Act The decision to set tip the commission under cabinet or der defused potential legislar tive confrontation between the minority Progressive on servative govemment and the two opposition pan ies who had pledged to tie the inquiry bill to the closure of the English Wabigoon Ilivcr stem The Liberals under Stuart Smith originally proposed the EnglishWabigmn amendment The NDP and leader Stephen Lewis after several caucus meetings agreed to support the move but with ug 13 as deadline for closing the mcr curypolluted system UPIOSII 11 SIIHC Closing the river to sport fish ing was an election plank for both opposition parties with the goveniment insistingthat it is an unwnlkilhh sulttl ion to he problem of mercury con lamination The government latest move avoidmi clash over the river while still allowing the inquiry to go ahead Smith said he was satisfied with the authority under the In quirics Act but was pcnturbed that the gmernment had molded clusing the river sys tem The government has chosen method of circunitenttng the ban he said Ihe elected majority in the house still want ban on sport fishing LIVES SIII Smith said howeyer he felt the inquiry would still be suc cessful although the oatm people in the area may feel that Queens Park is putting tourist dollars ahead of their lives believe that the lives of the fishing guides their wives and children are very mach at stake ABANDUN INQIIR Lewis said he was reliewd that the inquiry would go ahead because he and the NDI caucus had been wonied that the gov ernment might abandon the in quiry if faced with the closure amendment regret that the government are clearly digging their heels in on the Englisnwabigmn he said But am glad that the inquiry will proceed The premier again said clos mg the system was simplistic solution and would not work CUT FROM CANADA GRADE BEEF rib steaks CHICKEN I295 IOCISCS Of IIIECISCS FRESHLY MINCED medium ground beef FRESH 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