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APRIL II, I973 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE I5 IT'S YOUR HOSPITAL In this weeks issue of the News the McCausland Hospital Corporation relea- sed a bulletin with regards to their second annual meeting. The News had approached the Hospit- al Board and Administration in an eff- ort to receive information of the Board meetings for publication in or- der that you, the public, could be kept informed. These efforts proved fruitless. With the Board and Admin- istration not giving releases of their meetings throughout the year how can they expect a "keen community parti- cipation?" Recently the McCausland Hospital Corporation has put through a vigour- ous membership campaign in order to get support for the hospital. With the membership you are given the right to vote at the annual meeting. While the membership has increased by approximately 240, compared to last year, I wonder how many of those new members know what the McCausland Hospital Corporation is all about or why they are members. I feel that if the public is a little better informed of the aims and objectives of the Board, possibly they would have stronger support in fund raising campaigns, etc. While a hospital is a very critical part of our lives, and Terrace Bay has had this privilege since the town was first built, rumour now has it that we may no longer have this privilege. But no facts are available to us about this or any future plans for our hospital. Sure - go and vote at 'the annual meeting and get your dollars worth- but go prepared to ask questions and find out exactly what is being done and what is going to be done- It's Your Hospital ...... The Editor. STOKES ENQUIRES INTO MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISIONS To Mr. G.K. Bain, Director, Local Planning Policy Branch, Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, Toronto Ontario Dear Mr. Bain, I am writing to enquire about the establishing of mobile home subdivis=-- ions in unorganized areas of northern Ontario. Because of the high cost of housing and land assembly in all built -up areas of the province, many people are taking the only avenue open to them of purchasing a mobile home and acquiring space in outlying areas where costs are within their reach. It would appear that their efforts to provide decent accommodation for their families at rates that are man- ageable are being thwarted at every turn. It has been argued that environmen- tal and health standards must be met; this is reasonable. It has been stated that this type of development causes unnecessary bus- sing of students and yet we have these vehicles plying our highways in ever "increasing numbers since the consoli- dation of school boards in I968. School closures in small towns and villages have put hundreds of children onto the buses supposedly in the cause of equality of educational opportunity Mobile homes have become an accep- table alternative to high cost, high density urban accommodation and they are the only type of housing unit that many people in low and moderates in- comes can aspire to. There isn't an M.L.A. from northern Ontario who hasn't advocated the es- tablishment of mobile home parks as a viable alternative to high cost housing. When entrepreneurs are willing to invest sufficient money to provide high quality services at rates that those seeking space are prepared to pay it seems most unreasonable that they should have this alternative den- ied them. Please provide me with the ration- ale behind the present policy and let me know what the present criteria is. Any assurance you can give that mo- bile home parks will be permitted whe- re there is a demonstrated need and where a high level of service and acc- eptability is provided will be most welcome and greatly appreciated. Jack Stokes, MPP. Thunder Bay.