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Public Library Terrace Bay, Ont. VOL. 21 NO. 17 APRIL 26, 1978 20¢ PER COPY HOSPITAL NE HOSPITAL UPDATE: Through the efforts of Burton Phillips, Esso Agent in Schreiber, the McCausland Hospital Building Fund has received a cheque of $500.00 from Impérial 0i1 Limited. We are most grateful for this contribution. The Mobile Hearing Clinic will be in Terrace Bay. This year the dates will be July 25 to 28th. Announcements - with phone numbers for appointments will be posted the beginning of June. This Clinic is primarily for children but some appointments will be reserved for adults. ; Look for the big orange posters. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE McCAUSLAND BOARD MEETING OF TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1978: The meeting was held in the Hospital Administration Office, Birchwood Terrace. Twelve members were present. Carried over from the February meeting were Motions #9 and #0 which had to be rescinded. : Motion1 It was moved by R. Wills and seconded by M, Puttock that Motion #9 be rescinded - Carried. ~ Motion 2 Moved by R. McAdam and seconded by M, Puttock that Motion #10 be rescinded. Carried. Motion 3 It was then moved by D. Rummery and seconded by M. Hamilton that the Minutes of the last Regular Board Meeting of February 7, 1978 be accepted as corrected. Carried, Motion 4 It was moved by C. Poole and seconded by C. Sparkes that the Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting of February 28, 1978, be accepted with the deletion of item #13. Motion 5 Moved by M. Puttock and seconded by D, Rumme ry that the Minutes of the last Regular Board Meeting of March 1, 1978 be accepted as corrected. Commi ttee reports were accepted as circulated. Ads are being placed in Ontario Newspapers for an Admini s- trator. In the interim Mr. J, Heenan has been hired on a part- time basis to keep the Hospital Accounts up-to-date. . Continued page 5 .... GAS PRICE QUESTIONED The attacheq correspondence is in response to a letter dated January 9, 1978 from Jack Stokes MPP Lake Nipigon Riding to the Honourable-Alastair Gillespie: Dear Mr. Stokes: Thank you for your letter of January 9th concerning gasoline price differentials in northwestern Ontario. Officials of my Department have discussed this matter with your staff to acquire all the pertinent details. As you are probably aware, Great Lakes Pulp and Paper Ltd. purchases substantially greater volumes of petroleum than would a service station dealer in Savant Lake. It would not be surprising therefore that it could obtain gasoline at a price below that which the dealer is paying. The oil company that supplies Great Lakes Pulp and Paper with gasoline has no control over Great Lakes' use of the product. Thus, if it wishes, the company can sell gasoline to its own employees. As | am sure you understand, it is also the company's prerogative to sell gasoline to its emplo= yees at any price, even at a loss, if it so desires. The service station operator, on the other hand, must obviously add a retail margin to his wholesale price to main- tain his business viability. | should add that | understand the volume of gasoline sold by Great Lakes Pulp and Paper to be quite small in comparison to the dealer's volume. | appreciate the consequences of this ytpe of sales prac- tice in a small community but there is nothing the Federal Government can do about it: problems of retail prices and the retail gasoline business are a provincial responsibility. Regarding my response of October 6, 1977, | do not see how this bears on the situation at Savant Lake. In the first place, we were comparing service station prices in northern and south -ern Ontario rather than differences in the purchase cost of gasoline to large industrial consumers and small retail service stations. In the second place, of the total pump price di f- ferential between northern and southern Ontario of 18.5 cents - a gallon, Continued page 7 ...