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22 NORTH LEEDS LANTERN APRIL 1992 LABOUR LAW REFORM: WRONG ‘WAYNE’S SERVICE CENTRE PRIORITY AT THE WRONG TIME P.O.BOX 113, ELGIN. ONTARIO, KOG IEO 359-5959 Lifetime guarantees on mufflers, brakes, shocks and all front end parts. The labour law reforms introduced by the NDP will do nothing to create jobs in Ontario...do nothing to make us more competitive and attract investment...and do nothing to renew or strengthen the economy. What they will do is increase the political and economic power of the union bosses...and cement their support of the NDP for the future. That’s great news for union leaders and New Democrat politicians, but more bad news for everyone else. Do you believe that someone looking for work cares whether a union's leadership can brag of ten new members? Do you believe that someone hit by the 14 tax increases in the NDP budget cares whether Bob Rae gets a bigger union donation next election ? Whose interests are they representing, if not their own? The people looking for work want jobs...and the people with jobs want their governments to tax fairly and spend wisely. Where are the government plans to accomplish those aims? The time for developing those plans and changing government priorities is running out. If taxes go any higher, the flow of employment and investment out of Ontario will turn into a flood. We are starting into a downward spiral where taxes and spending continue to increase while revenue and employment continue to decrease. We have to act now, before we are trapped in tli it spiral. lt ml] mean reducing the size of government and the amount of money it spends...spending smarter, and using our existing resources to stimulate the economy...reducing the tax burden on working people and on the small businesses that create most of Ontario's jobs...and creating a climate that will welcome investment and job creation. My caucus and I have called for a moratorium on changes to the labour laws. The business community also tried to warn the govemment of the disastrous effects of this legislation, but the government refused to listen and instead will give us the most radical labour laws in North America. The wish list of the union bosses was to increase the power and size of their groups, and that is exactly what the NDFf proposes to do. , So, the people who create the jobs, who bring the investment dollars into Ontario, will be punished again. This government has to learn that its top priorities should be the creation ofjobs, opportunity, and hope for the future, and that a union leader’s agenda for labour reform is the wrong priority at the wrong time. MAW”. .. 5....“ _. La. _.. .L.....L'..c..._ ~._..t. w Free inspection and estimate by certified mechanics 24 hour towing and mechanical service Fuel injection and computer tune ups Armor All car eroducts RIDEAU VALLEY CONSERVATION AUTHORITY NEWS SHEET March 4, 1992 ”My. “w . “mgmem NEW IMPROVED RIDEAU VALLEY CONSERVATION AUTHORITY An exciting year of conservation work got underway recently‘with the election of the 1992 Executive Committee for the Ridcau Valley Conservation Authority. The thirteen person board consists of; ’ Chaimrarr, DAVID A. CROWLEY, (Perth) Vice-Chairman, MARY A. BRYDEN, (RMOC) Past Chairman, DR. GRANT M. CARMAN, (RMOC) l l fl Chairman, DONALD LOUCKS, (Redford) Upper Rideau Adw'sory Board Chairman, DR. JOHN HOLLINGER, (Wolford) Middle Rideau Advisory Board Chairman, ROBERT SULPHER, (RMOC) Lower Rideau Advisory Board Members-ai-Large JEFFREY BEEDELL (RMOC) GORDON BRUNDIGE (Kitley) MARY COOPER (RMOC) GERALD GREENSLADE (North Burgess) PATRICIA LARKIN (RMOC) BILL STEVENSON (Elizaberhtown) ’j WENDY STEWART (RMOC) ' i i By Michael Harris, MPP, Leader, Progressive Conservative A total budget of $2.7 million funded by provincial and municipal levies, was passed at Party of Ontario the February Annual General Meeting held in Richmond. The highlights of the 1992 program include a rte-organization of the six former advisory boards into three geographical boards representing the Upper, Middle and Lower Rideau Valley . ; areas. This will bring conservation work right to the doorstcps of the municipalities. It will . also ensure that more local municipal issues will be addressed. Local environmental groups will also have a responsible local forum in which to present their points of view. .2- This reorganization is the result of the whole new spirit of "grass roots" responsibility for environmental protection that is sweeping Ontario. A record number of 14 new members were appointed to the Conservation Authority by their municipalities for 1992. .' Eva“ .. On the work program for 1992 is the production of the umbrella policy document known as the "Conservation Strategy". This plan provides for a new direction and renewed interest in an "ecosystem approach" to the management of the valley‘s resources. Cooperative resource programming and promoting conservation awareness are the other main points of the new strategy. TRADE-UP The major Rideau lakes Study will be soon available and implementation will start in l; 1992. That project looked at shoreline development and other uses of the lake environment and TOA LEESIDE Newels Verandali Posts Retain the charm, beauty and Spindles value of your home. Repair or dress-up your existing door. Add a screen doorâ€" your design or ours. Pickets Gingerbread Repmdufl'o" Have your existing woodwork repaired or rebuilt Add new woodwork (613) 359-1073 RR“! Elgln For information asto onl-rlo K06 IEO how we can possibly help. give us a call. Gingerbread pieces available iorthe do-it-yourselfer. came up with guidelines as to the lakes’ "capacity" to handle.more human use. It will help municipalities with lake and river frontage to balance the demands for more shoreline development with more environmental protection. Other projects include the maintenance of our eight developed Conservation Areas, the planting, tending and site preparation for 250,000 tree seedlings this spring, a_ major new program - CURB - to clean up sources of rural pollution starting in May, a Conservation Service plan to help private landowners in the valley, major flood plain mapping projects underway on the Rideau, Stevens Creek and Jock River, and participation in the Sawmill Creek Watershed Plan being done jointly by the Cities of Ottawa and Gloucester, RVCA, National Capital Commission and the Ministries of Environment and Natural Resources. A new improved RVCA is in the works. New members, new way of doing business, new outlook on conservation. We are working towards a heathly Ridcau Valley environment. We invite everyone to join us in promoting clean water, natural shorelines, abundant wildlife and sustainable land use throughout the valley. The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority is quite simply working towards a healthy river valley. Won’t you join us? MORE INF RMATI N: Dell llallctt, General Manager Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Box 599, Mill Street Manotick, Ontario, K4M 1A5 692-3571 1-800â€"267-3504 -s.