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Public Library Terrace Bay POT 2WO Ontario C.C.T FN Education Commissioner Rodger Allan and Board Chairman Mike Reid at Monday night's meeting with the Lake Superior Board of Education. " Vol. 28, No. 3 Terrace Ba Schreiber Allan report nears completion Education Commis- sioner G. Rodger Allan completed his final tour of the area last week before releasing his Re- port. The four towns that make up the Lake Superior Board of Edu- cation will be the focus of province-wide atten- tion next month when Allan submits his find- ings to the Minister of Education. The Allan Commis- Sion was set up six months ago to investi- gate the facts sur- rounding the attempted y Wednesday, January 19, 1983 Penner opposes income tax changes MP Keith Penner Minctisies problems with his constituents in Schreiber last week. MP Keith Penner was in Schreiber and Ter- race Bay last week. In an interview he was quick to distance himself from suggestions by the Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Judy Erola, that would see tax breaks transfer- red from married women who don't work, to child-care expen- ses. The Cochrane - Superior MP said, "Mrs. Erola has for- gotten the Prime Min- ister's clear directive not to float trial balloons, except in the proper for- um, which is our nation- al caucus. We have just gone through a_har- rowing experience when MacEachen brought in his Budget. I don't think people in this country like a lot of meddling with the tax system. If there is an unfair ad- vantage or an unfair burden it should be changed, but people like stability and _ predicta- bility."' "Something like that would never get through our caucus."' Mr. Penner is Chair- man of the parliament- ary Task Force studying the problems associa- ted with Indian and Native Affairs. That Task Force has recently completed one tour of Alberta and is about to start a second tour of Manitoba and Northern Ontario. Penner said, "I think we have to put in place a system which will allow Indian bands to get the programs they need without the present problems involved in de- livering them through the department (of In- dian Affairs)." "We are looking at the establishment of an Indian Fiscal Arrange- ments Commission. The present arrangement ties the hands of the bands." "If we just let each band go its own way some of the more remote bands would be at a very real disadvan- tage." The Task Force Chairman went on to say that the group would also be travelling to Washington for discus- sions with the U.S. Bu- reau of Indian Affairs. Asked if he expects new legislation to be introduced in the pre- sent session of Parlia- ment, Penner said, "The Minister would like to bring in legisla- tive changes before this Parliament expires. My own recommendations would be to take a more cautious approach. The Indian groups will want to take an extensive look at any changes before we proceed." Commenting on the recent report released on the Canadian econo- my released by a group of Roman Catholic bishops, Penner. said, "There is an assumption that the economics of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher are the economics of Cana- da. That is not true. Theirs is obviously not Canadian govern- ment policy. 6 and 5 is a control of increases. If inflation comes down this year the differ- ence between controlled increases and increases that would have taken place will not be worth losing a night's sleep over." "We are the victims of the Thatcher and Rea- gan policies. Why do we have high interest rates in Canada? Because we have to protect our eco- nomy from the outflow of money that would take place if we allowed our interest rates to drop below those in the Unit- ed States." Penner went on to say 'that there were some bright spots. "We are the beneficiaries of one of the most advanced unemployment insur- ance systems in the world.' The Cochrane - Superior MP also said that increased efforts are being made to sell Canadian lumber in the Middle East and North- ern Europe. Penner attended Monday night's Ter- race Bay Council meet- ing and said that he was speaking with the Coun- cils about the NEED programme. Under the programme each muni- cipality has been given an allotment of the pro- gramme's budget. The municipalities will be able to design projects to meet their individual needs and they in turn put up some of the cost. "$200 million has been allocated for Ontario. Half of that sum is to be spent before April and the other half between April and June. The programme is designed for people whose UIC has expired or who are on social assitance."' closure of the Schreiber Campus of Lake Super- ior High School and to investigate and make recommendations on secondary education in Northern Ontario in general. Allan has tra- velled extensively in the North since then and held hearings in many of the smaller northern communities. Last week Allan met on Monday with the new Lake Superior Board of Education in Marathon and on Tuesday attend- ed a public meeting called by Marathon Reeve Bill Springer. At _Monday _night's meeting with the Board of Education Allan said that he had come not to answer questions, but to listen to what ever the Board wished to say. Board Chairman Mike Reid went around the table asking each of the Trustees to give Allan their views on the prob- lems facing the Board and education in the North. Trustees from Mani- touwadge said that there has always been a strong local feeling in Manitouwadge that the town should be on its own and have a local school board. . Trustee Margaret Cole said that she recognizes the feel- ing in the community but was opposed to it because it would lessen the quality of educa- tion that could be offer- ed in Manitouwadge. The town's other Trustees did not say whether they were in favour of a dissolution of continued on page 10 Employee Assistance Program counsellor Frank Leppinen. Employee Assistance Program (Editor's Note: Frank Leppinen is the Em- ployee Assistance Pro- gram counsellor at Kim- berly-Clark, Terrace Bay. He provided the following information on the Employee Assist- ance Program to the NEWS. Perons wishing to contact Frank may do so at 825-9347). An Employee Assist- ance Program is a coun- selling and referral ser- vice designed to help people with "living problems." EAPs have been jointly developed by labour and industry and have been a part of the Canadian scene for the past three or four decades. Although _ traditional adversaries, both union and management have displayed a great deal of mutual support and co- operation in the de- velopment and imple- mentation of these pro- grams. The rationale for an Employee Assistance Program is simple: In- dustry has come to rec- ognize that social and behavioural health prob- lems are treatable condi- tions, and that a happy employee is a productive employee. Unions, who are primarily concerned with the quality of life and the welfare of their members strongly sup- port this view, and have often taken the initia- tive to bring an Em- ployee Assistance Pro- gram into the work- place. An effective Employee Assistance Program can help with a variety of problems: Family, Marital, Finan- cial, Emotional diffi- culties and cases of Al- cohol and Drug Abuse are routinely handled by the EAP Counsellor. Many EAPS have added such preventative com- ponents as Stress Man- agement, Physical Fit- ness, and assistance for those who wish to lose weight or stop smoking. The function of the EAP Counsellor is to help the client to identify the problem, to work with him to develop a plan to resolve his difficulty, and to refer the client to those who can best help him to carry the plan out. The counsellor also maintains a follow up service to ensure that the client continues to progress. Most Employee As- sistance Programs are -available to all imme- diate family members, and a client's involve- ment with the program is strictly confidential. Employees, other family members, or other help- ing agencies are not contacted without ex- press written permission of the client. Although most clients voluntarily approach the EAP Counsellor to seek assistance, Employee Assistance Programs al- so provide Supervisors and Union representa- tives with an additional means of resolving job performance issues, and employees who are ex- periencing difficulty on the job due to stress and worry resulting from personal problems are encouraged to consult the EAP counsellor. Employee Assistance Programis are beginning to impact on society as a whole. Social workers have always acknow- ledged a need for earlier intervention in human problems - before the job was lost, before the family was fragmented. Employee Assistance programs are respond- ing to this need by uncovering "people problems" while they are still manageable. Wieben's vandalized Wieben's Resort on Pays Plat Bay was ex- tensively vandalized over the Christmas holi- days. A Schreiber de- tachment discovered the sident discovered the damage to the resort over Christmas and reported it to the Schreiber Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police on December 31, 1982. An OPP spokesman said last week that they are presently awaiting an estimate of the dam- age to the premises. He said that the detach- ment is aggressively pursuing the investiga- tion and hope to be able to lay charges in the case in the near future.