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Jim Files of Terrace Bay won the Progressive Conservative nomina- tion for Lake Nipigori provincial riding at a very noisy and exciting nomination meeting held at the Nipigon Are- na. When a_ provincial election is called, Mr. Files. will be seeking a seat in Parliament un- der the banner. _wearing buttons Conservative -- Files Vict Busloads of people from across the riding attended the meeting, and waving signs. The 574 delegates were encour- aged by speakers to maintain their enthus- iasm and support the chosen candidate in the coming election. The first ballot was very close with Bob Cheetham from Mara- thon receiving 226 Wednesday October 3, 1984 votes; Jim Files, Terrace Bay 204; Herb Nabigon, Mobert 132; and Vic Fournel, Nakina, a late comer in the race, 9 votes. Following a very long wait while the bal- lots were counted, the 2nd ballot results were announced with little change; Cheetham 231, Files 202, Nabigon. 132. Candidates were al- lowed to lobby for a period of time and did so very loudly. Ethel Doug- las, riding president, made an attempt to speak but the enthus- iasm of the delegates could not be contain- ed. Just before the vote was called, Herb Nabi- gon pledged his support to Jim Files with most of his supporters picking up Files signs in respon- se. As a result, the final vote was no surprise, Jim Files winning with Volume 19, No. 39 errace Ba Terese , Reeve Speer of Terrace Bay (1), Mr. Jack Lettner, Ministry ahs Revenue (centre), and a Ministry of Education representative (r) prepare for their exploratory meeting regarding the' Hemlo taxation problem. by LYNNE BADGER "They're listening", was Terrace Bay Town Councillor Bill Hous- ton's comment after a meeting with govern- ment officials at the Valhalla Inn in Thunder Bay Wednesday. The Reeves of Schrei- ber, Terrace Bay, Mara- thon and Manitouwad- ge arranged a meeting with the Ministries of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Northern Af- fairs, Revenue, and Education regarding the problem of increased demands on taxpayers that have been caused 304 votes compared to Cheetham's faithful supporters' 235 votes. Jim, an employee of Miss Margaret Twomey, Director of Education of the Lake Superior Board of Education (1) discusses points with Mike Reid, Board Chairman (right) and Larry Urbanoski, Board Trustee and management staff from Noranda Mines (centre). Public Library TERRACE BAY POT 2WO the McCausland Hospi- tal hopes to "change his line of work" as pre- dicted by a fortune cook- Yaa O} INL ° = C.C.T.F.N ® OrlOus ie recently. He stated that he is ready to be a part of the next Davis government. Herb Nabigon indicates to his following that he is supporting Jim Files. Most, chose to vote with him, giving Mr. Files the victory. Municipalities and by the development of mining wealth in the area. The Cabinet Minis- ters who were invited declined to attend, send- ing top officials in their place to listen to the concerns of the munici- palities. The Lake Sup- erior Board of Education was also invited to. at- tend and was repre- » sented. Larry Close from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing an- nounced to the media present that he would be chairing the meeting. He explained that it would be an exploratory. session with no deci- sions being made and indicated that the press was not welcome. The resolution pre- sented by the four muni- cipalities addressed the problem of an increased tax burden on the citi- zens and industries of: the four municipalities who are responsible for providing expanded mu- nicipal and educational services for the influx of people working at the Hemlo mining develop- ment. The mining com- panies do not pay taxes to the communities for services and Terrace Bay, Schreiber, Mara- thon and Manitouwad- ge representatives sug- gested to the Ministries present, a solution to the problem. Their five point proposal called for: 1) Immediate appro- val of the application by the Lake Superior Board of Education for annex- ation of the Hemlo and Winston Lake mining areas to their taxation area. 2) Commitment of capital funding to the municipalities and . the school board to offset development costs and to avoid unfair bur- dening of existing indus- tries. 3) Amendment of the Assessment Act and Un- conditional Grants Act to provide equitable and stable funding to muni- cipalities which serve as dormitory communities and education provid- ers to resource based industries. 4) A legislated formu- la to provide funds for the ongoing provision of the required services pending implementation of the amendments re- quested. 5) The implementa- tion of a fair system of cost sharing for edu- cation purposes. The Lake Superior Board of Education also requested equal distri- bution of residential taxes and trustee rep- sentation as well as a review of the distribu- tion of industrial and commercial taxes. Following the meet- ing, the "News" was able to question several of the participants. Jack 'Stokes, M.P.P. for Lake Nipigon Riding explain- ed that the government officials are "civil ser- vants and cannot make policy decisions'. He Ministries Vieet assured us that the dele- gation had been given "'an excellent hearing"' and that the message taken back to the Minis- ters would be a "fair report" since they had been made aware of the seriousness of the prob- lem. He expects the resolution of some of the problems within a few weeks. Dave Speer, Reeve of Terrace Bay was disap- pointed that the minis- ters had not been invol- ved but their repre- sentatives were "very positive and seemed to understand the prob- lems." They supported annexation by the Board and the meeting cer- tainly ended on a posi- tive note. Mr. Speer added that he would have an opportunity to discuss the problem with the respective Ministers at Northern Ontario Municipal As- sociation meeting with the Cabinet Committee in October. Mike Reid, chairman of the Lake' Superior Board of Education, was somewhat less optimi- stic, being concerned about regulations taking too long to be passed and possibly being lost in Committee. To avoid this he had suggested that the changes _ of regulations requested be. specific to the local board rather than prov- ince-wide. He was satis- fied that this time "they had gotten the point across."'