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Gov‘t day care grants awarded to 17 centres The first 17 grants to be approved total over $2,400,â€" 000 and will enable the creation or renovation to eight municipal centres, seven Indian Band centres and two centres for Assoâ€" ciations for the Mentally Retarded, â€" providing 668 places for children. First grants to other charitable organizations, as well as to other applicants, are expected to obtain approval by the end of this month. Rene Brunelle, Minister of ‘Community and Social Services, announced â€" apâ€" proval of _ proposed day care grants for 17 cenâ€" tres in Ontario. His announcement folâ€" lows the government‘s first }ound of approvals in its recent $15 million program to expand children‘s day care facilities throughout the province. The province, he said, is passing $2.4 billion along to the municipalities in 1974â€"75 â€"an increase of $250 million over the previous fiscal year â€"and cannot improve on that. nepeated increases in provincial grants over the past five years have made it possible for the municiâ€" palities to maintain a high There‘ll be no additional provincial handouts for municipalities this coming year, Ontario Treasurer John White has warned. Speaking to county warâ€" dens and regional chairman at the annual conference of the Association of Counties and Regions of Ontario, Mr. White said the Ontario government cannot match all the financial needs of the municipalities in 1974â€"75. Ontario treasurer tells cities to find own revenue Mr. Brunelle explained that it will likely be some months before all applicaâ€" tions have been received and evaluated for approval. The conversion of existâ€" ing facilities for day care account for 70 per cent of the approved projects to date. ‘"The ministry‘s objecâ€" tives are to minimize and regional disparities which exist in the supply of day care facilities throughout the province, and to aim for the conversion of existing facilities for day care wherever possible," Mr. Brunelle said. Applications continue to be received by the ministry from _ municipalities, Inâ€" dian Bands and charitable and coâ€"operative nursery orâ€" ganizations since the proâ€" gram was announced last June. nicipalities expecting addiâ€" tional provincial help should instead adopt one or several of four measures: they can increase property taxes, borrow more money, cut their spending, or appeal to Ottawa for help. Emphasizing cuts in exâ€" penditures asa a good soluâ€" tion, Mr. White said: "This is the measure that must be stressed in this inflationâ€" ary period. . .I urge you in the strongest terms to cut all but the mast essential exâ€" penditures." White distributed a finanâ€" cial analysis showing proâ€" yvincial and municipal taxaâ€" tion and spending for 1968 level of services while beâ€" coming less dependent on property taxation for their revenues. Cinema Solidarity is sponâ€" sored by the Antiâ€"Capitalist Alliance with the coâ€"operaâ€" tion of the Federation of Students on the UW campus. Admission is 75 cents (Federation members, 50 Cinema _ Solidarity, _ a series of films dealing with workers‘ struggles, national liberation movements, women‘s struggles and reâ€" lated themes, under way on the University of Waterloo campus Sunday, with a showing of Salt of the Earth. The film depicted the struggles of Chicano miners to gain recognition for their rights to organize into a union. After the showing an open discussion was led by Bill Morrison, a labor orâ€" ganizer. s Special film series begins at UW _ ‘*(The document) shows that while the province has been tightening up on spendâ€" ing and forcing school boards.to tighten up, some municipalities have been greatly increasing their ending .‘ he said. â€" ‘We have raised taxes bonnie togs JUNIOR BAZAAZ «s ud p * _ lLâ€"ea v bnd -"u ow N\ R . , j p “w\ ",/ e o Y «P e s s esR C 4 .\ f « VA y & @ in en imaiale n f C J W i4 hk & L 2A t C J// \ 2 a3 !“3. \ 44 / r‘ ‘: :~ “ # se hi‘ S O 3e 270 * fl" ) " KJ a a m m 35 is JB> 4s “ L n PW \\ j P | 3 € cA Nt i lil $ !tl / @ ., n %“ â€" _’/ x ‘ * "_Hj\- 4.‘; : :~ / â€" e C * vi < WCG _ CHADRDCEY Subsequent Cinema Soâ€" lidarity showings will take place November 10 when there will be a film on China. Sandra _ Sachs, _ Renison TCollege lecturer on Chinese thought and culture, will be discussion leader. On November 24 there will be a documentary on the class struggle in India, Calcutta. Professor Sami Gupta, film maker and faculty member with UW‘s department of manâ€"environment _ studies will be the discussion leadâ€" er. Cinema Solidarity expects to organize a further series after Christmas. J T uP w v vu.n and ‘ BAZAAZ | Waterloo Square Daily Until 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday Until 9 p.m. | spending. We cannot and will not raise taxes further. And so I say to all municiâ€" palities: ‘Now it‘s; your turn.‘ * *‘*Not for a moment do 1 cents). Further informaâ€" tion is available from John Hilton at 884â€"8093. all we can. We have.borrowâ€" ed money to the limit of prudence. We are doing our KIDS FESTIVAL OF SPORTSWEAR Good sports are all the rage this year â€" for dressâ€"up as well as rough ‘n‘ tough play. It‘s a casual look kids love . . . in clothes from Bonnie Togs As usual. . .exchange or Refund within 5 days dispute your need for more money than we provide. Not for a second would I argue that you couldn‘t spend that extra money to good adâ€" vantage. But the money is not available We don‘t have it and we see no practical, reasonable way to get it for you,"‘ he advised. â€"___ Waterioo Chronicis, Wednesday, October 30, 1974 7 White said the federal PHONE RON DE BOER DRYCLEANING and COIN LAUNDRY NEEDS a@aWwWco CALL NOW AND ARRANGE FOR YOUR 1/2 PRICE SECTION: See Our Why Wait For Snow? SNOW PLOUGHING Now Open Daily for Your . .. an m _=#. «. CLEANING CENTRE iwco Glenridge Plaza University and Lincolin â€" Waterloo Westmount Place Shopping Centre can‘t." government is in a better position than the province to help the municipalities, since _ Ottawa _ enjoyed revenue increases of 17 per cent last year and more than 20 per cent this year. ‘‘The Minister of Finance may tell you he won‘t proâ€" vide any extra money, but don‘t let him tell you he 578â€"4595 ANYTIME