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Fiiiial Cathy Pless (left). Kelly Nauman (middle) and Kelly admire some crabapple tree blossoms near their Al The report drafted by the mayors of the municipali- ties and regional chairman Jack Young suggests the review should tackle first the questions of the ef- ficiency and effectiveness of the Region's operations This would include an examination of the division of functions between the The answers to these questions may come Thurs- day when regional council will meet to debate the report of a regional gov- ernment review steering committee, Regional review plans sure to he contentious By Mary Stupart Who will pay the costs of the review of regional government? Who will direct it and what terms of reference should it have? Establishment of an on- going relationship between the schools, churches, bus- inessmen and community leaders of Waterloo. Que- bee and the city is a very real possibility as the re- sult of the goodwill gener- ated during an exchange last week. A delegation of Waterloo, Ont. residents including the mayor, Ald. Walter McLean, community ser- vice director Ken Pflug, 4 waggrloo s,n.pllllltir'dirtiiiielllle_ii,,,i; 'rxpvesLnisteklt E EMMY Trip may 122nd Year No Another item in the re- port which could be con- tentious is the question of who will pay for the review Waterloo council went on record last week in favor of Waterloo Region pick- mg up 100 percent of the The thorniest political questions concerning boun- daries. representation. method of election of re- gional representatives and the chairman and the implementation of a two or one tier system should be deferred until the province hears the results of reviews of the Toronto. Ottawa- Carleton and Niagara governments the report suggests, Region palities About to years ago com- munication between the two communities was fostered through fairly regular ex- change visits between Poli- ticians, businessmen and community groups. How- down to the small Quebec town last week to see if they could rejuvenate the links between the two namesakes. teacher Renee Bekerman and chamber of commerce president Jack Forbes flew n" I, ul, May 25, 197 esdav, . "tara 7 i - Wedn sad'L'iulit, area munici- W t I It” Wednesday, May 25, 197 "iiiiii;;?'tt: Wham..." Ontario 10 Cents iiiiirc'21'2"2'hc'hvc'c1't fl1eaiijeit,", 'ii?;?""" "l'"""'"----------- spawn more Quebec exchanges " Kelly Schedler homes in their Allen St. E. "an; in th a director to supervise the review, William H. Pal- mer, the former chairman of the Ontario Municipal Board, has been suggested by regional chairman Jack Young as a candidate for this post He was also dep- A n o t h e r controversial item which will emerge Thursday is the choice of However, the report which will be presented to regional council Thursday. suggests costs be split be- tween the Region and the province with Queen's Park possibly picking up 75 percent ot the tab. tab. This way, the province will have no undue in- fluence on the findings of the report councillors decid- of hockey teams. Aid. Walter McLean got the' idea of renewing this acquaintance as part of the city's commitment "to understand who we are as Canadians" and to help celebrate Canada Week June 2&July t, The idea found support in the mat- or's office and community groups and businessmen ever, in recent years only a tenuous link has been main- tained through exchanges homes in Waterloo. The blossoms have transformed dozens of trees in the city into bright patches of color. Photo byStooort Ald, Mary Jane Mewhin- ney said regional Council's Some Waterloo aldermen also questioned the need for a director to supervise the review. citing the high costs that could accrue from this position. “I don't think the direc- tor should come from the bureaucracy or the politi- cal side. It should be some- one from business who can be objective." said Ald. Bob Henry. uty minister of the ministry of municipal affairs. How- ever, Waterloo councillors said last week Mr. Pal- mer's links with the minis- try of municipal affairs identify him too closely with the bureaucracy that set up the regional system. ”a” However they soon found their worries were ground- less. An enthusiastic and warm reception broke the The separation question was uppermost in the minds of the local delegation as they flew to their Quebec destination Thursday. They wondered what kind of re- ception they would receive tn the predomi Fttnch-'speaking town were canvassed to contri- bute money to; we trip. predominantly Waterloo alderman Brian Turnbull. who raised the issue of a regional review during his unsuccessful bid in January for the chair- man's post. said he also favors using the Region's yse the operations of Wa- terloo region. He suggested most of the expertise al- ready lies with city and Region employees “and I would be very surprised if they didn't have the time to spend on this." Don Meston, Waterioo's council representative on regional council when the system was initiated, warn- ed regional councillors not to go overboard in the hir- ing of consultants to anal- steering committee could serve this function. Ald. greet them. This in itself was encouraging," said Wa- terloo alderman Walter Mc- Lean. "This community seemed l? really be quite excited The separation question was one of the first issues explored by the visitors with their hosts in the town of 6,000. “I met very ice and Mayor Epp was soon playing a round of golf with_the town's mayor. tlr"tr5 . Waterloo, Ont. has a great . Opportunity to build on the goodwill that already exists in the Quebec com- munity. And it will "be goodwill that will be decid- ned dozens of ing factor" in determining Photo by Stupor: the future of Canada. very Ald. Marjorie Carroll, who raised the issue of the review at last week's coun- cil meeting to get council- Iors' reactions said she doesn't think the province should contribute more than 50 percent to the costs of the review. She also ex- pressed reservations about Mr Palmer No maximum limit has been set to date by re- gional council on the amount of money that should be spent for the review of Mr. Palmer as review director. money to pay for 100 percent of the review's costs. A regional council- lor, he also has reserva- tions about the suggestion in either July or October during Oktoberfest celebra- tions. Ald. McLean is optimistic that ongoing ties can be established between church- es, schools, businessmen and community groups in the two communities. During their two-day stay, the Ontarioresidents received a tour of the town and visits to local schools and industries, including a mushroom growing plant. They also traded toasts and gifts at city hall. The group left the Que- bec community Friday with a promise that a delegation from Waterloo, Quebec will make a return visit here ceptance. Separation wasn't the ma- jor issue on everyone's minds - jobs, unemployment and standard of living were the alderman said. Ald. McLean was impress- ed with the acceptance and tolerance of English speak- ing people he found in the rural town deep in the East- ern Townships of Quebec. Even his stumbling- French no thoughts of moving his operation from the prov- ince but was concentrating on communicating with the French. "We met a few people (English) who were getting edgey about the Parti Quebecois and some older, retired people were talking about leaving." Though on the whole the attitude of the English speaking people seemed to be one of trying to work things out so they could stay in the province the alderman said. One of the town's ma- Jor employers, a mush- room grower, said he had few people who were sym- pathetic td that proposal," said Aid. McLean. him smiles and ac-