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a; trr-rieijoaai men to its Wis - Ws time to take a firm grip on A-tandchearme+ satrewassessttaytpt day!!! Regional Council to"itsurartmeetts-_irs Eng; G5iet year -tteyntit- mated to be frer cent. “The important thing is No real loss of jobs . Local education office to close belt-tightening move, the ministry of education will close down its regional branch Pipit in Waterloo at the end of the year. The ministry announced the closing of the Weber St. office, along with two others, in July. At that time. the approxi- mately 25 members of the professional and support staff were given the option In what is described as a Not so very long ago, the popularly appointed wisemen put their heads together and reached a highly comforting conclusion: Man is the dominant species Man, as far as they knew. was found only on this planet. Therefore. it followed that the Earth was the centre of the universe. Unfortunately. the sun and miscellaneous other stars were not informed of this scientific truth. Consequently, they went about things in their own way, which did not involve revolving dutifully armtttd the Earth. - . . B't' __, Lu.--“ cm lllVUlvc ICVVIle-6 “a".-.v ..- --" - That brings us to recent federal political history, For generations. Ontario has considered itself the centre of the Canadian universe, This position of great influence was ensured by control of two vital Cabinet seats: Fi- nance and Industry. Trade and Commerce, In September. during-his Cabinet shuffling. Prime Min- ister Trudeau brought another universal law of nature crashing down Finance went to a French Canadian -- Jean Chretien for the very first time And IT&C went to an Albertan named Jack Homer - _. ' __a--s-6., "Inn-IA lU dll rum: tau 'REA.." .. "u"... .__.. -"_ The implications of these portfolio appointments should not be ignored Ontario has been the prlm'lpal beneficiary of Confederation because the malor Cabinet portfolios Region wants, firm grip on costs JUST war THE DOCTOR oRoeaeo! By Jim Smith we‘ve got the message mtt guideline. He noted that and ics been understand," police costs take up {0 per -.. _ . A.“ .-.a.,..,-" on. Grace Stator. Not everyone was siastic. Kitchener the tough guideline as "tm- realistié' . . "To me, in}: council doesn't be- come too inneziNe with its of transferring to regional offices in Toronto or London, or of finding another job. To date, all have opted to go with the ministry, while three secretaries have found other jobs locally, Robert Bomhold, regional director of education said. "No one's really out of a job." Ministry education offi- cers and business officials from the Toronto regional Kitchener “W ..-__ "ieTfGltisperiisttotthat wasenthu- istiedapinsaiaries. , snor Aid. If mlicemen received a regional office will assume duties in London, Wellington, Waterloo, and job. Brant counties, formerly opted to served by the Waterloo 1: while office. is. permitteg tir. the Anti- Inflation Board (Ami. that would eat up 2h per Gttotttte3percentlimit. hepointedtmt, But Aid. Stoner noted D!“ All. aw- ...w- - there is no reason to in- Cambridge Aid. crease salaries up to the Kent said the ide The London regional office will look after Bruce, Grey, Perth, and Oxford counties, which have been under juris- diction of the Waterloo office. This reduces to seven the number of regional educa- tion offices. The other two were held by men sympathetic to the Province's commer- cial aspirations. The St. Lawrence Seaway. the Canadian- American AutoPact, and, far from least, subsidized freight. rates that made it cheap to ship goods produced in On- tario to consumers in both the East and the West all work- ed to improve Ontario's economic position. . _-__ -LI- 5.. nAmM.n in inn-r- eu co "My! ch unnu- u: - ‘vv..-._-, - . Ontario. however. is no longer able to compete in inter- national industrial .markets. Labour costs in this country have priced us out of most world markets. But the re- source potential of this country is still relatively strong. Quebec and Manitoba each have vast hydro-electric potential, Alberta and Saskatchewan can count on heavy oil and tar sands reserves for years to come, Even the hapless Maritimes have considerable resource wealth, The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has been predicting that resource development and process- ing will get more attention than manufacturing in the years to come. The realization of this prediction is vital to the continued existence of Confederation. decentraliza- tion built around the resource industries is a key strategy for insuring a more balanced growth of the economy The appointments of Chretien and Homer do run count- er to tradition But. ontarto-hased rumours notwuhstand mg the appointments do not Violate any natural laws MB limit it would be difficult. Wa- terloo Aid. Brian Ttsrntmil felt the Region can and should live by the guide- Mt. -it"it's got to in- crease someplace. it't got to come out of someplace to close at year's end Kingston and flttara. -iir. Bomhold, who is retir- ing at the end of the month after 25 years with the gov- ernment, said as many as 40 were employed at are Water- loo office since it opened in August. 1965. The number of employees in the ministry is “down significantly" since that time. he said. WW Cttrottide,thftdrtosdw. 0cm 19,1077 - Pap " show residents kee'p costs down. 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