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VAOE " - WATEILOO CHRONlCLE. NEWEODAY, WI 12, I” When the House first opened on October 6 of this year. the Opposition Members forced an emergency debate to discuss the serious ef- feet the number of plant dosings was causing on the unemployment sta- tistics Ontario seemed the most hard-hit with 90 per cent of the total layoffs in the country' during the summer months occurring right here. That amounted to close to 800,000 On- tarians unemployed. Stuart Smith, Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party asked how it was that the Premier could come back to this House after a three month recess and tell the Members that it would be a little while yet be- fore the Government would be able to in- troduce some legislation to protect the workers in Ontario, He said. “I must say I was surprised and it seems to me absolutely incredible that after an entire summer of these sit-ins and occupations. lay-offs by the thousands Plant clkisings questioned Pint-um“ 5mm“ ”mtg-d Sears .?.2.r:trie,itf,it,st.y1i,e, One-Hour Passport Photo Service Availabk Portrait Studio No use limit. Photographic package includes one 81:10, two 5x75 and " walk! size color portraits. fl.se.for such fdditioqnl subject in iketreit. Choice of backgrounds. Pos'es our LChristmas‘ 13 color 1 O 9 5 portraits total including 95e deposit Mom. Tun... Sat. 9:30 on. till 590 on. Wed., Thom., Pd. ..a, on. II M pm. Eiist time this "ftdr unallnlnlr tor lithcr} by This offer good to! pohraits taken Nov. 3 HIM Nov. 15. Saluslacnon guaranteed or your money refunded Use your Sears Charge Card of persons, the marches and so on, the govern- ment could not have come in here on the first day of this House and presented some legisla- tion along the lines of improving the Employ- ment Standards Act with regard to severance pay, lay-off notice and por- tability of pension. "I don't believe that we have been treated, on a day like this. to a bill to repeal the Warble Fly Control Act, or that the government needs four more days or five more days or whatever more days - I don't know how many more - in‘order to come in with something as vital and important as protection for the working people. " The result of the emergency debate was the establishment of a Select Committee on [,iGjiklil Plant Closings and Ern- gloyee Adjustment hey began their hear- ings this week and there have been a number of interesting develop- ments in their discus, The Minister of Con- sumer and Commercial Relations told the Com- mittee that the Govern- ment wants changes to pension laws enacted by the end of the year to protect employees laid off by plant closings. Key problems are un- derfunded private pen- sion plans and em- ployees who are close to early retirement who can't get benefits when a company folds Changes to the pension law are part of a five point program to deal with plant closings an- nounced by the govern- ment last month, When the Minister of Labour announced the program he said that pension law changes would. for ex- ample. permit a worker of long service to get his The Minister said he hoped to bring in amend- ments to the Pension Benefits Act in time to be passed before the end of the current session, that is, by mid- December. .Mathrlg Ha1r-a-mon1um 886-7520 W” “ mimllWl'l? PLACE (BEHIND DOMINION l Hanrslyhng Limited luu pension benefits when he reaches early retirement age. even though his company has closed and the pension plan has been terminat- "blather change would create a government-ad- ministered fund to gmrantee pension rights in those cases where ter- minated plans were not fully funded. The Minis- ter of Consumer and Commercial Relations said he didn't know whether this fund would cover all the private pension plans in Ontario. There appear to be dif- ferences of opinion be- tween the two Ministers on this question of pen- sions. The Minister of Labour said that chan- ges would be interim in nature, designed to solve a problem until the go- vernment receives a Royal Commission re- port on the status of pen- sions in Ontario. However, the Minister of Consumer and Com- mercial Relations has stated that if the chan- ges re successful, they 'fiifi:i'iii,'i',',, unless a total amping of pen- sion laws is recommend- ed by the Royal Com- mission, - - 7 The number of Ontario workers on' indefinite layoff has almost dou- bled in the first nine months of l980. com- pared to the same period last year, but the Minis- ter of Labour blames the auto industry slump, not plant closings. for the big increase Tesme, 22, s former resident of Waterloo now moves in the high fashion circles of Toronto as e merchandiser-menegemont train- ee. Her hobbies include aerobics and classical ballet and she has hopes to do some fashion designing as well. Wednesday Girl I'CDLLINS FORMALRENTALS 1” tttttu I "8ETWEEM COLLEGE I woman) KIT OUR ttttLy 8080588 IS mam & SELUNB FORMAL WEAR In 808.538 SW FOR ALL occnslous 579-5420 com “I STOCK" mum I TIE LIVE" STYLES mom cm RATES T a mm “VITA“. (KW)