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University of Waterioo student John Braband, cited his own _ predicament at 288 Albert St. as an example of what goes on. He claimed his landlord had tried to pack 10 students into the home before the city‘s five unrelated persons occupancy bylaw forced léjm to comply. Braband told the ,/ ommittee that the landlord was making over $2,000 a month from the property. Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staff Every taxpayer in Ontario is going to be paying for the Liberal government‘s decision to ban extraâ€"billing, says the newlyâ€"elected leader of Ontario Progressive Conservative party, Larry Grossman. Speaking at a luncheon given by the Conferation Club in Kitchener last week, Grossman said that only three to four per cent of Ontarians are asked to pay a fee above that set by OHIP, and most often, those are patients who are "financially better off."" Rather than the $50 million Ontario physicians have received through extraâ€"billing, an outright ban will result in sizeable increases to OHIP fee schedules, he said. Elderly would fear (Continued from page 1) *...the hundreds of millions of dollars in OHIP fee increases will be paid for not by the well of, but by every taxpayer in the provinceâ€"rich and poor, young and old, whoever they are," maintained Grossman. The Tory leader argued that instead of improving health care in Ontario, the proposed ban will mean a deterioration in service and reduced accessiblity. To support his arguments he pointed to the experience of Quebec, which saw more than 200 top medical specialists leave the province after a similar system was imposed. Grossman admitted that problems do exist in Ontario health care, especially the situation where the majority of doctors in special areas are extraâ€" billing. However, he said, instead of imposing an outright ban on extraâ€" billing, without consultation with the medical profession, the government The other major problem brought up at the meeting was that of the absentee landlord. Viewed by residents as uncaring, moneyâ€"hungry persons who are out to make a quick buck off students, the absentee landlord was pointed out by a number of speakers as the major reason behind the whole problem. Ontario Tory leader Larry Grossman, chatting with supporters at the Waterloo Inn while on a swing through Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo last week. Melodee Martinuk photo committee that the landlord was Establish a student housing making over $2,000 a month from _ bureau at both university camâ€" the property. puses to investigate and mediate Prior to the speakers, Task _ disputes without resorting to the Force Secretary Rob Deyman _ judicial process. The bureau summarized the first meeting of _ would operate similar to the Extraâ€"billing ban will mean deterioration in system, claims Grossman the group and offered a number of potential solutions. |______ _ Municipal residential landâ€" banking in areas close to the universities for student housing purposes. Such lands would be made available to the University for nonâ€"profit housing projects. University housing offices should consider not listing units where landlords have refused to offer rental agreements to boarders. University orientation proâ€" grams should be offered to inâ€" form student of offâ€"campustenâ€" ant responsibilities. Mediation services between neighborhoods and students could also be proâ€" vided. should have launched "a full, open and complete review of physicians‘ billing practices."‘ "Every health care system needs improvement by definitionâ€"it needs more coâ€"operation, coâ€"ordinaâ€" tion, more funding, more beds, more specialists in the north, better mental health programs, more home care for seniors, homemakers‘ services and better cancer treatment facilities," concluded Grossman. "It does not need confrontation, angry doctors, fighting job action by doctors and bitterâ€" ness." Later Thursay Grossman directed his criticisms towards his own party, which he said lost last May‘s provincial election because it had been too "reticent‘"‘, too reluctant to act, and lacking conâ€" viction. . Grossman told the gathering of 150 Kitchener and Waterioo Tories that they must learn the lesson of the last election, listen to the message that voters were conveying and respond with clear policies. "If our party wishes to recover...we must not rationalize or make excuses for what happened," said Grossman. "I‘m not here to apologize for yesterday, I am here to build for tomorrow.‘‘ "We must set aside yesterday‘s agenda and today‘s pragmatism. We begin a new day." He vowed that while his party is in opposition, it will speak to the Liberal record, but not spend all its time reacting and criticizing. Instead, he said, the ‘"New Progressive Conservatives‘ will set the political agenda for this province, offering clearâ€" cut policies and solutions. Better Business Bureau. The city, universities and Waâ€" terloo Coâ€"operative Residences Inc. should work together to secure some of the recently announced 10,000 nonâ€"profit units for student housing purposes in Waterloo. Efforts must be made to gain an exemption to permit the use of nonâ€"profit coâ€"op units for student use. The residents hoped changes could be made soon to save the uptown area. â€" "I‘m worried rental income properties are deteriorating neighborhoods. If families are to remain in the uptown area, 1 urder you to break the vicious circle," said Brenda Hulk of 199 Albert St. Brian Knight of 275 Albert St echoed Hulk‘s sentiments. "I don‘t want to live in an area which is slowly turning into a student ghetto," he said. Kathy Hammond Chronicle Special All you have to do is go into any corner store or look up at some of the region‘s many billboards to see the dynamic ad produced by Tempo Cigarettes. This is what concerns the Ontario Lung Association. WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY After spending over 16 years trying to combat the perils of smoking and the lung diseases directly associated with smoking, and trying to educate society on the hazards of smoking, the Lung Association is once again faced with a challenge. Region Lung Association pioneered nonâ€"smoking movement Eleanor Schnurr, executive director of the Waterloo Region Lung Association, says both the Lung Association and its creation, the Interâ€"Agency Council on Smoking and Health (comprised of various health agencies, school boards, and addiction agencies) are in the process of lobbying Tempo, hoping for a ban on its ad. The ad, displaying teenagers with the latest fashions and the latest laid back "cool" look, is targeted directly to teenagers, one of society‘s most persuasive groups. The ad indicates to teenagers that it is OK to smoke, particularly a mild cigarette as Tempo claims to be. The Lung Association is putting up this powerful lobby in an effort to get the message across that it is not OK. Not afraid Educating society about smoking was ‘"‘a pioneer movement 16 years ago," said Schnurr, "and the Lung Association was not afraid to be unpopular doing so. Now doctors and other health organizations are jumping on the bandwagon because they feel it is now safe. Doctors should have been educating and persuading people years ago." It has not been, and is not, doctors who go into the school systems in an effort to educate students on smoking hazards, but the Ontario Lung Association. In fact, the Lung Association has programs for all ages within the @chool system beginning with a film and stories on Octopuff (an octopus who smokes) for the primary grade levels (including kindergarten). The programs become more complex with each grade level, complete with kits for scientific experiments high school students can put together, to measure the carbon monoxide levels of their own blood system. Though work is done at all levels of the school system, including postâ€"secondary schools, the Lung Association‘s main target group, according to Schnurr, are grades 4 through 6. Explaining the reasoning for this Schnurr says, "Students in these grades, aged nine to 11 begin to experiment with many new ideas, one being smoking, more so than any other age group." Because these preâ€"teens look up to teenagers in awe, they too may be persuaded by ads such as Tempo‘s, increasing the sales market for Tempo even further. Though children can be educated on smoking dangers as part of their school curriculum, adults who smoke are often already so set in their smoking habits that it makes quitting extremely difficult. However many adults are willing to try to quit, as indicated by the large turnouts at smoke cessation clinics such as the Lung Association‘s clinic, Countdown, which is almost full, though the program does not begin until February 3. The five week (seven class) clinic costs only $50 but has a success rate of about 90 per cent. This means 90 per cent of those attending classes quit smoking by the end of the program. This is the same percentage claimed by clinics such as the Smoke Enders, which cost each participant over $500. According to Schnurr, ‘"Most smoking cessation programs achieve about 90 per cent, but the Countdown program bases real success on the percentage of participants who are still not smoking onem;'era'r- _after the rprogrém." Countdown‘s year later success rate is about 30 per cent which says Schnurr is ‘"quite high." The Lung Association also deals with smoking on a community basis. Other lobbying effects of the association and the Interâ€"Agency council, produced the smoking bylaws incorporated by the cities of both Kitchener and Waterioo. Though several attempts have been made to induce smoking bylaws in Cambridge, the groups as of yet have not Waterloo Chronicle Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 Published every Wednesday by Fairway Press A Division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd. 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. January 22, 1986. Community basis Set in ways (Continued on page 8) 22 1986 â€" PAGE 3