Speaking to You By SCOTT FENNELL, MP >Mm (PC - Ontario). No more dumping of taxpayer money On Tuesday, October 30, 1984, the Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion, Sinclair Stevens, announced that our government is taking action to stop the proliferation of Crown Corporations and in fact, to turn them out to the private sector where possible. In particular, Mr. Stevens announced that the major assets of the Canada Development Invest- ment· Corporation (CDIC), are up for sale. These assets include such companies as: Eldorado Nuclear; Teleglobe; Massey Ferguson; Canadair; de Havilland; and the government's 42.8 per cent share of the Canada Development Corporation which has interests in 24 companies. The president of CDIC, Joel Bell, has been replaced and the boaýd has been reorganized with six new members whose mandate is to privatize the government corporations and companies owned or managed by the CDIC. As you may recall, I have been outspoken in the past regarding the need to put an end to the dum- ping of dollar after dollar of Canadian taxpayer's money into such companies as Canadair and de Havilland. Last March, the federal government wrote off $1.35 billion in longterm debt for Canadair. In all, the government's investment in Canadair, including the loan guarantees, equity infusions and the $38 million given to General Dynamics to buy it, total between two and three billion dollars. De Report from Queen's Park By THE HON. GEORGE ASHE, MPP (PC - Durham West) Minister of Government Services Ontario Crime prevention techniques Through the use of common sense, and the awareness of crime prevention pointers, women i and seniors can help reduce the opportunities for others to commit crimes against them. That's the message contained in two checklists compiled by the Ministry of the Solicitor General. These checklists focus on crimeproofing for seniors and women. Crimeproofing is the theme developed by the ministry to convey a positive, pro-active approach to crime prevention during Crime Prevention Week in Ontario, Nov. 4to 10, 1984. According to Ontario Solicitor General George Taylor: "Crimeproofing for women and seniors is particularly important as these two groups are of- ten viewed by criminals as being easy targets." The checklists were produced to increase women's and seniors' awareness of how they çan become involved in crimeproofing. As well, crime prevention pointers and techniques for women and seniors will be among topics explored as part of a series of Crime Prevention Seminars being held around the Province during the Crime Prevention Week. Other topics include auto theft, drug and alcohol abuse, break and enter, fraud, and farm and cottage related crimes. Crimeproofing techniques are of ten a matter of common sense and awareness; however, they are sometimes overlooked or ignored because of the time or effort involved. "The convenience to you of keeping a spare house key hidden under a mat or in a flower pot is a con- venience to thieves as well" Mr. Taylor says. "Crooks know more hiding places than you." Less common precautions, such as using a lip- stick and the windshield of a parked car to visibly write the licence plate number of a car you suspect to be following you, are also given. Criimeproofing checklists for women and seniors may be obtained through rny riding office,. 37 Station Plaza, Ajax or by calling 683-6707. Bright Ideas For Your Home' *Off our evsryday low prices. On sale while quantitles liest WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1984, PAGE 9 Whitby Bridge Club results Havilland received $240 million from the federal government last spring and at that time, Senator Jack Austin, the former Trudeau minister respon- sible for the CDIC, said that he expected the com- pany would rack up further losses of $200 million over the next 10 years. I fully support the decision to get these companies out of the government trough and into the hands of the private sector. There they will be run by business people who understand the meaning of fiscal responsibility and competent management. I have no doubts that Teleglobe, Eldorado Nuclear and de Havilland will survive and prosper once they have been privatizes. Canadair may even survive if it rids itself of the Challenger Program which dragged it into the financial mess that it is in now. In any case, I am positive that even if the gover- nment were to give these companies to private bid- ders, the outcome would be more advantageous to Canadians on a whole, than would be a continuation of the way things were under our Liberal predecessors. Steffler, 33; Joan Davidson and Margaret Wilson, 28½; and, Betty Evans and Clara Cooper, 23. The results of each week's play at the club will be reported In the following issue of the Whitby Free Press. 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