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The Secretary has asked me to provide information on what may be regarded as priority community needs and the availability of com- The Secretary of State has advised me of his 1973 Opportunities For Youth Pro- gram. I am impressed at the efforts the Secretary of State intends to take to ensure that the 1973 programme will be well screened by his depart- ment. by local MP's and by concerned and knowledge~ able citizens in each riding. If the change is not one of sufficient substance to in- dicate non-confidence in the government. the government There may be many in- stances when Parliament will alter government proposals. An early example of this: occurred last Thursday night‘ when the government's mo- tion to establish a joint com-. mittee of the House of Com-A, mons and the Senate to en: quire into food prices was‘ amended by the Progressive~ Conservatives who wanted to‘ drop the Senators from the‘ committee. When the mat- ter was put to a vote the‘ amendment carried by 128 to! 102. As a result. the govem- 1 ment gracefully accepted the change and the Senators lost‘ a job. i In any event, it is likely that legislation arising from the 29th Parliament will re- flect. generally speaking. the wishes of that Parliament, which may or may not be the wishes of the government itself. It is anticipated that the committees will be quite ac- tive and they may make sig- nificant changes to govern- ment legislation when it is refered to them by Parlia- ment. The government may accept such changes or it could hold to its original position and force the mat- ter to a vote in the House. With no party holding a majority in the House. no one will control the com- mittees. For example, my two committees each have 19 members. eight from the Liberal Government, eight from the Progressive Conser- vative Opposition, two from the New Democratic Party and one from the Creditiste group. The chairmen of the committees are appointed from the government mem- bers which leaves the gov- ernment with only seven votes on these committees. With the conclusion of the debate on the Speech from the Throne, Parliament this week settled down to a more normal routine. On Thurs- day. the striking committee named members to the stand- ing committees of Parlia- ment. 1 was pleased to be appointed to the standing committee on Resources and Public Works. These com- mittees will likely be among the busiest on Parliament WINTER CARNIVAL In closing I would like to mention the Rich- mond Hill Winter Carnival being held February 8, 9, 10 and 11 at the Mill Pond. Won’t you come? I’m sure you’ll enjOy yourself at the pond and you’ll make me happy to think that man still has life enough to Use it. rv, During the next few months, each week, I will be reporting to you about our coming school events which possibly might interest you. Each and every parent should be interested and aware of his child’s activities in school. Teenagers are particularly sensitive about their freedom and complicated and extremely varied, and during this period of adjustment it’s always nice to have a helping hand. A well-rounded school life makes for a better personality development, better use of skills, and abilities, and happier living â€" for the years in school are not only preparation for life, but. are part 70f life itself. I am not talking about the tool-using but with man as a person, a rational, 3 living being. A person of character, re« the dignity of duty, fairness, sympathy, ation, and everything else that goes w making of a decent society. We’re being swallowed up like fish, having no idea of where we’re going or why. The only way to approach a problem is whole-heartedly. I‘d be interested in hearing your suggestions as an individual in producing a place pleasant enough for everyone and his brother to live in. We talk with others, work with them, buy and sell with them, and carry on all kinds of inter- change. People are organized into families, voca- tional groups, churches, political parties, clubs, societies, and endless organizations. We have individual and group relationships. whom we face problems with, in other words, whenever we associate with people we need to get along with them. Look around at people who are laggards in business: are. they not people who have buried themselves in their jobs? The most dynamic of human qualities can be pictured as an idea des- cended on earth fighting with reality. Our pres- ent state of this world is a disaster, people don’t care anything for anybody. I want to help in correcting it, starting with thiscommunity. First Column From Bayview Secondary I suppose the best thing to do first when starting out with this column is to tell you a bit about myself. My name is Ruth Bolton, a former student of King City Secondary School presently attending Bayview Secondary. I have a wide interest in the social problems which are faced by many people in our world-toda‘ly. I U,” ,.,I ,, :.. SINCLAIR STEVENS MP YORK SIMCOE Opposition Alters Trudeau’s Plan The Black Ana’ Red By RUTH BOLTON Bayview Secondary Correspondent (Telephone 773-5184) SINCLAIR STEVENS REPORTS While I feel it is unfort- .unate that the federal gov- ernment has to get into such subsidization programmes with respect to our youth, I ‘do feel that the plan is an attempt to make the best of a bad situation. If it is prop- erly administered with good ‘ liaison with local people. l many of its past bad features I should be eliminated. March 1 has been set as ithe deadline for mailing ap- plications for Opportunity ‘For Youth grants and I T would suggest that those in- ;terested in making such ap- _plications should be organiz- ' ing their groups and thoughts ias soon as possible with a i view to tendering their appli- lcations early in February. This approach is sensible and should go a long way to remove the unsatisfactory aspects of previous Oppor- tunities For Youth grants. I intend to cooperate with the Secretary of State in furthering his plans and I sincerely hope the various communities in our riding will take an active interest in the programme. To this end. let me hear any sug- gestions you may have with respect to who you feel should be asked to serve on the Minister's advisory com- mittee in York Simcoe. They hope to establish local advisory committees to provide additional informa- tion on priority community needs and existing services. It is intended that youth. community resource people and provincial representa- tives will be asked to serve on these committees. Such committees will, hopefully, ensure that approved pro- jects have broadly based community support. munity resources. This sum- mer his department hopes to put the main emphasis of the programme on community benefits. All children 8 years or younger who paste 100 of these small ads from friends and neighbours from this Feb. lst issue on a piece of cardboard and bring them into our showroom will receive a Motorola Portable all Transistor Radio â€" Lim- ited quantity (5 only). PETER SMITH York Home T.V. 306 Bayview Ave. (Bayview Plaza) 2 PHONES WORKS IN A DRAWER Color TV from 889-1646 884-4165 GET YOUR whom we whenever ng animal, ‘ spiritual, recognizes y, co-oper- with the DI llllaef- as, voca- L, clubs, 7e have we face ever we IF YOU (ATV DIN! 0N IT...IT3'A 1' BAD BUY, A 0/ NOW! AT FABUlOl/S SA VINGS ...... ' AT THESE SPEC/Al FEA- TURES 0/l/ SAlE TOD/"’81 FBI. 0/l/l Y. . . . ’Tll 9P.M. THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1973 9 34V! (IP 70 Avmic ‘ ' I 0N MOOD FOR AND FOR THE NEXT3 - 3'6 NAMES A DAYS YOU WILL MWIRICESA