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Wardens caucus calls for big investment
"e Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus wants to see the province dig real deep into its #nancial pocket for a big longterm investment in regional infrastructure.
"e wardens of Eastern Ontario’s rural municipalities have amessage for the pro- vincial government."ey want to see a big investment over the next decade in the region’s infrastructure. !e Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) sent Queen’s Park a 50-page report, including 30 pages of executive summary, arguments and recommendations plus supporting appendices, in response to the provincial government’s call for submissions on the Moving Ontario Forward program (MOF). !e government wants suggestions on how the $31.5-billion proposal of the Mi- nistry of Economic Development, Employ- ment and Infrastructure (MEDEI) should allocate funds outside of the amount already earmarked for the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area (GTHA).!e EOWC argues that Eastern Ontario should get a big chunk of the MOF fund and that the regional governments themselves should have the "nal decision
on how the money is used. “Regions are best positioned to determine their own needs,” the EOWC stated in a news release accompanying electronic copies of its report. “Rural areas carry a heavy infras- tructure load, a new and integrated and stra- tegic approach to infrastructure investments is warranted, and stable, permanent and predictable funding is essential to success.” In its list of recommendations, the EOWC calls on the provincial government to allo- cate a total of $.78 billion of MOF funding over the 10-year period of the program to support infrastructure rehabilitation and expansion needs in Eastern Ontario. Part of that money would be through di- rect funding programs targeting the region while the rest would be available through topping up the Ontario Community Infras- tructure Fund, the Small Communities Fund, the Connecting Links Program, and pro- grams focused on expanding natural gas service to rural areas.
Health service resolution The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) council will join the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus (EOWC) in helping Ontario’s doctors lobby the provincial government for a change to its policy regarding family health groups. The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) wants the province to reverse its decision to limit the number of family physicians who can join family health networks and organisations. The OMA also wants the province to guarantee full-funding of health services in Ontario to meet the demands of both the province’s growing population and also the increasing size of its senior citizens sector. – Gregg Chamberlain Housing subsidy increase approved Operators of low-income housing units in the Prescott-Russell region will get the financial help they need to maintain their dwellings and provide good housing for their tenants. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) council approved a one-dollar increase in the daily subsidy that the UCPR provides landlords with social housing facilities for eligible resident tenants they have for domiciliary hostels located with Prescott-Russell. The increase from the present per diem of $50 to the new $51 rate will take effect Jan. 1, 2016. The resolution, approved during the Sept. 21 counties council regular session, also states that the UCPR council and staff will review and, if needs be, revise the maximum limit of subsidized residents which might qualify for the per diem as part of the upcoming 2016 coun- ties budget discussions. – Gregg Chamberlain
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