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All operators of school buses be required to have a cur- rent First Aid Certificate: _ I ‘ The Hon. John R. Rhodes of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications stated that. “We are of the opinion that the key to success in solvmg this problem is the Local School Board. Certain Boards have already accepted responsibility in this area and have made graduation from an approved First Aid Course a pre-requisite for employment. Othâ€" ers provide on-the-job training in first aid after the person has been employed. it has been suggested to the President of the Ontario Council. St. John Aniba- lance. that his organization approach local school boards individually. advocating that they take the nec- essary steps to require that it’s school bus drivers are trained in first aid and to provide the necessary train- ing facilities Driver licensing qualification standards have historically been limited to areas directly related to the safe operation ofa motor vehicle. These include knowledge of traffic laws and traffic signs. skill in the operation ofa motor vehicle itself. adequate vision for safe operation. and maintenance of a level of physical and mental health adequate for safe driving. To de- part from this position and decree standards not di- rectly related to driver qualification in the operation of a motor vehicle would seem to go beyond the responâ€" sibility and authority assigned this Ministry." Misuse of alcohol. request more preventative meas- ures: A letter from the Office of Health and Welfare states that the Research Bureau has recently redefined its priorities and lists preventative research among its priorities. Asking that the emotional needs of married couples be considered when the new homes for the aged are being built: l have had no reply from Rene Brunelle. Ministry of Community and Social Services. Recessed handles on appliances to facilitate moving: The Canadian Appliance and Manufacturing As- sociation assured us that they have forwarded our res- olution to their Technical Committee to discuss the matter with their product engineers and we would hear from them. To date no reply. All bottles containing vitamin pills and/or iron tablets have a cautionary label: The Department of Health and Welfare. Protec4 tion Branch. in their reply state that. “At the present time. the Food and Drug Regulations require that where a drug in the form of a capsule or tablet conâ€" tains more than 60 mg. of element 1 iron in the form of ferrous sulphate, the inner and outer labels must carry a caution or warning to the effect that the drug should be kept out of the reach of children. Further- more. it is expected that a regulation. which would re- quire manufacturers to make available ironâ€"contain- ing preparations in child-resistant packaging, will be promulgated.” Soâ€"called meat products â€" misleading labels: Our letter with the resolution was acknowledged with thanks by the Hon. Ouellet but no comment was made. An official in the Packaging and Labelling 12 Branch said they had pressed for legislation as we“ The Canadian Consumers are asking that it‘ the PM act has 10% meat it be called “stew”. ifit has 12.15!“ h‘ called “dinner.” 0 Reflective markings on all types of cars travellina on railways in Canada: b This resolution is a repeat and the Canadian Transport Commission assure us their programme of placing reflective markings on railway cars is proud“ ing. incidents of rape or attempted rape: There has been no reply to the letter to thc zlm ister of Justice regarding psychiatric and corn mic treatment for persons convicted of rape or attci m1 rape. Asking the Ontario Government to amend Sectii in (l) (a) of the Child Welfare Act: The Attorney General states in his reply: “In .9 the Report of the Age of Majority in Ontario< ‘13 Law Reform Commission recognizes that the 1 id Welfare Act. in its definition of "child" includes i. dren up to the age of eighteen where the child w 5‘ leged to be beyond control ofthe parents. The Ft- .1 Government is also proposing changes in the Ju‘r lg Delinquents Act to include raising the age of all: .j delinquents to “under eighteen“. . The School Leaving Age in Ontario is sixteen l, therefore. there would be many problems involvi In trying to force a sixteen or seventeenyear-old ‘- had a job and who was supporting himself to ll‘ l home with his parents. A law declaring that chili '. under eighteen must live at home. subject to .. whims of their parents would be unenforceabli I many cases without locking the child up. A serious study of the primary reading programmi made and stress be put on phonetics: A reply from the Director of Curriculum Devw merit for the Ministry of Education. pointed out t phonics are only one of several cues used to dew print and that there is no such a thing as a phoni system for teaching reading. He goes on to say. amt other things. that a child learns to read by readin wide range of materials and with the guidance from information-provoking adult. He says that the M istry of Education hasjust completed a five-year sin of the curriculum in the Primary and Junior DlVlSlt and will be issuing a series of documents to as:- teachers, principals and others in more elTective pr: grammes for Children four to twelve years of age. ‘v were thanked for our resolution and assured that cm munications from concerned groups such as ours is - tal to their task of developing programmes to b: serve all children. To abolish the computerized check-out system: As you know. this resolution was in the Spring i sue of Home and Country. A copy of the resolmit was sent to the Hon. Handleman. Minister of CO“ sumer and Commercial Relations who acknowledgui it. He said that this subject is under study by the Eu nomic Council of Canada and was a major topic " their National Economic Conference in 1974.