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Three emergency resolutions address disabled, post office and Income tax Whereas surveys Show that of the three million Canadians who use marijuana regularly or occasionally, more than one million are 17 years of age or younger; and Whereas research indicates that marijuana use often leads to harder drugs; and Whereas studies indicate that marijuana has injurious effects on the body, particularin the brain and reproductive systems and tests show that regular use causes perhaps ir- reversible brain damage; and Whereas research indicates that a higher percentage of babies born to marijuana smokers show signs of nervous system abnormalities; Therefore be it resolved that the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario urge the Ontario Minister of Education and the Minister of Health and Welfare Canada, to pro- vide effective education program- mes to make the public, particularly the youth, aware of marijuana’s potential hazards. SOUTHWESTERN AREA Whereas conversion to the metric system has caused some confusion in the minds of the consumer. par ticularly the policy of changing from weight to volume (soap powders an example); Therefore be it resolved that the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario request the Federal Govern- ment to enact legislation that con- sumer goods be measured in the same class as before conversion, weight to weight, volume to volume, that is if previously sold by pounds the package must bear the weight in grams or kilograms and not in litres. EMERGENCY RESOLUTION â€"- SIMCOE AREA Whereas under the present situa- tion all assistive devices such as wheelchairs, artificial limbs etc., 12 have to be purchased by the handi- capped themselves, resulting in the expenditure of large amounts of money, (or possibly donated by charitable organizations); Therefore be it resolved that the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario request the Ontario Government to enact legislation to the effect that all essential assistive devices such as wheelchairs, arti- ficial limbs etc., be covered by O.H.I.P. thereby being made available to the disabled of Ontario. EMERGENCY RESOLUTlON â€" Whereas the draft regulation the postal corporation has sent to the federal Privy Council for possible enactment into law could make it il- legal to communicate almost in any way with anyone except through the mail; and Whereas the definition was that a letter would mean any information or message in any form which does not exceed 500 grams, whether or not enclosed in an envelope that is intended for transmission to any destination for delivery to any destination; and Whereas briefs were to be subâ€" mitted during summer holidays when people are not so aware of what is going on; and Whereas there has not been an opportunity to see the whole text; and Whereas telegrams are not ex- empted and technically, paying of utility bills and others at banks would not be permitted, customers could not pick up their statements, small shops could not deliver che- ques and credit card vouchers, hand-delivering bulletins or picking them up would be illegal; Therefore be it resolved that the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario request Andre Ouellet, the Minister responsible for the Crown Postal Corporation to providl the public an opportunity to stud the text. express its views and to . l0“ only reasonable regulations. EMERGENCY RESOLUTI ‘ Whereas under certain inter], 4. tion by tax auditors of Re‘, .m Canada Taxation, fruit grower re permitted to claim as an ext 35 only those replacements witr a variety where the loss is attrit :d to disease. weather, and such re :d causes; and Whereas growers are not per [» ted to Claim any part of the co ii the initial planting of trees and :r or the cost of replacement t a variety or species with a diffv n variety or species; and Whereas the normal life expel 1- cy of some species i.e. peaches re less than twelve years and = we varieties of grapes, i.e. hybrids lCi viniferas are relatively short (I 5 years); and Whereas good production 1‘ tices dictate constant updating it varieties as replacement of orch i: and vineyards is dictated by co :- tion and productivity; and Whereas choice of replacemer & a consideration of markets 1 economics, which are often bey- d the control of the grower; and Whereas the current interpr tion of Revenue Canada Taxatio » not of “Expensing or Capitah lionit; Therefore be it resolved that c Federated Women's Institutes 1 Ontario request that the Fed: ‘1 Government make the [186855 revisions to the Income Tax Act it recognize the costs of normal Pl? ' ting programs followed by I“ - fruit and vine producers as an r" pense laid out to earn income.