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Page 8 THE HERALD Wednesday October IS Business Page j Pizza business can thrive no matter how you slice it Chamber Made By DOUG Herald Special Recently a local resident sent a letter to the mayor expressing her concerns and displeasure about the overabundance of pizza restaurants in Halton Hills especially Georgetown The mayor responded to her letter and the matter was even brought up before council The councillors felt that the market should decide what tvpe and numbers of commercial businesses would suruve This is called the free enterprise system This response did not sit well with the letter writer and another letter appeared the paper As the voice of business Halton Hills the Chamber feels that it should res pond Through the Planning Act of On the Town of Halton Hills has he right to regulate land use in the This helps to eliminate problems with ting land uses sets the use for the land for residential in dustnal and commercial It also spells out in specific terms the types of use in each zone A business wanting to locate a restaurant will look for property that allows him to construct a restaurant This could be a family restaurant fast food or pizza The business operator makes the deci that is right for him based on local market conditions return on investment etc decisions that are his alone to make In our society today we are being regulated in all aspects of our lives the private entrepreneur cer tainly does not need another as to what type of business he must establish However if any local resident such as the lady who wrote to the mayor was that in in opening another type of restaurant that option is certainly open to her What we don is a further level of bureaucracy intruding in the free market system Under our present system if we have too many of one business only the effi will survive and the con will be the winner If you have a idea the Hills Chamber of Com can assist you in planning your new venture put you in touch with and advise you of population trends all for free So if you want to be an entrepreneur and start your own business give the Chamber a call at 877 7119 Time Limited Builtin Vacuum Offer Fighting MD Bill Barber right chairman of the Hills fire department Muscular Dstroph committee presents a cheque for to John chairman of Ontario 1irefiRhlers against Ml Hie fire station Thursda The was raised at a lourinmenl in So far the Georgetown firefighters raised I in four to help in the against Mr Is in the Brampton fire department Herald photo Business lobbyist will speak to chamber members Nov 22 The Hills Chamber of Commerce is pleased to have Mr Laurent Larry Thibault as our featured guest speaker at our An Fall Dinner Mr Thibault is president of the Canadian Manufacturers Association a prominent business lobby made up of Canadian manufacturers Mr Thibault has been with the CMA since assuming the role as president in His role is to promote Canadian manufac both in Canada and overseas The CMA has taken strong positions on issues of na tional importance including the Free Trade debate in the last Federal Election and most recently appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on the Goods and Service Tax In addi to making government sub missions Mr writes tides for the media in both languages and gives many speeches across Canada on behalf of the CMA Before joining the Mr Thibault was an economic analyst with the consulting firm of Kates Peat and Com one of Canada largest management consulting firms Mr Thibault also happens to call Halton Hills home He resides in Georgetown with his wife and two teenaged sons Andre and Alain The Halton Hills Chamber of Commerce invites you to attend its annual fall dinner to be held Nov 22 at the North Halton Golf and Country Club For ticket in formation please call the Chamber Office at VITEX SPECIAL BEST PERFORMER 808810 K RAM Floppy MB HO Philips Monitor Call Bill at Vitex Specializing in affordable PCs Software and Peripherals for homo and small business use OFFICE 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