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6 uw ° =z = Ss = falton Hills | Thursday, December 2, 2021 | * FEEDBACK VITAL TO = OUR PLANS, WRITES GARY CARR GARY CARR always been top priorities for Halton Region, and for our residents. For decades, we have worked together to up- grade services, enhance programs and deliver on new technologies that re- duce 01 ‘ity im- pact on the environment. In fact, through your par- ticipation in our waste di- version programs — includ- ing curbside collection of — we have extended the life of our landfill by years. But there's still more wecan do. As region grows and our community changes, we are continuing to find new ways to improve our waste management pro- gramsand services for you. T'mpleased to share that we Strategy, which builds on our collective successes and identifies new ways we can deliver waste manage- ment services and how we in all make a difference. oorThe proposed strategy includes medium (four to § 10 years) and long-term (11+ 2 years) initiatives that will HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF HALTON'S WASTE MANAGEMENT help the region: + increase our waste di- version rat ie; + further extend the life of the Halton Waste Man- agement Site (landfill); and e carbon emis- ions. Public consultations unt re are now underway, and want to hear from you. To share your feedback, com- plete our short online sur- vey at halton.ca/waste by Dec. 10. You can also visit our website | to view record- ings of our recent PICs on the proposed strategy. To request the survey in an alternate format, please email accesshalton@hal- ton.ca or call 311. I encourage you to read the proposed Solid Waste Management Strategy and provide your input on this important initiative. Com- munity feedback will be 'o inform the final Sond Waste Manecement Strategy, which will be pre- sented to regional council in spring 2022. in advance for your participation and helping to shape the future of waste management in patton from single fami- TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. The Metroland family of newspapers is comprised of more than 70 community publications across Ontario. This newspaper is a member of the National NewsMedia Council. Complainants are urged to bring their concems. to the attention of the news- paper and, if not satisfied, write The National NewsMedia Council, Suite 200, 890 Yonge St., Toronto, ON M4W 2H2, Phone: 416-340-1981 Web: www.mediacouncil.ca newsroom@theifp.ca IndependentAndFreePress @IFP_11 WHO WE ARE VP, Regional Publisher Kelly Montague Regional General Manager Jason Pehora Director of Content Lee Ann Waterman Deputy Director of Content Catherine O'Hara WHAT COMPANIES SHOULD YOU INVEST IN? OWNING MANY STOCKS MAY BE A GOOD STRATEGY, WRITES PETER WATSON My suggestion is to households to businesses, shange y investing. Don't focus on grams and our regional waste system. Your input is valuable and will help keep Halton a great place to live, work, raisea family and retire. Gary Carr is the region- al chair of Halton Region. To contact him, email gary.carr@halton.ca. SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AT THEIFRCA to invest. Expand your focus to be much broader. Consider having a glob- ally diversified portfolio that could have many dif- ferent companies. In effect, you are buying the market; you are investing in capi- talism. Stock markets around the world allow investors are well over 10,000 public- ly traded shares that you can choose from. PETER WATSON Column in each company on your own is not feasible. There are estm ehicles, and ETFs (exchange trad- ed fund), that provide the opportunity to own many thousands of companies. Stock markets have a long history of providing extremely attractive re- turns. That should be your focus. Yes, you could hit a home run by investing in the next big tech stock, but there are significant exam- ples that investing in single companies that have been this by purchasing hae Having a strongly diver- sified aren Peat you coma velten Sinsee 20 ple, ina portfolio of just 10 stocks, ifone or two of them perform poorly that will drag down the total portfo- “Diversifeation is Men friend. There is numbers. Peter Watson is regis- tered with Aligned Capital Partners Inc. (ACPI) to provide investment advice. Investment products are provided by ACPI. ACPI is member of the Invest- ment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of ACPI. Watson provides wealth management services through Watson Invest- ments. He can be reached at www.watsoninvestment- s.com. Karen Micel Director rr Ditton Cindi Campbell and Graeme Macintosh CONTACT US The Independent & Free Press 901 Guelph Line Burlington, ON L7R 3N8 Phone: 905-873-0301 Classifieds: 1-800-263-6480 Fax: 905-873-039: Letters to the editor All letters must be fewer than 320 words and include your name and telephone number for verification purposes. We reserve the right to edit, condense or reject letters. Published letters will appear in print and/or online at theifp.ca For all delivery inquiries, please e-mail Ipotar@miltoncanadianchampion.com or call 905-234-1019. fisAe)