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© BOPINION = Halton Hills | Thursday, July 14, 2022 © HOSPITAL ” REDEVELOPMENT AMONG THE MANY PRIORITIES FOR RIDING, WRITES TED ARNOTT TED ARNOTT Column A little over a month ago, on June 2, the provin- cial election was held — and I was honoured to be re-elected as the represen- tative for Wellington-Hal- ton Hills at Queen's Park. Over the course of campaign, I met countless constituents who shared their concerns with I met a small business person in Elora whose product is being, in my opinion, unfairly taxed. Imet a mother in Rock- wood who has a daughter with cystic fibrosis, who needs help with the cost of anew medication. I me person in Acton whois com. cerned about urban sprawl and the need to protect our best farmland. Imet a young we Puslinch who is working is summer to save money for university. meta senior in George- town who wondered what we are going to do to im- prove long-term care and another individual who make ends meet on the’ Ontario Disability Sup- port Program. § _Imeta woman in Salem £ who is ona long waiting & BP? a”) — mm = oO 7 = —) "] AN AHEAD FOR ONTARIO GOVERNMENT | will continue to advocate for the project with the new minister of health. list for orthopedic surgery. I met people across the rid- ing who are ° strugeting i make high vee “of eetline ob and housi: On June 3, Iwas back to work in our riding office and penned a letter to Pre- mier Doug Ford highlight- ing some of these issues, as well as other urgent needs in our communit One such edt is $Halton Healthcare's Georgetown Hospital. The hospital is in the process of planning for redevelopment, and I want to do whatever I can to sup- port this project and the hospital staff and adminis- tration as they move through the multi-stage ap- provals process adminis- tered by the capital branch of tre Ministry 0 of Health. ig for Hal- ton Healtheare t to be given permission to Move on to the next step in p! and be provided with a planning grant of approxi- mately sis million todo the necessary wi all continue to advo- cate for the project with the new minister of health. Th Prete TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT Brian Didone photo Ared squirrel visits a residential backyard in Glen Williams. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief description. A LESSON IN IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSIFICATION A BALANCED PORTFOLIO CAN REDUCE RISK, WRITES PETER WATSON ‘he RCMP opened an in- vestigation in 2016 as a re- sult of investor complaints aot Fortress Real Devel- PETER WATSON Column small amount of their as- sets to an allegedly fraudu- lent investment would ex- Two senio1 that firm were charged with fraud. According to a news re- lease by the RCMP, "Allega- tions were received that the company was Hraudwently ob isalso key part of hospital rede- velopment projects, so to- gether with our local and provincial health-care partners: Let's get it done. Ted Arnott is the MPP for Wellington-Halton Hills. He can be reached at ted.arnott@pc.ola.org. taining i syndicated mortgage invest, ment scheme.” The allegations have not been proven in court. esting has many dif- pan types of risk. However, there is one thing you do control: diver- sification. An investor who loses a perience at the losses suffered and anger at being a victim of crime. Fora person who invest- ed most of their life sav- ings, there would be devas- tation. You cannot control the future. That is referred to as assuming investment risk. You can control how much you spread invest- ment risk through strong diversification. Th ;C coverage in- cluded a story of a 75-year- old retiree having to return fo work b because of his loss- hs may be hundreds of stories of pending finan- cial Lea ship. mple of the alle- gations off ‘fraud can bea re- minder to us all. Diversifi- cation is a key element of investing. Peter Watson is regis- tered with Angra 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 opini d are ABOUT US This newspaper, published every Thursday, is a division of the Metroland Media Group Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. 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