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THE HERALD Wednesday February Political Forum Ottawa Report House of Commons back in business Well the House of Commons is back to business this week and with a ground war now in the Per sian Gulf thats probably a good thing I am taking back to Joe Clark the results of my Town Hall meetings Ill be telling him that while many people in HaltonPeel are worried about the war the majority are in support of Canadas active role in dealing with Saddam Hussein This week of course has a lot more news to it This is budget week when Michael Wilson tries to give us a roadmap of where the economys going and how the feds will manage things I am writing this column Just before the budget is released so I dont know now what Wilson has plann ed But Ill share with you what I have told him he should do Freeze federal spending cut back on transfer payments to the provinces concentrate on reduc ing the deficit limit civil servant salaries and expenses make MPs fund their own pensions link the GST to deficit reduction and ignore the critics I hope he was listening to at least some of that Next week Ill do a budget scoreboard And speaking of the budget Im hosting a Post Budget Breakfast this coming Friday March to discuss what Wilson has done and to get input from community business leaders The event will take place at the North Golf Club and feature a panel of Chamber of Commerce members Im pleased to report that the panel will include executives from Chambers in Halton Hills Bolton Burlington and Milton I certainly look forward to their reaction and their advice The admission price of gets you breakfast and the complete budget package Things get underway Bam which is go ing to be no picnic for me We have a vote on the budget in the House of Commons the night before and then a fivehour Queens Park Report Consultation Paper on rent control Rent Control Options A Consultation paper As I mentioned earlier this year I serve on the standing Committee on General Govern the committee which has been holding hearings across the province for discussion on Bill An Act to Amend the Residential Rent Regulation Act 1986 The Ministry of Housing has just released its Consultation Paper on Rent Control Options in order to obtain additional comments on a long term rent control system The full paper runs to pages and addresses nine major issue areas The scope of rent control COVERAGE options on what to include under rent control and how to determine whether a unit is covered by the legislation 2 Permitted annual rent in crease options on the TIMING and BASIS of an annual increase EXCEPTIONS to the per nutted annual increase whether increases above the guideline should be allowed and if so what should be allowed CAPITAL DITURES how capital expen ditures on repairs and renova should be addressed MAINTENANCE how to ensure maintenance standards RENT REDUCTION op tions on tenant challenges of any increase landlordtenant agreements on what services and facilities rents should guarantee and compensation for illegally charged rents 7 RENT INFORMATION op tions on a central data bank con laming rent information a rent registry 8 DECISION MAKING AND ADMINISTRATION STRUC options on dispute resolu turn systems assistance to par ties in dispute enforcement and other related areas CONVERSION of rental pro- parties options on a system to regulate conversion demolition and renovation of rental proper ties In presenting options for rent control our government has three main goals First it wants to increase tenant protection against high rent increases and poor maintenance standards Se cond it wants tenants to have more say in the things that affect their units and buildings Third it wants rent control to be simple and efficient for both tenants and landlords To order a copy of the full con sulfation paper call the following toll free number 1 8004616767 The Ministry has also produced a summary of the paper These newsletters include a mail back portion if you wish to comment on the options Copies are available at my constituency offices in Milton and Georgetown For more information about the sum call 73 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN John EST Ifwlltfr drive back with my car full of boxes of budgets Ah the perqs of being an MP That same night Ill be in Palgrave to host a Town Hall meeting The time is 7 30 m and the location is the Community Centre Everybody is invited to come and have a go at me Once again well be talking about the Gulf War the economy and the budget along with what on earth is going to happen to this country over the next few years I wrote last week about the en trenched attitudes on both sides of the QuebecCanada Issue The dream merchants in Quebec are telling people they can be sovereign and still have all the benefits of being Canadian like using Canadian dollars dian passports and an economy thats strong because its part of the Canadian economy That of course is not going to happen And I wrote about the dream merchants of the rest of the coun try who say let em go Then they will you that nothing would be different if we lost a quarter of the population and a third of the economy and signalled the world that we wanted to go from being a member of the 7 to being a pro vincial backwash Thats not true either There are no simple solutions to this one and Im going to need your help I am sending out notices I am not going to vote to let Quebec separate I am going to do everything I can to make sure my country does not break apart and my country includes Quebec Period Comments SAME DAY TAX RETURNS Guelph St 8772217 NEW IN TOWN Let Us Put The Mat Out ACTON I GEORGETOWN Judy Debbie NEW ADDITION Its time to call your Welcome Wagon hostess She will bring congratulations and gifts for the family and the NEW BABY ARE YOU WEIGH TOO BIG If you need specific guideline and a helping hand to ensure you with an excellent weight loi program then this program Is for you Our T B group will meet Monday evenings 30 pm Drop In weigh in set your 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