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the HERALD Page Political Forum Wednesday December ll MP throws support behind popularizing national anthem Because it s close to Christinas I won dare put anything depressing in this column which most people would say includes just about all the news from Ottawa Nope instead today here is a happy story It the story of the Little That Could Eight months ago a constituent called mea guy who lives in Hills and works as a man at the radio station Ross Carhn had this crazy idea that we should have a new version of the national anthem 0 Canada Something contemporary he told me something to make people proud and patnotic Maybe we could even make a music video of or a TV show or get all the radio stations in Canada to play it all this spilled out of my telephone as Carhn went on Well he sure infected me fast A week later Boss and his partner Lyon were in my office life was about to be invaded The months to come would bring an intense amount of work lots of deal making millions of phone calls improbable meetings with important people bluff and bravado busier evenings and and a passion so in tense that everyone who touched this project became a patriot I helped Ross and Bnan and Parrott a genius recording engineer by going out and selling sponsorships to cor Garth Turner MP Haltort Peel Progressive Conservative Derations We have actually rais ed several hundred thousand dollars from companies like Ford Maclean Hunter Coke Canada Post Prudential In surance and Canadian Airlines We com meed more than 200 Canadian recording artists to perform a new arrangement of 0 Canada We convinced the CIV network to not only give us money but also hours of air time for a documentary on the an them We are now talking to radio sta tions across Canada asking them to play this song in both the ver it has been recorded in a contemporary vocal tune and a symphonic arrangement per formed by an all star piece or chestra The 0 Canada Foundation has been formed and cassettes with the music on it will be sent to each school in Canada Soon Ross will be having a press con to announce the details of who sang and played for Canada when you can hear the music on the radiohow you can get a copy and what comes next I sincerely believe we need things like the revitalized O Canada to remind us of what an amazing country we live in Pro blems Of course But there also pride at what wc have built here on the northern half of Nor thern America To have played a small part m this makes me feel most satisfied I am also proud that out of our community comes a gift of music for Canada 125th birthday in Ross and Brian and have become my friends Along the way we also now realize we got glowing hearts Province plans to improve Ontarios training system At the end of November Minister of Skills Development Richard Allen announced our in tention to restructure the pro vince training system through the creation of a new provincial board provisionally called the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board As you know our province is facing great challenges The types of jobs available to workers are changing and so is the tion of Ontario Women and the disabled for example do not have access to the right kind of training to make the transition training to work Com panies meanwhile cannot find workers skilled enough for the jobs they offer Ten Ontario ministries current deliver programs Business workers and the prople who need skills training find the system confusing and bureaucratic and these training programs respond inadequately to labout market demands for highly skilled adap table workers OTAB is a new training struc ture directed by those who can best identify and respond to tram needs labour business training providers and com munitysocial action groups While the provincial government will be responsible for seeing that the board initiatives respond to government policies and com will have responsibility m four major workplace and sectoral train apprenticeship programs and services labour force adjustment pro grams and services providing skills upgrading for workers fac Noel North MPP New Democratic Party ing significant change in their workplaces labour force entryreentry programs offering skills train to those entering the work force for the first time or re entering after a prolonged absence An part to the new training board s structure will be a network of about twenty local boards responsible for identify ing and planning how to respond to training needs in their areas I can think of several reasons lor wanting to put OTAB in place to improve job prospects and job security for workers to provide Ontario restruc economy with a highly skilled work force to get better value for the tax payer s training dollar by eliminating the confusion and overlap of the current system to improve the representation of women the disabled aboriginal people and visible minorities in the workforce to encourage private sector in vestment in training to ensure stakeholder par ticipationin training decisions When Allen announced this Book NOW for CHRISTMAS HAIRCARE 310GUELPHST GEORGETOWN r DO IT ALL WITH PROPANE PARK PLAZA MAIN ST Nells DRIVING SCHOOL rem Jamil SPECIAL CHRISTMAS COURSE December 23 24 3031 30 a 3 Certificates Now Available BY ONTARIO SAFETY LEAGUE phone 8772671 portant initiative he also releas ed skills to Meet the Challenge A Training Partnership for On a discussion paper that will provide the framework for a provincewide consultation on the structure and mandate of a new board Consultations will con until 1992 If you want more information about OTAB please call my Milton office Tuesdays through Fridays at 878 On a far more serious note I d like to talk about some of the events that happened last week during Commemoration Week December marked the se cond anniversary of the Montreal Massacre of fourteen female engineering students simply because they were women Our provincial government declared December 6th as a Provincial Day of Remembrance and Action 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