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The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, April 28, 2022 | 26 By coy coat WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT FROM HEARING INSTRUMENTS! Part 1 Although hearing instrument technology has greatly improved over the years, the fact still remains that nothing can mimic the human ear. Due to the damage in your ears that is causing hearing loss, you will never be able to hear as well as a normal hearing person. Expecting results from your hearing i ill only lead dissatisfaction. By asking your hearing professional questions and describing your experiences, the optimum performance can be reached to match your expectations. The following are some facts: “The extent of improvement to your hearing is directly proportional to the severity and the duration of your loss. he more severe the hearing loss the harder it i be for the hearing instruments to restore your hearing to near not “The longer the duration of your hearing loss the harder it will be for your brain to adjust to the new sounds. The Georgetown Ss ut your hearin. Professional Arts Building 99 Sinclair Ave., Suite 210, Georgetown 905-873-6642 sty of Halton Ha i 1992 HP OPINION FEDS’ BUDGET WILL SEE ANOTHER BIG DEFICIT NO PLAN IN PLACE TO PAY FOR NEW SPENDING, WRITES MICHAEL CHONG MICHAEL CHONG Column Budget 2022 contains bil- lions in new spending with- out, in my opinion, aplanto pay for it— in areas the gov- ernment has not previously funded, such as dental care. As a result, another big deficit is projected this This is not sustainable. The budget —I believe— does nothing to rein in the skyrocketing cost of living. It does quite the opposite. The new spending will fur- ther fuel Antation, already a 30-ye: igh. Household debt has also benchmark housing prices have jumped 20 per cent. The budget does little to ad- using crisis. The budget's Proposal fora Tax-Free First e Sav: ings Account, They will do little. The federal government is ultimately responsible for housing prices, through anki regulations from fee Office of the Superin- tendent of Financial Insti- tutions, and through mort- gage finance policies from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporat The budget Tae nothing theifp.ca VOTING It’s in your hands. make sure to vote for your favourite business or professional in the Georgetown Independent & Free Press Readers’ Choice Awards! The Georgetown Independent & Free Press Readers’ Choice Awards were created so you can tell us which local businesses and service providers are the best at what they do. Voting is open until May 16th, 2022 so make sure you get your votes in before time is up! Help make your favourite local business become a Georgetown Independent & Free Press Readers’ Choice. Start voting now at theifp.ca/readerschoice/ THE INDEPENDENT FREEP READERS’ CHOICE /ARDS 2022 about the regulations and policies that have allowed mortgage credit to grow at an unsustainable rate for years, fuelling the housing crisis. In my opinion, the new spending isn't focused on upholding Canada's inter- national obligations. De- spite the threats to democ- racies from Russia's war on. Ukraine, the budget only commits 1.5 per cent of GDP to defence. This doesn't meet our NATO Wales Summit com- mitment to spend 2 per cent by 2024. No priority is more important than the defence and security of Canada and its citizens. The war in Ukraine is a wakeup call the government hasn't heeded. Despite the govern- ment's strong rhetoric on fighting climate change, the budget doesn't meet Canada's international cli- mate change obligations. Under this government, emissions have increased from 708 to 730 megatonnes between 2016 and 2019, the last year for which we have data. Coming out of the pan- demic, a serious plan for long-term economic growth and prosperity was needed, not a tax-and-spend budget aimed at satisfying the NDP's demands and ensur- ing the survival of the Lib- eral government. This budget was an op- portunity to meaningfully address Canada's _short- and long-term challenges. The Liberal budget has fall- en short. Michael Chong is the MP for Wellington-Halton Hills, and the shadow min- ister of foreign affairs for the official opposition. He can be reached at mi- chael.chong.a3@parl.gc.ca.