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The Oakville Beaver, Friday May 26, 2006 - 7 Davis extols Tory's virtues Former premier on high road of election trail By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Canada's constitutional accord and served as this country's Special Envoy As a living encyclopedia on Acid Rain. of Ontario political histoAmong his numerous ry, it would be easy for for- honours are companion of mer Ontario Premier Bill the Order of Canada, the Davis to dwell on bygone Order of Ontario and glories. member of the Privy On Tuesday Council. night in "There's no point He has been Oakville, how- in pointing out awarded honever, his sights the shortcomings ourary degrees were clearly of the from numerous set on the Ontario univerfuture ­ name- government of sities. ly returning the day. They do Even so, t h e it for themselves Davis mainP r o g r e s s i v e every day of the tained that his Conservatives week." "greatest to power at reward" in poliQueen's Park. tics was the sat Former "It's fine to Ontario Premier isfaction reminisce, but Bill Davis derived from we can't live in helping the the past," said Davis at thousands of individuals Halton MPP Ted who needed assistance of Chudleigh's $150-a-plate one kind or another. fundraising dinner for the He also talked about his Halton Progressive tough early campaigns and Conservative Riding the need for candidates to Association at St. grasp the most valuable Volodymyr's Cultural lesson of all: to truly Centre. understand and engage The evening was any- their electorate. thing but serious, though, With that in mind, he and despite the attention praised Chudleigh and paid to winning the extolled the virtues of November 2007 provincial Ontario Progressive election, Davis was funny, Conservative leader John self-deprecating and even Tory, whom Davis said joked with The Oakville exemplified the best of the Beaver photographer party. Kevin Hill. As a man of civility -- Looking around the even in his dealings with room at the crowd ­ which political opponents -- included former politi- Tory will go a long way to cians (Jim Snow) and cur- erase the cynicism Davis rent ones (Garth Turner) ­ said he has encountered Davis also commented during his own speaking that it was like "old home engagements in numerous week." schools. A graduate of the Tory, he added, repreUniversity of Toronto and sents the kind of change Osgoode Hall, Davis was a that can't help but alter member of the Ontario the perceptions of young Legislature from 1959 to people. 1985, 14 of those years as Davis went on to say Premier of Ontario (1971- that Tory, if elected pre1985). mier, will always take the While Davis served as high road with those from Ontario's Education and other parties, just as he University Affairs Minister did when in power. in the '60s, he initiated After all, Davis continmajor changes to the ued, he could not have province's educational sys- accomplished much of tem. what he did without the He helped create the kind of solid relationships Ontario Institute for he had with everyone from Studies in Education Pierre Trudeau and Bob (OISE), established the Nixon to Rene Levesque -- community college system especially leading a minorand formed the province's ity government. education broadcaster, You can disagree, added TVOntario. Davis, but never descend On a national level, to the low road. Davis helped negotiate That said, Davis still managed to slip in a sly jab at the current Ontario Liberal government. "There's no point in pointing out the shortcomings of the government of the day," he said. "They do it for themselves every day of the week." As a result, Davis said he feels confident about the outcome of next year's election. No, he won't be knocking on doors, but Davis said he will do what he can to see John Tory premier. "I love this province. I love this country and I am fond of this party," he said, adding that for the sake of all three ­ not to mention his own expanding family ­ he hopes both Tory and Chudleigh win. KEVIN HILL / SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER TAKING THE HIGH ROAD: Former Ontario Premier William (Bill) Davis speaks at St. Volodymyr's Cultural Centre at a fundraising dinner for Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh and sponsored by the Halton Provincial Conservative Riding Association. 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