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4- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday October 18, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com 12th Annual ATHENA Oakville Gala Dinner Celebrating Women, Recognizing Leaders Carr to meet with minister over dire health care needs By Melanie Hennessey METROLAND WEST MEDIA GROUP 6.00pm 7.00pm Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Dinner Champagne Reception Cocktail or Business Attire Marina Nemat Guest speaker Marina Nemat was born in 1965 in Tehran, Iran. After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, she was arrested at the age of sixteen and spent more than two years in Evin, a political prison in Tehran, where she was tortured and came very close to execution. She came to Canada in 1991 and has called it home ever since. In 2005, she was a finalist in the CBC Literary Awards in the Creative Non-Fiction Category, and in 2006, she produced a documentary named Walls like Snakes for CBC Radio. Her memoir of her life in Iran, Prisoner of Tehran, was published in Canada by Penguin Canada in April 2007, has so far been published in 23 other countries, and has been an international bestseller. MacLean's Magazine has called it "...one of the finest (memoirs) ever written by a Canadian." Prisoner of Tehran has been short listed for many literary awards, including the Young Minds Award in the UK and the Borders Original Voices Award in the US. On December 15, 2007, Marina received the inaugural Human Dignity Award from the European Parliament, and in October 2008, she will receive the prestigious Grinzane Prize in Italy. She is now an Aurea Fellow at University of Toronto's Massey College, where she began working on her new project, which is about the effects of torture on children, in June 2008. TICKETS: $85 Includes Champagne Reception and Wine with Dinner Raffle Prizes and Live Auction with proceeds to the ATHENA Oakville Scholarship Fund Tickets available at: online at www.athenaoakville.ca or phone (905) 467-7919 Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre 2515 Wyecroft Road, Oakville (just south of the QEW at Bronte Road) A provincial minister has agreed to meet with Halton Region Chair Gary Carr to discuss the urgent need for local hospital improvements. The meeting with Minister of Energy and Infrastructure George Smitherman comes as a result of Halton MPP Ted Chudleigh pushing the provincial government to take immediate action when it comes to hospital projects in Milton and Oakville. Recently, Halton Healthcare Services (HHS) learned the Province is delaying the construction of the new Oakville hospital by 13 months. Milton District Hospital (MDH) is also facing a capacity crisis and is waiting for provincial government approvals for its expansion. Over the past few weeks, Chudleigh has been using Question Period to push the issue. During Thursday's Question Period, he told Premier Dalton McGuinty that the health care situation in Halton is dire. "This problem is not going away. Milton and Oakville continue to grow. In fact, it's getting worse," he said. "Why are you treating the people of Halton like second-class citizens?" McGuinty deferred to Smitherman to address the issue. The minister said it's still the Liberal government's plan to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the construction of the new Ted Chudleigh Oakville hospital, but there's just been a "short delay." "That project is still very much in our government's sights," he said. "We desire to make it happen with the good people of Halton as we recognize their needs must be met." Smitherman didn't say anything about the Milton hospital in his statement. Chudleigh went on to demand a meeting between the Province and Halton Region, and Smitherman said he'd be very happy to meet with the regional chair. "We're pleased that he'll be meeting with us," he said. "I want to speak with him to tell him first hand about the challenges we have here." Carr said he wants to ask Smitherman why he expects the Region to pony up $2.5 billion for infrastructure within the next couple of years and $8.6 billion by 2021 at a time when the Province is pulling back on its spending. "You expect us to do one thing when you're doing a totally different thing at the Province," he said. The chair added he'd like to wait to meet Smitherman until after the Province's fall economic statement is delivered on Wednesday to see what the financial state of the province is. Carr recently tabled a motion that, if passed by council, could stop future development until the Province improves hospital capacity in Halton. The motion will be debated by the Region's health and social services committee on Tuesday. "I shouldn't have to set up meetings during Question Period," he said. "I shouldn't have to stand here (in the legislature) every day demanding adequate health care for the people of Halton." Chudleigh recently presented petitions to the Ontario legislature bearing thousands of signatures from Halton citizens calling for immediate expansion of the Milton hospital and completion of the Oakville hospital. The petitions can be downloaded and signed at www.tedchudleigh.com. "Until the Oakville hospital is complete and until expansion in Milton has begun, I will not rest," Chudleigh said. "Together with the Region, health care organizations and the concerned citizens of Halton, we will show Premier McGuinty the meaning of the word tenacity." ARE YOUR BUSINESS AND FAMILY ASSETS PROTECTED IN THE EVENT OF A LAWSUIT OR BANKRUPTCY? 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