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OPINION & LETTERSTHE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR:The Oakville BeaverTHE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR:Canadian Circulation467 Speers Rd.,Audit Board Member Oakville Ont. 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ManagerLetter to the editorAllegation backfiresNorth Oakville voterIt would appear that Oakville Conservative wants out of Haltonincumbent MP Terence Young and his campaign Electoral representation in Oakvilleworkers haven't read enough legal thrillers by writ-only for those who live south of Upperers such as John Grisham.Middle Road.Otherwise they would have been aware of one of The people in north Oakville are notthe common courtroom sayings that a lawyer should considered part of Oakville by the fed-never ask a question unless they know the answer.eral or provincial government. We haveSuch was not the case when they file a complaint no representation in Oakville.with Elections Canada and asked the chief returning We are represented by the Haltonoffice for Oakville to investigate Liberal candidate riding, which consists of north Oakville,Max Khan's residency.north Burlington, Milton and has a vot-ing population listed at 115,000. TheAlthough Young withdrew the complaint before riding of Oakville has a voting popula-a hearing on Tuesday, the damage was done and the tion of fewer than 84,000 people.allegation blew up in the Conservative MP's face.These are based on 2006 populationKhan attended the hearing with his lawyer and counts. There has been very littleproduced the necessary documents to refute the growth in the Oakville riding, butallegation, including his driver's licence, health Milton, north Burlington and northcard, GO Transit card and affidavits from his father Oakville have increased greatly. As of and two of his neighbours attesting to the fact Khan April 2011 the population of Miltonlives at the Pilgrims Way address.should have reached 100,000.Khan then called a press conference on Wednesday Not only are we not representedmorning andgeographically in the town in which we invited the media to come to his home live, we are not represented by popula-on Pilgrims Way to see for themselves where he tion. All of our representatives' con-lived.stituency offices are in Milton.To say the press conference was a little unusual Our issues in north Oakville are thewould be an understatement.Oakville issues. We should be repre-Khan, surrounded by loyal Liberal supporters, sented by the riding of Oakville, not bystood on his front doorstep and denounced Young's representatives in Milton that also rep-The Oakville Beaverwelcomes letters from its readers. Letters will be edited for clarity, length, legal considerationsallegations as false and time-wasting before a well-Letters toresent north Oakville.and grammar. In order to be published all letters must contain the name, address and phone number of the author.attended media gathering.Letters should be addressed to The Editor, Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, ON, L6K 3S4, or via I called the MPP for Oakville, Kevine-mail to editor@oakvillebeaver.com. The Beaverreserves the right to refuse to publish a letter.the editorHis supporters even had a map with a large red Flynn. His office informed me that thearrow pointing to a red dot under the banner head-electoral districts are decided by thefederal government. There was someline Max Lives Here.Indian Ridge Trail clean-up appreciatedmove for change before the last federalKhan walked the media over to one of his neigh-I would just like to thank, on behalf of thea clean up, but the satisfaction of helping the election, but after the election it was nobours who happily told reporters that not only did South Peel Naturalists' Club, the heartyenvironment and your community cannot longer an issue.Khan live next door, but the Town councillor and souls who came out to the clean-up atbe denied. With the census coming up all of Liberal candidate shovels his driveway for him in the population information will beIndian Ridge Trail.So thanks again to everyone who came the winter.updated, which is a perfect time for usIt is especially nice to see people fromout this past Saturday to our site and all the At one point, the accommodating Khan opened to ask for change. We live in a democ-local businesses contribute to the effort. other nature sites across Oakville. The ani-up his closet for a photographer as further proof he racy where we are supposed to beI would like to thank Alan, Jenn and Theomals and birds thank you.did reside at the Pilgrims Way address.represented by population. If you livefrom the Staples store for their help in thatDonna SheppardThe whole affair was pure gold for the Max Khan in north Oakville this sadly is not theregard.Indian Ridge Trail co-ordinatorcampaign and a public relations nightmare for the case.It's not always a beautiful, sunny day forSouth Peel Naturalists' ClubTerence YoungFor those who live in north Oakville campaign.and for those in north Burlington whoNo matter how Young and his team tried to spin are also in the Halton riding, we needit, they suffered a black eye on this one.Pud BY STEVE NEASEneasecartoons@gmail.comto ask our MPs to make this an issue.Let's hope this fiasco serves as a lesson to politi-It is too late to change this for thecians in the future that they would be better off federal election. We need to make thediscussing the issues in an election rather than change before the upcoming provincialslinging mud at their opponents.election in October.Sometimes mud sticks on the sender.Please call your MP, and MPP, callthe MP and MPP for Oakville as well,The Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suitewrite letters make phone calls and206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone 416-340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in theevent of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item,demand we get the representation wetogether with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of theare entitled to as Canadians.advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorizeMarsha Davies, Oakvilleadvertisements or decline.www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, April 22, 2011 6