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THE HERALD Wednesday Pages Turner launches attack on media EDITORS NOTE The Halton Hills Herald apologizes for any misinterpretation which might have arisen concerning the story headlined Turner meets local realtors which appeared in the Herald Outlook Aug A Herald reporter was invited to the meeting held at North Golf and Country Club but only pictures of the participants were allowed The media was barred from the actual meeting Subsequently the Herald chose not to run the pictures Mr Gary Brand of NRS faxed to the Herald a copy of his address to Mr Turner without qualifica tions and the Herald based its story on the information provided by Mr Brand in the fax A copy of which the Herald has retained Halton Peel MP Garth Turner was approached both in person and through his office a number of times to reply to the text provided to the Herald by Mr Brand but did not reply to the requests At no time was a Herald reporter present at the actual meeting bet ween Mr Turner and the local realtors Children classed in three groups by ministry Kids come in all shapes Hid sizes but the Ministry of Transportation classifies them in three groups when it comes to child restraints By law a child must be properly restrained when travelling in motor vehicle When buying an infant seat make sure it is certified by dian Motor Vehicle Safety Stan dards Read the manufacturer instructions carefully to ensure the child will be comfortable and secure the seat Infants children weigh less than nine kilograms pounds must be harnessed in a rear facing infant earner or convertible seat These units must be secured to the vehicle by the lap belt of a seat belt assembly If you need to look after your child while driving the infant seat may be buckled in front When travelling in a parent or guardian vehicle toddlers children weighing between nine and 18 kilograms and 40 pounds must be harnessed in a forward facing child car seat This seat must meet the re quirements of the children car seat and harness regulations under the Hazardous Products Act of Canada The child car seat should be in the back seat and secured by the seat belt following methods recommended by the manufac A tether strap must also be used to fasten the seat securely to a specially fitted bolt on the parcel shelf or other solid part of the vehi cle And remember if your tod s head is more than halfway above the top of the car seat it s time to graduate to a lap belt When your toddler travels in so meone else car he or she must be secured with a proper lap belt This belt must be snug and low over the hips to prevent in juries in an accident If your child is shorter than cm inches or the shoulder harness lies fht the toddler s neck tuck the shoulder behind the back Booster seats the un safe household ones ire not substitute for child car its Preschoolers children weighing between 18 ind 23 50 pounds must hi secured bv the lip bell of the seat belt assembly The Traffic Act now states No person drive motor vehicle on in which there is child weighing less in who does not occupy if i seating position for which scat belt is provided PHOTO REPRINTS appearing in The Herald 8772201 How many times have you heard somebody say the government doesn communicate with people tell them straight out what it do ing and why I sure hear it Think about all the big and complex issues which have been tossed our way in the last while There was free trade then Meech Lake then the GST and an ongoing war against the deficit Hey these are not small simple things if people are going to have an informed opinion they have to be communicated with I certainly don t control the fedral government s ability to do that communicating But here in Acton and Georgetown Bolton and there are direct things which I can do to talk to people So 1 write this column at the end of each week And I have open Town Hall meetings And I send out on issues make speeches and spend hours on the telephone There will still be many people who don t feel I ve done enough And hardly blame them Let me give you a couple of small insights into this business of com municating with citizens and tax payers Two months ago the finance minister came to Georgetown to take part in an excellent Deficit Reduction BBQ that the chambers of commerce hosted As I ve told you before there were about people inside the arena to hear the man and about loo outside to protest the GST Inside the hall the man answered questions and was well received If course all the news media had been invited to attend and the hope was they d com municate what the questions and answers were Well some did most did not The Toronto media concentrated on the protestors and made them the story The local paper gave the bused in union members coverage equal to that given Wilson and the deficit reduction event and the Chambers and the six times more people inside the arena Overall coverage was negative The fact the local business com was doing something positive for Canada the fact so many people came out to get their questions answered the fact the finance minister came to Georgetown all of that was somehow erased by some pro testors They hijacked the media s attention Another example The housing market has been in a slump for a variety of reasons and that has caused concern in the real estate business Local realtors wanted to meet me on this topic and because that s my job I agreed So last Wednesday I faced about of them for a two- hour session on the economy There was a great deal of informa tion exchanged in an atmosphere of cooperation Those I spoke with afterwards were happy It certainly a love in but we did gain a new respect for each other situation I listened to the words of people whose lives are be ing affected now and they listened to mv words on the realities facing the feds Two days later the local media coverage was something quite dif ferent What I saw was a very negative story flowing out of a private meeting which the reporter didn attend In no way 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