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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday DecemberZZ 1M0 Pages MPP Duignan shares his thoughts Halton Hills Herald senior reporter Ben bad a chance to sit down with recently elected North Member of Provincial Parliament Noel Duignan to discuss a number of Issues facing not only the North Halton riding but the Province of Ontario In general The following Is a transcript of the question and answer period between the two Question You ve said the pro blems at the Royal Ascot apart complex on Hall Road in Georgetown reflect gaping holes in the provincial Condominium Act What are the problems with the Act Mr Duignan There are a number of problems with the Act Some of the problems with the Act are that it is development oriented and not consumer friendly The act must be ed to give better protection to the consumer Some developers sell per cent of their condominium and rent the rest The developer therefore controls the con dominium I also believe there should be greater protection pro vided to the consumer for deposits They the consumer should get what they pay for and get it on time Question How do you think the Condominium Act should be changed Mr believe the Act should be strengthened so developers are required to put up at least a 50 per cent per formance bond The bond would stay in effect days after 100 per cent completion of the project has been done If this was in place the Hail Road problem t have happened If the developer failed to complete the building the bond would be pulled and the building finished The bond would also en courage developers to keep their word The Act is a piece of legislation I like changed soon Question Do you think your party will be receptive to your ideas towards changes in the Condominium Act Mr Duignan Yes I believe there is discussion at the ministerial level now as it relates to changing the Act What the ministry has in mind for changes to the Act I don t have that in formation at this time The Minister of Financial In is quite receptive to ideas about changes to the Act and I will be having a meeting with him to express my profound wished to the minister to mitigate immediate changes and express my views in relation how to change the Act Question Have you had any meetings with local business peo ple in Hills What was the outcome and how do you plan to address their concerns Mr Duignan I ve met with the Halton Hills Chamber of Com Issues Committee and we had a frank discussion They had a number of issues that we agreed to disagree on We agreed to disagree on the need for an en vironmental assessment on the Silver Creek Trunk Sewer pro posal Mr supports an as well as on some develop ment issues such as the Maple Avenue apartment development I believe its the wrong develop ment in the wrong place We agreed to meet later on to further discuss the province s common pause day legislation which will be initiated in the spring I want to foster a working relationship with the Chamber to deal with the ideas that will mutually benefit Georgetown and Acton Question Would you consider supporting affordable housing on the Maple Avenue development property currently being propos ed for two apartment buildings and similarly would you consider the same thing for the property between James Street and Wesleyan Street in Georgetown Mr I believe whatever development ends up on Maple Avenue should be work out between the town developer and neighboring residents This approach holds Noel Duignan true for the other property I firmly believe developers should consult residents in the area of a proposed development to what they would like I believe in a pro cess of consultation Question What is your philosophy concerning affordable housing and what constitutes fordably priced housing Mr I believe no one should be paying more than 30 per cent of their gross income on rent I would like to see it closer to per cent but per cent seems to be the acceptable norm for the cost of shelter Question Will the province s new rent increase moratorium discourage builders and landlords from building more apartments andor improving apartments Mr That depends what side you talk to I believe it won t have a negative impact This is only a two year moratorium so that landlords and tenants can work out a new rent control policy that is fair to both sides Builders should work into rents an approximate amount for ongoing maintenance fees and capital replacement so they wouldn have to increase rents over inflation except in the case of extraordinary increases in pro perty taxes or hydro rates for ex ample Question If it does discourage building activity wont there be a loss of jobs for small local con tractors Mr Duignan No because the trend today is to build con dominiums and not apartments and because rents for new apart should be based on the cost of the project ongoing operating costs and a profit margin If this done it s poor planning or budgeting by the owner Question Where do you stand on abortion Mr Duignan I haven t changed my position since the election My stand at election time and now is I don t believe abortion but I believe in choice I believe a woman has control over her own body and I don believe in imposing my morality on anybody else Question Should provincial transfer payments be increased or cut Mr I believe they Capital Assistance Program Payments should keep pace with inflation both at the federal to provincial level and at the provui level to the municipal level The federal government has been decreasing CAP to the province putting continuous pressure on the provincial treasurer resulting in problems to transfer payments to the municipalities Question Why the transfer payments announced to the municipalities in December as has been the norm in previous years Mr The result of the election and being a new government made it impossible for the government to announce them in December Question Will they be an by the end of January as has been requested by Halton Chairman Peter Pomeroy Mr 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