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the HERALD Wednesday August 28 Community News Page Peoples Forum Mulroneyville residents across Canada feeling the pinch To the Editor If you were to imagine a hypothetical conversation going on between a couple of delegates at the Tory convention in August it might go something like this There are so many good restaurants in this city hut I m trying to go out only once a week to eat it s getting so expensive forme Yeah everybody feeling the pinch I have a friend who s a stockbroker in Toronto and she said the market is shaky the commissions t coming in as Car racing club appreciated support Dear Colin On behalf of the Georgetown Radio Control Car Racing Club and Georgetown Hobby and Toy we are to thank the following individuals and com names for their support on our race day on August at the Georgetown Fairgrounds We appreciate the tireless work of all the volunteers whose efforts made this event possible Pizza Hut Traxxas and the Georgetown Goodyear Tire Store for providing the trophies and prizes presented not only to the winners but everyone On race day we were scheduled to use diamond A Un fortunately at the same time a ball game had been scheduled on the same ball diamond as we had set up our rack on I am pleased to say with co operation from everyone we negotiated a solution to the pro blem that was amicable to everyone We were able to shorten our time schedule and the baseball team involved moved their game toa later start time A special and much ap predated thankyou to the Georgetown Baseball Association and Boyd for his con and understanding in help ing us in moving the baseball game to a later time Mr Tom Sheppard of the Halton Hills Recreation Dept for his role in helping find a solution to this problem and it fast resolve We really appreciate your efforts Tom Barb for her help in booking our racing endeavour Rebuttal to Turner Dear In rcplv Garth Turners let to In editor I would like to make mt myself have no ilh hi Iping people to have be tier and to help create jobs We do have a pro with giving jobs funded lo select group of n imel employed by in Ihi armed forces a government funded job due In bloat i by the OS Hiring be done on he basis of mint not because some MP has pull in GST probably caused his rt thisGULATSt is hi GST should not be used to solve tin Never did I or imply that everyone in Canada is unemployed 1 his is obviously ralhi r a red lit since this was said or implied You can mthis Mr Turner As for you norm illy not respon ding lo tellers libertarians are used not to getting publicity due In government regulations whieh an designed help themselves no irtirs have no dispute with you o r culling back on rnment we do have doubts il sh be the id fortes be the GST or like Thank you J Libertarian Acton from the rec and the cheer ful and helpful manner in the way she provided us information about renting the ball diamond Mr John Dunn Hills Works Dept foreman for pro viding a tractor and blade to restore the field to perfect order for the ball game to proceed im mediately following our event I think the above clearly shows that people and organizations can in a somewhat of a crisis work together to achieve an amicable resolution of a problem I guess this shows us all what living in Halton Hills is all about I for one am extremely proud of all the people and organizations mentioned above Last but not least I would like to thank the participants for without you we have had a race day Yours truly Tom Georgetown quickly as they usually do She likes to go down south every year to get away from it all but this year she can only afford a Cana dian holiday Not an uncommon converse it s one that could be heard between many people across the country But there was one place during the weekend of the con where I am quite sure it be heard and that was at was a brand new small town right in the heart of Toronto The people who lived there for one week ire not stockbrokers business people lawyers or doctors In fact many of them have no occupation at all and you can bet that they know what it means to feel the pinch For many residents of and many other towns and cities across Canada feeling the pinch does not mean forgoing buying a new vehicle for their children It does not me that they give up an expensive holiday for an affordable one In fact a holiday for many of them means a trip to the laundromat without their children What they forego during a recession and sometimes during good times is food for themselves so they can feed their children They forego heat in the winter because they can afford to pay the utility bills They forego buying new clothes for their children when school starts They forego job searches because it is impossible for them to find care for their children which is both affordable and safe Their children forego educational school trips because they can t afford the bus fare or the admis fee to go to the event They forego their while they line up at soup kitchens and food banks For these people the pinch is a little sharper a little deeper a lot more painful The contrast between the con vention that went on at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and tent city which was set up nght across the road from it could not be greater Delegates to the convention were renewing ac with friends meeting new acquaintances and saying let me buy you lunch quite often The residents of can buy their friends lunch very often nor can they often afford to buy lunches out for themselves If do it might mean a walk home instead of a bus ride or a to the food bank instead of having the money to buy their own groceries Many convention delegates paid between 100 and a night to stay in a downtown hotel during the convention If residents of this kind of money on a hotel room they would have to spend the rest of the month on the street For residents of who have no source of income other than social assistance there is about a day available for food personal care items clothing and miscellaneous household needs Agriculture Canada suggests tint a nutritious diet costs about per person per day Delegates and politic ans at the convention dismissed the folks at as a fringe group and a crazy one at lhat It s true Mulroneyville only had 24 residents but they represent a whole nation which is fruslrated with the leadership of the coun try They represent the 1 unemployed Canadians the thousands of food bank users across the country the single mothers who desperately need accessible child care the social assistance recipients who are try ing to escape the poverty cycle but who find a new obstacle at every turn the one million Cana dian children who live in poverty Gordon sings a song about the sunny side of life I wonder of Brian and his idealogical sisters and brothers know that there are clouds looming on the horizon Thank you Chris Axworthy NDP Social Policy Critic WIN 12 PRICE BACK ON YOUR PURCHASE I TO On Now HONDA MUST SELL Civics Accords Preludes THE NEXT CARS 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