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10 Independent & Free Press,Thursday, January 21, 2010 LET US HELP...UNCLUTTER YOUR LIFE! Free up more space for your Office, Garage, Basement, etc. ...Store it at Barry Peters named Liberal candidate By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer want to be involved in their local politics and decisions that affect them. I also believe that Barry Peters of Rockwood it is important for young peowill be the Liberal candidate ple to be involved because dein the Wellington-Halton Hills cisions made today will affect riding for the next fedtheir future, which is eral election. also my future. Peters, 28, an exec"I was a little utive assistant and semore motivated renior policy advisor to cently when I saw Toronto City Councilthat (Prime Minislor Case Ootes (who ter Stephen) Harper recently announced prorogued Parliahis retirement), was ment again when he acclaimed to the posiwas coming under tion at a recent Liberfire for various issues al Riding Association including Afghan demeeting in Rockwood. BARRY tainees possibly beThere is no date called PETERS ing tortured, not to yet for the next federal mention our inacelection. tion in Copenhagen Peters has worked in mu- and the massive deficit we now nicipal politics for the past six have. I do realize that we have years. Previously he was con- a deficit partly because of the stituency assistant and advisor stimulus spending, however, to Etobicoke-Lakeshore Toron- that spending should have to Councillor Mark Grimes. been geared to permanent Peters hopes to continue jobs, green jobs and alternative working with another Toron- energy projects that will have to municipal politician after lasting, long-term benefits, not Ootes retires and his contract quick-fix projects that create expires in November. temporary jobs." Prior to working in governPeters said he realizes it will ment Peters, who has a BA in Political Science from the Uni- be a "big task" going against versity of Guelph, spent four incumbent MP Tory Michael years in the IT recruiting in- Chong if he runs again in the next election. dustry. "My battle will not be against "Politics is my love," said the long-time Liberal, adding Mike Chong," he said, adding he's had the goal to be elected it will be against Chong's party since high school. "The best and Harper. Peters has volunteered with part is meeting people, talking several organizations over the with people." "My focus on the campaign years and has been a publicist will be community engage- for the Eden Mills Writers' Fesment and youth. I think people tival for the past two years. Urbanski to leave Region post The woman in charge of Halton's public housing, long-term care homes, and children's services and social assistance programs is leaving the Region after 26 years to take on an expanded role in York Region. Adelina Urbanski, who has served for over a decade as the commissioner of Halton's massive social and community services department, will be assuming a similar position in York but with an expanded responsibility to also oversee that Region's public health department. Urbanski, a Mississauga resident, will take on her new role as York's commissioner of community and health services on February 1. At council's health and social services committee meeting last week, Halton's top bureaucrat CAO Pat Moyle described Urbanski's departure as a loss to the Region. "When Adelina told me she was interested in this position, I wished her every failure," he joked. One of five commissioners in Halton, Urbanski oversaw a department with a $170 million operating budget this year. Halton has not yet named Urbanski's replacement, though internal candidates could include the five directors who work under her. Dr. Bob Nosal, the medical officer of health and commissioner of the health department, has been named interim replacement.