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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, May 23, 2014 | 14 continued from p.6 We only need to look outside of Canada for helpful insights. Two valuable examples involve Australia and Texas. In Australia, the government decisions to not invest in their domestic automotive industry has resulted in Ford, Toyota, and GM all deciding to cease operations by 2017. Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost. In contrast, Texas has created the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) to ensure the growth Ontario's Auto Mayors call on provincial candidates to support auto sector of Texas businesses and to create more jobs throughout the state. Based on press reports, the TEF has invested more than $558 million in projects, generating nearly 74,500 jobs and more than $24 billion in capital investment. Most recently, a $40 million TEF investment was fundamental to Toyota Motor North America's decision to invest $300 million in Texas and to relocate its headquarters to Plano, Texas, resulting in up to 4000 new jobs in Texas. Historically, Ontario has a strong history of partnering with business and labour to boost its auto industry's competitiveness: direct investments into assembly and parts plants, a competitive tax regime that's one of the lowest in North America and substantial support for research and innovation. This partnership has succeeded in positioning Ontario's industry as leading North American auto production in nine of the last 10 years, employing well over 400,000 Ontarians, and pumping nearly $13 billion into our economy annually. In this provincial election, our ability to maintain this advantage is in question. As mayors, we see daily the positive impact of a strong automotive sector. We call on Ontario's political leaders to formally state their strategy and plan for maintaining and expanding the automotive industry. The Auto Mayors, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton fund them locally . got Local community CROWDFUNDING Get your project funded now! .com We help kids overcome PLATINUM SPONSOR learning difficulties On behalf of all Chisholm Academy staff, parents and most importantly our students, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors and attendees of our 3rd Annual Fundraising Event. On May 2nd we gathered together to raise funds to enhance our school experience by further equipping our athletics program and building our gymnasium. We especially appreciate the assistance given to us by our corporate sponsors. community involvement of these organizations. We wish a very special thank you to our sponsors: GOLD SPONSOR SILVER SPONSORS BRONZE SPONSORS w w w. t h e I E P s c h o o l . c o m