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17| O akville B eaver | T hursday,O ctober 11,2018 insidehalton.com Bethany Anderson bgfamilylaw.ca 165 Cross Avenue, Suite 301, Oakville, Ontario 905.338.7941 November is Wills Month in Ontario - Book your appointment today! Beverly Orr Professional legal advice and services in Wills and Estates Administration Our Experience, Your Decisions Meet our Estates eet our Estates Team In recent meetings with our Halton mayors and pro- vincial cabinet ministers, I told them that we want our official plan to be a "made-in Halton" plan, not one writ- ten in Queens Park. My experience in gov- ernment will ensure that we, in Halton, make all the planning decisions that af- fect our community. fect our community. f Anne Marsden: Sadly, no matter where one lives in Halton, since 2010, intensification issues are only going to get worse unless you have someone at the helm who can persuade our new provincial govern- ment there is a better way of doing things than compul- sory intensification. It is obvious that we have not had that kind of leader- ship in Halton or the lower- tier municipalities or, in- deed, at the province over the last two municipal terms. Halton residents consis- tently complain about the status quo the municipal leadership has been pre- pared to accept as "inevita- ble" when a lot of us believe it should never have been inevitable. THE BEAVER INVITED MUNICIPAL ELECTION CANDIDATES TO WEIGH IN ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY - AND REGION A Q-and-A is featured on the Beaver website at www.insidehalton.com. There, you'll learn about: • the strategies candidates plan to put forward to make Oakville a more affordable place to live; • what infrastructure projects candidates believe are needed to keep up with development; • what plans candidates have to help revitalize Oakville's business districts; • how the regional chair candidates plan to tackle the issue affordable housing in Halton; • how the regional chair candidates plan to better Halton's economy. Visit www.insidehalton.com for much more coverage of the municipal election in advance of the Oct. 22 vote. Continued from page 16 Got plans for the weekend? FIND MORE LOCAL EVENTS ONLINE AT INSIDEHALTON.COM