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5 | O akville B eaver | T hursday,M ay 9,2019 insidehalton.com Free! Popcorn, Pizza, & Mini Massages Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Work-Fit Total Therapy Centre - Outpatient Gym,North Block 3001 Hospital Gate, Oakville, ON L6M 0L8 905.845.9540 Wednesday, May 15 11:30am-1:30pm Work-Fit Total Therapy Centre Wellness Fair • Physiotherapy • Chiropractic Care • Registered MassageTherapy • ShockWaveTherapy • Spinal Stenosis Boot Camp • Pelvic Floor Disorders WorkfitPhysiotherapy.ca the shuttle service will impact Sheridan students. Not all students were in fa- vour of the U-Pass. In a petition posted on change- .org in December, Kaitlin Cal- bery said that because of the close referendum vote, students who don't want the U-Pass should have the ability to opt out. The online petition received 596 signatures. "The students listed in this pe- tition do not use transit enough to benefit from this pass and will not use transit enough to benefit from this pass in the coming school year," said Calbery in the petition. "We own our own vehicles and pay for parking, don't use transit at all, and would be losing signif- icant amounts of money ..." In a press release issued April 25 several Liberal MPs - includ- ing Oakville MP John Oliver, Oakville North-Burlington MP Pam Damoff, Brampton South MP Sonia Sidhu and Mississauga Centre MP Omar Alghabra - slammed the Ford government for what they believe are "unfair policies" around optional student fees, which are causing Sheridan College students to lose their public transit passes. They argued it is impossible to implement a transit system for students without mandatory en- rolment, something they said the provincial government recog- nized by allowing institutions like Brock and Western universi- ties to maintain mandatory fees for their transit passes. "I was so pleased when stu- dents voted to implement the Sheridan U-Pass and am deeply concerned about the ability of Sheridan College students to ac- cess affordable transit," said Da- moff. "The U-Pass is a terrific pro- gram and one that has been prov- en at other educational institu- tions. It is time for the Conserva- tive government to reverse their decision to exclude Sheridan Col- lege students from affordable public transit." The MPs are also calling on Sheridan students to contact their MPPs and make their voic- es on this matter heard. On April 29 Oakville council unanimously voted to pass a res- olution directing the provincial government to modify its rules to allow the Sheridan U-Pass pro- gram to proceed. The resolution noted the U- Pass would give students access to transit, reduce local traffic congestion, and support public transit across all the municipal- ities involved. NEWS Continued from page 3 VOTES SHOWED NOT ALL STUDENTS WERE IN FAVOUR OF THE U-PASS STORY BEHIND THE STORY After local Liberal MPs put out a press release about scrapping Sheridan College's Universal Transit Pass, we spoke with the former Sheridan Student Union President and local PC MPPs. We also examined a petition signed by students. POKER LOTTO ALL IN WINNER Brian Dickinson of Oakville won a total of $71,981 in the Poker Lotto All In game recently. The instant portion of his play was worth $5,000 of the total, which came on a ticket for the Jan. 24, 2019 draw. The 52-year-old transit operator, a married father of two kids, said the win was like a breath of fresh air. He plans to buy a truck and save for retirement with the winnings. Dickinson's ticket was purchased at Husky on 4th Line in Oakville. OLG photo