CO iiir" Tel: 845974727 oF 813-3825 ijiiimmm utility pmnloms 467 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE 59% , (lllfil,lillii 5‘ Bird of Prey Ken Symington, of the Mountsberg at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on Conservation Area Sundav. gives Benjamin Peloso a close look at a Red-Tailed Hawk at the Birds of Prey Show (Photo try RIz/ero Vanolll) The tentative agreement was reached July 22nd but none of the parties involved are releasing details until all three have ratified. Halton Regional Police Association administrator Paul LaCourse said that union's bargain- ing team is recommending the con- tract be accepted. Lafleur said while nothing is cer- tain, he doesn't foresee any problems in the agreement being mtified. "I don't see it being a problem. If you saw what was in the contract, I think it's a good deal for everybody," he said. savings in the contract to the taxpay- ers in Halton and the province. I'm very pleased with it. It keeps in mind the spirit of the Social Contract Act," said police services board member and negotiating team member Paul Lafleur. Pacts should be ratified this week While Lafleur said negotiations \V;"†5 $ I / A. " . Carnations oMy.49[)9.‘ 'ha'; '..ts2t >b$ Roses only... 9tl. ,1 a? 11/; (Continued from page 1) THE FLOWER BASKET 440 Speers Road 844-9601 "We Deliver" The police services board was meeting Tuesday morning for ratifi- cation. Superintendent Richard Dawson, president of the Senior Officers' Association (representing 17 superintendents, inspectors and senior civilians) said that associa- tion's ratification meeting was slated for late Tuesday afternoon. The HRPA was meeting Tuesday and Wednesday nights because of its member numbers and shifts. One was the fact the local police services board was already negotiat- ing a contract with its employees, the other being the sectorial agreement ratified in Toronto by the Ontario Police Association, the Ontario Police Services Board and the NDP, government. I "That was the governing frame work for us," said Lafleur. a series of several meetings through July - two factors were key in paving the way for the tentative agreement. were "tough" - at times a struggle in (open 7 days a week)