Oakville Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 29 Sep 1993, p. 15

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Volunteers deliver the meals and visit briefly with each client. Any significant change in a client‘s health; meals not eaten or no response at doors is promptly reported back to the office. Last year 155 dedicated and caring volunteers delivâ€" ered 23,000 meals to 320 Oakville resiâ€" dents. For more information about Oakville Kiwanis Meals on Wheels, call 842â€" 1411, Monday to Thursday between 9 a m. and 2 p.m.; Friday‘s until 1 p.m. ‘dd and Marie Robertson would like to nnounce the marriage of their daughter, y M. Robertson, to Jeffrey M. Waugh, n of Bob and Jean Waugh. The couple as married on Aug. 28th at St. John‘s nited Church in Oakville. Tracey is a flight ndant with Canadian Regional Airlines Jeffrey is a radio announcer for Classic Ock Y95 in Hamilton. The couple honeyâ€" ooned in Maui and will reside in Oakville. The hot noon hour meals are planned by a dietitian at Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. The kitchen staff prepare the meals which consist of soup, main course and desert and package them in insulated containers. Weddings In 1976 the Kiwanis Club of Oakville took over the program. Meals are available to any person who is unable to look after their own nutritional needs. Clients include the elderly, those recovering from a recent hospital stay, illness or accident and the handicapped. "The gradual destruction of Canadian family farms." Canadian agriâ€" culture has survived despite a short growing season and having 1/3 of our best farmland visible from the CN Tower. CELA predicts that U.S. agriâ€" businesses will use cheap Mexican labor Commerce Building on Lakeshore Road, package and delivered by ladies who met at St. Jude‘s Anglican Church. In Oakville, meals were first delivâ€" ered during the 1960s to between 12 to 15 clients. The meals were prepared in the kitchen of the Chamber of "Increasing the pesticides in our foods." NAFTA reduces Canada‘s food safety regulations to the standards of the U.S. and Mexico. Foods certified by them will no longer be turned back at the border, even if they contain pestiâ€" cides above Canadian legal limits, because our food inspectors will not be allowed to challenge their safety. In the supermarket, we will face declining food quality for both meat and vegetaâ€" bles. To celebrate October as Community Support Month and Oct. 2nd to 9th as Meals on Wheels Week, Oakville Kiwanis Meals on Wheels will host an Open House on Thursday, Sept. 30th, at its office at 95 Thomas St. Meals on Wheels hosts open house Let‘s take these claims one at a time. "Forced sales of Canada‘s energy reserves to other countries even in times of shortage." CELA reports that Canada‘s National Energy Board has been bullied by the FTA. The only time that the Energy Board turned down a natural gas export application, U.S. energy companies went to court under the FTA. The Energy Board immediateâ€" ly granted that and all subsequent appliâ€" cations. A team of lawyers, economists and trade consultants took t he last year and a half to evaluate how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Canadaâ€"U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) affects our environment. Their predictions include lowering our enviâ€" ronmental health and safety standards, diverting our water south of the border and allowing appointed international panels to declare Canadian laws invalid. OBERTSONâ€"WaucK (CELA) These are not notes for a science ficâ€" tion novel or the mad ravings of some wildâ€"eyed Canadian nationalist â€" they are the startling conclusions of a 350â€" page report titled "The Environmental Implications of Trade Agreements" which was prepared for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MOEE) by the Canadian Environmental Law Association We are forced to sell Canada‘s enerâ€" gy reserves to other countries even in times of shortage â€" and allow more pesâ€" ticides in our foods. Canadian family farms gradually destroyed by agriâ€"busiâ€" Free trade puts environment at risk ) "Diversion of our water south of the border." Both GATT and NAFTA list water as a tariff item, and they specify that countries cannot refuse to export any item they produce for themselves. Most American diversion projects require Canadian rivers to be dammed, flooding farmland and displacing people from their homes. What will be the effect on us? CELA reports that workplace safety will deteriâ€" orate as higher levels of toxins are allowed. As air, water, and food quality decline even further, allergies will be aggravated. Children and the aged will suffer the most. under NAFTA to process food for export to Canada, thus undercutting Canadian farmers. We will no longer be selfâ€"sufficient in food, our most fundaâ€" mental guarantee of independence. "Lowering our environmental health and safety standards." NAFTA contains a complex scheme to establish consisâ€" tency among U.S., Canadian, and Mexican standards by "appointed interâ€" national organizations" â€" none of which are accountable to local or national citizens. Similar provisions in the FTA were used in 1989 to strike down conâ€" servation measures intended to protect salmon and herring stocks in British Columbia. We‘ll probably find we share a lot of interests because we have so many to share With over 20,000 square feet of arts, crafts and â€" hobbies, we offer everything from miniatures and The ARTS & sutchery to art supplies and quilting «ks We have a huge selection of artificial flowers and greenery for floral design. Thousands of readyâ€"made frames and custom traming too. Buy a frame from us and we‘ll frame vour picture free Browse through rows of party and wedding supplies Wed like to get to know a few thousand of our closest neighbours. Oakville Town Centre II Dorval North of QEW 842â€"1555 Do you know many people, other food, water, farms, oil and gas, trees, than some politicians and the big busiâ€" _ and our ability to make decision for ourâ€" nesses who spent millions in the last â€" selves. federal election, who are in favor of Earth to Oakville, do you read me? Free Trade? Do you ever wonder why Steven Moore is an environmental there is so much talk of "global competâ€" _ consultant with a Masters Degree in itiveness" while hardly anyone mentions _ Environmental Studies. "International panels declaring Canadian laws invalid." Both NAFTA and the FTA override domestic legislaâ€" tion. In 1993, an FTA disputeâ€"settlement panel ruled that Canadian controls on the export of logs were an unfair trading practice, thus establishing trade before conservation. The CELA report predicts that under NAFTA more Canadians will lose their jobs, following the thousands of jobs which have moved south followâ€" ing FTA. As provincial governments lose their ability to pass conservation legislation, resources fall under the conâ€" trol of multinational corporations. We become required to sell our resources whether we want to or not. Over 20,000 Square Feet of Arts And C Earth to Qakville Starts Thursday, September 30th at 10:00 a.m THE OAKVILLE BEAVER GRAND OPENING WEEK There is more at stake here than pretâ€" ty scenery. We might be risking our food, water, farms, oil and gas, trees, and our ability to make decision for ourâ€" selves. You can also obtain NAFTA fact sheets from CELA in Toronto at 960â€" 2284 and fax 960â€"9392. After you read them, ask the hopefuls scrambling for Otto Jelinek‘s seat some hard questions. We can inform ourselves. Copies of the full CELA report are available from the MOEE at 323â€"4445. Particularly striking is Appendix B, four pages of Canadian plant closures which have relocated to the U.S., Mexico and Europe from January 1989 to August 1992. "cooperation" or "selfâ€"sufficiency?" With so few Canadians in favor of FTA and NAFTA, who benefits? Can we draw a clue from the recent Progressive Conservative tour in Oakville which cut short its only visit to ordinary citizens (Sir John Colborne Senior Citizens Recreation Centre) in order to spend more time at Menasco Aerospace, SmithKline Beecham Pharma and Monencoâ€"AGRA? QEw inâ€"store demonstrations and classes. Watch for our flyer. Better still, come in for a visit so we can start to get to know each other. You‘ll find us very open. _ a | FAIRVIEW We look forward to seging you again next year when we expect it to be bigger & better. The monies raised will be filtered back into the Oakville Community and in some small way help make it a better place than it already is. The Hiwanis Club of Oakville would like to thank all those who participated in making our First Annual Western Hoe Down at Glen Abbey Recreation Centre Sept. 18th. Create your own wearable art, with everything from fabric paints and sequins to Tâ€"shirts and sweatshirts. All at prices that will make you smile. The service of our store associates will dazzle vou. So will their ideas. Because we offer numerous QEW PUBLIC FISHING . 0 S .A Hwy #7 Brantview Place Fairview and Brant St 639â€"8146 Thank You Stoolos Ave. . 401 A GREAT SUCCESS. The Halton Hills Trout Farm will be open for Public Fishing (and FRESH _ TROUT SALES) from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on the following days. (416) 873â€"6780 877â€"3730 One Free Admission With This Ad OPEN SUNDAYS AND THANKSGIVING WEEKEND KIWANIS FUNDARAISING COMMITTEE OAK 15

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