The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

A W A R D W I N N E R Common sense return to balanced books Continued from page 6 c. Enhancing Canada's venture capital system: fostering entrepreneurial talent and ideas, promoting an entrepreneurial culture in Canada and supporting youth entrepreneurship. 4. Supporting families and communities by enhancing tax relief for families adopting a child and those using home-care services, making baby clothes and sports equipment tariff-free to lower prices for consumers and bringing in a new consumer code to better protect Canadians using financial products, and more. 5. Helping businesses succeed and grow in the global economy by providing tax relief for manufacturers, helping small business expand, increasing the Lifetime Capital Gains Exemption, supporting mining exploration, and more. 6. Plan to return to budget balance with more savings in government spending, totaling $2 billion by 2015­16, through numerous common sense improvements. 7 | Friday, April 12, 2013 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Saying No to a bad idea is a good start Re: "Town was ready to block plant," Oakville Beaver, Wednesday, March 20, 2013. What would others have done differently, the mayor asks? A good question, likely not the only question that still needs to be addressed. Firstly, best not even to consider locating a power plant closer to a residential area than the province's regulations for a wind turbine allow. Secondly, as many believe happened, best not to assure Ford that `if an environmentally state-of-the-art power plant is proposed', the votes would be there. Thirdly, until the people of Oakville rose up in opposition many believe there was support within the provincial and municipal leadership of Oakville for the power plant. That `support' triggered huge and seemingly growing financial costs: in addition to lost opportunity and human costs. The best way not to create a problem that needs an expensive fix is just to say "No" at the first opportunity. Ann Mulvale, Oakville Sore Feet, Sports Injury, Painful Ingrown Toenails? Plantar Warts? We can help! Exceptional footcare for all ages. · Routine footcare · Corns & calluses · Plantar warts · Heel/arch/foot pain · Diabetic footcare and education · Thick or ingrown nails · Nail surgery · Sports related foot problems & injuries · Custom made orthotics · Sigvaris® compression stockings · Evenings and saturday appointments available · New patients welcome! J. Richard Werkman CHIROPODIST This May 2012 photo of former Halton Regional Police Chief Gary Crowell congratulating Officer for the Day, Adam Cleveland, after they completed the officer inspection during the 13th annual Police Day Celebration at police headquarters was an award-winner for Oakville Beaver photographer Nikki Wesley. The veteran photographer earned the Halton Regional Police Service Annual Awards 2012 Best Feature Photograph award. Wesley will receive her award May 1 at the Halton Regional Police Service Awards. photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) Visit our website, subscribe to our Blog or call for an appointment. Ample Free parking. located on the north/west corner of maple grove dr. and cornwall rd. 1495 Cornwall Rd., Suite 33, Oakville T: 905-845-4817 www.werkman.ca UP TO LIMITED TIME OFFER! *With Purchase of Prescription Lenses 50 OFF ALL FRAMES % * VISIT OUR WEDNESDAY, Open House on AT HSC, LEARNING HAPPENS NATURALLY. The ability to develop at your own pace, and through your own interest and passion, is crucial in learning." - Dianne de Freitas, Montessori School Principal May 8 125 Cross Avenue, Oakville (Across from Home Depot) www.spaceoptical.ca 905-842-2821 Hillfield Strathallan College is an independent day school for students from M2 and PK to Grade 12. Visit us at www.hsc.on.ca. We are accessible and affordable. Call Scott Barton 905-389-1367