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A2 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday August 15, 2001 You'll Love Our NO CHARGE Y E A R W E R T R A I N P R O T E C T 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 km I O N P O Photo by Brent Foster Okay, last summer was a weather disaster with cool tem peratures, cloudy skies and rain. Fast forward to this year and it's heat and sun, more heat and more sun. The result has been tinder-dry lawns and fields that have homeowners and farmers concerned. This Oakville firefighter was on duty Monday at a Ninth Line grass fire. Forecast for the week? Great weather, what else? SIGN OF THE TIMES: Highway good for Halton says Chair · A va ilab le on focus an d Windstar · 5 y e o r / 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 k m Po w e r tr a in Protection Program (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e A 1 ) ent rates. I can point to toll highways that are three The $2 access charge doesn't apply to drivers and four times as much as this one in North with a rented transponder, available for cars at America, each one is different," said Clark. $10.70 (the activation fee) and $2 per month. During the opening of the highway, Clark was joined by Jose Maria Lopez de Fuentes, president Business customers must pay a $250 deposit. The transportation minister said he's not con and CEO of 407 ETR. The company CEO said the cerned about criticism suggesting the 407 is a high road will operate as a business, and tolls won't rise way for the affluent or by the fact the tolls may if drivers stop using the highway. "There are some formulas to penalize the owner increase. Rates can rise by the rate of inflation, plus two per cent per year. if the owner takes the tolls beyond what the market "The drivers who are paying for the tolls are the. accepts (based on usage)," he explained. "It's like ones paying for construction of the highway," Clark voting with your wheels. If people don't like our insisted. "The people using the highway are paying road, if we lose customers, if tolls are beyond certain the tolls, the tolls go to the company to pay for the levels the government considers convenient, then building of the highway - road-users pay." we'll go lower." De Fuentes said the company will have ongoing Asked if the charges were excessive, Clark said the number of customers using the road proves it costs and may eventually have to invest in widening isn't. "How expensive is too expensive? I think you -the six-lane road. "We'll have to keep equilibrium would have to ask the 454,000 people who've between what we need to collect and what we see our customers are accepting." bought transponders - they're willing to pay it." Reminded the New York State toll highway Asked about the toll road charges, Halton between Buffalo and New York City is a fraction of Regional Chair Joyce Savoline also seemed uncon the per kilometre cost of Ontario's toll road, Clark cerned. Instead, she was delighted the toll highway didn't back off. was finally finished. "What is expensive? Too "Each toll highway in North America has differ expensive is if the market won't bear it," she said. » Windstar 2001 - 0% financing over 48 months · Focus 2001 - 2.9% Financing over 48 months · SO deductible · Includes all benefits un de r the Roadside Assistance p r o g r a m (e x t e n d e d t h r o u g h the entire 5 y e a r / 1 0 0 , 0 0 k m p e r io d ) · Benefits are tra ns ferab le to all subs eq ue nt o w n ers at no ch arge * m SB, Ghana m ust improve farm productivity \ All Vehicles Market Value Priced & r> rv*£> 'i ^ v · * (C o n tin u e d fro m p a g e A 1 ) TEST DRIVE Instock at OAK-LAND F O R D L IN C O L N 570 Trafalgar Rd.. Oakville AI THE Q IW . 844-3273 w w w .o a k - l a n d c o m the government to embark on an ambitious program of enticing both foreign and domestic investment in Ghana's agricultural sector and associated infrastruc ture such as transportation. "The government knows its needs to expose Ghana more than what we're doing," he said. To that end, on his latest trip to North America Barima Sakyi met with Washington officials, Canadian federal politicians and Bay Street business people in order to solicit investment in Ghana. One key component to his pitch is the Afiram Plains Investment Initiative, a comprehensive plan seeking integrated solutions to agricultural produc tion, transportation and human resource develop ment in the heart of Ghana. The plan is part of Ghana's "Vision 2020," the goal of which is to make the country a middleincome nation by the year 2020 (recognizing that agriculture is its dominant sector) through the use of everything from American greenhouse technology to improved training in order to transform Ghana's many small, inefficient farms. The idea is to improve the productivity of agri cultural operators to enhance Ghana's competitive ness in the marketplace, ensure domestic food secu rity and promote increased export earnings from non-traditional crops. According to Barima Sakyi, Ghana's natural resources can provide to the world a treasure trove of agricultural products encompassing everything from pineapples, ginger and oranges to coconut, banana, cashews and medicinal plants. Ghana also has tremendous potential for seafood, wood prod ucts and a wide assortment of manufactured com modities. "The response (from potential investors) has been very good," said Barima Sakyi. "We are ready for further discussion." In touring Oakville during his brief stay, Barima Sakyi was less impressed by the town's opulent houses than he was by the area's working farms the road system that allowed such easy access to them in particular. "I have a very good impression of Oakville," he said. Now, Barima Sakyi continued, if only he could promote such a favourable reaction to Ghana's cul tural heritage, way of life and economic situation from Canada and the rest of the world. SHIATSU & MASSAGE THERAPY U IX » . 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