Beaver THE OAKVILLE Voted Ontario's Top Newspaper Four Years in a Row - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 PRINTER EMPTY? REFILL AND SAVE UP TO 60% A tradition at the Oakville Centre Artscene FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2010 Upper Oakville Shopping Centre 905-842-5600 www.thinkrefill.ca refill Just a Countertop SELL-INSTALL-DELIVERY 905-569-8900 3375 Laird Rd. Unit 2, Mississauga. A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 48 No. 57 "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) C4CA protest marches on Ford By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF MICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER C4CA PROTEST: Protesters of all ages gathered at the Oakville Ford plant on Wednesday to oppose TransCanada's proposed gas-fired power plant. The proposed plant would be built on a Royal Windsor Drive property sold by Ford. Hundreds of protesters marched on Ford's corporate headquarters in Oakville Wednesday afternoon calling on the company to `do the right thing' regarding the 900-megawatt gas-fired power plant TransCanada wants to build on the Ford-owned lands of 1500 Royal Windsor Dr. Organizers of "We are saying there is an the protest, Citizens for Clean Air opportunity for Ford, if the (C4CA), has a num- plant does go ahead, to ber of health and help us make sure it is the safety concerns cleanest, safest plant for about a power Ford's neighbours, for plant being less than 400 metres Ford's employees and from the nearest for Ford as a good residential neigh- corporate citizen." bourhood. They want Ford Frank Clegg, C4CA chair to support and fund an individual environmental assessment of the Oakville Generating Station project. Members of C4CA feel saying yes to such a request would be in keeping with Ford's publicized commitment to safety. "We know that Ford has entered into a business transaction with TransCanada and we are not asking See C4CA page 3 905.338.1288 905.339.8686 243 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE · BETWEEN DORVAL & KERR IN THE OAKVILLE HOME IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT