Second chance at life gave Khan passion to serve communityBy David Lea An Oakville resident for 23 years, Khan saidparty that brought the Canada Pension Plan,OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFthe passion that led him to become a lawyerwe brought old age security, the mothersalso led him to become an Oakville Town coun-allowance so that no child lives in poverty, wees a driven man; something, which he cillor in 2006.brought the Canada Health Act, said Khan.said, comes from once being told he In many ways, its the same thing, heIts always been based on family principlesHhad only six months to live.said.first. Even going forward with our platformWhen Ward 6 Town Councillor and Oakville People have problems. They have sometoday, theres the Learning Passport for stu-Liberal csandidate Max Khan was in university issues. They come to you and theyre hopingdents, high quality, affordable childcare, wevehe noticed he would get winded while playing you have a solution. got programs for seniors, weve got family carebasketball.Khan said the time he has spent and theprograms if youre ill. Coming from a family of Initially believing he may have asthma, experience he has gained as a town councillorfive kids, that strikes a certain cord with me.Khan went to a hospital where he was diag-can only make him a better MP.While the Oakville riding has seen its fairnosed with something so much worse.No stranger to federal issues, Khans legalshare of mudslinging during this election,I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid work has seen him represent unions and fightKhan maintains his campaign has stayed cleanLeukemia (AML), said Khan. I started going for human rights legislation.and is sticking to the issues people are inter-through treatment, but at the end of the day He also pointed out that when advancingested in.they said I had six months to live. They said the agenda of his constituents, he has alwaysYoull notice from our campaign that wethere was nothing more they could do for me been able to work with other councillors in ahave always taken the high road. We haventso they actually sent me home to live with my co-operative fashion, something he feels shouldbeen malicious in our campaign. We have putfamily and for my family to take care of me.come in handy in the all-too-often dispute-policies forward and we have put the platformAmazingly, rather than get worse, Khans riddled Parliament.forward and that is how weve been runningMICHELLE SIU / OAKVILLE BEAVER condition actually improved and after exten-My constituents have seen that I can per-our campaign, said Khan.sive chemotherapy, the leukemia eventually form and I can produce results, said Khan.I agree it is becoming a bit of a malignedSECOND CHANCE: Oakville Liberal can-went into remission.The advocacy approach combined with thecampaign.didate Max Khan at his campaign headquar-Five years after this experience, Khan devel-fact that I understand the needs of the peopleMany of the volunteers here believe in thisters.oped Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, but like with of Oakville through my council experience willcampaign because it is a clean campaign andto make a huge difference even if it was just for the first cancer, he responded to treatment and make me an asset, a strong voice for Oakville inout of respect for them and out of respect forthose five years. So, this changed my personal-survived.Ottawa.our own views on how a campaign should beWity.alking away from cancer, not once, but Khan said he chose to run for the Liberalrun, we are going to continue to run our cam-Gaining a deep interest in representation twice, had a significant impact on Khan.Party because of his agreement with its priori-paign as clean as possible.and advocacy from his fathers time with the I feel blessed Im still here today, he said.ties.Khan also volunteers with cancer organiza-CAW (Canadian Auto Workers), Khan went on You become very efficient with your time The Liberal platform has always beentions as well as Legal Aid, the National Paroleto become a trial lawyer, specializing in crimi-because they say you have a five-year grace geared towards family. Ive said this a fewBoard, the Red Cross and other non-profitsnal and civil law, for a Bay Street law firm.period where it might come back, so I wanted times, but its worth mentioning, this is thethat need free legal advice.Open All Easter Weekend To Serve You BetterThe hunt is over.Hot Cross Buns are back!TRADITIONAL OR CHOCOLATECOBS BREADCOBS Upper OakvilleCOBS Fox Creek PlazaCOBS Lakeshore1011 Upper Middle Rd. E.Unit 26 - 2501 Third Line167 Lakeshore Road East(at Eighth Line)(at Dundas St.)(at Thomas St.)Oakville, ONOakville, ONOakville, ON905.844.2627905.827-1521905.339.2690www.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Thursday, April 21, 2011 10