PAGES8, WHITBY FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4.,1987 Whiby can. producer ONEX PLANT MANAGER Gary Shearer (righU) serves cake during a ceremony marking the name change of the Whitby îndustry which' produces beverage and soup cans. changes The 'American .Can Co. Inc. plant in Whitby "4officially" became Onex ..i a recent cake and balloon ceremony attended by employees and management. Onex Corp., which bas its. head office i Rexdale, bought the Canadian operation 0f American Can in November 1984. Apierican Can bas 2,500. employees across Canada, with plants i Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Aberta and Nova Scotia. Beverage and soup cans wil continue to be manufactured under the Onex name. Onex produces alI types *of packaging, including plastics. The corporation recently purchased Purolator Courier of Canada as weil as Sky, Chef, a United States airline catering service. The Whitby plant now bas 164 hourly. and 28 salaried employees.£But another 40 employees are now being hired as name to ONEX Onex la adding another beverage lime, according hi plant manager Gary Shearer. The Whitby plant wasà bult in 198 and:began operations Jan. 1, 1983. Onex, a' publlcly- owned company, went, on the stock exchange' last April.- Fenneil says he regrets loss of jobs By SCOTT~ FENNELL MP Ontario' riding. Much bas been in the papers as of late concerning the closure of the Cadbury chocolate plant ini Whitby. It la well known that Cadbury's sold the plant to William Neilson Ltd., who in turn intends to close the operation,, thereby putting approximately 400 Cidbury employees out of work. This la not an unusual occurrence by big business; taking over the competition. and putting them out of -business - this epigode being one of the more effective means of achieving this end. Unfortunately, it la not* management of Cadbury's that is hurt - it la the 400 employees that are given the shocking news that they will not longer have steady employment in the near future. When your are trying to support a family, this news can be devastating. In the end, a closure of thla type, affects each and everyone of us since it means. more Canadians become unemployed and bavingÉ, through no fault of their own, to' apply for unemployment insurance benefits; it leaves a modemn, efficient operating plant empty and unused. This doesn't appear to me to be proper business practice. This scenario truly demonstrates the need. for effective competition regulations, and for this reason, this government has already drafted and passed legisiation that will give consumers meaningful protection; protection for businesses, particularly small businesses from dominant firms that abuse their market power. This government intended, -b establishing the Canadian Competition Tribunal, to have and create an office that would solely review sales of this type. The tribunal is presently reviewing the Cadbury sale; the investigation was initiated on Jan. 14, when the announcement was made by William Neilson's Ltd., and is in the preliminary stages at the moment. College earns. award The Ontario Com- munity Newspaper Association bas given the Durham College "Chronicle'" its general excellence award as the top student newspaper among ail Ontario Colleges and Univer- sities. A special plaque will be presented to Bill Swan, the Chronicle's editor-in-chief at the annual convention of the newspaper association at the Westin'Hotel in Toronto, March 5, 6 and 7. This is the first time Durham College has won this award. Last year Durham placed third for advertising general excellence, and five years ago placed second for that category. The judges included editors, of previons winners of this competition. Bilt Swan states that the Chronicle la published every second week 'during the academic year, and that "it la good hi see the in- dustry acknowledge the work of our students" . The Durham College Chronicle la produced by students in the jour- nalism course who do al the -planning, writing, editing,. layout,. photography and. paste- up. Camera-ready pages are delivered to the printer, James Publlshing in Bowman- ville. ASTHMA PROGRAM Does your child have asthma? There la. still time to reglater for the six-session, three-week program for asthmatic preschoolers. Classes will commence Monday, Feb. 9, at the Kinsmen Hall i Oshawa from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more information on, this unique service, calI the Durham Region Lung Association at 436104. Youth dies in. hit and run on HopkMns FROM PAGE 1 Whitby bas 'been charged with two counts 0f impaired driving causing bodily harmn and having more -than teleal amount of alcoolin cnnetu>n