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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2016-09-07, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, September 7, 2016 1 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com ikon Expositor PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 P.O. Box 69, 8 Main Street Seaforth Ontario NOK 1W0 phone: 519-527-0240 fax: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor IjJ POSTMEDIA NEIL CLIFFORD Advertising Director neil.clifford@sunmedia.ca SHAUN GREGORY Multimedia Journalist shaun.gregory@sunmedia.ca DIANNE MCGRATH Front Office seaforth.classifieds@sunmedia.ca NANCY DEGANS Media Sales Consultant ndegans@postmedia.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 YEAR $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 2 YEAR $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) SENIORS 60 WEEKS $50.00 (47.62+2.38 GST) 120 WEEKS $95.00 (90.48+4.52 GST) Publications Mail Agreement No.40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canaa'a Stop half measures for party fundraising Starting next week at Queen's Park, MPPs will be combing through the Lib- erals' legislation to clean up party donations. Various groups have been giving input over the course of the summer on what the legislation ought to contain. There are some problems. Absent are explicit bans on cash -for -access events, where wealthy donors could buy into events featuring cabinet minis- ters. After this came to light, Pre- mier Kathleen Wynne said she was cancelling all the upcoming private events (some, though, seem to have just been made public). Still, the right move is legislation if necessary, but par- ties are perfectly capable of behaving better, and not fund- raising in a way that gives the impression politics are for sale in this province. If Wynne thinks these are seamy enough to cancel, why, exactly are they not seamy enough to ban? Here's what's proposed: A ban on corporate and union donations, and individual donations would be limited to $1,550 per year to a parry, with an election -year cap of donations to candidates and con- stituency associations that would add up to $7,750. The Liberals indi- cated this week, though, that they may further cut this down to $1,200 to parties, candidates and associa- tions, with the less generous $3,600 total in election years. The bill also suggests banning third -party elec- tion advertising. Notably, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says that the Liber- als are still set to benefit from this new regime, compared to the other parties, simply because of government advertis- ing that, well, is but thinly veiled Liberal advertising. The Liberals also have revoked Lysyk's ability to kibosh overtly partisan ads. So that's a problem. As is the continued potential for cash -for -access. Opposition parties have been on the offensive this week, par- ticularly over this questionable fundraising. "They had the opportunity through this amendment process to send a clear signal that policies and legislation are not for sale and yet they've left that door wide open," said NDP critic Cath- erine Fife. We'd held out hope that parties would be able to sort this out and behave more honourably. That may, it seems, be the case. But leaving open the potential for fundraising that taints the politi- cal process - or even has the air of possibly bringing politics into disrepute - is fundamentally bad, for Ontarians and democracy. The opposition is right to give the Liberals a rough time over this. The province would do well to listen. Politics aren't for sale; the Liberals need to make sure they don't appear to be, either. Mom2Mom is not just a group, but a lifestyle s I type this column out, Facebook has a worth of roughly $53 billion, which is not a shock by a far stretch at all. If you were born in the 70's, until now, it's fair to say but could also be a debatable statement that the social network is the biggest thing to hit the free world since the telephone or television. The active user numbers speak for themselves, which currently sits at about 1.13 bil- lion daily active users this past June, according to Facebook. I know those large numbers do not cause some people to blink an eye and can you blame them? Sometimes Facebook can be so overwhelming with info it hurts my brain. However, it can also be such a useful tool for people who use it in the proper manner. A prime example is, those who have friends or fam- ily that live great distances from one another; this is a great way to keep in communi- cation through posts and pic- tures. A neat trick to keep the connection stronger with these certain individuals is to call them from Facebook. This is available in audio as well as video, granting your computer or phone has a video camera, which most do these days. There are several other tech Column Shaun Gregory savvy operations available; but recently the thing that interests me most is the generic -type of Facebook groups that circulate around the world. From hockey groups to the funnier ones like "I Bet I Can Name 1000 who dislike George Bush." (A group with a million mem- bers) or "Let's set and break a Guinness Recordlttl" The num- ber of groups connected to Facebook is endless. My favourite of all though is easily the Mom2Mom or Mom -to - Mom whichever way you choose to spell it. This is hands down the most interesting fol- lowing I've witnessed in my three decades on this earth. I call it the mint plant of Face - book because it spreads fast and it's everywhere. This is another world these females live in and the mother of my four children is part of this trending phenomenon. I use to get a little irritated by her new- found hobby a couple years back. I guess because the fact it's more of a lifestyle or way of liv- ing than just a group. I'm not going to lie, some- times I was also scared. To elaborate, it was a hot summer day a few years back and with- out letting me in on the scoop of what was going on with these social assemblies, I saw somebody going into my mailbox. So I grabbed my Louisville Slugger baseball bat that sits behind my door for protection, I thought I might as well tell my significant other what I was wit- nessing and about to do. With my bat clenched in my hand, 'hey there is someone in our mailbox eh," I questioned. "Oh it's just a lady picking up some stuff I left in there," my girlfriend responded. Well lucky I didn't confront her. It was 10 at night, I had no clue this is how this worked. Here's the logistics of the Mom- 2Mom. If you see something that a person has on the site, you message them and they give you their address and most times they just leave it in the mailbox or the front steps, trusting you will leave the money in an enve- lope etc. This process goes from sun up to apparently past sun down. I previously poked fun at it because it was something new to me and it kind of bothered me seeing a new person in my driveway a couple times a day or more. Nowadays I respect it, this is a great hobby for mothers and it gives them something to do, just like men watching sports. These women are part of the Mom2Mom network. The fasci- nating part of the group is a lot of stuff is given for free or an agreement on trades is a possi- ble outcome. Last month my girlfriend managed to find six or seven pairs of shoes for my son for 30 bucks. They weren't in the best of condition, but hey they'll do, he's two -years -old he doesn't know much different. As the movement gains popu- larity, with most mediums comes fuss. Some people will get stuff for free and then turn around and try to sell it. The owners find this out and it's like WWIII on social media. Which is understandable. Or they buy it for $10 and try to sell it for $40. Whatever the case, I think these sites are awesome for all families or just women in general trying to save a buck or receive some info on events around town. Signing out from the Expositor office on a hot Thursday, Shaun AKA the guy who does not have a problem with mothers and their new trending groups. SEAFORTH HURON EXPOSITOR — HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY: 9:00 - 5:00 • TUESDAY: - CLOSED • WEDNESDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • THURSDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • FRIDAY: - 9:00 - 5:00 • SATURDAY & SUNDAY: - CLOSED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: FRIDAY AT 2:00 • PHONE 519-527-0240 • FAX: 519-527-2858 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com