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The Brussels Leo Club has made
significantly more progress than
members anticipated and are now
prepared to purchase playground
equipment for the Maitland
Conservation Area near the Brussels
Dam.
Brussels Councillor and Brussels
Lions Club member Zoey Onn, who
has served as Lions Club liaison to
the Leos, reported on the Leos’
success at council’s Oct. 15
meeting.
Onn told councillors that the Leo
Club had already raised $20,000 for
the project thanks to some large
donations and “a lot of barbecues”.
She said it was pretty impressive for
the club to have raised half of their
total in one year with just five junior
members.
She also shared with councillors
the plans for the park, which include
four swings, a see-saw, a slide and
two climbing installations.
The total cost for the upgraded
playground equipment is just over
$25,000, which includes installation,
and Onn said the club still has plenty
of fundraising still to do.
Council, acting on a
recommendation from the
Administration Committee, passed a
motion to pay for the playground
equipment for the park on behalf of
the Leo Club and to contribute
$1,000 to the project. The balance
will be established as a receivable
from the Leo Club so the
municipality can be paid back.
Huron-Bruce Liberal candidate
Allan Thompson, in the wake of
being defeated by incumbent
Conservative MP Ben Lobb in
Monday night’s election, says that
the “people are always right” and
the people elected Lobb.
In the end, Thompson would find
less support than he had in the 2015
election, earning 19,909 votes
against Lobb’s 29,351 according to
Elections Canada on Tuesday
morning.
Thompson said he would wait at
his election night headquarters at the
Goderich Legion for the final votes
to be counted, however, just before
11 p.m. he spoke to local media
about the campaign and what a
projected Liberal minority
government could mean for the
country.
When asked how the election
measured against his experiences
going door-to-door in Huron and
Bruce Counties, he said there
seemed to be a disconnect.
“People talked about affordability,
cost of living [and] wanting to be
heard,” he said. “I’m not sure that
squares with the result necessarily,
but the result is what it is.”
As for the future, Thompson
said it’s been a long four to
five years working towards this
election, so he doesn’t want to
make any quick decisions about
the future. He said he has his
home and business in Goderich
and plans to “see what unfolds.”
With the significant change in the
political landscape, two members of
Liberal Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau’s cabinet lost their seats:
Ralph Goodale (Regina-Wascana)
and Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill
Woods) were defeated. When asked
if the election results could lead to
significant change in the Liberal
leadership, Thompson said he hadn’t
given much thought to the issue.
“It’s so hard to tell. I’ve been in
such a Huron-Bruce bubble for the
last few weeks. I’ve hardly watched
any television. I’ve literally just been
knocking on doors and talking to
people,” he said.
Thompson went on to say that
Canada is in an interesting position
with a minority government.
“It’s been awhile since we’ve been
in that situation,” he said. “It’s a
totally new cast of characters and
different players, so I guess we’ll
see how it unfolds.”
The “brokers” of power will be
very different, Thompson said,
pointing to the Bloc Quebecois
holding a significant number of seats
after the party increased its holdings
from 10 to 32. He said he assumes
the Liberals will be reaching out to
all the parties on the centre-left to
see what kind of government can
take shape.
Thompson, when asked about his
position as the lead for the Liberal
Party’s rural taskforce, said he was
curious about what would happen in
other rural ridings, saying he hope
some change is there.
Brussels playground approved
Thompson surprised by results after campaign
Decision day
Allan Thompson, right, of the Huron-Bruce chapter of the federal Liberal Party was defeated
at the hands of incumbent Conservative MP Ben Lobb in Monday’s election. Thompson lost
ground from his 2015 results, with roughly 4,000 of his votes going Lobb’s way. He said to
reporters that when he was campaigning door-to-door, he heard concerns about affordability,
the cost of living and wanting to be heard, which wasn’t what he saw shake out at the polls
locally. (Denny Scott photo)
Pull... swing
Hullett Central Public School student Madison Verwey
clearly demonstrates that she has the age-old technique of
swinging from one thing to the other down, giving the
monkey bars a try on Monday morning. (Denny Scott photo)
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