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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2007-09-26, Page 6Page 6 The Huron Expositor • September 26, 2007 News Carol Mitchell hoping to continue 'good work' of Liberals Jennifer Hubbard With many items remaining on her to-do list, Clinton native Carol Mitchell is hoping Huron -Bruce voters will re-elect her for a sec- ond term. "We've made great strides in Huron -Bruce and Ontario and I'd like to see us continue with the good work," Mitchell said looking back on her inaugural term as MPP. "There's still so much to do... we've got an equine centre (in Central Huron) to build." Mitchell was elected to the position of Huron -Bruce MPP in 2003, and is running for re-elec- tion this October. She named family -health teams, increased healthcare funding, a more stable educa- tion system, the Bruce Power agreement, the Hensall ethanol plant and the recently announced risk -man- agement agricultural strategy among her gov- ernment's greatest accomplishments in the last four years. During her term as MPP, Mitchell was named the parliamentary assistant to the minister of agriculture and parliamentary assistant to the minister of infrastructure and renewal. She also sat on the health -and - social services policy cabinet committee, the standing com- mittee on finance and economic affairs, the conservation -action team, the premier's research and development committee and the government -agencies review committee. Mitchell is the chairwoman of rural caucus and the deputy chair of the Liberal caucus. As for election issues, Mitchell said voters have been surpris- ingly quiet during her door-to- door visits. However, she pre- dicted education — specifically the Conservatives' proposal to fund reli- gious schools — the province's ongo- ing doctor shortage and the Liberals' healthcare premium to be popular topics for debate. Citing the Liberal platform, Mitchell pledged to create more fam- ily -health teams — three communi- ties in the riding are still in need — open up 100 more spots for doctors, improve cancer care and expand her party's wait -time strategy to include emergency room visits, children's surgery and general surgery. A northern and rural hospital strategy is also in the works. In education, she is excited See MITCHELL, Page 30 Carol Mitchell s_. You are invited to attend these area churches t. omas Anglican Church A Congregation of the Parish of The Holy Spirit Jarvis St. Seaforth 519-527-1522 Sunday Sept. 30 Worship at 9:30 am HYMNFEST - Come out and sing all the favourite Children's Hymns • Kid's Zone Sunday School Eve one Welcome Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 519-527-0982 Sunday School • All Ages • 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH 54 Goderich St. W. Rev. John Gould Sunday Sept. 30 Worship 11 am World Wide Communion Everyone Welcome St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 519-527-0142 Sunday Mass 11:00 am St. Patricks, Dublin Sat. Mass 5 pm - Sun. Mass 9 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Egmondville United Church 172nd Anniversary Sunday Sept. 30 Pastor Steve Hildebrand NO SUNDAY SCHOOL OR WORSHIP We will be joining Cavan United at Northside United at 11am First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Sunday Sept. 30 11:15am Service Pork Chop Barbecue Sept. 27 eat In or take outs available For a better Ontario LEADERSHIP MATTERS A Vote for Rob Morley is A Voice for Rural Ontario Support Rob Morley on Oct. 10 THE ROB MORLEY CAMPAIGN 1-866-429-8868 rob@robmorley.com www.robmorley.com authorized by the CFO for The Rob Morley Campaign NDP candidate Paul Klopp says Ontario ready for a change Cheryl Heath GEMEENEMIED Paul Klopp believes Ontarians are ready for a change. The New Democratic Party candidate, who was MPP for Huron County from 1990' to 1995, is running on a campaign platform that focuses on agriculture, the economy and more responsibilities for the province. Klopp says Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, and the rul- ing Liberal party, have failed to deliver on their promises. "People are tired of empty dreams and promises," says Klopp, who says McGuinty promised to reverse the downloading made by the former Mike Harris Progressive Conservative govern- ment. "Nothing has changed for basically the whole term," says Klopp, who notes while the province did increase its funding for ambulance services, it took money away from health units, which Klopp calls a "a game that they played." In contrast, says Klopp, the NDP is pledg- ing to take the reins of fiscal responsibility by uploading many of the social programs down- loaded by Mike Harris's former Progressive Paul Klopp Conservative govern- ment, and left under the care of municipalities by McGuinty's Liberals. "There have been $3 billion worth of down- loads," says Klopp, adding the NDP plans to bring a number of pro- grams, including Ontario Works, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), and Ontario Housing, under the realm of provincial man- agement. By the same token, the NDP is pledging to take a long, hard look at the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC), while introduc- ing a program that will freeze property -assess- ment rates when a prop- erty is purchased until it is sold or undergoes ren- ovations valued at more than $40,000. See ECONOMY, Page 30 WaellCif FARM EQUIPMENT SEAFORTH 519-527-0120 EXETER 519-235-2121 www.teamvincent.com CASE ///