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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2017-05-03, Page 44 Huron Expositor • Wednesday. May 3. 2017 Nuron Expositor Tailgating kills PIIBUSNEO WEEKLY—EST.1860 P.O. Box 39, 53 Albert Street Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0 phone: 519-482-3443 www.seaforthhuronexpositor POSTMEDIA CURTIS ARMSTRONG Group Director of Media Sales 519-376-2250 ext 514301 or carrrutrong@postmedlacom IF SHAUN GREGORY Multimedia Journalist sgregory@postmedia.com 519-482-3443 Ext. 527305 NANCY DEGANS Media Sales Consultant ndegans@postmedia.com 519-482-3443 Ext. 527306 TERESA SMITH Front Office TSmith©postmedia.com 519-482-3443 ext527301 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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For more information or to file a complaint go to www. mediacouncil.ca or call ton free 1-844-877-1163. Member of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association and the Canadian Community Newspaper Association. We acknowledge the1'�1 financial support of the anada Government of Canada. ately I've been travel- ling back and forth to JGoderich more times than usual as the mother of my hellions has recently landed herself an amazing opportunity in the banking field. Since a journalist's salary is not the best and the cost of feeding four children is an arm and leg, we are forced to share one vehicle. Most of the time, we are crammed in the van with four kids screaming and hol- lering or in odd circum- stances they fall fast asleep which happens about one out of every hundred car rides. Packed like sardines, we ride Highway 8 and almost every time in this 20 -minute escapade, there seems to be some anxious erratic driver Column Shaun Gregory riding my butt because he or she has somewhere to be. When I say tailgating, I mean bumpers are nearly touching. So as I'm transporting the five people in the world that I love more than anything, I • press on the brakes to notify these impatient jerks that you need to slow down. Then they either slow down or in the more habitual case they drive by screaming obscenities, which I have no clue what the words are since I'm incapable of reading lips. Or they just showcase their amazing sign language skills and shoot me the bird. This leaves me baffled. I'm going the required speed limit, paying attention to all my surroundings and all I'm asking is for people to follow the rules of the road laid out by our provincial government. The road signs say it all so perfectly, "tailgating kills." This is when things frus- trate me, when you decide to operate a vehicle, if you are a professional driver, a person who follows legislation; none of that stuff is relevant. It only takes some unedu- cated driver a quick second to take your life, because he/ she just worked 12 hours, which means everyone else on the road can screw off because they have some- where to be. Your life is in their hands, such a scary thought. The reality is when they pass you in a furious manoeuvre going 30-40 over the speed limit, almost always five minutes later I end up behind them waiting at the lights. Nice move, you risk both yours and my entire families lives just to end up in the exact same spot as before. Signing out on this gloomy Saturday night, Shaun, AKA the guy who is asking for people to have some patience when driving on the road; it's not just your life, it's many others as well. Liberals have grown our debt, drained our wallets and ignored our budget asks Press release from MPP Lisa Thompson's office The Liberal government is artificially balancing the budget with previ- ously -announced cash -grabs and one-time revenue streams to try to curry favour with Ontarians ahead of the 2018 general election, says Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson. "The Liberal government is trying to balance the budget by using money from its cap - and -trade scheme, increases to vehicle and driver registra- tion fees, and the sale of I Iydro One assets. Their spending in this budget has increased to a record of $141 billion -which is up over $6 billion from 2016. The Liberal government under Premier Wynne's watch have not curbed their spending. As a result, the debt this year will climb to a staggering $312," said Thompson. Just to reach budget <bal- ance; the Liberals needed $1.8 billion from cap and trade, used $500 million in pension assets- despite the Auditor General's advice not to, and included $1.5 billion in money from the federal transfer, $450 million from land transfer taxes, and $1 billion from the sale of Hydro One and other assets. That totals over $5 billion in one time and unusual revenues to reach budget balance. ""Ihe government is reck- lessly gambling with the finances of our province. They've grown our debt, drained our wallets and spent billions of our dollars on their friends. They have no plan to help support sus- tained growth in rural Ontario, and ignored the PC's four reasonable budget asks." In an Opposition Day Motion two weeks ago, the PCs asked for the following: • A long-term plan to get Ontario's debt under control; • Take immediate steps to address the root of Ontario's hydro crisis. These measures include: stop signing con- tracts for power we don't need, dismantle the Green Energy Act, stop the fire sale of Hydro One, and rein in exorbitant executive com- pensation in the energy sector; • Solutions to addressing Ontario's housing crisis, including evidence -based measures to address both supply and demand, the establishment of a panel of industry experts, and an immediate review of the gov- ernment portfolio; • Immediately steps to make cap -and -trade revenue neutral, where any money generated is returned to hard- working Ontarians ; and • An immediate morato- rium on school closures, and an immediate review of the flawed Pupil Accommoda- tion Review Guideline that determines these closures. "The Liberals are demon- strating once again that they're only interested in what's best for them. Ontari- ans need a government that acts in their best intersts. 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