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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2015-05-20, Page 5Wednesday, May 20, 2015 • News Record 5 www.clintonnewsrecord.com letters to the editor Premier ad To the Editor: During the Ontario Provincial election, last June, Iwatchedthe debate between the opposing political parties. As it stands we have had the Liberal Parry in power for over l0 years and there has been scandal after scandal. Nothing has stuck and I find this very curious. During the debates, the Premier of Ontario, Leader of the Liberal Party, admitted, on live television, that there has been a "breach of trust" by her government. This was in regards to over a billion tax-pay- ers ax pay- ers dollars being used to cancel/ relocate the two gas powered elec- tricitygeneratingplants. This was merely so the Liberal Party could m its to breach of trust gamer two more seats during the previous election. Whatwas said willshock most, but what I find incredibly shocking is that the Premier of Ontario has openly admitted that there has been a "breach of trust," by govern- ment, andyet there still hasn't been any charges laid. The charges, in my opinion, should be at least "Breach of Trust by Public Officer;' based on the Premier's statements, if not "fraud, etc. There is not immunity, out of the House. What the Premier of Ontario stated during the debate is: Approximately 2:02 minutes, `:.I want to address, I want to address the issue particularly of the reloca- tion of the gas plants. The deci- sions around the relocation of the gas plants that were made were wrong...And there was public money that was wasted in those decisions and that shouldn't have happened. And in the process the public good was sacrificed to par- tisan interests. ..But I know, I know that people are still angryyou have a right to be angrybecause, because, there was, there was a breach of trust between the gov- ernment overnment and the people of the province:' End 3:09. There isn't anyway anyone could not understand that this is an admission of criminal act, by the Liberal Party. I have waited, like all Canadians, for charges to be laid. Nothing has happened. This, like all of the other scandals, have taken too long. So why hasn't anyone been charged? They have the Premier admit- ting to "breach of trust" and in that admission, she is fully aware of her statement, as there would have been discussions about what exactly "breach of trust" means. The Premier has not revealed any- one, to our knowledge, so who should be charged. In my opinion, it should be: The executive of the Liberal Party (they would all be informed) The entire Liberal Caucus (meaning all Liberal MPPs at the time) All Deputy Ministers And all party advisors This is the onlywayto ensure those who were involved are prop- erly charged. And this maybe why so many sitting Liberal MPPs jumped ship before the 2014 election. People have lost faith in the police and justice system. The investigation should be over; the admission has been stated. If the OPP are concemed that there may be political ramifications by pur- suing charges, they should tum the investigation over the RCMP or the Lieutenant Govemor should instruct the authorities to press the charges, as this has placed the Crown, the government and the entire justice system is disrepute. Ontarians have had enough of this pious arrogant disregard for the rule of law. Dennis Valenta More communication needed for Communities in Bloom Dear Editor: Are we in the know? No! It is time to plant to beautify our properties for our summer enjoy- ment. Usually we have our own colour schemes. We could become excited as a community, if the Communities in Bloom Committee had posters and handouts at our garden centre and businesses throughout Cen- tral Huron for our information. Kudos to our Clinton Fair Board on their informational handout - well presented, in detail! Realizing Communities in Bloom committee is few in mem- bers, any form of getting the news to our community could be help- ful. Many folks do not have com- puters for social media. With our aging community, many of those adults have been great gardeners, taking pride in their properties and planting accordingly. Central Huron scored well last year in our trial run, and could score better this year if we were aware in which areas we could improve. Of several people spoken to today, only one knows the colour scheme of red and white, another knew some competition was coming, but where? Others knew of nothing! One garden centre would make a poster to help with people's choices (willing to help). My intent is not to criticize any- one who volunteers, but to sug- gest that Central Huron Commu- nities in Bloom needs more visible communication. Apparently meeting time is five o'clock, which deters anyone in businesses or a family from attending. I am sure our community will become very excited about the competition, when they are in the know! So, red and white - let's go! A concerned citizen, Jane Groves St. Anne's shows at Bruce invitational rugby tournament Photos by Troy Patterson Postmedia Network The 2nd annual Bruce Invitational Rugby Tournament saw 17 high school teams converge in Tiverton on May 12. Hosted by Bruce County Rugby at their Tiverton Sports Centre fields, the event brought together teams from Bruce, Grey and Huron counties for short, furious matches throughout the day. The 20 -minute matches took place under cloudy skies and cool temperatures, with the winners crowned at day's end. St. Anne's took down Kincardine District Secondary School during the first match of the day.