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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-10-05, Page 66 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Goderich Mine wins gold, silver at int'I mine rescue competition The Goderich Mine Res- cue Team earned gold and silver medals at the 10th International Mines Rescue Competition, hosted by Workplace Safety North and Ontario Mine Rescue in Sud- bury Aug. 19 to 26. The Compass Minerals team competed against 26 teams representing 13 nations in mining emergency response simulations including an underground scenario, firefighting, first aid, high -angle rope rescue as well as theoretical and practi- cal knowledge testing. The Goderich team earned gold in written theory and silver in underground rescue. "Our rescue team has made us very proud," said Gerry Rogers, vice president of operations at Goderich Mine. "The gold and silver awards are world's best and is a great reward for the long hours of training." The competition allows mines to evaluate and com- pare the effectiveness and quality of their mine rescue training programs. Teams participate in the spirit of competition and collabora- tion to understand how other teams work, while testing their own mine rescue skills. The Goderich Mine Rescue Team poses for a photo before attending the awards banquet. Back L -R: Jeff Sowerby, Matt Vanden Heuval, Jim Ahrens, Chris Lammerant, Dennis Hogan and George Boutilier. Front: Drew Anderson, Joel Pacquette, Aaron Duckworth, Drew Dalgleish and Jack Miller. Electoral Reform Dialogue taking place Oct. 6 at Huron County Museum Local citizens have organ- ized an Electoral Reform Dialogue Oct. 6, as part of the public consultation by the all -party Canadian Par- liamentary committee on electoral reform. The committee will be making it's recommenda- tions by Dec. 1, 2016 and the public is invited to attend at the Huron County Museum on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 7 pm to learn about the work of the committee and ways the electoral process could be improved. "I believe democracy works best when every vote counts toward representation in every elec- tion," said organizer Dean Whalen. "This is an impor- tant opportunity for Canadi- ans to develop an electoral process that works for all of us each election." Over 60% of the votes cast in the 2015 Canadian elec- tion went to parties that had made electoral reform part of their election platform. Canadians have become increasingly frustrated with the current "First Past the Post" or "Winner take All" system which often produces phony majority governments where a party that gets less than 40% of the popu- lar vote gets more than 50% of the seats and 100% of the power in Parlia- ment. It also means that more than half the voters in each election don't elect anyone and their ballot counts toward no representation for them in Parliament. The electoral reform com- mittee is looking at different models for electoral reform that would improve Effec- tiveness and legitimacy, Voter engagement, Accessi- bility and inclusiveness, Integrity, and Local representation. Oct. 26 town hall on electoral reform to consider all options A town hall on electoral reform will be held at the Goderich District Collegiate Institute on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 26, begin- ning at 7 p.m. Western University political science professor Laura Stephenson will be the guest speaker at the event, which is being organized by the Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association. Organizers said they are going to great lengths to make sure the event is non- partisan and that all voices are heard. "We are organizing this town hall because we thought i t PUT DOWN SOME ROOTS! 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Prof. Stephenson will make a brief presentation about various electoral reform options and in a nonpartisan fashion, will attempt to explain some of the perceived benefits and drawbacks of each option. Then the audience will be divided up into small groups for a discussion of a number of questions touching on electoral reform. For example, the groups could be asked to discuss: • What do you think about the current system for elect- ing Members of Parliament (benefits/flaws)? Do you feel that votes are fairly translated? • Do you have a preferred alternative to the current system? What specific fea- tures are important to you in an electoral system (for exam- ple local representation, proportionality, simplicity, legitimacy etc.)? • Why do you think many Canadians choose not to engage in the democratic process? How would you encourage participation? • Do you feel that it should it be mandatory to cast a ballot? • Should Canadians be able to vote online? Or would you prefer to main- tain current voting practices? There will be people at each table to take notes and then a brief summary of the key points from each table will be shared with the whole audience. A detailed report based on the issues raised during the discussions will be compiled by the organiz- ers and submitted to the Government of Canada. To participate in the event, please register online ahead of time at: http:// electoralreformhb. eventbrite.ca And please tell your friends and neigh- bours about the event by sharing it on Facebook or other other social media. The Facebook event notice is at: https://www.facebook. com/ events/1817141741860174/ For further information, please contact Allan Thomp- son at 613-799-1791 / allan@ allanthompson.ca