Huron Expositor, 2003-10-22, Page 3News
Local Conservatives, Alliance
members support uniting the right
By Matt Shuffle
Goderich Signol-Star Editor
Brian Treble called last
week's historic announcement
to formally unite the right a
good move for the future of
Canada.
"I recognize there
are some people that
have some concerns
so I think we have
some work to do to
make sure that we
do this right," said
Treble, president of
the Huron -Bruce
Progressive
Conservative federal
riding.
"Obviously we don't have a
lot of time so we have to be
quite effective with our time
but I think•we're on the right
road and I'm hopeful that the
vote will be to ratify this."
Ratification rof the new
federal party — to be called the
Conservative Party of Canada
— will be completed by Dec.
12. A leadership convention
has been set for March 19-21.
However, to complete the
deal two-thirds of Progressive
Conservative party members
and 50 per cent of Alliance
Party members must approve
the deal.
"It's been tough but finally
people have an alternative,"
Treble said. "I think
(Progressive Conservative
Party Leader) Peter MacKay
has done the right thing by
putting the interests of the
country ahead of his own
interests.
"He recognizes — as does
(Alliance Party Leader)
Stephen Harper — that one of
those two won't be leader or
perhaps neither of those two
will be leader but they still put
the interests of the country
first which is
impressive."
Mark Beaven, the
Alliance Party
candidate for Huron -
Bruce in 2000, said he
also supports the
agreement — one that
will see a true
governing alternative
for voters.
"I would hope that
there were federal Liberals
out there that also wanted
(this union) because it's
dangerous and not healthy for
a nation to just have one party
rule," Beaven said. "For the
last three years Canadians
here and right across the
country were demanding it."
Beaven, who placed second
to Huron -Bruce Liberal MPP
Paul Steckle in the last federal
election, finished with 24 per
cent of the vote compared to
49.9 per cent in favour of
Steckle. PC candidate Ken
Kelly finished third with 18.9
per cent of the votes.
Despite his support of the
new party — he's already
pledged to do anything he can
to campaign and work
behind -the -scenes — Beaven,
currently seeking a council
position in the municipal
riding of Huron East, said he
wouldn't be seeking the
federal nomination.
"For the best interests of the
union I don't think I should be
the first candidate because I
don't want some long-time
federal Tories to have hard
feelings and think we lost and
they won because the
Alliance guy is the
candidate," Beaven said.
"Whoever the candidate is I
will work my butt off for that
person."
While a number of qualified
candidates are expected to
come forward once the deal
between both parties is
ratified, one potential
candidate that has received
some attention is Helen Johns.
The former Huron -Bruce
MPP and provincial
agriculture minister was
defeated earlier this month
when a Liberal wave swept
through the province.
"Each organization right
now — PC and Alliance — have
candidate search committees,"
Treble said. "We'll have to
merge those committees
together and Helen's name is
on our list and I'm sure it's on
the Alliance list too but we
haven't called her so we don't
know officially what she
. intends to do."
Beaven and Treble said
they had been meeting
periodically over the last three
years in hopes of bridging the
gap between both parties
locally.
Now that a union is on the
table the work to bring both
parties together can begin.
"I've been meeting with
Brian on a few occasions and
trying to build that trust factor
and coming up with
brainstorming of different
ideas," Beaven said. "I think
it's fair to say that we had to
prove to each other that we
didn't have horns on our
heads and that there was a lot
more that joined us than
separated us.
"When it came right down
to it we probably agree with
95 per cent of the things that
we talk about."
As for who might lead the
new federal party, Treble said
he wouldn't be surprised to
see someone other than
Harper or MacKay. The list of
potential candidates includes
former Ontario premier Mike
Harris to ex -NHL player and
sports executive Ken Dryden.
Others being discussed are
former Ontario health
minister Tony Clement,
federal Progressive
Conservative leader runner-up
Jim Prentice and New
Brunswick Premier Bernard
Lord.
"I think we're going to have
some quality people come
forward and I really can't
wait," Beaven said. "Because
of that we're going to have a
fantastic candidate here
locally and I can't wait to see
that happen because I firmly
believe we can win this riding
because that Liberal
arrogance both here and
nationally will come back to
haunt them."
Council creates heritage committee
in Huron East after two-year process
By Sara Campbell
Expositor Staff
After two years, the Huron
East Heritage Conservation
Advisory Committee has
been established with a
heritage fund that would help
preserve heritage properties
within Huron East.
"It's been a two-year
process to get this committee
going but now nearly
everyone in the municipality
can benefit," said Cindy
Moyer, a Brussels heritage
property owner and member
of the newly formed heritage
committee.
Since the once -active
heritage group, LACAC
(Local Architectural
Conservation Advisory
Committee), was pushed
aside during amalgamation, a
new committee had been in
the process.
The committee includes:
Moyer, Walter Armes, of
Tuckersmith, Charles Hoy, of
Brussels, and Ken Cardno,
Mike Ash and Brenda
Forbes, from Seaforth.
The members came
together last year after a
provincial announcement that
stated municipalities can
1 -educe the property taxes of
heritage property owners by
10 to 40 per cent.
Instead of giving the rebate
directly to the property
owners, the group proposed
that property owners with an
agreement respecting the
preservation and maintenance
of . their
property with
t h e
municipality
who have
applied for tax
relief, be
eligible to
apply for loans
from the
heritage fund.
"It gives
heritage
property
owners more
initiative to
maintain the property in its
original condition," said
Moyer. "It takes a lot of
custom work and a lot more
costs to restore a home."
The fund would receive a
20 per cent rebate from the
designated property owners
until the balance totals
$250,000. Applications for
loans would be accepted on a
quarterly basis and special
priority would be given to
properties requiring
emergency repairs.
"Heritage Ontario is very
interested in our 20 per cent
rebate and they will be
following its success," she
said.
There are more than 60
Huron East property owners,
both residential and business
- 95 per cent of which are in
Seaforth - that could benefit
from these rebates.
Moyer said
to become a
designated
heritage
property
owners,
applicants
must meet
Part 4 and 5
of the Ontario
Heritage Act,
meet the
agreement
respecting the
preservation
a n d
maintenance of their property
with the municipality and
must have applied for the tax
relief under this program by
completing the required
application process.
"We want to be the source,
the resource, and, through the
municipality, we want to be
the initiative for those
interested in becoming a
designated heritage property
owner," said Moyer.
Walter Armes, of
Egmondville, who had been
acting as a LACAC advisor
for Huron East council, said
although he was not aware of
the final formation of the new
Quoted
'It's good to see
a committee
finally come
together for the
whole
municipality,'--
Walter Armes
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