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SIMARD SNUBBED OR NOT? UCPR SAYS NO!
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Officials for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell deny any intent to snub MPP Amanda Simard at a recent provin- cial conference for rural municipalities. The annual Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA) conference in Toronto over the January 27 weekend saw meetings between counties delegations and provin- cial officials over issues ranging from the ambulance dispatch and debt problem with the City of Ottawa to government funding allocations to the Ontario Trillium Founda- tion. But Simard, now an independent MPP TJODFIFSEFQBSUVSFMBTU/PWFNCFSGSPN the Progressive Conservative caucus, was not invited to take part in those meetings. “There was not a lot of interest in hav- ing her come,” said Mayor Robert Kirby, current warden for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), during a Monday phone interview. i8FXFSFEFBMJOHXJUIB government that she doesn’t belong to, that she decided to leave. There was not a lot of willingness to have her present.” Simard left the PC caucus to sit as an independent, a decision prompted by the Doug Ford government’s cancellation of funding for a French-language university project, the first in Ontario, and closing down the official position of the French-language commissioner. Political pundits, reporting on Simard’s 2QSDUOHSOXW{WGHVLOHVFLQTFOLHQWV LQVDWLVIDLWVRQWTXLWWpGpILQLWLYHPHQWO¶pSLFHULH /DUpVROXWLRQGHODSODLQWHG¶XQFOLHQWLQVDWLVIDLWSHXW PRWLYHUFHFOLHQWjUHVWHUILGqOH,OSRXUUDLWPrPH GHYHQLUXQGpIHQVHXUSDVVLRQQp PrPHXQDPEDVVD GHXU GHYRWUHPDUTXHVLYRXVFRUULJH]O¶LQVDWLVIDFWLRQ /HVHQWUHSULVHVRQWEHVRLQG¶DYRLUXQHVSULWHWXQ UHJDUGFULWLTXHVXUODIDoRQGRQWHOOHVLGHQWLILHQWHW JqUHQWWRXVOHXUVFOLHQWVPpFRQWHQWV SDVVHXOHPHQW FHX[TXLIRQWUHPRQWHUOHXUVSUREOqPHV $ORUVLOHVWWUqVUHQWDEOHG¶LQYHVWLUIRQGVHWpQHUJLHV SRXUPDLQWHQLUHWDPpOLRUHUODTXDOLWpGXVHUYLFHjOD FOLHQWqOH$YRLUGHVVWUDWpJLHVHWGHVWDFWLTXHVSRXU JpUHUO¶LQVDWLVIDFWLRQGHVFOLHQWVHVWXQHQpFHVVLWpVXU OHPDUFKp/DUpWHQWLRQGHFOLHQWVVHUWPrPHG¶XQ LQYHVWLVVHPHQWjFRXUWHWORQJWHUPH,OFRWHFLQTIRLV SOXVFKHUGHJDJQHUGHVQRXYHDX[FOLHQWVTXHGHOHV FRQVHUYHU $ORUVFRPPHQWIDLUHSRXUPDLQWHQLUXQHERQQHUHODWLRQ DYHFOHVFOLHQWV"/HFOLHQWDUULYHEHDXFRXSSOXV LQIRUPpGHYRVSURGXLWVHWVHUYLFHVDORUVYRXVGHYH] GpPRQWUHUTXHYRXVrWHVDXVVLO¶H[SHUWHQODPDWLqUH ,OV¶DJLWGHELHQLGHQWLILHUYRVVWUDWpJLHVGHSUHVVLRQ SXVKPDUNHWLQJ HWYRVVWUDWpJLHVG¶DWWUDFWLRQ SXOO PDUNHWLQJ (QD\DQWXQERQpTXLOLEUHHQWUHYRWUH PDUNHWLQJHWODIDoRQGRQWYRXVGHVVHUYH]YRVFOLHQWV YRXVWURXYHUH]OHVIDoRQVGHOHVWUDLWHUFRPPHGHV UHLQHVHWGHVURLV
La députée provinciale de Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Amanda Simard, n’a pas été invitée à assister aux réunions des délégués des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell (CUPR) avec des représentants provinciaux lors de la récente conférence de l’Association des municipalités rurales de l’Ontario à Toronto. Les représentants des CUPR affirment qu’ils n’avaient pas l’intention d’ignorer la députée provinciale qui a quitté le caucus progressiste-conservateur en novembre dernier pour siéger en tant qu’indépendante après avoir dénoncé les décisions du gouvernement de réduire le financement et les ressources consacrées aux questions francophones. —archives
absence from the UCPR delegation sessions at the ROMA conference, inferred that she had been snubbed by the counties. Kirby denied the suggestion. “It was nothing personal,” he said. i8F did not snub her. 8FKVTUGFMUUIBUJU IFS attendance) was not a good idea at the present time.» Simard responds “Frankly, I was quite surprised by these reactions from some mayors and the (UPCR) $"0uTUBUFE4JNBSEJOBOFNBJMUP&"1i* was ready to work on the files, follow their progress, and to help them however I could.” The MPP expressed concern that the counties council and administration were making a mistake in their approach to the Ford government. “Having these unfounded concerns means they believe partisanship and favoritism Real help for rural road projects and health care is something Amanda Simard would like to see in the first real budget of the Doug Ford Progressive Conservative government. “Investment in infrastructure and help for municipalities,” said Simard during a recent interview about the upcoming pro- vincial budget. “In a rural area like ours, it (infrastructure) is the most important thing.” The rookie MPP for Glengarry-Prescott- Russell is eager to see what the rookie Progressive Conservative government of Premier Ford presents for its first full budget since last year’s June provincial election. As tradition has it, the final provincial budget plan is announced soon after the federal budget is revealed, since some of the Ontario budget calculations depend on federal fund- ing aid to the provinces. “I want to see what the priorities are,” said Simard. “It has to be common sense.” She emphasized that the first real budget GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
are the only way to get anything done for your constituents as an MPP,” she stated. “They’re suggesting that this government only allocates resources and sets priorities based on who’s in their caucus, and that opposition MPPs are ineffective, which is completely inaccurate. Case in point : we had a great representative in Jean-Marc Lalonde, who arguably did more from the opposition benches than perhaps many government MPPs.” Simard emphasized that her role and value as MPP for the GPR has not changed with her becoming an independent. “My relationships with ministers hasn’t changed, and most have been fostered over the last two years, as many of us were candidates together,” she stated. “From my experience, ministers continue to conduct themselves with integrity, not with extreme partisanship.” for the new provincial government should start reversing the past trend of cutting back on provincial aid to municipalities in areas like infrastructure and social service programs. “If anything, we should be helping them and not cutting their funding,” Simard said. “They (local governments) are the closest to the people.” She noted that a plan to help with natural gas service extensions “would be huge for us”, as both an alternative winter heating choice for homeowners and farmers in rural areas, and also as a help with local economic development promotions. Simard also wants attention in the budget for health and social service needs, especially for seniors. “Because we have an aging population,” she said, adding that rural regions like hers do not have the same kind of wide access to health and social programs as larger urban centres. i8IBU*NHPJOHUPCFXBUDIJOHJOUIJT budget,” Simard said, “is also a stop with the cutting everywhere in places where we shouldn’t be cutting (back).”
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