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&/#3&'r#3*&'4 SURGE IN PROVINCE WIDE MURDERS, REPORTS OPP Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reporting a surge in the number of homicides it is investigating. Members of the OPP received 42 murder inves- tigations to lead in 2018, up from 35 the previous year. Six of the homicides last year were investigated on behalf of other jurisdictions. In spite of efforts to reduce the inventory of available guns, a firearm was the primary cause of death in 18 OPP death investiga- tions - higher than the previous two years combined (six in 2016; 10 in 2017) and seven more than in the record year of 2010. – Francis Racine NEW DISTRACTED DRIVING PENALTIES As of January 1st, there are new penalties for distracted driving on Ontario roads. Anyone caught using a hand-held device like a cellphone while driving will face fines of between $500 to $1000 on conviction, along with three demerit points and a three-day suspension of their driver’s license. A second conviction is worth a fine of between $500 to $2000, six demerit points, and a seven-day licence suspension. A third conviction means a fine of between $500 to $3000, six demerit points, and 30-day suspension. Statistics show distracted driving is a factor in 40 per cent of Ontario’s traffic accidents.– Gregg Chamberlain
MPP SIMARD WANTS “COMMON SENSE” BUDGET
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
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 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
La députée provinciale Amanda Simard souhaite que le nouveau gouvernement progressiste-conservateur présente un premier budget ce printemps qui aidera les municipalités. Selon Mme Simard, les administrations locales sont les plus proches des résidents de l’Ontario et elles ont besoin d’aide pour entretenir les infrastructures essentielles comme les garderies, les routes, l’eau et les égouts. —archives
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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