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Tory hopeful hopes to emulate dad
MAXVILLE | Roxane Villeneuve-Robert- son, daughter of former M.P.P. and cabi- net minister Noble Villeneuve, will carry the Conservative banner in the next pro- vincial election in Glengarry-Prescott- Russell. She defeated Jocelyn Ferguson at the riding association’s nomination meeting last week. “Better days are ahead for Ontario, but only if we get our fiscal house in order and our economic fundamentals back in line,” said Villeneuve-Robertson. Referring to the province’s deficit and“an ongoing jobs crisis,” she said: “The PC Party has been ahead of the curve on the economy from the start. Our party is the only one talking seriously about how we get private sec- tor job growth back on track.” Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak congratulated her on her nomination and thanked her for her “unwavering focus on reducing the size and cost of government and kick-start- ing the economy to create private-sector jobs.” Hudak added: “Roxane understands the urgency to stop reckless overspend- ing so we able to invest in the priorities
we need. While the current government continues to deepen Ontario’s economic crisis, the Ontario PC Party is promoting solutions to create new jobs and rein in government spending.”
“We need policies that will encourage growth and put us on the path to prosper- ity,” stated Villeneuve-Robertson. The party’s private sector job growth plan includes balancing the budget to encourage
businesses to ex- pand and hire, low- ering taxes for job- creating businesses, treating affordable energy as a corner- stone of economic growth, a more flex- ible and responsive approach to regu- lation, and more skilled trades jobs by modernizing the apprenticeship system. Villeneuve- Robertson grew up on a beef farm and has worked as manager of La Fon- dation de l‘Hôpital Glengarry Memorial Hospital Founda- tion.
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Daniel Champagne, of La Fondation ange gardien, explains a proposal to set up a drug and alcohol treatment centre in the former Vankleek Hill convent. He and planner Pierre Mercier assured citi- zens at a Champlain Township council meeting Wednesday no formal bid for a required zoning change would be made until they had been fully informed of the controversial plan which has already sparked opposition.
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Jim McDonell, M.P.P. for Stormont Dundas South Glengarry, Lisa MacLeod M.P.P. for Nepean Carleton with Roxane Ville- neuve-Robertson and her parents, Elaine and Noble Ville- neuve.
OPINION
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“John schools” for reckless cyclists in Hawkesbury The Editor, Re: Tribune Express, September 7, “Dan- gerous crossings”; Your article raises a few concerns.
In the last two years since returning, I have not seen or experienced any situation where a near collision between a vehicle and pedestrian has occurred. There seems to be a mutual respect between both and as you said, it is a tradition. You mention the fact that apparently 397 collisions “of all sorts” occurred be- tweenAugust 15, 2009 andAugust 15, 2012 as reported by Cst. P. Dubois. S\Sgt Morris breaks down the numbers but it would be nice to know just how many were actually pedestrian caused and not careless driv- ing, following too close, improper turns, fail to afford reasonable time to avoid colli- sion, all charges under the Highway Traffic Act when I was in enforcement. My main reason for adding my two cents is the following – bicycles (both pedal and battery-powered) and power-assisted wheelchairs, not the machines but the op- erators. They are all over with the majority of the users not abiding by the “rules of the road” and without any consideration for motor-
ists. They are on and off the sidewalks, cross- ing the streets anywhere, proceeding on the roadway against traffic flow, towing home-made trailers/wagons behind them, with no lights at night, cutting in and out of traffic, never yielding to traffic when it is their obligation to do so (such as riding on the sidewalks and just crossing the intersec- tion without attempting to stop to allow a motorist to make a legal turn), and on and on. In the past two years I have experienced several “close calls” with cyclists and unfor- tunately a few with the famous motorized wheelchairs with both male and female us- ers. If the town of Hawkesbury has any inten- tion of spending good money on any other “studies,” such as the seven crosswalks pro- posed for Main Street, the council members should consider having the O.P.P. actually enforce the traffic laws involving cyclists and the likes to the fullest and create a safer environment.
If certain cities can have “John schools” for certain offences, then maybe a “safe cy- cling school” for all delinquent cyclists in Hawkesbury could be developed and ac- tually teach some of them the rules of the road. Pedestrian crosswalks can create a false sense of security for pedestrians in making them believe that they are “King of the road” and that a vehicle, large or small, can stop on a dime. I may seem cynical but I have dealt with several situations in my career involving crosswalks and “cross-overs” (XX painted on the pavement, push-button activated overhead warning lights; stick out your arm and cross) where the pedestrian causes a collision then simply goes on his/her way leaving motorists to deal with rear-enders. I am simply frustrated with society not addressing actual problems but is ready to get involved in study after study for what- ever reason in order to spend our tax dol- lars instead of actually hitting the nail on the head. Ron Picard, Hawkesbury
You are correct in stating that cross- ing Main Street anywhere in Hawkesbury has become tradition and is apparently a known fact, not like the town of Alfred. As a newly-wed in 1966 and assuming residency in Hawkesbury for four years, my experience was then, as it is now, hav- ing returned to reside in the area that most drivers ( traffic) stop for pedestrians when one is waiting to cross Main Street.
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