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Clement named to help premier Wynne’s transition
GREG KIELEC GREG.KIELEC@EAP.ON.CA
A city councillor and high-profile Liberal has been named to Ontario premier-des- ignate Kathleen Wynne’s transition team. Bernadette Cle m ent, a two-ter m cit y councillor, wrote in repl y to congratulator y Twitter m essages Thursda y that it was “an honour” to be chosen to the inco m ing pro- vincial leader’s transition tea m . “I a m reall y looking forward to working with Pre m ier-Designate W y nne’s transition tea m . There is so m e real listening going on,” she wrote. “I a m reall y looking forward to this new experience...lots of good work ahead. This is going to be prett y cool,” she replied in two other Tweets. Cle m ent joins so m e high-profile na m es on the transition tea m , including Greg Sorbara, for m er m inister of finance and for m er Ontario Liberal Part y ca m paign co- chair; David Cro m bie, for m er Me m ber of Parlia m ent and Ma y or of Toronto; and L y n
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Bernadette Cle m ent
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RE/MAX CORNWALL REALTY INC. W y nne was selected the Ontario Liberal part y ’s new leader during a convention in Toronto on Jan. 26, defeating the widel y considered favourite, Sandra Pupatello, on a third ballot. McLeod, for m er Leader of the Ontario Lib- eral Part y and for m er cabinet m inister.
Group wants $75,000 for university study Pictured, foreground, To m and Gail Kaneb, along with Gerry Benson, m ake their pitch for funding for a feasibility study exa m ining the creation of a new university in Cornwall at last Monday night’s city council m eeting.
“We’re right up to our ears. We can’t afford it an ym ore,” he said. He noted the cit y has been a big contrib- utor to education in the cit y and still have seven m ore annual pa ym ents of $100,000 to m ake to St. Lawrence College for the fa- cilit y ’s recent redesign and upgrades. The universit y group is hoping to utilize a largel y e m pt y Nav Centre, which has 70 classroo m s, to save the province the infra- structure costs associated with building a new universit y . To m Kaneb said the group has been in discussions with St. Lawrence College and the St. Lawrence River Institute to deter- m ine how to build upon progra m s alread y offered b y the m . He said the a universit y is ke y to raising the education level in Cornwall and to re- taining the cit y ’s y outh, who often don’t re- turn to Cornwall after attending four y ears of universit y in other Ontario cities. Cornwall universit y would m ake higher education m uch m ore accessible to Corn- wall y outh because it would eli m inate the $10,000 to $15,000 the y would have to spend to attend universit y outside of Corn- wall. Benson said he and his entourage have m et a nu m ber of high-profile officials in the m onths preceding last Monda y ’s presenta- tion to council, including Nav Can CEO John Crichton and Conservative political heav y - weight Hugh Segal. “We went on to m eet m an y other leaders. It’s been 11 m onths,” he told council.
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A group hoping to create a new university in Cornwall is looking for $75,000 from Cornwall city council to conduct a feasibil- ity study. Gerr y Benson, the m ain m over behind the universit y proposal, along with To m and Gail Kaneb, pitched their plan for a Cornwall universit y to cit y council last Monda y night. The feasibilit y stud y m ust be co m pleted for the province to consider the idea. But at least a couple of councillors had a hard ti m e sto m aching the $75,000 funding request, especiall y in light of anticipated financial constraints in their y et to be final- ized 2013 cit y budget. Councillor Denis Thibault, noting Benson is part of the Co mm unit y Action Group that has pressured cit y council to lower taxes, suggested the cit y soften the blow to the cit y budget b y partnering up with two neighbouring govern m ents. He suggested the cit y provide $30,000 of the requested funding with an equal a m ount fro m the United Counties of Stor- m ont, Dundas and Glengarr y . The re m ain- ing $15,000 should co m e fro m Akwesasne, he suggested. Thibault’s suggestion was backed up b y Councillor Andre Rivette, but he insisted the m one y co m e straight fro m the cit y ’s econo m ic develop m ent budget.
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