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Thursday November 15, 2012

November 15, 2012 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator, Thursday November 15, 2012

Fallen acorns a threat to kids with allergies

A York Region mother is fighting to have oak trees removed near her child’s school, fearing that acorns could pose a deadly threat to students with severe allergies.

Donna Giustizia said the young trees on property owned by the City of Vaughan next to St. Stephen Catholic Elementary School are littering the area with acorns. The school, meanwhile, is nut-free to protect students with potentially life-threatening anaphylactic allergies.

“A false sense of security is putting a sign on the door that says nut-free and there’s nuts all over the place,” said Giustizia, who has two teenage children with anaphylactic food allergies, one of whom attends St. Stephen.

“I’m not a crazy mom, I’m not asking for anything that’s not already there.”

Giustizia appeared before Vaughan’s committee of the whole last week to plead for the removal of the trees.

Several councillors at the meeting questioned the precedent that removing the trees might set. Thornhill/Concord Councillor Sandra Yeung Racco wondered whether removing these trees would mean having to remove oak trees from other public properties where children with allergies might be exposed.

Councillors referred the matter to staff to prepare a report on the issue. City communications manager Ted Hallas said in an email that staff wouldn’t release details of the report before it is presented to councillors. (Source: Toronto Star) 

 

Posted in: Lifestyle, Ontario Tagged: Canada, chainsaw, danger, helicopter, logs, parent, parents, school, sheltered, student, tree

Thursday May 26, 2011

May 26, 2011 by Graeme MacKay

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator - Thursday May 26, 2011 Budget will phase out political subsidies The government will table its post-election budget on June 6, a document that will implement the Conservatives' promise to phase out political subsidies. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made the announcement Wednesday morning on Parliament Hill. "On Monday, June 6 our government will reintroduce the next phase of Canada's economic action plan, a low tax plan for jobs and growth," Flaherty said. The document will include several updates to reflect election promises, but Flaherty said the budget will be almost identical to the document that was unveiled prior to the election. The original budget died when the election writ was dropped, and never went to a vote in the House of Commons. Among the changes: the budget will make good on a Conservative election promise to end political subsidies. "We will include phasing out the per-vote political party subsidy as according to what was set out in the platform...which was a phasing out," Flaherty said when asked by CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife. The budget will also set aside $2.2 billion to fund an agreement the government hopes to reach with Quebec to create a Harmonized Sales Tax. With the Conservatives' new majority government status, there is little doubt the budget will pass. New Democrat Leader Jack Layton lashed out over the elimination of the political party subsidies, suggesting the move was damaging to democracy (Source: CTV News) http://www.ctvnews.ca/budget-due-june-6-will-phase-out-political-subsidies-1.648866 Canada, Stephen Harper, Elizabeth May, Jack Layton, party, subsidy, political, money, tree, majority, chainsaw

By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday May 26, 2011

Budget will phase out political subsidies

The government will table its post-election budget on June 6, a document that will implement the Conservatives’ promise to phase out political subsidies.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made the announcement Wednesday morning on Parliament Hill.

“On Monday, June 6 our government will reintroduce the next phase of Canada’s economic action plan, a low tax plan for jobs and growth,” Flaherty said.

The document will include several updates to reflect election promises, but Flaherty said the budget will be almost identical to the document that was unveiled prior to the election. The original budget died when the election writ was dropped, and never went to a vote in the House of Commons.

Among the changes: the budget will make good on a Conservative election promise to end political subsidies.

“We will include phasing out the per-vote political party subsidy as according to what was set out in the platform…which was a phasing out,” Flaherty said when asked by CTV’s Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife.

The budget will also set aside $2.2 billion to fund an agreement the government hopes to reach with Quebec to create a Harmonized Sales Tax.

With the Conservatives’ new majority government status, there is little doubt the budget will pass.

New Democrat Leader Jack Layton lashed out over the elimination of the political party subsidies, suggesting the move was damaging to democracy (Source: CTV News) http://www.ctvnews.ca/budget-due-june-6-will-phase-out-political-subsidies-1.648866

 

Posted in: Canada Tagged: Canada, chainsaw, Elizabeth May, Jack Layton, majority, money, party, political, Stephen Harper, subsidy, tree
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