Today, I met with a representative of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME). Our Director of Human Resources, General Manager of Economic Development and Lloyd Longfield from the Chamber of Commerce were also present.
She wanted to introduce our community to a program to encourage employers to take action on hiring persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities represent a value-added, untapped [...]
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The proposed merger of Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc. (GHESI) and Horizon (owned by Hamilton and St. Catharines) has been widely discussed in our community. Guelph City Council will be making a decision on the proposed merger on Monday September 29th. Both Hamilton and St. Catharines City Councils have recently supported the merger.
I represent Council on [...]
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On Saturday, I participated in the launch the inaugural run of the Guelph Junction Express, a premier, year round railway dining and sightseeing experience.
The tourist train will run from the River Run to Guelph Junction (at Campbellford below HWY 401 at the Guelph Line) along Guelph Junction Railway’s trackage.
Guelph Junction Railway was founded in 1884 as a Federally [...]
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A constituent recently sent me these statistics on housing that have been published by the Wellesley Institute. One of the federal policies that Mayor Hazel McCallion is calling for is a national housing strategy.
Housing insecurity at record levels
One-in-four Canadian households pay 30% or more of their income on housing – that’s three million households, or close to eight million women, [...]
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The annual United Way Campaign kicked off this week. The goal is to raise $2.6 million.
I submitted my thoughts on the campaign to the Guelph Mercury. You can read the article on line. Click here.
The City of Guelph is launching our campaign at a BBQ that is open to public and all City staff on Thursday, [...]
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The Association of Municipalities of Ontario has released a summary of their priority issues for the Federal election. Click here.
Key issues from the release include:
investment in communities to promote job creation and economic competitiveness
equitable treatment for Ontario tax payers
fair and equitable funding of services that help immigrants successfully settle into the economic and social fabric of our [...]
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Our Engineering Department has been busy this summer with several large road projects. This is an update on those projects.
Victoria Road: York to Stone
The Victoria Road project, a $10.4 million reconstruction project consisting of underground services, road, bridge and intersection, was completed in July, 2008 – over two months ahead of schedule. The project [...]
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An exciting new initiative was launched in Guelph today – the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming at the University of Guelph.
In addition to serving a research role, the Centre will provide hands-on experience to children, students and the community in organic food production. The children at the Child Care and Learning Centre on campus will [...]
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I mentioned in a previous blog that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities had prepared a report on housing issues in Canada.
Here is a copy of the report that London’s Mayor, Anne-Marie DeCicco-Best, sent to me: fcm-national-action-plan-on-housing and the media briefing document: briefing-on-fcm-national-action-plan-on-housing
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