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expects the new school will be open in January 2013, so the move would only affect students in the fall of 2012. “We need the school in Chapman Mills, we need one in Half Moon Bay and we need an extension on Longfields (Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School),” Blackburn said, adding that nothing has been finalized and that a public consultation was scheduled at Adrienne Clarkson Elementary School on Sept. 26. The consultation was expected to include proposed new attendance boundaries for area schools – including the yet-to-be-built Chapman Mills. The recommendation for the move comes out of a working group with the two area trustees. See CHAPMAN, page 4

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What’s in a name? According to an Ottawa man, a lot. Kirk Brant, a communications officer for Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Development Canada, said he was driving down Prince of Wales Drive two months ago when he saw a sign advertising registration for a youth football team – the Nepean Redskins. “I was blown away,” he said. “Growing up in Kanata, I was usually one of the only native kids in school and when I was called a Redskin there was always a fist behind it.” Upon returning home he fired off an email to the club’s president, but received no response. “Historically it’s always had racial connotations,” he said of the team’s chosen name. “It’s unacceptable for that to be the name of a children’s football team.” Then he contacted the media. Though Brant said he has had to turn down requests for interviews and is a little surprised by the media attention, he said he is glad that the issue is in the spotlight. Since his initial interview, there has been a Facebook group started called Change the Racist Team Nickname of the Nepean Redskins. “That’s completely independent of me,” Brant said. “But I was glad to see people engaging.” As of Sept. 22, there were 469 members of the group, created by Ian Campeau. “It’s hard to believe that in this day and age we still have racism that lurks around us,” one person wrote on the online wall of the group. Brant said when the first arti-

“It’s unacceptable for that to be the name of a children’s football team” Kirk Brant “But I couldn’t just sit by and let it be. That’s like accepting it,” he said. Brant said there is local precedent to support the argument. South Carleton High School changed the name of their athletics team from the Redskins to the Storm during the 1996-97 school year. Steve Dean, the president of the Nepean Redskins, didn’t respond to repeated calls for interviews, but told other media that only one person in the last five years has wrote to him and asked to have the name changed. The club was formed in 1978

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The Nepean Redskins home field in South Nepean Park bears the team’s name and logo. The team’s moniker has been criticized for its use of First Nations’ symbols and name. et – and plays their home games at South Nepean Park in Barrhaven. Brant, who also happens to be an artist, said he can see how a community team for youth may have concerns about the costs of

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The East Region Soccer League gave out medals to its cup-champion teams two weekends ago, but winners of lower-level leagues run by the Eastern Ontario District Soccer Association didn’t get the same experience this year.

Development a ‘poor excuse’ to not award medals: OSU DAN PLOUFFE Many of Ottawa South United’s soccer teams are nicknamed the Rage, which pretty closely matches the emotions of many of its club members when they found out the Eastern Ontario District Soccer Association would not be handing out medals to its division champions this year. “I remember how excited I was when I got a medal or a certificate. It’s a motivator to improve and reach higher,” says OSU president Bill Michalopulos. “I feel for the kids. I feel for the coaches and the parents.” The news that there would be no medals given to the teams that finished atop their league standings came as a surprise to OSU when the club went to the EODSA office to pick up the awards for its 12 division champions in EODSA leagues, only to learn that there weren’t any being distributed this year. “When our office staff inquired why, a message came back from one of the officials basically saying that in the new Long Term Athlete Development plan for soccer, because there’s less emphasis on winning, there was a decision made by the board on Sept. 1 – one day after the season was over – not to hand out medals to kids,” Michalopulos says. He adds that he received around 30 emails from parents and coaches involved in various divisions of the EODSA – which runs leagues in Level 5 and lower divisions below the regional level for many Ottawa’s youngest soccer players – asking why there were no medals. “We found it quite disturbing – how it was handled and what was said,” Michalopulos says. “We just felt it was a very poor excuse. We felt that the statement made did not make any sense. It has nothing to do with the Long Term Athlete De-

velopment plan – nowhere in there does it say you don’t hand out medals. “The overall philosophy of development over winning in the younger age groups I think is positive. But that has nothing to do with not handing out medals for recognition.” Michalopulos was also bothered that EODSA member clubs didn’t have the chance to discuss the idea in an open forum. “We don’t understand why some people would sit in a back room somewhere and make such a decision after the season’s over instead of before the season starts,” he explains. “It’s preposterous.” Although some people theorized that the Long Term Athlete Development plan was used “as an excuse to not hand out the medals” because they simply hadn’t got them, Michalopulos says this example is part of a wider trend of the inappropriate use of what “development” means. “Eventually good development leads to success and winning,” he explains. “It’s used in some quarters as a smokescreen to hide inadequacies of programs and quality coaching. “It’s like, ‘They’re winning, so they’re bad, and we’re losing, so we’re developing,’ – instead of looking yourself in the mirror and saying, ‘Why aren’t we doing well? Why can’t our kids shoot, pass and dribble?’” OSU will be handing out its own plaques to players next month at their banquet, Michalopulos says. “We’re very proud of our Cups and medals that we win,” the father of several OSU players adds. “That’s the western way – if there’s an achievement, you get rewarded for it. That’s kind of the basis of our whole society.” EODSA president Wayne MacDougall could not be reached for comment as of press time.

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Do research before pet purchase

n the wake of one of the largest puppy-mill rescues in recent history, a proposal to get Ottawa to ban the inhumanely bred dogs at local pet stores is getting a lot of attention. As it should. The conditions of more than 500 dogs were forced to live in at an Outaouais puppy mill highlighted the need for renewed animal-protection laws. But is strengthening a city bylaw really going to accomplish that goal? Pet shops aren’t the first stop for most people looking to buy a new pet. Besides breeders, shelters and pet shops, classified ads and the Internet are two of the most common places to look for a new pet and unfortunately, that’s how many puppy-mill breeders sell their animals, which are often sick and mistreated. There is not much the city can do to prevent that. While one suffering dog is one too many, an Ottawa bylaw would only have an impact on fewer than a handful of stores that sell dogs in this city. There are only four pet stores that don’t get

animals from the humane society, according to Coun. Mark Taylor, chair of the city’s community and protective services committee. What is needed, he says, are strong regulations – and penalties – at the provincial and federal levels. In Ontario in 2005, the province added a hefty fine of up to $50,000 for puppy mill operators who break the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Federally, Canada’s animal cruelty law dates to the original criminal code from 1892. The fines were increased in 2008, but anti-animal cruelty advocates want the definition of “abuse” strengthened. In the meantime, prospective puppy parents can do their part: don’t buy from a breeder unless you are allowed to contact references and see the conditions in which the animal was raised. Why not rescue an unwanted dog by adopting from a shelter such as the Ottawa Humane Society? The best way to put a stop to puppy mills is to stop buying from them.

Who says Ottawa doesn’t look good?

recent minor sensation was the revelation that someone has ranked Ottawa the eighthworst-dressed city in the world. The newspapers were full of it. The ranking was done by the website MSN Travel and, to be fair, our city was in good company. Among the cities considered to dress worse than Ottawa were San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Vancouver (the yoga pants), Maui (the Hawaiian shirts) and Orlando (the Disney costumes). Nevertheless, it still hurts, doesn’t it? You get up in the morning, put on your best blue suit and matching blue tie, then turn on the Internet and find that very suit and that very tie used to illustrate an article on Ottawa’s bad fashion sense. “As a city populated by suit-and-tie civil servants, there is zero audacity to be different and nary a fashion effort is made,” says the article. “Everyone looks like they’re frozen in the 1980s. Men sport the same boring navy suits that hang like shapeless curtains across their shoulders, women choose sensible shoes, sedate colours and are unremarkably respectable, and everyone is just so matchy matchy.” Well, how seriously should we take

CHARLES GORDON Funny Town this? Not at all. For one thing, the picture is obviously a fake – the guy in the suit is not wearing I.D. tags around his neck. For another thing, there is more to life than how you look. How you eat, for example, and how you fish. For a third thing, not caring about how you dress shows an absence of vanity, vanity being a terrible thing. Also, not caring how you dress saves you a lot of money. That being the case, Ottawa should, logically, place high on the list of Cities That You Don’t Have to Spend a Lot of Money to Live In. But, for a fourth thing, who says we look so bad? Who makes these rules? People on the Internet, that’s who. The rules are very arbitrary, and possibly wrong. Suppose you walked down

the street in Maui and you weren’t wearing a Hawaiian shirt. People might point at you and snicker. Suppose you showed up in Orlando not wearing sandals and Bermuda shorts. People would think you were an undercover police officer. Guys in Seattle are being attacked now for wearing the same flannel shirts that made the city cutting edge a few years ago. A fashion sense has to be a flexible thing and people in Ottawa are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances. It used to be much easier. You wore your suit and tie every day, sometimes changing your tie. Then the idea of casual Fridays arrived. For a while that was OK: it just meant suit, no tie, or tie, no jacket. Then it became sports shirts and different kinds of pants. More complicated. To make matters worse, there was the shifting nature of the work week. Not everybody worked Monday to Friday. So, if you had Friday off, did that make Thursday casual Thursday? Even if you were the only one in the place without a tie on? You can bet the folks at MSN Travel weren’t thinking a lot about these factors. Not everyone in the city is hostile

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to the idea that we could dress better. For example, owners of clothing stores – surprise! In a newspaper interview, one suggested that younger Ottawans are making an attempt to improve. “It’s people that have at the same time, adopted some of that casual dress code, but they’re trying to make that the best that they can,” he said. “It’s a little better than wearing Dockers and a golf shirt to go to work.” Wait a second: Are you saying Dockers and golf shirts are bad? And the Hawaiian shirt is out too? So much to learn, and so little time. Anyway, how much effort can we be expected to make when we know we have to hang the I.D. tags over it?

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The Salvation Army is looking at a Barrhaven site for a new church and office. The international Christian church would like to build on land near the intersection of Fallowfield Road and Strandherd Drive, on the western edge of Barrhaven. The Salvation Army site is part of a triangular piece of land being developed by DCR Phoenix as a business park. Other planned developments within the 11-hectare triangle include offices and a hotel.

Another land owner plans a gas station right at the corner of Fallowfield and Strandherd. The proposed Salvation Army building would cover 1,580 square metres. DCR Phoenix’s rezoning application notes that about 150 cars would access the site on Sundays. The building would provide office space for 10 people and meeting space for up to 50 people. As DCR Phoenix’s land is currently zoned for employment, a church will require rezoning. Public comments on the rezoning application can be directed to city planner Lily Xu at 613-5802424, ext. 27505.

Hybrids not making OC Transpo fleet more fuel efficient LAURA MUELLER laura.mueller@metroland.com

OC Transpo is blowing through its 2011 fuel budget – no thanks to hybrid buses that aren’t saving as much fuel as anticipated. Ottawa’s “operating environment” is translating into a $1-million pressure on OC Transpo’s fuel budget. The hybrids are only “marginally better” than regular diesel buses, OC Tranpo’s head of maintenance, Larry Atkinson, told the city’s transit commission on Sept. 21. Heavy, overloaded buses and the addition of 60-foot accessible buses with bike racks is a contributing factor to the tune of $1.6 million, according to a city report. The price of diesel fuel isn’t helping, and keeping buses parked outside idling, among other things, will cost just under a million dollars this year. The picture for 2012 is even bleaker. OC Transpo is anticipating it will face a $7.5 million

additional pressure on fuel costs next year. The transit authority’s fuel budget has been trimmed by $6 million in each of the last two years for a total of $37 million in 2011. The solution is complex. In the short term, it involves informing bus drivers about the effects of idling when a bus isn’t in service, and refreshing operators on efficient cold-weather operations. By early next year, OC Transpo will review the heating and cooling temperature settings on buses and expand a driver-training program aimed at educating drivers on ways to boost fuel efficiency, including tire pressure, transmission settings and automatic performance tracking. In the long term, OC Transpo is looking at a new fuel management system, improved traffic light integration and other bus modifications. “We need to get on the ball and change our behaviours,” Atkinson said.

Deputy Mayor Steve Desroches took part in National Tree Day ceremonies on Sept. 21, at the Museum of Nature. Desroches, second from right, is joined by Michael Rosen, President of Tree Canada, the Hon. Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, MP Royal Galipeau, and Tarin Rogers, a Grade 8 student from St. Laurent Academy. Through the work of Tree Canada, more than 77 million trees have been planted across the nation and 450 schoolyards have been greened. Submitted photo

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PARK AND RIDE Signs direct commuters to the expanded Fallowfield park-and-ride parking areas. About 570 new spaces have been created, bringing the total to 1,665 spots – the largest of the city’s 13 park-and-ride lots. A motorist who parks in the most distant space at Fallowfield faces a walk of more than 300 metres to the bus stops.

Buses are getting crowded as more people use public transit, and many aren’t thrilled with the outcomes of the Sept. 4 route “optimization,” say councillors. Suburban councillors in particular said their office phones have been lighting up with residents complaining about subpar service since the massive changes went into effect after Labour Day. “I have many, many people – not just a few – who are now going back to their cars,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. Innes Coun. Rainer Bloess said he is receiving a large volume of calls from residents angry about packed buses – including a woman whose arm was closed into a bus door because she couldn’t fully make it aboard the packed

bus. The overcrowding crush comes every fall when students and workers return from summer vacations, OC Transpo head Alain Mercier told commissioners during a Sept. 21 transit commission meeting. And there are simply more people riding the bus, Mercier said. There was a 6.3 per cent rise in OC Transpo ridership this August compared to last year. The transit authority had its highest level of annual ridership ever in 2010 with 99.3 million trips. Overcrowding is especially apparent in the downtown section of the Transitway that is set to be replaced by light rail in 2018. The street network is almost hitting its capacity for the number of buses it can handle at rush hour, which is about 180. That’s about the same as last year, Mer-

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cier said. That led to delays of up to 20 minutes on some routes in the first week of the route changes, mainly those leaving the downtown core. Still, Mercier told councillors that only seven per cent of riders had negative comments when surveyed by mystery shoppers aboard buses after the changes took effect. The Sept. 4 route changes, aimed at trimming $20 million from OC Transpo’s annual operating budget, have gone “as best as we believe it could have been,” Mercier said. One councillor, Stephen Blais of Cumberland Ward, praised the route changes and the corresponding budget savings. OC Transpo is making some immediate tweaks to bus service, mostly to address overcrowding on route originating in the city’s east end.

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Tap-and-go Presto cards are on track to replace OC Transpo passes by next spring and they won’t require users to have photo ID. As the city gears up to roll out the Presto system, which will allow riders to “fill up” their pass cards like a gift card, the transit commission decided that a photo identifying the passholder won’t be part of the new Presto pass. That will allow bus riders to transfer their pass for use by another rider – something that’s currently not possible. The cards will work in a couple of ways. They can hold a cash balance like a gift card that could be used to pay for individual trips, or users can pay one fee for unlimited monthly or annual rides. OC Transpo expects the cards, which are simply tapped on a reader on the bus or O-Train, will speed up boarding and make it easier for people to buy passes, cutting down on administrative costs for OC Transpo. But a Sept. 21 report to the city’s transit commission says the system won’t be “fully realized” if photo ID is required. Needing a photo would eliminate the benefits of putting fare payment online, which is intended to eliminate large lines at OC Transpo service centres.

A city report says that allowing people to transfer passes within a fare category (ie. students, adults and seniors) would attract more riders to the service. Some of those additional riders would be using another person’s pass, but the report says allowing transferable passes would also hook some of those pass-borrowers in as new OC Transpo customers, because they would be attracted to the improved customer service. There is a cost associated with pass sharing, however. An independent analysis of the impact found that the city could lose between $170,000 and $2.6 million from lost pass revenue. OC Transpo has also crunched the numbers and anticipates a $1.5 million revenue loss, but the report states that “... the real figure will likely be much less – closer to the point of revenue neutrality.” That’s because the Presto cards will reduce costs associated with administration, as well as counterfeit passes. Not to mention, photo IDs would make it difficult to integrate the Presto system with the rest of the Metrolinx program in southern Ontario, according to the report. The province is giving Ottawa $7 million towards the program. Post-secondary student U-passes and cash fares are the only fares that won’t be accommodated under the new Presto card.

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Finding a way through the mental health system GEOFF DAVIES AND LAURA MUELLER

mental health is improving, funding isn’t following suit. But Ottawa Public Health is trying to do its part. The city added $300,000 into its budget starting in 2011 aimed at adding suicide-prevention programming for parents and to provide funding to allow the Youth Services Bureau’s downtown crisis drop-in centre to be open for an extra day each week (that announcement is coming next month). It’s a big step that marks Ottawa Public Health’s entry into the mental health field, Leikin says. “We’re new to this in the sense that we’ve just started to make these strong connections in the mental-health area,” he says. “Whereas before Ottawa Public Health was an expert and a leader on various health topics, now mental health is becoming one of them, which is really exciting for us.” The focus for the programs, which could start as soon as January, will be on youth in grades 7 and 8 – the “transition years,” says Nicole Frappier, who is also with Ottawa Public Health. But Ottawa Public Health wants to make suicide part of the dialog with parents starting right at pre-natal classes, Frappier says. It’s an especially pressing issue in Ottawa, where eight per cent of youth have seriously considered trying to kill themselves. That is a significantly higher rate than the rest of Ontario, a city report notes. It’s the type of programming that officials hope will make a difference to families like the Grahams. Now with several courses under her belt, Shelly Graham is learning more about suicide so she does know what to do. Education is key for everyone, including parents, she says. One day, when she’s ready, she hopes to share her knowledge in classrooms. What’s most important, she has learned, is to reach out to people suffering. Though it may be uncomfortable, making the effort to break through could save a person, and spare the web of people who love them. “There’s a real shame that comes with suicide. We will not be ashamed,” says Shelly. “Jesse was an awesome guy and we are going to talk about him. He was loved. Shame is what immobilizes you and it’s what keeps people suffering in silence. “And there’s been enough suffering in silence.”

hen 17-year-old William Ross realized he couldn’t hold back from harming himself, he ran downstairs and asked his mother to drive him to CHEO. Jesse Graham told six people he was thinking about killing himself, says Shelly, Jesse’s mother, but he never spoke to a professional about his demons. The people Jesse told kept it to themselves. Today, William is recovering. Jesse took his own life last summer. It’s a cruel twist of fate that the stories of these two young men, who faced such similar inner struggles, ended so differently. As is the case for many teens struggling with mental health challenges, it often comes down to knowing how to access the resources they need. William, who went through counselling when he was 12, knew. Jesse didn’t. That’s why the first point of contact for most suicidal teens is the hospital emergency room, or a visit from the police, says Dr. Kim Sogge, chief of psychology professional practice at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. “It’s a real dilemma for families,” she says. Sogge says mental health professionals and agencies in Ontario and Ottawa need to do a better job of educating families and making them aware of the resources available to them. Ben Leikin of Ottawa Public Health couldn’t agree more. He is one of the partners involved with the Community Suicide Prevention Network. The network arose as a result of the growing awareness of suicide that followed the high-profile suicide of 14-yearold Ottawa resident Daron Richardson last fall. The aim is to co-ordinate resources by bringing together the executive directors and decision makers from a range of service providers. After several months of meetings and consultations, the network decided the most pressing issue facing the mental health field in Ottawa is ensuring people are aware of the resources available and how to access them. Leikin pointed out there are a lot of big issues that need to be addressed, like decreasing the stigma that still surrounds these issues, and creating a media awareness campaign to get the message out. But “bigger than those things, or a

OUT OF THE DARKNESS A series about youth suicide Part 3: Mental health professionals and agencies work together for better community awareness big important piece of that, is still how to navigate the system,” Leikin says. “So that’s going to be what we tackle.” The network will be creating “navigation maps” to guide both youth and parents through the mental-health system. “It will go into a bit more detail of how to navigate yourself through the system. It will … provide information about how one could work through it to get the appropriate services,” Leikin says. Sogge says although awareness about

Workshops The Canadian Mental Health Association offers a series of suicide prevention training workshops in Ottawa: • SafeTALK: a three-hour course for people over the age of 15 to help identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide ﬁrst aid resources. The cost is $40 to $60 to take the course. • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST): a two-day program offered 20 times a year in Ottawa that teaches suicide ﬁrst-aid skills to anyone who may come into contact with a person at risk, using the most widely-used suicide intervention model in the world. The cost is $180 to take the course. More than 1,000 people take the course every year. For more information call 613737-7791. Ottawa school boards have their own ASIST trainers.

Connecting with resources A new website, www.ementalhealth.ca, is making it easier for people to connect with the mental-health services that are appropriate for them. In addition to having a directory, it is like a Google search for mental health services, said Ben Leikin, mental health project ofﬁcer for Ottawa Public Health. “So if you want to search something like ‘psychologist for a 14-year-old,’ it will bring up private practise psychologists as well as some programs that exists for free. It indicates right on it is there is a fee, if it’s bilingual and where it’s located,” Leikin said. The search also brings up news articles and useful links.

Canada needs a national suicide prevention strategy BLAIR EDWARDS blair.edwards@metroland.com

he biggest item on the wish list of Ted Charette, co-ordinator of Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Mobile Crisis and Intake Services, is Canada adopting a national suicide prevention strategy. Canada is the only G-8 country without a national suicide prevention strategy. The Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention is working on preparing a national suicide prevention strategy.

“I think it’s starting to gain some weight and some support around the families,” says Charette. “We’ve had a blueprint for many, many years,” says Rene Ouimet, a director of the Canadian Mental Health Association and a member of the Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention. Canada needs a body to co-ordinate suicide prevention programs across the country, said Ouiment. “We keep lobbying,” she said. The Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention released a suicide prevention strategy in 2004.

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The objectives of the strategy include: Promote awareness across the country that suicide and suicidal behaviour is everyone’s problem and is preventable. Increase the number of employers and volunteer groups that have suicide prevention, intervention and post-intervention programs. Promote understanding that “breaking the silence surrounding suicide increases realistic opportunities to save lives and to reduce suffering. Launch an anti-stigma campaign. Reduce the availability and lethal-

ity of suicide methods (such as guns). • Increase training for recognition of risk factors, warning signs and atrisk behaviours. • Develop a national crisis-line network. • Increase services and support to those bereaved by suicide or who have attempted suicide. • Increase funding for suicide prevention programs. “The only way we’re going to prevent suicide is to talk about it openly and directly,” said Ouimet.

If you’re a teen in crisis or their guardian, the Youth Services Bureau has a free, 24-hour help line. Call 613-260-2360 or 1-877-377-7775 (toll free) crisis@ysb.on.ca

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Volunteers and organizers of the Where’s the Food? project in Barrhaven have moved further towards their goal in a community-based research into food issues in the suburb. The group of volunteers – composed of residents, volunteers with the Barrhaven Food Cupboard and the West Barrhaven Community Garden – met at the South Nepean Satellite Community Health Centre on Sept. 20. It was the second in a series of meetings that will aid volunteers to research whether local dietary needs are being met. Discussion was kicked off by Betsy Kristjansson – a professor at the University of Ottawa and one of the founders of the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study, which is where the base data for Where’s the Food? Barrhaven will come from. For the purposes of the study, organizers and volunteers have decided to look at the area bounded by Fallowfield Road in the north, Bankfield Road to the south, Highway 416 to the west and Prince of Wales Drive to the east. The picture the neighbourhood study presents of Barrhaven is a rosy one, with an average individual income of $46,000 – which is higher than the citywide average of $34,000.

There were no children or seniors living below the low-income cut off and only 13 per cent of residents didn’t complete some post-secondary education. Kristjansson said that in 2008 the study found there were 72 recreation sites. In the catchment of what the neighbourhood study considered Barrhaven, there were 22 limited service restaurants. “There is great access to grocery stores, but not so much in the way of specialty stores,” Kristjansson said. Property crime in the area was also well below that of the city, with 29 incidences per 1,000 people, versus the citywide 58 per 1,000 people. Similarly personal crimes such as robbery were low, with nine per 1,000 people versus the city’s 29. After taking in this information, volunteers divided up sections of the Where’s the Food? toolkit and began to plan research into food available in schools, stores, community kitchens, community gardens, stores, restaurants, communitysupported agriculture and other venues. The project is a partnership with the residents, the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. There is an ongoing study in Centretown and ones have already been completed in Sandy Hill and Fitzroy Harbour.

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ample, how people’s travel choices have changed. In 2005, when the last origin-destination survey took place in the National Capital Region, cars were used for 71 per cent of all trips made. Biking accounted only for one per cent of all trips. Since then, the city has tried to support alternative modes of transportation, such as building Ontario’s first segregated bike lanes along Laurier Avenue. The survey presents an opportunity to start to measure the success of these policies and to base plans for future investments on solid data. Information gathered in the 2005 origin-destination survey has also contributed to road improvements such as the environmental assessment for new interprovincial bridge, Prince of Wales Drive and Strandherd Bridge, and various transit undertakings such as the planned downtown transit tunnel and the Ottawa western light rail corridor.

Shop for handmade, hand-painted ceramic jewellery from Kenya with all profits donated to the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign. The foundation assists grandmothers caring for AIDS orphans in 15 Sub-Saharan African countries. This fundraiser, organized by the Gorgeous Grannies & Friends of North Gower, will be held at Marlborough Community Centre, Pierce’s Corners, corner of Pierce and Malakoff roads, in North Gower on Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There are over 15 million AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. Most are being raised by their grandmothers who bury their own children, then turn around to raise their grandchildren, usually in situations of extreme poverty. In addition to the jewellery, other quality items will be offered by local crafts people. Our popular cafe and bake sale are also back. Payment is by cash or cheque only. Contact Pauline 613-2586927 for more information. For information visit www.stephenlewisfoundation.org

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Data helps future planning decisions A travel survey will have phones ringing across Ottawa for the next 10 weeks. The origin-destination survey began Sept. 22, with professional interviewers calling thousands of randomly selected residents on both sides of the Ottawa River to gather information about daily travel patterns. Telling the interviewer how you travelled today will improve travel for tomorrow. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes and the data collected will be used by transportation planners for years. Interviewers will ask where all household members travelled to in the course of one day, why and when they went, and how they got there. The interviews are voluntary and confidential. Calls will take place Tuesday through Friday, between 4.30 and 9.30 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Results are expected to be available by summer 2012. They will show, for ex-

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THE ISSUES

EDUCATION • Doubling the length of bachelor of education programs

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How do each of the four major parties ﬁelding candidates in the Oct. 6 election stack up on some of the big issues facing Ontario? Here’s a snapshot of what the Green, Liberal, New Democratic and Progressive Conservative platforms have to offer.

• Make the 30 per cent tuition grants available to lower income students available to the middle class as well

• Reform health care delivery to ensure access by re-prioritizing funding • Improve care available to seniors: better home care options, transitional care, assisted living and long-term care and create case managers at the family clinic level

• Freeze tuition for 2012-2013 while maintaining university and college budgets; index tuition increases to rate of inﬂation from 2013-2015

• Cut emergency wait times in half, scrap the LHINs, reduce fees

ECONOMY/TAXES • Allow families to reduce taxable income through income sharing

• Increase spending on K-12 by $2 billion by end of ﬁrst term, root out waste

• Invest more in frontline care by capping hospital CEO pay and reducing money spent on consultants

• Lower income taxes by ﬁve per cent on the ﬁrst $75,000 of taxable income

• Create 200,000 apprenticeship spaces over four years

• Double the caregiver tax credit

• Lower income taxes on families and local businesses

• Reduce school reliance on parent fees and fundraising by setting aside $20 million per year to be allocated to parent councils as a per capita grant

• Scrap the LHINs • Increase health spending by $6 billion during ﬁrst term in ofﬁce • Expand long term care by adding 5,000 new beds

• Expand training, certiﬁcation programs in green building, biomedical technology, renewable energy and sustainable transportation sectors

• Eliminate interest on the provincial portion of student loans • Remove HST from gasoline by one percentage point per year

• Create a family caregiver leave program, allowing up to eight weeks of job-protected time away

• Will make the temporary input tax credit restrictions permanent, meaning corporations won’t be allowed to write off taxes on expenses like entertainment and dining

• Double the children’s activity tax credit to $100 per child

• Eliminate the deﬁcit by 20172018 ﬁscal year

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• Create incentives to help triple the number of successful start-up companies in the next ﬁve years

• Remove the HST from hydro, home heating bills • End mandatory time-of-use electricity pricing

• Reinstate and expand the home energy savings program • Require local participation in energy projects, support smallscale and community based projects

MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS • Work with municipalities, non-proﬁts and developers to identify opportunities to create affordable housing • Implement the Building Together plan, focusing on improving public transit

• Remove the HST from electricity, home heating bills • Offer rebates of up to $5,000 for energy efﬁcient home retroﬁts

• Replace all coal-ﬁred power plants with clean energy in three years • Continue feed-in tariff program to increase amount of electricity generated by renewable sources

• Give more cities and towns access to gas tax revenue • Invest more than $35 million over three years to improve infrastructure

• Build 14,000 new affordable housing units over the next four years • Share the cost of operating transit with municipalities in exchange for a four-year transit fare freeze • Invest in new transit projects and systems

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From hospital bed shortages to home care, Mehra said her group, the Ontario Health Coalition, wants to see candidates addressing issues that are affecting Ontarians. “Access to health care is suffering,” said Mehra, the coalition’s director. “There are severe access issues, perhaps the strongest evidence of the problem is the level of hospital occupancy and overcrowding.” Mehra said political parties need to address key health concerns like access to acute care hospital beds and longer-term care for seniors both in hospitals and in the community. “It’s poor and inequitable,” Mehra said, adding that 18,500 hospital beds have been cut since 1990. As a result, she pointed out Ontario residents are traveling long distances for their surgeries and wait lists for long-term care beds have “never been higher.” “In some areas, home care isn’t provided at all anymore,” Mehra said. “Patients are required to travel long distances.” Yasir Naqvi, the Liberal candidate for Ottawa Centre, said his party has built 18 new hospitals across the province that has helped alleviate wait times. In Ottawa, his party has taken on initiatives like doubling the size of Montfort Hospital, added new wings at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and expanded to Ottawa Heart Institute. “All of these are really significant investments in our health care, just in the City of Ottawa alone,” Naqvi said. “Not to mention, we have hired almost 3,000 new doctors, 11,500 more nurses and now 94 per cent of Ontarians have a family doctor.” Anil Naidoo, the New Democratic Party candidate for Ottawa Centre, said that his party agrees with the health coalition that there needs to be more improvement with beds and wait times. “We have a plan, and we want to put people first,” Naidoo said. “We need to invest more in a health care system that alleviates some of the wait times in a thoughtful and practical way.” Naidoo added that the NDP has committed to investing more in home care and long-term care, which would also help alleviate wait times for long-term care beds. Randall Denley, the Progressive Conservative candidate for Ottawa West-Nepean, said the issue of longterm care is a particularly significant issue for his party. In particular, he said his party wants to do better for Ontario seniors. “We’re keeping them in the hospital, and it costs about $1,000 a day,” Denley said, adding that better at-home care could also help increase the amount of available hospital beds. Dave Bagler, the Green Party candidate for Ottawa-Vanier, said his party identifies key health priorities for Ontario, including investing in home care. “It’s a sad state when we have to bring a senior into a hospital to check

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if they have the flu because we can’t send someone to them,” Bagler said. “If we can make those investments in home care, not only are we having money, but we’re also protecting seniors and addressing hospital bed concerns.” The Green Party wants to focus on health promotion, he added, and putting money into preventative measures for diabetes and obesity. “The earlier you solve a problem, the cheaper is it,” Bagler said. Mehra also wants to see the political parties address the question of whether they will address privatization and protect public, non-profit health care. “For-profits have reduced working conditions for workers,” she said. “The impact is there’s very, very high turnover.” Naidoo said he worked as a health care campaigner, and his party will continue to be an advocate for universal public health care. “The NDP is at the centre of the public universal health care system,” he said. “So of course, we’re going to be standing against privatization.” Naqvi said the Liberals are “very much committed” to a publicly-funded, universally-accepted health care system. He said the Liberals have already passed legislation to ensure that the health system remains not-for-profit. “We’ve taken concrete measures in law and in practice to strengthen the foundation of a publically-funded health care system,” Naqvi said. Denley said that it’s “pretty clear” Ontarians already have a mix of private and public providers. “If you get an X-ray, it’s a private provider,” he said. “But you pay for it with your OHIP card.”

Bagler said there will always be an element of private delivery like doctors who own their own clinics, and that it should be up to communities in Ontario to decide what is best for them. “I’m in Ottawa-Vanier, and we’re a diverse riding. Lowertown isn’t like Rockcliffe. They don’t have the same needs,” he said. “What I’d like to see is let the communities have more of a say of what their health services are locally. That distinguishes the Green Party from the others.” Mehra said she would also like to know what concrete steps each party is taking to improve democratic governance and public accountability. “We need democratic reform, re-establish democratic governance and public accountability,” she said. “We have pushed very hard on those issues, including improving democratic accountability and including a provincial ombudsman oversight.” Naidoo said Ontario needs community-based governance, and Local Health Integration Networks have been a “big disappointment.” “We feel this government is creating another barrier between communities and Queen’s Park,” Naidoo said. Denley also said getting rid of LHINs would help re-establish democratic governance and public accountability. He referred to the LHIN as a “pretend level of accountability” and doesn’t allow for communities to have any control or say over what the network does. “There’s no democratic control, and health care is a provincial government responsibility,” Denley said. However, Naqvi said he’s concerned when he hears parties talking about scrapping the idea of LHINs. He said the network is the “most important” innovation that the Liberal Party has come up with. “In the past, we had a system where bureaucrats in Toronto deliver and develop practices in health care in Ottawa,” Naqvi said. “(The NDP and Progressive Conservatives) want to centralize health care, and bring decision-making back in the hands of few. That won’t be transparent.” He added that medical experts have said that the LHIN gives them better tools to provide more effective locallyintegrated health care to the community. “I think that has made our health care system more accountable and transparent, and any steps backwards will reverse that process.” Bagler said the main Green Party theme is letting Ontarians focus on their own community. “We want to allow communities to have a stronger say local decisionmaking and health services,” he said. Ontario Health Coalition held a rally in Toronto on Sept. 13, asking political party leaders to talk about protecting single-tier health care and reforming it so it suits the public interest. The coalition’s website is www .votehealthontario.ca

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Requiring pet shops to sell cats and dogs from shelters isn’t a good idea for Ottawa, according to the chair of the city’s community and protective services committee. The proposal, which came from the Ottawa Human Society’s executive director Bruce Roney the day Toronto passed a similar bylaw, could lead to some “bruised feelings” between the city and the humane society, said Bay Coun. Mark Taylor. That’s because the animal welfare group went public with the idea instead of discussing it with the city first, he said. And it’s happening only a few months after the humane society supported the city’s effort to re-jig bylaws that govern pet stores. The idea of trying to ban puppy-mill

dogs from pet stores and promote adoption of unwanted pets came up during those discussions in May, Taylor said, and all parties agreed it wasn’t a good fit for Ottawa. But on Sept. 22, Roney sent a letter to city council – and the media – asking Ottawa to follow Toronto’s lead. “Ottawa council has shown itself to be considerably more progressive and forward-thinking than Toronto’s. Please demonstrate this by acting now for the animals and by a bylaw in Ottawa,” Roney wrote. “So I’m a little shocked (the humane society) took that tact,” Taylor said. “Rather than coming to us as a partner with a concern, they just launched it out there onto the Internet.” Roney was not available for an interview last week, but Taylor said he spoke to Roney after the letter was sent and the humane society’s reasoning was that

there was now a precedent for such a bylaw in Ontario. When it was considered in Ottawa in May, no other city had a similar bylaw. Of the 13 licensed pet stores in Ottawa, eight sell cats and dogs and only four sell privately bred animals. The other four already source their animals from shelters, Taylor said, so passing a bylaw like Toronto’s wouldn’t make much of an impact in Ottawa. “I don’t think it’s going to do anything to tackle the problem,” he said, adding that most puppy-mill dogs are sold online – something the city can’t regulate. Although Taylor counts himself as a protector of animals, he said efforts would be better spent lobbying the federal government to strengthen the criminal code to place harsher punishments on offenders who mistreat animals. But other councillors were open to the

idea of exploring a bylaw like Toronto’s. Orleans Coun. Bob Montette said the community and protective services committee and council should be having a discussion about the issue. “Four stores is probably four too many,” said Monette, who supports the sale of shelter animals or pets produced through registered breeders. “I would be open to having that discussion and looking at other options,” Monette said. But he said he won’t be the one to push the agenda at council (Monette doesn’t sit on the community and protective services committee). “There will probably be an inquiry to staff, and there are other councillors who are interested in this,” he said. Kitchissippi Coun. Katherine Hobbs, who is rumoured to be interested in pushing the agenda on this issue, was unavailable for comment.

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Barrhaven Ottawa South This Week -September 29 2011

From kindergarten to university Ontario’s political parties try to out-school each other NEVIL HUNT nevil.hunt@metroland.com

For parents of school-age children and students at Ontario’s colleges and universities, provincial spending on education will always be a key issue. And that focus is ramped up come election time. Which party will cut, which will spend more, expand services or cut fees? Current students and their parents may look at the shortterm implications of the parties’ policies, but all Ontario residents should take a close look at proposals for our schools. Beyond the tax bill to educate future generations, the quality of that education has ramifications that can only be measured in decades, not the four-year term of a governing party. While spending on roads or hospitals may deliver improvements we can see in a year, education spending provides its payoff over the long term. In the past few years we’ve seen the McGuinty government roll out full-day kindergarten in Ontario schools, the first such program in North America. Today there are more than 50,000 children at school for the full

day instead of the former halfday. By September 2014, full-day kindergarten will be available in all provincially-funded elementary schools in the province. The Progressive Conservatives didn’t support the fullday legislation, but have accepted that the process can’t be scrapped now that it’s underway and parents are counting on it. Nepean-Carleton PC MPP Lisa MacLeod said the fullday system “can be improved upon.” “We need to make sure all of the kinks are worked out,” MacLeod said. The New Democrats support full-day kindergarten, but have expressed concerns about the lengthy implementation period. Ottawa South NDP candidate Wali Farah, who has a masters in education from the University of Ottawa, said the full-day plan caused problems as it was rolled out. “The classes are overflowing with kids; more than was expected,” Farah said. He said the effects have also been felt in daycare centres, which lost many of their older children to kindergarten. He said an NDP government would invest $250 million over the next two years to stabilize the day care system so fees don’t increase beyond parents’ ability to pay. Liberal MPP Bob Chiarelli is seeking re-election in Ottawa West-Nepean. He said the PCs were “dead set against full-day

kindergarten” when the Liberals brought forth legislation to establish the program. “Education is the single most important investment we can make,” Chiarelli said. “There have been a few bumps in the road (establishing full-day kindergarten), but the basic program rolled out very well, and parents like it.” FROM JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 12 During the election campaign, PC leader Tim Hudak has listed education and health care spending as two budget items a Tory government would not cut. MacLeod said The Tories have pledged to increase spending on junior kindergarten to Grade 12 education by $2 billion before the end of a first term if they form a government after the Oct. 6 election. She said rooting out waste and unnecessary bureaucracy will result in savings in the education system. The Liberals have increased spending on education since coming to power. They point to the previous Harris-Eves PC government as the route Ontarians want to avoid. When the Progressive Conservatives held a majority at Queen’s Park from 1995 to 2003, there were spending cuts that forced school boards to close schools. Chiarelli said funding for Ottawa’s schools is up by more than 50 per cent since the Liberals came to power, and that the

party is committed to investing as needs increase. Over the last eight years, many class sizes have been reduced, with 97 per cent of primary classes holding 23 kids or less. There have been costs both in increased workforce and the need for more classrooms. New Democratic Party leader Andrea Horwath has suggested Ontario’s schools are becoming “two-tier” because of funding disparities. She says the need to fundraise for important educational events means some students get fewer or poorer learning opportunities. Under an NDP government, each school would receive a $4,000 annual grant for clubs, sports teams and special events, and extra fees would be banned. Farah said the current funding formula for schools looks strictly at the number of students in a school. “They don’t look at the unique needs of each school,” he said, adding that funding gaps may add up to split grades. “People have told me they are fed up with split classes.” POST-SECONDARY Tuition fees at Ontario’s universities and colleges may be the most tangible education issue in this election, in part because the costs are out-ofpocket, instead of being part of a provincial budget line. The Liberal government froze tuition during its first two years

in power. Student assistance has been increased, including an annual $150 grant for textbooks per student. The Liberals also created a grant system for lower-income families and now promise to expand the system so more students can receive post-secondary undergraduate tuition grants of 30 per cent. Unlike student loans, the grant money does not have to be repaid. “Tuition is capped today,” said Chiarelli, adding that 86 per cent of students will qualify for the 30 per cent grants. During the McGuinty years, the party says 200,000 new postsecondary spaces have been created, and the party’s platform says another 60,000 will be added. Horwath has promised to freeze tuition for four years and to remove the provincial interest students pay on education loans. Hudak matches the Liberal pledge to create up to 60,000 postsecondary spaces in the coming years, and suggests colleges and universities could compete for the new spaces. The Tories would also increase the student loan limits so more children can attend college or university. MacLeod said the PCs would provide financial assistance to more students, but added that a tuition freeze may not be a fiscally responsible move. “Tuition is something we can discuss after the election,” she said. “We’re talking now about more spaces and better access.”

Community Calendar Our Community Calendar is offered as a free service to local non-profit organizations. We reserve the right to edit entries for space and time considerations. E-mail your events to news@yourottawasouth.com or news@yourbarrhaven.com. Deadline is Monday 9 a.m.

• SEPT. 29 Nurturing Children – They’re Worth It! series continues at Bells Corners United Church, 3955 Richmond Rd. at 7:30 p.m. when Alison Goss present the topic The Trouble with Bullies. Goss has 15 years experience in the Montessori community as a teacher and principal and is a coach in the coaching program at the Centre for Conflict Education and Research. To register, contact Tamara at 613-592-4575 or tamara. glanville@gmail.com

• SEPT. 30 Fundraising fashion show at Watson’s Mill, Manotick, from 7 to

9 p.m., featuring fall fashions from NIN Collection Boutique. Live music, appetizers and refreshments. Join us for a great girls’ night out. Tickets: $30/person. Call: 613-692-6455.

trepointe Dr. from 3 to 4 p.m. Culture Days 2011: family storytime with stories, crafts and activities at 100 Malvern Dr, from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.

instruments, and our home materials for our fall programs at 44 Stafford Rd., from 1 to 3 p.m.

• OCT. 8 TO 10

Culture Days 2011: Pick and prepare a loofah brush. The plants have been grown over the spring and summer at the Nepean Creative Arts Centre in Bells Corners at 35 Stafford Rd. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For the Love of the Farm fine art exhibition and sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pieces of art by nine artists working in a variety of media. A free juried event. Building 72, Central Experimental Farm, east off Prince of Wales traffic circle. Call 613-2303276 or visit www.friendsofthefarm. ca

Culture Days 2011: learn practical tips and ideas on handling, mounting, framing and storing your photographs, as well as managing your digital photographs. Presented by the paper conservator for the City of Ottawa archives at 100 Tallwood Dr. from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

• OCT. 2

• OCT. 9

Culture Days 2011: Croatian folk dance workshop. The workshop will be lead by experienced teachers from the National Capital Region Croatian Folklore Ensemble accompanied by live musicians. Held at 35 Stafford Rd., from 1 to 3 p.m.

Culture Days 2011: Join us for a conversation with author David McNicoll, who will discuss his book Journey of a Citizen at 101 Cen-

Culture Days 2011: Kindermusik, a drop-in for children seven and under, with an adult. Explore music and movement, musical rhythm

Thanksgiving dinner for anyone in need in the community, including the homeless, the elderly, single parents, and those alone or in need of some companionship at Thanksgiving. At Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School, 55 Centrepointe Dr., from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Advance donations can be made at the school. Buses provided to and from the dinner. For more information please call Ed Mahfouz at 613-225-1495.

Culture Days 2011: Persian dance classes for women. Persian dance helps you walk on the dance floor with grace, energy and confidence. Women of all ages and abilities are welcome to join. Held at 35 Stafford Rd., from 6 to 7:25 p.m.

• OCT. 1

• OCT. 1 AND 2

• OCT. 30 Greening Your Budget and Sustainable Finances workshop facilitated by Kristina Inrig at Barrhaven United Church, 3013 Jockvale Rd,, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Suggested donation of $5 to cover presentation costs. Info at www.barrhavenunited.org

• ONGOING Behind the scenes or in the forefront, you can make a difference in the lives of seniors in your community. Rural Ottawa South Support Services (ROSSS) has current volunteer opportunities that are created with volunteer flexibility in mind. The centre provides training and orientation. To become a volunteer, please call Bev Johnston at 613-692-4697. The 2001st Nepean Rangers are currently accepting craft vendors to participate in A Window on Christmas craft sale at Walter Baker Sports Centre on Sat. Dec 3, from 10 a.m. 4 p.m. Tables cost $40. Please contact Cathy at 613-823-9012 for more info.

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