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Vol. 25, Issue 40, June 10, 2021
Peace Park Volunteers Step Up Once Again for planting. This past weekend, volunteers continued with weeding and bed clearing, and annuals and perennials were planted. With Mona's retirement and the closure of Mona's Greenhouses, the annuals and perennials were purchased from our local Valu-Mart with funds from the Township of Chapleau. On behalf of the citizens of Chapleau and visitors from near and from far who visit the park, thank you to Richard and Lynn Bignucolo, owners of the Valu-Mart for helping with the purchase and for supplying quality bedding plants and
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he Louis Dubé Peace Park is a gem of an oasis in our town. Many people walk through the park, picnic at one of the available tables, sit on a bench to contemplate the view, have family and wedding pictures taken and enjoy the flowers and the shrubs. Let's take a moment to thank the gentleman who devoted much of his time to create and maintain this park, Mr. Louis Dubé. Over the years, this park was his labour of love and his way to give back to our community and it is our hope that the friends of Peace Park are able to honour his legacy by volunteering to maintain it. For the past few Long Term years, friends of Peace Forecast Park have taken over to Thursday maintain this special High 23 place for all to enjoy. A Low 12 few weeks ago, Friday volunteers gathered on a High 21 Saturday to rake, weed, Low 11 clear and prepare beds Saturday High 23 Low 13 Sunday High 22 Low 11 Monday High 22 Low 8 Tuesday High 20 Low 10
thank you to the Township of Chapleau for earmarking funds for these plants. With this year's purchase, there were some flowers left over that were planted in the bed at the foot of the walking bridge. I want to end this article by thanking all who came out to clean the park, weed the beds and plant the flowers, as well as the volunteers who will continue to maintain the park by weeding and watering throughout the summer. Please know that many appreciate your efforts. Feel free to visit the Friends of Peace Park Facebook page for pictures and for information should you wish to help out.
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Door to Door Scams: Knock, knock! Who's there? A scammer! Despite living in the digital age, there are still some old fashioned scams that come right to your door, posing a threat to you and to businesses. With this trick, doorto-door salespeople use highpressure tactics to convince you to buy a product or sign up for a service you don't want or need. These aggressive pitches are often for charitable donations, investment opportunities or home services and maintenance of various appliances, like water heaters, furnaces and air conditioners. In many cases you'll never receive the product or service promised. In others, the products or
services are of poor quality or not as represented. Tips to protect yourself: · Don't feel pressured to make a quick decision – take time to do some research on the seller and the products first. · Ask for photo ID, get the name of the person and of the company or charity they represent. · Ask for the charity's breakdown of where funds are allocated. Be sure to get this in writing. · Never share any personal information or copies of any bills or financial statements.
· Only allow access to your property to people you trust. · Research before you invest. Don't sign anything and always read the fine print. · Know your rights. Contact your local consumer affairs office – most provinces and territories have guidelines under their consumer protection act. If you suspect a scam, always report it. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, m a n a g e d b y t h e R C M P, t h e Competition Bureau and the Ontario Provincial Police, has plenty of information on fraud. Power up
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Fraudes liées au porte-à-porte: Toc, toc, toc! Qui est là? Un fraudeur! Même si nous vivons à l'ère numérique, des fraudeurs utilisant de bonnes vieilles méthodes peuvent se présenter à la porte – une menace pour vous et les entreprises. Ces vendeurs frappent à votre porte et insistent pour vous convaincre d'acheter un produit ou un service dont vous ne voulez pas ou dont vous n'avez pas besoin. Ces discours agressifs servent souvent à soutirer de l'argent pour des dons de bienfaisance, des occasions d'investissement ou des services ménagers et d'entretien de divers appareils (chauffe-eau, fournaise, conditionneur d'air). Dans la plupart des cas, vous ne recevrez jamais le produit ou le service promis; dans d'autres, il est de mauvaise qualité ou ne correspond pas à ce qui avait été promis. Pour vous protéger : Ne prenez pas de décision hâtive; faites vos recherches sur le vendeur et le produit.
Demandez à voir une pièce d'identité u n e f r a u d e , s i g n a l e z - l a Bureau d'information aux avec photo et notez le nom de la immédiatement. consommateurs personne et de l'entreprise ou de Centre antifraud du Canada www.guideduconsommateur.ca l'organisme qu'elle représente. 1-888-495-8501 Autorités canadiennes en valeurs Demandez comment les dons sont www.centreantifraude.ca m o b i l i è r e s w w w. s e c u r i t i e s distribués par l'organisme et obtenez Bureau de la concurrence administrators.ca ces renseignements par écrit. Ne 1-800-348-5358 Ontario Provincial Police 1 donnez jamais de renseignements www.bureaudelaconcurrence.gc.ca 888-310-1122 personnels ni de copie de OBITUARY factures ou de relevés William Emiry McLEOD bancaires. William “Bill” Emiry McLeod was born on April 24, Ne laissez entrer que les 1941, in Chapleau, ON, to Willliam Borden and Georgina personnes en qui vous avez Isadora (nee Emiry) McLeod. He passed away peacefully confiance. and surrounded by his family on June 5, 2021, in Sudbury, Ne signez rien et lisez ON. toujours les petits caractères. In between, he led an eventful and accomplished Connaissez vos droits. life.Bill was an academic (WLU B.B.A & MSU MBA), Communiquez avec votre professor of business at Cambrian College from 1969-98, organisme de protection des a businessman, and a published author of over a dozen consommateurs local, car la books on business and Chapleau history, the latest and plupart des provinces et des most significant being “St. John’s (Anglican) Residential territoires possèdent leurs Schools”.He was a devoted husband to Sheryl (Ade) for propres lois et lignes 52 years, loving father to Heather (Jean-Marc Lacoste), David (Carla Royston), directrices. and Neil (Jennifer deBarros) and doting grandfather to Paul, Joseph, and Charlie, Si vous soupçonnez and cherished cousin to Bonnie Gould, brother-in-law to Hal Ade, Dorothy Covert (Bob), and Rob (predeceased) Ade (Terry) and uncle to many nieces and nephews. He seemed to know almost everyone and had many lifelong and new friends. Bill was a member of the following clubs; the Tim Horton’s Squad, Idylwylde Golf Club, Cambrian Clan, the Eden Point Crew, and the Sunset Chateau Gang in Florida - where he loved to chat about local and world events & politics. What made Bill happy was; his annual trips to see the Spartans homecoming games, travelling, gardening, blueberry picking, making (and drinking) blueberry wine, “amusing” us with his horrible dad-jokes, and cruising in his ’66 Mustang convertible.He was loved, he will be missed, and he will never be forgotten. Thanks to the wonderful Bayshore nurses and PSWs for their compassionate support and help and to the Maison McCulloch Hospice. Please feel free to support either one of these organizations as well as the Northern Cancer Foundation in Bill’s memory. Arrangements have been entrusted with Ranger’s Cremation and Burial Services Ltd. Online condolences can be posted at www.RangersSudbury.com.
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Chapleau Moments
Exploring paths that few could ever find colouring outside the lines as St. John's deconsecrated
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Michael J. Morris A few years ago now, I attended the 50th anniversary celebration for a Shared Ministry between the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada at Invermere, British Columbia. It was an experiment that has worked and the celebration brought the Primate of the Anglican Church and Moderator of the United Church to rural British Columbia to be part of it. In fact, while chatting with Archbishop John Privett of the Diocese of Kootenay, he commented that it was not often the leaders of these two churches, would be seen at a service together. Good point by Archbishop John. Sort of like having the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope meet. My thanks to Joel Vinge for taking me to the service. While attending the service I immediately thought of one of the hymns 'My Love Colours Outside the Lines' written by George Light in 1995. In fact I am listening to it now on Youtube being sung by the Northwest Barrie United church choir. Here is the chorus: “My love colours outside the lines, Exploring paths that few could ever find; And takes me into places where I've never been before And opens doors to worlds outside the lines." On May 31, St. John's in Chapleau was deconsecrated and closed as a church. As one whose family has a had a connection with St.
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Rev John Sanders John's almost since it was established in 1885, of course I am very saddened by this turn of events. However, I have been gone from Chapleau for 32 years, so I really must be careful in my comments. But maybe "My Love Colours Outside the Lines" may have helped. In fact, in 1885, St. John's may never have become a reality if the committee of adults meeting to discuss plans for the church had their way. Let me share a bit of what happened from my 1984 book, "Sons of Thunder...Apostles of Love". The first motion put before the meeting proposed that the matter be dropped as the amount of $500 was too great for the people to raise. The motion was defeated but a stalemate arose over who would be on the finance committee. Mrs. R.V. Nicholson preserved an account of the meeting which relates the next development: "At this point Miss Annie Nicholson, although only seventeen years old got up and said that if the meeting would allow her, she would volunteer to collect the amount with the assistance of her friend Miss Minnie Richardson." Several "prominent" members ridiculed this idea, but a motion passed appointing the two
girls to the finance committee, and at the next meeting Miss Nicholson commented that a "a really strong box" would be required to hold the money subscribed.Slightly more than one thousand dollars had been collected and paid. The first St. John's located on the old tennis court was opened and dedicated on July 1, 1886 -- colouring outside the lines by the adults led to the church being established. On April 23, 1906 at an Easter Congregational meeting a motion was passed to build a new church but at the outset of discussions a majority favoured enlarging the existing building but Rev, W,L. James, the Rector, who Archbishop R.J. Renison referred to as a 'flame of fire' held out and the meeting agreed unanimously. The first service in the new St. John's was held on March 29 1908, when it was dedicated by Bishop George Holmes. By this time in St. John's history, G. B. Nicholson, had become the first reeve of Chapleau in 1901 and was greatly involved in the life of St. John's. At Easter 1918, St. John's paid tribute to Mr. Nicholson in a letter that was framed and can still be seen on a wall in the church. It reads in part: "As a member of the congregation from the day the first service was held in the town, as a member of the committees which have planned and directed the building of both church and rectory, as a member of the choir, and as a warden for twenty-two years, you have had much to do with every stage of the work. Your business ability, supported as it is by your great generosity, has helped more than anyone can say in establishing the parish on a sound financial basis with a splendid rectory, and a beautiful church, both free of debt." Chapleau, not only St. John's owes so much to Mr. Nicholson, who coloured outside the lines in so many ways for the betterment of the community by obviously colouring outside the lines. Cont’d on P.5
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REPORT from OTTAWA Rapport d’Ottawa by/par
Carol Hughes Federal member of Parliament Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing
The discovery of 215 children buried on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School has affected Canadians who spent an emotional week struggling with the sad truth about our past. While this was not the first that we heard of children buried in unmarked graves at these schools, the discovery provided a concrete reminder of the need to repeat this work at the locations of other former residential schools across the country. Although it is tempting to think this story represents the sensibilities of other times, Canada continues to frustrate and treat Indigenous children poorly. Even as we respond to this discovery, the government continues to fight Indigenous children in court to avoid the settlement awarded by the Human Rights Tribunal over the sub-standard quality of child welfare services offered to First Nation kids. At the same time, government lawyers are fighting the survivors of Ste. Anne’s Residential School, where students were tortured with horrific punishments including the use of an electric chair. In both cases the government is spending millions in legal costs to avoid restitution payments showing the limits of official compassion may not extend beyond thoughts and prayers.
There can be no healing without justice Unfortunately, this is not the first time we Death Register; for churches, Indigenous have discovered the remains of children near residential schools. According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), 40% to 60% of children who attended these schools died. This includes incidents in which children were purposely exposed to infections such as Tuberculosis, and then allowed to spread the disease through the school. Testimony like that led TRC commissioner, Justice Murray Sinclair, to state that he believes the death count could be much higher due to these schools’ poor burial records. One thing is certain, many families are still searching and deserve answers. Now, we have arrived at a critical point in the reconciliation process. First Nations, survivors, elders, leaders, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and others are calling for action to confront this history and help bring about closure. Families and communities are discussing this important issue, and the House of Commons has as well. In addition to a special debate on June 1st, New Democrats used our final opposition day in parliament to expand on the subject further. It is imperative that the Calls to Action from the TRC report be implemented. So far only 10 of 94 were completed since it was tabled in 2015. If it chose to, the government could immediately respond to six important Calls that relate to this issue. Those are Calls 71 - 76 which relate to: The collection of records on the deaths of Aboriginal children in the care of residential schools and would provide funding to develop and maintain the National Residential School Student
communities and former students to develop and maintain an online registry of residential school cemeteries; work with churches and families of children who died at residential schools to inform of the child’s death and respond to wishes for appropriate commemoration ceremonies/markers or reburial in home communities as requested; work with all parties to implement strategies for identifying, documenting, maintaining, commemorating, and protecting cemeteries and other sites where children were buried; ensure the work being carried out is led by the Aboriginal community most affected, that Survivors and Knowledge Keepers shall be sought for information in developing strategies, and Aboriginal protocols shall be respected before any potentially invasive technical inspection of a site. In the meantime, Canadians struggle to understand more purposefully the history of residential schools as survivor’s and families relive the horrors of those times. We are forced to consider that these were not really schools, they were institutions designed to eradicate and eliminate indigenous people both culturally and physically. By that very nature it makes them instruments of genocide. Additionally, we are at a point where it is not good enough to say that we are sharing condolences. We must demand action to put right injustices and to fight for a future that is based on human rights, respect for treaty rights, respect for justice and respect for the inherent dignity of Indigenous people.
Il ne peut y avoir de processus de guérison sans justice La découverte de 215 enfants enterrés près de l’ancien pensionnat indien de Kamloops a touché les Canadiens, qui ont passé une semaine chargée d’émotion, accablés par la triste vérité sur leur passé. Ce n’était pas la première fois que nous entendions parler d’enfants enterrés à ces écoles dans des sépultures non marquées. Cependant, leur découverte confirme bien la nécessité de répéter les travaux d’excavations aux endroits où se trouvent les autres anciens pensionnats au pays. l serait tentant de penser que cette histoire représente les sensibilités d’une autre époque, mais le gouvernement du Canada continue de perturber et de maltraiter les enfants des Premières Nations. Alors même que nous réagissons à cette découverte, il continue de se battre contre eux dans le cadre de procédures judiciaires pour tenter de se soustraire au règlement accordé par le Tribunal des droits de la personne en raison de la qualité inadéquate des services d’aide qui leur sont offerts. En même temps, les avocats du gouvernement se battent devant les tribunaux contre les survivants du pensionnat de Sainte-Anne, où les élèves étaient torturés et soumis à d’horribles châtiments, y compris la chaise électrique. Dans les deux cas, le gouvernement dépense des millions de dollars en frais juridiques pour éviter de leur verser un dédommagement, ce qui démontre que les limites de la compassion officielle peuvent ne pas s’étendre au-delà des pensées et des prières.
Malheureusement, ce n’est pas la première fois que nous trouvons les restes d’enfants à proximité de pensionnats indiens. Selon les responsables de la Commission de vérité et de réconciliation (CVR), de 40 à 60 % des enfants qui fréquentaient ces établissements mouraient. Leur décès était entre autres attribuable à des incidents au cours desquels ils ont été délibérément exposés à des infections telles que la tuberculose, puis encouragés à propager la maladie dans l’école. Un tel témoignage a conduit le juge Murray Sinclair, membre de la Commission, à déclarer qu’il estimait que le nombre de morts pourrait être beaucoup plus élevé, en raison de la piètre qualité des actes de décès des enfants. Chose certaine, les membres de plusieurs familles sont toujours à leur recherche et ils méritent qu’on leur donne des réponses. Nous en sommes rendus à un point critique du processus de réconciliation. Les membres des Premières Nations, les survivants, les Aînés, les chefs, les responsables du Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation et d’autres intervenants demandent que des mesures soient prises pour permettre d’affronter l’histoire et de tourner la page. Les familles et les communautés discutent de cette question importante, et la Chambre des communes en fait autant. En plus de la tenue d’un débat spécial, le 1er juin, les néo démocrates ont profité de leur dernier jour désigné au Parlement pour approfondir le sujet.
Il est impératif de donner suite aux recommandations de la CVR. Jusqu’à maintenant, seuls 10 appels à l’action sur les 94 ont été remplis depuis que le rapport a été déposé, en 2015. S’il le souhaitait, le gouvernement pourrait répondre immédiatement à six appels importants à cet égard. Il s’agit des appels 71 à 76, relativement à ce qui suit : Recueillir les documents sur le décès d’enfants autochtones dont les autorités des pensionnats indiens avaient la garde, et financer la tenue à jour du registre national de décès des élèves de ces pensionnats; demander aux responsables des églises et des communautés autochtones ainsi qu’aux anciens élèves d’établir et de gérer un registre en ligne des cimetières des pensionnats; travailler en collaboration avec les responsables des églises et les familles des enfants qui sont décédés dans les pensionnats pour les informer de la mort de chaque enfant et répondre aux souhaits de ces familles de tenir des cérémonies et des événements commémoratifs appropriés et de procéder, à l’inhumation des enfants dans leur collectivité d’origine, comme celles-ci le demandent; collaborer avec tous les intervenants pour mettre en œuvre des stratégies permettant de repérer, de documenter, d’entretenir, de commémorer et de protéger les cimetières et les autres lieux où des enfants ont été inhumés; veiller à ce que les travaux effectués Cont’d on P.5
Chapleau Moments Cont’d from P.3 Although, he did not serve as Rector of St. John's, Rev. John Sanders, also spelled Saunders, born to Ojibwe parents at Flying Post in 1845, was one of the first indigenous priests of the Anglican church in Canada, then the Church of England. He was ordained priest in 1979. John Horden, the first bishop of Moosonee, recruited him for the ministry -- certainly colouring outside the lines in 1872 when he took the young man to St. John's College in Winnipeg. As a missionary he travelled from his base at Mattagami to Flying Post to Missanabie and Michipicoten. He also travelled by way of Loon (Borden) Lake, the Loon Lake portage and the Chapleau river to the present site of Chapleau. He conducted a service on the banks of the river. After Chapleau was established oldtimers recalled open air services he held at the Indian Reserve and at St. John's church. Descendants of Rev. Sanders (Saunders) still live in Chapleau and area. And now, fast forward to now, St. John's
CHAPLEAU EXPRESS, June 10, 2021 - Page 5 has closed its doors. Like so many churches from my book title. They have been faithful today, many in communities near where I live in Christians and staunch friends. Through good rural British Columbia, with dwindling times and bad they have stood up for Jesus Christ congregations and declining financial resources, seeking first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness in sure and certain hope that all other uses are being found for them The incumbent at Christ Church Anglican things would be added unto them as the best way. in Cranbrook which I attend retired just on a year (adapted from Matthew 6:33). Like St Paul they knew that love is the ago, and with the virus and other factors a service has not been held there since he left. And it has an best way of all and that without it they were like a "sounding gong or clanging symbol'> (I aging congregation --- like me pushing 80. In 1935 St. John's celebrated as the Corinthians 13) Some may have always seen "through a church celebrated its 50th anniversary which was attended by the Primate Archbishop Derwyn T. glass darkly" but since 1885 St. John's has been Owen. My grandfather George Hunt was the blessed with those who have realized there are choirmaster, my mother Muriel was a soloist three things that which never change and last singing 'Now the Day is Over', my grandmother forever -- faith, hope and love but the greatest of Edythe and my aunt Elsie, (the mother of Anne, these is love. (I Conrinthians 13) I wish all the very best as you meet on Betty, Joan and Leslie) were all in the choir. What a great moment it must have been for my family. new journey and leave you with the last verse of As an aside, I got a job at the Kingston Whig 'My love Colours Outside the Lines': My soul longs to colour outside the lines Standard as a reporter because R.D. Owen, the executive editor knew where Chapleau was as a Tear back the curtains, sun, come in and shine relative was at the 50th anniversary of the parish. I want to walk beyond the boundaries where I've Let me conclude on a positive note. There never been before have been so many people in the life of St John's Throw open doors to worlds outside the lines. who have truly been apostles of love (to borrow My email is mikejmorris41@outlook.com
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On May 21st, 2021 conservation officers responded to reports of abandoned walleye
dumped in the south branch of the Muskoka River near the Ontario Power Generation station. Officers found 64 rotting walleye carcases, some of which were left to waste whole. There was also litter – including 13 AAA batteries- discarded along the shore. If you have information on this incident please contact Conservation Officer David Murphy at 705-646-5507. You can also report a resource violation or provide information about an unsolved case, by calling call the ministry TIPS
line toll free at 1-877-847-7667 or contact your local ministry office. You can also call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS. Conservation officers continue to patrol and protect our natural resources during the current COVID 19 outbreak and would like to remind everyone that by respecting seasons, sanctuaries, bag and possession limits we all help ensure our natural resources stay healthy. Visit Ontario’s website to learn more about how the province continues to protect Ontarians from COVID-19.
Il ne peut y avoir de processus de guérison sans justice Cont’d from P.4 soient chapeautés par la communauté autochtone la plus touchée, à demander des renseignements aux survivants et aux gardiens du savoir lors de l’élaboration des stratégies, et s’assurer que les protocoles autochtones soient respectés avant toute inspection technique d’un site pouvant être envahissante. Actuellement, la population s’efforce de comprendre davantage l’histoire des pensionnats, alors que les survivants et les familles revivent l’histoire d’horreur de ce qui s’y est produit. Cette
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Last weeks solutions MOMENTS IN TIME On June 24, 1975, an Eastern Airlines jet crashes near John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing 115 people. The Boeing 727 was brought down by wind shear during severe thunderstorms. Only seven passengers and two flight attendants survived the fiery crash.
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CHAPLEAU EXPRESS, June 10, 2021 - Page 8 them, not a premier that's in hiding to try to save his plummeting polling numbers. We now know for certain that from the very beginning of this session, Doug Ford knowingly chose to ignore experts and willingly marched this province into a disastrous third wave. And now he is shutting the legislature down before the job is done. He's ending it in hiding, avoiding Horwath and the legislature, the public, and media scrutiny. Over the course of this session, Premier What in this world could you say is more Ford ignored his own experts and relaxed public consistent than the passage of time? Whenever I health measures too fast – causing the third wave. see a grandfather clock with its pendulum swinging, I can't help but marvel at its ability to He fought tooth and nail against giving working mark time as it passes with incredible people paid sick days. He tried to close public consistency and accuracy. Despite the fact that parks and bring in a police state. He claimed clocks are an invention of man and the schools were safe right up until the day he shut technology is centuries old, it works because the them all down for months, while cutting device's drive is based on the science of physics, education by $800 million. And those readers which I believe accounts for its accuracy. I have who watched the news or daily proceedings in the always loved to just sit to watch and listen to the legislature will note that his government adopted what you might call the 'protect the king' strategy regular rhythmic ticking. That being said, why do we have such a — sending him into hiding so he doesn't have to answer for his bad choices. hard time figuring where time goes? Now is not the I'm writing this column in the final days time to close up shop. of the Legislature's Spring Session, and you know, without any exaggeration, I can't think of a There is so much more time when I have had such a broad range of that needs to be done emotions about the success of our efforts. And now, that just can't wait. when I say broad, I mean that in the extreme; The legislature should from tears of pain and joy, devastating continue to sit until: There is a safe disappointments and proud successes, and · abandonment of vulnerable Ontarians and school reopening plan in place feelings of caring and commitment. There is action I have to admit that in some ways I will be · glad to get away from the Legislature and back to and investment in place the riding where my team and I can go about to urgently address the helping the people of Algoma-Manitoulin. At the backlog of surgeries, same time, however, I say at the same time I am procedures and cancer so frustrated that Doug Ford is shutting down screenings There is a local Queen's Park for the summer while people still · need help to make it safely through the pandemic. b u s i n e s s a n d j o b s I look around me and see that families and support plan in place to educators are truly burned out and frustrated with help businesses and at-home learning. They need a solid safe-schools workers make it to their reopening day — and plan — not a premier that cuts and runs. stay open I see local businesses and the people who Families get work there are desperate for financial help to · make it to the end of the lockdown, and answers and action on incentives to spark economic recovery — not a long-term care deaths, especially those the government that takes the summer off. All around there are people who need a Armed Forces reported plan for faster second vaccine doses. It is w e r e c a u s e d b y outright cruel for Doug Ford to force them to play s t a r v a t i o n a n d dehydration a seemingly endless scavenger hunt game. Wo r k e r s a r e When I have telephone conversations · given 14 paid sick days, with people who are waiting for a delayed surgery, I can hear their pain and fear. Ontario which will help make urgently needs investment and a plan to get sure the third wave is the through those procedures, now. They need a final wave of COVIDcaring government working tirelessly to fight for 19 in Ontario
And now, the government has recessed the legislature until Sept. 13th. The NDP caucus had a tremendous retreat just prior to the opening of this last session. We recognized Ontario was facing some of the greatest challenges in modern times, but we were also confident that it was possible to make a real difference. We were determined to not just oppose, but even more importantly, endeavour to work collaboratively by offering responsible, practical proposals to help the people of Ontario. I am proud to say that we kept our promise on all accounts. Right now, there is no time to just stand around and reflecting on what is. There is still much work to be done. My team and I remain committed to helping the people of AlgomaManitoulin through these most challenging of days. As always, please feel free to contact my office about these issues, or any other provincial matters. You can reach my constituency office by email at mmantha-co@ndp.on.ca or by phone at 705-461-9710 or Toll free 1-800-831-1899.
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