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care buildings and Northumberland Quinte West needs to reflect the demographics of an aging population. Morris Gates asked how they will eliminate the debt. Rob said it is not honest to the people of Ontario to hire 400,000 bureaucrats like they did in Ontario Power Authority which grew from 17 people to 2,300 with the CEO making $400,000 a year. They also need to get rid of the Green Energy Act which costs $1 billion a year. Bob Dawes of Trenton said Hydro billing is a mess. Rob said that is the number one issue with calls into the office about inaccurate billing. “It’s asinine,” he said. “They can’t even get it right. It is a bloated bureaucracy with no leadership.” He said smart metres cost $1 billion and

News - Quinte West - Local resident Randy Henning is concerned about the crude oil pipeline known as Line 9 that transects Quinte West. He spoke to council Monday, asking for some action. “The line crosses one kilometre north of Glen Miller,” he said. “It also crosses under Highway 33.” He said the pipeline was built in 1976 and consists of two lines, 9A from Sarnia to Toronto and 9B from Toronto to Montreal. “They plan to pump the tar sands from Alberta through eastern Canada and New England,” he said. Henning said they originally thought the pipeline would last 100 years. But 38 years later, people are asking if it is safe. “The coating is frail,“ he said. “It is made of carbon steel from ten millimetres to one centimetre thick, with a plastic liner or asphalt.” He said an article in the Toronto Star said the aging Enbridge pipeline stretching 830 kilometres Line 9 across Ontario has had at least 35 spills since it was built. “Municipalities were never informed,” he said. The pipeline was built in 1976 to bring oil to refineries and was reversed in the mid-1980s to transport Middle East oil. In 2012 it was approved to increase capacity from 240,000 barrels a day to 300,000. “Fort McMurray is a site of desolation,” he said. “The bitumin is a tarry, gooey, substance, full of carcinogens. Add water and it is a disaster.” He said in 2010 there was a crack in the Enbridge line that spread three

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Chamber of Commerce hosts all-candidates night at St. Paul By Kate Everson

News - Trenton - Derrick Morgan, past president of the Chamber of Commerce, introduced the four candidates for the provincial election for this riding at St. Paul Secondary School on May 26. On stage were Kira Mees for NDP, Gudrun LudorfWeaver for the Green party, Rob Milligan for PC and Lou Rinaldi for Liberals. After a brief introduction of their party platforms, each candidate was asked questions from the crowd. First was about how their party would eliminate the deficit. Rob Milligan said the Liberals are on the wrong path with a $13-billion deficit, which now costs $33,000 a minute in interest on the debt. Gudrun LudorfWeaver said they need to focus on small

business in Ontario to drive the economy. Kira Mees said there is waste and scandal in the current government and they need to cap CEO salaries and lower the small business tax. Lou Rinaldi said the May 1 budget has been presented and is on target with no slash and burn. Sally Freeman asked about health care and long-term care, being in “desperate shape” with minimal care. Gudrun said they need to use more nurse practitioners and have more long-term-care facilities. Kira said this is a really important issue and they need to end the waiting list for longterm care. Lou said the Liberals added 64 new beds and $600 million in home care support and are adding more dollars in the next five years to eliminate ALC hospital beds. Rob said they need new long-term-

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