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August 10, 2011 - “The announcement to expand Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital is a reason to celebrate,” said Karmel Sakran, Liberal candidate in Burlington.
Hamilton Mountain MPP Sophia Aggelonitis and Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale MPP Ted McMeekin, on behalf of Health and Long-Term Care Minister Deb Matthews, announced funding for the long awaited expansion of the hospital.
“As a kid, I lived two blocks from Joseph Brant and I determined some day I would be part of that great hospital. Like you, I have seen Joseph Brant neglected by one government after another and not receive needed expansion funding. As a member of the Hospital Board that put the strategic plan together over the last two years, I am proud to see the McGuinty government respond to our plan and approve the expansion,” Sakran said.
Sakran said one of the reasons he’s running is the McGuinty Government’s commitment to healthcare. Dalton McGuinty expands and builds new hospitals. Unlike the previous PC government which shut the doors on 28 hospitals during the Harris/Hudak years.
“I congratulate our community and the government for working together in a
co-operative spirit that is moving us forward. Now we must carefully engage in the planning process to ensure that we get the expansion right for the people of Burlington,” said Sakran.
Read Jim Coyle in the Toronto Star, attacking the campaign oif misinformation from Tim Hudak that deliberately distort the facts about government policy.
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/871416--coyle-hudak-must-stop-playing-ontarians-as-idiots
Burlington Caribbean Connection has a full roster of events to mark Black History Month this year. Make sure you check them out!
Bev Butler, whose funeral was on Monday at St Raphael's church on New Street, was a longstanding member of both the Federal and Provincial Liberal parties, and one of our most dedicated volunteers during at least three decades. The first campaign that he took a leading role in in Burlington was in 1988, when he campaigned in the federal election for James Smith. He then worked for the campaigns of Paddy Torsney, as well as every provincial campaign. During those years he filled numerous roles on the executives of the BPLA and BFLA , including vice-president of the BPLA, the resident technology and database expert at every election, and most recently he chaired the election readiness committees for the BFLA and BPLA.
In the last election, only Ontario Liberals made our kids future a priority by promising to take 30% off undergraduate tuition in Ontario.
Now that promise is a reality.
More than 300,000 undergraduate students are eligible to receive the new grant this year – saving families $1,600 for each student in university and $730 for each student in college.
Yesterday Karmel Sakran and Alyssa Brierley, our candidates in the Provincial and Federal elections last year, delivered the food collected at the recent BPLA/BFLA Christmas party to the Partnership Food Bank on Plains Road East, Burlington. The PW Food Bank does incredible work. It serves 7500 people in our community, as well as providing food for 3000 meals that Wellington Square Church provides each year. Each eligible food bank recipient receives $140 of groceries every 3 weeks.
Volunteer Cass Quinn gave Karmel and Alyssa a tour of the facility and told them about the challenges they face - above all the drop in donations during the summer months. As a result the BPLA and BFLA will be looking at organising another food drive in the spring.
