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.
November 22nd's Speech from the Throne laid out our plan to build a strong, competitive economy that creates good jobs and supports the services our families need. Our positive plan includes:
David Suzuki has endorsed Premier McGuinty's vision and leadership in clean energy and calls the PC scheme to kill clean energy "absolute insanity."
Liberal candidate Karmel Sakran saw the jobs being created in Burlington first hand, when he visited Siemens Canada in Burlington on June 21st.
Read more on Karmel Sakran's campaign website:
Karmel Sakran and Brad Duguid toured Siemens Canada on June 21st: read about the new jobs being created in Burlington at: http://www.votesakran.ca/News/114?l=EN
