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Alex Galchenyuk is seen here with his sister, Anna, and Giant Steps School director Thomas Henderson.
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M a r t i n C. B a r r y
The students at Giant Steps School in west
end Montreal got a special treat just before
Christmas last month: the Montreal Canadiens’
star forward Alex Galchenyuk dropped by on
Dec. 16 to hand out gifts, pose for photos and
autograph souvenir items.
A new experience
“I think this is a little bit different from being
on the ice,” Galchenyuk told a small gathering
of photographers and journalists who turned
up for the event held at the Montreal region’s
largest and best-known school for young people
afflicted with autism spectrum disorders.
“But I think it gives me personally the exact
same feeling as playing on the ice in front of
21,000 people,” he continued. “Whether you
score a goal or not, you try to do the best you
can and put a smile on the kids’ faces to make
them happy and so that they enjoy their day.”
Making a difference
There are a lot of ways a professional
athlete can make a contribution towards helping to make the world a better place, added
Galchenyuk, “but by being here I can see these
kids for myself and get a chance to talk to them.”
Galchenyuk said he was impressed with the
work accomplished at Giant Steps.
“What they do here is to try developing
everyone’s full potential. I know that during my
career there were a lot of people who pushed me
on and helped make me who I am right now. My
sister (Anna) has helped me to become involved
in community events like this to get me to visit
places like Giant Steps. That’s one of the reasons
I’m here to help see that these kids get what they
need to help fulfill their dreams in life.”
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The Habs’ Alex Galchenyuk, left, brought gifts and signed souvenirs for Giant Steps students, including Samuel Lavigne,
centre, seen here with Giant Steps staff member Brigitte Lagarde.
Raising awareness
School director Thomas Henderson said
the students and staff were thrilled to have
Galchenyuk as a guest. “It means a great deal
to us when people like Alex get involved in the
community,” he said. “It raises awareness of our
school and of autism in general. We’re always
involved in different kinds of projects in the
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Liberals announce details of new
summer jobs program
Laval-area Liberal MPs (from the left) Angelo Iacono (Alfred-Pellan), Eva Nassif (Vimy), Yves Robillard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin) and
Fayçal El-Khoury (Laval-Les Îles) have announced that a larger number of students will be able to find work this summer under a
federal program providing employment subsidies to non-profit groups and small businesses.
Laval’s four Liberal Members of Parliament
gathered together recently to announce
a federal program that will allow small
businesses in Laval to obtain subsidies for
the hiring of students 15 to 30 years of age
this summer.
Jobs doubled
“We are currently working together to
place the largest number of students in our
four ridings,” Yves Robillard, the MP for MarcAurèle-Fortin, said during a press conference
held by the four to announce the program.
“This isn’t just a question of repeating something that’s already been done in the past,”
added Alfred-Pellan Liberal MP Angelo Iacono.
“Our government, our Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau, has decided to double the number
of jobs and to show an even greater sense of
openness towards young people who are our
future.
Groups and businesses
“During the summer of 2016, more students
and more organizations will be able to benefit,” he continued. “What is also great is that
we will be helping businesses with fewer than
50 employees to get started at the same time.
This is an initiative that will be helping a lot of
people, many of whom are in Laval. That’s why
our hat is off to our government.”
Iacono said the new Liberal government
decided to double funding for the program
taking into account the high level of unemployment among young people today. “If you look
at the amount of unemployment among those
15 to 24 years today, which for 2015 is more
than 13 per cent, it is more than double the rate
for those 25 years of age and older,” he noted.
Gaining experience
According to Vimy Liberal MP Eva Nassif,
those applying for the grants will have to meet
criteria established by the federal agency
handling the program: Service Canada. “These
opportunities will give a chance to students to
enter the workforce while gaining confidence in
themselves and learning about work environments,” she said.
“By investing in our cultural industries and
the creative sector in order to create employment while reinforcing our rich Canadian
identity, we can also build the strength of
the summer employment program in these
key sectors which are becoming increasingly
important in the economy for young people,”
said Nassif, while adding that the program will
also be taking into account the 150th anniversary
of Canadian confederation in 2017.
Money for studies
As part of the program, the federal government will be paying up to 100 per cent of the
salaries of students employed by non-profit
organizations and 50 per cent for those
employed by businesses, said Laval-Les Îles
Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury. “Youths sometimes have trouble saving money for their
studies,” he said.
“This program should help them. We have
two goals: helping more students to acquire
work experience in their chosen field, while
providing support to non-profit businesses and
small businesses which need workers for the
summer. We believe that this is one of the most
beneficial programs around.”
How to apply
Applications for the program are being
accepted from Jan. 4 to Feb. 26, with decisions
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Additional information and application forms
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Trudeau
shines
as
our
photo-op
PM
But if Joe and Jane Frontporch sense that Trudeau's all sizzle, and no steak, he's toast
Most people - most normal people, anyway
- pay little or no attention to politics.
They're Joe and Jane Frontporch, and they're
busy. Ferrying the kids to and from hockey practice, getting stuck in traffic, worrying about
paying the mortgage or the rent, trying to catch
up on their sleep. Busy.
They don't have time for voluminous political
party platforms or sitting through ministerial speeches or reading departmental press
releases. In the digital era, they're overwhelmed
by too much information - what U.S. writer
David Shenk calls "data smog" - so they just
tune it all out.
That's why the politicians who attract the
most attention are the Donald Trump and Rob
Ford types - guys so outrageous, they break
through the data smog and capture everyone's
attention. But smoking crack or making racist
statements - while indisputably newsworthy isn't always the best way to win elections.
So politicians and politicos instead devote
most of their waking hours to dreaming up ways
to pierce the smog and capture the attention
of voters. They concoct ways to simplify what
they're doing, or what they want to do. Thus,
back in 1992, Bill Clinton was all about the
economy, stupid. At any point in his 40-year
career, Jean Chretien was the unity guy - vive
le Canada! And in 2008, Barack Obama represented "real change."
Justin Trudeau's Liberals liked Obama's 2008
slogan so much that they stole it in 2015. "Real
change" was their mantra, repeated over and
over, until it became their brand.
In the early days of the new Grit government,
real change is taking place, to be sure - in fiscal
policy, on law and order issues, on the refugee
file. No question, it's a real change from what
preceded it.
But something else is happening, too. And
it's this: Justin Trudeau's government is the TV
Government.
TV is pictures, and pictures are power.
More than any prime minister in our lifetime,
Trudeau seems to understand that they best
way to captivate Canadians - the best way to
pierce the data smog - is to be all about pictures.
The feds have, in recent years, cut back on
investment in affordable housing programs.
More dangerously, Canada’s existing stock of
affordable housing (roughly 620,000 units) is
at the end of their contractual lives and risk
falling into disrepair or being converted into
high-priced condos.
But, the truth of the matter is, governments
are not the originating source of the problem.
And their efforts, while necessary, are only
addressing the most obvious symptoms of a
deep-seated disease in modern capitalism.
Ever since the ‘70s and the rise of monetarist-inspired economics with its ‘free market’
dogmas, Western wage earners has been losing
ground to global capital.
MIT economist Peter Temin believes these
dogmas have created a Dual Economy. There’s
one economy for the upper third of society.
These people own capital, their own businesses
and/or homes and other forms of capital. Or
they have professional qualifications that guarantee them an upper middle-class lifestyle.
These folks can afford to buy houses, educate
their children at the best schools and lead the
good life.
For the remaining two thirds the situation
is quite different. They tend to live paycheck
to paycheck and are slowly being priced out
of home ownership. Their children have little
hope of rising up the ladder into the elite
classes. Distressingly, as real estate prices
continue to outpace the economy in general,
these families are falling - in increasing
numbers - down the property ladder; many
are being forced into ‘core need’.
Ironically, this was not a problem in the
past. From 1948 (when records first starting
being kept) until the early ‘70s, productivity
and wages tended to grow in lock step. In other
words rising wages in Western developed economies like Canada were keeping pace with the
growing post war economy. Middle class home
ownership was common and affordable on one
family income.
From 1973 onward wage growth has slowed
almost to a crawl while productivity continues
its steady rise. What does all this mean? It
means inequality is structural and the affordable housing crisis is expected to become more
acute in future.
How do imbalances in capitalism create a
problem in housing?
If we think of our economic productivity as
the ‘value’ of labour and wages as the ‘cost’ of
labour, it’s clear that since the ‘70s there’s been
a massive transfer of value from labour to the
owners of capital. This transfer is disadvantaging wage-earners by keeping wage growth
well below its true value. But that’s not all:
this additional value is not being consumed
and spread evenly throughout the economy.
It’s accumulating as surplus and plowing
into assets; creating unsustainable bubbles
in the property and stock markets, thereby
compounding the affordable housing problem.
These kinds of structural flaws in our economy weren’t supposed to happen in Canada.
After all, we’re the ‘rich’. Economists describe
Canada as part of the ‘developed’ world; other
poorer nations are classified as ‘developing’ hoping, one supposes, to become as ‘rich’ as
the industrialized West.
We got to our present state of prosperity in
Canada by being innovative, fair and inclusive. It’s now time to dust off these traditional
values and correct these imbalances in modern
capitalism before it’s too late.
Robert McGarvey
Canada’s affordable housing
crisis
about
to
get
worse
The affordable
housing crisis is an
obvious symptom
of a deep-seated
disease in modern
capitalism
Canada is a modern success story; with a
functioning democracy, a tolerant, multi-ethnic society and an economy that’s the envy
of the world. So how can it be that so many
of our citizens can’t afford to put a roof over
their heads?
It’s shocking to learn that many working
Canadians are unable to gain a foothold on
the property ladder.
What’s going on?
According to a recent study (covering six
provinces) conducted by a coalition of affordable housing groups and the Vancouver City
Savings Credit Union, Canada’s housing crisis
is bad and about to get worse - much worse.
The study determined that increasing
numbers of Canadian families are in distress.
Shockingly, more than one in five Canadian
families are spending more than half their gross
income on shelter costs, while (more than) 40
per cent of renters are in ‘core need’ (paying
more than 30 per cent of gross monthly income
on accommodation). Ironically, this problem
is more acute in suburban centres than it is
in the superheated inner core of major cities.
It is common in academic circles to blame
the federal government for the problem.
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So, there he was, greeting Syrian refugees
at Toronto's airport in the middle of the night.
Or sitting on the steps of Parliament, talking
to a school kid having a bad day. Or posing for
Vogue magazine or taking a Maclean's magazine
pop quiz. Or taking a bunch of hospitalized kids
to see Star Wars. Or - day after day after day cheerfully posing for selfies with average folks.
Some people are not impressed. Interim
Conservative leader Rona Ambrose sniffed:
"While on the international stage, we saw
leaders of the western world come together,
coalescing around the fight against ISIS, the
impression that was left with Canadians and
the international community was that our prime
minister was consumed with taking selfies,"
Ambrose said, hastening to add: "I mention this
because it was mentioned to me many times by
constituents."
She added that last bit, of course, because
she knows it's working. Trudeau does, too.
Asked about the selfies at town hall event run
by Maclean's, Trudeau verbally shrugged. "It's
not about image, it's about substance," he said.
"You have to get to know people."
Of course. For sure. But it's more than
that. Trudeau was pretty young when his dad
rubbed shoulders with U.S. President Ronald
Reagan, 30-odd years ago. But even a little kid
could understand that Reagan was much more
preoccupied with images than words.
One of Reagan's most influential advisers,
Michael Deaver, didn't hide it. "I have always
believed that impressions are more important
than specific acts or issues . . . I believe TV is a
great boon to us in judging our leaders. It lets us
see all the dimensions that, in the past, people
could only see in person: the body language, the
dilation of the eye, the way they perspire. We
see them when they are tired, worried, under
great crises. If television focuses on somebody
every day, it shows all the dimensions."
So too Justin Trudeau, whom the camera
loves and - to his critics - loves the camera right
back. Trudeau knows, perhaps, that leaders are
measured by the impressions they create, not
the policies they promulgate.
There's a risk in all of this, naturally. If, six
months from now, Trudeau is branded as Prime
Minister Selfie - if his administration is simply
regarded as a four-year-long photo op, punctuated only by state dinners and the occasional
foreign trip - he'll be in trouble. He needs to be
more than the callow and shallow caricature his
opponents suggest he is.
But if his visuals strategy works - and it's
working so far - he's golden. He can end up in
2023 as Reagan did: beloved by his partisans,
and remembered as the great communicator
by all.
So far, so good. But it can all end pretty
swiftly, if Joe and Jane Frontporch sense that
you're all sizzle, and no steak.
Warren Kinsella
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Centre de pédiatrie sociale
de Laval gets $1,500 grant
christmas
trees
collection
LDR Liberal MNA Saul Polo praises
centre for efficiency
(TLN) Laval-des-Rapides Liberal MNA Saul Polo was at the Centre de pédiatrie sociale de
Laval recently to announce a $1,500 subsidy from the Liberal government to the organization.
“After making several visits to the Centre de pédiatrie sociale de Laval, I could see the efficiency
of the services provided by its members, but also the different needs being met by these services,”
said Polo who is also parliamentary assistant to the Minister for Economy, Innovation and Exports.
“That’s why I decided to offer the financial support of $1,500 so that the clients of the centre
could continue to benefit from quality services,” he continued. “During this holiday season, the
needs of our residents are at the heart of my priorities.”
The subsidy was made available through the Quebec government’s Soutien à l’action bénévole
program. It was welcome news for Centre de pédiatrie sociale executive-director Mylène Du Bois.
Polo also noted the financial support provided to the centre by Dynacare, a company specializing
in health care solutions.
Government of Canada
increases duration of
Employment Insurance
compassionate care benefit
The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and
Labour, announced the coming into force of a previously announced increase in the duration
of the Employment Insurance (EI) compassionate care benefit, which will provide additional
financial security to Canadian workers and their families in times of need.
The Minister also said that the Government will work towards providing more generous leave
for caregivers in the future. The Government has committed to making the compassionate care
benefit more flexible, easier to access and more inclusive, she said.
Compassionate care benefits provide temporary income support to eligible individuals who
must be away from work to provide care for a gravely ill family member at risk of death.
Effective January 3, 2016, the enhanced benefit, announced in 2015, allows claimants to collect
up to 26 weeks of benefits, up from the current 6 weeks. Further, the period during which benefits
can be taken is expanded to 52 weeks (up from 26 weeks). Benefits can be shared between family
members.
Eligibility for compassionate care benefits remains the same, including the requirement for a
medical certificate signed by a doctor attesting to the family member’s condition.
Corresponding changes to the Canada Labour Code will come into force at the same time to
ensure that the jobs of employees in federally regulated enterprises remain protected while they
avail themselves of compassionate care benefits under the EI program.
Quick Facts It is estimated that up to 6,900 claimants per year could benefit from the enhanced measure
that will take effect in January 2016. In 2013–14, program costs for the current compassionate care benefit amounted to $12 million.
An additional $37 million is being added annually to extend the duration of the compassionate
care benefit over and above the current program costs.
The measure will have a negligible impact on the EI premium rate. Quote
“I am glad to announce the coming into force of an increase in the duration of the compassionate care benefit. Going forward, we have pledged to work toward giving Canadians
more support by making this benefit more flexible, easier to access and more inclusive.”
– The Honourable MaryAnn Mihychuk, Minister of Employment, Workforce
Development and Labour
January 4-22
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City hopes to break ‘ice-jam’ with permit
regulations overhaul
Major changes announced at Laval real
estate developers forum
Left, Laval mayor Marc Demers and Pierre-Luc Girard, president of the Laval
Chamber of Commerce and Industry which co-sponsored the real estate forum.
The Espace Montmorency project was unveiled during Laval’s real estate forum.
Contemplating the advances and changes
made by his administration in the past two years
to encourage real estate development in Laval,
Mayor Marc Demers compares the city to an
ice-clogged river in the springtime.
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“Ice jams accumulate,” he said in an address at
the Château Royal on Nov. 24 for the opening of
a day-long real estate forum at which hundreds
of developers and consultants were the guests.
“In the case of the city, instead of ice let’s just
say it was problems,” he added.
Rebuilding confidence
In Demers’ opinion, the biggest problem
contributing to the jam was that “Laval lacked
political leadership for many years.” While
former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt and a host of
accomplices now face long, drawn-out criminal
trials on charges of corruption, the new mayor’s
task is to rebuild a bond of confidence between
the city and property developers.
“We need your help,” he told the developers.
“The City of Laval will be built collectively by
the people who are present in this room. Your
success is our success. We are absolutely certain
of this.”
The city is obviously aware of some of the key
issues that developers are complaining about
regarding their interaction with the municipality. The forum’s organizers placed cards on each
of the tables where the developers were seated,
calling to their attention such problems as “long
delays in construction permits being issued.”
Streamling the system
That alone is one of the most frequently-heard complaints in almost any municipality
– not just Laval. But it could easily be worse
now in Laval, given various precautions and
safeguards municipal administrators have had
to put into place in the wake of the corruption
scandal.
In his speech, Demers said the forum was
being held largely to unveil to the developers the
end result of a year of work and consultation by
a city council committee mandated to find solutions to problems like the one just mentioned.
“But this is just a first step,” he added.
“It’s not the end, not the conclusion, and
we have to be in continuous movement to
improve ourselves, to remain adept and to be
a municipality that works with people who are
building the city ... Our goal, as I said, is that
everyone in the room here can say at some point
or another that things have become faster and
more efficient to do business with the City of
Laval. Because in business time is money.”
New procedures coming
In an interview with the Laval News, Demers
Left, Laval city councillor Raynald Adams, development consultant Robert Libman, Laval executive-committee vice-president David De Cotis, and Laval city
councillor Paolo Galati shared thoughts during the real estate development
forum held by the City of Laval on Nov. 24.
said: “We’re going to have new procedures, new
rules for the issuing of different permits, and
this should allow us to react faster. When people
want to have a permit to build something, we
should be able to deliver that permit in a much
faster time – in half the time it used to take.”
Demers said the city is also working to make
the rules simpler than they were before. “Before
when you wanted to build something, you had
to get one permit at engineering, another permit
at environment, another at urban planning.
“But now we will gather all of them in one
permit,” he continued. “And if you have a big
project, there will be somebody at the city who
will take your case in charge and help you with
all the procedures. Our main goal is to make it
much easier and much faster to deal with the
City of Laval than it was before.”
According to Laval executive-committee
vice-president David De Cotis, the City of Laval
now feels confident enough to offer developers a pledge that on average within 30 days of
applying for a permit “there will be an official
answer from the city,” he said. The policy came
into effect on Dec. 1.
mayor of the City of Côte St. Luc, Libman also
sat on the City of Montreal’s executive-committee with responsibility for urban planning,
before Côte St. Luc demerged from Montreal
a decade ago.
Five-year-long backlog
‘Espace Montmorency’ project
At the same time, though, De Cotis acknowledged that the city has a backlog of permit
applications which in some cases stretch back
as long as five years. “We’re promising that
within the next six months the backlog will be
reduced to 50 per cent and we’re hired additional employees for this purpose,” he said. “This
is very promising and part of Mayor Demers’
vision for Laval to grow into one of the most
prominent cities within Quebec.”
Perhaps because it’s still too early to see
much improvement, one Montreal area real
estate development consultant who attended
the forum was sceptical of the city’s efforts. “It’s
painful and tortuous, or at least it has been for
the past few years,” said Robert Libman who has
witnessed the issue from two angles. A former
Former mayor now consultant
Libman, who now works in Montreal as
an architectural and real estate development
consultant, said he was “very hopeful and
optimistic that this new process will start to
streamline and improve the efficiency of project
approval” in Laval.
All the same, according to Libman, his client
is still waiting for approval for a 500-unit condo
project on Souvenir Blvd. at the corner of
Ampère in Pont-Viau after four years, as the city
tries to decide whether to extend Souvenir Blvd.
During the forum, an example of the sort
of development the city hopes will become
more commonplace in Laval was unveiled. The
project is the result of a partnership of financiers and developers that includes Claridge
Investments, Montoni Development and the
Quebec Federation of Labour’s Solidarity Fund.
Set to rise next to the 10,000-seat Place Bell
in Laval des Rapides, Espace Montmorency,
costing an estimated $420 million, will have
10 buildings as high as 20 storeys, with shops,
offices, a hotel and entertainment facilities. It
will be constructed on a 277,000-square-foot
property near the Montmorency Métro to
which it will also be connected.
“Espace Montmorency fits right in with
our vision of a modern project that creates a
genuine living environment and that has the
potential for tremendous spinoffs,” said Pierre
Boivin, president and CEO of Claridge. On the
Montoni web site, the company says Espace
Montmorency will be 20 minutes from downtown Montreal and “will help create a new
downtown in Laval.”
Coupal turns independent, while
dumping Mouvement Lavallois
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disaffected city councillors
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the victorious Mouvement Lavallois in the
2013 municipal election, has decided to
leave the governing party.
Coupal joins the ranks of a growing
number of disaffected city councillors who
prefer sitting as independents rather than
with the council majority or the official
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“Mr. Coupal had views which were very
much his own on a number of subjects,”
Mayor Marc Demers said in a statement
to the Laval News reacting to Coupal’s
decision. “He had difficulty staying with
the majority, which ended up isolating
him within the team. I believe he will be
more at ease as an independent and I wish
him good luck. However, it’s still a fact
that the citizens of his district voted for a
candidate from the Mouvement Lavallois,
which they no longer have.”
Was critical of ML
In a statement Coupal issued last
Monday, he said he has been sitting as an
independent since December. Coupal said
he did this “in order to better represent the
interests of the residents” of his district, as
well as the interests of all Laval residents,
and “not just from behind the closed doors
of the Mouvement Lavallois caucus.”
Coupal said what ultimately made
him decide to leave the ML was Laval
city council’s recent awarding of a sole
bidder computer services contract to
an IT consultant who will be receiving
nearly $3,000 a day for a total of more
than $400,000 for 1,000 hours of work.
History repeating?
“In the beginning, the Mouvement
Lavallois was created to oust Mayor
Vaillancourt’s PRO des Lavallois,” Coupal
said, referring to the former mayor’s
defunct municipal party. “This was carried
off with brilliance in November 2013.
“Since then, unfortunately, the
Mouvement Lavallois has been determined to repeat the era of one-party rule
in council,” he added, “by means of money
which allows it to eliminate all opposition and to manage public funds without having to worry about the capacity of
taxpayers to pay and the equity between
them and public servants.”
Keeping count
Immediately following the 2013 election, the Mouvement Lavallois held 17 of
the 21 council seats. Action Laval won two
(Aglaia Revelakis in Chomedey and Paolo
Galati in St-Vincent-de-Paul) and formed
the official opposition, while Jacques
St-Jean (Saint-François) and Michel
Trottier (Fabreville) sat as independents.
In August 2014, Galati decided he was
no longer interested in Action Laval and
formally joined the Mouvement Lavallois.
Since then, he’s been prominent at a good
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While Jacques St-Jean remained steadily independent during this time, Michel
Trottier – who was one of the most
outspoken, demonstrative and vocal council members from the beginning – decided
to forego his autonomy in July 2014 and
join Action Laval which was and continues
to be led by 2013 mayoral candidate JeanClaude Gobé, who has said he intends to
run for mayor again in 2017.
For the opposition party, this made up
for the loss of Galati. Then in September
2015, Trottier decided he’d had enough
with Action Laval and announced he
would be sitting again as an independent,
leaving Aglaia Revelakis as the only Action
Laval member sitting on city council. By
last month, Trottier was announcing the
creation of a new political party, the Parti
Laval, in preparation for the November
2017 municipal elections. For the time
being, he is the interim leader of the party.
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In the meantime, the Mouvement
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other councillors who were originally
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September 2014, Laval-des-Rapides city
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the ML to sit as an independent. But he
was present alongside Michel Trottier in
December when the latter announced the
formation of his new party.
In November 2014, Councillor Alain
Lecompte (l’Orée-des-Bois) also decided
to quit the ML, citing a climate of distrust
within the ruling party, to sit as an
independent. Councillor Jean Coupal is
the latest member of Laval city council
to go down the same route.
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The 2016 STL Budget: Staying the course and
developing public transportation in Laval
TLN-The Société de transport de Laval’s
Board of Directors has adopted a new fare
policy as a part of its 2016 budget. Our new
budget is set at 136.6 million dollars which is
a 4.2% increase over the 2015 budget. Despite
these changes, the development of public
transit and customer satisfaction remain our
core priorities.
“Our Laval-based administration truly
understands the importance of being dedicated to the promotion of public transit
and 2016 will be no exception” said David
De Cotis, President of the STL’s Board of
Directors. “Municipal contributions to the
STL will be increased by 7% while local rate
increases are limited to 1.6% on average. This
is our way of thanking the people of Laval for
their ever-increasing loyalty to public transit.”
The results of the most recent Origin
Destination (OD) Survey bear witness to the
revitalizing effect of public transit in Laval.
Between 2008 and 2013, Laval has seen a
28% increase in the use of public transit. In
comparison, the entire metropolitan area only
had a 10% growth rate. Over this same period,
Laval has seen a marked population growth
that expanded faster our fleet of buses. This
is a unique situation for the entire Montreal
region. The share of market played by public
transit has increased by two points. From 18%
in 2008, to the current 20%, this means that
one out of every five Lavallers takes the bus
every morning during rush hour.
We are predicting a 1% increase in ridership
for 2016. Our service offer will be increased by
Get
Up to
2% including the addition of a fifth accessible
bus line for people with reduced mobility and
people in wheelchairs.
The largest project yet
2016 will see the beginning of largest
project the STL has ever taken on. “We will
be implementing a series of preferential measures for buses (PMB) which will mean faster
travel times for our clients” says Guy Picard,
Director General of the STL. “In total, 227
intersections will be upgraded to smart traffic
lights that will prioritize our vehicles when
they are running behind schedule. Compared
to driving, these measures will make the STL
even more fluid, efficient and competitive.”
Guy Picard adds “This will send a clear
message about the quality of our service and
that the STL is re-affirming its vow to quality.
This formal commitment will mean punctual
service, cleanliness, the provision of meaningful information, the right to express opinions
and be heard and most importantly, comfort.
To pursue these goals, we will be continuing
the acquisition and replacement of bus shelters which contributes to the sustainability
of public furniture at bus stops and ensures
the comfort of our clients. The STL will also
be acquiring 28 new air-conditioned hybrid
buses to make travelling more comfortable.”
2016 will also see the completion of our
20-million-dollar garage expansion project
with will allow us to house an additional 60
buses. This three-year capital expenditure
program will come to $165.5 million in total.
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Sustaining the Horizon 65+ fare
The fare initiatives introduced in 2014 will
remain in effect for 2016. The Horizon 65+
fare which has been a rousing success with
19,000 Lavallers to date is being maintained.
The STL is the only transportation company
in Canada to provide residents 65 years of age
and older to travel for free using the Horizon
65+ fare which is valid throughout its service
area with no restrictions.
The STL will also be expanding its family
fare policy by allowing families to travel
without having to pay a fare for children on
weeks when school is out to help improve
social inclusion.
The STL will also be reducing its fares by
40% in July and August for youths between the
ages of 12 and 16 and it will be maintaining
the $1 smog day fare. Not other transportation company has gone so far to encourage
its riders to use public transit.
Metropolitan governance
2016 will be a landmark year for public transit as the foundation of a new Metropolitan
Governance is being established that will see
the adoption of Bill 76 which is designed to
improve the efficiency of public transit. The
STL wholeheartedly believes in the guiding principles of this project and it intends
to collaborate fully with the Transition
Committee to improve this ambitious reform.
The STL will however continue to ensure
that this new governance plan does not limit
its ability to innovate through technological of
fare policies. It will therefore remain attentive
and ensure that seniors can continue to ride
for free throughout Laval.
Rigour and continuous improvement
The STL has undertaken several actions
over the past few years to improve its management practices and ensure Lavallers that the
funds it has been allotted are managed with
rigour and efficiency.
This care is equally true of its planning
methods, heritage management projects and
in the management of its preventative and
curative maintenance programs. All sectors
of the company are subject to continuous
improvement activities.
These efforts were lauded by the 2015
Grands Prix québécois de la qualité where
we were awarded the Grande Mention. This
recognition is the highest distinction awarded
annually by the Government of Quebec to
private businesses and public organizations
selected according to the quality of their
management and their overall performance.
“We are particularly proud of this prize
which recognizes the work done by all of
our employees at the STL as it reflects more
than fifteen years of hard work to continuously improve and innovate” says David De
Cotis. “Our budget includes several measures
dedicated to the improvement of our services
but the people of Laval deserve more. They
also rightly expect us to manage the funds
we receive with irreproachable rigour and
we can assure them that this is exactly what
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2015: A year of sweeping change and rising austerity
If 2015 was a year when people wanted change, they ended up getting it with the election of a new federal government led
by Justin Trudeau. But it was also a year that was defined by a growing awareness of terrorism, the City of Laval’s 50th
anniversary, and the financial impact of an “austerity” program imposed by the Quebec Liberal government.
officers were ticketing driv- News about the enforcement. Although the
JANUARY
ers who coasted through stop notices of infraction he received from the city
The year was often dominated by news of
global terrorism. In early January, the first edition
of 2015 of the Laval News included coverage on
its front page of then-Prime Minister Stephen
Harper’s reaction to the attack on Charlie Hebdo
in Paris early in the new year.
In his statement,
Harper was unequivocal in referring
to the shootings as
a terrorist attack,
while others weren’t
initially so certain.
Prompted by a
reporter during a
press conference called to react to the shootings,
official opposition leader Tom Mulcair agreed that
the available facts fit the definition of terrorism.
Laval mayor Marc Demers
was among the local political
leaders to express condolences
and solidarity with the attack’s
victims. “Even if this attack is
infinitely sad, it is also revolting, since it was committed
with the idea of muzzling
freedom of expression,” he
said. In a gesture of solidarity the city’s flags in
front of city hall were half masted including the
flag of France.
In possible anticipation of an indirectly related
situation that would change significantly by
year’s end, NDP MPs from Laval complained
the Harper Conservative government appeared to
be deliberately delaying refugee and immigration
applications from Syria. For their part, the Tories
said they had security concerns.
“I have eight immigration files from Syria and
not one of them is progressing,” Marc-AurèleFortin NDP MP Alain Giguère, who would be
defeated in the November election, said in an
interview with The Laval News. He said he
suspected Islamophobia on the part of the government as being behind the delay.
FEBRUARY
In February, the Laval Police Department
wasn’t apologizing despite the fact its traffic
signs – even when icy road
conditions made coming to
a complete stop difficult.
According to Demetris
Tsekeris, well-known owner
of the Atomic Restaurant on
Souvenir Blvd., the LPD’s
ticketing operation was the talk of Chomedey.
The Feb. 21 edition of The Laval News drew
attention to another injustice allegedly committed
by officials with the city. This time car shelters
were the focus. A crackdown by the City of Laval
on car shelters set up a few inches too close to
the sidewalk drew reaction from some citizens.
“ We ’ v e
been living
in this house
since 1985
or 1986 and
since that time
we’ve never
had a problem,” George
Giorgiou
complained in
an interview
with The Laval
turned out to be only warnings, beginning in the
winter of 2016 the city is handing out tickets to
new offenders with penalties in the hundreds
of dollars.
February 2015 was also a big month for
members of Chomedey’s Holy Name of Jesus
Parish: it was the 50th anniversary of the church
which was founded during the same year the
City of Laval became a municipality. During a
gala celebration held at the Château Royal, an
historical account of the church’s beginnings was
delivered by Deirdre Rochefort, a parishioner
from the beginning. Fr. John Colford was Holy
Name of Jesus Parish’s first pastor. Current pastor
Fr. Peter Sabbath is only the second pastor in
50 years.
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Château Royal to help send him to the Special
Olympics World Summer Games taking place
in July in Los Angeles. In all, $9,000 was raised
from the $20 a ticket spaghetti dinner event which
drew 320 friends, supporters and admirers of
Perez, 25, whose swimming exploits have been
reported by the Laval News for at least the past
eight years.
With 2015 being an election year, NDP leader
Thomas Mulcair shot out of the starting gate early
to declare to Τhe Laval News in a featured interview in the March 21 edition that Prime Minister
Stephen Harper is “playing a dangerous game by
targeting Muslims” in his remarks as well as with
the Conservative government’s anti-terrorism
measures.
◄ Continued from page 9
MARCH
The front page of the
March 7 edition of the
Laval News featured a
news story in which the
city’s executive-committee
vice-president, David De
Cotis, accused Quebec of
short-changing Laval in
funding for autoroute and
highway repair projects.
“Laval is the third most
important city in the province,” De Cotis said in
an interview following a press conference in
Montreal where the annual funding allotments
were announced. “I feel like Laval got the short
end of the stick in terms of our only having $60
million compared to Montreal which got $1.8
billion and the Montérégie got over $550 million.”
“He’s finger-pointing at them and he’s singling
them out and it is undignified of a Canadian
prime minister to say that about one faith group
as opposed to another,” declared the candidate for
the prime minister’s office who was leading in the
polls at that point. Mulcair, who used to represent
Chomedey in the Quebec National Assembly,
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in Laval’s Auteuil district, the date is also very
important as it’s her birthday. On March 17 last
year, Germaine Gauthier celebrated her 100th
birthday.
leave behind for future generations on the occasion of Laval’s 50th anniversary,” Demers said of
the project. “The residents of Laval told us they
wanted more public gathering places, and that is
what we are giving them outside the place that
is their own home.”
Elected officials from the city were on hand at
her home in a senior citizens’ retirement residence
to bestow their congratulations. Laval executive-committee vice-president David De Cotis
called Gauthier’s milestone “an achievement in
itself. I am actually envious of Mme Gauthier. I
hope that I can have as healthy and prosperous
a future as she.”
Although winter
sometimes starts out
mild, it can also keep
the worst for the later
part of the season –
which can be as late as
March. On March 21
(which is officially the
first day of spring), the
Laval News featured a
story about a SainteRose resident who had
to go without running
water for three weeks
because the exceptionally cold weather had
frozen his pipes. Sandro
Cappadoro’s home on
Sainte-Rose Blvd. was just one of the many
households in his area where the water pipes
remained frozen despite attempts by city work
crews to thaw them.
With the federal election taking place in
October, electoral fever started to take hold in
Laval with the announcement of some of the
first candidates. News of Conservative candidates Roland Dick’s and Anthony Mavros’s
campaign launches was covered in our April 4
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the Oct. 19 election, their supporters included
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MAY
In the Laval News’s May 2 edition, the
Commission scolaire de Laval announced the
impending layoff of 500 staff in order to comply
with cost-cutting imposed by the austerity-preoccupied provincial government. Addressing a
gathering of more than 100 parents who turned
out at the CSDL’s École d’éducation internationale to hear the grim news, Lortie went so far as
to suggest that graduation rates at CSDL schools
could begin falling as a result of the cuts.
Chomedey-based
professional wrestler
Christopher Angelakis,
a.k.a. Chris Cruze, Chris
Angel and most recently
Chris Aros whose day job
is at a Samson Blvd. fish
market, was the subject
of a feature article in
which he spoke of his aspirations to join the ranks
of the world’s top wrestlers. Wrestling is half art
mixed with sport, according to Aros. “Everyone
knows it’s pre-determined,” he said in an interview. “But the one thing that even me and others
of my generation take offense at is when some
people say it’s fake. Because we do actually put
our safety on the line all the time.”
Although
the NDP’s
performance
in the federal
election
was a bitter
disappointment
for
the party’s
supporters, many believed in May that the party
was on its way to a federal electoral victory
because the Alberta NDP had just triumphed in
a provincial election and formed a government.
“When Canadians have a thirst for true change,
they turn to the NDP,” Mulcair said in a speech
at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès. “They said we
wouldn’t be able to pierce through in Alberta. The
NDP has just formed the government. And now
they’re saying we still can’t win at the federal
level. Let’s wait to see on Oct. 19.”
Another big news item in May was the
appointment of Sen. Leo Housakos as official
speaker of the Senate by the Harper Conservative
government. “Senator Housakos has represented
Quebecers and all Canadians in the Upper
Chamber with dignity and dedication for over
six years,” said Harper.
“The experience he has gained as a member of
several standing committees and as Speaker pro
tempore of the Senate will serve him well as he
takes on this important role.” Housakos’s tenure
was short: following the election, a new speaker
was appointed by the Liberal government.
JUNE
Four associations of English-speaking
Quebecers with a common interest in getting
the Liberal government to reconsider its decision
to abolish school board elections announced this
month that they were creating a panel that would
examine and analyze options for choosing future
school commissioners.
Jennings said the panel started out with the
assumption that Quebec’s English-speaking
minority has a constitutional right to steer its
own course in education. “The framework is
our constitutional protection, which states very
clearly in our constitution that the Englishspeaking minority community of Quebec has
the right to control and manage its education.”
The 2015 edition of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Foundation’s most popular fundraiser, the Lobster
Shack, raised nearly $27,000 for educational
resources and projects at the Sir Wilfrid Laurier
School Board. “To our communities, business
partners, educators, administrators, parents and
volunteers, thank you for being here tonight to
ensure our children have a bright future ahead
with unlimited possibilities,” SWLSB chairwoman Jennifer Maccarone said in an address.
“Our students are at the heart of our actions and
our priorities.”
Agape, the largest English-language charitable services organization in Laval, said in its
annual report issued this month that the provincial government’s sweeping reorganization
of social services in Laval meant Agape’s loss
of a $15,000 subsidy for a dependencies abuse
program. However, thanks to a grant from Health
Services Canada, Agape was able to continue
working with persons dependent on drugs,
gambling and alcohol.
The Bloc Québécois
in the riding of LavalLes Îles announced
on June 18 that it had
chosen Nancy Redhead,
a woman originally
from Peru, to represent
the party in the federal
election. During a meeting held at St-Léopold
church in Sainte-Rose, Redhead expressed strong
support for the Bloc’s mission to safeguard
Quebec’s francophone language and culture by
seeking political autonomy and independence
from Canada. She also expressed great admiration
for the historical legacy of the Québécois.
JULY
AUGUST
Quebec’s latest investment in the Société de
Transport de Laval, $13.6 million, was announced
on Monday July 6 at STL headquarters in the
Laval industrial park. “The STL, which has
shown vision, must be congratulated for the pertinence of these projects,” said Laval-des-Rapides
Liberal MNA Saul Polo. “The population of Laval
and especially transit users will benefit the most.”
“I can only say how happy I am with the
subsidy given by Quebec to the STL,” Mayor
Marc Demers added. “The projects affected by
this subsidy will allow the transit agency to again
improve its service.” More than $12.9 million will
be going towards the completion of a third phase
of the STL’s ongoing garage and administrative
building expansion project.
In the same Laval
News issue, the STL
announced that
former Sir Wilfrid
Laurier School
Board chairman
Steve Bletas had
been named to
the STL’s board
of directors to
represent users of
adapted transportation. “I use adapted
transportation so I live the situation that I will
be dealing with on the board of the STL,” said
Bletas. “Being a frequent traveler in adapted
transit, he can bring us good feedback and good
recommendations,” said STL board chairman
David De Cotis.
Our paper featured
Georgia Kanellopoulos
a 12-year-old Fabreville
girl who graduated in
June at the head of her
class from Our Lady of
Peace Elementary and
who being the leading
gymnast in the province
for her age category,
hopes to take part in
Canadian national
gymnastics competitions and perhaps even
the Olympics.
With election day drawing closer, incumbent
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a campaign
stop in Chomedey at the Spectra Premium auto
parts plant where he announced economic
stimulus measures focusing on employment.
“Apprenticeships play a vital role in our post-secondary education system and help provide skills
and knowledge to grow our economy,” he said in
an address. Harper took time to take some swipes
at Liberal leader Justin Trudeau. “Justin Trudeau
opposed every single tax cut we introduced,”
Harper said.
As the City of Laval continued its 50th anniversary celebrations, a significant gesture by
the provincial government that was timed to
coincide with the festivities was the renaming
of the region’s principal autoroute after the first
mayor of Laval. A ceremony to rename the roadway after Jean-Noël Lavoie was held at Laval
city hall on Aug. 6, 50 years to the day since the
formation of the city from towns and villages
scattered over the island.
With a little more than two months to go until
election day, incumbent Laval-area NDP MP José
Nunez-Melo was unceremoniously dumped by
his party while being excluded from the nomination process. When the newly-formed Vimy
riding association held a nomination meeting,
Nunez-Melo was told to leave after stating he
believed the meeting went against party regulations. He also maintained that senior NDP brass
were determined not to have him on the ballot
as a candidate for nomination.
During the Aug. 4 Laval city council meeting,
a Laval real estate agent who is also a resident
complained to the mayor about the abandoned
former Récréathèque building in Chomedey being
an unsightly eyesore that was driving away potential investors. Mayor Demers refused to discuss
specifics on the future of the Récréathèque, but
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SEPTEMBER
With the election
campaign in full
swing, the Laval
News reported in its
Sept. 5 edition on
Liberal candidate for
Laval-Les Îles Fayçal
El-Khoury’s visit to the Royal Canadian Legion’s
Branch 216 in Laval-Ouest. “You know, the
Liberal Party of Canada likes to go by the position
of Lester B. Pearson and of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
and Jean Chrétien to not send our soldiers to fight
in dangerous situations,” he told them. “Canada
must remain a peaceful country. We must send
our soldiers only to keep the peace.”
In the same edition, we reported on incumbent NDP MP for Laval-Les Îles François Pilon’s
campaign launch which was attended by a large
number of labour union members. “In my riding
alone,” said Pilon, “there are many people who
work at Bombardier or at Mirabel or Dorval.
They are at least 500. And if they are married, that
means 1,000 votes in Laval-Les Îles for the NDP.”
In news of interest to air travel consumers, our publication reported on Sept. 5 on
the impact the sudden collapse of Canadianowned discount airline
SkyGreece had on some
Laval residents. Sofia
Markantonakis booked
airline passage for the
members of her family
in May with SkyGreece.
But by August after they
took the flight over,
they found that getting
back to Canada would be expensive: $24,000
on another airline, compared to $6,876 when
reserved three months earlier with SkyGreece.
A nine-year streak of sunny weather remains
unbroken at the Agape Classic golf tournament.
On Sept. 9, the sun managed to come out briefly
and only a little rain fell before the more than
60 golfers hit the course. “We didn’t see a drop
of rain,” said Agape Daycare director Kevin
McLeod who organizes the tournament each
year. “A perfect golf day for nine straight years.
The good lord likes something that we’re doing.”
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s campaign
passes through Laval a real boost for the three
Liberal candidates in Laval: Angelo Iacono
(Alfred-Pellan) Eva Nassif (Vimy) and Fayçal
El-Khoury (Laval-Les Îles)
OCTOBER
This month, the City of Laval said it wanted
Ottawa to know that it was seeking a commitment
from each of the federal political parties to try
to meet certain requests should they form the
next government following the Oct. 19 election.
At the top of the wish-list, Laval wanted half
a million dollars to help pay for its 50th anniversary celebrations. Although the incumbent
Conservative government was asked last year to
provide the funding, the appeal fell on deaf ears.
The city was also seeking a total of $200 million
in infrastructure funding to fill a longstanding
need for adequate social housing which is badly
lacking in Laval.
On October 19, Justin Trudeau and his team
won with a clear majority of 184 seats across
Canada. In Laval the Liberal ‘red wave’ swept
clear through the city electing all four Liberal
candidates:Angelo Iacono in Alfred-Pellan, Eva
Nassif in Vimy, Fayçal El-Khoury in Laval-Les
Îles and Yves Robillard in Marc-Aurèle-Fortin.
In partnership with the Laval chapter of l’Appui pour les proches aidants d’ainés (ALPA),
Chomedey-based Agape held another cycle of
information workshops for caregivers of seniors.
In its Oct. 31 edition, The Laval News reported
on the City of Laval’s legal efforts under Mayor
Marc Demers to recover nearly $13 million that
disgraced former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt and
some associates are accused of pilfering from
Laval through kickback schemes and contract
corruption.
“We believe that Mr. Mergl and Vaillancourt,
Asselin and De Guise owe the city and the citizens
of Laval $12,851,725,” Demers told journalists
during a press conference. The city claims that
Vaillancourt overrode the public bidding system
and decided on his own which contractors would
get contracts.
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
On Nov. 9, Liberal Party of Quebec candidate
Monique Sauvé won a by-election in the riding of
Fabre which was called following the resignation
of former PLQ MNA Gilles Ouimet. “I am very
happy and very proud because this was a major
team effort in a positive campaign with a great
number of volunteers who worked hard along
with the support of the Laval Liberal caucus,”
Sauvé told journalists. Sauvé said she was somewhat surprised by the results, taking into account
that it was the first time she ran for office.
In November as the Demers administration
completed half of its four year mandate, The
Laval News featured an exclusive interview with
Laval Mayor Marc Demers under the title: Mayor
Marc Demers- Walking the straight line. The
interview was done by our editorial contributor
and former Chomedey city councillor (19851993) Dr. Savas Fortis.
Close to 800 people gathered in the Salle
André-Mathieu at Montmorency College to take
part in ceremonies marking the close of the yearlong festivities held for the City of Laval’s 50th
anniversary. “We gave ourselves an ambitious
challenge when we took the decision to organize
festivities as large as the ones held in Laval in
2015 and we can henceforth say that we met the
challenge,” said Mayor Marc Demers.
Internationally-renowned soprano Marie-Josée
Lord set the tone for the evening with a rousing interpretation of the classic hymn Amazing
Grace. She was accompanied by an ensemble of
12 musicians from the Orchestre symphonique de
Laval. Those attending were able to re-experience
highlights of the past year’s celebrations thanks
to projected images accompanied by music from
Insula, the light and music show commissioned
by the city for the anniversary.
On Nov. 19, Mayor Marc Demers led guests
and media on a tour of the partially-built Place
Bell arena/amphitheatre
which is scheduled in
September 2017. “Laval
residents will soon have
access to a unique complex
consisting of a large
amphitheatre as well as
two community rinks
accessible to citizens, one
of which will be of Olympic size,” said Demers,
while adding that construction is proceeding as
planned and within budget.
The City of
Laval will be raising property taxes
by an average 1.9
per cent in 2016,
meaning an extra
$55 on the average
tax bill, the Laval
News reported in
its Dec. 12 edition.
“In 2014, we did a
house cleaning, in 2015 we restored the administration’s credibility while letting citizens have
their say, and in 2016 we will be committing
ourselves fully to the economic, social and
environmental development of our city,” said
Mayor Marc Demers.
The City of Laval announced it is teaming
up with the province’s leading school for children with autism spectrum disorders to launch a
pilot project that will make Laval one of the first
inclusive cities for people with autism. Working
closely with the Giant Steps School, Laval will
be focusing on training members of its various
departments, with emphasis on police officers
and firefighters in particular, in how to deal with
emergency situations involving autism.
Following the October federal election, the
new Liberal government led by Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau announced it is making good on
a campaign pledge to lighten the financial load
for Canada’s middle class. Paycheques for nearly
a third of Canadian workers will look a little
different starting in the New Year.
With the passing of a House of Commons
motion, the tax rate for middle income earners
will drop in 2016 to 20.5 per cent from 22 per
cent. The changes also create a new bracket for
income above $200,000 with a rate of 33 per cent.
Laval city council enacted a new by-law to
control the proliferation of clothes donation
deposit boxes which have become a common
sight in many parts of the city in recent years.
Public works crews began removing donation
boxes set up at unauthorized street corners. The
new by-law designates areas where the boxes will
have to be located from now on. The city is also
investigating each of the organizations sponsoring
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warns senior research scientist at MIT
For over three decades, Stephanie Seneff,
PhD, has researched biology and technology,
over the years publishing over 170 scholarly
peer-reviewed articles. In recent years she
has concentrated on the relationship between
nutrition and health, tackling such topics
as Alzheimer’s, autism, and cardiovascular
diseases, as well as the impact of nutritional
deficiencies and environmental toxins on
human health.
At a conference last Thursday, in a special
panel discussion about GMOs, she took the
audience by surprise when she declared, “At
today’s rate, by 2025, one in two children will be
autistic.” She noted that the side effects of autism
closely mimic those of glyphosate toxicity, and
presented data showing a remarkably consistent
correlation between the use of Roundup on
crops (and the creation of Roundup-ready
GMO crop seeds) with rising rates of autism.
Children with autism have biomarkers indicative of excessive glyphosate, including zinc and
iron deficiency, low serum sulfate, seizures, and
mitochondrial disorder.
A fellow panelist reported that after Dr.
Seneff’s presentation, “All of the 70 or so people
in attendance were squirming, likely because
they now had serious misgivings about serving their kids, or themselves, anything with
corn or soy, which are nearly all genetically
modified and thus tainted with Roundup and
its glyphosate.”
Dr. Seneff noted the ubiquity of glyphosate’s
use. Because it is used on corn and soy, all soft
drinks and candies sweetened with corn syrup
and all chips and cereals that contain soy fillers have small amounts of glyphosate in them,
as do our beef and poultry since cattle and
chicken are fed GMO corn or soy. Wheat is
often sprayed with Roundup just prior to being
harvested, which means that all non-organic
bread and wheat products would also be sources
of glyphosate toxicity. The amount of glyphosate
in each product may not be large, but the cumulative effect (especially with as much processed
food as Americans eat) could be devastating. A
recent study shows that pregnant women living
near farms where pesticides are applied have a
60% increased risk of children having an autism
spectrum disorder.
Other toxic substances may also be
autism-inducing. You may recall our story
on the CDC whistleblower who revealed the
government’s deliberate concealment of the
link between the MMR vaccine (for measles,
mumps, and rubella) and a sharply increased
risk of autism, particularly in African American
boys. Other studies now show a link between
children’s exposure to pesticides and autism.
Children who live in homes with vinyl floors,
which can emit phthalate chemicals, are more
likely to have autism. Children whose mothers
smoked were also twice as likely to have autism.
Research now acknowledges that environmental contaminants such as PCBs, PBDEs,
and mercury can alter brain neuron functioning
even before a child is born.
This month, the USDA released a study finding that although there were detectable levels
of pesticide residue in more than half of food
tested by the agency, 99% of samples taken were
found to be within levels the government deems
safe, and 40% were found to have no detectable trace of pesticides at all. The USDA added,
however, that due to “cost concerns,” it did not
test for residues of glyphosate. Let’s repeat
that: they never tested for the active ingredient in the most widely used herbicide in the
world. “Cost concerns”? How absurd—unless
they mean it will cost them too much in terms of
the special relationship between the USDA and
Monsanto. You may recall the revolving door
between Monsanto and the federal government,
with agency officials becoming high-paying
executives—and vice versa! Money, power,
prestige: it’s all there. Monsanto and the USDA
love to scratch each others’ backs. Clearly this
omission was purposeful.
In addition, as we have previously reported,
the number of adverse reactions from vaccines
can be correlated as well with autism, though
Seneff says it doesn’t correlate quite as closely as
with Roundup. The same correlations between
applications of glyphosate and autism show up
in deaths from senility.
Of course, autism is a complex problem
with many potential causes. Dr. Seneff ’s data,
however, is particularly important considering
how close the correlation is—and because it
is coming from a scientist with impeccable
credentials. Earlier this year, she spoke at the
Autism One conference and presented many
of the same facts; that presentation is available
on YouTube.
Monsanto claims that Roundup is harmless
to humans. Bacteria, fungi, algae, parasites, and
plants use a seven-step metabolic route known
as the shikimate pathway for the biosynthesis of
aromatic amino acids; glyphosate inhibits this
pathway, causing the plant to die, which is why
it’s so effective as an herbicide. Monsanto says
humans don’t have this shikimate pathway, so
it’s perfectly safe.
Dr. Seneff points out, however, that our gut
bacteria do have this pathway, and that’s crucial
because these bacteria supply our body with
crucial amino acids. Roundup thus kills beneficial gut bacteria, allowing pathogens to grow;
interferes with the synthesis of amino acids
including methionine, which leads to shortages
in critical neurotransmitters and folate; chelates
(removes) important minerals like iron, cobalt
and manganese; and much more.
Even worse, she notes, additional chemicals
in Roundup are untested because they’re classified as“inert,” yet according to a 2014 study
in BioMed Research International, these chemicals are capable of amplifying the toxic effects
of Roundup hundreds of times over.
Glyphosate is present in unusually high quantities in the breast milk of American mothers, at
anywhere from 760 to 1,600 times the allowable
limits in European drinking water. Urine testing
shows Americans have ten times the glyphosate
accumulation as Europeans.
“In my view, the situation is almost beyond
repair,” Dr. Seneff said after her presentation.
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My brother would apply wet towels to mom’s
wounds afterwards.
My dad had affairs, didn’t work much, didn’t
drink and never smoked. He attended school
meetings, woke up the village dentist when
our teeth ached at midnight and made sure
boys who harassed my sister and I regretted it
immediately. My sister thinks he’s a great father.
Mom went to work, and with my brother’s
support, took charge financially while us girls
went to school. They worked and worked and
you could say we became an upper class family
after 20 years.
All this time, at home and publicly, the beatings continued. When mom got sick, dad took
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we, his kids, ask for anything, he gives. Readily.
Mom, however, is afraid to buy anything if he’s
around.
I’m currently visiting them and asked if he
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but doesn’t do it. Then she told me about their
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So I thought I would have a calm, understanding chat with him about it.
His response took me by surprise. He
accused me of being ungrateful, taking my
mother’s side and promised to “leave us all
soon.” Those words took me back 20 years to
the time he beat her and then locked himself
up with a bottle of poison and threatened to
drink it.
I wanted to tell him he could go die right now.
Honestly I’m so angry at her for staying with
him. I don’t understand their relationship. I’m
still young yet twice divorced. Being alone is
hard, but it’s so much easier than being in an
abusive, unhappy relationship.
Mom continues to complain but chooses
to do nothing. I told her I won’t listen to her
complaints anymore unless she does something,
and this hurts her.
Marlia
Marlia, every time you visit your parents,
it puts you back in your child self. “My father
and mother are doing this to each other, and
I am powerless to stop it.” Both parents have
traumatized you. That the damage is in
part unintentional, unthinking or unnoticed
doesn’t make it any less.
There is no reason to explain why you are
twice divorced. You didn’t have good role
models. You don’t have the same baseline as
the daughter of parents who loved her and
cared about her and loved each other.
Listening to your mother complain and
letting her vent doesn’t help her leave, it
helps her stay. She is hurting you. When she
complains, say, “Who are we going to call?
But if we are not calling someone, if I am
not taking you
somewhere else,
if you are not
filing for divorce,
I don’t want to
hear about it.”
When your mother took over the financing
and the breadwinning, what was her husband
there for? Your mother wouldn’t leave even for
the sake of her kids. So what is most important
to her? The man. Not her kids. All she wants
is to have him fixed.
Your letter really is about you, not your
mother. Your mother chooses abuse and you
cannot stop her. You need to heal as much as
you can so your future life is as good as it can
be. You need to stop being abused.
The real victims in situations like this are
the children. They are the innocent ones. That
is why the most important thing you can do
is change your point of view.
Wayne & Tamar
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Armed Robbery at Birks Carrefour Laval Operation Dia:
Police Arrest 10 DrugTrafficking Suspects
Dec 23 – A man with a gun burgled Birks jewellery store in Carrefour Laval on one of the busiest shopping days of the
year. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots and glass shattering, but police later confirmed no shots had been fired. The
robber smashed at least eight display cases and stuffed expensive watches and jewellery into a duffel bag then jogged to
the exit near the Harry Rosen store. Panicked shoppers scattered as the man ran through the mall waving his gun in the
air. The suspect is described as being about 5’7” tall with curly hair. He was wearing sunglasses at the time.
Authorities estimate that the burglar made off with thousands of dollars of merchandise. No one was injured.
Laval Pilot Dies in Crash
Dec 29 – Provincial police say the pilot who died from injuries sustained in the crash of a small plane at Mascouche on
Monday is a resident of Laval. The 40-year-old Laval man was accompanied by a nine-year-old boy who survived the crash
and is expected to make a full recovery. The plane’s flight path originated in the United States, but the Transportation
Safety Board could not confirm where.
Dec 23 – Six months after the launch of anti-drug project Dia, several
suspects have been arrested on suspected cocaine trafficking charges, as
well as a number of other criminal charges. Laval police spearheaded
the inquest, with the participation of police officers from Terrebonne,
Mascouche, St-Jérôme, and Montreal. About 80 officers were involved in
cracking the well-structured organization and executing raids in homes
and businesses in Mascouche, Terrebonne, St-Jérôme, and Montreal.
A preliminary inventory of the assets seized during the raids included
a significant amount of cocaine and marijuana, several bank accounts,
six vehicles, and around $40,000 in cash.
In the end, 10 people were arrested in connection with the crimes: 4
women and 6 men. The youngest suspect arrested was 22 years old and
the oldest was 60 years old.
Several suspects have already appeared at the Laval courthouse to
face drug trafficking charges.
Laval residents with any information about drug trafficking or any
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JOY
G | 2 hrs 11 mins | Drama |
G | 1 hr 44 mins | Comedy-Drama |
When four outsiders saw what the big banks,
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where they must question everyone and everything.
POINT BREAK
G | 1 hr 54 mins | Action-Thriller |
Struggling to raise three children on her own,
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matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery,
the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave
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plot of betrayal and deception unfolds and tensions run high.
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L . I . G . H . T . E . R
Aries March 21-April 19 ________________________________________________________
Your popularity grows Sunday noon (PST) to Tues. afternoon, Aries. Other than a
possible tiff Sunday suppertime, this interval blesses you – your optimism rises, and
love might arrive via a friendly group meeting. International, cultural and intellectual affairs also
thrive. Jump in Monday! But avoid these things Tues. eve to Thurs. suppertime – instead, retreat,
rest, be spiritual and charitable. Great luck in work – ask for more, and a pay raise. Your energy
and charm rise Thurs. night to Sat. night – get out, make contacts, see and be seen, impress
someone or tackle a difficult task that you’ve neglected. Remember, start nothing new before
January 25.
Taurus April 20-May 20 ________________________________________________________
Jokes of the week!
s i d e
Teacher’s Promise
Libra Sept. 23-Oct. 22 ______________________________________________________________
Teacher: Whoever answers my next
question, can go home.
Start no new projects nor relationships before January 25, Libra. The general emphasis lies on
home, children, real estate, garden, nutrition, security, retirement. Spend a lazy Sunday morning.
From noon this day (PST) to mid-afternoon Tues. romance, pleasure, creativity and risk-taking
lure you – not too successfully Sun. pm, as arguments might occur – but a letter, call or conversation (or short errand) might bring you to love’s nirvana – or to the person who could be it for
you. Tackle chores Tuesday late afternoon to Thurs. suppertime. You’ll get a lot done, but go slow
Wed. to about 1 pm, when practical and communication barriers exist.
Sunday morning’s easy. But from Sun. noon (PST) to Tues. mid-afternoon, be ambitious, display your skills, butter up the boss (all best Monday). But remember, don’t
start any projects nor relationships before January 25. A sudden, lucky financial or management
event might bless you. Beware an argument (or cuts) Sunday eve. Happiness, popularity, social
delights, light, flirtatious romance (perhaps destined to turn heavy and deep later) entertainment, optimism and possible wish fulfillment – these tickle you Tues. eve to suppertime Thurs.
Enjoy, but don’t invest nor push for sex Wed. daytime. Romance, however, blossoms with luck.
One boy throws his bag out the
window.
Teacher: Who just threw that?
Boy: Me and I’m going home now.
Scorpio Oct. 23-Nov. 21 ___________________________________________________________
Remember, Scorpio, start nothing new, relationships nor projects, before January 25. You’re
generally tied up now in errands, messaging, paperwork and details. Carefully check addresses,
figures, phone numbers, schedules, etc. Make a list before leaving home. Sunday noon (PST)
to midafternoon Tues. features home, kids, parents, landscaping, garden, security, etc. Don’t be
overbearing Sunday eve. Monday’s best. You could stumble upon a great money-work situation
or bonus. Tuesday late afternoon to Thurs. suppertime brings romantic notions, freedom of
speculation and creative urges, beauty and charming kids. Take care Wed. morning,
Gemini May 21-June 20 ___________________________________________________________ expression,
Remember, start no new projects nor relationships before January 25. Sunday noon (PST) to mid- noon hour, as barriers exist and vivacity flags.
afternoon Tues. brings a mellow, wise mood, and success (mostly Monday) with international affairs, legal, publishing and intellectual matters, far travel, and love. (Love, though, is colored with
Sagittarius Nov. 22-Dec. 21 _____________________________________________________
intimate yearnings and possible unethical urges, especially if a former “lust mate” is involved.
But an innocent, friendly, marriage-capable love could also blossom now. You’ll know the differ- The general accent remains on money, earnings, possessions, memory, and sensual attractions.
ence – it’s in your moral intuition.) Beware an argument of false friend Sunday eve. Be ambitious, Remember, start nothing, relationships nor projects, and make no major purchases, before January
hold up your end of career projects and duties, display your skills (but start nothing new) Tues. 25. Sunday noon (PST) to Tues. mid-afternoon brings errands, trips, calls, visits, paperwork and
eve to Thurs. supper time. Take care Wed. morn and midday, with partnerships, public affairs and details – be sure to check figures, appointments. Make a list before you set off on your errands.
Caution Sunday eve – argument, accidents need to be avoided. Monday’s fine. You could attract
contracts: sign nothing. Land, property, home, garden, might yield a dream come true!
someone deeply – your charming side is uppermost until the 23rd. Home, kids, garden, rest, naps
and nutrition draw you Tues. afternoon to supper time Thurs. – yet it is your money, earnings, and
Cancer June 21-July 22 ____________________________________________________________ career that spring luck upon you both Wed.
The general accent lies on relationships – but don’t start any new ones (nor any new projects)
before January 25. You might wake Sunday morning with a smile on your face as you think of a
Capricorn Dec. 22-Jan. 19________________________________________________________
recent encounter. This noon (PST) to mid-afternoon Tues. brings secrets, intimate clinches, financial
actions/investments/debt, research and investigation, medical diagnoses, and life style changes. Start no new projects nor relationships before January 25, Cap – and avoid major purchases,
too.
Your
charisma,
energy and clout remain at a yearly high – but the best place you can put
(Remember, though, start nothing new.) Dig into the past for nuggets. An unexpected work plum
might come – grab it! Your mellow, wise side emerges Tues. pm to Thurs. supper time – seek your energy is into projects already begun last year, or into something you can reach and grab
intellectual, legal, far travel, publishing, or cultural goals – and love. But tread lightly with partner, from the far past. It’s an excellent time to correct old mistakes, a poor time to plan new things.
chores and work commitments midday Wed. Your career and worldly standing are accented Thurs. You wake with strength and vigor Sunday. Noon (PST) this day, to mid-afternoon Tues., brings
money, earnings, buying and selling, memory tricks, and sensual attractions. (Before pursuing
suppertime to Sat. night.
him/her, picture life a year or ten down the road.
Leo July 23-Aug. 22 _________________________________________________________________
Start nothing new before January 25, Leo. (That is just about when a whole month of new
people, opportunities and horizons will appear, so waiting is, in a sense, a good thing.) The
general accent this week lies on work, dependents, service personnel (e.g., the plumber) and
daily health. Eat and dress sensibly. Relationships fill Sunday noon (PST) to midday Tues. Careful Sunday pm, arguments are possible, especially at or about home. A sudden appearance or
revelation could spell love. Life’s secrets, sexual yearnings and financial actions, health diagnoses,
lifestyle changes and commitments fill Tues. afternoon to Thurs. supper time – sign nothing, a be
cautious of new investments.
Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22_____________________________________________________________
Start no new projects nor relationships before January 25, no matter what I might write below.
Sunday morning’s romantic, or kids charm you. This noon (PST) to mid-afternoon Tues., brings
work and daily health concerns. Eat and dress sensibly. Drive carefully, seek no sex nor invest
Sunday afternoon/supper time. Otherwise, this interval flows productively and easily. If a former
real estate bargain or other investment re-appears, jump on it, it’s a good one. Relationships fill
Tues. eve to suppertime Thurs. – with splendid luck! An old flame might appear. But avoid action,
and anyone who appears between dawn and 1 pm Wed. (PST).
HOROSCOPE
Marriage Certificate
Wife: “What are you doing?”
Husband : Nothing.
Wife : “Nothing...? You’ve been
reading our marriage
certificate for an hour.”
Husband : “I was looking for the
expiration date.”
Grey Hair
A curious child asked his mother:
“Mommy, why are some of your
hairs turning grey?”
The mother tried to use this
occasion to teach her child: “It is
because of you, dear. Every bad
action of yours will turn one of my
hairs grey!”
Aquarius Jan. 20-Feb. 18 __________________________________________________________
Continue to lie low and rest, Aquarius. Your interior world is undergoing a huge transformation, but a slow one – it takes from 2009 to 2024 to evolve. January, every year to 2024, will
emphasize this interior change. Eventually, it will “open” and grant you a new worldly standing,
a leadership role big or small. (E.g., in 2024-2043, many powerful politicians will be Aquarian.)
Remember, don’t make any major purchases nor start any new projects or relationships before
January 25. Your energy and charisma rise somewhat Sunday noon (PST) to mid-afternoon Tues.
Monday’s best. Don’t argue nor tweak a boss, cop or parent Sunday suppertime. A friend could
help a wish come true.
The child replied innocently: “Now
I know why grandmother has only
grey hairs on her head.”
Pisces Feb. 19-March 20 ___________________________________________________________
Homework
Remember, Pisces, don’t buy anything major, and start no new projects nor relationships before
January 25. (No matter what I say in the rest of this – the “don’t start” dominates.) You remain in a
happy, upbeat interval (until Jan. 20) so DO aim your life toward pleasure, adventure, love, friendship and entertainment. Everyone needs a rest from cares and duties. Now the universe is giving
you a “pass” – take it, enjoy life! Even your parents and/or bosses are saying (maybe under their
breath!) you deserve a break, and a bit of praise. (And, says the cosmos, a bit of love and romance,
too.) A major wish might come true. Probably involves a legal, educational, travel, cultural, love,
popularity or intellectual matter.
One day teacher asked Sam if
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9. Relating to a hair
14. ___ line (major
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15. Look at with
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16. “Gladiator”
setting
17. Stage at which a
substance will receive
no more of another
substance
20. “All My Children”
vixen
21. Washes
22. Duration
25. “I do,” for one
26. Any port in a storm
28. Extinguish
32. Enumeration
follower
37. Water wheel with
buckets attached to
the rim
38. In a self-indulgent
manner
41. Fry quickly in
a little fat
42. Berate
43. Barely gets, with
“out”
44. Brilliantly colored
terrestrial birds with
short wings and tail
and stout bills
46. Family head
47. All together
53. Very thin slices
58. Fits
59. Sexists
62. Liquid
excretory product
63. Beethoven’s
“Archduke ___”
64. One of the two
main branches of
orthodox Islam
65. Give a shine to
66. “Our Time in ___”
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67. Baby
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2. Eyeball benders
3. Buzzing
4. Devil
5. Marienbad, for one
6. Affranchise
7. Obtained from urine
8. Come about
9. Fruit with yellow
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10. “Pumping ___”
11. Island rings
12. Author Rice
13. “Darn it all!”
18. Backstabber
19. Advertising sign
23. Wild goose having
white adult plumage
24. Dispassionate
27. Safe place
28. Lady of Lisbon
29. Song and dance,
e.g.
30. Fish sperm
31. British system of
withholding tax
32. “___ quam videri”
(North Carolina’s
motto)
33. Heavy, durable
furniture wood
34. Game name
35. New newts
36. 20-20, e.g.
37. Colo. neighbor
39. When repeated,
like some shows
40. F.B.I. operative
44. “Fiddlesticks!”
45. Hereditary
46. Cubes
48. “Gee whiz!”
49. To take to graze or
pasture
50. Bar offering
51. Arrive, as darkness
52. English exam
finale, often
53. Like a stuffed shirt
54. Benjamin Disraeli,
e.g.
55. History Muse
56. Addition column
57. Produced without
vibration of the
vocal cords
60. Compete
61. Carbonium, e.g.
57. “Act your ___!”
58. Depress, with
“out”
59. Altdorf is its
capital
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