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Dr. John Crispo, one of the bestâ€"known figures in the Canadian Business world, is the guest speaker at the 40th Annual General Meeting of the Oakville Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 27th. Tickets are $50 for members and $65 for nonâ€"members. The annual meeting will be held at the Glen Abbey Golf Club. For tickets or inforâ€" mation call the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, 845â€"6613. No, You‘re Not Seelng Double. NOW OPEN FRIDAYS TILL 8:00 PM. 176 Lakeshore Road E. 338â€"2908 Annual Chamber meeting Oct. 27th ALL THIS AND MORE us s's Columb1a Sportswear Company What you see is the famous zipâ€"in, zipâ€"out Interchan System"" â€" the Bugaboo" parka. Brown, who has personally expressed displeasure over the new boundaries, can appeal on behalf of the town to keep Oakville in one riding. She can also lobby within the Liberal caucus to scrap the Council‘s decision will now be forwarded to the Electoral Boundaries Commission and Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP Bonnie Brown. Given the rapid growth of the town that may be an impossibility in the long run, but for now, counâ€" cillors are doing their best to quash a move that would cut the municiâ€" pality in two at Upper Middle Road. On Wednesday night Council voted to officially request the govâ€" ernment to amend its plan to include the entire town. akville has never before | been split by a federal ridâ€" # ing boundary and if Town Council had its way it never would. By HOWARD MOZEL Oakville Beaver Staff Town council objects to proposal to divide Oakville into two federal ridings Earlier this year the Commission held 17 days of hearings on the matter in 10 different Ontario comâ€" munities. As a result of hundreds of oral and written presentations the Commission amended its boundâ€" aries for 76 of 103 electoral disâ€" According to the Commission‘s report, the existing Oakvilleâ€"Milton riding is "too populous." As a result the new riding â€" simply called "Oakville" â€" will consist of everyâ€" thing in the town south of Upper Middle Road and include approxiâ€" mately 100,833 people. Those livâ€" ing north of the new boundary will be incorporated into "Halton Centre" along with Milton and parts of Burlington and Halton Hills. Acton will be swallowed by "Peelâ€"Dufferinâ€"Wellington." As a result of the 16.9% increase in Ontario‘s population and proviâ€" sions contained in the Constitution Act 1867, Ontario is allowed 103 electoral districts. With a populaâ€" tion of 10,084,885 divided by 103, the quota for redistribution in each riding is 97,912. The â€" basic | idea behind the | | commission‘s | proposal is to increase repreâ€" sentation _ in areas of greatest growth and â€" Oakvilleâ€"Milton MP reduce it in areas Bonnie Brown of least growth. With the most growth taking place in Halton, Durham, York and Peel, these regions require six additional seats. Halton and Peel have grown by 40% and will therefore split three additional districts. commission‘s entire report and start over from scratch. Owned and Operated by: HALTON‘REGION CONSERVATION AUTHORITY 2596 Britannia Road West R.R. #2 Milton, Ontario L9T 2X6 S \ M t 2 If the Liberal government accepts the new boundaries, they are scheduled go into effect at the first dissolution of Parliament which occurs at least one year after the representation order is proâ€" claimed. The Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act assigns responsiâ€" bility for the creation of new disâ€" tricts to independent commissions in each province. This job rests with the threeâ€" person Electoral Boundaries Commission for the Province of Ontario, headed by Justice Donald Steele of the Ontario Court of Justice (General Division.) However, the Tory dominated Senate forced the government to settle for a compromise and susâ€" pend the commission until June 22, 1995. By that time the Liberal govâ€" ernment must decide whether to accept the commission‘s recomâ€" mendations or to start over with a new commission. When the Toryâ€"appointed comâ€" mission tendered its first report last February, the Liberal government pushed through legislation scrapâ€" ping it entirely. Given the fact a limit of 25% higher or lower than the quota is permitted, Brown argued that Oakville‘s official population (based on the 1991 census) of 114,670 remains well within the maximum. To split a unique town like Oakville, Brown said, would not be in the best interest of the community or the town‘s identity. The Commission, however, did not see fit to amend its plan. tricts in the province. On May 17, six presentations were made in Hamilton, including one by Brown who stated her resistance to carving up the town.