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12 - The Canadian Champion. Fniday, December 8, 2000 Be sure to check out vNew town council was inaugurated Monday Our Lifestyes section in next Friday's Champion. It appears evet,' other Fiday. The inauguration, which opened wilh a procession led by piper Stewart White, was a relaxed and good-humoured affair despite the solemnity of being swomn into office. In his ftrst public speech as a councillor, Mr. Keates asked bis colleagues "flot 10 take advantage of the rookie aI the table, aI least nol for the ftrst lwo-and-a-half years." But bis hopes were daahed by Councillor Wally HunIer. "Iî's hard to believe thal six years ago I was the rookie around this table," he mused. "im flot anymore. So thal means you gel aIl the committees no one else wants." A 60-HOU 1R WORK WEEK? LET'S SET THE RECORD STRAI.GHT on proposed Employment Standards Reforma. Mr. HunIer joked chat his small son summed up the speech portion of the evening best when he was heard 10 pipe up, "I wanl lo go home" fromn the gallery. Thal sounded familiar 10 long-lime Councillor Brian Penman. "I think I've heard that speech before," he said. "But il came fromn WaIly." Heading mbt the new termn, govemance issues were on Mr. Penman's mind. "I pray chat discussions of amalgamation are done wiîh sensitiviîy," he said. Though in the paat he had taken advan- tage of inauguraIs 10 inîroduce bis lateat child, Ibis lime councillor and faîher of MYTH: The Government is impouing o tandard 60-heur work week. WROusI Carrentl maxcimums 48-heur watt, we.k weuld romain lime same. Impleyers-eould ho uharged for forcing olherwise. MYTII: Other provincet have Itronger protection on houns of wtsrk thon Ontario. WRONG! Mout suber provinces have nmenai.nne work week provisions. MYTH: The Goermenlt isremoviîg your righl ta overtime poy. WRMUG! Overlime weuld stili hae payable after 44 heurs. Imployers ceuld ha charged for forcing otkerwlse. MYTH: Empioyeet wiii bu forcedl la take vocation one day-at-a-lime. WRONG! limat weuld hoe aIst lime. lmw; employers ceuld he charged fer limai. MYTH: Employees wiII bue forcud ta tige agreements for excess hours, ovurtime and vocation puriodî or lose thuir joht. WRONG! imat-would hie agaimul lthe Iaw; employers could h.e charged fer limai. If am employas ogrtes le work more thon 48 hoert pur wuek, op to o maximum ai 60, or If um empleyee requt vocation bu tchedoled ocher thoe onu weuk-ot-o-time, or If am empisyse ogreesta ao compreîted work weeh, limen with wriften content of the employet and employer lhey woold bue purmillud bo do to, rallher thon îeeking o permit from the Minittry of Lobour. limes. are lime uchanges proposed. Ne more, mo less! If passed imy lime Legislure, lthe proposedi chauges weuld allow employons amd emuployers te struuture weub schedules le me limeir own Rends. &Ontario By IRENE GENTLE The Champion Three more years. Though doiied up ifl the varied rituais of municipal office, that's the basic message delivered at the officiai inauguration of the new town council. For those who attended Monday's cere- mony and follow-up reception, the new counicil looked preîty much like the old one, withi the exception of new Ward 3 Councillor Ken Keates. five Ron Furik decided to stick to their current quintet, he joked. No slouch himscîf in the family depart- ment, Councillor Rick Day has four chil- dren. But wiîh only une in attendance at the inaugural, Mr. Day was inspired by the ever-closer wanderings of Mr. Hunter's son. "I was going to ask Ron if I could intro- duce some of his but it looks as though I've got a Hunter," he joked. He left the crowd in stitches when he added "maybe we shouldn't be s0 smart about that with what happened to Me] Lastman." Tbe reference was to recent allegations that Mr. Lastman may have fathered two children during an ancient, if decade-span- ning, affair. And despite being acclaimed to office, not everyone was convinced Mr. Day would make it back to the counicil table, he said. "1'he guys I play hockey with stili didn't think I'd get in," he kidded. "I think they thought someone was going to write 'impeach him' on the ballot." Solemnity was restored when Councillor Art Melanson, after noting he hated hav- ing to follow up the showman Mr. Day, said "im here for another three years. It's a responsibility I take very seriously." Though challenges in the areas of growth and govemnance are expected, as yet unearthed troubles are the ones keep- ing Councillor Cindy Lunsu on the sient. '"he ones tIsaI scare me are the ones that are going in blindside us," she said. But keeping the lid on property taxes and controlling growth are what the public care about as the town heads into ils growth spurt, said Councillor John Challinor. These may weIl be the most important three years certainly in my tenure on coun- see IMPORTANT on page 14 Chuelchilt tsfafes Model home open 22 bornes so!d 9 remainine Gary Thomaes in altendence 5 km N. et1401 un Guelph Line