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Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 30 May 2003, p. 9

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ý,Town down to nitty-gritty of its smokin2 hbvlaw issue By JASON MISNER The Champion The Town of Milton is looking into whether provisions can be injected mil s new smoking legis- lation 10 proteet employees work- ing in designated smoking rooms (DSRs). Staff is also inquining it the legis- lation can probibit people under the age of 19 from being ahie to work in DSRs. Milton council ratified at ils Monday meeting bow the various legal clauses wilI read in the Town's new smoking legisiation. Ward 4 Councillor Rick Maîbocuf - a beavy opponent of the new smoking bylaw- used tbe opportu- nity to ask for and received major- ity consent from councillors for the two issues to be examined. ""There's no provision in the bylaw to proecet any of the employees," be told counicillors. "My coocemr is their healtb." Clauses in the smoking bylaw, and any bylaw for that malter, are significant because they set out the Town's responsibilities for bow il will be implemented. Council passed a new smoking bylaw April 28 that allows bars. restaurants, gaming facilities and race lracks 10 open a designated smoking roomt sarting January 1, under certain conditions. Businesses would bc requîred 10 sign a contract stipulatiog that DSRs must come down in 2009, when Milton will be smoke-free. The current bylaw prohibîts smoking in bars and restaurants. Mr. Maîbocut said he thinks a clause can be added toto the busi- ness contraci addressing the pro- tection issue of empînyces working in DSRs. "We're wriîing the word- ing of the cootract," he said. "We cao put mbt the cooîract that busi- ness owners cant force someone 10 work in DSRs and cani t ire them il tbey dont want Io." A report is expected 10 come 10 council at ils next meeting Jonc 23. Ward 2 Councîllor Wally Hunter, wbo voted againsîtbe smoking bylaw last montb, saîd he doesn't sec tbe point in payiog for a legal opinion for something tbe Town won't have any influence over. The (Ontario Campaigo for Action on Tobacco - a vocal anti- tobacco group- said Mr. Malboeuf's query is interesîing but that it probably couldo't be impIe- meoted. But director Michael Perley said the issue of proîecîing employees' rights who work in smoking envirooments raises an important point in regard 10 insur- ance premiums paid for by busi- nesses. If more people get sick by work- iog in a smoking enviroomeot and successfully file for workmao's compensation, it could ineviîably lead b hîgher insurance premiums paid by businesses, bc said. Businesses pay into workman's compensation in the event an eînployee gets hurt or sîck on the Job. Mr. Pcrley said Miltoo's smok- ing legislation could open the door in the future for people 10 file for compensation on the grounds they have been made ilI by working in smoking workplaces. -What happens is the morc cases that show up that workers get sîck and that tbey've been made il by secood-hand smoke, insurance companies may raise their rates," said Mr. Perley. Mr. Perley pointed 10 Iwo receot cases in Ottawa and Peterborough as examples where employees were compensated by the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario because of work- ing in smoking enviroomenîs. Meanwbile, the word 'guaran- tee" - whicb was used to stipulate Milton businesses could continue usîng DSRs for five continunus years- was removed from the bylaw. The coocem amoog councillors was the word guarantee could set the Town up for a legal challenge if a igher level of govemmeot made Ontanio smoke-free prior bo the DSR expiration date of January 1, 2009. Jason Misner i<an he reai ed at flisner@anilton<(atiadianî*-hanipi- 00<0.(l. The Canadian Champion, Friday, May 30, 2003-9 ICARRIERS NEEDED TO OFI !V~FR 11no.,fll0 IN ""NEW NEIOHDOURHOODSOT IN MILTON 1daplewood Cres. John St. fRrtrist. S. ïarl St. 4elpDr. Martin Dr./Steeles Ave. Please cal I , Circulation j ~ na~tanC1~mpin805-878-5947 Advertorial Summner Learning! "Oh, No! Sommer is commiig!" exclaimed Susan Munclay, a mother of two in the Milton area. "My kids seem to slip batskwvarcls every somminer!" " By the end of lune, they are doing qoite weIl in school," she went on, "yet when September rolîs around, fhey are slow to get going again. ht takes them two months before they get back on track. Is there anyfhing that 1 cao do to help them overcome this problem?' The answer is YES! Enroli your child in a program at Oxford. Oxfords sommer programs are designed to help kids stay sharp and have fun! "Sfudents need a break in the sommer,' says Dr. Nick Whitehead, one of the founders of the Oxford Learning Centres. ' They need to relax, refocus and have fuin but, they do flot need to walk away from academic activities entirely. Our pro- grams are designed to help kids sharpen their basic skills in reading, math, writing, organization and studying." The issue is not one of forgetting. It s far more important than that. For the most part, students cao and do forget virtualiy everyîhing they have learned during a school year, weiI before the next school year begins. Try this test for yourself. Sit down in a quiet spot and jot down tities of anything you can remember from your own sehool experiences. This test should amaze you. By the end of high sehool alone, a student will have spent more than 15,000 hours in sehool! If you are like Most of us, you wiIl remember very littie from those 15,000 hours. This must mean that the "stuffu we learo in sehool is 001 really as important as we think. What is important, however, is that we learn how to think, to organize, to focus! We must learn to trust our own minds, and develop confidence in our ability to, understand. When we know "how to learn, we can learn new "stuf?, whenever it is important. That is what we lose in the summer. We lose the mental focus, the sharpness, the on-task ability. By the end of a typical sommer, kids often go from high levels of these "thinking and learning" skills to virtually none.You can help your child stay focused this summer. The resuits will show in September. To Iearn more about our programns, please cali the Oxford Learning Centre in Milton at 905-693-9978. s' I -~ A great time to catch up and move ahead! Our summer learning program wilI help your child catch up and get ahead! A rpoor report card will flot be an option next year. 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