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-U The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, September 23, 2003-3 v'Chudleigh says he'11 continue to work hard for cornmtunity p a rt y brochures at Uic GO Train sta- tion in Uic mn rnin g when the suni bas bhar e1y niscn. "l 1t'1s By JASON MISNER The Champion Wearing a ight bloc dress shirt with no tic, and dark blur pants - blue of course is Uie signature colour of the Progressive Conservative party - incomnbent Tory Halton MPP Ted Chodleigh looks at case wbile smack dab in thc middle of munning in a tougb clection. Sitting at s table in Uic cool base- ment of bis campaign office on Charles Street surrounded by many mnaps higblighting polling areas in Uic ridmng, Mr. Chudleigh discusses Uic promises lie will hustle to make bappen for Uic Halton riding he's rcpresented since 1995. Votcrs will go to the polIs October 2 and it's bren a bit of a rough ride for Mr. Chudleigh's boss. Premier Emnie Eves bas bren criticized about namne-calling and sbrugging off poli resoîts that show Uic Tories trail Uic Liberals. Mr. Chudlrigh said bis responsi- bility is to focus on Uic job as hand and Uiat's working hard to win bis Uiird consecutive seat in Halton. "Meeting people, shaking hands, getting Uieir concerus, understand- ing Uieir fears, Uhir bopes and dreams is a very important part of Uic election process," hie said. That includes, hie said, knocking on Uic doors of homes, chatting wiUi people at plazas and coffre shops and personally banding out "One of the ways we're domng that is fast-tracking (accreditation) of foreign-trained doctors," hie said. "We're flot talking about reducing the standards. We're talk- mng about streasnlining the process. It's very important to make that distinction. We'rr also working to increase the number of students in medical scbools." Education is important to a coin- munity that's burgeoning with younger famnilies, and making sure their schooling isn't interrupted by teacher strikes is key, Mr. Chudleigh said. 111 tbink. a lot of teachers will agrer that teacbing is an essential service and that our cbildren, our students sbouldn't be put into situ- ations with student interruption every year," hie said. "That's nos helping kids prepare for the educa- tionally-mntensive 21 st century." A hot-potato issue in Halton is the mid-peninsula bigbway. It's proposed to run from north Burlington at the Niagara Escarprnent to Fort Erie. The City of Burlington and Halton Region have launched lawsuits over it. Mr. Chudlrigh said protection of the escarpruent is paramount. That's why hie said hie worked dili- gently to get an option on the books that could sec thc highway bypass thc escarpmnent altogether. Jason Misner can be reached at jmisner@miltoncanadianchampi- on.com. Of optimum.n Uss Vohils ANl VMcFiw PPloMd ta 0ali dvp 11r MhiA 203I C RENEZOU Use_