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1 w « : :. U s f i e - 1 : ! ) x ' n Bulk Foods Now Available M tr a food&drug Upper Middle/8th Line M * ` w o ss I VoL 3 7 N a 126 A CHILLING PORTRAYAL B b -- A M e tro lan d P ijJ b H ca lk ri FRIDAY; OCTOBER 22,1999 48 Pages 75 Cents *?&xGS7} MPP Carr beats odds, now Speaker By Howard M ozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Photo by Barrie Erskine This year's Oakville Dream Home Lottery house by M attamy Homes was officially unveiled this week. On hand for the occa sion were (I to r) Dwight Lacey, Community Foundation of Oakville Board of Directors & Co-Chair Dream Home Lottery; Bernard Torchia, vice-president Mattamy Homes; Laura Brohman, Marketing Manager Mattamy Homes; Dan Ferrone, (front) Community Foundation o f Oakville Board of Directors & Co-Chair Dream Home Lottery; Darryl Budd, o f Budd's BMW and Gail Stinnes, Community Foundation of Oakville Project Manager. For story, see page 3. DREAM HOME COULD BE YOURS: After nine years as Oakville's MPP, Gary Carr finally has a change of wardrobe: the black attire of the new House Speaker of the 37th Parliament of Ontario. "I don't know if I look good, but I feel good," said the six-foot-three father of three. Carr was selected Wednesday after noon at Queen's Park soon after the House resumed business after the June 3rd election which saw the Mike Harris government returned to power. The election of a new Speaker is always the first agenda item on the first day of business. This is done through secret ballot, the only legislative vote not taken by merely a show of hands. Canpraised this system, which he maintained allows MPPs a free vote without having to follow party lines. "It was exciting, a very interesting process," said Can. Humble in accepting his win, C an thanked his wife Teresa and brother (and campaign manager) Mark Can, then told his fellow MPPs that it was "indeed an honour and a privilege" to be selected by them. "I've said to all of you that I'm going to have an open door policy. I've said to you I'm going to be accessible because I realize that even though I may be the ref eree in the House, that I am indeed the servant of the Members," C an said in his first moments as Speaker. "I will attempt to rule fairly to the best of my ability and I think the people of Ontario are expect ing many things of us here in the House." Votes were cast in ballot boxes set on the House Clerk Claude DesRosiers' table, after which they were counted. A winner is declared when a candidate has 50% of the votes, plus one. If not, the member with the least votes is dropped off the next ballot. With only two Members in the running - C an and Dufferin-Peel-Wellingto'n-Grey MPP Dave Tilson - the process ended after only a single ballot. Once the House adjourned Wednesday, C an was sworn in immedi ately as Speaker. On Thursday, C an assumed control of the Legislature in time for the Throne Speech by Lieutenant-Governor Hilary Weston. (See 'Carr' page 4) INSIDE to d a y ' s paper E d ito ria l ........................................6 Entertainm ent......................... .21 Worship..................................... .32 Sports....................................... .35 Business................................... .38 Classified................................ 41 Real Estate................................ 47 Special S u p p le m e n ts : Partial Delivery: Party City, Gino' s Pizza, Cornerstone Church, Consumers Gas, IGA, Sears, Ultimate Nails, BiWay, Future Shop Canadian Publications Mail Product Agreement #435-201 B IG N E W Y O R K E R ! P i/z a 'H u t * !C O M B O O A K V ILL E TR A FA LG A R I | · Big New Yorker w ith 1 topping | · Large Order o f W ings | · 2L Pitcher o f Pepsi 1 c o u p o n p e r o rd e r. N o t v a lid w ith a n y o th e r o ffe r. E xpires Fri., N ov. 5 /9 9 17 FOR JUST I I plus applicable | taxes