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Milton Transit Dear Editor, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the staff at Milton Transit. They are extremely pleasant, polite and alway‘s go the extra mile. We are not frequent users of the transit sysâ€" tem but when we have the drivers give you Letters welcame: The Champion welcomes letters must be signed with first and last name for publication, staff goes above and beyond call of duty | all the information you need, assist you with |_ directions and their service is seldom without | | a smile. it especially warmed my heart last week, when | the staff went out of their way to help my kids | on the bus and had been given instructions who were travelling to an unfamiliar area. I had no way of contacting my sons and in to the editor. Letters should be no more than 300 words. We reserve the right to edit, revise and reject and the address and the telephone number of the tor@miltoncanadianchampion.com or send by mail to 555 Industrial Dr., Milton, Ont., L9T 5E1. o Consider option that meets four of five principles RE: In support of a smaller council, Readers‘ | five acres or more. Corner, Champion, November 24 issue Dear Editor, While defending his choice for a smaller council, Rick Malboeuf (Councilior, Ward 4) slipped in his choice for how to choose the ward boundaries. Why did we pay a consulâ€" | tant if he already had the answer? | In offering his solution to ward boundaries, | he referred to our tradition of representation | by population. He carefully chose one prinâ€" ciple out of five used by the consultants on | which to base his choice. It would appear he | | acknowledging the existence of the other + "Draw ward boundary line around recogâ€" | | These are included in the consultants‘ report ignored the other four, which were to: nized settlement areas, traditional neighâ€" bourhoods, and community groupings." The rural area of Nassagaweya fulfilis this prinâ€" ciple perfectly. + "Look at future changes in population..." The population of Nassagaweya has not and will not change significantly over decades. + "Consideration of physical features as natuâ€" ral boundaries." Nassagaweya is distinct in its large lots and farms almost all of which are | & _ _ d DECEMBER COMMUNITY a on an w mm t > 9 B 1 + "Evaluate the capacity of each ward to give residents an effective voice in decision makâ€" ing" Just using numbers without considerâ€" ation of the other principles would add apâ€" proximately 20,000 urban residents to the | 10,000 rural citizens, ensuring that the, disâ€" tinct differences of Nassagaweya will always be lost when the needs of urban and rural residents are different. +"Wards should be reasonably balanced with respect to population, while a degree of variâ€" ation is acceptable given the geography and varying population densities and characterisâ€" tics.." This is Malboeut‘s choice without even principles. to council dated May 25, 2015, as supported by the Supreme Court of Canada. That report states: "In its decision, the Court noted that ‘absolute voter parity, where all electoral disâ€" tricts would contain exactly the same numâ€" ber of electors, is an impossible objective. Instead, the Court maintained that electors are entitled to ‘effective representation. This principle recognizes that variances from the | writer included for verification purposes only. Email) BOOSTER FOR MDHF $100.00 DONATION ALL RETAIL SALES/DELIVERIES FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER 2016 our home OoUR * HOSPITAL we‘re in this together })fidehalton.com 1 then assisted them with directions from their | destination stop. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Milâ€" ton Transit! Your service is beyond words. This is one more reason to be a proud resident of this wonderful town. a desperate state contacted Milton Transit‘s help line. The kind gentleman was happy to help, contacted the route operators â€" twice â€" and reassured me that my children were NOLTIW | ‘GT Jaqwadag | £ O VNV NVI z> & & 9 a. & 9 3 3 Â¥ rtipal on their transfer and stop. The transferring | driver also waited for them at the GO and ‘ s== Reâ€"route bus to serve those north of Main St. RE: Resident petitions town to reinstate full 3 transit service in parts of Milton, InsideHalâ€" 3 ton, November 17 normal â€" representationâ€"byâ€"population obâ€" jectives are legitimate and often necessary, on the basis that ‘..geography, community history, community interests and minority representation may need to be taken into account to ensure that our legislative assemâ€" blies effectively represent the diversity of our social mosaic." If Malboeuf was present at the second public | information session, which saw 80â€"plus peoâ€" | ple turn out, he would have heard the conâ€" sultants say that of all the principles, the last one is often difficult to meet when there are significant differences between the various areas to be considered. Three of the four suggestions made by the consultants effectively maintained Nasâ€" sagaweya the way it is and has always been â€" with little bits and pieces added to try and make the number a little better. It was clear at the meeting that the proposal preferred by Malboeuf was the least popular uoyeyapisul‘mmm | NOIIWVH Dear Editor, To Jennifer Smith and all the stranded peoâ€" ple north of Main Street, you are more than welcome to have the Mill Street bus route be rerouted over to you. The people who reside north of Main Street â€" being such a distance from Main Street and a bus â€" should have access to transit service immediately. ' The residents of Mill and Victoria streets are just one to oneâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half blocks from Main Street. So it would be easy for us, if we reâ€" quire bus service, to walk this distance in comparison to the residents living north of | | | â€"by far. Main Street. s | Leave Nassagaweya more or less, as is meets. | We would gladly offer this and hopefully yo | four of the five principles. will accept our offer. Stephen Clairman, Milton . Gallingerae» Bill Miller, Milton ho n e n en e omm mm mm MILTON esf. 1967 655 MAIN STREET EAST, MILTON www.gaillingerford.com 905â€"875â€"FORD(3673) .o s