24 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday November 3, 2006 www.oakvillebeaver.com Candidates ready to improve life in Ward 6 By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Both Tom Adams and Marius Frederick want the best for the town they call home -- and specifically the community in which they make their home, Ward 6. Both believe they're the best person to deliver so each wants to win the Town Council/Regional Council seat on Nov. 13. The Ward 6 Town/Regional council seat has been vacated by two-term Councillor Janice Wright who is aiming to be mayor. Ready to fill Wright's shoes are Frederick and Adams, who has been the ward's Town councillor since 2003. Ward 6 is bounded by Trafalgar Road, the QEW, Mississauga and Hwy. 407. Adams, 32, has lived in the ward for eight years and has been a Town councillor for three. He has worked to reduce urban sprawl and overdevelopment, to get development costs off the tax bill and to protect natural areas from development. With a Masters in Business Administration in Finance from McMaster University and an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ottawa, he was born and raised in Ottawa. He moved to northeast Oakville in 1998, with his wife Stephanie, an environmental engineer. The couple has two young children. Adams, a member of Oakvillegreen Conservation Association Inc., is a land steward for the Bruce Trail Association and a volunteer caretaker for a section of Morrison Creek as part of Oakville's Adopt a Trail Program. The Town councillor looking to move into the Town/regional council role has served on a variety of Town committees from library and parks Tom Adams to transit. Among the issues as he sees them is controlling urban growth with a solid Official Plan; managing continuing growth pressure in north Oakville and preserving greenspace; fighting damaging infill development; and, focusing growth on the areas designated for growth, the Uptown and Midtown cores and areas around the GO stations. Adams would like to see local planning balance all factors from transportation to recreation and believes growth should be controlled so transportation can catch up -- with a focus on transit. He also believes in growth paying its way, improved Town budgeting, available funding for infrastructure and protection of Halton's water system. He hopes to advocate for more provincial health care dollars, fight graffiti, vandalism and speeding and protect Halton's dump. Adams said Halton needs to increase the lifespan of its dump through and green bin programs -- not incineration options that would import waste from other places. Adams' competition lies in Frederick who lives on Marlborough Court. Frederick, a transit driver, father and former City of Markham mayoral candidate, said, "I am seeking elected office because it is something I have always wanted to do." Frederick is determined to use his community-based back- Marius Frederick ground to make a real difference in the day-to-day lives of all residents. Born in Grenada, Frederick moved to Canada with his mom at age 10. He grew up in mid-town Toronto and founded a Toronto walking tour company. Frederick married Kim Ting in 1988 and they had three children. Educated at Seneca College in business administration, Frederick, a former member of Canada's Reserve Army, supports equality for all, universal healthcare, regional development programs and tax relief for families. In 2000 he assisted in getting a passenger off his bus who was later found to be a fugitive from the law. In 2004, Frederick was cited for saving a man's life while on the job. Frederick's support for the civilian search for a missing child in Toronto in 1991 led to a new policy for missing person's search procedures with Toronto police. He was also involved with women's safety issues at Seneca College. He moved to Oakville two years ago. Among his issues are transportation, economic development, development, protection of the environment, youths and seniors' programs, public health and law and order. Frederick believes Oakville needs a properly funded transit system, access to a regional transit system and improved GO service and connections. He believes Oakville's economic prosperity will benefit by attracting new investment that offers productive employment and livework opportunities for a broad range of residents and brings hi-tech and head offices to town. Frederick believes growth must be planned carefully, but is necessary to grow the tax base for service provision and that redevelopment of derelict properties is important. The candidate states that reduce, reuse, recycle must be more than buzz words and that natural environmental features must be protected in planning. He also believes youth and seniors' programs must be expanded and improved, along with health care, hospital services and home care and that attention also be paid to newcomers to the community. Frederick pledges to ensure funding to the police budget and espouses a zero tolerance on graffiti and violent crimes. For more on Adams' platform visit www.tomadams.ca For more on Frederick's platform visit www.mariusfrederick.com. -- Angela Blackburn can be reached at angela@oakvillebeaver.com. 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