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O Apl , 20,   plg f C ul, Cull   publ  v f  gg WllgDuffGulp(WDG) B f Hl’ pl bul    fl  Gulp  Ogvll.Alug   l  lvpubl l pg  v,   f Gulp  v  u  fig f  pj.T WDG Hl U  u l v fu  pg pg  l f u. P  WDG publl b, flu l, ff p, l bb bfg pg gg  ubk ll p f Publ Hl’pbl  WDG u   f Gulp.T B f Hl fi   f   fl Gulp  Publ Hl ff v ffi   Dl Su  b .Sff l  vu p  u lv pg  vf  p l Sug Dv.T u Hl U’fl  Gulp  l,  Pvl gvp 7% f  l .Hv,   fl ll b ub b  Pvl Gv.“T Pv   ll  pv fugf  fl—  u b   ‘ plfl’,”  Mk A,Exuv D f HuRu  Lgl Sv.Ag   C f Gulp’ b, u u l g,  7% Pvl ub,  C f Gulp’ f fl  f Gulp Ogvll  $8,000 ull.U  B f Hl’ pl bul    fl,Gulp’  ul  $988,000 ull,  pj ul  $0.8 ll  C’ ug b.“T C   b   publ Hl l ,”  A. “Hv  blv   p   l l ll xp,  ul ll Pv  fu  p f  .”A p   C f Gulp’ b,  Cull   p ul b f  upl bul     fl  l  bk   Bf l,  ul gfil u  C’ ul. T p ul ll  C’ b, bu ul ll  C  l   . A pul b     l l f  xg
WDG Board of Health plans to build and own newfacilities in Guelph
Af  pll l  Mvg, ub Lbl  Fk Vl u    Gulp’ Mbf Pl. T O    pk  M. Vl f  l ul , bu  pg,  uv   fuu f  LblP.
Te Ontarion: Why did you choose torerun for offi ce?
Fk Vl: Bu I blvgl  u   I blv gl Gulp   pgv v O  pk  blf f     g  ul fl  flg p f  ppl Gulp
O: Were you satisfied with your timeso far as Guelph’s MP?
FV: Y,  f I  fi. I’vb gg   l f ff p l  Gulp, g bg   Gulp, b   f Gulp   Uv f Gulp, g  bgpl pj   v. I v   pfil f   f  f pl I’v b kg   Uv    ll f  f lu u U f G. I’v b kg  p  pllv   I lp bl b f  p    u v gful   ppl f Gulp  gg ppul. I’kg   l ju uub  O    pv l kf  Gulp. T’  gfi u.S blul. A  bgg f  u  MP    u     uuu   f u ubl p ufug  gfi p f u ufug u  Gulp  I   k  kg u  u  p  ul’ l jb  Gulpug  . W  l bu ’ vg .A ju bg  p  lp ppl f Gulp vgug  lb f   p  O l b bl g. S I’v   g  ub f gl,  ’ llf  f u, bu ’ ggll  f.
O: Was there anything you have notaccomplished in Ottawa in your timethat you hope to be able to accom-plish now?
FV: Y,     v l f pl. W   v  l ug g,  I’ kg . W’  v  pv lg. A fkl  l,  I’v    ,    b  fu  l  vlpg u g lg  Gulp     l pp ug   f  jb    , bu lp l  v   . I’ll b pg f k f jb   Gulp.
O: During your campaign, what werethe most common issues brought toyou by voters?
Liberal candidate Frank Valeriote secures second term as Guelph'smember of parliament
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Illegal Food Additives in China
Cin is fcing noer issuewi e use of eline in ilk.wen-six ons of eline-ined ilk powder ws seizedfro Jixid Food Co., n ice creproducer in souern Cin. Teined ilk powder ws foundin  wreouse wic e co-pn clis o ve boug er go. Five suspecs weredeined nd ree could fcecriinl crges. Cin s nongoing proble wi e use of illegl food ddiives. Tere ws siilr oubrek of elineined ilk producs in ,nd reed or ined pork,ben sprous nd bred were lluncovered erlier is er. (CV)
Bin Laden Killed In Firefight
U.S. Presiden Brck Obnnounced on M   Al-Qed leder Os bin Ldend been killed b U.S forces.Ob ss e ws briefed on epossible locion of bin Lden lsAugus. A ground operion wseld   copound in Abbo-bd, Pkisn were  resulingfirefig ended in bin Lden’sde. Bin Lden d been one op of U.S. os wned lisfor ore n  decde for issuspeced involveen in error-is cks suc s ose on eWorld rde Cener in . (BBC)
Tree Men Attacked in Guelph
wo en,  nd , were foundinjured on April 3   residenceon Alice S nd rnspored oospil were one ws pro-nounced decesed nd e oerws reed nd relesed. Te c-icl Response Uni ws clled oelp officers isole e residencewere e suspecs were believedo be presen. Afer six oursof eps o counice,officils enered e residencend found  4-er-old ndecesed. I is believed  eree en knew ec oer.Guelp Police services ve con-ced e Specil InvesigionUni (SIU) o furer invesige.(Guelp Police Service)
China Bans Smoking 
Cin’s bn on indoor sokingce ino effec on M . Abou3 illion people in Cin,wic is pproxiel 3 percen of e populion, is sid osoke. I is one of e ledingel res in Cin, killing illion people ever er. Offi-cils ope o rise wrenessbou el risks ssocied wie use of obcco bu expers s,despie e new lws, sokers reos likel o ignore i becuseere re no specific punisensfor violors. (CV)
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fcili, wic would reducennul coss wile ving noipc on e Ci’s deb. Underec of ese scenrios, eprovince would poenill con-ribue up o 7 per cen of elese coss.A e April  eeing, esff repored bck o Councilwi recoendions bouow o ddress e issues regrd-ing consrucion nd finncinge projec.“Ci Council pproved eresoluion o provide noiceunder e greeen beweene Ci nd e Counies of Wellingon nd Dufferin of eCi’s inenion o dissolve eHel Uni, nd requesing eMinisr of Hel o ppoinn ssessor,” explined Ao-rosi, upding fro e April eeing. 
FV: Interestingly, those of whichI just spoke. Jobs, clean technol-ogy jobs, the environment, issuesrelated to aging and healthcare,education among the students,affordable education, and we hadsomething wonderful in our plat-form but it’s all for naught becausewe haven’t formed government.And immigration is an issue, andpoverty elimination.
O: A lot of liberal ridings ended up Con-servative or NDP this election. Why doyou think you won in Guelph?
FV: Because Guelph is a progressivethinking riding. A vast majority of the people in Guelph are absolutelycommitted to a sound economy,but they’re equally committed toa fair and affordable and just socialprograms. And they’re committedto the environment. Tere were fewpeople that I spoke to that weren’tprogressive in their thinking, andthose progressive thinking andprogressive minded voters cametogether and coalesced aroundthose specific issues and came outand decided that they could vote forme regardless of their normal partyaffiliation, whether it be Green,NDP or even Progressive Conserva-tive. Tey came out and supportedme because they knew that if theydidn’t they’d have an alliancereform member of parliament rep-resenting them in Ottawa, and infact he wouldn’t have been a voiceof the people of Guelph in Ottawa,he would have been a voice of Ste-phen Harper in Guelph.I had a very strong campaign team.And I could tell you that it included,and it has for years, it has a strongU of G student contingent. Verystrong.
O: Did you have a lot of experienceworking with youth in Guelph during your campaign?
FV: I’ve had experience workingwith youth voters since the day Ithrew my hat in the ring just seek-ing the nomination for the Liberalparty here in Guelph. I met withthe Young Liberals up at the uni-versity. I was invited up there tospeak on, I can’t tell you how manytimes. During the campaign I wasup there at least two or three timesfollowing the vote mob appearanceat Stephen Harper’s event. I waswelcomed with enthusiasm. Butthe point I want to make is that I’malways reaching out to everybodyfrom all groups, and I even hateusing that word groups whether it’syouth or seniors or ethnic groups,because we’re all Canadian. Butbecause I’d already establishedsuch a wonderful relationship withthe people from the University of Guelph I didn’t have to developnew strategies. Te press is alwayssaying, “what new strategies areyou developing so you can reachout to the youth?” Well, I didn’thave to develop new strategies. I’ma relational person and I alreadyhad deep, long-lasting relationswith the youth of the Universityof Guelph. And following the votemob, and I was just so pleased. Iapplauded them and was elated thatthey did what they did. o go thereand speak to them was a naturalthing for me because I was alreadyin such communication with them.
O: When you return to Ottawa, you’ll begoing into a very different governmentwith the NDP being the opposition andthe Conservatives having a majoritygovernment. Is that going to changewhat your role is?
FV: It will. It is going to change. Iwouldn’t be honest with you if Ipretended things weren’t going tochange. Our resources, financialand human resources, are goingto be reduced significantly. So myaccess to research services is goingto be reduced. Te number of Lib-erals on standing committees fromthree to either two or one, and I’mon the agriculture committee, soI’m not sure whether I will stillbe on the agriculture committeeor if our agriculture critic WayneEaster will be on the agriculturecommittee. It’s going to be a newexperience, but I’ve developedrelations with a lot of membersfrom all parties so I think thoserelations that I’ve developed willaccommodate my efforts in reach-ing out and making sure our voicecontinues to be heard.
O: What do you think is in the futurefor the Liberal Party and how do youexpect to get there?
FV: I’m very confident that we’regoing to rebuild. We’re going todig deeply into the grassrootsagain. I was annoyed that it wasn’tdone sooner. In fact I expressedthat many times in the past two-and-a-half years, privately and incaucus. We’ve got to reach into thegrassroots. We’ve got to rebuild,we’ve got to hear what our peoplehave to say, we need to distinguishourselves from the NDP because wewere virtually indistinguishablefrom the NDP in this last cam-paign. It was so strange that, whileour sense of fiscal management isquite different in that I know wewouldn’t spend quite as much, andwe limited our programs becausewe refused to increase taxes exceptto restore the original tax structurefor Canada’s largest corporations.A lot of their platform and a lot of our platform was the same, and Ithink people went ‘well, what’sthe difference between you andNDP?’ We weren’t able to distin-guish ourselves and it was difficult.But I’m very confident that whenwe dig into the grassroots, we’llrebuild our party in the next fouryears and we’ll be ready to returnat least to the official oppositionparty status.
VALERIOTE
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Kelsey Rideout
Youth voters in Guelph drew a lot of attention this year, and FrankValeriote considers them an important factor in his recent campaign.
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