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6- The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday April 21, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver 467 Speers Rd., Oakville Ont. L6K 3S4 (905) 845-3824 Fax: 337-5567 Classified Advertising: 845-3824, ext. 224 Circulation: 845-9742 The Oakville Beaver is a member of the Ontario Press Council. The council is located at 80 Gould St., Suite 206, Toronto, Ont., M5B 2M7. Phone (416) 340-1981. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher reserves the right to categorize advertisements or decline. Editorial and advertising content of the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. Commentary Guest Columnist Liberals appear willing to force an election Terence Young Oakville Conservative candidate It appears the Liberals plan to force an unnecessary federal election on Canadians this spring. Oakville Liberal MP Bonnie Brown recently wrote in The Terence Young Oakville Beaver "a spring election is completely in the hands of the Prime Minister" revealing in advance the Liberal spin: `We didn't force an election.' The truth is, only a majority in Parliament can force an election ­ now held by Bonnie's party, the NDP and Bloc. Is Liberal leader Stephan Dion trying to make minority government work? Just six months ago he stated "We need to return to power as soon as possible," and is working to make that happen. He recently announced the Liberals would vote against the federal budget ­ which might have forced an election - before it was even revealed. So it's no surprise then that Mr. Dion recently directed his party to get ready for an election. Is the cost of an unnecessary election a concern to the Liberals as Bonnie implied? It wasn't before - in November 2000 when, despite their majority, the Liberals called an early and unnecessary election costing Canadian taxpayers $250 million. The Conservative budget will put thousands of dollars back into the hands of working families with children, and reduce taxes on pensioners by allowing them to split their income. It will also put billions of dollars back into Ontario and the other provinces for health care and education which was cut by the Liberals from 1997-2004. Sheila Copps, former Liberal Cabinet Minister, described the details in her book Worth Fighting For: "(Finance Minister Paul) Martin knew the cuts were going to be extremely unpopular, so instead of simply cutting, he changed the spending envelope to create the Canada Health And Social Transfer, the CHST." Over seven years under the Liberals, university tuition fees went up an average of 110 per cent and wait times for critical surgeries became longer and longer. In the budget Prime Minister Harper and the Conservatives are returning our money to the provinces to improve the quality of our health care and education. Mr. Dion and Bonnie could have taken this opportunity to admit the Liberal cuts were a mistake, and vote with the Conservatives to return that money. But by announcing the Liberals would vote against the budget before they even saw it, Stephan and Bonnie tried to force an unnecessary election on Canadians. For what? They were stuck voting against policies most Liberals would gladly approve. In light of all this, claiming an election is completely in the hands of the Prime Minister is a strange spin indeed. Like Adscam, pushing to "return to power as soon as possible" puts Liberal Party interests ahead of Canadian interests. 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Manager WEBSITE oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver is a division of IAN OLIVER Group Publisher Media Group Ltd. Mississauga Business Times, Mississauga News, Napanee Guide, Newmarket/Aurora Era-Banner, Northumberland News, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Oakville Shopping News, Oldtimers Hockey News, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby/Clarington Port Perry This Week, Owen Sound Tribune, Palmerston Observer, Peterborough This Week, Picton County Guide, Richmond Hill/Thornhill/Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror, Stouffville/Uxbridge Tribune, Forever Young, City of York Guardian RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENCE BY: Ontario Community Newspapers Association Canadian Community Newspapers Association Suburban Newspapers of America THE OAKVILLE BEAVER IS PROUD OFFICIAL MEDIA SPONSOR FOR: United Way of Oakville TV AUCTION Today's top question: Is grey hair to dye for, or to die for? I 'm not fooling around on my wife. Not yet, anyway. But after reading the stunning results of a survey conducted on women who utilize the website Match.com, I can only conclude that it's just a matter of time. One of the questions posed to the Match.com-ers was, "Ladies, is silver hair really sexy on guys?" And of the thousands who responded, a whopping 72 per cent said: Grey hair is hot. I repeat: Grey hair is hot. And, honestly, who has more (hopelessly premature) grey hair than me? No one, that's who. I started to go grey in my 20s. I've read that early graying can be induced by many things such as hapless genetics, being struck by lightning, a brush with death, or suffering a major shock like, I dunno, maybe seeing yourself naked in the mirror. Personally, when it comes to my grey, I blame my kids (but, then, I blame my kids for most things). Seriously, when I married I had a boastful thatch of dirtyblonde hair. Then, with the birth of our first child, grey roots began sprouting like tulips in spring. By the time our third baby entered this world ­ breach (all the more cause for consternation and concern) -- the tulips had taken over the garden, so to speak. Initially I despaired. I was way too young to be a silver fox. Overnight it seemed I'd gone from perpetually looking too young for my age ­ I was asked for I.D. at a liquor store when I was 25! ­ to suddenly looking like Kenny Rogers. I chided myself for my vanity. I reminded myself that beauty is internal not external. And then I bought a big box of crappy hair dye! Andy Juniper Grey Away, or some such. Alas, in the end, I never used the product because the directions were too confusing, the regimen of keeping one's hair dyed seemed like hopeless high-maintenance to me, and I'd seen first-hand how easily and badly dye jobs can be botched ­ one of the sons who contributed to my going prematurely grey tried to color his hair black and ended up walking around with a shock of blue locks. So, I suffered the indignities of grey in ashamed silence. I lost my self-confidence. I misplaced my mojo. I thought I no longer held any appeal to the ladies. I cried myself to sleep most nights. That is, when I wasn't batting back Jack Daniel's to try and forget my woes. And then I stumbled upon the results of the Match.com survey on the MSN website. Grey is great, grey is groovy, grey is sexy. Whoa, I've just found my mojo, baby. Now, granted, I have to look beyond the shallow dim-witted 16 per cent of those surveyed who suggested that grey hair on a man means that he's "passed his prime." As if. And then there are the innumerable oafs who had the audacity to suggest that, forget grey, bald is even better. As if. So, why do women think grey is sexy? To the dating female, grey apparently represents power, status, financial stability, maturity, a certain joie de vivre (which stems, I suppose, from knowing that as an old grey head, you may be dead tomorrow!), and, get this, wisdom. As if. Boy do we silver foxes ever have the ladies duped. I'm not fooling around on my wife. Not yet, anyway. But I can only imagine that it's just a matter of time. I mean, with all the ladies goin' gaga over this guy and his grey, how long can I possibly be expected to resist? Andy Juniper can be visited at his Web site, www.strangledeggs.com, or contacted at ajuniper@strangledeggs.com.