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Beaver THE OAKVILLE A member of Metroland Media Group Ltd. Vol. 52 No. 46 www.oakvillebeaver.com Realty Executives First Ltd. Brokerage Independently Owned & Operated 905 - 4 67- 4745 www.ltzylik.com Linda Tino-Zylik Broker CELEBRATING 25 YEARS! Spring Home and Garden Pages 21-28 Between Kerr & Dorval YOUR FRIEND IN THE BUSINESS 175 Wyecroft Rd. Oakville 905.845.6653 www.lockwoodchrysler.com "USING COMMUNICATION TO BUILD BETTER COMMUNITIES" FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009 48 Pages $1.00 (plus GST) Ignatieff outlines his economic recovery plan By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Close shave Woman admits stealing from daycare A Brampton woman has admitted she forged $23,000 worth of invoices for playground, restaurant and computer equipment for an Oakville daycare. Elizabeth Govia, 55, also admitted Wednesday she kept $18,000 worth of payments from parents of children enrolled at the Bronte Village Childcare Centre. Govia, a director at the centre, was charged in January 2007 with nine counts of fraud over $5,000 and three counts of uttering forged documents in connection to what Halton police alleged was the misappropriation of $100,000. Her trial was to start Wednesday, but in a deal reached between the Crown and her defence lawyer, she pleaded guilty to one count of fraud over $5,000 covering fraudulent activities in 2004. The Court was told her plea involved an admission of receiving grants from three forged invoices from Halton Region. Govia will be sentenced Sept. 21. -- Bob Mitchell, Torstar News Service He's not the prime minister, but Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff drew a crowd befitting one, on Wednesday, when he spoke before the Oakville Chamber of Commerce about his vision for Canada's economic recovery. Greeted with a standing ovation from a crowd of 750 at the Burlington Convention Centre, Ignatieff began his speech by noting that perceptions of the recession change the farther away one gets from Ottawa. "People in Ottawa claim what's going on is a mild recession. It doesn't feel mild to me," he said. "In southwestern Liberal leader Ontario, stories Michael Ignatieff reflecting this crisis are written on people's faces when you talk to them. The crisis is 1,500 jobs lost at Stelco in Hamilton, 1,200 at Chrysler in Windsor..." Ignatieff said the suffering isn't restricted to the industrial heartland in this recession. The farming community, he said, is also feeling the pain of an RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER LIFE SHAVER: T. A. Blakelock Jonathon Fairweather isn't too thrilled to have his head shaved. He and other students and teachers had their heads shaved or legs waxed as a prelude to Blakelock hitting the streets in the surrounding neighbourhood for the 2009 Canadian Cancer Society Residential Canvass High School "Blitz" night.White Oaks Secondary School students also took part in a Blitz night this year to participate in the residential canvass taking place throughout April. See Ignatieff page 7 Oakville's largest selection of Natural Limestone and Hardwood · Custom Quality Workmanship 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN TILE INSTALLATION LARGEST SELECTION OF WOOD FLOORING OVER 500 SAMPLES ON DISPLAY GRANITE COUNTERTOPS BUY DIRECT FROM THE IMPORTER LARGE SELECTION OF NATURAL LIMESTONE & PORCELAIN TILE Monday to Friday 7:30am-6:00pm · Saturday 7:30am-5:00pm · Closed Sunday 243 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE · 905.338.1288