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in si de ha lto n. co m O ak vi lle B ea ve r | T hu rs da y, S ep te m be r 6, 20 18 | 14 Help us Stock our Shelves. It is hard to imagine not having enough food to serve your family a meal, but for over 18,000 Oakville residents this is a reality for them. Did you know? • Approximately 450 individuals or families shop at the KSM food market each month. • KSM Food Market distributes over $600,000 of food annually. We need your help!! KSM relies on the generous support of our community to help stock our food market and keep nutritious and healthy food on our shelves. Hunger truly never takes a vacation - so we need your help to restock our shelves. Our most needed items are: • Canned protein (tuna, salmon, chicken) • Whole grain cereal • Rice • Dried lentils • Powdered milk • Canned tomatoes or sauce Any food donations can be dropped off at Kerr Street Mission. We will also gladly accept any financial donations that we can put towards buying fresh produce for our food market. To learn more about KSM, or how you can help - please reach out to us @ 905.845.7485 or visit www.kerrstreet.com Kerr Street Mission 485 Kerr Street, Oakville P: 905.845.7485 Charitable Reg. No. 897106845RR0001 Ontario Premier Doug Ford stopped by Troy's Diner in Mil- ton on Wednesday, Aug. 29 to an- nounce the impending removal of the carbon tax from natural gas pricing. Ford, who was accompanied by Milton MPP Parm Gill and Ontario Minister of Energy, Northern Development and Mines Greg Rickford, said that as of Oct. 1, 2018, natural gas bills would no longer include the car- bon tax and any overcharges for the cap-and-trade carbon tax would be refunded to customers. The government said the re- moving of the carbon tax means a reduction of approximately 3.3 cents per cubic metre on the price of natural gas for Ontario consumers. The measure is expected to save consumers about $80 a year and small businesses about $285 a year. "That's money that will stay in your pocket," said Ford. "We promised to lower the cost of living in Ontario. Promis- es made. Promises kept. Reduc- ing energy cost is a key part of our promise to the people of On- tario. We will keep more money in your pockets than the govern- ment's pocket and we will also reduce costs for small business- es." Ford went on to say this ac- tion would save money for small businesses, allowing them to grow and invest in new equip- ment and hire new people from the local community. Ford called the carbon tax, DOUG FORD VISITS HALTON TO ANNOUNCE REDUCTION OF NATURAL GAS BILLS DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com NEWS FORD SAYS AS OF OCT. 1, 2018, NATURAL GAS BILLS WILL NO LONGER INCLUDE THE CARBON TAX Continued on page 22