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Connolly and Strickland, who along with Mitchell, Mike Clancy and political newcomer Ed Spike are vying for Waterloo's two seats on regional council, seemed unfazed by the remark "Mike Connolly and Sean Strickland are decent court- cillors," Mitchell said, in from of a near-full audience at Watertoo's adult recreation centre, "but they voted for RIM Park” e past came back to Faun! two candidates at the Waterloo region- al council contenders' debate last Thursday when regional (bun. lane Mitchell used the RIM Park financing fiasco against her oppo- nents. Pttt"trWtheGmemmentotoom programs, services and contacts they need to ensure they can compete and succeed against the best in the world. Students also benefit from the government’s Summer Company program, by learning how to start and manage their own businesses. It's a great experience for our future entrepreneurs. And that’s a great investment for all of " For more tnformahon on starting and gmmng a small business 1 ls yrstt m we gov on ca/smallbusmess _ A RIM Park tttro only election issue in regional race It is the largest employer in the province. And the smallest shop in town. Small business is growing stronger in Ontario, and Ontario is working hard to keep It that way. Ontario', Business Advisory Service Offieee and Small Business Enterprise Centres help entrepreneurs mess the provincial BYANDIIIMBMLEV ChmnicleSmp‘ "We also have to recog- nize that, in the idea behind light rapid transit, moving people is secondary. LRT However, he said the selected plan should be inte- grated with better train serv- ice horn the region to Toron- to. Strickland said he hasn't decided what model should be chosen. it "lt might sound adven, turous to have a mil line run- ning down the spine of our region. but we have to be careful what wecommil our- setvesto. “The costs would be hor- rendous," said Connolly "eftying_to. the rail option. All four candidates were hesitant to choose what form light rapid transit should take, mil or bus serv- Ice. One of the hotter topics of the night was the pro- posed regional light rapid transit service. The other three Candi- dates - Clancy was inexpli- cably absent from the debate -- chose to focus only on the issues of the day. “We need to look at peo- ple's track records” to Mitchell's comments. But she had more to say. "How much respect do you think a councillor who voted for RIM Park gets when we're (regional coun- cil) dealing with budgets," she said. "lf it's affordable, go for Spike said he'd like to see light rapid transit extended "We have a long way to go, pefore rapid transit," she Mitchell said the region must deal with its current transit service before making a decision on future service. Waterloo regional council candidates Mike Connolly (left), who is an incumbent. and Sean Strickland are still dealing with the fallout of being on Waterloo city council when the RIM Park financing deal was approved, encourages inttmsirtcation, beyond Waterloo Region and which will protect our rural downas faras lake Erie. boundaries and prevent "We need to go beyond urbansprawt." our borders to reduce the Ontario .""'rimssst-amstzaauasasaautmtottxttttai-.a-ca7iaa., Also related to Lake Erie, the candidates debated the need for a pipeline that could bring water from the Great Lake to Waterloo Region by2031. "We need to go beyond our borders to reduce the effects (of car emissions) to the environment," he said. 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