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was NDP candidate Catherine Fife who said the Tory plan will take $400 million out of public education funding, and that local school boards are still trying to recover from the crisis in education created by the Progressive Conservaâ€" tives. Continued from page 1 And while the Liberals have restored some of that funding, it still hasn‘t caught up to the realities of the school system, said the local publicâ€"schaol trustee. "While we haven‘t recovered from the education crisis that Elizabeth Witâ€" mer and the Conservatives created, we certainly haven‘t seen the funding forâ€" mula fixed, which is another broken promise," said Fife. And when she talked about the school funding issue she said that it was purely political and the type of wedge politics that has been played during the last couple of provincial elections. "This is purely political in that Mr. Tory is trying to differentiate himself from Mr. McGuinty," said Fife. "In my mind their is very little difference between the two leaders." Louise Ervin, a former chair of the local separate school board, also got into the leadership question saying this campaign is about moving forward instead of looking back. "The Liberal government wants to move forward with a lot of the work it‘s started doing on a lot of fronts so far, such as education, health, the environâ€" The _ Rotary Club of Kitchenerâ€" C o nes t o g a announced last week that the finâ€" ishing touches have been comâ€" pleted on this year‘s Dream Home â€" at 64 Seabrooke Dr. in the Huron Village area of Kitchener. The â€" Dream Home, generously built by EastForest Homes and its suppliers, is valâ€" ued at $495,000. The 2,965 squareâ€"foot home is loaded with special features. Please â€" help Rotary to help those in need by buying a ticket today at the home. Already a sharp difference of opinion Dream Home tickets on sale STARTING IN THE 1 & 2 BEDROOM LIFE LEASE SUITES $200,000‘s ment and economic development," said Ervin. "For the past four years the governâ€" ment has been trying to unscramble the omelet left behind by the Conservaâ€" tive government. "There was a real mess in health, education and the environment and it‘s taken four years to get all the portfolios back in shape." She knows that the other political parties are trying to make the premier‘s leadership an issue but she‘s sure that people have seen a dayâ€"byâ€"day improvement in their quality of life and are happy with the direction the Liberal government has taken. _ One area that might have a lot of local interest during this campaign is the environment. Fife said that‘energy policy should be a major issue during this campaign, with a push on from the Liberals for more nuclear power while extending the life of Ontario‘s coalâ€"firing electriciâ€" ty plants. She‘s also concerned about sqourceâ€"water protection in light of the issues surrounding the Waterloo moraine. But Judy Greenwoodâ€"Speers, a forâ€" mer deputy leader of the Green Party of Ontario, said that all the other parties are just paying lip service on the enviâ€" ronment. There is only one party comâ€" mitted to addressing the isgues. "All the other parties are going to try 10 convince people that they‘re suddenâ€" ty green," said Greenwoodâ€"Speers. "They‘re artificially green at best. LUTHER VILLAGE ON THE PARK "They will say things but they will not follow through, so if you want to vote green this is the only party for it." Greenwoodâ€"Speers said the biggest local issue still is the Waterloo moraine, and she said the same protections extended to the Oak Ridges moraine north of Toronto should be applied here. "We‘ve had dead silence on this from those who have been representing us in the legislature in Elizabeth Witmer," said Greenwoodâ€"Speers. "There also hasn‘t been anyone from the Liberal perspective helping out. __"We need the same protection or better than the Oak Ridges moraine has to protect our water source â€" that‘s The Family Coalition party represenâ€" tative Lou Reitzel couldn‘t be reached for comment. This is the third consecuâ€" tive provincial election he‘s run in. The election is set for Oct. 10. In addition to voting for a new government, Ontarians will also FAC take part in a refâ€" / erendum, voting { ‘ on whether they /fi would like a new â€"â€"â€"â€"7 system of mixedâ€" MA# | member proporâ€" ESVE YSAE tional representaâ€" | _ ONK | tion, orremain â€" essm with the current e firstâ€"pastâ€"theâ€"post model. e ve ®» a on w m t t t t t t 1 m w t e t t t te t t t t ty ww m '”? tolt.:o...'..--ooaon.‘o-n!ooootu-.m"oo‘iflavto Complete Collision and Retinishing Service WATERLOO CHRONICLE + Wednesday, September 12, 2007 * 5 ;} Northdale Auto Body 519â€"884â€"0550 ,