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Weekend Era Banner Coverage of Newmarket-Aurora Race

There was some coverage of the race in Newmarket-Aurora in the weekend edition of the Era Banner. Below are a couple of articles, plus a great letter to the editor from Greg Rider of Aurora.
-Darryl

Stories in today's paper:
http://www.yrng.com/News/Newmarket/article/82256

http://www.yrng.com/News/Newmarket/article/82255

Letter to the editor:

http://www.yrng.com/opinion/lettereditorial

Aurora letter to the editor - Oct 04, 2008

Re: Sad if language challenges sink Dion, column, Sept. 18

Columnist Bernie O’Neill tries to make the point that Stephane Dion is being rejected because of his poor mastery of the English language.

May I point out one of the longest-serving Canadian prime not only didn’t speak English very well, but was also accused of not speaking either official language very well. The man I speak of is, of course, Jean Chretien.

Mr. Chretien has always been much more comfortable in his mother tongue, French. He was always heavily dependent on his speechwriters and translators to capture the essence of his message for English-speaking Canadians.

As I recall, it didn’t seem to hamper him one bit.

I guess what I want to point out is that it may not be the messenger, but rather the message. Canadians have come to realize Mr. Dion is a man who doesn’t know which way to go on many important issues, the most important of which is his Green Shift plan.

Not too long ago, he said a carbon tax was a bad idea. On top of that, many prominent Liberal MPs found the policy difficult to understand and doubly difficult to sell to Canadians. Most taxpayers aren’t buying this proposal and see the Liberal plan for what it is — a tax grab at exactly the wrong time.

I will vote for a party that understands the economic realities Canada faces, not policies that would depress our economy and drain the pockets of taxpayers and businesses trying to prosper.

Greg Rider
Aurora