NEW government resources at Oakville Public Library

Recently added to our collection:

Featured publication
The World Health Report 2008: Primary Health Care, Now more than ever. World Health Organization
This is a great resource for anyone researching or working in primary health care of health care policy.
Chapter headings :
Challenges of a changing world
Advancing and sustaining universal coverage
Primary care: putting people first
Public policies for the public's health
Leadership and effective government
The way forward

More additions to the collection :
On-line News Fundamentals: An introduction to journalism on CBCNews.ca
Discovering Ontario: A report on the future of tourism
Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 & 12 Science (updated 2008)
Divorce law in Canada
Improving the health of Canadians

Electronic resources:
Deaths 2006. Statistics Canada
Retail Trade :How the provinces fared in 2008
Manufacturing: the year 2008 in review
Immigrant Characteristics, the IT bust, and the effect on entry earnings of immigrants

Ontario's Green Energy Act

This new act, which came into force on May 14, porposes to ease the growhth ot clean, renewaable energy, including wind, solar, hydro, biomass and biogas. It will help to get energy projects up and running more quickly by removing barriers and providing added reliability.

Kevin Flynn, MPP for Oakville and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, was at Oakville Town Hall last week to talk about the act. Key components are:
· Streamlining the approvals process for renewable energy projects
· Mandatory (unless waived by buyer) home energy audits prior to sale of homes
· Developing a Feed-in tariff system to provide guaranteed prices for renewable energy projects
· Opportunities for communities to build, own, and operate their own renewable energy projects
· New programs to ensure some costs of community renewable energy projects can be recovered

To learn more about the act, go to http://www.ontariogreenenergyact.ca/ The fulltext of the act can be found at http://www.ontla.on.ca/bills/bills-files/39_Parliament/Session1/b150.pdf

Ontario legislation in the news

There are several Bills of interest passing through the Ontario legislature at the moment and these are getting quite a bit of coverage in the press. It's interesting to track them as they go through the various stages to becoming law and interesting to see the wide array of Bills under discussion. It's simple to do this. Go to Bills and Lawmaking at the Ontario Legislature website to see a list of all Bills currently before Parliament. These can be sorted by Bill number or by Title.
Here are some examples of legislation that has recently received a lot of attention:
Bill 118, Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting green Transportation Act. This Bill, which received Royal Assent on 23 April is the new legislation covering the use of cell phones and other hand-held devices while driving.

Bill 163, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area Transit Implementation Act, 2009 - from here you can read the full text of the bill, view the status of the bill (it received Royal Assent on 14 May), read the debates about the bill, find out what it is about and see what Acts are affected by it.

Bill 173, Mining Amendment Act - proposed changes related to prospecting land, staking claims etc.

Bill 150, Green Energy and Green Economy Act,

Bill 128, Christopher's Statute Law Amendment Act (Sex OffenderRegistry and Electronic Sexual Material) - this bill seeks to ensure that library and school boards block access to certain materials on their computers for people under the age of 18. It has not gone beyond First Reading.

Ontario Government, Summer Job Program

The 2009 Ontario Budget increased funding for the Ontario summer job program by over 57 per cent or $32 million, to help more students find summer work in their communities. Students can apply for a variety of government jobs or for funding to start their own business. Employers may be eligible for a $2 per hour wage subsidy to encourage them to hire summer students. Different types of employment are available. Age range is 15 to 30.
Call Employment Ontario at 1-800-387-5656 or visitwww.ontario.ca/summerjobs to find out more about summer job opportunities.