// JavaScript Captions for Bob 2006 Slide Show
// Revised September 14, 2006

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headline[0] = "Details of a 2006-07 budget that was great for Mississauga";
caption[0] = "In spring 2006, Ontario's 2006-07 budget invested in public infrastructure, including $600 million for transit in Mississauga. Here I explain some of the details to the annual post-budget breakfast sponsored by the Mississauga Board of Trade.";

headline[1] = "A strong endorsement by the City of Mississauga";
caption[1] = "Premier Dalton McGuinty came to Mississauga to discuss the impact of the 2006-07 budget's infrastructure announcements at Mississauga Transit's main garage. From left: the Premier, Mayor McCallion, me, Mississauga South MPP Tim Peterson and Mississauga East MPP Peter Fonseca.";

headline[2] = "Hazel endorses Ontario's investment in our city";
caption[2] = "Ontario's $600 million transit investment will get Mississauga's busway going, and the two cents per-litre gas tax transfer will assist with operating expenses. Premier McGuinty and I joined with the many Mississauga Transit workers present to applaud the Mayor's endorsement.";

headline[3] = "Northwest Mississauga's gets its GO station";
caption[3] = "In spring 2006, GO Transit erected this sign on the site of the Lisgar GO Train station. Construction gets started in fall-06 for a 2007 completion date. Pat Saito started the campaign way back in the early 90s, and together, we got the job done.";

headline[4] = "CSI school comes to UTM with Ontario's help";
caption[4] = "Students who watch <i>CSI</i> can now enroll in courses at the University of Toronto at Misissauga, and learn crime scene invstigation skills. The instructors, however, warn of a reality check when students find out how much of CSI is still science fiction. Here, two students explain the process to me.";

headline[5] = "Minister makes the UTM announcement";
caption[5] = "Minister for Public Safety Monte (third from left) made the spring funding announcement to fund UTM's crime scene investigation lab. UTM Principal Ian Orchard (second from left) joined us, along with other faculty members.";

headline[6] = "With Croatia's ambassador at Queen's Park";
caption[6] = "Croatian Ambassador Mrs. Vesela Mrden-Korac visited me at Queen's Park, where we met with Minister of Economic Development and Trade Joe Cordiano, and met here with Speaker Michael Brown (to the right of Mrs. Mrden-Korac. We were joined by leaders of the Croatian-Canadian business community.";

headline[7] = "Erinoak gets a funding increase to help kids";
caption[7] = "In spring-06, Ontario increased funding to Erinoak, which serves developmentally-challenged youth. Other MPPs joined in the announcement. From left: Oakville MPP Kevin Flynn; Erinoak Executive Director Linda Rothney; Brampton Centre MPP Linda Jeffrey; Mississauga South MPP Tim Peterson; and me.";

headline[8] = "Bob's role as Parliamentary Assistant helping seniors";
caption[8] = "In 2006, the government promoted me to Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister Responsible for Seniors, Hon. Jim Bradley. I work with the Ontario Seniors Secretariat. Here I am helping Polish seniors at Toronto's Copernicus Lodge celebrate Canada Day in 2006.";

headline[9] = "Raising awareness during Mental Health Week";
caption[9] = "In May 2006, I joined with Canadian Mental Health Association distributing candy kisses at the Meadowvale GO Train station. The apron was my own souvenir of the event.";

headline[10] = "Treating the Sunrise seniors to a summertime burger";
caption[10] = "In late July, I hosted my annual summer picnic, this time by the Credit River in Streetsville. Our seniors from the Sunrise residence came to relax and hang out with us. Andrea and I (back row, far right) took our picture with them.";

headline[11] = "Recognizing contributors to our Filipino seniors";
caption[11] = "In spring of 2006, the <i>Silver Lining Filipino-Canadian Seniors Association</i> held its annual recognition dinner and induction of officers. Our Filipino seniors have always been good friends, and I wishes the moms, grandmothers and a few great-grandmothers a happy Mother's Day in their native language of Tagalog.";

headline[12] = "Probing questions from our high school classes";
caption[12] = "On this high school visit in Erin Mills, one of the students obviously raised an intersting point during our Q&A session, which is the most enjoyable part (for both the students and I) of my annual school visit tour.";

headline[13] = "The grand staircase at Queen's Park";
caption[13] = "I always urge schools to come to Queen's Park to see the Legislature buildings, and watch the government in action when the Legislature is sitting. I try and meet my schools at the Legislature, and we pose on the Grand Staircase for a photo.";

headline[14] = "Elementary school kids are very curious about government";
caption[14] = "I visit elementary schools to read to the kids during Literacy Week each year, and the younger kids always have some interesting points they want to discuss on how government works in Ontario.";

headline[15] = "The annual Lisgar tree planting in 2006";
caption[15] = "Our cat, Obi-Wan, came with me in spring 2006 as we visited the Lisgar Residents Association's annual tree-planting event. Past President Scott Plavnick mans the bull horn. The City of Mississauga donates the trees, and residents and volunteers do the digging.";

headline[16] = "Flipping charity pancakes at Benares House";
caption[16] = "Ward 6 Mississauga Councillor George Carlson and I get together annually to cook pancakes for charity at Mississauga's historic <i>Benares House</i> near Lake Ontario at the foot of Southdown Road. They tap and make maple syrup at the event as well. Bring the kids next year!";

headline[17] = "A mentor and former MPP at CVH's 2006 charity ball";
caption[17] = "Andrea and I (at left) met up with former Mississauga North MPP Steven Offer, and his wife Karen at the 2006 Credit Valley Hospital fund-raising ball. It's a great event, with some excellent buys at the silent auction. These community funds (CVH raised about $500,000) form part of our community's contribution to hospital expansion.";

headline[18] = "Hazel and Bob at Bread-and-Honey 2006";
caption[18] = "If you want to chat with me informally, I am at the <i>Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival</i> from start to finish each year. Mayor Hazel stops by to say hello each year.";

headline[19] = "Visits to northwest Mississauga's leading companies";
caption[19] = "With its head office in western Mississauga, and its plant in Burlington, I watched how building bricks are made in spring 2006 at the manufacturing facility at Hanson Brick, next to a big shale deposit in Burlington. The bricks on my own house were made there.";

headline[20] = "Meadowvale's Hy-Drive has a clean burning idea";
caption[20] = "Hy-Drive, a Meadowvale high-tech firm that manufactures a device that injects hydrogen into truck diesels, producing cleaner-burning fuel, more power and better economy, showed me the technology and the operation in summer of 2006. I helped them meet with people who might assist them.";

headline[21] = "A former PR professional talks about government";
caption[21] = "In June 2006, the Canadian Public Relations Society invited me to describe how the PR skills I learned and practiced in the 1970s and 1980s made a difference in getting elected and working in government. The conference took place in Niagara Falls.";

headline[22] = "Available and accountable in the local media";
caption[22] = "Our local media need our Mississauga MPPs to explain government initiatives, and say what they mean to us in Mississauga. Here I am talking about new programs and funding at the University of Toronto at Mississauga.";