CACANINDIN o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-23 published
HALES,
Mary
(GRAHAM)
Born March 10, 1911 at Brittannia Bay (Ottawa), Ontario. Passed
away June 22, 2008 at the Guelph General Hospital surrounded
by the love of her family. Much loved and loving wife of the
late Alfred Dryden
HALES (1998.) Adored and loving mother of
Beverly STAGER and her husband David of Toronto; David and his
wife Hildegard of Waterloo; Donald and his wife Becky of Pekin,
Illinois and the late Alfred (1993). Mother-in-law of Isabel
HALES of Crystal Falls. Proud and always loving grandmother of
Andrea STAGER, Martha
VESEY, Jeffrey
HALES, Nicola
ROBERTS, Heather
CACANINDIN, Robert
HALES, Deborah
MIOTTO, Kim
CARON and Kathy-Lee
HALES.
Great-grandmother of 13 great-grandchildren who gave her
much delight. Sister of the late Clifford
GRAHAM,
Lillian
CROSKERY
and Frank GRAHAM.
Mary was a graduate of Macdonald Institute
1932; a devoted partner and contributor to her husband's political
career and an enthusiastic volunteer with the Guelph General
Hospital for 60 years. Mary was loved and respected by all. Friends
may call at the Gilchrist Chapel - McIntyre and Wilkie Funeral
Home, One Delhi Street, Guelph (from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday).
A private family service will be held at the Gilchrist Chapel
on Thursday, June 26, 2008. Interment Woodlawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Foundation
of Guelph General Hospital, 115 Delhi Street, Guelph, N1E 4J4
or the charity of your choice would be appreciated. We invite
you to leave your memories and donations online at: www.gilchristchapel.com
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CACCIA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-05 published
CACCIA,
Charles
L.
Peacefully in Ottawa, Ontario surrounded by family and Friends
on May 3, 2008. Mr.
CACCIA is survived by his wife, Ivana; his
mother Emanuela and brother Stefano; his children Nicolette and
John; and grand children Jessica and David. Born May 28, 1930
at Milan, Italy, Mr.
CACCIA graduated from the University of
Vienna in Vienna, Austria in 1954 prior to a career of more than
forty years serving Canada as a parliamentarian and advocate
for environmental causes. Mr.
CACCIA was first elected to public
office as a member of the City of Toronto and Metro councils
in 1964. He was elected to the House of Commons for the riding
of Davenport in Toronto in 1968 and ser ved as Minister of Labour
and Minister of the Environment for Canada in the Liberal government
of Prime Minister Trudeau. Following thirty six years as a parliamentarian,
he continued his work in the environmental arena at the Institute
of the Environment, University of Ottawa. Friends are invited
to visit at the Central Chapel of Hulse, Playfair and McGarry,
315 McLeod Street, Ottawa, on Wednesday, May 7th from 7 to 9 p.m.
and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A celebration of Charles'
life will be held in the Chapel on Friday at 11: 30 a.m. with
a reception to follow in the McGarry Family Reception Centre.
Condolences/Donations/Tributes mcgarryfamily.ca 613-233-1143
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CACCIA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-05-12 published
Former cabinet minister left the world a little greener
By Hugh WINSOR,
Page A8
A squad of volunteers will fan out around Ottawa today delivering
oak saplings to Friends and admirers of Carletto (Charles)
CACCIA,
one of the most compelling and persistent politicians to have
landed on Parliament Hill in many decades.
Indeed, former prime minister Jean Chrétien told an eclectic
group of politicians, former politicians, environmental advocates,
and others who gathered on the weekend to pay tribute to Mr.
CACCIA,
who died just over a week ago, that Mr.
CACCIA had more influence
on his government than most of his cabinet ministers.
The sapling delivery is symbolic, and like the man it commemorates,
extremely practical. Mr.
CACCIA knew that oaks take 100 years
to reach maturity, Mr. Chrétien said, "so Charles was always
planning into the future."
On the practical side, Mr.
CACCIA's annual order of hundreds
of oak saplings had already arrived when he was felled by a stroke
while working on his silviculture project in the Gatineau Hills.
What better way to deal with the cache than to have the mini-legacy
planted around the country by Friends and colleagues?
The news stories and obituaries after his death captured the
broad strokes of the
CACCIA career.
He was born in Milan, immigrated to Canada after the Second World
War, began his political career as a Toronto alderman and was
elected as the first Italian-born member of Parliament in Parliament
in Pierre Trudeau's 1968 sweep.
He was appointed to the Trudeau cabinet, eventually became dean
of the Commons as the longest-serving member of Parliament, including
an extended and fruitful stint as chairman of the Commons environment
and sustainable development committee.
But obituaries didn't fully reflect his profound impact as a
catalyst for the broader environmental movement, in Canada and
internationally. Nor did they capture the essence of his personality
or explain how he engendered fierce loyalty from people who worked
with and for him (even though many would admit his energy and
persistence could also try their patience). He was the only cabinet
minister in Ottawa to refuse a government car and chauffeur,
for instance, preferring to walk to work.
He was one of the earliest advocates for sustainable development,
and a prophet about the "ecological footprint" of economic development,
concepts that are now in the mainstream. Internationally, he
was one of the early negotiators of the United Nations Climate
Convention and Kyoto Protocol, a member of the Canadian Association
for the Club of Rome, and an advocate for the World Commission
on Environment and Development that became known as the Bruntland
commission.
Jim MacNeill, a friend and another environmental pioneer, read
a letter of condolence to the
CACCIA family from Green Cross
International, a Geneva based non-governmental organization concerned
about nuclear waste and other toxic contaminants. It was a personal
message from Green Cross president Mikhail Gorbachev and indicates
how wide the
CACCIA net was cast.
The memorial gathering was a cross-section of an earlier era,
a time when there was more respect between political opponents,
and for civil society represented by non-governmental organizations
and advocacy groups. Not present at the gathering, for instance,
was any representative of former Liberal leader Paul Martin's
team, which in 2004 had blocked Mr.
CACCIA's renomination in
Davenport, a riding he had represented in Parliament for 36 years,
to make way for one of their own.
Mr. Chrétien admitted privately that he had always felt badly
he didn't put Mr.
CACCIA into his cabinet. His explanation: When
first elected prime minister in 1993, he had been ridiculed as
"yesterday's man," so he had to go with younger ministers.
But Mr. Cacccia never held it against him, they remained Friends
and he always valued Mr.
CACCIA's advice, he added. An example
of the CACCIA influence Mr. Chrétien talked about at the memorial
service, was how as chairman of the environment committee, Mr.
CACCIA
stick-handled amendments to the Canadian Environmental Protection
Act into law over the resistance of his own party's cabinet.
When he had to vacate his Parliament Hill offices in 2004, the
Sierra Club offered him a place to put his many boxes of papers
and documents.
As Elizabeth May, then president of the Sierra Club and now the
Green Party Leader, told the story, "Charles came with his boxes."
One day when the organization was hosting an international delegation,
Mr. CACCIA was helping Sierra staff stuff envelopes with promotional
material. One of the visitors noted that it said a lot about
how egalitarian a country Canada is, when a former minister of
the Crown would be stuffing envelopes.
"I don't know what it says about Canada," she added, "but it
says an awful lot about Charles."
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CACHIA o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2008-06-02 published
CACHIA,
Edmund
Francis
Magee, C.A.
Born in Toronto in 1926. Passed away peacefully on Saturday,
May 31, 2008 at the age of 82. Beloved husband of Patricia (nee
O'NEIL.)
Loving father of Kevin (Elise,) Barbara (Jean,) Mary
Catherine, Michael (Angela), Patricia (Richard) and Margaret-Anne
(Lee). Dear grandfather of nine, great-grandfather of one. Survived
by brother Eugene and sister Theresa. Predeceased by seven brothers
and sisters. A Knight of The Order of Malta and the founder of
the Canadian Gold Cross Association. He lived a life of dedication
to numerous charitable causes and, in his business life, to the
public accounting profession. His past activities included a
term as a public accounting partner with a Lord Mayor of London.
He will be sadly missed. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
Funeral Home, 436 Roncesvalles Ave. (at Howard Park) on Monday
from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m., with evening prayers at 8 p.m. A Funeral
Mass will be held at Holy Family Catholic Church, 1372 King St. W.,
Toronto, on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 10 o'clock. Interment Mount
Hope Cemetery. Thank you to the staff at Princess Margaret Hospital.
If desired, donations to the Oratory of St. Philip Neri or the
Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation.
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