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Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Independent Page 7
‘Dyed in the wool American’ chooses Canada
Michael Pinball Clemons says he would choose Canada as his home and na- ve land. The CFL star was greeted by fans, including one who came to give him a hug during the show, while he spoke in Petrolia.
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If transplanted American football player Michael Pin- ball Clemons had to choose between citizenship in Can- ada or the US - it wouldn’t even be close.
The CFL Legend, who
is a dual citizen with four Grey Cup rings to his name, would choose to be Can- adian.
Clemons expressed his love of Canada during the Victoria Playhouse Petrolia’s speakers series Saturday.
Clemons came to Canada to play for the Toronto Ar- gos after suffering an injury and being cut by the Kansas City Chiefs. “The rst three months here I felt I could live here forever,” Clemons says.
Part of the reason was all the love he was getting from Argos fans. “When a girl tells you you’re pretty, you become more interested,” he said with his trademark grin. “The team, the league and the city really embraced me.”
him love Canada is subtle things most Canadians never see. “In the US, it is a different starting point. If I go into a bank in Florida, they assume I’m incompe- tent until I prove I am competent. Here, I go into a bank and they assume I’m competent and I have to prove I am incompetent - which I can do.
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Clemons grew up in Dun- edin, Florida - the spring training base of the Toronto Blue Jays. But he is a “dyed in the wool American” even now, during the political turmoil in the US under
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“Canada put me in a position where I am able
to facilitate giving,” says Clemons. “To have the capacity to give more than I thought I ever could.”
But he says what makes
“I’m proud to be Amer- ican, but if I had to choose one or the other, it’s not even close. I’d choose being Canadian.
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Minimum wage hike to cost Petrolia $106K
Municipal taxpayers are going to be hit with the bill as the province increases min- imum wage.
seasonal employees.
Town of Petrolia of cials estimate the
The province will boost minimum wage from $11.40 to $14 next year and $15 in 2019. There will also be new legislation around equal pay for part-time, casual and
changes will cost the town $69,000 in 2018 and another $37,000 in 2019 for the wage hike alone. The town uses about 32,000 part-time hours each year according to a report by Treasurer Rick Charlebois.
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