Number nine

By this time tomorrow, the number of provincial cabinet ministers to have visited Sault Ste. Marie since David Orazietti was elected one year ago will have climbed to nine.

Orazietti, who's definitely keeping count, advises us that Mary Anne Chambers, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, will visit Sault College and Algoma University College.

The Honourable Mrs. Minister will also drop in at the Training, Colleges & Universities Office at Roberta Bondar Place.

"Our city is receiving excellent attention from provincial cabinet ministers and these visits greatly help to put Sault Ste. Marie’s issues in the spotlight," Orazietti said.

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The Honourable Mary Anne Chambers is the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities for the Province of Ontario.

Mary Anne has long been an advocate for social responsibility, education, health care, and the advancement of women and minorities. Along with her family, she was featured in a Toronto Star article entitled Banker with Heart Profits Community.

Mary Anne retired as a Senior Vice-President of Scotiabank in December 2002, and was elected as the Member of Provincial Parliament for Scarborough East, in October 2003.

Mary Anne has served as a Vice Chair of the Board of Rouge Valley Health System's Scarborough Centenary and Ajax-Pickering hospitals.

She served on the Board of the United Way of Greater Toronto for seven years, and on the Board of the United Way of Canada for almost six years.

Mary Anne is a Past Chair of the United Way of Canada. She has also served as a Governor of the Air Cadet League of Canada and is a Past President of the Canadian Club of Toronto.

Mary Anne served as a Governor of the University of Toronto for a period of nine years, and as Vice-Chair of the Governing Council for three years.

Her work on a task force on Student Financial Support contributed to a policy, which guarantees that no student will be unable to study at the University of Toronto because of inadequate financial resources.

Mary Anne has received numerous awards for her community service.

Among the most recent are the Golden Jubilee Medal of Queen Elizabeth the Second, the Toronto Canada Day Achievement Award and the Prime Minister of Jamaica's Medal of Appreciation.

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