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Rideau Lakes Senator Receives Prestigious Award

In Rideau Lakes News   On October 9th, 2010   Add A Comment

Senator Bob Runciman, the senator from Ontario -Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, was recently bestowed the honor of being Brockville’s 2010 Citizen of the Year in. Runciman served as the area’s MPP for a good number of years before being appointed to the Red Chamber earlier this year.

The announcement was made by the Brockville and District Chamber of Commerce on Friday, continuing the tradition of declaring the area’s top citizen before the Awards of Excellence, an event that takes place every year.

In a phone interview from Parliament Hill, Runciman said that the honor of receiving such a title is still sinking in. It’s just another highlight in a year that’s been nothing but eventful, he adds.

Senator Runciman, born and raised in Brockville, added that he always thought his father should’ve been Citizen of the Year—the thought of receiving the award just never occurred to him. With Sandy Runciman’s exemplary record of community service, the senator always thought his late father was more deserving.

In some ways, Bob Runciman’s persona and stature in politics has overshadowed the achievements of his father. In fact, some people make the mistake of thinking that the Broome-Runciman dam is named after him, instead of his father, causing him to lament the fact that the older Runciman never quite received the recognition he deserved.

Senator Runciman will be presented with the honor at the Awards of Excellence Gala on the 4th of November at the Memorial Centre.

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Rideau Lakes Senator Moves to Help Families of Slain Peace Officers

In Rideau Lakes News   On October 8th, 2010   Add A Comment

Ontario Senator Bob Runciman of the Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes area moved to pass a motion in the Senate that would call on the federal government to cover the tuition costs for the post-secondary education of children and spouses of peace officers who passed away while serving the country.

The senator proposed a motion that would have the Senate introduce a tuition fund that would accommodate the post-secondary education needs of the family members of officers who died in the line of duty. According to Runciman, setting up a tuition fund is the least the government can do to help these families that have been affected by the problem of violence.

If the motion is approved, the tuition fund will be set up in the same way as the Const. Joe MacDonald Public Safety Officers’ Survivors Scholarship Fund, another fund which the senator initiated himself when he was still the province’s solicitor general.

Const. MacDonald was killed in the line of duty when he stopped Peter Paul Pennett and Clinton Victor Suzack while on patrol. The two individuals, who were on parole that time, beat up and killed MacDonald, and were later sentenced to 25 years in prison for first-degree murder.

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