The local consultation meeting for the Ontario Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform is today.

Kitchener - Waterloo
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
KW YMCA
Ontario Early Years Centre Training Room
425 University Ave. East

The Citizens’ Assembly is a first for Ontario. It gives citizens a direct voice in determining the options we have when we vote and how our votes are translated into seats for Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs).

The Assembly will identify what principles Ontarians value most in their electoral system. And it will hold public consultations to hear what other citizens value. Based on what the Assembly hears and learns, it will recommend whether Ontario should keep its current electoral system or change to a new one.

Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform

I was looking through some papers and I found this old beer label.

Do you know who made it? The makers of the popular honey lager. The Lakeport Brewing Corporation, which is now Lakeport Brewing Income Fund, an income trust. (the brewery’s honey lager and pilsener are both in the Beer Store Big Ten.)

Lakeport debuts Truly Naked Strategy Magazine 4 Sep 1995

The brand, touted as “The Beer with Nothing To Hide,” is supported by a radio and print campaign, launched Sept. 1 in Toronto and Hamilton.

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Sharpe says advertising for Truly Naked will not carry any sexual overtones.

He says that the “naked” portion of the name really describes the processes involved in making the brand - which includes the purification of water.

He says “truly” is married to “naked” to add flow.

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On Sept. 1, Lakeport also announced its first beer in the “Dave Nichol’s International Selection” line available in Ontario.

Dave’s Bavarian Style Doppelgold beer has 5.9% alcohol and is available in 12 packs for $11.85.

Lakeport began brewing the Dave Nichol line of beers last November.

It was kind of a weird brand. Clearly they found a better niche with their value beer.

About Lakeport

Lakeport Brewing Income Fund is an Ontario-based brewery focused on producing value-priced, quality beer for the Ontario take-home market. Lakeport pioneered the “24 for $24â€? value segment. Lakeport produces nine proprietary beer brands, two of which, Lakeport Honey Lager and Lakeport Pilsener, are amongst the top-selling brands in the province. Lakeport has approximately 200 full-time employees at its production facility in Hamilton, Ontario. The Fund’s units trade on the TSX under the symbol TFR.UN (TFR stands for ‘two-four’).