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The resolution directs the government to establish a commission whose members include representatives of Ontario communities that are the sites of battles or other significant events of the war as well as groups dedicated to the preservation of Canada’s military history and heritage. The commission would work with Ontarians, the federal government and US governments to co-ordinate the commemorations. The Friends of Fort York expect that Fort York, as the site in April, 1813, of one of the war’s major battles would feature prominently in any program. Environmental Cleanup Bee Saturday, April 21, was a gloriously sunny, warm day—the perfect occasion for a scheduled bee to pick the Fort York site clean of debris, some windblown, but a lot left behind by thoughtless litterbugs. This year we were helped by about twenty cadets from the Fort York Armoury who turned out to make a big difference in how much got done. Also, for the first time a couple of neighbours from the condominium towers south of the fort came to help. When the bee was finished the whole of the south side of the site from the Armoury to the Bathurst Street bridge had been covered. In thanking everyone for helping, David O’Hara, administrator of Fort York, said that once there’s a clean sweep like this, it’s a lot easier to keep abreast of the problem as the season unfolds.
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