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economist suntribune thursday apriljzs 2002 slbulfvffletribtirie h a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham onl l3p 1ni3 l s publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra weller editor classified manager jim mason ann campbell production manager retail sales manager pam nichols stephen mathieu distribution manager inside sales manager barry black staceyallen electronic business manager communications robert lazurko manager office manager john futhey vivian oneil editorial s mpps must address i healthcare crisis the drastic provincewide physician short age appears to have turned the hiring of doc tors into a highly competitive sport requiring bait and measured strategy the pace of the game increased last week when york central hospital president and ceo frarik lussing playing offence took the unprecedented move of urging the town of richmond hill to join his team with a 90million redevelopment and expansion plan underway mn lussing made a plea to council for help in attracting doctors we have to find ways of differentiating ourselves with physicians in high demand and t are shopping around for communities and hospitals hetold councillors 3 regional councillor brenda hogg stepped up toithe plate suggesting the town provide houses tcr lure doctors to town an incentive common in the united states mr lussing will be taking his plea to vaughan council soon while the physician shortage affects the entire region it is particu larly dramatic in the north both east gwillimbury and georgina have been designated medically underserviced areasbythe province the province has agreed to throw some incentive pay into play in a bid to lure physicians to those communities but its a halfhearted attempt at a solution residents from every corner of ontarios fastest growing region a region where the senior population is expected to balloon by 200 per cent over trie next 20 years deserve proper efficient medical care now even if the province agreed today to start taking this issue seriously it will take years to fix lowering university tuitions loosening leg islation on foreign doctors practising in and changing the mindset of young people to lure more students to medical school must taike top priority what york region residents need is a strongminded political advocate to assertive ly take this issue to premier ernie eves and make him listen and comprehend the magni tude of this crisis according to the ontario medical association the province is in an allout recruitment war to get doctors while many communities in york region were beginning to win the battle without the provinces help well lose the game v- letters to the editor cabinetsnubbing frank klees a legend in his own mind re klees snubs cabinet offer april 16 is it just me or are others getting tired of frank klees continually getting headlines for things he might have done but never really did too bad the marketplace doesnt recog nize the value he sees in himself talk about being a legend in your own mind joemayo unionville noisy chimes as bad as water torture for neighbours why is it that with the advent of spring newly installed wind chimes in the neighbor hood gohgi crash and make enough god awful noise to nearly wake the dead the owners of these chimes seem to dis- appear after installation leaving the rest of the community to tolerate the racket which in my opinion comes a close second to a wellknown water torture technique employed during the second world war remember people when you are away inside the house or at the cottage your neighbours still have to listen to these things have some consideration for others not everyone appreciates wind chimes nick bacon markham hydro deregulation seems to stick it to ontario taxpayers am i the only one who is miffed by what is happening with the deregulation of hydro dont get me wrong i am all for free enterr prise and open markets but how the ontario government is handling the deregulation does not appear to be in anyones best interest except for stock brokers and hydro executives- today i received my markham hydro distribution inc bill as well as a glossy bro chure explaining about the opening of the mar ket why rates are going up and about a new proxy tax called the payments in lieu of taxes pil charge appearing on all our bills the pil is to be used to pay off the utilitys debt this month its nearly a 40 per cent increase in the fixed customer service charge starting may 1 after markets are supposed to open it will be changed to a 07 cent per kwh usage charge thats a 1587 charge in my case next the brochure says the government expects markham hydro distribution inc to make a profit and as such needs to raise rates as a customer of ontario hydro i have helped build its assets through fees and taxes now the ontario government wants to sell its parts keep the proceeds and make the public foot the bill for the debt when it looks like a tax smells like a tax and sounds like 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officially kicked off the campaign april 18 by pur chasing 30 seconds of air time on cnns wolf blitzer reports and leaving the screen black more than 1 million people watched undoubtedly making a statement about how addicted we are to bur tv sets im one of the worst although i did attempt a oneweek tv fast in january i didntquite make it because a friend who professes to never ever ever watch the tube phoned and told me turn on the fifth estate right now you gotta see this so aside from 10 minutes of cbc information programming t have endured a week without television it didnt kill me however not watchingtv during the playoffs takes more commitment than i can muster even if my beloved sabres are out of contention cj penney is one of two york region contacts for tv turnoff week he has beenspreading the word in georgina while he admits some people dont see the point those who are opting out of tv are filling their time with outdoor activities hobbies reading even finding parttime jobs our media culture grows more and more unbalanced from reality each day arid i think people are beginning to real ize it this is only day two of the event and the response has been showing fairly quickly he states thats encouraging much of the obesity fretted about recently in medical journals can be pinned on the couch potato lifestyle at least mine can but i question if the physical effects are the worst part of longterm tv addiction on its website adbusters notes by the time a child graduates from his school he or she will see 350000 com mercials 100000 alcohol ads and a daily barrage of sex and violence there is an ongoing debate about whether this stuff rots young minds but some of it is intended to r for example many cartoon shows are really prolonged advertisements for such dubious products as pokemon in the everwidening cable universe theres a family channel but not a fami- lyhour t once upon a time you knew every tv channel was safe for kids until 9 pm today you knowicertain channels run childrens programming 247 and others well viewer beware of course thats only a problem if you are a viewer the solution posed by the adbusters folks is to stop viewing a few more 61 leaf losses and i mightjusttryit- z