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economist suntribune health care saturday june 29 2002 11 ottawa not contributing enough klees from page 9 care in the region which battled the province over funding for much of last year the report concluded health care providers are doing their best to respond to rapid growth and local patterns of demand but were falling behind because health care providers are still catching up to historical underfunding with a population of 800000 expected to hit 12 million in 20 years yorks per capita hospital funding for 19992000 was 26180 com pared to a provincial aver age of 65750 and 71320 for the rest of the greater toronto area meanwhile per capita men tal health fund ing was 660 in york compared to the 1750 provincial aver age york received a 2303 per capita allowance for public health funding almost 6 less than the provincial average and 6430 per capita for home care funding compared to the provincial average of 9270 but while oak ridges mpp frank klees who hasnt seen the report said yorks provincial politicians have successfully lobbied for more funding for the rapidly growing region he also questioned the reports results bryon wilfert prov inces shouldnt blame otawa for all health care problems he pointed out an annual health report in macleans magazine this month showed the communities of markham and richmond hill have jumped six places in health care ratings com pared to other areas across canada northern york region wasnt ranked in the study markham richmond hill grouped as one com munity in the report ranked 12 our of 54 centres across the country up from its standing of 18 last year mr klees has also sent a letter to the regions three hospital presidents asking them to detail steps they have taken to im prove efficiency and coopera tion before he goes to bat for them in seeking more provincial funding on the other hand he argued the federal liberals arent contributing their share toward health care leaving provinces to shoulder a crip pling load this months provincial budget for exam ple saw ontarios spending on health care jump to 255 billion annually or 47 per cent of the provinces expenses however oak ridges liberal mp bryon wilfert has accused provincial politi cians of trying to mislead the public by blaming ottawa for all of canadas health care problems he said his government celebrating our 12th year anniversary lai the canadian centre for academic enrichment ltd the centre that empowers every learner to perform at potential announcement summer program 2002 new ih individualized high school math review grades lllooac individualized grade 10 literacy test preperation high school student preparation course grades 7 8 essay writing study habits math tv- individualized remedial and enrichment programs for preschool to 0 ac day or evening classes available throughout the year certified educational institution markham jpi unionville 9409768 2010094 kicked in an additional 211 billion over five years toward health care after premiers insisted in september 2000 thats the funding they required vaughan councillor joyce frustaglio a member of the regions health care funding task force and co- chairperson of the human services coalition believes its time for provincial and federal politicians to stop bickering and contribute the funding york health care providers require to meet the growing regions needs if we received the fund ing we deserve then it would be wonderful news the intent of this initia tive is first and foremost to let the province know we just want our fair share she said the region of york has been systematically under funded for a number of years all were saying is its time for the province to rec ognize the injustice in that and the feds as well its no longer acceptable to us as the region of york and i dont believe its acceptable to residents our constituents are their con stituents 60 take the heart stroke second stress test you can find out how to better cope today 0 heart and stroke foundation of 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