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qssmvfe pof saturday june 262004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pagessi including gst j more bang from your buck for canada day fireworks letters 6 crime 18 sports 22 classified 26 oak ridges election audience gets feisty crowd heckles criticism of tories by joan ransberry staff writer the only attempt at a knock out punch during the oak ridgesmarkham candidates debate thursday night came from the audience when new democratic party candidate pamela courtot ques tioned the fiscal management ability of conservative leader stephen harper former prime minister brian mulroney and for mer premiers mike harris and ernie eves the audience yelled and booed in response ms courtot visibly shaken yelled back at the people i wouldnt trust the conservativealliance she said the rest of the debate spon sored by the york region newspaper group and area business organizations was orderly the event attended by 150 people was held at holy trinity school in richmond hill canada in good shape liberal candidate lui temelkovski told the audience canada is in good shape mr temelkovski stressed the fact that unlike the united states canada did not slip into a reces sion a few years ago paul martin has proven eco nomic leadership ability he said he solved the huge 42-bil- lionayear deficit left by brian see unking page 13 politicians making jt personal during home stretch of campaign eave voters by roy green and martin derbyshire staff writer on the patio at the papas all day breakfast and specialty wings restaurant thursday the big ques tion was why vote thats right why should we vote aurora resident joe schmidt said all these guys are just in it for themselves anyways theyre all a bunch of liars as the insults for each party leader began to flow as smoothly as cold beer on a sunny afternoon veteran contractor harry derbyshire said the mudslinging and negative campaigning by some candidates makes the election entertaining if nothing else i think its great he said theyre full of it anyway they say one thing during the election and do a totally different thing once they get in the whole thing is a bit pointless you never know what youre going to get until ifs all over down the street at one of the regions many strip malls bryan birch said all the dirt flying back and forth between party leaders is becoming ugly these are supposed to be adults they should handle differ ences in a mature way he said instead they go around putting other people down its a bit child ish but that wont stop him or friend natalie apostolopoulos from cast ing votes monday because its such a close race this is a vote that truly counts she said see leaders page 10 prime minister pops in staff photobill roberts prime minister paul martin visited oak ridgesmarkham riding yesterday mainstreeting in downtown markham with liberal candidate lui temelkovski left and regional councillor frank scarpitti see story on page 14 27 heritage ro markham 948030 beochcomber f honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 90547 7 2451 wwwmarkhamhondacom i i litjks sffi u 2 i i- i i vija t fc 4 88 springsummer w performance package uqtatpa genuine ip for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to hona for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda available for mot honda models tave not included provincial environmental feev if imvcultiticd fitt t t t i t i t t t t town and country realty lid a 6400888 nnittnnmllhnm t i