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Page 8, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, November 20,1996 4V~ Marketing the GTA Whitby joins Y.ithe alliance Si ithe r JIM LOVISEK of the Toronto Nature during the recent grand opening of Centre lets a youngster hold a boa PetsMart in Whitby. * onstrictor at his Jungles Alive Show Photo by Mark Reesor, Whltby Free Press NOTIC s ty ln aient .With regret as of Dec. 1 st, 1996 ail Whitby 01mbi Physicians wili no longer carry privileges at the Whitby General' Hospital.. Changes in hospital functions., hospital re-structuring, re-engineerîng and' practice changes have led us to this decision. Ail physicians wili continue to carry privileges at the Oshawa General Hospital to provide servie to those patients requiring hospital services. mm tj uviu-DY certiniecigeneral accountant. J. Thomas McCallum bas been elected By Mke Kowalskld Whitby may soon bi entering the internationa marketplace withà vengeance. Town council last wee] approved spending up ta $8,OO00 to become a Rartner in the proposed Greater Toronto Marketing Alliance (GTMA). A joint public-private sec- tor proposai, the GTMA - provided $1 million in start-up funding can be found - wiil market.-and promote the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) across the globe in the hope of enticing foreign invest- ment. Its functions wili include data collection and develop- ment of comparative analy- sis of business statistics to support ivestment in the GTA as opposed to other North Amierican jurisdic- tions. the proposed agency bas its' origine in the Greater Toronto. Area Economic Development Partnership. The latter, an'initiative of GTA mayors in 1992 represents 35 local and regional municipalities, as well as chambers of com- meroe in the Toronto area. In urglng council- to V'w Timendorse tdperàposaI Whlitby CGA: elected to natoa or to the board cf directors of the Certified General Accountants Assocation of 1 i rng St. W. - 372-4744 uni i'oc* -1. r U Bdic Saturcfay & e venîng FREE appontments avoulable. Initial Consultation Ai IWant for Chrlistmas i an IPC NO IO PY ENT th7t bY combining force ewith other GTA municipali tl ties, the marketinlg aliiancf a wili allow smanler comý munities te compete on ar, k equal footing with othei 0 jurisdction*.- r For example, Cleveland r with a smalierpopuatioyj base than the GT spen&s $4.5 million annualîy. on - selling itseif te the world, . Edwards notéd. ' "Lar.ge communities like Toronto cango te trade firs, but smal cnes like Whitl>v cannot," he said. «We re hoping that by *getting the provincial government 3federal government and private sector involved, we can do what Cleveland Bostn, Detroit have been, doing for years.» However, it ie not only, Arnerican cities that the GTA must compete with in the pursuit cf international capital, Edwards stressed. "Places like Saigon and Hong Kong are spending way more than we are on marketing and selling their producta, he said. "I suggest to you that this is essential if we want te, hold onte jobs 'and create more jobs." According te, a report fromn Whitby marketing and economic develop ment Canada for 199«,7. Heiil alse chair the taxation Policy t.ask force. McCallum bas bad bis own practice in Whitby for the past 20Oyears. Based in Vancouver, B.C., CGzA-Omade l5 a self- sMtal budget cf $1 million te 1be shared equally by the e private and public sectors. a $5 ~00o,000 *from the r public sector will consist, cf r$100,000 from the Ontario [s overnment's Office for the iGreater Toronto Area and $400,000 from the five 3regional municipalities in the GTA. Durhamn Region's$80 000 share will be siplit eve'niy between the Region and its eight inember municipali.. ties.ý To date, Pickering Ajax, and Oshawa have enâorsed the concept, while Clarinq.. ten has reserved its deci-. sion. Councillor Dennis Fox argtied aainat the proposai *by claiming that the GTMA will be another expensive. level cf bureaucracy. 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