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18 - The Canadian Champion, Friday, June 19, 1998 Dr. Ivan Hunter, Dr. Glen Hunter and staff wish to welcome Dr. Brian Watada to Hunter Medical. Dr. Watada will be caring for Dr. Glen Hunter's patients as of July, 1998. Dr. Glen Hunter will be pursuing a specialty in Obstetrics and Gynecology at McMaster University. Small voices in big crowd would come from Halton in Tonks' plan By BRAD REAUME The Champion The puzzle of the future for local gov- erning is starting to take shape. Former Metro Chair Alan Tonks recent- ly forwarded his recommendations guiding the formation of the Greater Toronto Services Board (GTSB) to Minister of Municipal Affairs AI Leach. Legislation creating the GTSB is expect- ed at any time. The new board is to coordi- nate big-picture municipal services includ- ing waste management, transit and eco- nomic development. Mr. Tonks has completed consultations with local municipalities across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Perhaps the most controversial recommendation is for a weighted voting process. The idea is to provide all GTA munici- palities with a voice at the GTSB table, but maintain decision making on a basis of population. Under the scheme championed by Mr. Tonks, Milton would get one representa- tive and one vote out of 110. In others words, each municipality would be accord- ed voting weight based on its size. Milton's vote counts as one during each ballot. By comparison, Toronto's votes count as live on each ballot, and there are to be 1l Toronto representatives. Oakville and Burlington only have one representative apiece as well in the Tonks proposal, but each of their votes count for two. The weighted averaging for the 40 repre- sentatives proposed comes out to 110 'votes' on each ballot, with 55 for Toronto and 55 for everybody else. Halton Region would collectively get 7.3 per cent of the votes, roughly equivalent to the region's percentage of GTA popula- tion. Other models for a representation struc- ture would organize votes on a regional basis only. At Monday's meeting of Milton's administration and planning committee, Milton's rural regional Councillor Barry Lee said he noticed that Mr. Tonks' report assumes that the current organization of municipal governments within the GTA will remain as it is today. "There is an ongoing turf war as to what level of govemment will survive," said Mr. Lee. "And in the report I see repeated ref- erences to govemment staying the way it is municipally." Mayor Gord Krantz said Milton would Wally Hunter have very little impact at the GTSB level with less than one per cent of the vote. He added that Halton itself would also have scant influence with only about seven per cent. "Milton is on record supporting the GTSB but with a reasonable representa- tion, whatever that is," said Mr. Krantz. "I have a concern. I wasn't thinking of less than one per cent of the vote when I was talking about fair representation." Altematively, the parity model supported by Halton Region would provide one rep- • see MUCH on page 20 ONE DAY SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH Rubbermaid BBQ Long Brush . ý . ..... . ..... $100 Alvvays Thin Maxi Pads, 24's or pantiliners, 60's . . $298 All Regular Campbell Soups, 10oz .... 2 for $100 Selected Chocolate Bars (Nestle's Cappuccino, $100 Cadbury's Time-Out & Choclairs) . ...... ý .3 for Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate Spread, 400g $198 WILLIS SUPREME DISCOUNT 212 MAIN SI EAST 878-4177