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Under the Ambulance Act, the region was told to inform the Ministry of Health how it intends to deliver the service by September of this year. To meet that deadline, Halton, along with Durham and York regions, hired consultants IBI Group with Partnering and Procurement Inc., to analyze deliv­ ery options. Of those options, Halton staff recom­ mended renegotiating contracts with cur­ rent providers, the volunteer Halton Hills Ambulance Services and Mississauga- Halton Ambulance, both run by Laidlaw Inc. That option was meant to create a smooth transition as the service slides from Ministry to regional control, said the region's chief medical officer of health Dr. Bob NosaE "We feel this is the least risk option to ensure a smooth transition," he said. The staff direction would also buy time for the region to look more thor­ oughly into other options in the future, said Nosal. That didn't wash with some para- Air Cadet demo Saturday Members of the Oakville Royal Canadian Air Cadets Squadron will at the Community Day celebrations at Trafalgar Village Mall, Sunday, to show off one of their demonstration Glider aircraft and to raise funds for their operations. The 540 Golden Hawks Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron have been resident in Oakville since 1948, and currently are headquartered at 170 Kerr St. The headquar­ ters is manned on Monday and Wednesday nights and is open to the public. The Air Cadets can be rou­ tinely seen at Remembrance Day and Santa Claus Parades, helping out at the Waterfront Festival and numerous other community activi­ ties. Air Cadet meetings are on Tuesday nights. The Air Cadets are largely self- financed. They sell tags at neighbour­ hood stores two to three times a year and selling lottery tickets at malls such as Trafalgar Village to assist in funding squadron opera­ tions and citizen­ ship trips. medics, who felt their job security would be in jeopardy if ambulance suppliers were asked to bid for new contracts every few years. At Tuesday's committee meeting, a flood of delegates filed in to council chambers to request that ambulance ser­ vices be taken in-house by the region. That would make the paramedics regional employees. Job security and an objection to for- profit ambulances services were the top two complaints at the meeting. "Imagine having to reapply for a job every three to five years," argued Carmen D'Angelo, a paramedic and rep­ resentative of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). "A region operated service would be accountable to residents, not just shareholders on the New York Stock Exchange." Nosal wanted to assure critics that Halton ambulance services will not turn into an American-style for profit system. In the current system, the Ministry of Health contracts out ambulance suppli­ ers and pays a set management fee for its operators. The only thing that would change in Halton's proposed model is that the region would pay the fee instead of the province. "They'll only be making money IMPORTANT AUCTION NOTICE Acting under instructions received, we will sell in detail lots from: • ESTATES • PRIVATE COLLECTIONS • CONSIGNMENTS • COMMERCIAL INVENTORIES & LIQUIDATIONS • RARE SPORTS MEMORABILIA & COLLECTIBLES • FRAMED ART COLLECTION • SCULPTURES • ACCENT ITEMS • FURNITURE • APPRAISED ESTATE JEWELLERY • WATCHES • UOI.EF.UTIBI.ES • GALLERY MIRRORS • TIFFANY LAMPS • STEREO SYSTEMS • HOME THEATRE •VCR • PHONES • P U B L IC A U C T IO N Mon. Mar. 29 at 7:pm (preview 6:pm) Le Dome Banquet Hall 1173 North Service Rd. Oakville (East of Trafalgar Rd.) 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Radios, stereos, HTS, VCR, Hummel plates, Diamond solitare ring, precious & semi Precious stone tings (appraised) Estate jewelry, designer watches, necklaces, pearls, earrings, gold etc. Many more items too numerous to l is t Plan to attend.......................... Terms: Cash, Visa, Me, Am x, and debit, as per posted & announced. Additions & Deletions. No buyers premiums. Information call: 416-298-1762 or - PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERS 1-888-PRO-SALE through the management fee," he said. 'They're man­ aging the operation and for that we would give them a management fee." Incentives and employee security could be written into negotiated contracts with ser­ vice suppliers, said Nosal. "It could be written in that the existing paramedics must be taken over by the new sup­ plier," he said. "We can do things to ensure that our para­ medics want to stay here." Nosal said the two-year recommendation would allow the region to look into better ways to deliver ambu­ lance services to Halton. 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