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st weekenbelbruarvl6 p3 transit expert supports one system for all of region by joan ransberry staff reporter a transit system in stouf- fville might work if it piggy backed with markham a transportation expert has sug gested douglas thwaite a consul tant with transport 2000 was the guest speaker at the gen eral meeting of whitchurch- stoufrville recycling group on tuesday thwaite pointed out that the objectives of trans port 2000 are to pro tect the environ ment save thwaite energy transport people in safety improve accessibility for all travellers help governments design tran sit plans transport 2000 calls for expansion and improvement of public transit in urban areas and a limit on the con struction of urban express ways and parking thwaite said a town with a population of about 20000 is too small to accommodate its own commu nity transit service thwaite told the tribune stouffville would be better served combined with markham where it would become one branch of a larger system he said even though the trend in the past decade has been away from rail travel and towards freeways thwaite favorite mode of transport continues to be the train one of the main objectives of transport 2000 is the inten sion and improvement of national rail passenger service in all regions of canada an averagesized passenger train can carry as many peo ple as one lane of a freeway in an hour he said developing a community revolves around a freeway or a railway said thwaite railway put the focus on the centre while the freeway puts the focus on the perime ter even if the provincial gov ernment goes along with task force and gets rid of five regions including york a regionwide transportation system could still be set up between area municipalities said thwaite although a proposed plan to introduce a york regionwide transit system hasnt been given much attention of late the idea impresses thwaite in fact the size of york region would make a perfect transit system he said the golden report has sug gested getting rid of five regions including york this would not hamper an areawide transit scheme there may not be a york but wed have the municipali ties stouffville could link up with markham said thwaite the recent cutbacks in go service to stouffville did not surprise thwaite stouffville was one of the poorest utilized in the whole service area said thwaite go service was poorly patronized because it faced stiff competition from the automobile he added hhn i v llllf- fliilu spult jtegibn dbair eldred lllll j3ve said- victorian tea the heart and stroke foundation benefitted from a victorian tea at the united church last week end from left are maris anderson campaign chair and tea organizer marian hodgson president of the heart and stroke foundation in whitchurchstouffville and marsha vautier secretary of the foundations local chapter photosteve somerville liquor stores fight tory plan from page 1 still an intoxicant with many health safety and social costs including motor vehicle crashes murder suicide and chronic illness the sale of alcohol requires careful regu lation and handling only by trained people alcohol abuse carries a hefty price social costs of consumption including health and corrections is 17 billion said slaughter the local chapter of moth ers against drunk drivers is being asked to join the fight one in 10 irinkers runs a risk of alcohol dependance slaughter plans to visit doc tors offices and schools in stouffville seeking support in the fight against privatiza tion were also approaching the local churches the addiction research foundation and well be circulating a peti tion he said privatizing will mean greater availability of alco hol said slaughter study after study has shown that on as per capita consumption increases the proportion of problem drinkers goes up even fur ther he said as a result of increased and easier availability of alcohol crime and other alcoholrelat ed problems will increase straining already overworked enforcement agencies slaughter said more than 50 per cent of private kquor outlets in the united states sell to minors said slaughter the lcbos track record is different last year our staff chal lenged about 300000 people and refused to serve about 50000 he said local lcbo workers are required to refuse to sell to underage and intoxicated customers stressed gibson the staff at stouffvilles liquor store takes an interest in the wellbeing of the com munity including its young people said gibson when theres a dance at the high school in stouffville were notified by the school if this was a mom and pop oper ation because theyre in it for profit theyd be tempted to look the other way when dealing with minors said gibson alberta is the only province in canada with private liquor outlets after privatization alberta drinkers saw the price of alcohol rise by about 14 per cent in alberta brand selection has decreased by 75 per cent slaughter said people in alberta now have to travel from store to store to find their brand but weve got 1800 brands said gibson liquor offenses in alberta went up by 61 per cent rob beries increased fourfold alcohol consumption increased by 13 per cent and 1600 people lost their liquor store jobs slaughter said in ontario 5000 jobs are at risk he added four people work at stouf fvilles lcbo gibson has been with the lcbo for 21 years talk of privatizing the outlet is demoralizing for the staff gibson admitted our customers tell us they think were doing a great job he said they want us to stay as is gibson said the government can make changes to further improve the present system weve improved our efficien cy we had an excellent christmas and handed over 6 million more to the gov ernment than last year we could get an even bigger selection we could extend our hours of opening also i think well be looking at sun day openings said gibson no one knows what the pre sent government has in mind said slaughter clear options havent yet been pre sented to 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