The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

14fce r- w c politics ryqrk region subsidizes gja ptparnsidihetune df936mhiion toronto s socialpxograms ik byusaqween jr v staffwrtter v i i tv mayors are wondering why their region he said- councillors toyed with the idea of sending but isnt taking a moreaggressive approach against pooling information about taxes last fall but abandoned the idea since it is payiriga lions sharvof the costs s when the province introduced another slew of changes under jheproylnces plan york pays 46 per cent of the but other york mayors suggest peels pamphlet has gone 204million annual pooling costs peel pays 32 haltoh pays toofar homepwnerscould beehjdyinga 196 tax cut- or 66- 19and durham pays 3 v n aurora mayor tim jones and markhammayor don million worth of rniproyed services jetiiey werent being t iwoiildiace to see my taxpayers in york region get some- cousehs argued yorks opppsition topooling has been well- forced tovelp psbrontosocial programsraccording to ar thing thaf explains how foey are being dealt with by the documented through hews stories and advertisements the new regional brochure v v x province of ontario jgeorgina mayor robgrossi said region bought in local newspapers last year but the pamphlet wasnt produced byyork region whose when i saw this peel pamphlet the first thing i thought they said negative pamphlets like peels more than a taxpayers are sending 936 million a year to toronto unher was why didiif we do this myork region i would love to year after pooling was introduced wont have any impact theprovinces controversialpr6gram to pool social costs see something likethis from york i cant fathom sending with the mike harris provincial government across thegjai money outeide ttoscpmmunity they me province havent listened to us on pooling and theyre not listening to us much on anything else cousens said i think the public has pretty much said were living with change lets try to manage it as best we can the pamphlet doesnt show the tax problems we have to deal with right now grossi suggested york mayors and councillors are reluc- tant to produce a pamphlet slamming pooling because theyre afraid of offending tory politicians at queens park some people think you have to stay on a very friendly basis because they the province wont provide any funds im past that you got to do what you got to do some people are reticent about stepping on toes he said im not prepared to take this any more im going to let my constituents know what the cost of services is what weie subsidizing in the greater toronto area peels brochure accuses toronto of putting its regions tax payers behind the eight ball for 66 million there are a lot of things peel could do to meet the needs of outgrowing community hire 400 new police officers fund 450 nursing home beds create 2000 new daycare spaces resurface 160 kilometres of our roads or save 196 on your property taxes the brochure states f the i96 reference is how much a peel homeowner with a house assessed at 200000 is paying for pooling ayorkres- ident with a house assessed at the same amount 4s paying 320 the pamphlet urges taxpayers to lobby their mpps listing i peelsirepreseritatives by riding and includes their phone ahd fax numbers it also disputes the tories claim that municipal restruc- turing was offset by the provinces decision to remove half the v education costs from residential property tax bills andthe pamphlet warns the situation could get worse although peelmanaged to avoid a tax increase due to i pooling in 1998 theres rio guarantee well be able to avoid it in thefutureso stay tuned because pooling costs may get higher v v qitfnauqwbiflsiitieselrvlcestb be thenwcaisuatty othe health care crisis ambulance paramedics it fit mbulance serviceshave been in the news lately choice tomake to keep the system public barelyamghtgoes byvwhen several hospitals in heres why v tjtli jagftn- and paramedics expeience injthe u andsomecanadian t fiaveto scrambled to find a hospital that will take f provinces shows that whileprivate companies may- uii 11 1 u ii u 1 r costs m orc get a contract once 3- r iyswill demand more money or threaten community with a loss tor service jto a report of the of average c6stbilled ambulance services in1995 average cost for the free seminar dr zh gang sha v k i i a message from the paramedics in york durham and halton regions worm renowned hsaier zhl neng medicine grand master returns to toronto fori 0 days only what drsha teaches enables people to take care of their own health and well being r hto heal themselves this man is a true healer and i wholeheartedly endorse and support k his work 1 madeson basie dds vancouver bc hh91 come for dr shas two free seminars on r fed 5if tfte sheraton parkway i t6rubmfthhbt 6pohwy7easl in richmond hill 1 il i iw freedemonstrations will include shas acupwicrtunv- relieves pain immediately zhi neng medicines energy boosting selfhealing r techniques chronic pain solutions r- t zhi neng soul study practices increases healing power call 4164974632 to register for 2w neng medicine energy boosting self healing seminar v i february t zhi neng medicine soul study seminar 7 february 13 9am tojbptf l v i f i ilr tit f i t t 1 r v v v v t 1 4 1 at j