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through july 1 as canada- march 27 flag appreciation month in vvhitchurch- only fanatics would have the audaci- stoufmlle v ty to deny let alone justify the barbaric in cooperation with- this ian crimes that are being committed bythe mackenzieqfstouffvilles canadian tire serbs in kosovo and before that in has agreed to acquire additionalflags to bosnia meet all requirements instead of being ashamed of what the it is myhope that everyone including v serbian army and security forces are tjand in some cases very uhpop merchants will- be doing in kosovo danny milich has headed east pwhowever the government has j prompted to fly a flag fromtheir proper- unabashedly tried to defend the genoci- washed its hands of the highway v f ties only duringthe month of june activities of the serial ethnic cleanser 1 fetheprpblemnow r biitallyear j slobodan milosevic who in his insa- ui i jiui u 4 j j j t appetite for power has managed to bring tiieclownfall and disintegration i i i i i i i i i 3 1 i i i i i i i i nee the provincial election is called the campaigning over and the votes castin all liveli hood well see another tory government at queens park this isnt intended to start a discus sion about the province about the elec tion or about the quality of tory govern ments it is intended to draw attentionto a real deadline approaching york region and its nine municipalities once the provincial election is over theres rough ly 18 months tothe next municipal elec tion and im certain york regions politi- cians are jsmart enough to understand what that means vv the province has made no boiies about its wish to see regional municipal- ities streamlined preferably before the next municipal election r y the threat hanging everpresent in the air is that if the municipalities dont work jt out the province will draw the boundary lines where it wants them instead of a reasonable approach to amalgamation that should have seriously started threeyears ago well see decisions made in panic i r thats why were suddenly seeing aurora forming a committee to review- j its prospective partners invamalgama- lion as deputy mayor john west says if we dont do something to join qur- selves we risk having it done for us i j vr f if jimthomas to vlhat fdrmvr markharfi regibnal ar tobjmilrf fre cbxoncethe regions sanctionsagstiraqhoweverj governance chairpersori preached over never defend orjustifythe atrocities and j lj i iii i j ii m and over and over again his pleas tor falling on mad rush reasonable nation one- that led three years f ago weii see decisions iriade witira tmgebfplucatrachwtothem nothihgsreally changed for the play- 5 in this boimdarytdrawing game the big questions remain the same- how many municipalities do we i i ccfnilfrtlllpririnilnp m heraldcourierbafiieaaancebanyls bay hiis weelvbotonenterprfse brampton i ulviujxvllxl bwbngon shopping nevbburiinglon post parenccollgisa cohnectloneastvb minor bin advocatecountry routes etobleote guardian flamborough 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