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tmxmwmm m i ijz- rram sun slbuffvilktribiine saturday may 221999 3 y r yr i e r v- regional taxpayers will send 88 riiillibn to toronto for social services this year vbydawnuersch cstaff writer y yorkregiorfifoodbanksfear manyf the 44000 people- they serve each yearlmll go hungry this summer j as donations to their spring food drive have bben dismal half qfjrieirenare children- rj 08 per cenf forfepthousihg york regionwaitirigvlists for social f housing continue to grow but rib r new affordable housing is planned york region has been forcedtb cut its grants to social agencies such as yellow brick house- a shelter for abused women and chats a homecare service for seniors continues regions social safety net i is collaps- v jtowtagin the wtatec mg- unable tomeet me demand p of for everything from homeless shel ters to addiction services gainst this backdrop social woes york z region is being forced to send millions of dol lars to toronto each yearto help pay the citys social costs v j v candwith york-regibn-politi- cians turning up the heat thisweek the mike harris governments con troversial tax pooling program is threatening to becbmea keyelec- l at the day youre k paying less taxes he said s he also points out that toronto has to pay the bulk of funds for some services york residents enjoy for instance toronto has to pay 50 per cent of the costs for go transit even though merearemore york residents using it to commute to toronto than toronto residents rtravelling to york he said s j v fsteye haesfrbmthe grefen ijahclidate foyoak ridges 5 believesithv poolmgpbttskould betakenfurtherjto includeafl ontario mumcip 7 v the larger trie pbolfof people jt mvetsubouchi f j the smaller meamount of money province made fayercliarige v phaveto payhe saidt f viri p6olingscheme u 4 jjw m -w- vy i u the problems of york as well- lwiii r st jpooimgisgettmgmtheway cial income taxes v v rwere not talking about sewers here jhe unfairness of poblmgl has martinsilyeri general managerw thepropertytaxbaseisnotthe were talking aboutpebble fvsome nvmmitvfmola ramnofoiinih w- fttfthfl dannrt rt wtkllr mnilcinn vtmnuf w 4rtla 4ha kjisyt aavirk i 1 il1 i j1 t j 1 j its riotfair to make york pay for toronto services when it cant afford to bffer r its residents trie sanie level of v services toronto residents r enjoy such as free recreation v programsiorchildrea twicer weekly rgarpage pickup mtheff summer and sidewalk r snolowinginthewinter joyce frustagu0 mecare service for seniors f 7- as yorks population growth york forced to slash programsc m v f itinuesto soar officials warn the tosubsidizbtoronfttffjrvji r4v jjt -v- r ions social safetv net is collads- iftt vi 41t- tsjzljsz jlj- jk- j wp rant affnrrl tn talcp nn yorktaxpayers spent 348 mil- nathan rotman thprnhms fallacy tbthinkvork regioffhas i t v lion oh social housiiigin the region ndrcandidatesaid his party plans social problems of its ownu- she knows seeshuridreds of local families each yeaf relying on foodrjanktosurvive its almost invisible in oiircom- tiqhissue ihyork v fithanks to pooling- tiie regions of people think of toronto gbyernmerit has because its so big and its always in ial housing con- tiionoiirc housing con homeless and other additional finan- the news social concernsrandvhass- x funding to these areas r joronto wants t0gng i r cadillac semcewmewe have4o nialke do wifca j argues ithe province don femandesfbbdldrive co- rexchahge because it ordinator jvwtiiregibhsfbod net jkup half die education r mthesurnfherahdsidewalksnbw- satisfy- tlie demand but again funded through federal and provin- portion property tax bill iit about 21000 children a year spzr- fe rv plymouth chrysler jiliiiuvb 054i1522d