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0 econotnist sunjtribune j3gqojtesdgynov 23 1999 province considers funding private schools by patrick casey staff writer two weeks after a united nations human rights committee cited ontario for discrimination because it funds only public and catholic schools the provincial government may now fund all independent schools a confidential cabinet document leaked to the toronto star last weekend points to a proposed plan to extend education funding to private schools v althoughit gave few details the existence of a working doc ument comes as no surprise to keith landy chairperson ofthe canadian jewish congress ontario region according to landy the un decision is the impetus behind the tories renewed discussion of a topic that has been high on his groups agenda for 25 years the discrimination is there we live in a multicultural sod- call the hearting installation experts awfflme hassle ol a breakdown calf by dec1599 and with the purchase of a riace ybu will receive jjj loobonu rewarditiilis v i tfi payments aslow as 6mohth no paymentsno interest fpfor 3 months 1s002663939 we fully back all our products and services 20 1 air miles reward mile carrier cwimtortmiichim nnr some conditions apply subject to credit approval sample monthly payments of468arebasdimastaixlanigastoefinaceinslalalionintheamounlof 205400 with no down payment bormwed at 1025 per annum for a term of 60 months with a 3 month deferral total amount to be repaid is 260376 cost of borrowing is 54976 trademais of air miles ntcnumnal holdings nv used under license by loyaky manmicmciijpcinaainaandehoridsctviocsinc ety where this funding is provided in other provinces and it has hot led to the sky falling explained landy the fact that the government is dealing with this matter this way leads me to believe the fight is riot over yet we cer tainly trust they would recognize canadas obligations at the united nations a lot rriore seriously than some other third world countries when a committee ofthe un makes a ruling like this you simply do not ignore it the government should simply direct the funds to the school ofthe parents choice he added additional funding would be welcome relief to parents of children attending holland marsh district christian school in bradford where 310 students between kmdergarten arid grade 8 have christian themes interwoven with the ontario curriaalum parents want to choose the type of educationfor their chil dren this should be affordable and should be a right for any body that is a christian said principal henry lise adding tuition is 7400 a year at the 56yearold school the least the government could do is riot force parents to pay public or separate school taxes and have that money go to support the school of their choice with those funds we could provide a speechtherapy program like the public board has but we are not funded for and a computerjab to replace the staridalones in the classroom y however the provincial government denies it is even con sidering extending public fiuiduig to private schools the notice of public meeting 2 class environmental assessment for major mackenzie drive yr 25 from woodbine avenue yr 8 to highway 48 the regional municipality of york is presently undertaking a study to determine the improvements required to major mackenzie drive from woodbine avenue tohighway 48 in the town of markharri this study will address- the emerging transportation needs in this corridor the study iis following the class environmental assessment process for municipal road projects a first public consultation centre was held on wednesday mayi26 1999 to describe the problem and obtain public input into evaluation of solutions input received has been considered and a preferred solution has now been identified u r a second public consultation centre will be held to present the preferred solution and the alternative road designs for public review and comment the public consultation centre pcc will be held as follows date december 7 1999 time 630 pm to 900 pm location town of markham anthony roman centre municipal offices canada room loi town centre boulevard markham hwy 7 and warden ave a brief presentation will be made at 645 pm which will then be followed by a public viewing of all materials presented representatives from the region of york and dslea associates will be available to answer questions please note that there is an opportunity at any time during the study for public input input received will be considered in finalizing the selection of the preferred road design upon completion of the study an environmental study report esr documenting the project will be available in the public record for a thirtycalendar day period for public review and comment the public will be notified of the esr filing at the appropriate tirrie through a similar newspaper notice please direct any comments or questions you might have bn the project to alia dinerrhan peng roads and highways group dslea associates ltd 251 consumers road north york ontario m2j4r3 tel 416 4908887 ext 243 fax 416 4908376 email adinermanlcaca dino basso p eng transportation and works region of york 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario l3y6z1 v tel 905 7646345 ext 5090 fax9058364590 emauy dinobassoregionyorkonca ontario government is crnmitted to providing an excellent public education system that is open to all students regardless of rebgibus or cultural backgrourids rob savage an aid to education minister janet ecker said in a statement despite a denial from the education ministry claire laughlin wonders how the government would fund riiore than two school systems especially since money is already critically short the first vicepresident of york regions catholic teachers union laughlin insists this could be the first step on the road to charter schools where parents receive a voucher to be used toward their childs education a parerit could wish to set up their child in a computer school and would receive m000 but when they go to enrol the student they find out it actually costs 10000 she said if you have the money youre in like hynn if not you go to a school that accepts just 4000 and one thing this govern- riient has shown is they are quite prepared to leave the have- nots in the basement and not support them parents would have to give up sornething just to get enough money to send their kids to school she said the government would perpetuate the crisis in education by bringing in a complicated fiasco and public board chairpersori bill crothers said iits awfully tough tochange a system established in the corisritutiqri act of 1867 that requires ontario to fund the catholic school sys- tem v- v- the governments position and most people iri public education would say education would be stronger with just one school system said crothers this would be harmful to the public education system but also harrirfultbtiie whole purpose of education we are trying to bring everybody together nt trying to divide them this would fragment everyone but equal funding for all private and religious schools would only terminate a terrible miscarriage of justice sdddr seyrnour epstein executive director of the torontobased board of jewish education this would make a major difference if the government realized its error arid extended its friridirig said epstein whose board provides secular and jewishstudies education to riipretiiafflli06bsmdehtjs anida doherty regional advertising manager mark clarke advertising consultant w alex skowronski advertising consultant alexpoff advertising consultant etookent wed like tointroduce you to the most wanted salesteam in your community as advertising v r consultants for the telus locator phone book theyre a big part of the local scene and theyre in touch with your heeds as fan advertiser the telus locaforphone book gives you an extremely cost- effective way to reach customers locally with superior quality and guaranteed delivery backed by over- 90yeafs of telus 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