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economist sunttribune saturday april 26 2062 stouffville tribune s a metroland community newspaper 9 heritage rd markham ont l3p 1m3 publisher ian pfbudfoot editor in chief debora kelly director of advertising debra welter telephone 905 2942200 416 7987624 fax 965 2941538 email newsroomecbnsuncom editor jim mason classified manager ann campbell production manager pam nichols retail sales manager stephen mathieu distribution manager barry black electronic communications manager johhfuthey inside sales manager staceyallen business manager robert lazurko office manager vivian oneil letters omb necessary to curtail power of municipal councils committees i wish to comment on the tribune article about whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson thinking of trying to reducethe number of wards in the townof whitchurch- stouffville in ontario the majority of municipalities and townships have at least six each in whitchurchstouffville we can expect an increase in population of about 10000 in the next 10 years considering all the building going on at present or whitchurchstouffville may amalga mate with markham or another municipality in the early 1960s i ran for council in the old township of whitchurch whitchurch was a large area about 12 miles square and at that time togain votes the entire area had to be canvassed i thought the township should be divided into three wards i submitted a brief to council in which i outlined that the population number of schools and size of the community should warrant this ward system an application was made with the ontario municipal board to have a hearing on this proposal an appointment was made for six months after it received my brief and the hearing was to be heldinvandorf there wasno opposition to this brief and the ward system was established with three wards in whitchurch township at that time 1967 ithe population in whitchurch was about 5000 arid there were about 23 one and tworoom schools in the area since then land has been taken away between hwy 404 in the east yonge street in vthe west davis drive in the north and stouffville road in the south in 1982 1 applied for a building permit to build an accessory building in whitchurch- stouffville and was turned down by towns coriimittee of adjustment i then applied to have a hearing with the omb and was granted one for six months later at that hearing the permit was approved and t had the building constructed to my specifications in toronto liberal mpp mike colle is try ing to put through a private bill through the legislation to eliminate the omb i believe if this happens we wont have anything on which tofall back the council and committee of adjustment will have all the say if the omb is dissolved we will- have no one to turn to for help patrick cashman stouffville face facts provincial education funding formula not working re schools seek ways- to offset funding shortfalls april 14 it is shocking oak ridges mpp frank klees can stand by and acknowledge his govern ments faulty funding formula has been so damaging to the students of ontario bandaids on this formula are not what our province needs we need mpps responsible enough to say the funding formula has not worked and needs to be replaced too many dollars have been thrown out trying to repair something that does not work peel region district school boards special education funding formula cost the taxpayers 28 million multiply that by 71 more boards and we can see why there are no dollars left to service students or classrooms i dont think anyone believes these speedy changes and this unaccountable manner of funding is a step in the right direction all these faulty and irresponsible changes remain in place to save face for our education minister and klees government now the taxpayers need to wonder and wait to see if new premier ernie eves will merely consult or will there be money and true accountability linda bernofsky thornhill prices will go through roof if hydro privatization approved taxpayers were satisfied with the way we received hydro so why should it be sold off to a middleman prices will go through the roof of course outgoing premier mike harris hasto give his friends more ways to fleece the public next thing we know people buying hydro will sell to the americans arid goodbye canada what we need is another pierre trudeau who said canada for the canadiaris as i see it america already owns most of our stores people should buy from canadianowned stores to help our people instead of shopping american evelyn leskiewicz holland landing letters policy stouffville tyibune welcomes your letters all submissionsmiist be less than 400 words and must include a daytime telephone number name and address the newspaper reservesthe right to publish or not publish and to- edit for clarity anil space write utters to the editor i- 9 heritage rd r markham ont l3p 1m3 email ietters0ecomuncom fi y- stouffville tribune serving the community since 1888 cca canadian circulations n- m v 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hillthomhillvaughan liberal scarborough mirror stouffville tribune todays seniors uxbridge tribune and city of york guardian v- phone 9p5 2942200 fajc96 29471538 classified i8007433353 distribution 905 2948244 distributionqeoonsuacom v o r-a-i- frank daggett action needed now for healthcare crisis york region residents know firsthand the healthcare dilemma facing our nation desperate for healthcare services georgina council has set aside 175 million from its sale of hydro to recruit seven physicians after three years mount albert final ly recruited a new doctor last october to service the community of 4000 meanwhile york central hospital in richmond hill is seeking help from local politicians to attract and keep doctors the hospital said there is an enormous physician shortage and recruitment is extremely competitive to keep pace with regional growth york central officials say four tosix new specialists are needed each year the situation may get worse before it gets better and we need solutions now at least one remedy has been recog nized by georginaand east gwillimbury the two towns have joined a growing list- of experts lobbying the province to increase the rank of nurse practitioners currently less than half of the467 nurse practitioners licensed to work in ontario are employed full time as indi cated by registered nurses association of ontario executive director doris grinspunit is a disgrace the province has failed tp adequately employ these medical professionals who are regis tered niifses with upgraded skills allow ing them to diagnose illnesses arid pre- scriberiiedicine georgina and east gwillimbury should both be commended for recog nizing while not the entire solution- nurse practitioners tan address a num ber of their needs lets face it the facts are dismal the canadian medical association stated there aire fewer doctors because of a 10percent reduction in medical school enrolment since 1993 there wereii599 medical school graduates last year dovm from a peak of 1835 in 1985 the feds prevent foreigntrairied doc- tors from practising in adawhile at the same time mere is- ah exodus of canadian doctors to the united states in 1999 the provinces mckendry report stated ontario was short at least 1000 physicians the shortage severely impacts patients doctors and other healthcare providers long waits for emergency care cancer care and surgery and the inability of one in fouroritarians to access a family doctor just touch the surface of the serious corisequences of an inadequate supply of doctors this shortage puts pressure on doc tors facing long hours some up to 73 hours a week- and seeihgon average 124 patients- a week tworthfrds of canadian doctors are ho longer accept ing new patients if governments are serious about ensuring residents have access to health care they better put meir money where meirrnoumsare i vv