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saturday feb 28 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36pages1 including gst diversions hamming it up with 1 c3 p the world opinion 6 sports 13 business 14 classified 19 region wants more vaccines for children province behind times victims doctor says by lisa queen staff writer after treating a five-month- old baby monday night who had lost her fingers and toes to meningitis dr jeffrey weisbrot is well aware of the risks the disease poses to children thats why dr weisbrot of richmond hills childrens clinic is applauding york region offi cials who are calling on queens park to provide free meningitis and chicken pox vaccines to all ontario youngsters i definitely endorse what the region is doing were definitely one of the provinces that has been behind the times on this he said this all comes down to dollars and cents lets face it costs parents 790 dr weisbrot said it now costs parents 790 to inoculate their children against meningitis and chicken pox which has led to a twotier system where only the rich can afford the shots its confusing to the public they listen to their doctor who says do it and then the govern ment says were not paying for it he added and people think if the gov ernment doesnt pay for it its not necessary its pitted the medical community against the govern ment see girl page 8 sharing the word staff photosjoerd witteveen grade 2 students cassie ferguson 7 and matthew cummings 8 sit atop some of the boxed 3600 books collected at summitview public school the books are destined for 52 first nations communities in northern ontario through a drive organized by ltgov james bartleman cassie gave more than 100 brooks and matthew also made a sizable donation securities probe into company dogs finance minister by jeff mitchell staff writer conservative frank klees has vowed to keep up the pressure on finance minister greg sorbara who has refused opposition demands he step aside tor avoid a conflict of interest and the oak ridges mpp said friday its just a matter of time until mr sorbara the liberal representative for vaughan-king- aurora is forced to leave his cabinet post im going to make a prediction for you he will resign ultimately mr klees said were not going to let it drop this is not going to go away we are going to keep the pressure up conservative and new democratic party members at queens park pounced thursday when news broke that royal group technologies a woodbridgebased company for which mr sorbara served as a director is under investigation by the ontario securities commission osc and the police the probe is looking at dealings the com pany which manufactures plastic compo nents for the building industry has with a caribbean vacation resort as well as other business practices the opposition claims mr sorbara is in a position of conflict because the osc reports to the finance ministry mr sorbara respond ed by refusing to step aside instead he has assigned responsibility for the osc see cloud page j hot tubs 27hiwtaaird markham 248030 beachcomber hot ivii town and country realty ltd 6400888