Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), June 18, 2005, p. 6

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s gsmi g economist sunsuntribune saturday june 18 2005 si rnion suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debom kelly business manager robert lazurko director production interactive media john futhey advertising director retail flyer sales nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management cord paolucci distribution director marketingpartnerships is circulation barry black director circulation systems lynn pashko director debra weller york region printing general manager bob dean j letters to the editor parties not foolish enough to run on religious platform re federal conservatives forgetting christian roots letter june 11 pastor gord alton im sure speaks for a few when he outlines his belief that the federal conservative party should be opposing our coalition liberal govern ment on the basis of christian beliefs not budgetary prudence when did the conservative party of canada become the christian conservative party as he describes it i submit it didnt nor will it the facts are no political party in this country will ever be foolish enough to run on a platform of christian beliefs or muslim or judaic or any other religion doctrine for that matter thoughtful canadians in large numbers are not inter ested in having a government centreed on any religious belief we are fortunately a tolerant nation not bent toward a single religion but hopefully respectful of all i will refrain from the temptation of listing a few of the worlds countless conflicts over the cen turies sparked by the clashing armour of religious belief the pastor goes on to ask the conservative party to look again at its christian roots what christian roots the pastor may be older than me but he somehow misses the point that conservative prime ministers campbell mulroney clark diefenbaker bennett meighen borden et al were not elected because of their religious platform why not ask all political parties while you are at it pastor to simply do the right things for our society hold them account able to the platform they ran on and leave religion to the inside of places of worship while harper martin layton and the separatist simply want to get elected none of the feds are foolish enough how ever to intentionally declare they are a christian party particularly the tories or announce any other any other religious affiliation for that matter ill probably vote tory in the next fed eral election not for religious reasons you can be sure but rather to see the sight and hear the sound of a bunch of liberal snouts finally being dislodged from the trough william trainor unionville unnecessary disruption for our most vulnerable les english is an engineer with an mba and a law degree the former presi dent of a mining safety company he and his late wife margaret enjoyed their schomberg home for 30 years when we had breakfast together the other day in the backyard of his sons lovely aurora home les was wearing a bib les is 88 years old suffers from dementia is incontinent and cant walk since a significant stroke last year son paul who has been look ing after his dad at home for the last six years wishes elinor caplan wouldcome for a visit instead of a newspaper columnist he would tell her hes still furi ous at the absurdity of the way chats community home assistance to seniors lost its con tract at the end of last year with the ccac community care access centre of york region by far the biggest disruption in our lives has been the feassigning of the contract says paul put yourself in his place it takes a long time for him to establish relation ships he cant comprehend whats going on doesnt follow instruc tions well unless he feels safe suddenly someone new much younger and female shows up to bathe and clothe him there are nearly 17000 people like les in york region receiving provincially funded home care through the ccac in his case a worker comes for an hour every morning and evening to attend to his needs paul estimates since the change in contract the shifts are covered by as many as a dozen dif ferent individuals each month paul english isnt critical of the new workers my heart goes out to these peo ple they really care he says but hes certainly critical of the process that was so upsetting for his father people hed become friends with suddenly disappeared it has taken literally months for him to become comfortable again the controversy in york region was duplicated in many areas of the province leading the ministry of health to commission former cabinet minister ms caplan to undertake a review exhaustive in its detail it sets out the complexity and inconsistency of the current 4r bruce annan structure and makes 70 recom mendations at a price of 100 million both deborah egan chats executive director and bill innes executive director of york ccac are generally quite pleased with the caplan report and eager to see it implemented ms egan says ms caplan identi fied the right priorities quality of service avoiding client disruption workforce stability and a recogni tion of the added value of the not- forprofit sector and other commu nity organizations mr innes says ms caplan also met his priorities sustaining sup pliers longer and improving quality while still controlling pricing so the woman who lost the con tract and the man who took it away are now in jolly agreement well not quite if ms caplans recommenda tions had been followed we would not have lost our contract says ms egan the results would not have been different if ccac had waited for the report says mr innes theyre still only recommenda tions who knows howlong it will take chats is still very active with 100 staff and 750 volunteers serving 3000 clients but die lost ccac contract resulted in 300 layoffs and reduced chats from a 13 million to a 5million operation it lost the contract despite an 857percent score in the bidding process which it had successfully won twice before some other ccacs decided last year not to follow the tendering process mandated by the previous conservative government but instead await the outcome of the liberals review they simply extended existing contracts in the interim v mr innes says that wasnt an option because york had followed the rules and begun the process before the caplan review was announced it would have been unfair to the companies involved he would have had to renegotiate existing contracts and could have ended up in a similar position eventually and the ccac is saving taxpay ers 2 million with its new mostly forprofit suppliers money that ms egan assumes comes out of workers paycheques since chats followed the more expensive employment practices recom mended in the caplan report none of which mollifies paul english as he clears away his fathers breakfast dishes ccac was charged with man aging the process he says any business s or government agency has templates for assessing peo ples quality of work and costeffec tiveness why couldnt ccac do the same bruce annan is a york region writer and consultant bruceannangmailcom letters policy the suntribune welcomes your letters submissions must be less than 400 words and include a daytime telephone number name and address the suntribune reserves the right to publish or not publish and edit for clarity and space letters to the editor jtiesuntribiine 34cmcave7- box 154 stoufhihcon v editorial editor jim mason jmasonyrngcom administration office manager vivian oneil voneilyrngcom events management manager bonnie rondeau l2rqi1demtyrngcom x production manager pam nichols pnicholsyrngcom advertising classified manager ann campbell acqmplkllyrngcom retail manager isiacey allen v sallenyrngcbm managing director new business flyer sales dawna andrews ciandrewsyrngcom new business manager steve kane skaneymgcom managing director real estate mikerogersoii mrogersonyrngcom editorial j 905294220018668461889 advertising 9056402612 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