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12 economist sunsuntribune environment saturday oct 22 2005 stouffv onvtile ewr ii itmiffvil iiville newm chaimimei cable 20 just above toronto help build the new markham ymca donate volunteer participate mca markham family ymca queens 400 business centre 3rd floor 178 main street uniomille ontario l3r2g9 tel 905 9488711 mmymcatorontoorg markham to politician talks tough over york sewage system from page 1 bypassed the law they snuck around the law youre busted york region said toronto councillor glen de baeremaek- er a longtime opponent of the project but mr fisch said the region used stateofthe art technologies to ensure the big pipe expansion meets environ mental protection guidelines set by the ministries of environment and natural resources the federal fisheries depart ment and the toronto region conserva tion authority gravity sewers do not leak sewage into the aquifer this system poses no threat to the city of toronto and no threat to york region he said an evening with peter mackay deputy leader conservative party of canada this special fundraising event is presented by federal conservative candidate joe li and the markham- unionville conservative electoral district association date time tuesday nov 8th 2005 reception 600 pm dinner 700 pm location century palace chinese restaurant 398 ferrier st tickets 905 4775320 for more information see wwwmarkhamunionvillecpccom newmarket cat show saturday october 29 2005 10am5pm 9058539891 newmarket community center 200 doug duncan dr wwwnewmarketcatshowca car rental weekend special civic corolla jf mazda 3 lancer fswssss friday saturday sunday monday 9331 markham rd 00001 fiqftq 2 blocks n of hwy 7 j7uju i oooo salsa tango chacha niteclub more want some fun 415 hood rd 12 call 9054151160 oxvt studio- partner not required beginners welcome singles or couples try our fast start special join us nov 19 our 8th anniversary 8pm 5 wlih food bank donation or 10 wirhouf rsvp nov i bill fisch york region sewage system no threat to toronto york region chairperson said mr fisch richmond hill mayor bill bell markham mayor don cousens king mayor margaret black and east gwillimbury mayor jamie young attended the meeting thursday was a very unhappy expe rience mr cousens said we were talking through a process and not talk ing as a friend it was a terrible example of how politics should be done but markham councillor erin shap- ero pointed out 11 out of 92 politicians from across york region are against the big pipe putting in massive trunk sewers through our water supply on the oak ridges moraine is not a good idea ms shapero said the region has implemented a 30- million environmental monitoring and wellmitigation program to ensure the project is sustainable and does as little harm as possible mr cousens said putting in massive trunk sewers through our water supply on the oak ridges moraine is not a good idea erin shapero markham councillor the toronto committees stand is backed by jim robb head of the friends of the rouge watershed this decision reflects the fact that york region is harming the environ ment and is making some serious mis takes we need a full environmental assessment he said mr miller told the toronto commit tee york regions plan had not had enough scrutiny because it had been approved in small stages and that full environmental assessment was never done toronto mayor david miller asked mr miller what the city should do once before toronto did intervene in the oak ridges moraine debate he replied it was going forward very nega tively toronto intervened and as a result of that intervention die process was brought to a stop and a satisfactory result came out of that process it had the effect of correcting the thinking stopping the barrelling ahead and causing logical people to come up with a reasonable solution i suggest you have that option again the committees recommendation is to be ratified by city council monday with files from david nickle