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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 27 2007 d promises s nop grew 200 promises like clockwork your political can didates come boasting of promises of ways to make your lives easier during the next four years here are some commitments the liberals tories and ndp want to make to you if you were to vote them in as ontarios next government liberals ban trans fats from all school cafeterias and create an ontar io fitness challenge program to fight childhood obesity provide a new textbook and technol ogy grant of 300 for university and col lege students to help them get started each year at school ndp introduce the tuition hike ban bill if passed the bill would freeze tuition through 2007 then give working families their say in the next election provide a safe clean affordable and reliable supply of publicly owned and publicly controlled electricity focused on efficiency and conservation pce increase the number of doc tors support retention and repatriation efforts and bring more health care pro fessionals into family health teams provide catch up funding for high- growth areas such as the 905 region where health care services have not kept up with population growth as well as underserviced areas go to yorkregioncom for a complete list of promises former mayor of markham and former conservative mpp thumbs up thumbs down iguring out whos going to be ontarios next premier might just hinge on who you ask writes political reporter joan ransnerry the suntribune invited political pundits to weigh in on the provincial election and how it is going so far slow as molas ses as lively as one can expect for ontario lacking sub stance one issue the whos who of the game of politics are quick to tell us they think of the campaign as it passes the halfway mark jane wedlock coordinator for the york region alliance to end homelessness smokey thomas president of the ontario public service employees union thumbs up i like dalton mcguints pledge to rebuild the public services and ill be around to hold him to it smokey thomas when it comes to the new democrat and green parties you need to give credit where credit is due how can we possibly have a debate about energy issues or the envi ronment without well informed and progressive thinkers participating the ndp and the greens deserve a voice as well as credit for their efforts on the energy and environ ment fronts richard johnson a thumbs up to the liberals for uploading the cost of some social services to the province jane wedlock its not an easy fight for the pcs john tory came out of the tv debate the strongest hes a leader even if he con tinues to fight the school funding issue doncousens the invisible elephant is the bleeding of jobs out of the manufacturing sector unemployment has not spiked significantly by underemployment or more precisely the decline in average wages as jobs shift from manufacturing to retail and service is a growing problem that is not being addressed except for the ndp minimum wage proposal fred fletcher im remarkably pleased how all candidates from all par ties respond to social needs especially with the heightened growth in york region im pleased with the overall response to building a strong network of social services in neigh bourhoods across the region daniele zanotti thumbs downs im disappointed with the new democrats i was hoping for new and innovative ideas but all we get is the ndp say ing theyll do what the liberals are doing but theyll spend more money john taylor something is drastically wrong with the green party they couldnt possibly do what theyre proposing its not realistic don cousens the liberals get a thumbs down big time trust is a key issue when assessing the liberals record given any one of us would have been sent to reform school with a record like that but my personal bugaboo is the whole public and environmental assessment process related to power issues facing not only our community but all of ontario richard johnson the emphasis on campaign promises while perfecdy understandable is a bit unfortunate since good policy is more important than specific promise keeping fred fletcher the religious schools issue is taking attention away from health education energy and the environment and with the canadian dollar having risen so significantly against the united states dollar the cost of manufacturing exports rises and that has consequences for the ontario economy do any of the three official parties have an industrial strategy were going to hear about during the campaign bobdrummond none of the parties have a strategy to reduce the need for social housing and there is no longterm strategy to create communitybased affordable housing none of the parties have outlined a vision for ontario jane wedlock daniele zanotti chief executive officer of the united way of york region bob drummond dean of faculty of arts at york university mm k i- y3 seksk luir 2ftrfm fiilfev a iiiif silpliii wmk pg3 1ww w irei pip m fred fletcher professor of 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