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st small business would be hurt by wcb changes tribune december lj93p3 tracy kibble staff reporter changes to workers compensation including a proposal to force all businesses to contribute to the system will place undue financial hardships on small business the president of the wwtehurchstouffville chamber of commerce said last week helene johnson said the ontario chamber of commerce occ representing the local boards concerns at the provincial level is concerned workers compensation board wcb reforms will make employers uncompetitive in a tough economy these changes would have a terrible effect on all business but the real impact will be on small business like those in whitchurchstoufivixle johnson warns proposed wcb changes would impose a universal coverage sys tem where employeronly businesses will be forced to pay into the system johnson said these wcb people are not living in the real world johnson added another major change proposed by the wcb is to include a chronic stress entitlement to the plan which critics charge will create further system abuse it is imperative that wcb reform not add to the employers costs and that investor confidence not be further eroded by costly initiatives which do nothing to attract and retain investment for ontario an ontario chamber of commerce letter addressed to ontario premier bob rae states the occ urges you to provide the employers in ontario with assurances that your government will not implement wcb reforms which might hurt our members abilities to compete and win in the challenging global economy the letter continues the occ says the boards current 178million insurance claim liability is clearly unacceptable especially since the wcb has moved into a new building the business community in ontario needs to know that you advocate a workers compensation system that adheres to provid ing reasonable compensation for workplace accident victims with in a fiscally responsible framework we need action to give employers confidence in the system occ members told rae in a letter opposing the reforms johnson said the chamber group is writing to all its members urging them to write of call their local governmental representa tives to strongly object to this legislation r crime watch home ransacked friday a coultice drive home was ransacked friday afternoon during a breakin a thief or thieves entered the home by forcing a kitchen window and once inside searched the house however the residents were unable to determine if any property had been stolen damage to the kitchen win dow is estimated by police at 100 tiles swiped granite tiles worth 3000 were stolen sometime over the weekend from a home under construction in stouffville an interior garage door was forced open by a thief or thieves at the sherrick drive home which is in the final stages of construction once inside the granite tiles were taken damage to door is estimated at 50 ap picketed phot3tevesomervlll members of the united food and commercial work- as illegal replacement workers in supplying aps ers union picketed in front of ap this week to miracle mart superfresh and dominion store outlets protest what the ontario labor relations board ruled as part of the ongoing strike in the grocery chain council no heritage site for mayors home tracy kibble staff reporter mayor fran sainsbury does not want her ninth line home proclaimed a whitchurch- stouffville heritage farm house the mayor was less than amused this week when ward 6 councillor ken prentice sug gested the sainsbury circa 1862 farm house be proclaimed heritage after she voted in favor of supporting the towns heritage theme it was puzzling at first why prentice asked for a recorded vote earlier in the evening when officials unanimously voted to recognize the value of heritage to the towns image and its contribution and to the economic development of the town at large im happy to see that her itage and all that means was unanimously endorsed its gratifying to see and i think as a first priority it would be a fit ting gesture to support the sainsbury home as heritage to save it from the clutches of development prentice said but the mayor said on the contrary that her home which is coowned by her husband denis should be left off the list of heritage homes so i can work with the heritage group without a conflict while the mayor does not sit on the sevenmember commit tee she has worked with the group and has offered her home for heritage tours ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby brushed off prentices suggestion as a malicious utterance and accused him of trying to earn votes for next years municipal election its a little early for the elec tion silly season isnt it i appeal to the team to please refrain from sniping at each other we are not up here to deal with personalities but issues that face this town bellerby said prentices suggestion to pro claim sainburys farm as her itage was not voted on ready for santa santas elves at the maples of ballantrae were gearing up for santas visit every sunday from now until christmas from left are paula weisflock melissa miller and trish dickson rural economy ideas given council onceover from page 1 antique shops should be studied as a possible revenue grabber for the town and to leave the option out would be unfair prentice said while he agrees antique shops might be a viable use in some areas the option should be scratched from the list until the end of a potential omb hearing if were going to pick and choose each item nothing will ever happen in whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury said prentice also said the use of fish farms should be deleted from the list since the town is currently involved in a court battle to sal- vage its water usage he said fish farms divert 70000 gallons of the towns watersup ply down the ditch each day we have one very large court case in front of us in which weve spent considerable funds and we have just opposed one antique barn which is being appealed at the 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