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i 6 f eronomistsuri jszu sfoimillefnbun j rsr rffi tajv i u a metroland community newspaper 37 sandiforcfdrt suite 306 stouffvflle 0ncl4a 7x5 i publisher- ian proudfoot j- general manager- alviribrouwer j editorinchief advertising director business manager b ferula larson debraweller margaret fleming j regional editor classified manager office manager i brian kirlik stephen mathieu vivian 0neil editor distribution director v j r1acy kibble barry goodyear i 1 tdbao ctwpafiik fjsrfr fe jebltdrjal feds wtrcredit for hgare in canadaeven matters thatappear to be entirely rosy drvthe surfacbjban somehow become fodder for apolitical gamesmanship and constitutional wran- gling l for example the- federals government wants to open up the purse strings and boost transfer funds to the prqvmcesjfor health care and social spending -j- some suggest the increase could be as much as 7 bil- lion over the next fiveyears but this funding cbmeswith strings attached an accord requiring prpvinciameadersto make specific commitmentsabout hbw they will spend thatmoney beforeitwill be handed over the concernaccording to joe fontaria the head of the federal liberal caucus is that some provincial gov- errirrients notably mikeharris tories wont use the money for health care and social programs v the suggestion from the federal liberals is that the money might be used to buy votes with more tax cuts some may argue that based- on harris track record those fears are justified butfwithanelection coming in the next year- theres no doubt harris would be committing political suiciderif he redirected money earmarked forlhealth care tojltax cut- 7 i smoking causes iitipotence health canada w 0m letters to thepjrtqr piit thought into waste plan i am writing after reading the jan 16 articleieg7on5 bidding process trashed k healmcareisamajor i i see this situation regional wa t iuarwnu i councillor- gord landon is trying to u putting money into thehealth care system carijanly benefit a government t r indeed thventire electioneering argument cqidd be uimedarouridtq say tfiaf mefederll liberals are really tryirigjoeiisurethey get credit for heajthcare programsthat are under the jurisdiction of provincial governrneht v j t ryand lets riot forget this socalled increase in feder- alhealth spending as really just- tne restoration of transfer payments that have been cut significantlyby s the jean chretien liberal government the cuts to ontarios transfers aloneamounfto 28 billion a year in light of those cuts it seems ironic that chretien t now want- to ifpinpoint where eacri province will nspehd itstransfers because hedoesnt trust them to 1 protect the healthcare system imaginable i am also very concerned with the i quality of the dnriking water in the town and the surrounding areas j s v ahyrassbm the y fsvirceshavewmuchmbrembn k ilw of sf hl fasttrack this waste managementcon- tract jnorder the region of york a few thousand dollars whereby the slow track would ensure the best possi ble situation for the residents both financially and environmentally k u iam a of theftown of wriitchurcri where wastetcqllection contract was awarded without the expected tender procedure resulting in the absolute worst service greater toronto area opted to close of us all we are all trusting you with our lives and the lives of ourdescendants stevepickard stouffville board put students at risk despite reportsthat a snowfall record was set for the month of january which had previously- been unsur passed since- 1871 the york- region district school board stubbornly declared that all schools would remain open altthe other school boards in the i income tax i c jr f- t r rr rj v r ifthhealmetrahsferisboostvdbyibmio wa actuauy- dumped on those s ontak8would break even onthe taxciitececof u ve on us i rolstithlflbmtvlnliamtsids and our descendants course- that it will have less flexibility in how if spends j r i urge landon and his committee to scrutinize eyeryjavehue possible since this isa longterm decision ahh will down during the storm last week sinicethe sidewalks werent plowed students had to walk on the roads c avoid being knee deep in snow v however when the board decided not to cancer school buses they were oblivious to thefactthat driving condi tibiisvere treacherous with people walk- all boils down to second- school board that elementary school students in november for safety reasons v apparently sharing an icy road with vehicles is safer uf l to be able to say that the york region district schoprbdafcl didnt close for 991s supposed- thanthe safety of the theygovernv k jason shim grade i ionce all of the politicians have agreed tbrelease 4 memoney doug devine money too good to ban cigarettes from being sold m onday was a great day for garfield mahood and every one else involved in the battle against the evils of cigarette smoking thats when canadas health minister allan rock announced the toughest antismoking measures yet including bigger stronger warning labels more antismoking advertising and a crackdown on instore marketing by tobacco companies mahood head of the nonsmokers rights association was delighted with the new measures saying rock had turned a corner in the fight against smoking so what do tobacco manufacturers think about the new rules are they quaking about the looming demise of their industry not according to rob parker of the canadian tobacco manufacturers council to suggest that if we change the message it is going to change behav iour i think is nonsense he said there is not one chance in looothat this will change the smoking rate in this country and hes right not only have two decades of anti- smoking hysteria not reduced the per centage of smokers in canada the lat est figures show smoking is on the rise especially with teens but that wont stop our politicians from spending millions onanti- tobac co advertising campaigns enforce ment of packaging rules and funding anti groups v which jaises the only red question that heeds to be asked about smoking if were allso determined to stop people from killing themselves by smoking why dont we just ban the sale of cigarettes mahood and politicians will argue a totalban doesnt work- pointing to the failure of prohibition on alcohol and the ongoing battle against illegal drugs what they wont tell you is that the real reason they wohtbari tobacco is because its too much of acash cow both thrbughtaxes and the huge dona tions tobacco companies make to the politicalparties which is why mahood arid the politicians were all so happy with rocks announcement of yet another set of larrie controls and regulations triatvwiirappease the antismoking zealbtsbut dbribthing to clear the sriioke or stem the flow of cash national stendardsfor health careiwouldterisure fthat all5canadianswouldhavesequal access to treat- i mentwhereventhey me would mean that a proce- sfeuffmetkhiirfe the stouffville tnbune published every jueiday thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing 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