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economist suntribune the province saturday may u 2002 9 mixed reaction in region to throne speech by jeff mitchell staff writer forget about a new era in provincial politics thursdays throne speech indicates the new regime at queens park is mere ly harris with cufflinks and slicked back hair said vaughankingaurora mpp gregsorbara the grit mpp said the speech which is intended to signal the direction of the government was long on platitudes yet tragically short on new initiatives i think people will be disappointed mr sorbara said this is not much of a shift from the harris approach to gov ernment other than to say well do a lot of consulting others are hailing what they see as breakthroughs in their relationships with the provincial government now under the leadership of premier ernie eves the speech listed promises of funding reviews and revisions for health care and education in addition to a clearly stated willingness to take a con sultative approach with stakeholders it does appear to be a new approach said bill hogarth director of education with the york region district school board we have guarded opti mism indeed the text of the speech pledged a new way of doing business after seven years of confrontation and controversy in ontario the challenge now is to guide our province through a new era the speech read ontarians have said they do not want classrooms and hospitals to be battlegrounds your government has heard that message there was little in the way of specific funding in the speech but highlights included a promise to review the perpupil funding system that has been imposed on ontario schools since 1997 and has been criticized as too restrictive in addition the tories will provide school boards with stable threeyear funding models replacing the yeartoyear funding now in place the announcements in general are good news mr hogarth said having a threeyear formula makes a lot of sense because it gives you an opportunity to plan he said the funding model will also allow boards more latitude in negotiating contracts with teachers he said stable threeyear funding for hos pitals dr jim maclean president of ft ibefij markham stouffville hospital said thats a welcome move but hes hoping for more flexibility in the funding sys tem in the future were all supportive of multiyear funding so you can develop your plans on a longterm basis he said the issue for highgrowth areas such as york region will be is the fund ing going to be enough meanwhile wyn chivers executive director of united way of york region expressed shock that social services received no mention in thursdays speech a lack of funding is strangling the services that assist the provinces most vulnerable and needy she said agencies are incredibly stretched and if something isnt done theyre going to snap ms chivers said she said social agencies are gearing painless permanent hair rernova i for men y gentle and noninvasive 1pl is a longlasting solution for the removal of unwanted hair on 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