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inside otters 6 business 10 sports 16 classified 17 mrt library 4 auto racer ashley taws continues to improve from injuries suffered in car crash community calendar event mayors new years eve celebrations when tuesday dec 31 6309 pm where stouffville memorial park 9056401900 3 dear santa dont want presents but can you make my moms friend better from cancer serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including cst 7 32 pages saturday dec 21 2002 t0 reach us 905 6402612 mcguinty wants election dates set liberal leader here on precampaign swing by roger varley staff writer as far as dalton mcguinty is concerned the provincial elec tion campaign is underway even though premier ernie eves hasnt set a date to that end the ontario liberal leader says he has been developing policies to present to the electorate without waiting for mr eves call the people of ontario have the right to know where we stand what we intend to do how much its going to cost and where were getting the money mr mcguinty told a group of york region metroland editors during a roundtable discussion recently mr mcguinty listed promises he will be making to ontario vot ers in the time running up to the election expected to be held next year most were promises the elec torate has heard from all sides before provincial investment in public transit more affordable housing protection of green spaces and the environment better education and financial responsibility others were less shopworn like legislative reform mr mcguinty said the coming election could be the last one called at the whim of a premier if the liberals form the next see mpps page 12 historic investment of 35 million trashed by liberals schools by mitchell brown staff writer premier ernie eves recent 610- million spending spree on educa tion includes more than 35 million for the regions school boards calling it a historic investment in publicly funded education york regions tory mpps frank klees oak ridges tina molinari thornhill julia munro york north and david tsubouchi markham said their government is keeping its promise to invest in quality education studentfocused funding is just one part of our plan for quality edu cation mr klees said we have set high standards for our students and are committed to providing the resources to help all students meet the challenges of the new curriculum to achieve their full potential breaking down the numbers the york region district school board will receive roughly 236 million with 850000 for student trans portation 71 million for special education ahd 155 million for teacher and support staff salaries the york catholic district school board will receive about 1 16 million in extra funding with 420000 for student transporta tion 34 million for special educa tion and 78 million for salary benchmarks to support a positive and stable learning environment school boards will receive a further see money page 7 school of santas staff photosjoerd witteveen ballantrae public school students in the grade 6 choir under the direction of teacher allison williams put their best faces and santa hats forward during the aurora road schools holiday concert thursday fvflkflwrr