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council is required under the development charges act 1997 to hold at least one public meeting to allow the public an opportunity to review and provide comments on the draft 2003 regional development charge study related staff reports and the proposed development charge bylaw all interested parties are invited to attend on thursday april 17 2003 930 am regional council chambers 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario copies of the draft 2003 development charges background study related staff reports and the proposed bylaw wilt be available through the regional glerks office by april 03 2003 written submissions are invited and should be directed to sgu cartwright commissioner of finance and treasurer by no later than 430 pm on april 10 2003- written comments received prior to the meeting and submissions made at the public meeting will be considered by regional council prior to enactment of the regional development charge bylaw inquiries should be directed to the commissioner of finance and 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confidence head ing in the same direction the fundamentals are thats just not happening despite the numbers mr hall insists februarys survey results are indicative of a one month downward blip rather than a trend certainly international trade opportunities for local companies have not been adversely affected a by the spectre of war ms burkholder said theres an awful lot of exporting going on and that has increased she said thursday the first full day of hostilities in iraq a lot of those products are going to arab nations ms burkholder said that has not declined which is a good sign domestically the econo my remains sound ms burkholder said a glaring exception is evident among travel agencies whose book ings dropped as tensions mounted she said alot of those products are going to arab nations that has not declined which is a good sign otherwise the current conflict in the middle east has had little in the way of a chilling effect on business so far i have no indication business is 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