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economist sunsuntribune news saturday oct 42003 neo by lisa queen staff writer hope youve got broad shoulders greg sorbara because york region leaders from many sectors health care education local government to name a few are already lining up to load their- agendas bji you of course three york liberals claimed seats in the new provincial government mr sorbara in vaughah- kingaurora plus mario racco mthornhill and tony wong in markham but york leaders are well aware mr racco and mr wong are neophytes in the arena of provincial politics mr sorbara on the other hand is a veteran first electr edinl985 he is party president chaired the liberals over whelmingly successful eiecr- tion campaign arid although he wont discuss it is in line for a plum cabinet post i think there have always been a range of options for hospital expansion greg sorbara was the name repeatedly mentioned by york decisionmakers when they discussed taking their concerns to the new government at queens park greg is by far the most senior of politicians around premierelect r dalton mcguinty said markham jim maclean hospital presi dent concerned about expansion plans mayor don cousens a for mer tory cabinet minister i know he will be fight ing for york region he will be in cabinet mr cousens who antici pates no problem for municipalities in working with the new government is aware the liberals rode to victory by promising better health care and education but hes hoping those warm and fuzzy services wont overshadow hard infrastructure needs such as roads and public- transit especially in fastgrowing communities like york we cant pay for roads and infrastructure without provincial arid federal help i dont think that comes easily to the liberals mr cousens said j but we cant grow our economy without an invest ment in roads you can do the other things like health care and education but not at the expense of roads and infrastructure my biggest who will feed ihe children of east timor wiiwwpts people 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9th at 730 at stouffville chiropracic health centre greg sorbara vaughan- based mpp only veteran on yorks liberal team worry is dont let us hang out to dry on transit and roads york chairperson bill fisch is hoping the liberals remain committed to the regions new transit system he also is pleased to see mr mcguinty has vowed to increase provincial contri butions to social housing however he said the region will pressure the liberals to reverse the tories controversial pooling program in which york tax payers contributing about 80 million annually- to toronto social programs with no control over how the money is spent health care and educa tion were the two bigticket items during the campaign andyork officials in those sectors said they are looking for results from mr mcguiritys government ontario where the tories planned extensive private sector involvement while hospitals in brampton and ottawa are new facilities markham stouffville would mix the existing public hospital with a new private sector expansion dr maclean insisted hospital officials will be able to bring forward a new expansion plan to the liberals who vowed to stop further privatization of the health care system we certainly under stand from their position the expansion plans will likely have to change to accommodate their deci sion not to go forward with the publicprivate partner ship model approved by the former government he said we think we can pro pose very quickly an alterna tive model i think there have always been a range of options for hospital expan sion mncarriere believes it will take some months for the liberals to settle into office before health policies are brought forward- but hes looking forward to more hospital beds and nurses two major planks of the liberal platform you cant- do that with out bringing more money to the table so im all for that the system now has great difficulty is taking ahit like withsars bmo jesbitt burns jim macdonaldmba investment advisor helping to build and 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the regional municipality of york is planning to undertake a class environmental assessment ea for the boundary road known as yorkdurham line yr 30 from steeles avenue to highway 7 between thetown of markham in the regional municipality of york and the city of pickering in the regional municipality of durham york region is initiating the assessment to identify any potential roadway improvements required for yorkdurham line the project is being planned under schedule c of the municipal class environmental assessment public and review agencies are invited to provide input for incorporation into the overall planning of any improvements to the yorkdurham line between steeles avenue and highway 7 the assessment is currently scheduled to be completed by the end of may 2004 consultation with the public and government review agencies will be a vital component of this process v as part of the consultation process a mailing list for notification is now being compiled if you wish to receive information on submit comment please contact york region orcansult limited who have been retained to assist the region in undertaking the ea mr peter cholewa p eng project manager regional municipality of york transportation and works dept 17250 yonge street box 147 newmarket ontario l3y6z1 phone 905 7646345 ext 5048 fax 9058364590 email peterch6lewaregionyork6nca mr wj ford p eng senior project manager cansult limited s- 60 renfrew drive suite 300 markham on l3r0e1 phone 9054702010 fax 9054702060 bill fisch regional chair kees schipper commissioner of transportation and works thank you for your participation inthis study