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wf minis putmm saturday july 102004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 40 pages1 including gst picnics can be elaborate or a few sandwiches in a basket news 3 letters 6 diversions 15 classified 17 keep gas tax urban agenda key for minority government by roy green staff writer if paul martins minority gov ernment fails to keep its gas tax pledge well be going to the polls again in six months york region chairperson bill fisch predicts one of their key promises was an urban agenda that money would flow to municipal ities for infrastructure mr fisch said thursday v not to move forward on this would be devastating for them it means me minority government would come to an end mr fisch pointed to a unani mous- resolution tuesday from the greater toronto area mayors and regional chairpersons calling on ottawa to speed up its prom- ise of five cents per litre of the federal fuel tax over the govern ments term of office theres been a lot of talk about giving us the money but not enough action not enough dollars we expect to see some of this money at least by 2005 if not 2004 in our area where the liberals got their strong sup port he said mr fisch pointed out the ndp also had a strong urban agenda and suggested the conservatives will probably move in that direction too they were the only one of the three major parties not to push for the gas tax and that was one see issue page 4 rompiri in the rain staff photosjoerd witteveen lucas mast ducks beneath a tree at stouffville reservoir park to make a call during a short summer shower while his dog chopper a sevenmonthold black lab cross wants to play york region hires former chretien adviser bymikeadler staff writer york region is using highpowered lobby- ists including a past adviser to jean chretien to persuade ottawa and queens park they must let crucial sewer work continue in markham york hired a firm headed by warren kinsella a former special assistant to mr chretien regional chairperson bill fisch con firmed this week but mr fisch said mr kinsellas firm navigator ppg whose team also includes former senior advisors to federal and provin cial cabinet ministers is simply another con sultant to the region which is hoping for nec essary approvals in a few weeks as in the past weve hired government relations people to get people the right mes sage at the right time thats one way of doing it mr fisch said the stakes could hardly be higher citing environmental concerns federal and provin cial agencies have held up a key markham link in the york durham sewer system for a year delaying major developments as far north as queensville calling for an environmental review which would indefinitely stop home construction worth billions of dollars environmentalists argue completing the pipe will drain the rouge river mr kinsella told the suntribune the region must convince federal fisheries department see region page 8 hot tubs 27hirita0ird markham 48030 beochcomber honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 77 2451 wwwmarkhamhbndacom bbss springsummer performance package o honda parts a service for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to hona for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda nvironmcntal ices if am excluded to vn and country realty ijd 6400888