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10 economist sunsuntribune canada votes saturday jan 21 2006 from page 1- in an eightweek campaign with a twoweek holiday hiatus conservative leader stephen harper visited the region once and referred repeatedly to york issues and candidates when drop ping in on surrounding communities liberals ignoring region during his visit to markham earlier this month he accused the liberals of ignoring yorks concerns during their 12 years in government mr martin scoffed at the idea a few days later in newmarket the second of his two visits to the region during the campaign its just nonsense you take a look at the development in york region it has been huge and in considerable part because of the economic policies in that the government brought down he said take a look at the success of york region would it be that successful if the government hadnt managed the econo my as well as it had i think what he should do is look in the mirror when he makes those kind of statements up until the last couple of days mr wiseman believed a conservative major ity government was a distinct possibility now the campaigns uncertainty has him calling for a minority victory for mr harper the way york voters cast their ballots the regional municipality of york water supply for the community of stouffviue schedule b class environmental assessment notice of public information centre 2 additional water supply is required to enable the region to meet future water servicing requirements for the commujiity of stouffville a glass environmental assessment ea study was initiated in september 2003 and is nearing completion the purpose of the class ea study is to determine a preferred source of new water supply and the preferred alternative for connecting the new supply to the existing system y various water supply alternatives considered in this assessment include v new groundwater wells cpnriectiqn to the york water system yws gbmbinatiori of hew wells arid connection to the yws environmental natural social and cultural technical and economic criteria were used to evaluate the alternative water supplies as a result of the evaluation process the recommended water supply alternative has been identified tobe a connection to the york water system water will be supplied from the york water system via the north markham reservoir located on the east side of mccowan road south of stouffville road the recommended alternative entails construction of a new pumping station and a watermain to supply water from the reservoir to the existing distribution system at ringwood drive a second public information centre will be held to provide further details on the preferred water supply alternative and construction considerations to receive input and comment from interested parties and to provide an opportunity for interested parties to discuss the information on a onetoone basis with staff from york region and their consultants maeviro consultants inc and lgl limited comments received at this public information centre will be considered in finalizing the recommended alternative the second public information centre will be held date wednesday january 25 2006 time 6 pm to 9 pm location town hall council chambers 4th floor 37 sandiford dr stouffville on for further information or if you are unable wish to provide your views please visit us at ms theresa maclntyre beng project manager water and wastewater planning transportation and works department the regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario l3y 6z1 phone 18774649675 ext 5099 fax9058306927 email theresamaclntyreyorkca to attend the information centre and wwwyorkwatercabr contact v mr stan holden peng project manager maeviro consultants inc 600 cochrane dr suite 50o markham ontario l3r6h3 phone 905 4757270 ext 233 fax90547575994 email sholdenmacvirocom thank you for your participation in this study professor says should give a good indication how the results play out nationally mr wiseman said adding the battieground in quebec will also be a deciding factor if the conservatives win three of the regions seven ridings we will probably get a conservative minority if they get five of the seven we will probably get a conservative majority most will remain liberal he believes most of the ridings here will remain liberal although york-sim- coe incumbent peter van loan will retain hisconservative seat oakridges- markham has a fairly strong chance of being taken by conservative candidate bob callow and thornhill liberal incumbent susan kadis has a slim chance of losing her seat to conserva tive candidate anthony reale not surprisingly highprofile priding newmarketaurora has volleyed back and forth between liberal incumbent belinda stronach and conservative can didate lois brown ms stronach has probably snatched a narrow victory from the jaws of defeat in the dying days of the campaign mr wiseman predicts i thought originally she was very secure then a week ago i thought she was going to lose now i think she is going to win it this campaign is that volatile staff photosteve somerville oak ridgesmarkham incumbent lui temelkovski address es supporters in his liberal campaign offices voters go to the polls monday across canada p to purchase tickets through palcare network jswtosj call 9058953628 extension 270 or admin sfs our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information this message brought to you as a community ser vice of the economist sunsuntribune