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kevin burtt said the complaints are starting to lessen mr burtt said the change means a sixkilometre drive for some in york region while in other parts of the country rural canadi ans are making a 40kilometre round- trip drive to get the mail while the federal government appeals the decision by human resources development canada the carrier protest is spreading more than 200 carriers across canada are now refusing to deliver mail prompting mr temelkovski to demand immediate action from prime minister stephen harper the prime minister gave no indica tion that he is taking this file seriously mr temelkovski said on thursday mp lawrence cannon minister responsible for canada post said he will meet with the prime minis ter to discuss mail delivery he mr cannon did not say when mr temelkovski said rural parts of my riding ceased receiving rural mail deliv ery months ago why is cabinet only tak ing action now canada post is reviewing all possible options to provide safe delivery of mail in rural canada marytraversy a cana da post vicepresident said our next priority is to ensure that our customers have access to their mail in their community she said noting experts are investigating safety concerns scarpitti cousens often opponents from page 1 i i k fr m w m 1992 replacing tony roman who died the same year subsequently losing the towns top job to mr cousens in 1994 mr scarpitti was elected markham regional councillor in 1997 the men had previously battled one another in the 1990 provincial election with mr cousens winning a seat over his liberal opponent he is the first to admit there were clashes between the two during the cousens administration i think the mayor and myself worked quite well he said i dont know if we always agreed oh everything and i think we even crossed swords but over the past few years he has included me in meetings the mayor would usual ly have on his or her own in the immediate future regional councillor jim jones does not plan to announce an intention to seek the may oralty of markham but his final decision has not been made he said right now im focusing on the region mr jones said well see what happens but right now were reflecting on that don is not ninning mr jones a cancer survivor said he understands mr cousens decision to step aside when your health is hurting you its hurting you mr jones said whitchurchstouffville mayor sue sherban is being challenged by don barker