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10 Progressive Conservative Farid Wassef and Liberal incumbent Helena )acuk had the only all-candidates meeting in Oak Ridges-Markham to themselves in Richmond Hill last Thursday night. ol’oworolSalo 0mmwmrs ' SON-Employ“ 0 Pension In Disabllfly WE REPRESENT OVER 400 LENDERS C‘ ‘ ‘My husband lost his job. We fell behind on our mortgage. The bank was seizing our home. I still can 't believe thatyou gave us an emergene)‘ mortgage with no proof of income. You saved our home gave us extra cash to get by until he finds another job. Thanks Manny.” ’C.S, Uxhridge. 0N 1 -888-646-7596 or www.MannyJohar.ca Ask hlm about mama» - mu - coumucnou loans! HHIIIH Call Manny 7 DAYS A WEEK Inlmr l \ (lnlm'm AsoIJuno L 20" UK smafii 81.215.“ 31 MOO $1.393 C1 .51 0.31 llm'tuu STAFF PHOTO/NICK IWANYSHVN Five candidates are vying for your vote but only two showed up for the only ()ak Ridges-Markham all-candi- dates meeting last Thursday. Conservative Farid Wassef and liberal incumbent Helena lacmk agreed on so many points. including there is abuse in the health care system's billing pro- cedures and how to curb congestion. they even both have sons named Nicholas. it prompted a member of the approximately 60â€"person gallery at Richmond llill's llon ’Ih‘nity School to ask them to define exactly what a Conservative and Liberal are. However. them are issues on which the two candi- dates could not be further apart. The (Junscrvatiws plan On eliminating 100.000 pubâ€" lic sector workers. but will then add one million jobs over eight years. “It is so’ fantastic it mquires the services of the tooth fairy." one gallery member said while questioning Was- scf. lacmk claimed cutting 100.000 public sector jobs would directly impact ()ak Ridges-Markham with the loss of 2.000 workers. 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Both candidates agree on the need fur a green economy. but the (Zunsenutives want to do away with the Feed ln 'l‘ariff. lacz‘ck admitted cmcrgcnw wail limvx haw hit a plateau after declining between 2003 and JUH 8hr laid the blame on smcialist referrals. Wassef. a pharmacist. wants primary cure strength on and the UN network abolished. Only a few verbal jabs were thrown. Wassef accused the Liberals of “corruption. lung. covering up". lac’wk noted the Liberals are cleaning up alter the Conservatives when it comes to hydro line restolulitin and pointed out it was the Mike Harris government which sold Hwy. 407 off to a private entity. which cansed the province to lose out on 99 years worth of tax dollars. Sun-Tribune editor Jim Mason nmdvmu-d the event. The event was sponsored by [lu- Rirhmoml lllll Chamber of Commerce. the Markham Board ol‘ lmdv. 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