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PAGE 18, WETBY F'REE PRESS, WEDNEISDAY, APRIL.4,1990 Nonm'-profit homes for $90,00O in Seaton The government of Ontario says the Seaton community for 90,000 people on provincaily.ownedl land in PIckering will include a wide range of homes availeblé ta households of MIl incomes. They will include non-profit homes for rent, starter homes for first-time buyers and others for second and third-tixne buyers, says John Sweeney, Housing Minister. 'We have before us an c4portunity of 'a lifetiiné," Sweeney said. 's an opportunity ta mould some 7,000 acres intoaa home for 90,000 people, a complete, community, not just bouses and roaa but a communityntetuess.o the word."ý ntetresneo Planning for this cornxunity will reflect the four principles for growth in. the Greater Toronta Area outlined in a recent speech by Ontario Premier David, Péerson. They call for growth that preserves and enhances the natural environunent, enliances the quality of life and promotes long-term economic prosperity. "Targets will be established ta encourage_ not only the use of buses and trains, but alan ta conserve energy and water and ta reduce bousehold waste,"f Sweeney said. In the Seaton compact conimunity, efforts will be made- ta preserve and enhance important natural assets for the people who wiil live and work in the community. Other ways of achieving a compact communityr could include building homes on smnaller lots, creating narrower roadways and havmng sidewalks on a singe ide of the stret. TheédAvtu'nnrnAnt will b. located off Brock, Rd.,. south of Hwy7, north of Hwy. 2. ILhe conimunity's firat stage, -which will move abead as quicly as possible, will be housing. for 5,000 t 7,00people as wéllas infrastructure such as sewers and roads, coinmunity services and commercial facilities such as office space sud retail stores. A public corporation is being established to overse., the p lanning of the. community. Seeney bas appointed a panel ta recommend candidates for the position of chairman of thé new corporation. The minister plans ta, Reservations about budget By Miike Kowalskl Whitby council has approved its 1990 budget but not e'veryone is satisfied with the final pro- duct. Councillor Joe BugeIli says he has no choice but t abide by the wishes of théeniajority sud back off," yet, he stilhbas reser- vations about the. budget. Duringlast week's budget dis- 'ussion, Bugelli pointec[ out that projected revenue estimates from Whitby Transit fares were roughly $200,000 too high. Approval of the transit portion of t he budget was delayed until Monday, ending an explanation In a report to council, Town administratar Bill Wallace said further review of the transit budget determined that the ori- ginal estirnate of $588,500 in revenue should actuaîly be $446,900, a shortfall of $141,600. However, council was spared the difficult decision of asking taxpayers to aborb the loss because of additional monies un- covered in other areas of the budget. Iu his report, Wallace said the oriinal estimates of revenue fro building permit fées and iuvestmént inconie were both too low. An extra $116 600 in addi- tional revenue ýcou¶d b. added to the budget, said Wallace. Bglisaid Wallace's report indicates that not one, but three niistakes were made, in the budget process. "Last Wednesday it appeared there was a mistake in transit earnings, now we find out last uight there were three --transit, building permits and interest,» said Bugelli. However, the.west ward coun- cillor was reluctant toeéxpand on is criticismn of the budget. "I felt my duty was to high- Iight and 'pinpoint a lot of th e things I was not conifortable with,» said Bugelli.. "I did that and uow I must accept thé budget bedause that was the wisb of the miajoty.» Bugelli did add tat press coverage of the. transit revenue mistake uncovered at Iast wee's' session did not result in a single telephone caîl from concerned "Inth final analysis, éither thé people don't car. or rmi wrong.» Economy doing well under free t rude Healines don't always give the moot accurate picture of what's happening to our economay. For«sme montha we've been hearing warnings that an econoniic slowdown., if not a mor severe recession, was on the way for ail Canadiens. But. we leerned sometbing odd. The national unemaployment rate, instead of dlinibing.as it UsUally d"esin late winter, actua]ly deèlined slightly* to 7.7 per cent in February. Here i Ontario it lwwas only 5.4 per cent. Then Statistics Canada reported that the retail business by department stores didn't go into a post-Christnas talspin as expected. In fact they had a very good January, with sales totallig $776.9-niillion, 4.2 per cent, ahead of one year ago. LMd in mme other encouraging indicators - businessea are planning to invest much More heavily in new plantseand equipment i 1990, more new bouses are being started, our dollar continues to strengthen againet other currencies. -- and one begins to wonder whether we are goig to see that predicted econonuc downturn. Or, as one business consultant was quoted lest week: "TMis recession is possibly not going ta, happen." We've just finished our first ful year since the Canada-U.S. Trade agreement -- coimnonly called fre trade -- became law. And we\re heard many reports about how that agreement is affecting Canada adversely. When the agreement was signed, its opponents warned they would blame free trade for each and every subsequent industriel layoff or factory closing. And that's what happened over the shutdown of GM's van plant in Scarborough. Very bittle attention was given' in the same week ta, Freightliner's announced plans for a new $43-miflion truck factory at St. Thomas, Ont. Closure of the Inglis plant at Toronto remains a pular target for free trade's opponents. Only one news nrepo t ati saw nientioned the. new factary which is ta be opened on that same site. One of free trade's severe critics was McCain Foods, of New Brunswick. The conxpany warned that free trade would "devastate" Canada's food processing industry and cost thousanlds of jobs. Perhaps through kcindness, none of that was recalled last month when the same company, McCain Foods,. announced plans for a new $36-nillion potata processing plant that will create 169 jobs on Prince Edward Island. That was just a few- days after a competing company stated it also was building an equally expensive new potata, plant that will employ 160 workers on the Island. In the year since the. free. trade agreement begàin somne businesses certainly have closed and some jobs were lost. But labor shifts are a fact of life today. Some four million C anadiensé change their jobs in a normal year for personal and business reasons. So despite aIl the dire warnings from the criticsý, under free trade our economy is doing extremely well, our culture survimves, our lakes and rivers are not being drained ita the.U.S. and -- best of all -- Canada's sovereignty remains unquestionably intact. Student shu fil-e ,FROM PAGE 18 year's grade 9 studénts in thé Mchael Blvd. school, to share facilities with thé Charles Gar- nier studeuts, adding portables as requiréd. Thé alternatives represent a change from thèse previously suggésted by parents. The Whitby Free Press would like to wish Happy Birthday to ail its carriers Swith APRIL birthdays! Brent Bradley Jamie Goodfellow Janelle Landon Chris Macaulay Brian Peloski Ryan Skipper Jason Dickson Michael Hewis Jerome Lecky Ian MacKinnon Breit Rhyno JoeI Witton 'Tt i3seme to me what you're proposingSi prstctical and-e>no- inicai,'esàiî ùsnawa trustée Fred Jones. Sheehy said St. John is now Ugrossly over-utilized» while St. Michael is "grossly undér-util- izéd.» «WePre just tringta maké a botter situation for thé stu- dents," le tald trustées. A pétition in favor of thé alter- nata plan was signed by about 125 parishionérs of St. John, said Bian Pérry, who bas thrée chil- drén attending St. John. «Wré saying that parents should havé, a say," statéd Pérry, also noting that thé board plan would bé more costly than thé alternative' posed by parents. Wihitby tçustee Tàm Qîdman madeé-thé -motion ta refér thé matter te committée, but said hé would bave preferred that trus- tées reconidr thé motion made éarliér this month for thé ori- ginal contingéncy plans. Oldman's motion, to, b. con- sideréd by propérty sud trans- ptation committée, proposés tfhat wben grade 9 studénts go ta, Austin thén d'Youvillé studénts go ta tlé former Dénis O'Connor school (St. John annéx). Trustées on thé committe will meét on Monday nigbt, April 9. Oldman says hé "basically» agrées witb what bas beén pro- posed by parents. Howevér, hé also urges that at least part of the Austin project bé completed by faîl ta, accomnnodate thé EngI- ish séctor bigh school studénts. «I want te see thé gréatest amount, of -cbildrén tréated 1 quul SUMMER EMPLOYMENT The Town of Whitby Parks and Recreation Department are accepting Resumes for the following positions until April l2th, 1990. NOTE: Late resumnes may be considered. Day CampDiDrctor' Responsible for staffing, training and general operation of both day camp and pre-camp. Wages commensurate with experience. 6 weeks, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pro-Camp Supervlsor: Responsible for staff ing, training and gênerai daily operation of pre-camp. Wages commensurate with experience. 6 weeks, 4 mornungs, 3 hours per morning. Day Camp Counsellor: Responsible for leading a group of children -6 - 13 years in a variety of activities. Being able to work independently and plan programs is a must. 6 weeks, 9 arn. - 4 p.m. Pre-School CamR Coufleellor: Responsible for working with a group of children .3 - 5 years in a variety.of activities. 6 weeks, 4 rTornings per week, 3 hours per morning. Ar peclalist: Responsible for planning ail crafts for summer camp, instructing counseilors in teaching of crafts and creation of resource manuai. 7 weeks, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Successful applicants mrust be availabie for training. Please specify only one location to be considered for employment. Submit résumne to; Barry O'Neill Parks and Recreatkon Department Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whitby, Ontario LiN2M8 \44mit f . 'w .1 eo 40000