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Page 2. WVhilIb Fee Press, Wednesday, January 24, 1996 Flahert ives qualifled' suport to GTA proposais By IMke Kowalski Portions of a controversial report on the future of the Greater Toronto Area have received the qualified backIng of Durham Centre M[PP Jim Flaherty. The Whitby representative behieves some' of the 51 recommendations unveiled by the Golden commission last week are worthy of consideration by Ontario's Progressive Conservative government. Proposais for reforming the provinoe's "unfair" property tax systom, for example, and a general downsizing of municipal government, cannot be easily dismissed without further study, Flaherty contends. However, the report's advocacy of a "supercity" to replace the five regional municipalities within the GTA does flot wash with the rookie Tory MPP. "@I've npot had this degree of response on any issue," said Flaherty', of one of the key recommendations of the 266-page document'prepared by university professor Anne Golden and hier four-member task force. '"We've reoeived a lot ofecalls and they mainly seem to ho concerned with the governance issue," ho said. In her report, Golden proposes disbanding Durha:m, York,- Metro Toronto, Halton and Peel regions and replacing that level of government with a new body called the Greater Toronto Council. Municipalities with populations ovr100,000 would be represented by a mayor of designate. For every additional 140,000 residents, the local municipa]ity would have one more voting Tnember on council. Oshawa would have one vote on the new council, Flaherty noted, whereas Whitby, Clarington, Brock and Scugog townships would share one seat on a rotating basis. 'That's causing a lot of concern" axnong Durham Region pohiticians and residen ts, alike, Flaherty said. Despite his opposition te this recommendation, Flaherty is (SALES & SERVICE) -. It PoEj POOL TABLE IPKG. - TOTAL PRICE $2,200. Includes: 4x8 Meridian table* Snooker baîls Boston balîs *2 cues *Ra ke *Triangle e Cue rack - *Pool cover e Chalk e Installation & delivery aAil tax receptive to othor proposais. "I have a problem wfth people In newer areas paying more taxes than those in older areas,". ho bluntly declared. 'The present system is just not fair."f Although there has been no official reaction' from the government te the Golden report, Flaherty said Municipal Affairs MinistorAl Leach will act on some components -of it fairly soon. Ho expects Leach to intrioduce legisiation this spring which will revamp the: propertjr tax system,4 for instance.' Durhamn East MPP John OToole was flot available for comment. But in a news release, the north Whitby representative said Golden's proposais for tax reform menit. further investigation. However, ho, teo, rejected the supercity concept. 'Thfe boundaries of this new city region, have te be closely considered,"sad OToole. 'Many parts of Durham East do not belong in the GTA aund should nothbe included in the city region." Coretion In last week's edition of the Whitby Free Press, it was incorrectly stated-that Durham Board of Education trustees Colleen Jordan and Mike Nicholson voted againet dropping the junior indergarten program. It should have been stated that Nicholson and Ajax trustee Colleen Jordan were the two trustees who voted against the motion. advertisement Drive home wfth savings today! Al*prices on in stock items only, i-itueaat ni gan opnîg ven ae let t nht Mihal mm Concllr Grr EmPLUSH SAXONY CARPET BERBER CARPET VINYL FLOORING $17 9 $1 .9Starting a per sq. yd. per sq. yd. $6.195 lnsWIIewfth sepaoeunàdeldng1 ln*IW h w teudpain per sq. yd. IDIWAY CARPET 120 HUNT ST., AJAX a 683-6126 Mayor Tom Edwards, Councillor Joe Drumm and Steve fngleton. 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