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Bingo a boost Workfai for charities defende] page 1 etin *re has 1n0 rs at - pagel4 A stamp of honour for Dyhonl Crei2hton I page 16 Enforcer goes ior goici mael7 Morton, steps down asChboard Saying hie 15 unable to ave theposition "the time and attention it deserves," Rob Morton has stepped down as chair of the board of governors of Whitby General Hospital. Board member Catharine Tunney haýs'succeeded Mor- ton as chair. Morton says his decision te resign and te, devote his energy te his career *and family«will corne as a shock te ail but-my family and the closest of my friends and associates.» Morton practised law for 23 years until last year when hie .accepted an execu- tive position with Buffett Taylor, a Whitby health care consulting firni. In August this year, hie was named p resident. Meanwhile, wife Carolyn becarne a fuli-tinie employee at IBM. Hundreds of local teachers to attend ral By Mike Kowali A l1g contingent of Durham *on teachers is exvPected te participate in next weekend's labour-led protest against the Ontario goverrnment. The local branch of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) has *chartered 40 buses te take its members and their. familles to Toronto for Saturday's Thityrineof the buses w *11 leave froni the Civic Auditorium ini Oshawa at 9 a.m. while another. will depart froni Cannington in Brock Townh vve think ieis really im- e". INISTER .grssVt- Cbne tiave .AS-90'iatOP , portant that 1the Sovern- ýS o iormer'-fu-- iSýIt &ek te-GI#Iinl ment realize that the tax maguer" R6dci Whitby. ý -Svera tbher' he,:payers and citizens of this Cefr~ rà .in~er ~éèvenê~ét province are disconcerted CenrePrç'-ý minstrsaÜnP hé"ýWRso rfflP r Vwith the speed its moving,» said OSSTF District 17 pro- A vîsît to WhÎOtby sident Pat Jermoy. "Consultation with this :overnment through regu- la channels bas been very frustrating,» said Jermey. Saturday's rally will be the culination of a two- day protest against govern- ment spendiing cuts and plicies- that a coalition of lbur unions and social tic grupshas planned Organizers are hoping enough people will beave, their jobs on -F'riday i6. as"to bring the city te a- virtual haIt. - Teroset -of a com- sht -flutdown* of buses and subways bas prom pted the Toronte Transit Com- mission (TTC) te, seek an izMunction from the Ontario Labour Relations -Board te, prevent picketing on coin- mission property. A hearinn the ITCs request hadben scheduled ftor ue many people Eve touts Ontario'seconomy Sado "More than ever, my fani. ily requires more of mny time and Buffett Taylor needs the guidance and direction that I have been en,#aged to provide te it.. ' ..Iam otprepared te serve as chairman of Whitby General Hospital without being able te give it the tume and attention it deserves. 'That would be unfair to my fellow board members, the staff and te my com- munity.» Morton reiterated his belief that the board's osi- tion favouring reguona ized health care, inc1udinir a new role for the Whtby hospital as a rehabilitation centre, is the "correct path.w "It embodies a role for the institution that would elevate it beyond the rea- lity of its rather obscure generalist role te a new, exciting, dynamic function as a magjor player within the egon; and we could continue te provide first class care te our growing population.» Morton bas been invýolved with volunteer work m Whitby for more than 20 years, and bas been a hôs- pital board -member for many years, succeeding Jin Souch a chair earlier this year. By Mike Kowalski Ontario's economic'per- formance bas been given a resounding thumbs up by the man responsible for charting its direction. Finance Minister Ernie Eves was in Whitby last Wednesday teuting the Pro- gressive Conservative government's record to about 300 people who attended a fundraising din- ner sponsored by the Dur- ham Centre PC Associa- tion. Publicly challen ging Prime Minister Jean Chre- tien te follow Onitario's lead and cut taxes, Eves devoted most of his remarks te repotig on the state of th eprovince'u oconomy since voters embraced the 'Common Sense Révolution' in the June 1995 election. Making no apologies. for the speed with which the Tories.have enacted their canpaign platform, Eves s <aid t h evernment is uIMPI L fu' g its man- date for change. «Our critice charge that we are doing too much, too fast,"' ,*aid, the 15ya reprouentative »froi Pf azr Sound. «B'ut in fact we are doing what we said we would do and they know it.» Pointing te a 27-per cent reduction in Ontaio's defi- cit frorn $11.2 billion te $8.7 billion, Eves said this bas been accomplished des- pieopponents' fears that the goevernment's celebra- ted income tax cut would drive the province further inte debt. "The lower than expected deficit marks the first time in six years that the Ontario government bas met or exceeded a deficit tarffet,» said Eves. «W romisod toecut taxes ana we have, but one thing often forgetten is we cid ut them once, we cut them 10 times, thus allowing Ontarians te keep more of their hard-earned dollars, boosting consumer confidence and encouraging job creation.» Addrossin< an audience that induded not only Whitby representatives Jùm Flaherty (Durbani Centre) and John OYToole (lrha, Lust), but aloo 4«eý cabinet minites; oê MPPs and atea municipal politicians1 Eves compared the Tories 17-month record te that of its predecessors. "We have ail seen what the previous two govern- ments' polic of' spend and tax, tax andspend did te the economy,» said Eves. "Ontario taxes increased a total of 65 turnes and government spending dou- bledIn those 10 years.." he "Unemployment and bankruptcy rates skyrocke- ted and social assistance caseloadsgrew --by51 per cent under' the Liberal government and by 70 per cent under the NDP.» But over the first nine months of 1996, housing starts in Ontario were up 18 per cent and the Con;- ference Board of Canada reported that consumer confidence had risen for the third consecutive quarter, Eves said. The second quarter also saw business confidence riue and exporta reach record levels, ho added. "Oi rmtioeout taxes- Ctoe elimiate.4w1 1doutedly aiding the econo- 1mic recovery in Ontario," 1said Eves. Noting the prime *minis- ter's recent statement that Canadians cannot expect lower income taxes any time soon, Eves criticized Chretien's refusaI to, "buy votes witb tax cuts" during an election year. 'Ibis comnes froni the guy who iu spending $961 mil- lion buying off three Atlan- tic provinces so that they would agree te harmonize their'retail sales tax with the GST » said Eves. rTd li6ete remind Mr. Chretien and bis 98 Ontario Liberal members that $400 million of that 19 Ontario taxpayers' money," ho said. "Tax: cuts; croate jobs, Mr. Chretien, and Ontario bas proven that. Today there are 99,000 more people employed in Ontario than there were st September.n Although not expecting the federal, governinent te follow bis aciice on cutting taxes, Eves promised to fEt1 aafhouîdit start M"E 'PAGE 20 BY Garrett Dunne VWhtby's Sandoz plant will become the centre for Canadian operations of a new pharmaceutical Last March, chairs of the boards of Sandoz Ltd. and Ciba-Geigy Ltd.. announced that the two multinational pharmaceutical companies would nierge to forin a *new company, Novartis. The company's core businesses will be pharmaceuticals, agribusiness and nutrition. Once unification iu complote, Novartis will be the second largest pharmaceutical company in the world, second only to the British, company',Glaxo SEPAGE 2 1