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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 21,1992 - 5 Hilstone pulls out of Oshawa development plan In a brief letter received last Friday Hilstone Development announced that they would not be proceeding to undertake a $65 million -project in downtown Oshawa. The project was to provide housing for staff of the Region of Durham at a cost of $40 million along with, sometime in the future, a private office tower at a cost of $25 million. The Hilstone project has been a contentious issue this year which when voted on at Regional council in July the proposai went down to defeat by a count of 17 to 15. However Regional council was to again consider the deal and Hilstone was to have a financial and building report available last Friday. The leuer arrived instead. A further letter outlining the Hilstone stand is to be received this week for the Regional Chairman. Hilstone Canada represen- tative, Allan Brooks, stated that the Hilstone Board has stated that it would not be in the best interest for the company to put forth a proposai for the development of the administration centre at this time. Nancy Diamond, Mayor of Oshawa said Hilstone had ongoing problems getting access to regional staff and information needed to cone up with financial and building design plans. Over the past months it appears that only the Regional administrative centre was being co'nsidered as occupants for the particular area. Hilstone looked at an office tower off into the future. Further the idea of a new administrative centre for Oshawa had been dropped from the original plans a couple of years ago. Newcastle council had split its vote over the Hilstone issue with Mayor Hamre and Coune. Dreslinski voting against the plan due to the lack of information, especially financial. Councs.. Hooper and Hannah voted for the proposal in July. Want Ads Phone 983-5301 Orono Weekly Times - 11 i~ i4'iL(' ~iiiiiii [] nwx~~ ME Is Over the past two years, federai, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal leaders have consulted with thousands of Canadians and concerned groups from coast 1o coast. These consultations included Royal Commissions, participatory conferences, parliamentary hearings, and hearings in the provinces and territo- ries held by provincial and territorial legislatures. Federai, provincial, territorial and Aboriginal A S leaders have agreed unanimously on August 28, 1992 in Charlottetown on a package of constitu- tional proposals that recognizes the equality of Ei U al Canadians and represents all of our interests. The agreement is now hefore Canadians. The agreement proposes that the new Constitution would contain a statement of key economic and social objectives shared by all of the governments in the federation. The objectives include comprehensive, universal, portable, accessible and publicly administered heailth care, adequate social services and benefits, high quality primary and secondary education and reasonable access to post-secondary education, collective bar- gaining rights and a commitment toprotecting the environment. The economic policy objec tives to be entrenched would be aimed ai A strengthening the Canadian economic union; the free movement of persons, goods, services, and capital; ensuring full empioyment and a i ca on reasonable standard of living for all Canadians; ensuring sustainable and equitable development. Exclusive provincial jurisdiction would be recognized in the areas of forestry, mining, tourism, housing, recreation, municipal affairs, cultural matters within the province, and labour market development and traiing. n addition, to ensure the two levels of government work n harmony, the government of Canada commits toe negotiating agreements with the provinces in areas such as inmigration, regional development and telecommunications. Federal-provincial agree S yments on any subject could be protected by the Constitution from unilateral change. The new Canadian Constitution wouild recognize the distinct nature of Quebec, based on its French language, uique culture and civil law tradition. In the reformed Parliament, the Senate would reflect the equality of the provinces while the House of Commons would be based more on the principle of representation by population. As well, various provinces would be assured a minimum amount of seats in the House of Commons. The proposed Senate would be made up of six elected senators from each province and one from each territory. Additional seats would provide representation for Aboriginal peoples. The reformed Senate's powers should significantly increase the role of the elected Senators in the policy process, The:proposais recognize that Aboriginal peoples have an inherent right to self-government and that the Constitution should enable them to develop self-government arrangements and to take their place in the Canadian federation. The proposais recognize Aboriginal governments as one of the three constitutionally recognized orders of government in Canada. in addition, the proposals provide for a negotiation process between Aboriginal leaders and provincial and federai governments 1o put this right into effect. The recognition of the inherent right would not create any new rights 1o land, nor dilute existing treaty rights. Now that Canada's federal, provincial, Ab rg a territorial and Aboriginai leaders have reached a consensus, it s the right of ail Canadians to understand the new proposais. Cail the toll-free 1 oVornmoni number beiow to receive an easy-to-read booklet on the new constitutional agreement or a complete text. It's your right to know what the constitutional proposais say, before voting on October 26. FOR INFORMATION CALL: 1-800-561-1188 Deaf or hearing impaired: 1-800-465-7735TTY Canada