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Sports/13 Green Gaels seek consistency Wheels/lnsert Subaru's Legacy grows CLARINGTON'S AWARD-WINNING NEWSPAPER SINCE 1854 Canabtan Statesman Pressrun 24,150 May 26,2004 • 56 Pages • Optional 3 Week Delivery $5/$l Newsstand durhamregion.com Prime Minister makes local stop Paul Martin addresses Durham Region's shortage of family physicians at roundtable BY LESLEY BOVIE Staff writer DURHAM -- Just hours after announcing a long-term "fix" for health care, Prime Minister Paul Martin came face to face with a frustrated Tahera Azharuddin asking why she should stay in Canada Canada and practise medicine. Forty-six of the 48 doctors •ishe trained with in India have igone on to set up practices in ;the United States, where examinations examinations for foreign-trained ■doctors are more accessible, Dr. Azharuddin said. ! "I'm the only one to move ;to Canada and I've been waiting waiting for five years for my certification," certification," said the local resident. resident. ; "We're accredited worldwide worldwide but in Canada we're 'seen as substandard," "I very much want you to stay in Canada," said Prime Minister Martin, who made a 30-minute campaign stop at the Oshawa YMCA Tuesday for a "roundtable discussion" on local health care issues. On Sunday, Prime Minister Martin called a June 28 election election Throughout the exchange, the Liberal leader didn't field any questions from reporters, but listened as local doctors and health-care professionals shared their concerns. "We're going to lay in place a fix for a generation," he said, flanked by local Liberal Liberal candidates including Oshawa Oshawa riding candidate Louise Parkes. "The MPs are the ones who are going to make it happen. I can never sit through something something like this without learning." learning." He made several references to his five-point plan for reviving reviving Canada's failing health-care system, announced announced in Cobourg earlier that morning. The plan includes a reported reported $75 million to fast-track the certification of 1,000 foreign-trained foreign-trained doctors, $3 billion billion over two years for immediate immediate improvements, $2 billion billion for national home care over the next five years, and $4 billion for a five-year strategy strategy to reduce wait times. It's the shortage of family physicians -- as many as 40 short in Oshawa and 30 short in Whitby -- that is hitting the region the hardest, the panel told the PM. "Thirty to 40 per cent of people at our walk-in clinics don't have a family doctor," said Dr. Paul Whitsitt, a family family physician at the Oshawa Clinic. "It's adequate but certainly not ideal care." Peter LeBel, director of community and marketing services for the Town of Whitby, Whitby, said the shortage is hurting hurting Durham's economic development. development. "I should not be spending my time on physician recruitment..." recruitment..." he said. "All we're doing with incentive, programs programs is competing with one another." Port Perry, family physician physician John Stewart said with his community no longer considered considered underserviced, he can't afford to have a nurse practitioner in his practice seeing patients. There is currently no funding funding mechanism to allow it, he said. Dr. Stewart suggested the government invest in broad community projects to address address health care issues like obesity and cardiovascular disease, much like his work with curbing the use of antibiotics. antibiotics. 1 Before being whisked off in his big red bus, Prime Minister Minister Martin reassured the group health care was his "top priority." His visit had teenagers leaning over a top floor balcony balcony just to get a glimpse of the campaigning Prime Minister Minister shaking hands other YMCA users. Ten-year-old William McCutcheon from Whitby called his chance to press flesh with the PM, "cool." /2cN_ T® ONTARIO'S • SERVICE • PARTS \ INDEX MON., WED., FRI. 7:30 am - 6:00 pm TUES. & THURS. 7:30 am - 8 pm SAT. 9 am - 4 pm ACCREDITED TEST & REPAIR FACILITY WHITBY OSHAWA Honda Waller Passarella/The Canadian Statesman.. After calling a June 28 federal election over the Victoria Day long weekend, Prime Minister Paul Martin made a campaign stop in Durham Region yesterday, taking part in a roundtable discussion about local health-care issues with a team of medical professionals and educators. Bowmanville sees the light downtown BOWMANVILLE -- The Municipality wants to keep the lifeblood of business flowing while it makes repairs to the main artery of Bowmanville. After discovering aging lighting lighting along King Street would have to be replaced because replacement replacement parts have become scarce and expensive, Faye Langmaid, manager of special projects for the Municipality of Clarington said her department saw an opportunity to upgrade the area for esthetic reasons, as well as to make for easier access. But while work is going on, she said it's essential businesses are not disrupted. "We had to figure out how businesses would receive deliveries," deliveries," she said. And the plan to change lighting lighting requires tearing up and replacing replacing the sidewalk; with service service vehicles rumbling slowly down the construction zone. Ron Albright, project engineer engineer for Totten Sims Hubicki, said they met with the Business Improvement Association and other business owners in the area for discussions. He said they would continue to work with them during construction to address address individual needs! "The roads are going to be intact intact so people will still be.able to drive to the front of businesses," said Mr. Albright.- "We'll be working on a block-to-block basis and the schedule will be coordinated with the BIA to ensure ensure everyone is up to date with the schedule." During a meeting May 19 with the Old Bowmanville Neighbourhood Association, Mr. Albright presented a diagram of the portion of downtown scheduled scheduled to succumb to the shovel from July to August. He said the portion of King Street they will tackle for the first phase of the rehabilitation project project would extend from Silver to Division Street. "We're redoing the intersections intersections with decorative brick in brown and yellowy tones, and it will be carried out into the boulevard," boulevard," he said. "We're replacing the lights with something similar to what you see along Church Street... and replacing some of the trees." For safety, Mr. Albright said driveways that are currently difficult difficult to see will also receive a brick treatment in darker tones . for contrast. The new lights will extend from George Street to Scugog Street. Mr. Albright said they chose a style that reduces light pollution by directing light downward, and the new bulbs will be easier for crews to change. Ms. Langmaid said her department researched what had been done to upgrade downtown areas in other municipalities such as Niagara on the Lake, and took cues from successes and mistakes to improve access for visually and physically challenged challenged citizens, while also trying to create a flavour unique to Bowmanville. Generals name new GM, Editorial Page . .6 Sports 13 Classified 9 GIVE US A CALL General ■■■■•■■■**■ 905-579-4400 Distribution .. 9f General R' **■ . i /> Ml • *un> ■.corgc Burnett Bill McGill is new coach DURHAM -- The winds of change have swept through the Oshawa Generals. " The storied franchise held a press conference earlier today where it was announced that Brad Selwood is the team's new general manager, while Bob McGill will assume the duties of head coach. The dual role had been held by George Burnett the past four years. The press.conference at the Bobby Orr lounge at the Civic Auditorium also announced that Generals majority owner John Humphreys has sold all of his interest in the team to Aurora Aurora developer John Davies. The deal was finally completed completed on May 20. According to Humphreys, Davies has agreed in writing to keep the team in Oshawa for at least five more years. Selwood, 56, has been the GM/coach for the Newmarket Hurricanes • provincial Tier 11 hockey club the past four seasons, seasons, where Davies has served as team president. Selwood also coached in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights during the 1996-97 season. McGill, 42, is coming off a season where he guided the York-Simcoe Express minor midgets to an OHL Cup championship. championship. The Generals's top pick in the OHL Priority Selection draft on May 1, James DeLory, was a defenceman on McGill's team. McGill and Selwood are former former NHLcrs. Both were members of the Toronto Maple Leafs, while McGill also suited up with the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Islanders and Hartford Hartford Whalers. In addition to the Leafs, Selwood also played for the Los Angeles Kings and New England Whalers of the WI-IA. Goad less travelled, in the vehicles more dependable, li NEW CHEVROUIS. ./ F / rijlR LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP l EQUINOX Starting at $26,560* MSRP A sophisticated blond of capability comfort & stylo, Equinox can toko you anywhere. Anytime. CHEVROLET Dldsmoblle 30DY & PAINT SHOP |1 Goodwrcnch Service - 1 --Mj/ir.Ontime. SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS t