WHITB FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, ME BRUAIRY 20, 1991, PAGE 5 IProvince.may fight developmen.t FROM PAGE 1 Smith said the development will aise «effectively block off' the government's proposed walk- 0 be buit over- a ten-year period, the 90-mile trail will link up te the Bruce and Ganaraska trails on either end. Smith said the trail would have tofollow apat ho adjacent industriar land due to the development, and this is not acceptable to the province. Finally, Smith said the size and density of Harbour Isle will create a «visual barrier" between the waterfront and nearby public "Our Y.bet. e to resolve these concerne. We wili be meet- ing with Whitby and Coscan to discues it further,» said Smith. She added that Whitby je flot the only municipaiity with j waterfront development pro- posaIs being questioned by the governinent. Both Etobicoke and Toronto are in the same category, said Smith. Harbour Isle was the target of both organized and individual opostion from many local resi- r dents. SOS <Save Our Shore) Whitby was oe group which raised the saine objections now brought for- ward by the province. An ecstatic Jennifer Leet of SOS welcomed the government'e intervention. «This je great, it'e amazing how this has turned around. We though it was a dead issue," eaid Leet. (SOS had te abandon its own plane for an 0MB challenge due te iack cf funde.) "This je what we've been say- ing ail aiong, it's totally contrary toie the Crombie report» said Leet. "It wiii be very interesting te eee what happens now.". Athough net specifically aware cf the minise action, Durham Centre MPPDrmmond White appiauded the decision. A former SOS activiet, White ciaimed, "I- havent had anything directiy te do with it.» Hlowever, he was not surpr- ised. «It shows that environinentai concerne are in the forefront of evryministry,» said White. 'le sue je net finished, it wiil be a long procese,» he added. Whiltby councillor Rose Batten said the ministry's letter inform- ing the Town of its objections was the firet indication the municipality had that Queen'e Park was unhappy. Batten, chairman of council's planning and development cern- mittee, felt the. province should net have the right te object at this late date. -He said the proposai was sub- ject to full public scrutiny through public meetingscoin- mittee discussion and then coun- Cil. We met ail the criteria, we met with the Crornbie commis- sion,» said Batten. "I think it's eomething politicai but I don't know why." Batten did net wish te specu- late on a possible 0MB chai- lenge. «I don't want te say tee much until we have the meeting," said Batten. A spokesman for Coscan was net available for comment. Uncondîtional grants to municipalities increases 5% Ontario municipalities wiii receive five per cent more from the province this year in unconditional grants funcling than in 1990. Municit>al Affaira ininister Dave Cooke said recently. A total 6f $948-million, or about $2,40 par household, will be paid under the unconditionai grants pori.Municipalities' nta:,tallocate the grante according teteir own priorities. The mniistry will provide a further $16.6-million in special assistance, primarily te assiet those municipalities that were restructured as cf Jan. 1, 1991. Payments made under the prganare in addition te, grants frmother provincial ministries for specific services such as roads, transit, water and sewage treataient and socal services. 'Meny municipalities have received ne increases in unconditionai grants over the MMs couple cf years," Cooke said. 'I amn very pleased that the provincial government is able te provide an across-the-board increase that is slightly more than the rate of inflation." Cooke said that both the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the rinister's advisory comrntteeý on the provincial-municipal financing reiationship eupported -the decision te, provide uniformi increases. Cooke said these municipal representatives prefer the uniformi increase over the formuiae 'followed. in previeus years. -I IM z 0) TiHs YELOW Ministry SRevenue Ontario For information cail the Ministry toll-free: " Metro Toronto " Ail Other Areas -e " French Language Enquirie " Telephone Device for the Deaf 965-8470 1-800-263-7965 1-800-668-5821 1-800-263-7776 TVZYI!U7 r~n~ui~p~u -------.~.- h _________________________________________ STRTP is there to assure you that the taxe s you pay are accoumte d for. ROSEMARIE WALLACE, wife of NIf Wallace, recently graduated from Durham College of Applied Arts & Technology receiving her Honours Dipoma in Nursing with her namne placed on the Dean's List of Acaderniic AchievenienL .unOdrw'% t -.. f nutri/system m