Page 2. Whltby Free Press, Wednesclay, Febwary 1, 1995 Coîntte to takeWhitby's social prblms' PROM PAGE 1 arising today require a different solution. However, she conceded that by formingethe committee, councîl could b accueed of admitting that «we have a problem and we don't know how to handie it.» Councillor Marcel Brunelle envisioned the committee per- forming a similar function to that once performed by the now defunct Oshawa-Whiby Social Planning Council. Lack of government funding foroed the council te disband a few years ago, Brunelle recalled. "If the social planning council had been allowéd to continue, it would have filled the same role you're asking this committee to do now » he said. "Only w e lost a loi of time since then.» In supporting Longf»ield's; motion, Brunelle said al Whitby residents muet be involved in the procees. «Until we realize that we muet address these problemne as a comn- munity, they won't go away,» he said. "The problems that we read about occurrng elsewhere will happen here unless we do sorne- thing about it now.» Fox, however, was not convin- ced that a citizens' committee is thernight answer. "I hiave a real problem with this type of group,» he said. "Being a teacher in Toronto I see these groups formed quite frequently. «Unless you have clear guide- linos, those groups take on an identity aIl their own and become a power onto them- selves.» Fox then queetioned the vali- dity of some of the information United Way. He disagreed with the report's contention that incidents of Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd. e 3000 Garden Street North, Whitby is pleased to advise that SANDI PNIAUSKAS' was their Top Sales Representative for flot only 1993 but again in 1994. ROYAL LEPAGE Congratulations and continued success in 1995. If you wish to speak with Sandli or just ask her advice, please contact her at: ~~jjIjjjjjjjjjjjjIIllIjI Bus: (905) 666-1333 e Dir: 666-7937 e Tor: 686-1979 m- rnl 7.7 199 yrouth crime in Durham have increased by 26 per cent. "That's fot accurate. It's the reporting of crimes not the actual crimes that 6hve gone up,» said Fox. "Crime hias not increased in Durham Region. In fact, it's gone down.» Fox also complained that in- correct information about a recent meeting that he and Mayor Tom Egwards had wýth Insp. Walter Hall of Durham Regional Police was contained in the material given to council. According to Fox, Hall was quted as saying that downtown Whitby has the same level of ,crime as downtown Oshawa. "That was neyer said,» Fox insisted. "What Insp. Hall said was that ail the things happening in downtown Oshawa are happen- ing in downtown Whitby, but on a per capita basis.» Fox argued that unless council is prepared to "deal with factual information,» any attempt it ,makes to tackle the issue will be futile. "«We haven't even conveyed to, the public what kind of problems we're talking about,» he said. "If we're going to take on the social services role that the pro- 'vinoe and Region used to fund, how much longer before this committee asks for a budget?» îStating that hie did not want to give the impression that "I ilon't care about helping people, I do*» Margaret McGovern Sales Representative Member of Durhiam& Toronto Real Estate Boards Fox said he was worried abouit "creating a monster. «Where is the (sta.ff) manpower going to come from that will help thi goup and who will fund it? "r've asked these questions for three years and rm stilI not provided with that information.» Edwards replied that the "situation has changed" in Whitby since the matter first came before council. "We didx't have the garbage (hate literature) distributed in our communitv like we do now,» said Edwards. Councillor Gerry Emm agreed that there is a need «to lo-ok at what's happening -in our com- munity.» But as did Fox, Emm said there are agencies to deal with these problems. "There are a lot of things that can be done," Emm said such as hiring more police, and lie asked for more time to consider what options the munlicipality could employ. Councillor Joe Drumxn then moved that L-ongf»ield's motion be tabled for further study, but his motion was defeated.. Undaunted, Drumm then announced his* su pport of the proposal, provided that the com- mittee is a large one with several smaller eubcomnmittees reporting to it. 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