Metro Toronto - January 28, 2009

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Metro Drive
A lot riding
on Toyota
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TORONTO • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009 metronews.ca
“We’re very preoccupied and wor- “In today’s budget, he prioritized “They’re not targeted enough.
ried that unemployment is going $60 billion in corporate tax cuts (There is) nothing in (the
to rise sharply. Is the EI change suf- and only $1.15 billion for the Conservative’s budget) to obtain
ficient...?” Liberal’s Michael Ignatieff unemployed.”NDP’s Jack Layton our support.” BQ’s Gilles Duceppe
Budget bleeds red
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the economy and get global recession, will create • Cut business taxes by $2 bil-
Canadians working, or maintain close to lion over six years.
pumping $40 billion over 190,000 jobs. Taxpayers, •$7.8 billion for social hous-
two years into everything low-income families and ing and private home renova-
from income tax cuts and laid-off workers all stand to tion, including a one-year
help for home renovations benefit in this bailout strat- Home Renovation Tax Credit
to increased jobless bene- egy that spreads tax breaks, of up to $1,350 per household.
fits and cash for urban re- cash support and incentives •$12 billion ($7 billion in new
construction. across every cash) for infrastructure spend-
Canadians sector of socie- ing on things like roads, sew-
will find out Cuts in hindsight ty and busi- ers and universities, including
today if the ness. $1 billion for “green”
Conservatives’ (cid:129) Harper’s cut to the Goods “We will infrastructure, and $1 billion
economic safe- and Services Tax from seven start construc- for clean-energy research.
ty net has to six per cent, then to five tion of roads, •$2.7 billion in short-term
earned the per cent has been projected bridges, public loans to the auto industry.
support of fed- to cost the federal coffers transit, broad- •A two-year, $1-billion Com-
eral Liberals. about $12 billion in 2009-10. band Internet munity Adjustment Fund to
Liberal access, schools help communities adjust to
Leader Michael Ignatieff ini- and social housing in every economic hardship.
tially offered a mixed re- region of the country,” Fla- •More than $1.4 billion for
view, but said he would an- herty said. aboriginal schools, health, wa-
nounce this morning But the stimulus comes at ter, housing, community serv-
whether to vote down the a cost. Not until 2013, when ices and training.
budget — and defeat Prime the total deficit is expected • $8.3 billion for skills and
Minister Stephen Harper’s to be about $85 billion, does training, including $1.5 billion
minority government. the budget forecast a mod- in new cash to retrain
He said the budget’s big- est surplus of $700 million. workers.
ticket spending and new as- Flaherty defended the “tem- •Extend EI benefits by five
sistance for the jobless was porary” deficit spending, weeks for two years.
a “positive” response to calling it an “investment
“the combined pressure of which is necessary to stimu- Canada 2009
the opposition parties,” late our economy.”
Federal
which threatened to topple Bloc Québécois Leader
the government if it failed Gilles Duceppe and NDP Budget
to produce an adequate eco- Leader Jack Layton quickly
nomic rescue package. criticized the budget. ●How the budget impacts
But the Liberal leader Layton said it is Ignatieff’s families, individuals, pg 4-8
questioned whether Fi- responsibility to defeat the ●Miller fears cash jam, pg 6
nance Minister Jim Flaherty budget as it fails to meet the ●Ignatieff to decide Tories’,
has done enough to im- tests the Liberal leader set. coalition’s fate,pg 10
prove employment insur- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE ●Green plan panned,pg 11
ance (EI) benefits and ●Kate MacNamara on fol l ow-
whether the $12 billion ear- ShareYourViews ing Bob the Builder, pg 14
marked for infrastructure Finance Minister Jim Flaherty responds to a question following his budget speech in Ottawa yester- ●Word on the street,pg 14
spending will flow quickly. [email protected] day. The Conservatives unveiled a budget that will run a deficit of $34 billion in the next fiscal year.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Charges dropped against two former ClubLink employees 3
Liquor licence charges against two former ClubLink executives were dropped in Bracebridge court yesterday after the Crown conceded they had been charged in
error. Jim Molenhuis and Murray Blair were among 16 charged after a fatal Muskoka car crash last July left three young Toronto men dead. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Toronto tops Markham for Pan Am facility
Local
Toronto has come out the winner in a bid to house a new national sports institute and aquatics centre
for the 2015 Pan American Games, beating out Markham for a facility it had eagerly pursued. The
$170-million centre would be built at the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus, and would in-
clude a swimming facility, multi-sport field house, gymnastic facility and high-performance training
centre. Toronto is competing against Bogota, Colombia, and Lima, Peru. The 42-member Pan American
Sports Organization will choose the winner later this year. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Province back in the toll game
INDEX
Federal Budget Pg 10
Canada Pg 12
World Pg 13
Expansion of Highway 407 in Durham region to be run by government
Comment Pg 14
Business Pg 15
Sports Pg 16
Metro Drive Pg 19 The government of Ontario ly run section would have to Dalton McGuinty.
Travel Pg 24 is getting back into the toll Tory’s response pay an additional toll when “I’m personally against
Workology Pg 32 highway business, they enter the provincially tolls, and we’re going to
Entertainment Pg 35 announcing it will own the (cid:129) Progressive Conservative ment was politically motivated, operated stretch, expected make sure we have the kind
TV Listings Pg 40 planned expansion of the Leader John Tory said the Liber- given the upcoming byelection to open in 2013. of financing package in
Celebrity Buzz Pg 41 privately run Highway 407. als’ long-anticipated announce- he is contesting in the area. The government expects place that eliminates the
Take Five Pg 42 In a surprise move yester- the project will generate need for tolls,” he said on
day, Transportation Minis- ment. the private 407 ETR. “The 24,000 construction jobs June 15, 2007.
Tomorrow’s Metro ter Jim Bradley revealed “Clearly, the public province will control the and highway revenues will His comments came
that the extension of the agrees that the province of tolling on the remainder of pay for it. more than a year after his
Music pay-for-use highway from Ontario should own roads the highway.” News that the Liberals government lost the last of
Brock Road in Pickering to in the province of Ontario,” But Bradley had few de- will impose their own seven court challenges
What are the most memorable
Highways 35 and 115 in Bradley told reporters, not- tails on how much it would tolls on what will be a against 407 International
moments from the Super Bowl
halftime show? Clarington would be owned ing motorists have been an- cost and whether 407 users publicly owned highway Inc. over toll increases.
Metro and operated by the govern- gered by the rising tolls on travelling from the private- is a U-turn for Premier TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
finds
out.
Premier looks to solve York crisis Loblaws shut down
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metronews.ca/canada help the nearly 45,000 closed until further no- afternoon at the compa-
BlogsFamous York University students tice,” said a statement re- ny’s request, but “more
People Are Weird still not in class, said Sid leased last night by Loblaw work needs to be done,”
on Madonna’s Ryan, president of the Companies Ltd., the store’s said Jim Chan, manager of
newest disguise Canadian Union of Public parent company. “Rigor- food safety for Toronto
at Employees, who added ous steps are being taken Public Health.
metronews.ca that if back-to-work legis- to thoroughly complete “It’s a bad one,” Chan
lation passes today or to- the action items requested said of the food safety vio-
Lotteries morrow, CUPE may take by Toronto Public Health.” lations yesterday. “It’s a se-
Ontario Pick 3:1 4 3; Ontario Pick 4: 2 4 7 3 court action on the basis On Monday, a health in- rious infestation.”
Encore:8212530 that it violates the Canadi- spector discovered an in- The company also faces
Daily Keno: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 28, an Charter of Rights and festation of mice and rats, three bylaw charges that
31, 33, 39, 45, 48, 52, 53, 55, 57, 70. Freedoms. including droppings in could draw fines of up to
These results are not official. “If we pursue it, the A police officer arrests a protester yesterday during a rally over food preparation areas, at $25,000 each, Chan said.
strike will be prolonged,” the ongoing York University strike. Some 200 people took part in the store at 650 Dupont St. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Ryan told a news confer- a union-organized rally at which four people were arrested fol-
News in brief ence at Queen’s Park yes- lowing a confrontation with police.
Deportation stay for war resister
terday. “We don’t want to
SCHOOLS Toronto’s public go down that road.” There that negotiation was not urged him to call York
school board and its high was no “deadlock” in the possible. president Mamdouh COURTS A U.S. war resister in 2006, but moved to Cana-
school teachers are at a stand- talks, he said. CUPE Local 3903 wanted Shoukri to get him back to living in Toronto who was da the following year after
off with little time left to get a Mediator Reg Pearson to keep bargaining, but it the table. McGuinty then scheduled to be deported she refused redeployment.
deal before a Friday deadline. was brought in last week was York who stopped and encouraged Shoukri to do yesterday has been granted She has been living here
The union says it won’t bend to bring a quick settle- refused to continue, he said. so while back-to-work leg- a temporary stay of removal with her husband and three
on the issue of how much su- ment to the three-month NDP Leader Howard islation makes its way by Federal Court. children, including a six-
pervision teachers are required strike, but informed the Hampton phoned McGuin- through the legislature. Kim Rivera served in Iraq week-old girl who was born
to do. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE premier early Saturday ty early yesterday and TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE with the American military in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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metro metronews.ca
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
local
4 First-time home buyers will be eligible for a tax break to help with those pesky closing costs
Yesterday’s budget contained a tax-credit program for these buyers offering a 15 per cent tax credit on up to
$5,000 in costs. The credit, a maximum of $750, will come off of taxes owing. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Federal Budget 2009
Budget tax credits don’t
The Speak
People
amount to much for family
Budget reaction from Canadians
across the nation
RO HALIFAX elor of science and nursing de-
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A young family with only /FO money for seniors in the federal She followed the budget to
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expecting much on a TORO hoped for care. She said she also wanted
personal level from the fed- NTO more. to see more money filtered into
eral budget and that’s what “It’s going universities and colleges.
they got. to be worse
Many of the tax cuts pro- than better in CALGARY
posed in the document tabled the near Double income family
yesterday are targeted at low- future, and ($150K), 2 kids
er-income families and sen- (seniors) have John & Marilyn
iors, which Clarke Melville a lot of Peers Calgary small business owner,
said makes the most sense concern for proud husband and father of
anyway. our adult children, as well as two, Mike April, watched yester-
“Those are the people who how it will affect us,” she said day’s budget and said as far as
need it most,” he said. last night. his family goes, there wasn’t a
With the increase of the ba- Peers and her husband are lot that he could see directly
sic personal exemption — to retired, and rely on investment benefiting them — aside from
$10,320 in 2009, up from income. She hoped the govern- the tax cuts.
$9,600 in 2008 — and the Clarke Melville and Christine Meahan-Melville read with their two young boys Duncan, 4, and ment would freeze forced with- According to Dean Paley, tax
lowest and middle income Patrick, 1½, in their Oakville home before the passing of the budget. The couple says they weren’t drawals from registered retire- professional for Edward Jones
tax brackets raised a few expecting a lot from the federal budget at a personal level. ment investment funds. Canada, the Aprils will see that
thousand dollars, a family tax relief — to the tune of
like the Melvilles will save a “It does kind of push you Accountant Hamid Shaikh creation measures instead, he OTTAWA about $350 per year, having a
couple of hundred dollars over the edge if you were with Tax & Accounting Ex- added. Single student two-income household nearing
this year, he said. thinking of making some perts Inc. in Mississauga, said Kevin Gaudet, spokesman the $150,000 mark.
“Which isn’t really a lot of home renovations; this just the current political situation for the Canadian Taxpayers A student at the University of Paley said the Aprils will con-
money in the grand scheme kind of sweetens the deal a lit- does not allow for any bigger Federation, said he was hap- Ottawa, Adrianne Walton tinue to realize good tax and re-
of things,” he added. tle bit,” Melville said. tax breaks. py to see the broad-based tax followed the federal budget tirement benefits in the future
The most significant detail The credit allows for a 15 “Any large tax breaks actu- relief for businesses, individu- yesterday to see – for better or as long as they continue to con-
in the budget for the Melvilles per cent credit on any home ally may contribute to bring- als and families that the fed- for worse – how student life tribute regularly to RRSP’s and
was the Home Renovation renovations over $1,000 and ing the government down,” eration had been calling for. would be impacted. their children’s education.
Tax Credit, which they said up to a total of $10,000 worth he said. “We’d like to see that keep Walton, 31, recently returned
they’ll make good use of. up to $1,350 for 2009 only. Harper has to focus on job moving forward,” he said. to school full time for her bach- EDMONTON
Single parent
For single father Warren
Dahlen, yesterday’s federal
budget announcement means
he should be able to keep put-
ting food on the table in front
of his two young daughters.
The federal government has
promised $12 billion for infra-
structure, which is good news
for the 40-year-old electrician,
whose employment is only se-
cured by new construction.
“It’s going to guarantee some
tradesmen out there will keep
their jobs. As long as things are
being built, we’ll be working,”
he said.
VANCOUVER
Same-sex couple
A newly married Vancouver cou-
ple will save $1,100 in taxes this
year thanks to
almost $20 bil-
lion over five
years in tax re-
lief announced
in yesterday’s
federal budg-
et.
Karen Chan,
29, and Amy Karen Chan &
Romanas, 35, Amy Romanas
were married
last January and are filing their
tax returns together for the first
time. Combined, the couple
earns about $100,000 annually.
They are benefiting from an
increase in the basic personal
exemption to $10,320.
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6 local Chamber worried municipalities won’t be able to match funds
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce welcomed the infrastructure spending in the federal budget, but said it’s concerned cash-strapped municipalities won’t be able to
pony up their share. Chamber president Len Crispino said it was not clear to what degree there would be opportunities for matching funds. THE CANADIAN PRESS
Federal Budget 2009
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Mayor fears red tape will slow cash release
Mayor David Miller is ex- which has been dealt with
pressing deep concerns it Transit City through Building Canada.
will take two years for The province, city of
Can adian cities like Toron- (cid:129) Miller said council asked Toronto and York Region
to to see the infrastructure for funding for Transit City reached agreement in
money announced in Fin - vehicles and $6 billion (for March 2006 on funding the
ance Minister Jim Flaher- Transit City — a network of extension, and Ottawa Tay Lo received no severance pay when her employer, Progressive Moulding Products in Vaughan,
ty’s budget. above-ground light-rail tran- promised money a few went bankrupt in July. Provisions in the budget would provide up to four weeks pay but she said
Miller told reporters he’s sit lines) to match the provin- months later, Miller said. the changes are too late for her.
disappointed money for cial two-thirds contribution Yet the final agreement
projects will flow through for Move Ontario 2020. with the federal govern- Changes too late for single mom
Ottawa’s Building Canada ment wasn’t signed until
Fund, a fund he said is “full im mediately for local proj- September 2008.
of red tape.” ects based on the gas-tax “They (Ottawa) are pro- Tay Lo, 39, a single mom likely won’t be able to con- pleased the budget propos-
He said that up to now formula, which is loosely posing in this budget to with two children, ages two tinue child support pay- es to extend EI benefits for
the fund has delivered a based on population — put more money into that and five, is an unemployed ments. an extra five weeks to a
lengthy approvals process with top-ups for smaller kind of fund. That means auto-parts factory worker. LO’S BUDGET HOPES: Longer maximum of 50. But since
where provincial and fed- cities. the money will not hit the She attends math and Eng- EI coverage and higher her benefits have run out,
eral governments give the Miller argued that based ground in any practical lish upgrading course five benefits. Protection for it won’t help her. She is dis-
go-ahead for projects, and on the way Building Cana- way until two years from days a week through On- workers when companies appointed the budget did-
municipalities must pro- da has worked thus far, it now. If you really want to tario’s Second Career pro- go bankrupt. More finan- n’t raise EI benefit levels or
vide matching funds. will take two years to see build infrastructure now gram and wants to train for cial support for unem- change eligibility rules.
Miller and other Canadi- money for local projects. and put people back to a job in social work. ployed workers in training She’s hoping the $1 bil-
an mayors say they’ve al- He gave the example of work, that’s not the right Lo has been without in- programs. More help for lion earmarked for train-
ready identified their pri- the TTC’s Spadina subway way to do it,” Miller told re- come since Jan. 12 when EI low-income families rais- ing will last long enough to
orities and had urged Ot- extension from Downsv iew porters. ran out. Her ex-husband ing children. see her retrained.
tawa to set aside money station into York Region, TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE has just been laid off and BUDGET REALITY: Lo is TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Coast Guard gets big boost local 7
The Canadian Coast Guard’s fleet got a major boost in yesterday’s budget with $175 million
earmarked for new small craft and refurbishment of larger vessels. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICES
Federal Budget 2009
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four kids (two in universi- ey so that people can
ty), owns a home in (make) purchases, and I
Georgetown and earns think that’s great, but you
$76,000 a year. Cammie Peirce need to do something
BUDGET HOPES: She hoped that’s going to put the con-
for measures “that make fying for EI and about how fidence there.”
people feel comfortable long she would be eligible Peirce said five extra
they can start making pur- if she loses her job. She weeks of EI do not make
chases again” as well as fi- says EI has not kept up much difference and the
nancial incentives for con- with inflation and wage in- changes do not rectify re-
sumers to buy cars built in creases. gional disparities.
North America. BUDGET REALITY: “Nobody COALITION: “I’m not in
Peirce also wanted im- feels like there was any- favour of toppling a gov-
provements to employ- thing there that’s going to ernment but I don’t think
ment insurance that would save our jobs,” said Peirce, that this has a lot of solu-
calm her fears about quali- who watched the budget tions.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
John MacDonald sits in his Oshawa townhome after being laid off from General Motors last year.
He finds the government’s employment program frustrating.
Laid-off GM worker
still waiting for help
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John MacDonald, 29, funding announced.
worked for General “It completely lacks He was frustrated the PLAACEE TTOO BEE
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Motors in Oshawa for 11 any kind of budget did not appear to
years before being laid off make more people eligible
provisions that help
in December. for EI.
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house in Oshawa and is ing to get laid off.” spending would not help
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was making more than duction strategies because temporary tax credits for
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$1,000 a week, after taxes. he worries rising unem- renovations: “You’re not
BUDGET HOPES: MacDonald ployment will force more going to retrofit your
hoped for retraining fund- and more people into house if you don’t have a
ing that would let him poverty, as well as infra- job.”
take a year-long engineer- structure spending that Aside from improved
ing program for nuclear would allow a young per- child tax benefits, Mac-
operations. son like him to get work Donald said, “I’ve seen ab-
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Domenic Villani, 36, is a ture — roads, sew- BUDGET REALITY: Vil-
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general manager of Clear- ers, bridges and wa- lani is pleased the
way Construction Incorpo- ter mains that can government is (cid:51)(cid:49)(cid:55)(cid:32)(cid:68)(cid:117)(cid:110)(cid:100)(cid:97)(cid:115)(cid:32)(cid:83)(cid:116)(cid:114)(cid:101)(cid:101)(cid:116)(cid:32)(cid:87)(cid:101)(cid:115)(cid:116)(cid:44)(cid:32)(cid:84)(cid:111)(cid:114)(cid:111)(cid:110)(cid:116)(cid:111)
rated, a medium-sized in- be built this year pumping $12 bil- (cid:119)(cid:119)(cid:119)(cid:46)(cid:97)(cid:103)(cid:111)(cid:46)(cid:110)(cid:101)(cid:116)(cid:32)(cid:32)(cid:32)(cid:32)(cid:108)(cid:32)(cid:32)(cid:32)(cid:52)(cid:49)(cid:54)(cid:32)(cid:57)(cid:55)(cid:57)(cid:32)(cid:54)(cid:54)(cid:52)(cid:56)
frastructure development and next. He says lion into infrastruc-
company based in Vaugh- the government ture programs over
an that builds sewers, must provide assur- the next two years Lead Inaugural & Signature Partner: Government Partners:
roads, bridges and water ances that the mon- Domenic Villani and is happy $1 bil-
mains. ey gets into the hands of lion of that has been ear- Signature Partners: Media Partner:
BUDGET HOPES: He wants governments that can marked for green jobs.
more money for infrastruc- spend it quickly. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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local
8 Community centennial projects from a generation ago going to get a facelift
In 1967, cities, towns and villages built arenas, parks, soccer fields and swimming polls to mark the national birthday. Since then, many a Centennial Arena or
Centennial Park has fallen into disrepair. The budget offered $500 million over two years to refurbish them or build new recreational centres. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Federal Budget 2009
‘It appears we didn’t win gold in this contest:’ Senior
Duane Frerichs, 72, is an “I have a pension better tary man who saw his nest the growing concerns of in funding to build housing
Air Canada pensioner than the average person,” “There’s not really a egg, savings, and dreams of pensioners and retirees for low-income seniors.
who was a pilot for 24 he says, without divulging heck of a lot for Freedom 65 disappear in a who have been hard hit. in The biggest disappoint-
years with the company, details. But he admits he is matter of days. He lost the budget. He was hoping ment was that the govern-
seniors.”
and retired 18 years ago. still worried he will outlast $25,000 in October, when to see an announcement ment didn’t change the
Duane Frerichs
Frerichs has lived in the it. “If I look at my genes, I his stocks fell in a matter of on pension protection, the rules for RRIFs: “It was
same house in Georgetown have another good 20 years hours. His life has not im- elimination of mandatory something that would be
for the past 41 years with to go. I don’t know if my has felt the impact of the proved since. He has been RRIF withdrawals every basically no cost for the
his wife. He says even if he pension will be around economic downturn, it is watching his money close- month, and the creation of government, to let pen-
wanted to move, he “can’t that long.” seniors like Frerichs, a re- ly and was optimistic the a universal pension plan sioners withdraw from the
afford it now.” BUDGET HOPES:If anyone tired pilot and former mili- government would address for the “60 per cent of sen- RRIFS as they need it,
iors who don’t get a pen- rather than saying you
sion.” have to take out so much
BUDGET REALITY: “It ap- each year whether you
pears we didn’t win gold in need or not it,” he said.
this contest!” said Frerichs, “That is something that
shortly after the budget could have been easily jus-
was laid out yesterday. tified and implemented,
“There’s not really a heck and was not.”
of a lot for seniors.” What COALITION: Can’t say, but
An important change in how is there are changes to the adds: “Probably the Liber-
age credit, personal tax re- als wouldn’t do anything
ductions and $400 million either.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
organ and tissue donation CO
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Have you registered a decision of “No” or
“Undecided” regarding organ and tissue donation?
Then, you should know that, Ontario has changed the way donation decisions are
recorded. Now, only a “Yes” to organ and tissue donation will be collected and stored
in the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) database. At the appropriate time, this
information will be accessed by the Trillium Gift of Life Network (TGLN), Ontario’s
provincial organ donation agency.
If you have previously registered “NO” or “UNDECIDED”, this decision will no
longer be used or disclosed to TGLN, as of July 1, 2009.
Duane Frerichs, seen in his Georgetown home, is disappointed
Therefore, it is important that you tell your family or loved ones of your decision, the government didn’t change RRIF rules.
to ensure that your wishes are properly conveyed to your health care team at the
relevant time. PERHAPS THE BEST TIME TO
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Make your donation decision known to your family. IS RIGHT NOW.
If your child suffers from grass pollen allergies, you may want
to know about this. We’re enrolling a clinical research study of
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an investigational drug. The investigational drug is designed to
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10canada Deficit vs. debt
A national deficit occurs when a government’s annual expenditures exceed its revenues. The national debt is
the accumulation that remains unpaid from all past annual deficits since 1867. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Federal Big spenders
Budget 2009
Pierre Trudeau and Brian Mulroney both spent Cana-
da deeper and deeper into debt during the 1970s,
1980s and early 1990s. Trudeau failed to balance the
books for 15 years as prime minister. Mulroney never
managed to produce a surplus.
TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Tories await their fate EI benefits
extended
five weeks
NDP, Bloc immediately condemn budget; Liberal decision today
Ottawa’s plan to extend
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lies with Liberal Leader DIA nothing, say some workers
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Michael Ignatieff, who AN struggling
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his Liberal caucus last night, those and the threat
was to announce today whose EI of another
whether his party would has already 250,000 Cana-
support the government’s run out, dians being
economic plan, or possibly yesterday’s thrown out of
join with the NDP and the federal work in the
Bloc Québécois to defeat budget of- coming year,
the Conservatives in the fered little the lack of ma-
Commons. comfort. jor EI reforms
There was talk among Econo- is the budget’s
some Liberals last night mists, biggest weak-
about possibly proposing an labour ness, said
amendment to the budget groups and economist
to address some of the par- business Armine Yal-
ty’s concerns. leaders had nizyan of the
New Democrat Leader also called left-leaning
Jack Layton and Bloc Québé- on Ottawa Canadian Cen-
cois Leader Gilles Duceppe to end re- tre for Policy
swiftly condemned the gional in- Alternatives.
budget as a failed “ideologi- equities in
cal” document that does the system
not address the needs of the that make it easier for the
jobless and the most vulner- unemployed in some parts
able, nor move Canada to- of the country to qualify
ward a greener economy. than in others.
Their parties intend to They note that reforms
vote to defeat the govern- during the 1990s to limit
ment on the budget, and Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe, left, talks with New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton yesterday in the foyer of the House access and benefits to em-
Layton publicly pressured of Commons on Parliament Hill after listening to the budget speech. ployment insurance have
Ignatieff to do the same. resulted in a program that
Layton said the budget place the Conservative gov- covers barely half of unem-
“He has a choice to make. It’s either to prop up the Harper
fails on the very tests — ernment. ployed workers in Canada
helping the most vulnera- government and allow it to continue in a fashion that is clearly Ignatieff, however, said today. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
ble, protecting the jobs of yesterday the Conservative
wrong-headed, or to pursue the agenda laid out by the
today and creating jobs for budget contained “some
tomorrow — that Ignatieff coalition, which would create jobs for the future and would positive elements” that he More to be
had set out. transform our economy and would really protect the people credited to the political
taken off
“He has a choice to pressure brought to bear by
who are suffering the most from the economic crisis.”
make,” Layton told re- the united opposition par-
porters. “It’s either to prop NDP Leader Jack Layton ties before Christmas. tax rolls
up the Harper government He said there are also
and allow it to continue in a coalition, which would cre- the people who are suffer- the agreement signed by “negative aspects.” RELIEFIn a something-for-
fashion that is clearly ate jobs for the future and ing the most from the eco- the Liberals and NDP in De- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE everyone budget, the Con-
wrong-headed, or to pursue would transform our econo- nomic crisis.” cember to form a coalition, MORE ON IGNATIEFF’S servative government has
the agenda laid out by the my and would really protect Layton was referring to supported by the Bloc, to re- DECISION, PAGE 11. proposed widespread tax
relief for small businesses,
homeowners, seniors, and
Many wild cards in play for future of the economy
low- and middle-income
Canadians.
The budget calls for tax
The federal budget is a tual economic recovery in measures that will leave
“prudent” prescription to Savings to trickle down the United States — not to more money in more peo-
help heal Canada’s ailing mention the future health ple’s pockets, including
economy, but the modest (cid:129) Economists said the perma- into the real economy, contrast- cans last year. Lower-income of Canada’s own housing the sprawling middle
stimulus spending and tax nent nature of tax breaks would ing them with the temporary Canadians, they say, have a and stock markets. class, whose support the
cuts alone may not be help those savings trickle down tax rebates doled out to Ameri- greater propensity to consume. Since the global eco- Conservatives covet.
enough to pull Canada out nomic meltdown was orig- The moves will take an
of its deepening recession, inally sparked by events additional 265,000 Canadi-
economists said yesterday. protecting increasingly vul- effective. Overall, the gov- mists, however, stressed outside this country’s bor- ans off the tax rolls
Dubbing the budget nerable jobs amid a wors- ernment hopes its action the outlook for the global ders, the government’s altogether, largely
“Canada’s economic action ening global recession. plan will create or preserve economy remains clouded. “made-in-Canada” solution through changes to the ba-
plan,” Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said measures to up to 190,000 jobs for There are many wild cards is unlikely to be a cure-all sic personal income tax
Flaherty said the measures shore up the sputtering Canadians by the end of including the future direc- for the domestic economic exemption and to the sen-
were aimed at resuscitating economy must begin with- 2010. tion of commodity prices funk. iors’ Age Credit.
consumer spending and in the next 120 days to be Private sector econo- and the timing of any even- TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE