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CUPE national representative Marc Xuereb, far left, addresses those gathered around who are picketing alongside nine striking employees of the Canadian Hearing Society on Davis Drive in Newmarket Monday afternoon. CUPE 2073 has been on strike since March 6. They have been without a contract since 2013 and their employer, the Canadian Hearing Society, is offering no wage increases for the past four years and changes to their sick leave plan.
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ownership felt." Mann added that a strategy where funds are being brought in by businesses may be a more successful approach in certain communities rather than asking parents for money. "I think that is like at least a move toward equity," he said. Kidder points out that while one school has a beautiful playground where students can explore physical activity through play, another school may not have had the ability to raise the funds to do the same. "Our school system shouldn’t reflect the socioeconomic status of the area," she added. "Rather than creating a level playing field in the public education system, this could actually be creating a double disadvantage for students." Students growing up in an affluent neighbourhood already have access to learning enrichment through lessons and sports outside of school, and that continues within the school since parents have the income to financially contribute to the school. However, those in a less affluent neighbourhood may not have the opportunity for enrichment in the community or in the school. Kidder isn’t suggesting school fundraising should be abolished, but rather the education ministry needs to further define what is required for core learning and what is considered enrichment. "For example, in art class is a pencil a core tool and are pencil crayons enhanced tools?" she asked. "There are guidelines on how the funds can be spent but there are also loopholes." Her solution? The creation of a ministry document with clearly-defined defini-
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TERESA LATCHFORD AND AARON D’ANDREA Two elementary students are learning about calculating angles. One student has read the textbook, listened to the teacher’s lesson, and is now completing the homework questions. Student two’s class has also raised funds to bring an engineer in to explain how angles are used to build bridges and for a field trip to Legoland to experiment with implementing the use of angles in model construction. The question is, in a publicly-funded school system, are these two students receiving the same educational experience? "It’s not an exaggeration to say fundraising can create have and have-not schools," People for Education executive director Annie Kidder told Metroland Media. "There is no evidence that enriched learning has a direct impact on student test scores but it makes a big difference in a student’s overall learning experience." The education advocacy group has been tracking school fundraising for years and has found an incredible range, with some schools reporting having raised nothing and others $400,000 in the span of one year. The same schools report spending the funds on everything from musical instruments to technology. Ontario’s Ministry of Education defines fundraising as any activity permitted under a school board’s policy to raise money or other resources to enhance school programs or initiatives not covered by public funding. Fundraising events must be approved by the school principal, in consultation with the parent council, and com-
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Lake Simcoe Public School student Simon McLachlan works intently on his iPad in a classroom that melds old-fashioned books with modern tools. Many schools across Ontario are using fundraised dollars to purchase learning enhancement tools, including technology at their schools which could lead to have and have-not schools, according to education advocacy group People for Education. ply with policy. These dollars, also known as schoolgenerated funds, are administered by the school principal and per ministry guidelines. Although samples of money raised school-byschool show signs of this disparate fundraising, boards don’t have - or are reluctant to provide - comprehensive lists of figures for each school across their footprints. Approved uses for these funds include field trips, guest speakers, scholarships, extracurricular activities, events, schoolyard improvement projects, upgrades to sporting facilities, and more. While the ministry prohibits fundraising for classroom learning materials and textbooks as well as facility renewal, maintenance, and upgrades funded through
"There is no evidence that enriched learning has a direct impact on student test scores but it makes a big difference in a student’s overall learning experience." –Annie Kidder provincial grants, a report penned by People for Education states 47 per cent of elementary schools have paid for such things with fundraising. Of those schools, 94 per cent raised funds for technology resources, 25 per cent for online resources, and 12 per cent for textbooks. Parent Gary Sims fundraises for his children’s schools to provide them with opportunities for different programs that his generation didn’t have when growing up. "We fundraise just to make it easier for them," he
said. "You have to give every kid a chance." Nahum Mann, a parent representative within the Toronto District School Board’s Parent Involvement Advisory Committee, told Metroland Media fundraising strategies should be in place to help foster community involvement. "If a community understands what a school is trying to do and how those students will achieve it and be effective, I think it brings a realness to it," he said. "The sooner you include the community, there’s more
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York Region schools: the fundraising numbers TERESA LATCHFORD tlatchford@yrmg.com The York Region District School Board is the third largest school board in Ontario with over 123,000 students attending 208 schools. Over 55,000 students attend 106 schools under the umbrella of the York Catholic District School Board. During the 2015-16 school year, the YRDSB reported $31.7 million in school generated funds and of that, $117,592 was spent on capital assets including lighting systems, playgrounds and computers, $15.2 million spent on student activities and resources and $5 million on field trips. The YCDSB reports $25.25 million in school generated funds, including school council numbers, in the 2015-16 school year. In specific schools, the amount raised varies. For example, Jersey Public School in Keswick raised $46,979 last year and Vaughan’s Kleinburg Public School raised $153,471. While the fundraising numbers for each school across the region were not readily available, the York Region Media Group has filed a Freedom of Information request to obtain the information.
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Class Environmental Assessment for the Markham Road Sanitary Sewer and Fairtree Sewage Pumping Station and Forcemain Improvements Study Overview The City of Markham initiated a Schedule ‘B’ Class Environmental Assessment (EA) study to develop a sanitary servicing strategy for the Fairtree Sewage Pumping Station and Markham Road Trunk Sanitary Sewer Catchment Area to support existing servicing needs and future growth. The existing trunk sewer currently services a catchment area of 1,027 hectares. Most of this area is developed, except for redevelopment applications and greenfield development planned or projected within and in close proximity to the existing area.
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Recommendation Includes the Most Balanced Solution Through a rigorous evaluation process that included a significant amount of public engagement with local residents, York Region and the City of Toronto, the City recommends upgrading the existing Fairtree Pumping Station and constructing a sewer east to Kirkham Drive which would ultimately connect to Markham Road. This solution will provide the most balance amongst all of the options the City examined for several reasons:
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• It is the most feasible option because it would be constructed under the collector road right-of-way planned in the East Village. • It requires minimal coordination with York Region and the City of Toronto because the infrastructure would be built mainly within the jurisdiction of the City of Markham. • Community and traffic impacts will be significantly reduced as the infrastructure improvements would primarily occur under a planned newly constructed road.
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The Council of the City of Markham intends to designate the following property for reasons of cultural heritage value or interest pursuant to the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, Chapter O.18, Part IV:
The study was undertaken in accordance with all of requirements of the Municipal Class EA process (October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011 and 2015) for Schedule ‘B’ projects. The Class EA process included public and agency review at key milestones to elicit input, as well as one Public Information Centre. A Project File which documents the study’s planning process is available for public review at the City of Markham, Clerk’s Department, 101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham, ON, during regular business hours for a period of 30 calendar days, starting on April 21st, 2017.
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If, after consulting with the City of Markham, you have significant unresolved concerns with the study, you have the right to make a written request to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (The Honourable Glen R. Murray, 11th Floor, Ferguson Block, 77 Wellesley St. W., Toronto, ON M7A 2T5) to appeal the study results – also known a Part II Order request. The Part II Order request must be received by the Minister of the Environment during the 30-day review period and a copy of the request should be forwarded to the City of Markham. If there are no outstanding concerns after the end of the public review period, the study will be considered to have met the requirements of the Municipal Class EA, and the project may proceed to implementation. For additional information please contact the Project Manager: Farshed Kawasia, P. Eng. | Senior Development Engineer | Engineering Markham Civic Centre | City of Markham | 101 Town Centre Blvd., Markham ON L3R 9W3 Phone: 905.477.7000, Ext. 2069 | Fax: 905.479.7773 | E-mail: fkawasia@markham.ca With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record of the study. The study is being conducted according to the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment, which is a planning process approved under Ontario’s Environmental Assessment Act.
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If you think all children in Ontario’s publicly funded schools have the same opportunities, think again. This month’s Metroland special investigation into inequalities in school fundraising uncovered what could be the tip of the iceberg. Beyond the formula created to disperse provincial funding to schools, the schools and the people and organizations supporting them locally raise millions every year. Parents and community members put their money where their hearts are, and boost cash-strapped schools with fundraising. At some schools it’s a penny fair in June and a bake sale or two, at other schools there are galas and bigticket raffles - all supported through the generosity of monied parents and grandparents. In other area’s, there’s virtually no fundraising. According to a 2014 report by nonprofit People for Education, the top 10 per cent of fundraising schools raise as much as the bottom 81 per cent - money spent on student excursions, playground equipment, technology, arts supplies and more. It’s no surprise growing up with the privilege that comes with wealth opens doors to additional opportunity, however, Canadians expect equality in education. But it’s a sham. Underfunded schools need the leg up they get from community fundraisers - in one small northern school the extra money meant the girls’ basketball team didn’t have to wear the already sweaty pinnies the boys had just competed in anymore. In another school it could mean technical and cultural enrichment for students whose family income has already given them a leg up. In the end, it’s not fair. What we have learned is disturbing, but perhaps more disturbing was the message we received from most of the schools and boards we approached for fundraising details: how much does each school raise in the community? The boards aren’t willing to divulge how much money they’re getting from their parent committees and book sales unless they are compelled to do so by legislation. A few individual schools opened their books and we salute them; most insisted we file a freedom of information request. We have done so, but this is a bureaucratic process and it will take time, likely months. When we get the data, we will share it with you; we’ll let you know how much your child’s school is raising and compare it to how much other schools across the province collect from their communities.
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Hypocrisy on tree cutting It’s all very well to improve our tree-cutting bylaws, which we should, but let’s look at the bigger picture also. The redevelopment of York Downs Golf Club was up for review at Development Services Committee March 20. I challenged the committee to take a short drive through the Beckett Farm subdivision and play "spot the tree". Not a mature tree is to be seen outside of a small woodlot; instead, it’s an urban blight of concrete and dust and too many cars trying to park where only one spot was planned. There is hardly any space for mature trees anyway, given the lots, trees and laneways are so densely packed. Contrast that with
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A picketer walks outside the offices of the Canadian Hearing Society office on Davis Drive in Newmarket. CUPE 2073 has been on strike since March 6. They have been without a contract since 2013 and their employer, the Canadian Hearing Society, is offering no wage increases for the past four years and changes to their sick leave plan.
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The workers provide a variety of services to the deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing, including more than 1,000 clients in York Region and Simcoe County, picket captain Patricia Teixiera said. "We love our services, we love serving our clients. Our clients enjoy (our services) but we just can’t help them (while we’re out on strike)," she said. The society said it is operating about 80 per cent of its programs at a reduced level during the strike. It announced on April 5 it was expanding some of its services during the labour disruption including counselling services, income tax clinics for clients who registered before the strike and audiology. The society also said it had been working diligently since Jan. 12 to achieve a collective agreement before the strike.
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trainers, clerical support, program co-ordinators, program assistants, and information technology specialists across the province have been without a contract or a wage increase for four years. The society is proposing to "gut" the sick leave plan, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2073. However, the society said the majority of workers had received a wage increase of more than three per cent over the last four years. It said it has also offered two retroactive wage increases and a lump-sum payment, an extension of the current contract for another year incorporating another wage increase and a "modernization" of the sick pay leave program that includes a "robust" one-time buyout of employees’ unused sick day banks.
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l Thursday, April 13 Russian National Ballet Theatre presents "Swan Lake" WHEN: 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham CONTACT: Flato Markham Theatre, 905-3057469, 305_show@markham.ca COST: Prime: $69, regular: $64, diamond 4-Pak: $172, students: $15 "An exquisite and romantic rendition of Tchaikovsky’s signature ballet that will enchant you from its opening act to its dramatic conclusion." - The Buffalo News
Meditate with a Monk WHEN: 8 p.m. - 9 p.m. WHERE: Buddha Meditation Centre, 11175 Kennedy Rd., Markham CONTACT: The Buddha Meditation Centre, 905-927-7117, info@mahamevnawa.ca COST: You get the chance to meditate and chant with a monk trained in the Theravada tradition. Instructions will be given. Suitable for all experience levels. l Friday, April 14 Language Cafe - Friday WHEN: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. WHERE: The Bridge Church, 5440 16th Ave., Markham CONTACT: Radhika Chellaiah, 905-2946716, info@newtomarkham.com,
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other newcomers. l Wednesday, April 19 CFUW Markham Unionville montly meeting WHEN: 7 a.m. - 8 a.m. WHERE: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 143 Main St. N., Markham CONTACT: Elaine Kerys, elainekerys47@gmail.com COST: $10 Elizabeth Abbott, former Dean of Women at the University of Toronto, a Canadian writer and historian with a keen interest in women’s issues, will speak.
Markham At The Movies: Sarah Polley cocumentary Stories We Tell WHEN: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. WHERE: Flato Markham Theatre, 171 Town Centre Blvd., Markham CONTACT: Flato Markham Theatre, 905-305-7469, markhamatthemovies@gmail.com COST: Markham at the Movies, in partnership with Toronto International Film Festival, is hosting a screening of Stories We Tell by Canadian actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley
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Easter Swim and In-Water Easter Egg Hunt WHEN: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Georgina Leisure Pool, 5279 Black River Rd., Georgina CONTACT: 905-722-1429 COST: Regular Admission fee and policy
Meet the Easter Bunny! WHEN: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Main Street Markham, 132 Robinsons St., Markham CONTACT: Christine Matthews, 905-4722462 COST: Bring your camera and get a FREE
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The Wills Lawyers Your Will should be tailor made to your own particular life situation and should comply with all the formalities set out by Ontario Law. Generally speaking, a professionally drafted Will is composed of several parts: 1. The Will must identify the person making it. If people commonly address you by a name other than the name on your birth certificate, you should tell your lawyer to insert both names in your Will in order to properly Father & Daughter Team identify you and avoid problems for Les & Michelle Kotzer your beneficiaries. An example to illustrate this point would be: Charles Brooks, also known as Chuck Brooks. 2. Generally speaking, your Will should revoke any prior Wills or Codicils which you have made. However, there are exceptions to this general rule: there are unique estate situations where two Wills operating simultaneously are required in order to fulfill certain specialized requirements. An example would be where a person has substantial assets in different countries and may require a Will in each of those jurisdictions. This is a matter which should be discussed with your lawyer, if you have concerns about this situation. 3. The Will should appoint a primary executor or, if you wish to have more than one executor look after your estate, primary executors. It is important to appoint a back up, in the event your executor or executors are unable or unwilling to look after your estate or in the event they die before you. As a result, you should be naming one or more alternate executors. 4. The Will should instruct your executor, or if applicable, your executors to pay or settle legitimate debts, claims and taxes owed by you before any assets are distributed to your beneficiaries under your Will. 5. The Will can distribute certain personal items, gifts of money or other assets all of which are often referred to as legacies, to certain people whom you name to receive such legacies. 6. The Will should dispose of what is known as the residue of your estate. The residue consists of what is left over after all the debts and taxes have been paid and all the legacies have been distributed. Every Will must have a residue clause. 7. The Will should provide for guardianship of your minor children, where applicable. 8. The Will should grant powers to your executors to enable them to look after your estate, in an efficient manner. 9. Your Will should contain a clause commonly known as a family law clause. This clause is very comforting to parents. In essence, the clause protects the income generated by your married child’s inheritance, in the event that child is involved in a marriage breakdown after your death. Some people trivialize Wills to the extent of trying to write their own Wills without obtaining legal advice. Many people do not appreciate the complexities involved in this area of the law. Drafting your own homemade Will may be a journey fraught with danger because the result may be an invalid Will, and a potential nightmare for your family. If you do not have a will and are not sure where to start, we offer a free will consultation. We can sit down and talk about a will tailor made to your life situation. If you have a will and are not sure if it is up to date or a recipe for a potential family fight, we offer a free will review. Fish & Associates is located at 7951 Yonge Street in a turn of the century home with plenty of free parking. Michelle Kotzer can be reached by email at mkotzer@fishlaw.ca or telephone at (905) 881-1500 ext.22 and Les Kotzer can be reached by email at les@leskotzer.com or telephone at (905) 881-1500 ext. 19. Please visit our website at www.willappointment. com for more information.
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TIM KELLY tkelly@yrmg.com The only thing bigger than the proposed housing development at York Downs is the amount of public interest in the project. A standing-room-only crowd filling council chambers and all the seats in the hallway at Markham Town Centre listened intently as more than 30 delegations presented arguments for and against the 2,400-unit project last Wednesday. And who was the last speaker of the four-hour meeting? Patrick O’Hanlon, president ofKylemore Communities the project’s developer. He had listened patiently to what everyone had to say, pro and con. There was an almost even split between those who supported the project on the basis that it would offer mixed-use housing choice to young professionals and future Markham residents; and those who offered varying degrees of opposition based on increased traffic concerns, environmental worries, loss of wildlife and tree canopy, and other issues. The official public meeting was markedly different than the March 20 meeting when the pro-
ject was first presented and virtually every public speaker railed against the development. This time, O’Hanlon made the case that Kylemore and his associates were keen to listen to those who have issues with the development. He seemed particularly taken with one resident who complained a 6-to-8 storey condominium planned for 16th Avenue would overlook homes across the fourlane street and into neighbouring yards. "We can look at that, if it can look north, instead of east-west, we could do that," said O’Hanlon. "There was an equal balance.... I wouldn’t say anybody was really against this, but we (people) can support this if certain things are done," said O’Hanlon, whose Kylemore group and others bought the 417-acre property two years ago for $412 million from York Downs golf club members. Those who want to see 16th Avenue and Kennedy Road widened to accept the thousands more vehicles that will come with the anticipated 5,000 to 7,500 new residents, have a supporter in O’Hanlon. He said the answer lies in the many millions of dollars in development charges that will be paid
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Massive Markham meeting deals with mammoth York Downs development
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It was standing-room only at Markham Civic Centre last Wednesday night as more than 30 delegations spoke up for and against on the proposed 2,400-unit residential York Downs development. through the development, which he believes should be directed to the area where the megaproject is taking place. "We’ve gone up to the region and we believe the regional development charges should go to region where we are developing. In other words, our development charges should stay in Markham,
should go to Kennedy, should go to 16th and that resolves everything," he said. There will be many more chances to talk about the development as a subcommittee has been set up to discuss it. The first meeting of the subcommittee takes place at Markham Civic Centre on April 18 at 6 p.m. It will be chaired
by Ward 6 Councillor Amanda Colluci and is open to the public. It’s expected there will be a minimum of four meetings of the subcommittee. You can also visit an online site dedicated exclusively to the York Downs project that the City of Markham has set up at http:// bit.ly/2omZBJJ
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Celebrate Easter with egg hunt in Aurora April 15
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