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Caught in a power struggle Residents, critics wary of hydro rate cut that defers costs onto future generations
charges over that time. Goodchild said the Liberals are just kicking the can down the road. “Instead of reducing rates, it is going to cost us more in the JUSTIN SKINNER long run,” he said. “This is not JOHN EDWARDS going to help us whatsoever. SIMON MARTIN They’re doing this for votes.” The government’s new This summer we’ll see a measures also include helpbreak on hydro bill costs, but ing low-income residents and some residents particularly hard broadening the rural and remote hit by high rates and delivery rate protection program by subfees, aren’t buying it. sidizing rural homeowners who Daren Goodchild, a horse have unusually high distribufarmer from Markham, has felt tion rates. The savings could be the pinch. between $12 and $75 depending The electricity bill for his on consumption and rate plan. small farm from October to Those subsidies will cost the December in 2016 totalled $592, government’s treasury, and taxincluding $130 in delivery fees payers, about $2.5 billion over alone. With an electric wellthe next three years. pump for water and an oilCritics say lowering the cost burning furnace in his 160-yearof hydro artificially without old home, the costs of running addressing broader structural the farm are fast spiralling out issues is a mistake. of control and he feels “Nothing in the govthere’s little hope of ernment’s new plan slowing it. changes the under“It’s gotten to lying costs of the ‘Nothing in the the point where power system,” government’s new we have changed said energy plan changes the our behaviour as consultant Tom best we can but Adams. underlying costs it doesn’t seem He challenged of the power to make a lick the notion that of difference,” he Wynne’s plan was system.” said. like refinancing a Premier Kathleen mortgage. – Tom Adams, Wynne announced “Not true. Her energy March 2 that the govplan is like refinancing consultant ernment would reduce monthly rental costs. hydro rates by 25 per The monthly rent paycent, which includes the ments will go down, but eight per cent rebate on after the next election the the Ontario portion of the renter will be in much HST. In order to do this, worse trouble.” the plan refinances the Adams says Ontario is payments to private power actually enjoying something providers who signed on for of a “power cost sweet spot” 20-year contracts. at the moment, with relatively Under the new plan, the provaffordable nuclear power. But ince has increased the payment that’s about to change, he said, term from 20 to 30 years, which with some of the province’s will incur $25 billion in interest nuclear generating units up
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Daren Goodchild is one of many Ontarians struggling with surging hydro rates. He lives on a farm in rural Markham and says the electricity costs of running his small farm have become insanely high. for refurbishment in the near future. “A decline in nuclear production and a sharp increase in cost is about to happen,” Adams said. Keith Brooks, programs director at Environmental Defence, is pleased the government’s plan includes conservation initiatives like the $200 million Affordability Fund, which helps people make their homes more energy efficient. But he said the government’s reforms make no changes to the supply mix – the amount of power we get from nuclear versus gas versus wind. “… To keep costs low, we need to see more renewables in Ontario’s future,” he wrote in an opinion piece for Metroland Media. “Wind and solar power costs are plummeting, while costs for nuclear power are rising. Renewable energy has created a solid foundation for a clean economy – one that Ontario now needs to
build upon.” Ontario’s PC and NDP energy critics both say halting the sale of public electric companies is priority Number 1. The cost to consumers is being hijacked by the drive for profit. “…Because of the way these new private power contracts are written, we are stuck paying guaranteed profit for power plants whether we need them or not,” said Peter Tabuns, NDP energy critic. “Right now, Ontario generates more power than we can use, about $2 billion a year worth of surplus power that we sell to Quebec and New York at a deep — 75 per cent — discount. In fact, many times we have to pay them to take our power.” Transparency on the government’s current energy contracts is also lacking, said Todd Smith, PC energy critic. “In my own riding of Prince Edward-Hastings, I’ve watched power companies ask for and get
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extensions from the government that drag the project out years beyond what was envisioned by the original deal,” he said. “That’s not something you do if you’re on the side of the people paying hydro bills.” Mark Rodger, a lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais and an expert in the utility sector, meanwhile, said delivery charges are a necessary hit. Simply being hooked up to hydro costs money even when energy is not being used. Those costs could be cut, however, should some of Ontario’s 60-plus utility companies merge. By having different companies running their own distribution systems, he said, it adds $1 billion in costs. “Through consolidation, you can remove those costs through efficiency gains,” he said. – with files from David Nickle
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Deputy Mayor Michael Di Biase no longer TRCA vice chair ADAM MARTIN-ROBBINS amartinrobbins@yrmg.com Furio Liberatore got some news last week that he’s been waiting months to hear. The lifelong Vaughan resident was happy to learn deputy Mayor Michael Di Biase is no longer vice-chair of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA), even if it had nothing to do with a small group of residents calling for his ouster. "I’m glad he’s gone," Liberatore said Friday. "It’s a step in the right direction for the environment in York Region." His comments come after learning Markham councillor Jack Heath is now vice-chair after being acclaimed during annual elections Feb. 24. Both Heath and Di Biase say this change was the result of previous discussions, not public pressure for Di Biase to step
down or be removed. Back in 2015, Di Biase and Heath both expressed interest in being second in command and decided to square off in an election. Di Biase won. In 2016, Heath reportedly approached Di Biase about giving up the position, but he wanted to remain vice-chair for another year. So Heath didn’t run and Di Biase was acclaimed. This time around, Di Biase says, he didn’t run so Heath could have the job. "It was just simply working together, making Jack happy," said Di Biase, who remains on the TRCA executive committee after Richmond Hill Mayor Dave Barrow stepped down. Regardless, Liberatore is pleased. He was among a handful of angry residents who, last summer, began calling for Di Biase’s ouster. They alleged he was
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Vaughan Regional Councillor Michael Di Biase. working to "undermine" the TRCA’s efforts to protect an environmentally sensitive piece of land, known as 230 Grand Trunk Ave., from being developed. Di Biase denies the allegations. Calls for his removal as
vice-chair escalated in December following a Global News investigation that found Di Biase, back in 2015, tried to pull the TRCA from pleading its case to protect the 4.5hectare property, home to a wetland as well as a number of endangered and
rare species, before the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). Di Biase said he was doing the city’s bidding as it reached a settlement with the developer. And, he told Global, Vaughan’s lawyers wanted the city and TRCA to present a united
position at the OMB. The TRCA board ultimately rejected his attempt to withdraw the agency from the OMB hearing and made its case. In the end, the OMB came up with a compromise that permits development on the western portion of the property while opening the door to potential to development on a middle section, pending further study. A third section at the eastern end, site of a wetland, is off limits. Di Biase acknowledges Liberatore and other residents are upset with him because of the settlement and OMB ruling, but says he didn’t cause it to happen. "He (Liberatore) felt that I did not support his cause or the cause of the community, which was not true. Whatever happened was as a result of an OMB hearing." With files from Lisa Queen and Tim Kelly
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Masking true cost of hydro won’t fix broken system Our hydro bills may be going down this summer, but don’t pop the bubbly just yet. While Ontario residents will see an average 25 per cent reduction on the bottom line, what they won’t see is what it’s going to cost future generations and the current structural inefficiencies and ongoing bad planning that make electricity expensive for us in the first place. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the savings this month saying it was the fair thing to do. She heard from families struggling with their bills and struggling to understand why rates have skyrocketed. Unfortunately, because the history of hydro and its mismanagement is such a long and complicated one, politicians looking to distract would-be voters benefit from its current complexity. People don’t get it and don’t have the time, the comprehension or the willingness to figure it out. What they do get is how hard it is to pay a huge bill. So Wynne’s Liberals are waving a shiny 25 per cent hydro cut over here, while over there, our expensive hydro system continues to plod along. The lower bills come from refinancing the term of payment the province owes to private power providers - from 20 years to 30. So we’re deferring costs to future generations in order to get some immediate relief. And we’re incurring about $25 billion in extra interest charges over that time. Additional relief will be coming through low-income and rural subsidy programs, but that too comes at a cost of $2.5 billion over the next three years charged to Ontario’s treasury and taxpayers. As tempting as it is to celebrate lower bills, with an election year in 2018, we need to hold all parties to account to do more than float distractions. Ontario generates more power than it knows what to do with and we’re forced to sell it to our neighbours at a discounted rate. Sometimes we have to pay for them to take it. The sale of Hydro One has locked us into guaranteed contracts with private power providers whether we need that power or not. There’s little transparency as to the details of private contracts and that takes accountability right out of the system. We need a comprehensive plan and a system overhaul. Keep that in mind when you’re told to celebrate your June power bill. It’s not nearly enough.
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women and children throughout the GTA. I’ve studied the Canadian sex trade for the past decade, and helped many young people escape it’s exploitation. People involved in prostitution are desperate to either escape it, or to justify the fast money and stigmatized lifestyle. There are good reasons that buying sex is illegal in Canada; and it’s anything but a victimless crime. The young women I work with suffer severe mental health issues, drug addictions and chronic medical conditions from their sex trade involvement. Onyx Ronin, the alter ego of the woman Mr. Grimaldi interviewed, suggests its right and fitting that men should be able to buy access to women’s bodies. Ronin calls it "selling intimacy" and would have us believe that she receives nothing but re-
spect from her clients. In contrast, colleagues of mine who have been exploited in local massage parlours tell seemingly endless stories of violence, addictions and human trafficking. Like Ronin, my friends staunchly defended prostitution, when they were trapped in it. Only after distancing themselves from the exploitation, and beginning the healing process, were they able to speak about the abuse. Ronin’s attempt at advocacy for body rubbers is overshadowed by a bid for her own validation from law makers. The story sends out a confusing message and ultimately affirms the men to indulge in an illegal industry that opposes Canadian values. John Cassells Street Youth and Human Trafficking Specialist, SIM Canada
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McMichael showcases Lawren Harris’ ’cool B-side’ by Lawren Harris. With this project, I really see it as a Canadian perspective on the truly American experience that Lawren Harris did have," she said. "I will admit that I cringed every time I heard the phrase Steve Martin introduces Lawren Harris to the U.S. because, in fact, Lawren Harris introduced himself to the U.S." Harris lived in the United States from 1934 to 1940, first settling in New Hampshire then later in New Mexico. During that time, he was intimately involved with a number of artists and intellectuals and was a founding member of the Transcendental Painting Group, Stanners notes. Co-curated by Roald Nasgaard and Gwendolyn Owens, Higher States features 48 Harris paintings, primarily his lesser-known abstracts. There’s also a sprinkling of his surreal-looking landscapes - Pic Island and
Icebergs, Davis Strait - that show Harris was sliding into abstraction in the 1920s, but hadn’t fully embraced it. Another piece, the oddly named Winter Comes from the Arctic to the Temperate Zone, depicts objects from a typical Harris landscapes a mountain form and shoreline - being consumed by a white mass threatening to spread across the canvas like frost on a window. Higher States marks the first time in more than 30 years there’s been a major retrospective of Harris’s abstract works, despite the fact he spent far more time painting those than he did landscapes. Despite the large number of paintings in the show, it’s only a fraction of the works created by Harris who died in 1970 at 85. Higher States will be on display at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection until Sept. 4.
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really surprising and revelatory," McMichael Chief Curator Sarah Stanners said. "I think we have a responsibility to show where these artists attempted to push the envelope." The show comes on the heels of the highly publicized Harris exhibition, The Idea of North, co-curated by comedian Steve Martin, that hit Toronto last summer. Martin’s show was primarily a greatest hits of his landscape paintings. As such, it promoted the already well-known side of Harris. The Canadian-record $11.2 million sale of Mountain Forms, his 1926 painting of Alberta’s Mount Ishbel in Banff National Park, a few months later only helped to further cement the already deep-rooted notion of Harris. "The exhibition that Steve Martin put together . that was really an American perspective on the best, iconic Canadian paintings
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l Thursday, March 9 Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival 2017 - Kortright WHEN: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Kortright Centre for Conservation, 9550 Pine Valley Dr., Vaughan CONTACT: 416-667-6295 COST: Admission applies Enjoy demonstrations, wagon rides, activities, and of course pancakes and real maple syrup. Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break. l Friday, March 10 Soar For More: A Gala In Support of Ovarian Cancer Canada WHEN: 6 p.m. - 1 a.m. WHERE: Presidente Banquet Hall, 1133 Creditstone Rd., Vaughan CONTACT: soarformore2017@gmail.com COST: $100 per ticket Please join us for a fun-filled evening of great food, dancing, raffles, silent auction and great company all for a worthy cause. l Saturday, March 11 Free Tax Clinic WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Constituency Office of Deb Schulte, 9401 Jane St., Ste. 115, Vaughan CONTACT: 905-3035000 COST: Free tax clinic for constituents with a modest income?/simple
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Visit yorkregion.com/events to submit your own community events for online publishing. tax situation, hosted by Deb Schulte, MP King-Vaughan.If you qualify, call for an appointment. D’var Trek: A Star Trek Purim WHEN: 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. WHERE: Temple Kol Ami, 36 Atkinson Ave., Vaughan CONTACT: admin@kolami.ca COST: Join Captain Kirkowitz and Mr. Suluveichik as we boldly go where no Purim Spiel has gone before. We will laugh, eat, dance and hear the Megillah. RSVP by email. l Tuesday, March 14 COSTI: Career Connections Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. WHERE: COSTI Vaughan, 3100 Rutherford Rd., Suite 102, Vaughan CONTACT: 905-669-5627 COST: Learn about programs, admission requirements, financial aid, the enrollment process and more.Representatives from the various institutions will be on site. l Wednesday, March 15 Parkinson Support Group WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: 171 Major MacKenzie Dr. W., 171 Major MacKenzie Dr. W., No. 2,
Richmond Hill CONTACT: 1-800565-3000 COST: For residents in and around Vaughan, Maple and Richmond Hill who have Parkinson’s, their caregivers, family or friends l Friday, March 17 Sugars: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Mosaic WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care and Community Resource Centre, 2900 Steeles Ave. E., Suite 218, Thornhill CONTACT: 905-597-7000 COST: Discover the benefits and limitations of sugar, which ones to eat, indulge or avoid. l Saturday, March 18 Skedaddle Pop-Up Exhibit - Get lost in play! WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: JEH MacDonald House, 121 Centre St., Thornhill CONTACT: www.thinkined.com/skedaddle.html COST: $18 Interactive installations that blend the charm of old-school neighbourhood play with the allure of unconventional thinking.
5 things to do this weekend l Saturday, March 11 Newmarket Sports Card and Comic Book Show WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Newmarket Community Centre and Lions Hall, 200 Doug Duncan Dr., Newmarket CONTACT: Frank@NewmarketCardShow.com COST: York Region’s local sports card and comic book show.KSA Certification will be on hand to grade, authenticate and appraise cards on site.
Mill Pond Gallery Exhibit/Sale WHEN: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. WHERE: Mill Pond Gallery, 314 Mill St., Richmond Hill CONTACT: 905770-7449 COST: See the work of talented members Helen Litras, Jean Roberts and Myrna Titleman. Knitting for Fun and Stress Reduction WHEN: 12 p.m. - 2 p.m. WHERE: Stouffville United Church, 34 Church St., Whitchurch-Stouffville CONTACT: 905-886-6632 COST: You can join in the conversation or quietly knit to your heart’s content. All knitting supplies will
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be provided.Registration and a referral is required. Register online. ’Light Up the Night’ Lantern Workshop WHEN: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. WHERE: Markham Museum, 9350 Markham Rd., Markham CONTACT: 905-305-5970 COST: $40 for one child and one adult Light up those cold winter nights with a beautiful handmade ceramic tea-light lantern. Create
your very own lantern as a family. Come try Kendo! WHEN: 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. WHERE: Brad Jones Karate Do, 244 Main St. S., Newmarket CONTACT: newmarket.kendo@gmail.com COST: $25 monthly Kendo is a form of Japanese fencing using wooden and bamboo swords. It is a physical activity that promotes respect, peace and the betterment of oneself.
2017 ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Application Deadline: March 31, 2017 A Tax Credit, in the amount of $346.00 is provided by the City of Vaughan to elderly homeowners who qualify. In order to qualify for this Tax Credit, THE OWNER MUST: • Be 65 years of age or older as of MARCH 31, 2017. • Have been assessed as the owner and occupant of residential property used as the principal residence in the City of Vaughan, for a period of not less than 1 year immediately preceding the application deadline. • The applicant (owner) must be currently receiving the GUARANTEED INCOME SUPPLEMENT (GIS) under Part II of the OLD AGE SECURITY ACT (Canada) by the application deadline (March 31, 2017). The Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS) is an income tested monthly benefit that low income seniors receive in addition to their Old Age Security pension. • Have completed an application form and submitted to the Tax Office no later than March 31, 2017, which is the final deadline for applications. As part of the approval process, applicants are requested to submit one, or both, of the following documents with the application: 1. Guaranteed Income Supplement Entitlement letter from Service Canada which states that your application for Guaranteed Income Supplement has been approved; AND/OR 2. A Copy of your T4 slip (T4OAS) for the tax year 2016.
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ADAM MARTIN-ROBBINS amartinrobbins@yrmg.com Folks in Vaughan feel pretty happy about the quality of life they enjoy and the services they get from the city, but they’re not to pleased with the community’s crippling traffic congestion, a new survey has found. Ninety-seven per cent of residents feel the quality of life in Vaughan is very good or good, according to the 2016 Citizen Satisfaction Survey conducted in November by Ipsos, on behalf of the municipality. That’s up 4 per cent from the last survey in 2014, and puts the city above the national norm of 91 per cent. The survey also found 94 per cent of residents are satisfied or very satisfied with the delivery of all services provided by the municipality. "It just reinforces that Vaughan is a city of choice
and one of the best places to live and do business in the country," Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua said. "It’s not just this survey that said it, but it’s also MoneySense Magazine (and) PROFIT Magazine. They all confirm that, in fact, our standing in the country, in the last four years, has improved dramatically." Respondents were asked about their satisfaction levels for 24 services provided by city. Two-thirds of residents said they were satisfied or very satisfied with 23 out of 24 services. The highest satisfaction levels were with fire services (99 per cent), libraries (97 per cent), online services (93 per cent), arts and culture (92 per cent) and trails (92 per cent). The survey also revealed that, after dropping to 72 per cent in 2014, the proportion of people who believe they receive good
value for their tax dollars has climbed to its highest level in years, with 85 per cent saying they receive at least fairly good value for their tax dollars. But the picture painted by the new survey is not all rosy. Only 25 per cent of respondents said they were satisfied with traffic flow and congestion, down from 39 per cent in 2014. That’s well below the national average of 65 per cent. And 62 per cent of those surveyed identified transportation as the issue they felt should get the greatest attention from city council. "This is a challenge for many municipalities, but look what we’re doing we’re bringing in a subway, we’re in investing in (bus) rapidways, opening up the (Hwy.) 427 extension," Bevilacqua said. "We’re taking measures to alleviate traffic in this city." Satisfaction with land
use and community planning was another area where the city came up a bit short, slipping to 67 per cent from 70 per cent in 2014. That puts Vaughan below the national aver-
age of 71 per cent. While satisfaction with the maintenance of parks and green spaces is high, at 90 per cent, it’s below the national norm of 94 per cent. Ipsos conducted the
telephone survey of 800 people between Nov. 1 and 13, 2016. Results are considered accurate to within plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Regional Municipality of York for approval to expropriate lands and interest in lands described in Schedules “A” and “B”, hereto, in the City of Vaughan in The Regional Municipality of York, for the purposes of the widening and reconstruction of Rutherford Road (YR 73) from Westburne Drive to Peter Rupert Avenue. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the lands and interest in lands described in Schedules “A” and “B”, hereto. Any owner of lands in respect of which notice is given who desires an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the achievement of the objectives of the expropriating authority shall so notify the approving authority in writing, (a) in the case of a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is not a registered owner, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is: The Council of The Regional Municipality of York 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1 The expropriating authority is: The Regional Municipality of York 17250 Yonge Street, Newmarket, ON L3Y 6Z1 THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK Dino Basso, Commissioner of Corporate Services This notice first published on the 23rd day of February, 2017. SCHEDULE “A” An estate in fee simple in the lands described as follows: Lands in the City of Vaughan in The Regional Municipality of York, more particularly described as follows: Firstly: Part of Block 1, Plan 65M-3972, designated as Parts 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20 and 21 on a Plan deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of York Region as No. 65R-36863. Secondly: Part of Lot 16, Concession 3, designated as Parts 11, 12 and 22 on a Plan deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of York Region as No. 65R-36863. SCHEDULE “B” TEMPORARY EASEMENT A temporary easement or rights in the nature of a temporary easement commencing upon registration of the expropriation plan for a period of five (5) years, and required for the purpose of entering on the following lands with all vehicles, machinery, workmen and other material for construction purposes, which may include (1) relocation of existing services and utilities, (2) work that supports the construction of municipal infrastructure within The Regional Municipality of York’s right-of-way, (3) staging and storage of materials and equipment, (4) geo-tech testing, borehole testing, and other investigative works, (5) removal, relocation, and/or installation of signage, (6) landscaping, paving, grading and reshaping the lands to the limit of the reconstruction, (7) the installation and removal of temporary infrastructure related to the construction, and (8) works ancillary to any of the foregoing: Part of Block 1, Plan 65M-3972, in the City of Vaughan in The Regional Municipality of York, designated as Parts 6 and 18 on a Plan deposited in the Land Registry Office for the Land Titles Division of York Region as No. 65R-36863.
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Roy Foss asks that all customers read the fine print: Vehicles may not be exactly as illustrated. Offers subject to change without notice. Lease payments are based on 20,000 kms per year. Over mileage is 16 cents per km. OAC. *$1,000 GM Card Application Bonus offer applies to individuals who apply for a Scotiabank GM Visa Card (GM Card) or current GM Card cardholders. See dealer for complete program details.