The lDurham public sehool board could have a-Fronch school à uadrunning in Septomber if t1e federal and provincial governments pay start-up Costa. Currei 166francophone studit*ft!>m116 mPeSI, Halton and York reg.one are bused to a French.-la uchool in Toronto. n-agiage Public board trustees have approved opening. a French- language schoolini Durham'. Thleft at Satellite systeme, a telovision sot and cash were stolen i an early mormg- rakm at a Whitby elecgronicskbusinessa Monday. Police say the culprit(s) smashed the front glanssdoor at Gable Alternatives, 1501 Hop- kins St., and carried off the equipment. Iikely in portables or as part of, an oxisting achool with extra space, as long as it doesn't coet more than it currently pays Toronto te educate its French studonts. The first-yoaroenrolment target in 40 pupils with an increaso te 200 in five years. A study shows tere are up to 800 French- snekig students in Durham âon. nids Emonde is managinq a .tudy looking at restructuring pubic rench-la-nguago educa- tion options in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Sho's sending a funding request te, the province this wk ana te the federal government beforo the end of the month. She's confident it will ho looked at «very closely" and if everythig goes we te whether the money will b. forthcoming --rand rmi quits positive about the situation." If the cash cornes through, 'Tm still saying Durham would ho able te, open by September, Residents have say PROM PAGE 1 page 2), maïa only 13 Of the Uxbridge rosidents who took. part in the poil supported the GTA, while more than 1,200 were opposed. Following the meeting regional councillor Marcel Brumelîs comoeded that the sur- vey questions wero not emtirely "neutrai,» but that people can vote yen if they.,agre. with Gol- deni Howover, Brunelle doubted that many Whitby residents fesl thus way. "«Theres no question i my mind, from the phono calîs I get and from the people I talk te that people are concerned ani are mot in favour of the GT,"h. said. "This le about governance, money and paig taxes and w. want te, make, _'surs people have the chance ,,te express thefr views."» Brunelle said council spent considerable tins debating thé ýwording of the questions anýd what was fimally agroed uyom is "rather fair in torm of refiecting the accuracy of the isses." Brunelle said the Golden repr contains 51 proposaIs and while some cati ho supported, many "threaten the futur.ê of our community and Whitby as we know it." Also on Momday, council adop ted a 14-point report that willhL submitterto the panel reviewimg the Golden documient. Former Durham Région chair Walter Beath is a- member of thi. panel which recently completed a sories of public meetings in the GTA. Town council's report which reinforces mny of the sugges- tions it made te the Golden tank force last September, is critical of amy move te usurp Whitby's autemomy or a sharing of- tax dollars with Metro Toronto. ' -, 1996." Puiblic achool board chair and Oshawa truste., Audrey MacLean is also optimistic the achool can go ahead on schedule, preferably in an Oshawa achool, because tat s where the largest percentae of first-French angma students are.» Mcan says there are enough Frenchstudents iDur- hamn ý ~ on te jiusat iifythe need for the school «and w. do have an obligation» te francophone' Strike seen as threat to health FR OM PAGE 1 teèn because itrs closed. «People are hoing locked in the wards, these are ony some of our concerns." le Compounding these problems ithe fact that patients are also going wvithout psychiatric and occupational therapy, Craftchick noted. "The psychiatric patient popu- lation as a whole is very vulnîer- ablo," said Craftchick, who poin- ted out that their plight -has not received media attention "like snowplows and jailsj." Descrlbingthe situation as "really âdeplorable," Craftchick said <these type of conditions wouldn't existtM n y other hospi- tal than Psychiatric ones because ere wuld alot more public outcry if this was occur- r m ianothor type of facility." Ur&aftchick's group is «explor- ing several options" and has met wxth other commu nity advisory boards in Otario' but she did not know what form of action thgatiadedthat families of patients are lery of sneaking out for fear that «the liitlecars they're getting now will -ho dimiinished." However, the public must ho made aware of t problem, she said. «We're talking about a really vulmerablegroup of people whose rigts are eing violai and no on. seoins te give a damn." "I would say ah. has legitimate cause for concern," agreed WMHC admimistrator Ron Bal- «W'ediscussed. with the union the need for additiomal staff, but we!re not getting a~ agreement from the local and it s getting bogged down centrally (ati Queen's Park)," ho said. Although OPSEU contends that its dispute is with the Ontario governmet Ballantyne feels that soins WMC members are directing their anger at centre adm instration. Ho noted that last Friday and on Monday, pickets marched across centre property. But as they did not carry signa, police did not consider it trespassing even though hospital grounds are Crown land and picketing le pro- hibited. Ballantynie said somo essential servce enose such as gayg trucks are hig turned way by pickot limes at the intersection of Grdon and Victoria streets, while emergncy vehicles have' boom dola «Overnight (Sunday-Monday) we had a number' of workers report ill which comnpromised tho operation of the adolscnt unit," ho siaid. With management virtually camping out at tho centre due te lack Of staff, this has the poten- tial te croate insurmountable problems, Ballantyne said. «Somo of the essential workers are not paying sufficient atten- tion te the care of many vulner- able people here,» ho said. "Last night, those patiente wero essentially abandomed." Ballantyno acknowledged that OPSEU kitchen staff have boom ordered 4y the unmion te refrain from cookinç for aýnyone other than the patients. Managers and essential union workers muet fond for thomsîves. WMHC nurse and OPSEU rgoal vice-president Joan Gate said the proparation Of food for manaornent is not an «essential duty" under amy leçis- lation or agrement the union CIAL, As for enalizijKita own m- hors with th directive, Gates said essential workers do not mind <brown-baggmng lt." Gates said WMHC workers jregret the problema tho strike has caused'for the patients, but said the :~vernment has drawm the lino im the sand" and the union muet rospond. While admitting that moat WMHC employees will likoly retain their jobs given the multi-' million-dollar -hospital renova- tion project, Gates. said the_ý; So vornmont is committed to dwnuizingublic services. «Wé my avethis now u or- structure In Whitby, but if tey prioritize us, we don'have thfe saine rights' as GM or Sklar workors if thoso businesses are sold," s3he said. Gates also claimed that the governmont's «eo-cnservative agenda7 poses more of a threat te psychiatric patienta than any withdrawal of services by OPSEU. "I'he people we work with will ho hurt the moat, by this govern- ment," she said. 'Mis is about the kind of compasionate Ontario we used te ho and where we're headed.» Durhami Centre MPP Jim FIa- het sympathized with the ,C patients and their faim- ilies and' said any concerns should ho directed to centre management.. 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