world19News #104 - May 9, 2002 |
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world19News This e-mail is going to people on the mailing list for world19. If you don't want to receive further notices, please reply to this e-mail with "remove" in the subject. Let us know if you prefer to receive this in "plain text" format. Please forward this to anyone you think may be interested. In this issue: 1. MEDICARE CAMPAIGN - help wanted! With so much attention on the future of medicare -- committments to strong, publicly-funded health care are under attack in BC, Alberta, and Ontario, and the Romanow commission is in the midst of its study -- now is a "do-or-die" time for all Canadians to speak up for the type of health care we want. If we don't speak and act now, what we have now we may lose. It may seem strange that such a large campaign is needed to defend a system that 80% of Canadians support, but that seems to be where we are. The campaign is being led by the Canadian Health Coalition, and its provincial organizations. For more details, see the OHC web page: http://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca or http://toronto_health.tripod.com There are several ways for people to get involved: You can also contact the Toronto Health Coalition at 416 595-1545, torheal@idirect.com. (Lawn signs are available from THC.) - There are other "jobs" available, including phone work; contact the THC. The following note comes from the THC NATIONAL MEDICARE DAY - Wednesday, May 15 On May 15, we join communities across the province and across the country to stand together for the pride of our nation, National Public Medicare - universal, accessible, portable, publicly administered - the hard evidence of Canadian's commitment to each other. Toronto Program: 12 noon Yes! National Public Medicare Join
the human chain to surround Queen's Park with Medicare ribbon 1 - 3 pm Picnic - Food for
your body, music for your spirit 8 pm Paint the Town Red! Thank you party at Oasis (back
room) College St., west of Spadina 2. HIGH PARK CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Help
wanted! The treasurer is a member of the Executive, which meets once a month (the first Wednesday) and a voting member of the HPCAC which meets on the 3rd Wed of Sept, Nov, Jan, March and May, with the AGM in June. Our annual budget is growing to $40,000+. Most of this consists of salaries to Nature Centre staff handled through a payroll service, so the actual amount of activity per month is not high. We hope to receive our charitable status soon and that will involve setting up more professional financial systems. The treasurer would be expected to provide guidance on financial management matters and to play an active role on the Executive on general issues related to High Park. At the present time, our bookkeeping system is manual and is transferred once or twice a year to an accounting system using one of the common accounting programs. The treasurer could be assisted by someone who would do the actual bookkeeping on computer, if needed (one person has expressed interest in doing this). The following notice has been sent to our local newspapers. Additional information about the HPCAC is available online at www.city.toronto.on.ca/involved/vsp/vsp.htm * Ron Allan and Robin Sorys are co-chairing the nominating committee, so please direct any enquiries about this position to them: rsorys@email.sears.ca, "Ron Allan" ronsallan@rogers.com The High Park Citizens’ Advisory Committee is a volunteer group made up of a broad range of park users, including individuals and organized groups. The Advisory Committee provides public input on park policies, goals and objectives; helps facilitate involvement in park initiatives and promotes public awareness and responsible stewardship of the Park. You can help!!! The HPCAC has 35 voting members including local ratepayer/residents associations, recreational stakeholders, long-term interest groups, business/park entrepreneurs and eleven members-at-large elected by the public. Purpose of this notice: 4 members at large were elected last year to serve a 2 year term. The purpose of this notice is to solicit nominations for the remaining 7 positions to be elected for a 2 year term at the Annual General Meeting of the High Park Citizens’ Advisory Committee on Wed, June 19th. Any Toronto residents sincerely interested in enhancing High Park is eligible to apply. Submit your name before May 31st by providing a brief biographical sketch to the HPCAC Nominations Committee, Swansea Town Hall, Box 108, 95 Lavinia Ave., Toronto, Ontario, M6S 3H9 For more information, call (416) 392-1748 x 3 3. BLOOR STREET: 4. DOORS OPEN TORONTO: May 25/26 An excerpt from the Random House page: "Sewell takes us
on a tour of the places in Toronto every citizen or visitor should explore. Step inside
the old Don Jail, with its rotunda ringed with serpents and gargoyles, once home to the
infamous bank-robbing Boyd Gang, until they escaped — twice. Go to the original Don
Mills to see where the lumber was sawn for the Simcoe’s 1795 country home, Castle
Frank, and the paper produced for William Lyon Mackenzie’s newspaper, The Colonial
Advocate. Or explore the Chapel of St. James-the-Less, with its cemetery established in
response to the cholera epidemic of 1834 that killed 10% of the city’s population.
Doors Open Toronto illuminates these wondrous places and nearly one hundred more, bringing
life and meaning to the streets we walk down every day." 5. VIRUS 6. GERARD KENNEDY MONTHLY MEETING 7. PESTICIDE BY-LAW - Public Meetings Toronto Public Health is hosting a series of evening meetings in May to discuss a potential by-law to ban the use of lawn and garden pesticides in our city. Toronto will decide this issue this year. Lawn and garden pesticides are linked to cancer and developmental problems in children, and pollute the Don and Humber Rivers. The following organizations support a pesticide bylaw in Toronto: · Ontario College of Family Physicians · Ontario Public Health Association · Registered Nurses Association of Ontario · Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment · Toronto Board of Health Public meetings include: Monday, May 13, 2002, 7pm - Metro Hall (Council Chambers) 55 John St. - York Civic Centre (Council Chambers) 2700 Eglinton Ave West Tuesday, May 14, 2002, 7pm - Etobicoke Civic Centre (Council Chambers) 399 The West Mall For more information on the public meetings, the hazards of pesticides and how to do more, visit www.torontoenvironment.org or call (416) 596-0660. For world19, world19: |