Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 8, 1972, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnic Frh miss Wio Boay match 1572 rebate of tax pursued by Victor Mackie free press staff correspondent Ottawa demands that the Federal government produce a list of All companies in Cana-1 a that have benefited since i 1968 from the remission of sales taxes by order of the Cabinet j were hurled Cross the floor of the commons monday by opposition spokesmen. The Christmas sift of s56 million granted the great Cana i Dian Oil Sands company of Al j Berta last december was raised again by David Lewis. New j democratic party National i Leader. It has been raised frequently in the House since it j was reported by f. P. Publica j tons last month. Finance minister John Turner said there were no other applications for remission of sales j taxes pending. J or. Lewis was not satisfied j with that reply. J he said he wanted to know How Many other Large Compa Nies had Beu fitted from Deci i Sions of the Cabinet to return j millions of dollars in sales taxes they had paid on production machinery. He asked the finance minister to Check Back to 1968 and produce a list. Or. Turner said he would arrange to have Public documents produced if there were any other tax rebates. George Hees pc Prince Edward Hastings said great Canadian Oil Sands limited had suffered what it considered j to be undue hardship due to the imposition of the sales lax on production machinery in 1963. That tax was removed i 1967. M r. Hees wondered How Many other companies in Canada and municipalities had suffered hardship through the Federal government collecting this tax from 1963 to 1967 and then terminating the tax on p r o d u c n machinery. He asked the government to Check and ascertain How Many municipalities and firms had suffered hardship through having to pay the tax before it was removed Liberal backbench ers heckled and jeered at opposition benches As or. Lewis and or. Hees persisted in pursuing their requests for details on other companies that had benefited or should have benefited by having the taxes refunded. Finance minister Turner said i can Only say that the Case of cos was treated on its or. Lewis wondered How Many companies associated with cos had benefited from Grants paid by other govern ment departments. He said he was thinking of Grants from the department of regional economic expansion or other depart ments that provide Grants or subsidies. Or. Lewis said cos is i subsidiary of the Sun Oil com Pany of the United states. He wondered what other subsidiaries of Sun Oil in Canada had benefited from actions by the government. Open daily 9 a.m.-6 . Friday 9 a.m.-9 . 1375 Stphillips of. Open doily . 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