Winnipeg Free Press

Tuesday, March 03, 1981

Issue date: Tuesday, March 3, 1981
Pages available: 113
Previous edition: Monday, March 2, 1981

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 3, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free March Revenue from revamped tax pegged at million by Johh Sullivan the Manitoba governments gasoline taxation rate adopted last year will bring i about million in addition Al tax Revenue by March the end of the current fiscal finance minister Brian Ransom told the legislature yesterday that in crease of cents in the provincial tax on a litre of gasoline this week will add legislature a month to government cof an identical jump in the tax on 1 should have already brought in about million in extra depend ing on precise consumption the new increase will double the monthly intake to million starting this the november adjustment raised the provincial tax to cents a while yesterdays move pegs it at cents a the tax increases reflect the Lyon governments decision last May to switch to a 20percent Levy from a Flat rate of four cents a because the the surprising Subaru our limited edition Hardtop is so decadent we Only offer it in tie limited edition is loaded to the Power radio and stereo cassette player with dual Alloy digital clock and reclining seats Are Standard i Soock 4wheel Independent sus pension and rack and Pinion steering Are Standard for All its the limited edition Subaru has a transport Canada rating of with an average of 35 and 30 if the limited edition is not your Subaru offers fwd Golf hardtops and plus station wagons and Hatch backs in both fwd and see your sub am dealer his sur Prises vary from decadent to inexpensive and bu1ltto Sta that front wheel 5 Canada rating pm Mac Highway is City h3 use uni Maluci Loicl consumption May differ depending upon in Vii weather nip la Nylly actual Highway mileage will probably be above Fig ivs based on con Surmons from to1 Epa very i Sikiru carries a 12 Nisi ii unlimited distance warranty plus a id month rust perforation warrant your dealer has details Lone Star motors 854 Nairn Avenue 6672467 metro motors 325 Elgin Avenue 9432539 Manitoba tax is applied on the retail Price of increases in the Well head Price of crude Oil and Federal taxes bump up the provinces take at the former finance minister Don now said in november that the tax increases would not in crease government revenues because gasoline consumption in Manitoba was Down about six per Craik said Revenue from the tax this year would be close to the million budgeted for 198081 last the latest provincial tax increase reflects an 1 in cease in the charge imposed by Ottawa to subsidise Eastern Canadian Oil As Well As a jump Ift the wellhead Price of a barrel on another increase in the Federal compensation Levy goes into effect at the pumps this week adding about cents More to c6st of a litre of Gaso with the Oil companies expected to join the province and Ottawa in boosting their share this week it All Means that motorists will pay about two cents a litre More to fill their in the Adf critic Savji Yuskiw Lac Dubonnet said the new tax rate is an increase of 30 per cent Over a year ago and has added cents to the Price of a gallon of Gas for last Yuskiw called the change to a 26pefhcent Levy the Sleeper i the conservative saying it would double government gasoline tax reve nue to million by Inkster la Sidney Green Prog called it a Means of increasing taxes without say ing nip statement called lies the province May Send out special notices to pensioners receiving govern ment income supplements because of lies in an nip statement on the Community services minis Ter George Minaker said in a set piece Exchange with tory Bac Bencher Albert min Aker tagged As completely untrue a 18 new democratic party state ment that seniors would receive Only a month under the Manitoba supplement for the minister told Las that the Correct figure was raised to a month in double the amount quoted in the report from the Legisla Ture by the nip caucus under opposition Leader Howard Hawleys Signa the program gives single pensioners a maximum a year and to outside the Pawley said the party statement Doest claim the total supplement would be a Only that the new program unveiled by the tories would give Only More than Pawley called the ministers claims a tempest in a adding that the Lyon government is becoming Ultra sensitive to any Minaker said he will Check to see How widespread distribution of the nip statement has been before deciding whether to include a rebuttal in the next quarterly payments to pension in quite surprised that Tion Leader would associate his with he told the state ment is completely its a very serious thing the Leader of the opposition has its either lie 20 or lie 23 in new democratic party he also called it the worst lie because it misleads senior Minaker undecided on reply Healing substance shrinks piles exclusive substance also relieves checks clinical evidence shows that a special Healing sub stance actually shrinks haemorrhoids painlessly and relieves itching and discomfort in minutes this special substance Bodyne also helped Speed Healing of injured stimulated growth of new tis sue whats in Case after Case very striking improvement was maintained Lor months Only preparation h contains Bodyne in Oil men and suppositories satisfaction or your Money re funded preparation inti committee wants Crisp Aid deducted from City welfare councillors have moved to head off the possibility of welfare families receiving Spe Cial child support benefits from the prov Ince in addition to City welfare the civic recreation and social service committee yesterday approved a motion which would see any Money paid to welfare families under the child related income support program Crisp deducted from welfare the Crisp designed to provide a maximum of per child a month to Low income is scheduled to Start at months social services department director Ron Hooper said yesterday the Crisp program is designed primarily for lower income families not on Hooper said welfare rates would become meaningless if More exceptions were Al Lowed to the list of incomes not deducted from welfare in making the the com Mittee also moved to reassess the method of establishing civic social assistance if social assistance allowances for children should be it should be done on the basis of approval rather than by exempting income from other says a report prepared for the there Are families with children currently receiving assistance from the City which Are Likely to be eligible for the maximum under or close to that says the under the families with a net income of less than a year Are eligible for maximum supplements of per child per the provincial program was to encompass benefits Are reduced for families with income More than phasing out entirely at Tsi come in alld f for Tow wifi t to m r note i i i membership j available at All comr a and motor Oil d on a the 10 c Fash or Cheque a Oahu v calculated l i c i come on in and take advantage of Low prices on top value items while this savings special event a refunds Wing 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