Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 28, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 14 Winnipeg free november 1981 cities urged to find new tax sources Drapeau new tax methods Maceachen lacks Power to Cut rates Ottawa up the Federal government has no Legal Power to order Banks to lower interest finance minister Allan Maceachen told the commons Maceachen pledged again to use whatever Powers of persuasion he has to convince Banks to give a break to thousands of homeowners who renewed their mortgages at Peak inter est rates this when asked outside the commons exactly what he is asking the Banks to Maceachen cited the Royal Bank of Canadas five Point plan that allowed homeowners to renew their mortgages on 1 and 1 for one year at per the going rate at the time was 21 Maceachen told nip Industry critic Ian Deans in the commons the Bank act gives the government no authority to give direction to the Banks to establish any rate of the act does provide mechanisms for increased Competition in the banking Industry and Maceachen said he would do what i can within my Power to persuade the Banks to offer interest rates have been dropping gradually in recent weeks but an estimated homeowners were recently forced to renew mortgages at rates ranging Between 19 per cent and 21 per Deans when Maceachen replied he has no Power to Deans assured him the nip would Grant Quick passage to legislation giving him the Toronto up municipalities must find More progressive and con temporary sources of income than count mainly on taxes from real Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau told a meeting of mayors of Canadas larger cities Drapeau said one problem has Al ways been that if a City finds a new Way of collecting taxes then the provincial or Federal governments step in and take it he said which now counts 80 per cent on realest teased decided years ago to introduce a two percent sales then the province stepped in and did the same he the provinces Are always will ing to Grant us More but not More Money to meet our Respo Sibili he once imposed corporate but they were taken Over by the asked afterwards if he is still looking at the possibility of a gambling Ca sino in Montreal to raise he replied if the province finds its a moneymaker it would steal it from us he suggested to the meeting it would be Good if cities could impose taxes taken at we Are the Only ones that have to Send out Bills saying pay in 30 but when people have to fill out their in come tax forms they Grin and look at the Money be getting forgetting it was theirs in the first place which the government got when they were he i wish we could Send out he suggested that the municipalities financial officials get together to con Sider new methods of raising to the other mayors Ralph Klein of Calgary expressed special concerns about a mat Ter which All at the meeting had rated a top although he did not get full Klein wanted the cities to protest to Ottawa the proposed cancellation of the multiple unit residential buildings he said it was most important to Calgary that it be kept in we have a housing crisis in Calgary but Well have a housing catastrophe if they dont go ahead with in an interview he explained that the program was a tax write off scheme that the government established and was used More in the now they want to close a loophole that they opened in the first the leaders also decided instead of just telling Ottawa they wanted stronger Laws against prostitution that they get together and draft an Amend ment to the criminal code and Forward that to the Federal mayor Michael Harcourt of Vancou ver said legalizing in Vancouver at would mean Citi a Canadian company sunday specials All popular Canadian cigarettes Carton of 200 w 1 off sunday photofinishing bring your film into us on sundays and save Price 398 20 598 24 698 36 998 special sunday Price 493 590 898 color print film c41 process 177 Annes now open sundays 12 noon to 6 1375 me Piliu Gate via a Mcleod Fra to i 31 re f the right to limit quantities prices effective november 1981 Only nation Zens would form vigilante groups to get prostitutes off the Toronto mayor Art Eggleton said at the end of the meeting that he Felt it had been we have had a useful Exchange of information and discussed matters of Mutual inter but i think Best of All we have got to know one another and understand each others the suggested by Harcourt last included Jean Quebec City Bill Winnipeg Al London Larry Regina Ronald Halifax Harcourt and Hamil ton mayor William Powell and Otta was Marion Dewar had been but were unable to attend the today the mayors will meet again in convicts Able to Channel pay into tvs up convicts in Canadas Federal prisons will be Able to buy their own television sets from Money they earn in a prison service spokesman said Justin communications offi cer with the departments regional said prisoners have always needed rarely to own their own the sets will All be Standard Black and White models and Only Money earned in prison can be used to buy 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