Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba 36 pages vol 122 no 139 publications mail registration 0286 Winnipeg free press get Post 60t get Post outside City in Ontario weekly Home delivery wkly Post in Winnipeg 30 wkly Post outside City april 1994 smaller subsidies it All adds up net effect ouch tories keep tax but we still dig deeper legislature reporter the Filmon government has raised the annual Load on Manitoba taxpayers by More than million since it took though it has kept its pledge not to increase income tax and sales at the same the tax Burden on business since 1988 has been eased by about million a i think the average Manitoban thinks they Are paying a lot More in taxes their pockets Are still be ing Liberal Leader Paul Edwards said yesterday on the eve of the 199495 provincial As the tory government prepares to unveil its latest budget Many people Praise its tax any province that can Point to stability in their income tax and no major increase in sales tax is a fortunate province said David Perry of the Canadian tax since being the tories have reduced Manitoba personal income tax rate to 52 per cent from 54 per cent of the Basic Federal and resisted the urge to bump up the seven per cent provincial sales tax measures in the Filmon governments six previous budgets have forced Manitoban to pay More to Gas up their Light up a smoke or cover their property a briefing note from the pre Miers office showed last years tax hikes and credit cuts alone were equal to an 11 per cent in crease in personal income taxes or a per cent jump in the Provin Cial sales finance minister Eric Stefanson said the Overall de crease in business taxes which went Down million in some areas and up million in others has greatly improved Manito Bas ability to attract for in he said million in pay Roll tax deductions have enhanced the provinces competitive Posi Tion and increased Manitoban spending i dont believe there is another government in Canada that can match our record on Ste Faison inside Story Crystal Ball appears cracked coalition offers alternative b3 government figures Peg the net effect of All tax increases at Only to arrive at that figure officials concluded that the provinces refusal to har Monize with the get in 1990 had saved taxpayers an extra Mil that million was then listed As a tax yet not Many people Are com analysis of the i dont believe there is another government in Canada that can match our record on taxation Gross increase in various personal taxes shows million came from increased tobacco in Manitoba now has the third lowest personal income Gordon free press tax rate it was fifth lowest prior to 1988 and is tied for the lowest provincial sales tax in the country excluding which has no provincial sales Manitoban have More in their pockets than if they had increased personal income taxes like other said Ted senior economist with Burns the association of Manitoba taxpayers is also to be the position of our organization is that we Are Happy with director Peter Holle rejects Force to protect City Serbun Accord halts attack from pc Reuters Bosnia Herzegovina bosnian serbs signed an agreement with the United nations late yesterday to Stop attacks on Gorade and allow in peacekeepers into the the serb Side As Long As it is not being to cease fire said the text of the Accord signed by in civil affairs chief Vic Tor Andreev and bosnian serb parliament speaker Momcilo bosnian serbs stepped up their Chal Lenge to the seizing antiaircraft guns from in guards and again harassing Canadian peace the serbs also shelled in buildings in Gorade and appeared headed for a showdown with the world including their the United states has told the bosnian government it would not favor the use of military Force to save beleaguered Gorade from serb bosnian prime minister Haris Silajdzic said last a Brazdes horrific 24 hours Silajdzic quoted Secretary of state Warren Christopher As saying that the United states will not help in he said Christopher gave As a reason we do not want to alienate the the ceasefire signed in the bosnian serb Headquarters of Pale near was called a memorandum of understanding on the temporary arrangements for the town of Gorade and follows a Day of continued assault on the unsafe in the shattered Muslim in officials lost Contact with Aid workers and military observers late in the Day when the red Cross building they use As a base was hit by red Cross workers elsewhere in Gorade later radioed that the building was hit by four rounds from tank a second message said there were no on Sarajevo Southern serb soldiers brushed aside 30 French peacekeepers at the Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press was chosen from 85 Job thrills cites first ombudsman lawyer to probe queries freely by Dan Lett City Hall a Winnipeg lawyer with experience in both the Public and private sector has been selected to be the cites first Virginia who currently provides Legal counsel to the Manitoba Telephone was chosen from 85 applicants after a six month search by a citizens Council will formally ratify her appointment next i have to admit in said a lifelong the and was in the newspaper quite some time ago but you put in your resume and Hope for the this is just Menzie will become the cites first ombudsman More than two years after the provincial government required Winnipeg to appoint one through a legislative amendment to the City of Winnipeg the six year appointment carries a yearly salary of Between and successive councils failed to begin the selection process until last fall when mayor Susan Thompson asked Deputy mayor George Fraser to assemble a committee to comb through prospective Fraser admitted there was resistance among some councillors to the presence of an but eventually a majority have come to embrace the Fraser said Menzie will be charged with reviewing and investigating queries about services and responsibilities of the City where there is no Appeal or review the total budget for the office is like her provincial Menzie will be totally Independent from influence of the bureaucracy or Fraser he said Menzies experience with both the Federal and provincial along with her sense of Community in her Home should make her a sensitive and fair the office will not officially open until september to give Menzie enough time to set policy and procedures for her new a University of Winnipeg attended the University of Manitoba Law she Practised privately for a Brief period before serving As an investigator for the Canadian human rights commission and an administrator with family concentrating on programs to reintegrate social assistance recipients to the Menzie said she is looking Forward to establishing a working relationship with councillors and although she will jealously guard the Independence of the off Lukavics Barracks and took Back 18 antiaircraft guns they had surrendered under a nato threat of air strikes two months they were simply said a in spokes Eric it was unclear where the weapons were the serbs also blocked two Canadian armoured personnel carriers with 15 soldiers on Board at a Bridge one Kilometre East of their base at after being held up for eight the canadians were allowed to Chaperon said bosnian serbs had also freed about three quarters of the in military observers they detained after nato launched air strikes against them last he could not give an exact but said six out of eight teams of in military observers had been and All the detained to Tal of 58 be freed by in president Clinton backed a major Extension of nato air Power to counter serb aggression and the United states plans to discuss it with its a senior White House official quote of the Day it was the worst thing i had Ever put in my Mouth absolutely i May hurl any Bob Finley of Dallas describes one of the myriad of culinary delights served at the 19th annual details on Page d3 the Weethee today sunny High Low 4k tomorrow sunny had Moon fear dtftlmtqnpa00c6 inside 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