Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 13, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation a3 Canada at a glance Ontario Hopes to Block disease Canadian press Toronto Ontario will vaccinate school children this fall against hepatitis a potentially deadly disease that has spread alarmingly in Canada in the last hepatitis b attacks the liver and can cause permanent liver damage and in some lean Lamb sheep Farmer has successfully bred a leaner Lamb through a procedure that involved transplanting embryos from european sheep into Canadian sheep Farmers Roland and Diane Wuschke believe they Are on the leading Edge of introducing the meatier Breed to North America through embryo frenzied citizens residents will go berserk if the government Doest allow Public hearings on its proposed same sex rights conservative Chris Stockwell said i think be standing in line around the Block to comment on Stockwell said of the Law he described As a significant departure from traditional Ontario Tough on crime Edmonton repeat child criminals who at age 16 have committed Many offences should be automatically treated As adults in says the cites police when a youngster reaches the age of 16 and he has run up eight or nine offences he should graduate into the adult chief Doug pirates beware Otta Wathe responding to the crisis in the Atlantic gave Swift approval yesterday to a Bill to allow Canadian police to arrest pirate fishermen on the High the Bill became Law with Royal assent two Days after it was introduced in the commons by fisheries minister Brian charter supreme Ottawa the charter of rights applies to everyone in Canada and will continue to apply to natives when they take Over Powers through Justice minister Allan Rock said Rock said wednesday lie want sure whether the charter would still apply to native although he said the Federal government would ensure some form of Protection for human illegal Billing Many As 28 psychiatrists at an area Hospital May be forced to pay Back hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Quebec government for fees they May not have been entitled Quebec health insurance Board is reviewing the records of Between 25 and 28 psychiatrists to determine whether they charged for seeing patients they didst actually see at the Douglas psychiatric Back on track Ottawa senior Federal and provincial bureaucrats will gather at the end of the month to gel a conference on reforming social programs Back on human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy said Federal provincial talks on overhauling Canadas social safety net have been stalled for weeks but will Likely resume May Axworthy liberals test the wind Ottawa considers fighting tax ruling by John Douglas National reporter Ottawa the Federal government began a High wire balancing act yesterday Between tax policy and women rights As it prepares to Appeal a landmark court decision that eliminated taxes on child support senior Liberal ministers used a gathering of Liberal party women to test the political Waters before determining whether to Appeal the Susan Thibaudeau Case to the supreme court of a Federal court ruled last week Thibaudeau did not have to pay taxes on child support she received from her the problem is that if the government does not it will lose More than million it collects in annual taxes from these payments and millions More in tax credits it allows those making the payments to filing an Appeal will almost certainly alienate hundreds of thousands of custodial parents most of whom Are while the government insists it has not decided if it will Appeal the it is clearly preparing the Public for just finance minister Paul Martin said he is concerned because men who pay child support can still deduct the Money from their taxes decision threatens social legislation for women Rock Martin wants to Appeal a controversial tax meaning nobody would be taxed on support that not said somebody has to but even within the Martin faces stiff pressure to let the landmark Ottawa Liberal Beryl Gaffney warned an Appeal amounts to a betrayal of women and would Cost the party votes and she said the advisory Council on the status of women and the Law and several other groups All want to see the judgment who Are women going to Trust if they cant Trust us As a government she if we lose the Trust of single parents in this Are More than of we Are in an Appeal shatters that Justice minister Allan Rock said the government supports the principle behind the but added an Appeal would buy the time needed to get a new system up and he told the sceptical crowd that the ruling might actually Hurt those it was supposed to were considering an Appeal of the Thibaudeau judgment not because we want to take Money away from those who need it most and care for not because we disagree with the underlying principle of the but because in the final analysis there May be a better Way to achieve the same results and change the he the Appeal to the supreme court and a motion to suspend this order would restore the lability we had before the by the time the supreme court rules on the i would Hope the new system will be in by John Douglas National reporter Ottawa tax measures used to support social policies could be threatened by the same Legal principles that made child support payments Justice minister Allan Rock says responding to a question from a group of Liberal women calling for larger tax credits for stayathome mothers and Rock said the Way the court dealt family status in the Susan Thibaudeau Case hurts the governments efforts to use tax measures to implement social we Are concerned about the reasoning under the charter particularly Sec 15 and the Way the court dealt with status and Equality provisions might imperil other social legislation including new initiatives human resources Lloyd Axworthy is working on in his review of social the response the first time the government has clearly pointed out flaws in last weeks landmark court decision that was hailed a Victory for custodial parents because it eliminated taxes on child support payments came As senior liberals tested the political Waters before deciding whether to Appeal the Federal court Case to the supreme court of no Appeal Means millions in lost tax revenues and millions More in credits to those who make but an Appeal also risks offending a major segment of finance minister Paul Martin said that while the finance department is prepared to look at other ways to collect the million in taxes Ottawa levies on support payments every the tax Man will get his of the five tax options Martin the one he spoke most positively about was the status quo that allows courts to build in the tax implications into support settlements the arithmetic is in favor of the status quo but All of the anecdotal evidence is against he what we have to determine is what is in fact the Best thing for the the custodial Parent and for other options would disallow both the tax credits for those making payments and the tax levied on those who get enhance tax credits for separated families and another would allow parents to decide who pays the tax on the Rock argued the government has very Little Choice but to Appeal the he said that while the government has been planning to introduce a new system for determining and paying child the regime is still not in but rather than an orderly the court decision has created chaos putting into question hundreds of thousands of settlements dating Back Quebec budget cuts sales taxes reelection move targets pm our motto is we sell for less More 01 in we Post the fact dry sticker new vehicle Brand new by Don Macdonald Canadian press Quebec Quebec tax cutting budget is so Good it will turn voters away from the parti quebecois and its separatist option in the upcoming finance minister Andre Bourbeau said Bourbeau gave Quebe cers almost million in tax boosted Aid to families and even offered a break on a cheap bottle of wine As he made a play for the projected deficit for 199495 is billion compared to last years shortfall of the budget offers Quebe cers a Clear Choice Between the solid economic management of the liberals and an Uncertain adventure under the he Quebe cers will have to choose Between two visions of the said presenting his first budget since succeeding the late Gerard 1 am convinced that the budget we have before us is so Good that Quebec give the government another Bourbeau two visions that a bold Premier Daniel Johnson and his liberals have to Call an election by a win by the front running pm would trigger a referendum on sovereignty and Likely put pressure on the Canadian Dollar and boost interest the budget offers a Cut in personal income taxes for lower and Middle income earners and also reduces the provincial sales tax on goods from eight per cent to per Bourbeau denied its an election insisting the tax Breaks Are part of the liberals Lon term plan to stimulate Job but the financial blueprint still projects a unemployment rate for 1994 and a gloomy double digit unemployment picture to the government is depending on economic growth and tight isted management to eliminate the deficit within five Bourbeau i did not prepare this budget just because the election is around the he Quebec has been notoriously inaccurate in its deficit last years target was missed by the income tax Cut for those paying less than in provincial tax is retroactive to the beginning of the which Means a full years tax break will be squeezed into six that will put More Money in the pay packets of Over 90 per cent of voters beginning july 1 weeks before an election May be critics said the government is just handing Over to lower income earners what it took away from High income earners last year As part of a 3billion tax this budget is a Mirage and an illusion for pm finance critic Jacques Leonard said were in an election that Bourbeau also announced million in Aid to parents for childbearing and Day program spending will increase by 17 per 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