Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 25, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 local Winnie to Fiji Umbi Heahy 2001 Joe Bra Kusiw Winnipeg free press Golden years Marianne Hodgson celebrates her 105th birthday yesterday with son Glen and other relatives and friends at Golden West Centenni Al Lodge in who was born in Ireland and moved to Winnipeg As a Young says the secret to her longevity is Tea brewed Strong enough for a spoon to stand up six other residents of the Lodge Are Over 100 years of get continued from Page a1 it was perceived As a massive Rev Enue grab for the government of Cana and the facts have borne that said Walter Federal director of the Canadian taxpayers which was formed 10 years ago As intense debates raged Over the but while the get has become a Cash cow for said it also spurred the underground pass ing billions of untaxed dollars Between a 1992 paper published in the Cana Dian tax journal estimated that the get had increased the underground Economy to billion per cent of the total amount Consumers spent on goods and in a House of commons stand ing committee on finance considered 20 alternatives to the the Best it was a National value added tax to replace both the get and provincial sales Only Nova Scotia and new Brunswick have adopted a harmonized sales but while combining Federal and provincial sales taxes into one might have been the answer when the get was first that no longer considered a viable alternative by said the cribs there Are just too Many differences Between the provinces in terms of which goods and services Are exempt from provincial he both the crib and the Cana Dian taxpayers association Are urging the Federal and provincial governments to Cut their respective sales Saskatchewan has already reduced its sales tax to six per cent from Pri Marily As a result of Cross order com petition with which has no provincial sales and Ottawa be persuaded to follow said there have been some rumblings in Ottawa that they might look at Given that Chretien is i smart ing a Little bit with respect to promises made on the the get was supposed to be part of an Overall package of tax which was to include cuts to income it was perceived As a massive Revenue grab for the government of and the facts have borne that out Walter Federal Canadian taxpayers federation Robinson the big por Tion of the income tax com was left off the he there was no substantive Relief provided to canadians on the per Sonal income tax the goods and services tax also came in at a time when both Canada and the United states were in a said and it want the time to be bringing in a consumption and while it May not have started Canadas the get played a part in prolonging Robinson the get did cause some initial hard ships for Canadian the for estimated the tax had Cost businesses about billion to implement and administer during its first year and Cost As Many As jobs in the average onetime Cost per firm was estimated at and the average ongoing monthly Cost was pegged at while the get May be theres Little argument that the tax that priced the Winnipeg school division 1 w is child in it and looting for a Challenge have you considered 6irade 1 entry French immersion the Winnipeg school division 1 offers a Grade 7 entry program into French immersion at three schools subject to interested please come to a registration and information meeting on March at Churchill 510 Hay street4741305 March at 6cole Stanley Knowles school 2424 King Edward Street 6940483 March at p4ver Heights i shool 1350 Grosvenor Avenue 4887090 investing in the future please pass this information to someone else who May be in a lakefront Wood burning fireplace Sauna Whirlpool tub Winter trails Caslake Lodge White Shell provincial Park 12043487544 email . 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